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"I honestly have no idea of what I'm capable of. I just know that I can do anything an ordinary vampire can do. Well, kind of, anyway," I said

"What do you mean by 'kind of.'" Vladimir raised an eyebrow.

"Well, I kinda get these...visions? For example...you see that kid right there?" I pointed to some kid with glasses and a camera.

"Eddie. What about him?"

"He's about to fall and spill his cherry slushie all over his shirt. Watch." Vladimir looked over to the kid named Eddie. Nothing was happening yet. He sighed very impatiently. Just as he was about to turn back around, Eddie slipped on a water puddle, threw his lunch tray in the air, and his cherry slushie went all over his shirt.

Vladimir shrugged. "So? Anybody could've predicted that. One last try. And if that doesn't work, you will answer every single question I ask you."

I rolled my eyes. "Fine. Your uncle...Otis? Yeah. He's going to propose to your Aunt Nelly, perhaps next year. And...hold on, I just got something else...never mind."

"I knew it! But what was that last part?"

I took a shaky breath. I can't tell you. It could mess everything up. People could, well more people could die, I said in his mind.

Prevent, prevent what exactly?

"Ahem. Guys, can youstop doing that weird mind thing. It creeps me out. You're just staring at each other, barely blinking. Like, it looks very disturbing." We both looked at Henry.

"You know what? I'm gonna go get fourths." Henry stood up and walked over to the cafeteria line where people got seconds. Or in Henry's case, fourths.

Ilooked at Vladimir and met his eyes. He quickly looked down and ate his food. I ate mine as well. As I was about to take my last couple of bites from my sandwhich, I felt something cold and wet on my head. It spread to my shoulders and down my shirt. "Agh! What-"

"Ohmigod! I'm so sorry! I just came over to talk to Vlad, but accidently spilled my soda. Clumsy me." I looked up to see that same girl from the hallway earlier. She had chocolate brown hair, brown eyes, and was dressed in pink from head to toe. She looked at Vladimir and gave him a sickly sweet smile. "So, Vlad, are you going to the Snow Ball this year? I heard it"ll be better than any other year." She twirled a lock of her hair around her finger. She looked down at me and smirked. "You might want to get cleaned up. Soda can get really sticky." I rolled my eyes and quickly ran to the bathroom.

When I got there, I washed my hair as good as anybody could in a school bathroom. I washed my face with a wet paper towel. I looked in the mirror. Meh, I did my best. I walked back to the cafeteria to collect my stuff. Thankfully, school was about to end. After I got my things, the bell rang and I went straight to my locker. "Hey, Raven." I turned around to see Henry. I nodded hello. "Vlad is going to this place called The Crypt. He's making me go and wanted to know if you would like to go as well?"

"What's that?"

"It's a place where goths hang out." He looked a bit irritated.

"I'm not really goth. But I'll give the place a try. I'll go. As long as Vlad doesn't annoy me about any vampire stuff."

"Great! Since you and I really don't know the place, we can try to find our way around. You might have a better chance at fitting in, but oh well."

I closed my locker and followed Henry outside to where Vladimir was standing. He was leaning against a black Dodge. I assumed it was Henry's car because Vladimir would probably be inside it already. I was right. Henry pulled out his car keys from his coat pocket. He clicked a button and the doors unlocked. "Get in guys."

I got in the back and Vladimir sat in the front next to Henry. I pulled out my phone and called my mom. "Hello?"

"Hey mom. It's me Raven. Is it okay if I hang out with friends? I did my homework during class."

Some how, I could hear my mom think through the phone. "Hhmm. Is this a guy friend or is it a girl?"

I felt myself blush a little. "I-it's a guy and his friend...who is also a guy.''

Vladimir turned around in his seat. "I have two friends that will be there that are girls. Don't worry."

I nodded. "He says he has two friends that are girls that I'll meet. You don't need to worry, Mom."

She sighed. "Okay. Be back by at least eleven thirty. Love you."

"Love you too. Bye." I looked up at Vladimir. "I have to be home by eleven thirty."

Vladimir sighed. "Lucky. I have to be home by ten. Nelly won't stop treating me as if I were still a younger kid."

I laughed. "Wow. She's just looking out for you. But she could at least let you stay out a little bit later. So, who exactly are these two girlfriends of yours."

"Friends that are girls, and their names are Snow and October."

Henry laughed just a little bit. "Hold on. Snow, October, and Raven? Wow! It was the middle of October and the Snow was falling hard as the Raven crowed through the night. Perfect trio. I'm sure the three of you will get along well. Don't you think so, Vlad?"

Vladimir laughed. So did I. "Oh, Henry, make a left right-"

"Wait!" Henry put on the breaks."Make a left or a right?"

"Make a left here. Sorry, I forgot not to use those two words in a row with you. Oh, and, try not to hang around October too much. Kristoff has jealousy issues."

"Don't worry. I'll just hang with Raven. We're both gonna try to get used to the place." We drove on silence for the next five minutes or so.

"Henry, the Crypt should be around the corner. Yep. Right there," he pointed to a dark building that looked small from the outside. There was a sign that said "The Crypt" in dark swirling letters.

I could barely hear the music, which had a lot of bass, from the outside. "Looks fun." I was pretty excited. Maybe this could be the place that I could hang out in during boring family time. I love my family to death, but sometimes they can be very annoying. Plus I can meet new friends. That is what my mom and dad wanted Valerie and I to do, after all.

We got out of the car. Vladimir and I started walking towards the door of the building while Henry double checked the car doors to make sure they were locked. Vladimir looked back at Henry. "Dude, relax. Nobody's gonna steal your car. Stop going around your car ten million times and come join us."

Henry stared back up at Vladimi. "You can never be too careful, Vlad. Plus, if something bad happens to her, my dad's gonna kill me. She's my special angel from Car Heaven. I want to spend as much time with her as possible before my dad gets to me about something valuable I broke."

I gave him a look. "It's a she? You need help, Henry."

"The Crypt" was a really good place to chill and talk to your friends. If they're goth or something like it, that is. When we walked in, Vladimir led us down a slanted hallway. The walls and floor were blood-red. We turned at the corner at the bottom of the hallway and into the actual club. It was beyond amazing.

The floors and walls of the place had been painted black. I looked around and noticed that there were no windows at all. Although the corners of the room had velvet drapes that were like a plum or eggplant purple. The walls also had a whole bunch of picture frames on them. All of them completly empty. I looked over to see a bar that seemed to be the heart of The Crypt.

"Over there." Vladimir pointed to a group of goth sitting on couches. We went over and Vladimir introduced us. "Raven, this is Sprat,'' he pinted to a skinny boy eating the sugar of a Pixy Stix,"Andrew.'' He pointed to another boy who had eye that were really heavily lined with eyeliner. He looked like the human version of a racoon. "October.'' I looked over to see a girl with dark eyes. She waved at me. "Snow," he pointed to a girl with raven black hair and very pale skin. "And he is Kristoff." I looked at the silver-haired boy. He didn't lok too happy to see Vladimir.

There was a moment of silence. Vladimir sighed. "Everyone, Raven. Raven, everyone." All of them, except Kristoff, said hello. He just nodded hello.

"It's nice to meet all of you."

The girl with the dark eyes, October, smiled. "You too. How about you, Snow, and I get away from the boys for a while and get to know each other better?"

I smiled and nodded. "Sounds good. Sorry Henry, but I really do need the girl time."

Henry, who was behind me, nodded. "That's fine. I'll just here and watched everyone else have a good time. Nobody needs me anyway." He gave me a fake pout. I just rolled my eyes, smiled, and followed October and Snow to the bar.

When we sat down Snow smiled and held out her hand for me to shake. I did. "I'm so glad Vlad invited you. It's nice having another girl in our group. Hanging out with October got a bit boring." We both laughed. Including October.

"Can I help you fine ladies to a drink?" We looked up to see a pale goth on the other side of the counter with dark blue hair and thickly lined eyes.

"I'll have an orange soda." October smiled at the guy.

Snow turned back to me. "You should really try the vampire energy drink. It's delicious. We'll have two vampre energy drinks." Snow was faster than my mouth. I didn't want to be rude, so I just kept quiet. The goth nodded. In about two minutes, he came back with our drinks.

I hesistated before taking a sip of my drink. It obviously didn't taste like blood. Sure looked like it, though. It was very sugary. It was okay. "It, um, tastes good," I offered. Snow nodded in agreement.

When we finished our drinks, Snow and October dragged me onto the dance floor. "I really don't dance much guys."

October rolled her eyes. "Come on. This song is almost over. Can you at least dance to the next song?"

I sighed in defeat. "Fine." The next song wasn't filled with a lot of bass. It wasn't a gothy song eiither. That's why I liked it. I knew this song by heart. "Yesss. I know this song."

'What is it? I'm liking it so far," Snow asked.

I grinned. "It's calle Fire. It's by the band PVRIS (Paris)." We danced for the next four hours, with two breaks. Each one an hour long. When we were finally tired, we joined the boys at the couches.

I sat in between Vladimir and Henry since the other seats were taken. Vladimir smirked. "Looked like you were really having fun."

"It really was. This place is awesome!" I turned my phone on to check the time. It was 9:30. Still got at least two more hours. We spent the next ten minutes talking. We all got to know each other pretty well. I knew I was going to like this place alot.

When Sprat was in the middle of a sentence, we heard glass break. Everything got quiet. It turned out that one of the goths had dropped a glass cup. But there was something else. A smell. A sweet, delicious, and metallic smell. The smell of... A positive. I felt my fangs elongating. I ran my tongue over them I started to slowly get up. I felt a hand on my arm. "Don't," the voice whispered in my ear.