I'd like to think that after that day, Jeff and I were close, close as in dating. He was nice when he wasn't fighting with Jane or chasing Ben for looking at me wrong. He taught me basic fighting skills and techniques on killing. Slenderman said that I was almost ready to out for my first kill, well, first kill since joining the family. My kills in the past were pretty messy and had been found by a few people, but they just thought it was a basic animal attack. Slendy said I was good at killing, I just needed a little training.

A couple weeks passed and the day came when I could go out for my first kill. I was super excited. Slendy said I could bring Jayda and Meeko with me. Jeff brought his dog with him, so it was only fair that I bring mine. I just had to make them change their size. Since I was a witch, Meeko and Jayda were my familiars and they had their own supply of magic. Their true sizes were about the size of the werewolves from Twilight. Their illusion sizes were the size of Malamutes.

I was in my room getting ready when Jeff came in. He had something hidden behind his back.

"Hey, babe. I got something for you. Figured you might want something to kill people with beside your magic."

I looked back at Jeff, ears pricked in curiousity. "What is it?"

Jeff showed me a machete. It was beautiful. The handle was black with red and purple ribbons and the blade reflected the light and had these cool swirly designs. I loved the way the handle felt in my hand. I squealed with delight and hugged Jeff. My tail was wagging fast and Jeff laughed.

"Come on. It's time to go."

"Ok."

I looked in the mirror once more before following Jeff downstairs. I was super excited and I think I wore the right clothes for the night. I wore black skinny jeans, black combat boots, a dark red t-shirt and a black leather jacket. The machete Jeff gave me had a case that attached to my belt. I followed Jeff to the main hall and we headed straight out.

"You check that room and I'll get this one. Do your best."

"I will. Come on, Jayda. Come on, Meeko."

I walked into the room, but it wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be an ordinary bedroom. Turns out, it was a nursery. The crib was on the other side of the room and I could hear the baby inside making noises. I didn't want my first kill to be a baby. I thought about going to Jeff, but then the baby started fussing. Meeko whined and walked in. He went over to the crib and stood up so he could see the baby. I walked over and looked too. The baby in the crib looked at Meeko and laughed a little. I thought it was cute.

"You're adorable, little guy."

The baby laughed more, but then cried when lightning flashed outside. I guess there was a storm, but we didn't notice. The baby was scared and I felt bad. I picked the baby up and rocked it in my arms. The onesie the baby wore had a name on it.

"Michael. So you're a boy. Cute little guy. In the witch society, Michael is a name given to powerful warlocks. I bet you would be the strongest of them all. That is, with the right training."

Michael seemed to calm down a little. His little green eyes looked at me and a smile started to creep onto his face. He looked so cute. He also had orange hair that made his green eyes stand out more.

"You would make the perfect little warlock. Wait...that's it! I'll make you a warlock. You won't be a full warlock till you're thirteen, but your power will build up over the years."

Holding Michael in one arm, I bit my free wrist until blood flowed. I brought my wrist to Michael's mouth and he happily sucked. It was like sucking on a binky or a bottle. I let Michael suck on my wrist for a little bit before taking it away. He fussed for a bit before I put his actual binky in his mouth. I saw a glint in Michael's eyes and knew he had started his journey to becoming a warlock. Just to make sure, I checked behind his ear. Sure enough, there was a little mark in the shape of a crescent moon with three stars around it. Every witch had their own mark and when something had the mark of a witch, it meant it belonged to that witch. So, Michael technically belonged to me now, but I was going to let him live his life before he turned thirteen. I smiled at Michael before putting him back in his crib.

"Goodnight, my little warlock. Have pleasant dreams."

I stroked Michael's cheek and watched as he fell asleep. I used a little sleep spell that would keep him asleep the whole night. Suddenly, Meeko and Jayda started growling and I looked at what was making them growl. A woman was standing in the doorway. She looked terrified, her eyes wide with fear. I realized that the moment I was waiting for had come. Time to take my first victim. I smiled politely at the woman.

"There's no need to worry. Michael is sound asleep."

The woman seemed frightened at my calmness, but collected herself. "G-GET AWAY FROM MY BABY!"

I feigned sympathy for her. "Ahh. You're scared. Poor thing. I assure you I haven't done anything to him."

The woman wasn't convinced. She glared at me, but she didn't look that intimidating since she was shaking so much. I smirked at her and then saw movement behind her. I saw Jeff in the hallway. Even in the dark, I could see the blood that soaked his sweater and his face. He looked at the woman and then at me. Without a word, Jeff shoved the woman and she fell forward.

"Hope you don't mind, but I'm gonna go pay your husband a visit."

The woman screamed a little when she saw Jeff. I think she was terrified of the amount of blood that was one him than him himself. Jeff smirked and then continued down the hall. The woman tried to get up to go after him, but Jayda lept forward and grabbed the woman by her leg. The woman screamed and frantically tried to get Jayda to let go, but she wouldn't. Jayda only clamped her jaws tighter around. There was a loud crack and the woman screamed louder. With one sharp yank, Jayda tore the lower part of the woman's leg off. She and Meeko then started to play tug of war. I laughed at them as I walked over to the woman. She was trying to crawl over to the door. My ears twitched as I listened to her struggle.

"It's useless to try to get away. You're dying and you know it. Why not just lay still and let me finish what my wolf started?"

The woman glared at me through her pain and spit in my direction. "You're a m-monster!"

I nodded, as if agreeing. "Well, you're right there. In some cultures, witches are considered monsters."

I pulled my machete from its case and walked over to the woman. In the background, thunder and screaming echoed through the house.

"Looks like Jeff took care of your husband. That just leaves you. Time to meet him."

The woman screamed as I raised my machete and swing it down into her skull. There was a crack as her skull split, followed by a shudder before the woman went still. I smiled as I watched the blood flow onto the floor. Just then, my stomach growled. I hadn't eaten any people in a while. I decided that I would take a snack with me and cut a chunk out of the woman's thigh. Like I did when I met Slendy, I cooked the chunk with fire magic. The meat tasted so good. I tossed Meeko and Jayda pieces, laughing as I saw the blood on their fur.

"You guys are going to need a bath later. Come on. Let's go see how Jeff is doing."

I walked to the main bedroom and looked in, but didn't see Jeff. I saw the blood and mutilated body, but no Jeff.

"Where did he go? Oh, maybe he went to raid the kitchen. He said he sometimes does that."

I headed towards the stairs, but stopped when I heard crashing and muffled voices. A low scream echoed through the house and I became worried. I angled my ears towards the noise, my tail wagging slowly.

"That sounded like Jeff."

I quietly crept down the stairs and gasped when I saw what was going on. There were flashing blue and red lights outside. Jeff was being pinned to the ground by three cops. His eyes were red and teary from being sprayed with pepper gas. I saw Smile in the corner, twitching. One of the cops had tasered him. Meeko and Jayda whined a little. They had gotten really close with Smile. They often played together outside or with Sally.

"It's alright. I'll handle this."

I stepped out into the room, machete in hand. I acted annoyed. "Could you guys be any louder? The baby is sleeping and all this noise is going to wake him up."

All eyes landed on me. Jeff looked pleased to me, but the cops looked shocked. It must have been from the blood I had on me. One officer got up and pointed his gun at me.

"Put your weapon down and get on the floor. NOW!"

I thought about that and tapped my chin like I was thinking. "Hmmm...how about...no."

I took a step forward, grinning.

"Don't take another step or I will shoot."

"You mean like this?"

I took another step and the officer fired, but the bullet never got to me. I had the ability to slow things down and when I slowed down things to see the bullet, I smirked.

"Duratus."

The bullet stopped in mid air and the officer couldn't believe his eyes. I grinned.

"Reditum."

The bullet flipped around and returned to the officer. It hit him in the forehead at its original speed. When he fell to the floor, the other two officers got ready to fire at me, but Jeff quickly slit their throats. I laughed as they joined their partner on the ground.

"You alright?"

Jeff smiled as he looked me, his face covered in blood. "Yeah. I'm fine. What about you?"

"I'm good. Tonight was fun. I killed my first victim, got an apprenticeship started and got a snack."

Jeff looked at me confused. "Apprenticeship? What are you talking about?"

"There was a baby upstairs. I made him drink some of my blood and he is now on his way to being a warlock. He will have his full powers when he turns thirteen and when that happens, I will get him and he will be my apprentice until he can fully control his powers."

"So, he's basically your proxy now?"

That seemed to make sense. "Yeah."

"Cool. Come on. Let's go."

"Alright. Hey, will Smile be ok?"

Jeff went over and picked Smile up. He removed the tasers from his skin and carried him out of the house.

"He'll be fine. He'll just be sore for a bit. How's your man steak?"

It took me a bit to understand that he was talking about the chunk of muscle that I took from the woman. I smiled as I took a bite.

"It's good. Wanna bite?"

He playfully made a disgusted face. "I'll pass."

After that night, I went out regularly with Jeff. Sometimes, I got a house to myself and other times, I helped Jeff. I even got a couple more apprentices. One was the same age as Michael and the other was at least eight. She was being abused by her parents and wanted to get away. Like Michael, she had orange hair and green eyes. Her name was Olivia. She was the sweetest girl I ever saw. I took her with me and with Slendy's permission, she became my proxy. She shared a room with Sally, who was more than welcome to share her room. She and Olivia had a lot of things in common. Olivia was scared the first few days, but she eventually learned that she had a new family that would love her and opened up more.

"Hey, Jeff. Have you seen Laughing Jack? I can't find him anywhere."

"I thought he was out playing with Sally and Olivia."

"That's what I thought, but the girls came back a bit ago without him."

Ever since me and Jeff got together, Laughing Jack seemed to distance himself from me. Whenever me and Jeff were near each other, I saw this look of sadness in Laughing Jack's eyes. I started to think that he had feelings for me, but was upset that Jeff got me before him. I wanted to talk to him about it, but I couldn't if I couldn't find him. I sighed and went outside. It was starting to get dark and I was worried about my friend. I decided to check the carnival that Laughing Jack had and made a portal. It was a lot faster than walking.

"Laughing Jack, are you here? I need to talk to you."

The carnival was quiet, but it seemed a little too quiet. Something didn't feel right. I started to walk around, looking for signs of the monochrome clown. I didn't see anything at first, but then I approached the fun house. There were a couple things lying in front of it. I couldn't tell what they were until I got closer. I gasped when I saw that they were bodies. I wouldn't have been surprised if they had been the bodies of children or teenagers, but the bodies in front of me were adults. They had to be in their forties at least. I thought they were normal adults, but the tattoos on their bodies said otherwise. The people on the ground were Slayers, people specialized in hunting supernatural creatures. There was a black market for supernatural creatures and witches were one type of creature that were hunted by Slayers.

My heart started to race and I frantically looked around. My ears locked in on the sounds of struggling and it was coming from the big top. I ran away from the funhouse and towards the tent in the center of the carnival. The struggling turned into yells as I got closer and I recognized Laughing Jack among the voices. It didn't sound like he was winning. I stopped in the entryway and couldn't believe my eyes. In the ring were, at least, seven guys trying to restrain Laughing Jack. They were hitting him, trying to make him fall, but he wouldn't give in. He was bleeding from several wounds and it looked like he got some hits on the slayers too.

"LAUGHING JACK!"

At the sound of my voice, Laughing Jack looked at me and I saw horror and worry in his eyes. The slayers saw me and some had grins on their faces. One of the guys walked away from his friends and started to walk towards me.

"Well, what have we here? What's a beautiful creature like yourself doing in a dump like this?"

I didn't show any fear. I glared at the man, remembering that it was guys like him that took away my parents. I growled at him, my ears back and my tail lashing.

"I came looking for my friend and found you assholes trying to hurt him."

The man pretended like I hurt his feelings. "Ooo...that really hurt, sweetheart."

"Good. Now, let my friend go or you'll pay the consequences."

"I'm afraid I can't do that, princess. We have some money issues and this freak is gonna bring in some big bucks at the black market. You know, you would also bring in some big bucks. How about you surrender and we'll take you and the clown in easy."

I growled and glared more. "Sorry. Not gonna happen."

"Too bad, sweetheart."

The man ran at me and pulled out a blade that glowed a light blue. I got a little scared. A blade like that could weaken a witch a with just one cut. I dodged the blade and pulled out my machete. We started fighting with our blades. The man was good, but I wasn't going to let him beat me. I was going to be the one who came out victorious. I lashed out at him, putting all my anger into the swing. My machete hit the guy in the shoulder. He cried out in pain, making me grin. When I pulled my blade out, I licked up some of the blood that dripped down.

"Mmm. Your blood tastes good. Makes me want more."

I let my inner killer out and started to swing wildly. Any person would think I was being crazy, but I knew what I was doing. I was acting crazy on purpose. I wanted this man to fear me. I smiled wide, sort of like Jeff. The man did his best to dodge all my attacks, but he didn't do so good.

"You're not doing so good. Why don't you give up now?"

"This is getting out of hand. This needs to end...NOW!"

Before I knew it, the man grabbed my wrists and headbutted me. It hurt a lot and my vision blurred. I fell to the ground and yipped. I screamed in pain when I felt something slash through the skin on my leg. There was a yellow flash and I knew that the blade had done what it was designed to do. I was weakened. I whined pitifully on the ground as the man laughed.

"You thought you could beat me. You witches are all the same, thinking that you're all big and bad just because you have powers. Hehe. It's pathetic."

Tears stung my eyes and I could feel Laughing Jack's eyes on me. I turned away from the slayer and looked at the clown. I wanted to see his face. He looked angry, concerned, sad...there were so many emotions I couldn't name them all.

"J-Jack…"

I saw tears prick his eyes. "Lupin…"

The slayer came over when he heard my name and grabbed my hair, pulling me up so he could see my face.

"Lupin? I think I know that name. Yeah. There was a couple that needed to be eliminated and they had a brat named Lupin. The mother said it as she died. Huh. Thought you were somewhere else. Guess I got lucky today. The boss will be pleased we found you. You weren't supposed to live."

The slayer threw me to the ground and I tried to crawl away, but he stepped on my tail. I cried out and at that moment, I actually felt scared. I looked at Laughing Jack and he seemed to glare, but not at me. He was angry with the slayer for hurting me. I knew he had feelings for me, but the look he had...said that they were strong.

"Don't you dare think about hurting her!"

The slayer looked annoyed. "I thought you had him quiet."

"Sorry, boss."

One of the guys tasered Laughing Jack and he yelled out in pain, but that only seemed to make him even more angry when he saw the tears run down my face. Using all his strength, he pulled on the chains that restrained him from the other men's hands. Then, he launched himself at them, slashing and clawing. Blood spilled and cries echoed through the tent. When he was finished, Laughing Jack turned to the leader. The man grinned and then, without warning, thrust his blade at me. I closed my eyes, waiting for the pain, but didn't feel anything. I opened my eyes and cried out when I saw the scene in front of me.

"Laughing Jack!"

He had ran in front of me, blocking the blade...but he was the one to get stabbed. I saw his blood drip down the blade. His body shuddered. I looked at him and he smiled at me, trying to say that he was alright. I tried to say something, but no words came out. Looking at the slayer, I saw that Laughing Jack had plunged his claws into his body. He coughed up blood before Laughing Jack pulled his claws out. The man fell backwards, pulling the sword out as he fell. When the blade was out, Laughing Jack fell to his knees. He coughed up blood before falling all the way.

"Laughing Jack!"

I crawled over to him and pulled his head onto my lap. He just smiled at me again. "I'm a-alright, Lupin."

"You don't look alright."

'Well, maybe you could heal me with your magic."

"I-I could try. The blade he cut me with was designed to weaken a witch. My magic isn't as strong as it should be."

Jack sat up, wincing. I didn't like seeing him hurt and felt a fews tears slip. Jack cupped my face and kissed my lips gently, wiping away my tears as he did so. I gasped, not expecting him to do such a thing. I sat there, stunned, as Laughing Jack pulled away and looked at me. In his eyes, I saw the same feeling that I saw in Jeff's eyes when we were together. Laughing Jack smiled.

"I've been wanting to do that for a while. I love you, Lupin."

It took me a bit to find my voice. "J-Jack...I…"

"I know. You're with Jeff...but I thought you should know how I felt."

Am I part of a love triangle now? I didn't know what to think. I had two guys that loved me, but I was already dating one of them and the other just came out. What do I do? I looked at the ground, confused, but then turned my attention back to Laughing Jack when he coughed. Blood came out and I remembered the wound he had.

"You're still hurt. Maybe I can heal you. Lie back down."

When Laughing Jack was down, I placed my hands on his wound and closed my eyes. I didn't have my full power, but if I concentrated enough, I could heal him. I concentrated hard, focusing all my energy onto the wound. There was a purple glow and a tingling sensation in my hands. Then, it was like my energy had emptied. I fell sideways and landed on the ground. I went into unconsciousness. Luckily, I healed the wound before I passed out.