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Halloween. Her night off. 'Well not really my night off', Deserah thought. Cause a vampire hunter really didn't have a night off. But she always had holidays for her night off. A day were she would ignore the vampires and enjoy herself for once in her pitiful life.
This town that she was living in had a masked ball for a Halloween tradition. It was always the talk of her school, and if you didn't go then you would shunned from everyone till next year when you would be able to redeem yourself. People would take there kids out trick-or-treating till 7 then the parents and teens would get ready for the ball. Dressing up in the most outrageous things then putting on a mask that went with there costume.
This year Deserah was a Victorian maiden. Her white dress was long enough to cover her boots which she could run in if she came face to face with the leeches. Even though this was her night off Deserah wasn't stupid and not take precautions that could save her life.
She put on some lipstick and then studied herself in the full length mirror. What she saw was someone who looked convincingly Victorian. She gave herself a smile before she slipped the mask over her face. It was gold and covered from her forehead to her nose. She glanced at herself one last time then pranced down the steps to show her adopted family.
Sam, a six year old also adopted by the family, made a face. "What are you suppose to be?" he asked her.
"A Victorian maiden" Deserah said casually, "And what are you suppose to be?"
Sam looked at her with a hurt look, "Can't you tell a pumpkin when you see one?"
"Oh now I see" Deserah said as she examined Sam's costume which looked more like a tomato then a pumpkin. The costume was obviously hand made, there adopted mother was a clothing designer, and always made their Halloween costumes. It was also obvious that there adopted mother ran out of orange and used an orange-red instead.
"Well let me see Deserah" her adoptive father sad, "My you'll won't you be the bell of the ball, that white dress makes your black hair look exotic"
Deserah rolled her eyes, her adoptive father was an attorney who always wanted to be a painter. "Thank you" she said politely.
"It also shows off the blue of your eyes doesn't it hunny" He said as he turned toward his wife Isabel Kenden.
"You look beautiful" Isabel remarked, "Do you have a ride hunny?" she then asked
"Yes mom I do, Jill's picking me up" Deserah said with a smile.
A horn honked outside and Deserah shouted, "She's here I got to go" And she ran out the door to greet her friend, who also happened to be a vampire hunter.
"Oh my god is that you Deserah?" Jill asked as Deserah got in. Deserah glanced at Jill's costume fast then had to take a double take. She couldn't believe it. Jill was dressed up as a vampire.
Jill laughed at her friends look, "I know, I thought it would be funny, dressing as the enemy"
"It's more disturbing than funny Jill" Deserah said eyeing her friend. "don't know why I even befriended you, it isn't like we even hunt together." It was true, they didn't hunt together they were both loners when it came to hunting vampires. It was just there thing. The other thing was that Deserah had a price on her head and she couldn't put Jill in a bad situation if she was ever captured.
Ever since the 'Cat' was de clawed the 'death ruin' was the new feared vampire hunter. Though she hadn't quite yet reached the number that the Cat killed, she was close enough and that made her feared. Some vampire rumors said that the cat and the ruin were one and the same.
She shook her head then looked out the window and watched the building were the dance was being held get closer.
Halloween. Her night off. 'Well not really my night off', Deserah thought. Cause a vampire hunter really didn't have a night off. But she always had holidays for her night off. A day were she would ignore the vampires and enjoy herself for once in her pitiful life.
This town that she was living in had a masked ball for a Halloween tradition. It was always the talk of her school, and if you didn't go then you would shunned from everyone till next year when you would be able to redeem yourself. People would take there kids out trick-or-treating till 7 then the parents and teens would get ready for the ball. Dressing up in the most outrageous things then putting on a mask that went with there costume.
This year Deserah was a Victorian maiden. Her white dress was long enough to cover her boots which she could run in if she came face to face with the leeches. Even though this was her night off Deserah wasn't stupid and not take precautions that could save her life.
She put on some lipstick and then studied herself in the full length mirror. What she saw was someone who looked convincingly Victorian. She gave herself a smile before she slipped the mask over her face. It was gold and covered from her forehead to her nose. She glanced at herself one last time then pranced down the steps to show her adopted family.
Sam, a six year old also adopted by the family, made a face. "What are you suppose to be?" he asked her.
"A Victorian maiden" Deserah said casually, "And what are you suppose to be?"
Sam looked at her with a hurt look, "Can't you tell a pumpkin when you see one?"
"Oh now I see" Deserah said as she examined Sam's costume which looked more like a tomato then a pumpkin. The costume was obviously hand made, there adopted mother was a clothing designer, and always made their Halloween costumes. It was also obvious that there adopted mother ran out of orange and used an orange-red instead.
"Well let me see Deserah" her adoptive father sad, "My you'll won't you be the bell of the ball, that white dress makes your black hair look exotic"
Deserah rolled her eyes, her adoptive father was an attorney who always wanted to be a painter. "Thank you" she said politely.
"It also shows off the blue of your eyes doesn't it hunny" He said as he turned toward his wife Isabel Kenden.
"You look beautiful" Isabel remarked, "Do you have a ride hunny?" she then asked
"Yes mom I do, Jill's picking me up" Deserah said with a smile.
A horn honked outside and Deserah shouted, "She's here I got to go" And she ran out the door to greet her friend, who also happened to be a vampire hunter.
"Oh my god is that you Deserah?" Jill asked as Deserah got in. Deserah glanced at Jill's costume fast then had to take a double take. She couldn't believe it. Jill was dressed up as a vampire.
Jill laughed at her friends look, "I know, I thought it would be funny, dressing as the enemy"
"It's more disturbing than funny Jill" Deserah said eyeing her friend. "don't know why I even befriended you, it isn't like we even hunt together." It was true, they didn't hunt together they were both loners when it came to hunting vampires. It was just there thing. The other thing was that Deserah had a price on her head and she couldn't put Jill in a bad situation if she was ever captured.
Ever since the 'Cat' was de clawed the 'death ruin' was the new feared vampire hunter. Though she hadn't quite yet reached the number that the Cat killed, she was close enough and that made her feared. Some vampire rumors said that the cat and the ruin were one and the same.
She shook her head then looked out the window and watched the building were the dance was being held get closer.