Tonight's Knight

Tori walked home after school was out for the day and began to finish up her English. She had still not finished it by the time she had to meet Broken Soul. She threw on her mother's old prom dress and a little blue cat mask. She threw her hair up in a bun and ran out to the car in which Dustin sat waiting. She jumped in and he looked her up and down.

"Hey Pretty Diner Girl." He teased her.

"Don't you wish you were Broken Soul?" She joked.

"At times like these, not really, you're more of a friend than a girlfriend." Dustin half laughed.

She smiled at him and he drove off down the road to the glowing school. The gym was radiating an orange glow and the windows blew everyone away with the sparkles from the disco ball. The two masked friends walked into the ball and glanced around at everything.

Tori began to walk towards the punch bowl when an arm caught her attention. She wanted to ignore it, since it was only a few minutes until ten and she was supposed to be under the disco ball. She turned slowly, pulling her mask up so she could see better.

"Shane." Tori stated shocked.

"You look great, considering your reputation as Diner Girl." He joked.

"I know, can't believe I've pulled it off."

"Well, nice talking to you , maybe you can spare me that dance later?"

"Yeah, uh, I'll find you." Tori replied.

"Bye."

Tori waved as he walked away. She watched as Mel made her way to the disco ball and stood there, waiting for Hunter to show up. Tori walked over, mask pulled down and stared her strait in the eye.

"You must be Permanent Stay." Melanie smiled deviously.

"It's Permanent State." Tori retorted with a grin.

"Whatever, you should probably leave before I make you." Melanie giggled fakely.

"You've obviously never messed with me before have you. I don't run away and I don't back down."

"Obviously you've never messed with me or else you wouldn't be here would you, Permanent Screw Up." Melanie sneered.

"Excuse me?"

"You're excused, what did you do, fart, sneeze, cough?"

Tori glared at her for a second until she punched her in the face and made her fall to the ground. Melanie winced in pain but struggled to get herself to her feet. She wobbled as she tried to go after Tori but she dodged everything Melanie threw at her. Melanie fled to the bathroom and Tori stared after her.

She touched up her mask, making sure it was on strait and then turned around to come face to face with Hunter. She looked up at him and half smiled.

"Are you-"

"Permanent State." Tori reached out her hand. "Nice to finally meet you."

"Did you want to go somewhere less loud?"

"Love to." Tori finished her smile.

He took her hand and she glided to the outdoor football field stage. She stepped up and spun around, her dress moving with her. The young man laughed a bit at her actions but soon followed her around the stage as she stopped and walked over to meet him.

"Blonde hair, blue eyes. Anything else?"

"You know me." Tori smiled as her hands moved toward the mask.

"Do I?" He asked with another smile.

"Twenty questions. Then you can guess."

"Number one, are you in any of my classes?"

"Yeah, math."

He kept asking her questions like, what do you like to do and what's you favourite subject. She just danced around the stage in a very elegant manor. He watched every move and eventually they ended up slow dancing to the loud music from the gym. He looked into her eyes.

"One more question." She stated quietly.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?"

Tori looked away and smiled. She thought for a minute. It had to be the perfect answer, not just yeah or nope but almost poetic. It almost had to be unique, something that maybe someday someone might quote. It wasn't as poetic as she thought when she said it but it was better than yeah and nope.

"I'll let you know." She smiled her million-watt smile.