I have no internet at home so my updates are from monday till friday, but my writing is uninterrupted. So far I've finished Chapters 12-13 and WILL be posted today, Sept 16th, and I might be finished with Chapter 14 today and finish Dusk completely. I'm finding contestant view ship from Britain and I would love to hear from you.

If I have one review, Just one, I'll write a sequel to the story. PM me if you have ideas

Note- I own nothing but my characters. All credit goes to those who wrote the songs and the creation of the Hex girls.

With love, Dresner


The sun dropped below the sky line and the light of the moon and the heavens brighten the night sky above us. A cold wind graced our faces as the four of us stood on the raged and cobbled together stage with the feeling of electricity buzzing through our bodies as we readied ourselves on stage for the show. I couldn't help but feel a cocktail of fear and courage, anger and happiness, hope and hopelessness flood my mind and appear in my eyes like a film at the cinema. All of my thoughts, dreams, emotions, and dread played though my eyes till finally a feeling of ease and calm rushed though my body from my head to down to my feet.

'Its time to finish this once and for all.' I said to myself as the feeling of ease was determination and confidence coursing though my body as I readied for the show. The feeling was shared amongst us as I looked into the eyes of all of my friends as they got ready.

"What's first?" Jon asked me as stood with his guitar in hand. "Paralyzed, send a message to Destroido that we're not paralyzed." I said as the crowd began to gather around the stage with drinks in their hand and yelled out titles to songs. But I just smiled and grabbed the microphone to address the crowd. "What is up upstate new york!? Welcome to Black tuesday our little home away from home and we want you to feel the same! Have some beers and we'll get the mood going with a little red line chemistry!" I yelled into the mic as we began.

How long did you intend to carry the flame?

Just a little pretentious, don't you think?

No conversation, so I guess we'll take it on our own

So you keep your arrogant lies

While we're breaking barriers down

Call us brothers divided

You know it's wrong

You love to say that we just threw it away

You took the high road when you walked away

We'll live to fight another day in the game

Whatever comes our way

We're not paralyzed

We're not paralyzed

We were in full swing with the crowd as the passion of the music combined with our determination to save Black Tuesday fueled our hearts as the cords, the beat, the music, and the defiant nature of the song brought us and the crowd together.

I took a heavy breath as we finished the song and I could see the look of excitement on the faces of my friends as we readied for another song. "With me now." I said as I turned to the crowd and signaled the red headed jerico to bring up a key bored for the next song.

"Yeah! Now that we're not all Paralyzed lets see if your with me now with a little Blacklite district!"

Got no time for my game, I put it on the shelf

and this money and fame ain't gonna earn itself

I'm not wasting my time, you better recognize

The flame, the hustle, the pain, the redness in my eyes

When the pressure comes down you throw the towel in

But for me and my crew, that's where the work begins

As the hours past we finished almost eight songs ranging from bands like Red light kings to Metallica, Sour Soul to Avenge sevenfold, and even european bands like Raubtier to Eisbrecher! The crowd was complete metal heads, goth, and even a few punk rockers in the mix. But the one thing that really brought in the crowd was a couple of Hex girl songs sung by Dusk who put a little touch to them. She was in her element and I could see the fire in her once again just like she was on any stage whither it was a high class stage in new york or nevada or even a ragged stage like one here in the middle of nowhere.

Dusk was back to her former glory and everyone on stage could see it, but yet I could see a rare bit of remorse in her eyes though all her joy. After we finished the final bit of Lai Lai Hei! by the viking metal band Ensiferum, I pulled Dusk from the drums and told Jon to cover drums.

"Baby girl this is your chance to show off, Love bites will be our next song. Are you up to it?" I asked her as the show stopped for a brief moment. The crowd was cheering louder and louder as they saw Dusk look around me. Her face lit up like the summer sun and she said most invigorated, "You better believe it!" She cheered as she ran to the mic.

"Can I get a fuck yeah from black tuesday!?" She screamed into the mic as a tsunami of screams and whissles came from the crowd. "Its great to make a come back to my lovely fans and I want to say I love you all..." Dusk said as she pointed her head to ground and her bangs briefly covered her face. But soon she returned with a evil grin, "But, you know what they say about love... LOVE BITES!" She shouted as she counted down for our final song.

Don't listen what your girlfriend says

She reads those magazines

That say you failed the test

You don't what have what she needs

I Slither like a viper

And get you by the neck

I know a thousand ways to help you

Forget about her

That Bitch can eat her heart out

Love bites, but so do I, so do I!

Dusk was inthralled in the in your face song that was Love bites. In the loving lyrics of the song she would grace me with her touch and flirt with me on stage. It was amazing! The crowd loved it! Dusk was killing the original vocals and making it her own with her natural veracity and fierceness in her voice. As the song came to end she brought me close to her and we locked lips right on stage in front of an awe struck crowd.

Everyone gave a sweet 'Awww' and cheer for her as she turned to the crowd and gave a bow as we all did. "Thank all of you who came out to support us today! I want to take one special person tonight and that is our guitar player, karl." She said with a heavy heart to the crowd. "When I left the Hex girls, I was alone out in the cold. He took me in and soon I realized that I knew him from way back. He brought me in and showed me this little collection of people that he called his family. Word can not express how thankful I am that he helped me and I'm glad that we are together now..." Dusk said as unabashed tears of joy fell from her face as she turned to me.

"I love you Karl..." She said as our lips locked one last time in the moon light. As we kissed the crowd erupted in a roar of joy over this display of affection toward one another. Dusk has changed over the last couple of days, all of us could tell. She was a little more warm toward people, including her new friends that she had met and played in the band with. She meant it all... I knew it in my heart with out a doubt in my mind or soul... She was the one.

Dusk stood in the light of stage with the sound of the crowd cheering her on in the background as her and her lover karl made out in the middle of the stage. All her doubts, fears, and faults seemed to melt away as their lips met. Dusk could feel something erupt in her heart and she could feel a fire burn through her chest.

'Is this what love is?' She thought to herself as they broke from their kiss and looked into each others eyes and turned to the crowd to wave off the stage. Hand in hand they walked off stage with Sandra and Jon right behind them. Soon a smiling eddy came to them with a look of pride on his face. Dusk couldn't help but smile as he approached and was rather happy to see him.

"Everyone, I have news! We have knocked over our goal and we are sitting on over 45 thousand! We beat em!" He yelled as we all cheered in joy at our accomplishment. "Lets get some drinks! On the house!" I yelled in joy as we all cheered and whistled.

"Guys look at those trucks!" Dusk called to us and pointed at two black SUV's with a large red D painted on the side of them. They pulled near us and a window rolled down,

"Ahh Mr. Dael, pleasure to see you again. I see that your event went well. How much did you bring to my land?" The arrogant voice of said coldly as he sat in the luxury of his custom SUV. "Enough to get OUR land, park, and bar back! Now get out of the car so we can discuss business like gentlemen instead of gentleman to jackass." I called out to him with hate flipping off every word. "Such a backwards hick you are! 30,000 in cash or no deal!" The arrogant business man said though his window.

"Eddy! Get the money!" I yelled to eddy as I stared down Mr. Lockhart. Eddy ran to the bar to collect the money to pay him off, while him and I stayed behind. "Why do you even want this place? It's nothing to you!" I shouted at him with Jon in agreement. "Are you an idiot, Mr. Dael?" He asked me bluntly. "Of course you are, but none the less. This area holds some of the riches farmland in all of rural new york and could be used for my corporations agricultural department for our means. But the farms around the area refuse to cooperate with me. So I had my daughter forge a signature of your drunk manager jimmy for a cheap price."

"Where's the contract?" I demanded with my fists clenched in anticipation at wanting to beat the hell out of this man. Lockhart gave me a contract and I began to read though the contract to see that it was real. I signed the contract and threw the case through the window to the fucker and flipped him off.

"Get the hell out of here..." I said coldly as we turned and went to the bar. Lockhart left with his blacked out SUV's and was never seen again. I didn't care at all about him or his slut daughter. I remembered the pictures me and sandra took and we made sure that her reputation was trashed for the century. "Now Jimmy can say that he fucked the industry." Sandra said was we walked into the bar and took a seat in an empty booth.

Everyone cleared out by now and all was quiet, it was perfect. "Karl, shouldn't we be a little worried about who signed Jimmy's name? I mean they could do it again!" Dusk said urgently. "It might have been jessica, I know jim's Ex-wife wouldn't have done that. She's a good woman at heart, it was the drinking that broke them apart. Speaking of which, where is jimmy?" I said calmly reaching for a phone call.

"Hello?"

"Karl! Buddy! So... So glad to hear from you! Didddd.. Diidd we?" Jimmy said drunkenly

"Yeah Jim, we kicked their ass and raised over 45K. We got a little visit from Lockhart and he took thirty thousand of it. Everything is signed in my name and I'll sign it over to you when you get here. Where are you bud?"

"Parking lot!" Jimmy yelled over the phone as the sound of screeching tires and tossing gravel came from outside. We rushed outside just as eddy placed the beers on the table we were out the door. The amber lights of the street lights brighten our view as we saw a black toyota pickup truck sat in the parking lot. "It's your truck karl!" We shouted as we rushed to my truck and dragged jimmy out with joy.

"I found your truck!" Jimmy said falling out of the truck with a bottle of booze in his hand. "That... Barbie dollll left it on the side of the road... So I brought it back! Thank you Karl for saving my ass... again!" Jimmy cheered as he ran to the bar for more drinks.

Sandra and Jon followed Jimmy in while Dusk and I stood outside together and checked my truck. "Can't believe he brought it back in one piece." Dusk said in amazement as there wasn't even a scratch on my little tacoma. "Yeah me either... Hey Baby girl?" I asked her with a lump in my throat as my thoughts began to run over a mile a second. "Yes my love?" She asked me in her soft caring voice that only a handful of people have herd. "I want to say thank you... Thank you for everything.. You saved us from losing our homes and..."

"I didn't save the day, We did. We all did and I should Thank you for everything you've done for me. You gave me a home and you taught me things that I wish I knew before..." Dusk said as she took my hands and held them tightly as the words she spoke seemed to open her to reveal her soul. She struggled for a moment to find the words, but they just seemed to come off her tongue naturally.

"You taught me to love the people I'm with and to help others around me. You took me in when no one else would and treated me as if I was your family. Just like when Mr. Mcknight took us in all those years ago..." Dusk was crying as her shell fell off and the chip she held on her shoulder was finally filled after all those years of pain. I whipped the tears off her face and gave her a reassuring smile. "Muffy... You are family, You've always have been apart of our family ever since I met you. We're all from the south, Jon, Eddy, Sandra, and I come from a land where anyone who is in need or anyone is apart of our family. Regardless of who they are, what they believe, or anything. We love you Muffy and always will. Mcknight and your sisters are apart of this family as well and will always be. We're here for you no matter what and so am I." I promised to her as more tears appeared on her face and she opened her arms to me and hugged me. "Your my girl, Muffy. Always remember that..." I said as I held her tight as she pressed her head against my chest. "But I have to ask, Where were you doing when you walked out of the tour bus?" I asked her calmly.

"Nowhere... just away from everything... Looking for a home..." She said with a sniffle as she wiped the tears from her face. She hates crying, anyone could tell that it was the case. "Then you offered me a ride to where ever and from then I knew you would always be their for me. It's weird and I know you think I'm a freak, but..." I put my finger on her lips like she had done to me before and gave a warm smile.

"Your not a freak, your you. Thats all you are is you and that is what I love about you. Your not the 'Miss everything' or the 'Miss special', your like me. Fierce and outspoken, arrogant at times and quiet about yourself. You hold your own and your not afraid to get in someones face or break it. Its you who I love, not your fame, and it was the same way back in the day. When your sweet and loving, you mean it and the fact that you rarely show it makes it even better. Your everything I ever wanted Dusk..."

I couldn't stop myself from pouring out to her, I was red in the face and embarrass at myself for doing it but I didn't regret it. "Your everything I would ever dream for karl..." Dusk said with a snicker as she saw the look on my face. Even though she gave a laugh, I could tell that she meant what she said.

Dusk then walked toward the front door with a snicker on her face, "Come on klokatier, lets get wasted!" She shouted as she walked backwards to the door. As she turned around to open the door I threw a snow ball at her back and scared her a little. Snow covered her back as I gave her a grin, "Oh its on!" She said, grabbing some snow and throwing it at me. We threw snow balls at each other, laughing and playing around as if we were kids at the playground. We played around till finally we walked into the bar covered in snow and laughing.

Everyone was wondering where we were and we told them we were just playing around with each other, they gave us some looks but we knew better. I took a beer in my hand and hosted it into the air like a victorious hero returning home. "Everyone I want to say thank you. Thank you for all you've done today and for days gone by. We could have thrown the towel in and left ourselves to each others own life. But no, we stayed strong and went on stage with nothing but our hearts and minds and we rocked it! I will say this though, The last couple of days have kicked my ass!" I said with a laugh as we cheered. "Here's to Jimmy, Here's to black tuesdays, Here's to faith, and Here's to us!" With beers in the air with toasted to us and to the night.

"I think this is the place." The hex girls driver, james, said as their tour bus pulled into the parking lot of Black tuesday. "Look at the stage over their. That drum set is high grade, Dusk must still be here." Luna said as her and Thorn exited the bus. "I'll stick back here and keep the motor running." James said as he closed the door. Thorn rolled her eyes and they treed through the snow. Thorn wore a black north face jacket with a red scarf around her neck to keep her warm, As did luna but her scarf was purple. "I hope dusk is still here..." Thorn said, worried about her sister. "Is the cold cooling you down finally?" Luna asked with a snicker. Thorn gave a sarcastic laugh as they walked into the bar and to their surprise they found it dead besides a loud table with a rather familiar guy in a black jacket and boots holding a beer in the air near his table and cheering.

"Heres to us!" They herd him say as he finished his beer and swaggered to the bar with a smile. "Hey eddy, do you want to join us? It was you who get the gear together, take the rest of the night off and grab a drink with us." The man said with a smile. "Maybe later karl, right now we have customers." The bartender said, point to Thorn and Luna who stood their a little awkwardly. "Welcome to black tuesday girls, I'm karl. Nice to meet you." The man said, reaching out his hand to them with a warm smile. Thorn and Luna looked at each other and gave a smile back to him. "Nice to meet you to Karl, I'm Thorn. We've met before in Oakhaven about a year ago." Thorn said kindly as she shook Karl's hand. Karl gave a warm laugh and hugged both her and luna, which surprised him because he wasn't even drunk they could smell nothing on his breath. But for some reason they let him touch them, something was telling them that he was alright. That he was one of them...

"Baby girl! Their are two people I would like you to meet!" Karl called to his table and a familiar blonde in green stood up from the booth. She turned to them and all three of the girls dropped to the floor.

"DUSK! THORN! LUNA!" They all shouted.