Chapter 2

Arubey and Nickolas Karew looked around the gym as dozens of people started to scream and the teachers used the tiny flashlights on their key chains.

"Everyone stay calm!" Border and Collie yelled in harmony to everyone. Arubey and Nickolas were the only two who were screaming for the lights to come on.

"Find her," Arubey told Nickolas. He nodded over to where Belle had been sitting, she was still there her back against the bleachers her eyes closed and completely calm.

"Kate," she said.

"What, we have to get the lights on Belle. Come on."

Belle shook her head, "Lissy. Elle." She whispered and stood up, she left her bag where it was and stepped on Michael's foot, she didn't bother to apologize to him, and she found the end of the bleachers that had a safety guard so no one fell off the end of the bleachers. She used those to get down the bleachers. Kate yelled her name but she was making her way to the doors. In the hall, she was able to the see the outside light; she left the door open.

"Everyone to the light!" Border yelled when the brightness came to him.

Belvina kept her hand in front of her slightly, she yelled when she touched something cold. "Shh," he said.

"Arubey?" she whispered.

He chuckled, "who else?"

"Nickolas wasn't ordered to protect me this time," she snapped as she went to move past him, she was close to the bleachers, she could hear everyone talking. She hear two people kissing, she gagged. "Get a room," she snapped. The noise stopped and a scowl came somewhere close by. "It's dark, not sound proof," she snapped again. "I hate it here, how can you stand this school, in Riverdale we didn't get blackouts, we got blizzards and avalanches each winter… not this." She growled angrily, "who has my hand?" she asked.

"You're shaking-."

"Because I'm upset!" she yelled, her voice echoed, a few people wondered who it was.

In her head, Belle counted to ten and breathed out slowly. Just then there was a very loud popand she jumped. Arubey took her around the waist so they were against the bleachers more. "Don't worry." He whispered.

"Your hands are freezing, it's really dark in here, I can't see a damn thing, and-." She paused and looked right up into his eyes although she has no idea she was and said: "You're not breathing." She whispered. He nearly dropped her.

"Of course I am," he muttered. Arubey could see her expression even in the darkness, it was fear and wonder. "I breathe just like you and everyone else in here." she reached out blindly with her hand and he tried to step aside, but she felt him move to the left and she was able to grab his wrist. "What are you doing?" Her fingers found the spot where the veins lay and pressed her thumb to it. He pulled away from her, but not before she was sure she was right. She gasped when she realized what he was, "No." he said.

She smiled, "I've read about them in books, heard myths and legends, you're a vamp-." He hurried forward and placed his hand over her mouth, he put his other arm around her waist and picked her up and carried here further away from the others and the bleachers. He took her into the little part of the gym that concealed the stairs to go upstairs and into the girl's locker room. He pushed her up against a wall, actually the door of the locker room. It rattled slightly as she was pushed against it, "Pire," she finished and smiled. "How long have you been one-." He put his hand over her mouth again.

She couldn't see him at all, but she could feel him and the anger that rose off his skin was unbearable. "I am not vampire Belvina, just a human like you and the other couple dozen out there-." He stopped when she raised her hand and went slowly toward his face.

"But," she whispered. "You're so cold." Belle felt the skin of his cheek and let her fingers feel the soft cold-dead skin of a vampire with the face of an angel.

Arubey was the concept of many conversations and many thoughts all day, his brothers and sister, all were actually. Even the teachers seem to like them and jealous of their attractiveness. Candy has tried and failed dozens of times over the last year with them, to fry to get into the pants of the twins, Nickolas and Christopher. Daryl even has, with Risika, she hit him hard enough where a tooth cracked and broke from his mouth; now he leaves her alone. Chris would hit Candy, but he respects women of all ages and types- he doesn't believe in abuse to a woman.

Arubey stepped back but she moved with him, gracefully. He hated that, "I won't tell anyone, not even Lysandra or Cedrella. I promise- as long as you don't hurt me or anyone of course." He said nothing, she was afraid of the dark but not him.

Arubey could hear Nickolas searching for them; the other students of the gym were still panicking and now using the light from cell phones to find their way around the gym and to the door. Kate and Michael were searching for Belvina while Andy txt Devin to see if she was alright- she'd say she was and not too worry.

Arubey sighed and put his hand over hers and she continued to smile this smile that made his heart start beating again. Suddenly, her own shield around her mind was down enough he could break them and he did for the next minute as he lowered his head to hers. "I kill people Belvina," he told her and used a forefinger under her chin to move it up and he kissed her. It was something not that bad, it was short and he loved the touch of her lips on his. He has had this theory that she was soft and she was.

When he was done kissing, he erased her memory of everything since before she got off the bleachers….

Belvina looked back at Kate, "Kate, Michael." She called.

"Right here, not to worry Belle. Right behind you-." The lights came on again; Belle put her hand over her eyes and lowered them slowly. Kate was ten feet away and Michael was heading toward the other end of the bleachers. Andy laughed at him.

"I know I was going towards…" he trailed off as he began hating himself for being stupid. Kate hurried to Belle and wrapped her arms around the fearful girl's neck.

"Your cheeks are freezing," Kate complained.

"They are, why?"

"I don't know," she said and they took hands- Kate was treating Belle like she was an old woman walking down stairs. They had Michael grab their book bags and he did with a grumble and Belle laughed when she read his head. "What?" they both asked. She shook her head and turned toward the door as Lissy and Elle came running into the gym. They stopped to breath quick and Belle hurried over to them and they embraced. They acted like one of them was in a life or death situation. Of course Belle could pass out, but she'd be fine.

"We were so worried," Elle cried a little.

"I'm fine, I was with-."

"We had no idea what to do and we met each other running down the hall, the lights came on. And, oh, God Belle!" Lissy gasped and buried Belle's face in her chest. She pushed her away.

"Okay first all, I'm fine," she snapped. "This doesn't get you off the hook, for all I know you did this, yourselves," she whispered. They glared at her for a moment, and then the teachers came over.

"Why are you here Lissy, Elle?" Collie asked them.

Elle put her hands on either shoulder of Belvina, "Fear of Darkness," Lissy said before Elle could. "Come on we'll go see Ursula," she muttered and they walked together to their mother's best friend's room; Ursula Nimott teaches at their school and calls herself the girls' Aunt, her husband is their 'Uncle' and 'cousin' Deleon.

Belvina pushed her sisters away from her at the first chance she got, the voice of the principal came on and told all the students they only needed to spend ten minutes in next class and then could go home. There was a cry of cheer as everyone would be leaving almost thirty minute early on the first day of school. Then he added that, the ten minutes didn't start until every student was in their assigned class.

There was a rush and Belvina hurried to Ursula's room.

The eighth hour class was joined by the triplets and the five Karew-Dawson kids and Devin, Danni, Andy, and Josh. Ursula had them read the rule themselves and then they could go. There was another rush for the door, but Arubey noticed that Belvina, Lysandra, and Cedrella weren't doing that much, but they go over to the teacher and ask her how Deleon and Casper were.

"Just fine, get home okay? If the lights go off again…" she trailed off as she looked at Belvina. She smiled and hugged the teacher and they gathered their book bags and left. Finally, "We'll have a real class tomorrow." She promised, they smiled and said they looked forward to it and went to find their lockers before they left. They found them and left, they didn't open them or anything; just the need to know where they were, is what they were after.

Outside at their car, Belvina turned around to the part of the building she's spent all day finishing in her drawing. She smiled as she got into the car and closed the door behind her and sat back against the seat and tried to figure out why God was hating her so badly today….

…Cedrella and Lysandra sat in the front of the vehicle and they'd occasionally glance back at the youngest Canis sister and wonder what she was thinking at that moment.

"I think a nice nap will do the trick to help," Lissy muttered. "Try to sleep Belle." She ordered.

"I'm not tired," she muttered with her eyes still closed and still trying to figure out what happened.

Elle drove home, she took short cuts and detours and they got home twenty minutes later then they were supposed too because she got them lost. Elle was beautiful but terrible with directions. She exited the car first as their mother and father came from off the front porch.

Gina had short brown hair and liked to wear green; her closet held green shoes, dark and light in colour. Pine green turtlenecks and log sleeve shirts, (from the GAP, OLD NAVY, AMERICAN EAGAL…) camouflage pants and shirts.

Shane is a tall man and inventor of a new hand-held computer, kind of like the pom-pilot but smaller and with its own keyboard. It flipped up and had its own light and rechargeable; the battery lasted for about five hours assuming you aren't doing big things like playing a high-tech game or something. He also works at a Insurance company and the CEO and likes all sort of colours and wear mostly anything. He loves the colour purple, also the movie as well.

Today their mother wore a green skirt with a lime green blouse and dark green heels. Their father has on a dark violet shirt and black dress pants and shiny shoes. They walked toward them and frowned when they saw their faces up close. Right away they asked what happened and they went into a two hour story of their day starting with Elle, then Lissy and ending with Belle. Gina and Shane didn't say a word. Ursula brought over Deleon just as they were finishing and he and Belvina went to her room and hung out. He's young but still pretty fun to do stuff with. Like board or video games. Belvina likes drawing but Deleon got her into Play Station games and things like that; for Christmas the year before, the Canis family gave Deleon his own PS3 and five games they thought he'd like. He's beaten them all already; Belvina got one too and still working on the dragon game. Deleon booted up the station and they played for the next three hours before Ursula said it was time to go.

Dell turned to her. "I like your TV by the way, what is it?"

She muttered what it was, but he made her say it again, "Thirty six inches. Shane won't go get me a smaller one, I don't need a big screen." she told him, she hated it when Shane and Gina got her big expensive things like the television. She begged for the PS3. "How does yours work Deleon, what size is it- I forget?"

He nodded, "it's a twenty-four, works really great!" he said happily. He got his first HD TV and he called the first day he got it; for nearly twenty minutes Belvina had to hear how pretty it was and how much it 'clashed' with his room. He was so proud; Belle teased him by sending him a card she printed from the computer. 'Congratulations! It's a 24-Inch!' He didn't talk to her for a week only because he was too busy playing the system.

Most kids would hate spending time with Deleon, because he can get annoying but Dell was and is her greatest and most loyal friend.

It was a few hours later when there was a knock on the door and Ursula's head popped into the room. "Hey Dell, it's time to go-." there was a loud groan from the both of them.

"Do I have too-?"

"Does he have to Ursula?"

The mother-teacher nodded her head and said, "Pack it up, time to get home. Come on Deleon or you'll walk home-."

"Go without him, I'll bring him back home, please Ursula. We were about to finish this level," Belvina told her, Dell nodded.

Gina stood beside Ursula and shrugged when Ursula asked her if it was alright if her boy stayed and if Belle brought him home. "If it's alright with Bea."

"IT IS!" Deleon and Belvina yelled from the other side of the door. The two moms shrugged again and Ursula left a while later and about a hour later, at about eight-forty PM. Deleon admitted he needed to get home. Belle nodded and put her arm around the boy as they walked downstairs.

"Thanks Shane, Gina for letting me stay for the snacks." He called, they yelled something back but Belle was closing the door. She called that she'd be back in a little bit and they yelled for her to be safe and wear the safety belt.

"You know, we haven't been to the park in a while."

"It's almost nine, Deleon." She giggled, they loved the park. The bigger the better, but they only went to them for the swings. "Oh alright, I miss the park too." she smiled and got into the drivers seat of her dark Blue KIA.

The sky was light still, but it helped nicely with the street lamps; Deleon swung his legs back and forth as he went backward and forwards on his swing. Belvina went slower then usual.

"What is it, you're not beating me." he asked finally.

They raced to see who could get the highest in the shortest amount of time and for the first time Deleon won without her letting him win. She sighed and said, "Dell, something happened in Gym, the lights went out and I think I missed nearly ten minutes of something. Like my head was erased of something," he frowned and dragged his feet roughly into the chewed of rubber pieces that lay as the bottom of the park. Belle sighed a little again and jumped off the swing, she cleared her throat. "Come on buddy, time to get you home before I grounded or detention." She teased him and he laughed and they raced to the car. Deleon tripped but got up and amazing he didn't cry- he's real sensitive to injury and cries easily when he gets hurt.

The Nimott home is small, brown and white with gray trim and the doors are shitty in the sense that they never lock. It's a nice house but not safe. Three cars are in the parking lot, a small green, silver at average size, and a rusty red. Belvina didn't know the make or models, just the colours. The Green is a more of a forest green with a tint of yellow to it; the silver is shiny silver with a mix of blue in it as well; the red is a bloody red- the kind of blood red of when you first cut yourself and the crimson spews from you. That kind of red. The brown is an actual pure brown and the off white colour, like paper. The gray is dark and lighter in some spot from it being rubbed away- it looks stained almost.

The front door is a wood door with a metallic coating so it doesn't look like wood. the main entrance is a small and the right away you come against the stairs going upstairs the Nimott family like themes and the theme to their living room was brown, everything is brown. The walls, the huge brown chair the couches are draped in brown velvet material. Their golden retriever even has a hint of brown to her coat. Sierra, the dog is a kind, large, and smart dog. Even for a dog- she's smart. She doesn't understand the concept of personal space though. She likes, literally, putting her nose in everything.

Right when the door opened Sierra came upon Deleon and Belvina and jumped up on her. She yelled happily as she fell backward- although she landed on her wrist, she knew it was busted up a little. Ursula nearly started crying and Deleon wouldn't leave her side. Casper Nimott, Dell's father and Ursula's husband had broken his wrist a couple months ago and still had the Velcro cast. He hurried upstairs and grabbed it.

"Its fine- really, just stings." Belle muttered as Casper put it on for her.

He chuckled, "Ursula will drive your car, I'll follow and then I bring my wife back with me. That way you won't have to drive; would you rather go to the hospital?" he asked. She shook her head, "Okay then. Put ice on it when you get home," he told her.

Deleon wrapped his arms around her neck and she had to nearly drag him to the car before he let go. "I'm so sorry Belle, I didn't-." he cried suddenly.

Belvina began laughing and took him roughly and pulled him into a long hug, "You're my cousin, I can never be angry at you for something so stupid. Sierra," the dog whined as if she knew she caused Belvina injury. "Don't worry girl, I'm fine." She knelt down and the dog came from the house and hurried over to her and Belvina let the dog kiss his check before Deleon called her back into the house and watched from behind the closed door through the window as Ursula drove Belle's car.

Risika and Angel sat down the street from the Nimott house. "That's the youngest one Angel. Spike, stop kicking my damn seat!" she yelled back at him.

Angel glanced back into the back of his Comarrow (without the racing stripes), Spike lay on his back trying to sleep and couldn't get comfortable. The car's back seat was too small. "Okay, so who are these people?"

"Well, the woman is Mrs. Nimott- a teacher and best friend to Gina Canis- Bea's ma. The man is the teacher's husband and the boy is their kid. The third car, the red one- belongs to Jenny, Ursula's younger sister. She lives with them in the basement I think." Risika explained.

Angel looked at her, "Why did she call the boy her cousin?"

"The two moms are like sisters, hence the cousin-calling." She answered right away with hesitation.

Spike kicked her seat again; she growled and jumped into the back seat and beat Spike until he was unconscious. He was still finally and Risika ran her fingers through her bangs and pushed them from out of her eyes. Angel was proud of her. "Keep trying, Risika. Stay with these humans here, okay?" she glared at him.

"I have better things to do then baby-sit a brat, his dog, and the lazy ass aunt who won't leave Angel!"

He grunted, "Like what Risika?"

She answered the answer she knew he would hate, "Hunting, I haven't eaten in days." She was right, Angel growled and she sighed and got out of the car and turned into a fox, she sprinted over to the house and climbed the tree and sat in the branches that looked right into the bedroom of the boy. He was getting ready for bed.

She growled and wondered what the three sisters would do when they found out the brat was killed….?