This is my first story...I'm SO NERVAS!!Anyway,enjoy!

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Matsuri let her dark eyes drift to the moon,seeking warmth,but only found it's chilling silver.Matsuri's friend nudged her lightly,but Matsuri did not respond.Her black hair reached her waist,and her scarlet streaks ran like blood through her hair.Her black eyes peirced even the strongest armor,and sometimes grew red.For Matsuri and her friend were not normal,they were vampires.

"Matsuri...?"her friend's voice was like iceher ears,her cold,silver gaze burning into Matsuri's face.

"Yes,Hope?"Matsuri responded her voice scratchy from the lack of use.

"Where to now?"

Such a simple question,yet so hard to answer,for Matsuri did not know their currant position.

"Let's decide on that in the morning..."Matsuri sighed.

Hope blinked at her,her silver hair catching the moon.after a moment,she nodded and found some leaves for bedding.Matsuri watched for a few moments,then did the same.

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Matsuri found herself wandering aimlessly through the forest,catching glempses of someone ahead of her.

"Hello?"Matsuri called into the darkness,receiving only her echo as her response.She was begining to accuse her imagination of playing triks on her when she hearda twig snap from behind her."Who are you?"Matsuri whirled on her persuer,only to find leaves scattered akwardly where they had just been."What do you want?"

As a response,a whisper riding the wind tutched her ears,but she could not understand it's words.

"What?"she questined,her heart beating wildly from fear."I can't understand..."

Matsuri closed her eyes,searching for the whisper.When she reopened them,a woman stood in front of her,her gentle smileresting on her like the sun's warmth-the warmth she seeked ever since her mother's death...

"M-mother?"she stammered,disbeleif clouding her black eyes.Salty tears filled her mouth as she let out a wail of joy.She threw herself at her beutiful mother,only to be horrified by her solid land on the ground.Before she could blink,her mother was gone,along with all the hapiness thet she brought.

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Matsuri's eyes searched her surroundings as she streined to figure out where she was.oh yeah...we are...rouges and...

Her thoughts where interupted as Hope shifted from beside her.Her sleepy gaze rested on Matruri as she tried to analize her position,just like Matsuri had done.

"Goodmorning..."she said when she finaly found herself.

"Goodmorning..."Matsuri responded as she stood and brushed herself off.She was glad thet her kind dide'nt have to sleep during the day.She strongly disliked the idea of a predater's open access to her sleeping body.

"I'll be right back."Hope said as she leaped to the top of the trees.Maturi staired after her ,thinking about her recent dream Why had had her mother come into her dream,and then leave without so much as a word?

Matsuri's eye caught Hope leapind back to her,her expression unreadable as usualand her uncovered eye fixed on the ground.

"I found a villge up ahead..."Hope breathed.

"Where?"Matsuuri asked,pulling away from her thoughts.

"It's in the desert,not too far."

"Well...Let's find some water and get there before sunset."

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Whew..That was'ent so hard!Please review!