"Pony, honey, wake up." Rogue nudged me gently. Growling, I opened my eyes. "Mmmm…. Morning, cutie," I leaned my forehead against hers, and kissed her gently. "So, what were you dreaming about, you were grinning all day!" She asked. Of course, being vampires, we slept all day, and stayed up at night. "I was remembering the night you and I met," I smiled and looked in her crimson eyes. This was the first time Darry had let me stay the night at Rogue's house. It was also the first time I had seen her in a sleeveless shirt. She had a strange, crown shaped birthmark on her arm. "Hey, what's that mark from?" I asked. "Nothing…" she replied quickly, pulling on a long sleeve jacket. Weird…I thought, Rogue never acts like that…. Deciding to ignore it, I got up and started getting dressed - black jeans, black t shirt, Harley Davidson boots. "Guess you have to go home, huh?" Rogue smiled sadly. Gosh, but that smile just made my heart skip a beat. Well, figuratively, since it doesn't really beat at all. "Yeah, Darry is probably worried sick. You wanna stay over?" Rogue nodded, smiling. Darry knew about the vampire thing, but still worried. He used to worry about me getting jumped by socs, now he is worried about me getting jumped by slayers, and by the Queen's Followers. Ya see, Rogue was a member of the Renegade Alliance, an organization that is rebelling against the Crown, trying to overthrow the corrupt government, et cetera. Typical anarchists' organization, only they drink blood, sleep in coffins and burn in sunlight. So anyway, this Alliance thing, its members are always being hunted down and killed by the Queen's Followers, those vampires still loyal to the Queen. And since Rogue is the leader of the Alliance, she is the prime target.
After leaving and walking a few blocks, I began to get the feeling I was being watched, similar to the feeling I had when Rogue first, um…. introduced herself. After about another foot or two, something jumped out from a dark doorway, pinning us against the wall. It was a female vampire, dressed in the uniform of a Follower. The girl gasped and seemed to recognize Rogue, then took off like a bat out of hell. I looked over at Rogue, and she seemed pretty scared. "You ok?" she asked, and I nodded. We continued on our way, and got to my place without any more trouble, but I was still curious about something. "Rogue, did that girl know you or something? She looked like she recognized you," I asked. "It's just an old acquaintance, Pone, don't worry about it. " She replied slowly, giving me a look that clearly said, I am not telling you, so give up! "Ok, just curious." I smiled at her, and she smiled back. Looking out the window, I noticed the sun beginning to peek over the horizon. Yawning, I turned to Rogue and said, "We better get to bed." Nodding in agreement, she got up, and we headed to the basement to catch some shut-eye.