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…Chapter 1.………………...............................................................................................
The night was dark and cold and the wind was whistling through the nearly dead trees of the small town serving to the already eerie atmosphere smothering the town. A large willow kept outside a large orphanage scratches at a second story window creepily. A little girl peers out her window terrified of the storm that's waging outside the house. "Children, dinner!" The widow yells up warmly loving all the children she cares for.
The children run down the stairs all taking theirs seats at their spots then wait for widow to begin grace. When everything is served and ready to eat the children eat slowly all but one, "Claire, what is wrong dear? Are you not feeling well?" The widow asks looking at the young girl warmly. "I miss Icis, she's out there and all alone." Claire's small voice announces weakly with the children all looking at her strangely." Who would worry for her? She's weird, she never talks to anyone." A boy with a tooth missing says making Claire frown unhappily. "Icis talks to me." Everyone goes silent looking at Claire strangely even the widow looked shocked at the little girls answer but Claire just gets up from her seat and goes to her room.
Claire busts through the door as quietly as she can while carrying a duffle bag over her shoulder and a stuffed animal in the crook of her arm. "Those meanies don't know anything about Icis!" Claire huffs angrily walking away from the orphanage stormily her umbrella wobbling in her free hand. Looking out into the darkness Claire suddenly feels afraid of everything that could be lurking around in it without her knowing. Whimpering Claire hesitates before stepping out onto the walkway toward town wanting to find her Icis.
Wandering down the street Claire looks back and forth from house to house frightened, scared of what can happen to a little girl like her when they're alone. Glancing around Claire begins to worry about the man following her around but when he was beginning to catch up she readies herself to run but runs into a body in front of her. Looking up alarmed Claire sees her favorite person in the world glaring at the man that was following her around.
"Icis! I was worried about you I didn't know where you went!" Claire exclaims excitedly hugging Icis's leg happily. "I was right here, on my way back but I ran into you. Good thing too." Icis says in her whispery voice glaring at the man death in her purple orbs. "Icis I don't want to go back, can't you take me with you?" Claire begs tugging on Icis's shirt for emphasis. "Go with me where? I usually just stay here and work." Icis says softly looking into Claire's eyes seeing the fear and want to belong.
"Widow Larsen will be very worried about you when they wake up and you aren't there." "I don't care I want to stay with you." "Why would you want to stay with me?" "We can go places and have fun." "Fine, fine but we have to go tell Widow Larsen first." "You...you're going to take me in?" "I'll try to." Icis sighs then holds out her hand Claire taking hers then walks toward the orphanage. Claire skips happily along side Icis loving how everything feels safe around Icis the world seems like the perfect place to live.
Walking up the stone path Icis falters looking up at the old building curiously not understanding why everything is so still and eerie. "Claire...go get the mayor...now." Icis orders before walking to the orphanage. "But Icis-." "Go Claire." Icis orders strictly before entering the orphanage silently creeping into the foyer. Breathing shallowly Icis sneaks around the wall to the kitchen almost losing her breath when she finds a child's body strewn on the floor blood covering them.
Unable to move or breath Icis backs away her skin cold and paper like over her muscles shivering violently with the sight of a small innocent child treated that way. A sudden chill fills the room making Icis turn and look around wildly her eyes finding a dark figure hunched in the doorway blocking her exit. "Did you do this?" Icis asks shakily her hands gripping the counter afraid she would fall without support. "Yes, do you like my handy work?" The dark figure asks happily. "No, they were children, how could you..." Icis fades off looking at the young body wrongly treated.
Many men barge into the orphanage the figure grabbing Icis up and dashing through the house in unheard speeds. Icis looks after the man seeing the towns people crowding through the doors but goes wide eyed when a stake goes through the man's chest and pierces her own skin with the force. Icis feels herself dropping and falls onto her butt looking up at the man confused and dislocated. A few townsmen drag the body of the man away and another helps Icis to her feet patting her head and asking if she was injured.
Icis nodded her way through all the questions about her being well and safe but manages to escape all of the people to look for Claire. Making it outside Icis looks about but gets latched onto by a hysterical little girl, "Icis I was so worried! They told me the vampire got you!" "He wasn't going to hurt me he was just...confused." Icis says weakly but grabs Claire's hand and walks toward her home numbly, pain pulsing through her veins. What did that stake do? Or did the man do something and she not know?
Icis lies awake in her bed her stomach churning and her skin feeling on fire burning with every touch even her blanket brushing against her skin burnt like an inferno. 'What is this feeling?' Icis whines not understanding the pain or why she feels so bad for that monster. Moments before he had died she was glad and now she feels like she was a family member of a murder victim. Tossing weakly Icis clenches her jaw angrily before closing her eyes tightly.
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