Manny and Frida were following Sophie curiously. She looked determined, angry almost. Then again, Manny thought, if my dad kidnapped my mom and sent death threats I wouldn't be the happiest of campers either. Then again, dad would never do something like that.

"So, umm, are there any…I don't know, preparations we should make or something?" Manny asked.

"Only your life…" Sophie responded nonchalantly. It quieted Manny pretty quickly; the whole sherad had quieted Frida well.

"Well we're almost there, if it helps." Sophie said. She didn't exactly understand mortal emotions all the time. They could be…weird.

~…~

"You know she's not coming for you. Your own daughter isn't saving you and she knows perfectly well that she has the ability to do just that and more. Whatcha got to say for yourself?"

"I say I know my daughter better than you ever bothered to." Anna snapped. Nezznus sneered. It seemed every time he said something nasty to her she always had something courageous to say back. Why was she asking for trouble?

Almost as if on cue, the door was burst down by none other than Sophie, followed by Manny and Frida. Nezznus chuckled maliciously.

"Who are they, your sidekicks?"

"Hey! El Tigre aint no sidekick!" Manny blurted. He regretted saying it when he saw Nezznus' sneer. Manny guessed he didn't like when people talked back to him.

"We're here to stop you, Nezznus. Let my mother go," Sophie warned. Nezznus chuckled once more.

"We both know what you came here for, Soppahhatael. Don't make me force you into this." Manny was confused. Had they made some sort of deal? Had his new friend Sophie—or, Soppahhatael, apparently—associated with her apparently dangerous father? What am I missing here?

"You know that's why I came, Nezznus." Sophie said reluctantly, crossing her arms.

"Then submit to the dark side! The world of the darker souls," Nezznus said alluringly. Sophie was able to deflect his being alluring in a dark angel way, and she hated him that much more for it.

That having been said, Manny took Sophie aside.

"Sophie, what is he talking about? Dark side?" Manny asked. Sophie sighed.

"You're not really going to understand everything Nezznus and I say to each other, I'm sorry. I can't really explain." Sophie said. Manny didn't say anything.

"Look, Manny can you please just try to understand that I can't tell you what we're saying? It's a family thing and I'm sworn to secrecy." Sophie begged.

"But as your friends, you should be able to trust us, Sophie." Frida piped up. Sophie sighed and tapped her foot once or twice.

"No, I can't trust anyone too much, I'm sorry. Believe me, if I could tell you there would be nothing to tell. Please? Come on, guys!" Manny thought for a moment.

"Fine, but we'll expect an explanation when all this is over." Manny said reluctantly. He didn't exactly like working in a mysterious issue.

They walked back over to Nezznus to see the smirk on his face. Sophie growled at him under her breath.

"Are you ready to become a dark angel, Soppahhatael?"

Dark angel? Thought Manny. What are they talking about?

Sophie looked down to her feet sadly. "Yeah, let's just get this over with…"

"Uhh, Sophie, what are you doing?"

"Never mind that right now, guys," Sophie whispered back.

"What happened to the old you, David?" Everyone turned to see Anna tied to a chair in the corner, staring at Nezznus sadly. Nezznus grew angry and they could see the flames in his eyes.

"I THOUGHT I told you never to call me that!" Nezznus said, smacking her across the face. Anna held her head to her side in pain. Her cheek stung.

"I thought you loved me, David…"

~…~

The moon was bright in the night sky over the two lovers in the inner city. They led perfectly normal lives, neither lover tragedy struck in any aspect of their lives. They were just two happy-go-lucky star-crossed lovers who shared the dream of escaping their sordid town and going somewhere they would love. Somewhere that was happy and promising, somewhere where they could have a future together.

The boy, however, had star-crossed plans of his own. He wasn't aware of them, but what was to happen was definite.

"Are you sure we should be doing this, Ed?" He asked.

"Chill out, David, it's fine. And don't call me Ed here, my real name is Eppar."

"Uhh, what?" Asked David. Eppar stopped walking and turned to his unsure friend.

"This, my friend, is the entrance to the realm of the dark angels." David was confused. He had never really believed in such supernatural charades such as angels, demons, vampires, zombies, etc.

"Uhh, excuse me…what?"

"You heard me, dark angels." Eppar turned back to some sort of door, and opened it. They walked inside, David hesitant at first.

What he saw when he walked inside astounded him. People just hanging around, large black wings attached to their back. He had never seen such a sight, not even in a movie.

"Basically, I'm tired of this place. I don't want to do this anymore. So I'm making you do it in place of me."

Before David had the chance to intervene, something strange happened that he felt he couldn't explain. In a rush, there was lightning from Eppar's hand zapping into himself; from that point on he had his eyes closed tight.

Once he opened his eyes, Eppar was gone and he was left in front of a mirror with dark black wings attached to his back, just like everyone else in the strange room. He didn't feel the same.

"You're one of us now," one of them said, "you're our leader."

David smiled maliciously.

"Call me Nezznus,"

Shortness? Deal with it. The next few chapters are going to get pretty intense, so I'm going to separate them in my liking and I won't bother caring about the length because by the end the story's gonna come to an awesome end. So review!