Dusk Forest Preview
Chapter 1
Well, here I go again.
There I was in the back seat of a car next to Megan with Monica in the front and Harriet driving. I was on my way to Azure Falls, where we'd find Aziel. We had learnt that to get Aziel to come with us we had to get close to her without telling her about our vampiric relation to her. It wasn't going to be easy, with her hatred of humans, but we'd try.
"We're almost there!" Harriet said to us as we left the highway and went through the town. The town was small but well equipped, with a movie theatre, a police station and many other things any passerby could need.
"This is where I leave you." Harriet got out of the car and Monica took the driver's seat. "You know the drill?"
Monica nodded and revved the engine. We then set off for the Forest of Azure, where Aziel would be waiting.
Aziel and her parents lived deep in the forest, which was to go with our plan. When we were close, we stopped the car, Monica went into the engine, pulled out a gizmo, and we walked over to their house. We knocked on the door and a man, mid-40s, comes to the door.
"Sommat wrong wit you fellas?"
"Yeah, our car broke down a while through the forest." Monica had learnt what to say and this was all part of the plan. "We couldn't find out what's wrong with it. We were just wondering if you knew a mechanic..."
"Oh ho ho, don't worry! I'll figure out what's wrong wit your car. Now where's the beauty?"
Monica smiled. "Down here. Follow me."
We took him to the car and he had a look. The old man didn't notice the disappearance of the gizmo Monica pulled out and closed the hood, dumbfounded on why it wouldn't start.
"Sorry you lot, can't find out whit's wrong with the car. Now if it was a Land Rover I'd know what to do."
"Oh no, what'll we do?" Monica and Megan pretended to be nervous and I pretended to comfort them. Very well staged.
"Oh don't worry!" The man tried to calm the girls down. "You fellas could camp down at mah house until we've figured out what's wrong wit your car!"
Phase 1 Complete.
"You'll be sleeping in here" the man (who told us his name was John Lennard) showed me my room, and then pondered what to do with Monica and Megan. "I know! You gals can camp in wit Aziel. Aziel! You got roommates!"
A rather plump old lady comes up the stairs and pauses for air. I whispered to Monica "If this is Aziel, she's never gonna help take out the vampirates!"
"Honey, did I hear you callin' for Aziel?"
"Yes Mary, do you know where she is?"
Apparently Mary was John's wife, so that's a relief!
"She's off explorin' in the forest. Darn girl's gunna break her neck if she fools in there any longer!"
"I'll go get her." Mr. Lennard started to go down the stairs but then I stopped him.
"We could go get her Mr Lennard. After all, we couldn't have her come home to strangers."
"Oh you wouldn't have to, but if you wouldn't mind..." he took us to the forest and told us she should be in there.
"She'll know the way back when you find her. She knows this forest like the back of her hand!"
He started on his way back, and we went to find Aziel, our partner to be...