Prologue

Twilitropolis; a tranquil and serene world, with rolling green hills as far as the eye can see before meeting the glistening water. The sun illuminates Twilitropolis and sheds a reddish tint over the land. Every night, lights in the sky put on a beautiful show, and Twilatropians step out of their cozy homes, onto their porches/balconies, and watch the amazing phenomenon. Twilight Knight rules over this majestic land, living inside Vantage Point Castle with her brother, Dawn Knight. Twilight, or Twil, reigns at a young age of only 18, while her brother is 15. There aren't many inhabitants of Twilitropolis, it is a new planet. The beautiful water is tinted purple, but when you go to the edge of the water and scoop it up into your hands, it becomes a light blue.

Chapter 1

Unwanted Visitors

The story takes place first with Twilight Knight and her cousins and aunts who are visiting. Their names are Cherry Lace (14 yrs), Noir Lace (15 yrs), Jasper Lace (18 yrs), and Carmen Lace (43 yrs). Twilight dreads their visits because they have nothing in common at all. They sit in a nicely furnished room in Vantage Point Castle with velvet couches, armchairs, and wooden side tables with crystal lamps sitting on them. An awkward silence spreads across the room as Twilight sits in one of the armchairs, legs crossed with her hands clasped together. Her strange family sits together on the couch, each with their own way of sitting; Jasper has his arms crossed staring at the ceiling. Noir is in the same posture as Twilight, only she is staring at her without blinking, occasionally looking at a maid walking by, and she looked hungry. Cherry just sat there pulling her dress down self-consciously, and occasionally tugging on her mother's jacket asking when they would leave. Carmen didn't have her legs crossed, she sat back into the velvety cushion with her hands in her lap.

Twilight broke the silence, "So, how are you all?"

Noir twitched, while Cherry turned even redder than before. Jasper looked at Twilight for a second, and then returned to following the patterns on the ceiling.

Then Noir said, "Mom, I'm getting hungry, I can't take it much longer. I'll be sure to lose it soon."

Carmen leaned in closer to Noir and whispered something to her; Noir nodded. Noir got up, curtsied to Twilight, and walked into a shadowy hallway. Carmen watched her vanish into the darkness.

Noir came back a few minutes later, but paused before she came back into the room. She was still covered by a thin veil of darkness. Twilight sat up in her seat as she saw past the three people to Noir. She was discretely dabbing her mouth with a white handkerchief.

Then Carmen said, "Well, I guess we'll be going now… It was nice seeing you again, Twilight."

Twilight responded, "Nice seeing you too, Carmen."

"We just moved to Eclipse Island from Sundown Village, come visit us sometime."

"Oh, okay. I'll come there next week."

Carmen nodded at Twilight, then hurried out the door to Noir, Cherry, and Jasper, who had already gone out the door. Twilight watched them all get into the cart. Carmen got up on the seat in the front and took the reins to the horses. She whipped the reins and the horses gently trotted out of the gate and out of sight. Twilight stood there for a second until she saw that the gates had closed. She then walked down to the shadowy hallway, the same one that Noir had gone through when she got up from the velvet couch. Twilight carefully walked down the hallway until she got to the end, where the light shone through the stain glass window and left an illuminated image of patterns and different colors on the floor.

Twilight stepped in something wet, and made a sort of splashing sound.

"Huh? What-"

She looked down to see a dark pool of red liquid engulfed around her shoe. Her eyes followed the stream of the red liquid to a maid, with two bleeding bite marks on her neck. She was passed out on the floor, leaning against the wall.

"Are you okay?!" asked Twilight.

She shook the maid to wake her up.

The maid said, "What...what happened? The last thing I remember is seeing a shadowy figure coming towards me… it had red eyes and a black dress…"

"The only person who came here with red eyes and a black dress is-!" Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she got up and began running toward the castle gates.

"Wait! Can you please help me?! I'm bleeding! … I think…"

However, Twilight had already disappeared around the corner. The maid made herself comfortable against the wall, and began impatiently tapping her fingers on the floor, preparing for a long wait.