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It was already nightfall when I saw how my room was done, Wileykit, Kat, and Cheetara was shocked because I didn't wait when they were done making a guest room for me. "Wow, my room looks great." I told them as I was looking around. The walls were white, the bed was on the side of the room by the window, there was a door that led to the bathroom and the other door across the room which was the closet. "Thanks, we're about to paint the walls blue." Wileykit told me. "No, that's ok." I told them. "I like the white walls." I added. "So you want white walls?" Cheetara ask, sounding slightly confused at my choice of wall color. I nodded, "Yeah," I told her. "Ok... well there's some paint in your closet if you want to paint the room." Cheetara told me than leaving. "I hope that you're going to be happy here." Wileykit told me softly than leaving with her brother.

I was finally alone in my room when I looked at my shadow, "What do you think?" I asked quietly, so the others wouldn't hear me incase if the walls were paper thin. "I would of done the walls a different color Jake." she replied, wanting the color different. "I know but with white walls, we can do anything with them like write or draw on them." I explained as I laid down on the bed. "You're weird, you know." Dusk told me teasingly. "You travel in my shadow, and I'm weird?" I replied and hearing her chuckling. "I guess we're both a bit weird in our own way." she said back. I nodded and replied, "Yeah, we're both weird."

I kicked off my shoes, socks, and my twin blades onto the floor as I was laying down on the soft bed, "This is really comfortable…" I said softly, not used to being on a bed this soft before. I slept on rocks, dirt, mud, and even lumpy mattresses. But this bed was so soft that was unreal. "Be careful Jake, they might act nice, but they might be some bad people." Dusk warned me. "Maybe they are, maybe they're aren't." I shrugged, but she was right, these people were nice and everything but I don't know anything about them. "I should be careful." I thought to myself as I closed my to rest for a while.

Opening my eyes, I quickly realized that I must have fell asleep on accident, I sat up on my bed, "Are you hungry?" I whispered, seeing if Dusk was awake still awake. "Yeah a little." she answered after a while. I stood up and started to walk toward the door, "We're going now?" my shadow asked, surprised. I nodded, "If you don't want too, than that's fine." I told her. "No, I want to eat, but you can stay here if you want." she offered. "I need a breath of fresh air." I replied than walking out the door, going with Dusk.

When I finally found my way outside… after what seem like hours of trying to find the door, I noticed Dusk changing back into her true form: slightly pale and bare skin, shoulder length black hair, and bright red eyes. Sure that she didn't have fur like me but it was normal for her and who she was. In fact, it was unheard of to have no fur on a person, so that's why Dusk was traveling in my shadow. If anyone, besides me, was to see her bare skin, it would cause a commotion and all that stuff, so we decided to have her travel in my shadow. The rare few times she walks along beside me, she wears a white cloak with the hood on to cover any bare skin from showing. "Be careful, ok Dusk." I smiled. She smiled at me and nodded, "Aren't I always?" she asked than running out into the jungle to look for food.

I jumped up onto a nearby tree branch and laid down so I could wait for Dusk; while I was waiting for her, I kept on thinking about the day that we first met to pass the time:

One day when I was a pup, I was heading back to my house when I saw a person, around my age, covered from head to toe in baggy, dirty, old white clothes being chased by three hippopotamus boys shouting out rude words like 'freak', 'loser' and even a word that started with a 'V' but I didn't know what it was at the time. I chased after the three guys that was chasing after the person in white. Even though I couldn't fight them off, I could at least save the person. No one deserves to be afraid.

That was wrong!

Who were those hippopotamus think they are, scaring that person?

It made me sick.

When I turned the corner, I saw the three of them beating up on the kid in white who was cowering in the corner, but as they were beating the person up, I could hear a girl crying out in pain. The person in white was a girl!

"Leave her alone!"

I shouted boldly, making the three of them to face me now. I knew I wouldn't last a minute against them but my sister always told me that I might stand alone, but I'm standing up for what's right. So I was going to save the girl. "Look who it is," the one in the middle chuckled as they were walking toward me now. "A 'hero'." the one on the right said… his right, not mine. I didn't regret what I done, because I stood up for what I thought was right.

Now that I was hurt from the three guys that beat me up and left, leaving the girl alone… for now. Sure I thought that most of my bones might be broken, but I saved that girl. Struggling to sit up, I noticed that it was past my curfew and that girl was still in the corner. "Hey…" I said, trying to get her attention. The person in white was looking at me, or I thought she was since her face was hidden, "Are you ok?" the girl in white asked, slowly walking toward me hesitantly. "N-no…" I admitted then falling over and letting out a sharp cry of pain.

"Jake?"

Another female voice called out, my sister's voice. I saw a flashlight shining the girl and my way, seeing us, "Jake!" my sister cried out as she ran to my side and saw the state I was in. "What happen? Who did this to you?" my sister asked quickly, her voice was hiding back the fear. "T-three hippopotamus…" I heard the girl in white told her as she was helping me up. "You seen it all happen?" my older sibling asked her. The girl in white nodded, "He's bleeding, ma'am." she told her. "He is?" my sister asked then seeing my blood. "Jake…" my sister said tearfully as she held me tightly. "Hey," my sister said, now facing the girl in white. "You should go home, your parents must be worried about you too." she told the girl, being caring for others. That's my older sister for you. Being caring for everyone. "My parents… are… away…" the girl in white said slowly, hurt. "Did they leave you behind?" my sibling asked. "S-sorta… but I can't go to where they went." the girl said. Now that I had a closer look… or as close I can with her under all those clothes, I can make out that she was my age, seven. "Then you can stay with us for the night." my sister said then picking me up and held out her hand for the girl.

The girl thought about it for a moment then taking my sister's hand.

"A penny for your thoughts?"

A voice called out to me, forcing me to end the trip to memory lane as I looked up and saw Dusk… with blood around her mouth. "Hey Dusk," I smirk, not fazed that the fact that there was blood around her mouth. It was normal for her. "Dusk," I said as I sat up and motion around her face. She smiled, "Sorry," she said then wiping away the blood and sat next to me. "How was dinner?" I asked. "Alright." she replied. "Mind telling me what you were thinking about?" she added soon after. I smiled and looked up at the night sky, "How we met."

"Oh yeah, I still remember that." Dusk added, laughing softly.

When I was in my room, now that my sister made them better, my door opened up and revealed the girl in white, "How are you feeling?" she asked softly. "I'm fine," I grinned, even though my head was throbbing. "Why did you do it?" she asked slowly. "Do what?" I asked, not understanding what she meant. "Save me." she answered, now making since now. "Oh," I said, getting it now. "It was the right thing to do. The girl in white stayed silent for a moment then telling me two words:

"Thank you…"

The next few days passed as the girl in white, who was Dusk, stayed with me and my sister, she was quiet; as if she didn't want to talk. It was rare for me to hear Dusk to speak, but when she did, she didn't say much. Two unusual things that I noticed about Dusk, the first one is that she never ate. The second, she always stayed covered in her white clothes. I've never seen her without all those lairs on her. I sometimes asked her about it, but she would simply say 'It's a personal reason.'.

That's all.

"You were very strange when I first met you, Dusk." I told her, now looking at her. "I thought it was strange that you tried to fight off three guys." Dusk said back, smirking. "We must have been the strangest seven year olds in the town." I said, chuckling. "Yeah, now look at us, traveling together." she replied.

One night as it was raining, I woke up to hear footsteps, wet footsteps, as if someone came in from the rain. But who? Getting on my feet, I slowly open the door and saw Dusk walking in, I knew it was her because of her raggedy white clothes, she was walking toward the corner and kneel down for some reason. For something unknown, I walk toward her. Was it my curiosity? Or just my young mind playing tricks?

"Dusk?"

I said softly, not knowing what else to say. Dusk jumped when I said her name, maybe she wasn't expecting me. "Go back to bed, Jake." she said, not facing me. "You made a mess," I said dumbly. "My sister will be mad." I added. "I'll clean it up!" she said sternly, making me to take a step back. "Sorry," she said soon after, still in that corner of hers, not facing me. "Just go back to bed, I'll clean up the mess." she said, her voice was now calm.

"Why are you kneeling in the corner?" I asked softly, not wanting to wake up my sibling. "I can't tell you, Jake. You'll think I'm a freak…" she replied. "Dusk," I said, walking toward her. "Stay back!" she shouted, but I didn't listen. "No matter what you do, you're going to be my friend." I told her, placing a hand on her shoulder. She sighed heavily, "Jake, does friends trust other friends a secret, no matter how big it is?" she asked, now standing up. "Yes," I answered, not knowing what to expect.

"Have you heard of the Vampire Genocide?"

"The what?"

"Vampire Genocide?"

"No,"

I didn't know what a 'genocide' was, but I heard rumors of the word 'Vampires' before. But I'd just let her explained it. "The different species didn't like the Vampires living with them because of… their lack of fur." Dusk started. "The species resented and hated them for drinking blood. Their anger got so bad that they hunted down each one of the Vampires and killed them." she went on. "They killed each and everyone of the Vampires." she said. "Why are you telling me this?" I asked, lost in the story. "I'm getting to that." she said. "The Vampire Genocide was so bad and everyone thought that they killed the last remaining Vampire… but they were wrong." she said.

"There was some left?"

"No…"

"How many?"

"Only one,"

"Who?"

"Me,"

I was surprised that Dusk was a Vampire… but that didn't matter, she was my friend. Dusk took off the layers of clothing that covered her face until I saw it.

Dusk's bare skin.

Dusk was a Vampire.

"I drink blood, Jake," she told me. "Now that you know how I eat, you think I'm a freak. Don't you?" she said, trying to hold back her tears. Shaking my head and hugged her, I said softly,

"You're my friend."

"I still remember what you said that night, Jake." Dusk said after a while. "You do?" I asked, smiling. She nodded, "'You're my friend.'." she said softly. "Oh yeah, I did." I replied back. "And now look at us," she told me. "A wolf boy and a Vampire girl as friends." I said softly. Dusk kissed my cheek and whispered:

"A Vampire girl and a wolf boy as friends."