Midnight's footsteps echoed down the stone hall as she came up to a large wooden door. It opened for her as she stepped inside a dimly lit room with a wooden table in the far left corner.
"Vera, i'm back…"
A small cat with white and gray colored stripes stepped out from under the dark table. There was a small obsidian star on the cat's forehead. Midnight brought a small golden vase out of her satchel.
"Good. How did it go?" The cat meowed.
Midnight paused, remembering the events of the night warily.
~Flashback by the Ginger Cat~
"Seriously? Well, that would explain the outfit, then." the ginger-haired girl huffed. "But I still don't believe you. Prove it."
Midnight took a knife off her belt and promptly sliced her stomach open. There was no blood, and the knife came out completely clean. The ginger-haired girl looked on, a horrified expression on her face.
All that was left was a gaping black hole in space. Midnight giggled, and sucked in her stomach a little. It healed right away.
"See? I'm completely empty inside. No room for loving feelings, or any feelings at all, for that fact." Midnight turned around to go and find what she was looking for. "Now go. Or i'll kill you."
The ginger-haired girl smirked, and disappeared. The last traces of her shadow whispered, "I know when i'm beat. Nice meeting you, Death."
~Okay back to the present-
"Smoothly." She shrugged. "Do I get what I was promised, now?"
Vera laughed and all of the sudden, she became a human with long red hair tied into a long braid and short orange dress on. She was wearing a headband with the same dark gem that had been on her forehead as a cat.
"Sure. I'll call the boss." Vera said. "He's always said he's had an eye on you… but you're just too busy, huh? Well, i'm sure you'll get recruited. It'll be fine. I'm sure you can't wait to be a member of the Phantom Troupe!"