When do Slayers start helping Vampires?
Chapter One
The Girls
Twilight wearing her tie up blue sandals with a long ice blue skirt and a blue tube top that tied tight in the back. Her dark brown hair pulled up in a tight bun with a few strands hanging past her shoulders. Gripped in her right hand was her double sided spear that was drenched in blood, her soft blue eyes looking all over the floor at the ash piles of use to be vampires and the bodies of their human followers. Turning her head to the girl next to her, "well it looks like another day…I mean nights work done…"
Midnight looking up at her with her crisp hazel eyes, "if that's what we call it these days?" Her long black hair braided down her back, and the bangs hovering in her face. Her slender arms were crossed over her black and dark blue tube top that she had on. Tapping her fingers against the black bracelets that went up her arm she leaned forward pushing her back off the wall and straightening out the long black skirt that she had on. Midnight's sword resting in its hilt she rolled her neck around listening to the few pops then stretched her arms. "Let's get ready to go…" she said calmly.
Sapphire laughing and shaking her head, the loose light brown hair dancing around her shoulders, "come on Midnight, Twilight did well today. Give her some credit." Wiping some of the dust and ash that fell on her orange and red tube top along with her skirt, shaking her head at the mess she shrugs her shoulders and walks over to Midnight and Twilight getting ready to leave.
"Sapphire, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just getting hungry…if that's okay with you?" Midnight said in a sarcastic tone.
Twilight raising her eye brow at the both of them "does this mean that I am cooking again?" she said dropping her head low and shaking it. "Why can't you guys learn to cook for yourselves?"
Sapphire walking up along side her pats her on the shoulder lightly, "why dear Twilight, who else would we have cook? We all know that if Midnight were to cook the house would be as black as her heart."
"Whatever…" Midnight said rolling her eyes. Crossing her arms over her chest she glared over at the two and continued to walk down the dimly lit spiral stairs.
Twilight and Sapphire laughing at her they follow close behind her, still keeping there sense open for anything that could come out and surprise them. Sapphire wrapping her chain blade around her waist she stretched her arms and let out a deep yawn.
"This type of thing can really make a girl tired; maybe we should go on a vacation or something?" Sapphire smiling resting her hands back down at her side.
Twilight running her thin fingers through her hair could feel the drying of old blood, making a disgusted face she placed her hands back down at her side and shook her head, "this is getting gross, my hair is turning into large clumps of dried blood…"
Midnight looking back at both of them and shaking her head, "what am I going to do with you two, with out you I can't do this on my own, but with you both here my job just doesn't get any easier…" Looking out the window towards the stars and moon while they passed them she took in a deep breathe, feeling the cold air fill her lungs she let it out slowly and continued down the stairs.
Twilight placing her hand over her heart and a smile crawling over her face, "oh my, Midnight, that is like the nicest thing that I've ever heard you say in my life."
Sapphire laughing at Twilight nudges her shoulder and walks down towards Midnight, "you might not ever hear it again either, so make fun of it while you can."
Midnight and Sapphire reaching the bottom of the staircase before Twilight, they walk over to the large wooden doors and press their palms into the door pressing their bodies up against it until it slowly started to open up and let them out. The cold air rushing through the opening in the door, the girls just closed their eyes and stood for a minute breathing in the fresh air.
Midnight walking over to her black stallion, she rubbed her hand lightly against its neck. Looking over at Twilight and Sapphire, "what do you guys think about today?"
Twilight pulling herself up onto her white stallion, she looked back over at Midnight, "well, we killed a council member. I don't know if we are going to be doing all the hunting now? You know?"
Sapphire pulling herself up on her horse as well looked over at Twilight too, "what do you mean; we are going to be the ones hunted?"
Twilight getting her self comfortable first turns her head back to Sapphire, "if you think about it, it's going to be hard hunting something that is hunting for you…"
Midnight nodding her head, knowing what Twilight was getting at, but she had to make sure that things didn't fall apart now, they worked way to damn hard to fall back now, "I know what you mean Twilight, we'll just have to keep taking them off guard you know? Or we could just keep working on are fighting skills?" Midnight mounting her horse lightly clicked her heels on the side and the horse began trotting off.
Sapphire and Twilight following next to Midnight they rode back to the village taking the back roads so that no one would see them as they came through, the girls talking more about the council and the steps they are going to have to take so that they will be safe even when they aren't hunting. Sapphire coming up with most of the ideas and Midnight and Twilight letting her know were the flaws are and if that would work. This planning was going to take some time.
"Umm, guys…we are still going to the parade right?" Twilight said slowly looking back and forth and Midnight and Sapphire.
"Do we have to go, I mean honestly Twilight, we have one every year, can we skip this one please?" Midnight lowering her eyes to the ground; she hoped that the whole parade thing would have been forgotten.
"No! We are going to the parade this year, you guys already promised me…" Twilight said in a whiny tone.
"Fine, we'll go, just stop complaining…" Sapphire said sternly, looking over at Midnight with a glare.
Midnight rolling her eyes looks back up at the path and pats the side of her sword, "as long as we aren't there all night I guess I don't care…" she said slowly in a low tone.
The girls finally making it back into the town, slowing down they stop their horses and dismount them. Walking their horses to the back of the stables they tie them up carefully. Each girl filling up their horses water and food they walk back to the house keeping quiet and making sure their weapons weren't to obvious, making it into the house they walk into their one bedroom and slip their weapons under a loose floor board at the foot of their bed. Sliding a mat back over the floor board they all flop down on the floor and look up at the ceiling.
"I guess we should get washed up huh?" Twilight said looking at the ends of her hair.
Midnight looking down at her arm she nodded her head and stood back up, "I'm sure the hot springs are still up and running…"
Sapphire standing up next along with Twilight they gather some extra clothing and a towel to wrap up in. Walking back out of the house into the dark night, they walk through the thick forest again towards a hot spring were they can wash up and then go to sleep. The warm steam from the water wrapping around their ankles Twilight walks in first setting her blood stained clothes to the side to wash later, Midnight and Sapphire following her lead lay back in the water against a large boulder. Closing their eyes they each submerge themselves in to the water, letting the warm current sweep away the dirt and dried blood from their skin and hair. Emerging from the water slowly making ripples as they came up the girl's lean back against the rock.
"What do you think they remember the most about us?" Twilight asked tiredly.
Midnight looking down at her reflection in the water, she shrugged her shoulders timidly, "our symbols…"
Sapphire nodding her head, "that would make sense. Midnight you have the crescent moon with the star, Twilight you have the snow flake, and I have the flaming sword."
Twilight nodding her head with a smile, "that's really cool…" Standing up out of the water she wrapped her towel around and walked towards her clothes that were lying out on the soft dry grass. Slipping on some loose blue silk pants she pulled down a soft blue silk tank top that went with it, pulling up her hair into a tight bun she looked back at Midnight and Sapphire, "well I'm retiring…"
Midnight and Sapphire standing up at the same time wrap their towels around themselves and walk towards their clothes that were lying in the deep green grass. Midnight pulling up her black loose silk pants with a dark blue tank top that went with it, her wet hair matted to her shoulders and back, she smoothed it all back pulling it up into a tight bun, only a couple of strands escaping and residing down by her cheeks. Sapphire pulling up her red silk loose pants with an orange tank top with matched it, her hair curly now from the water she smoothed out the front putting it into a ponytail, the ends of her hair curling up, looking like a fluffy bunny's tail.
"Twilight does this mean you're not cooking?" Midnight asked suddenly.
"I was hoping you forgot, but since I'm making you guys go with me to the parade I guess I can fix something real quick…" Twilight said softly, wiping a water drop off the back of her neck.
The moon shining down on their wet hair making it shinier, and glimmer in the light like three angels, gracing the earth with their presence. The shadows from the trees making them look only more mysterious then they already were.
"If only my stomach would let me forget about how hungry I am…" Midnight said, while placing a hand in the middle of her stomach.
Walking up to the little house the girls go inside and finally start to relax. Twilight went into the kitchen with Sapphire, and they began making dinner, or even a late night snack, something along those lines. Midnight sitting in the living room her feet up close to the fire to warm herself up, her hair drying out a little quicker then she thought it would from the fire she took it out of the bun and let it flop against her back and shoulders. A few minutes went by and Sapphire walked into the room with Twilight holding some plates and food, Midnight jumping up to help them, grabbed some cups and filled them with water.
"Let's hope we all sleep well tonight, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow…"Sapphire said with a yawn.