As it turned out, I actually won the contest. I was on my way to the palace in a limousine. It came into view. I gasped, and a guy opened the door. Now, if I'd have known it was a palace full of men, I would've never signed up, but oh well.
One of the guys opened the door and bowed.
"My name is Amshel Goldsmitt. Welcome to Shwe's laWea, and your name?"
I looked up and found the people I had met the night before standing on the rooftop. They wore cloaks, and their skin was unexposed. In the dim moonlight, I could see the one who'd smiled's mouth. The one who had smiled at me mouthed a name for me to say. I squinted. I finally understood and nodded. Amshel looked in the direction, but they were gone.
"Ah…My name! You asked me my name. It's Celestia. Celestia…" I paused and looked up at the building. The one who mouthed the name was there again. He mouthed a last name. Why I needed an alias, I don't know.
"It's Celestia Vourtine," I lied. The one who had mouthed the names was gone again, and I hadn't a clue why he had followed me here.
"Well, Celestia, come with me," he said. I nodded and obeyed.
My new room was amazing! It was big enough to house 150 elephants, I thought.
"Dinner is at twelve-o-clock sharp, I trust you won't be late," Amshel said, and then I was left alone. Almost immediately, the three from last night appeared.
"What are you doing here?" the one with glasses asked.
"I should be asking you the same question!" I replied.
"In any case, it's far too late for you to leave. We're here because this is where Diva is," the one who smiled said.
"Diva?"
"The one we're after. We need Diva's blood to survive," Lulu replied.
"But if you drink her blood, won't you get HIV, or Hepatitis, or something?" I asked.
"No, if we don't drink it, we'll get 'The Thorn' and die," the smiling one replied.
"Okay…So, you're vampires, then? What are your names?" I asked.
"I suppose we can tell you," the smiling one said.
I smiled. "I'm wait-ing," I sang.
"I'm Karmen," the one with the glasses mumbled.
"I'm Moses. We're the Schiff," the one who smiled replied.
"You mean, like Moses from the Bible?" I asked.
"Somewhat," he replied.
"Okay, so where is this Diva? I wanna fight her if she's so strong," I said.
"No. You'll die," Moses replied.
"And you care because…" I said, waiting for an answer.
"…fine. Fight Diva if you want," he replied, disappearing.
"Oh, bye!" Lulu said, disappearing with Karmen.
"Weirdos…" I muttered. "Wait! My fight!"
The next day, the sun was shining, and it seemed like a perfect day.
But it wasn't.
The Schiff named Irene died that same night we introduced ourselves.
