"Raven, come down here!" Mom yelled up the stairs,

"One minute!" I said, I finished my eye make up and put on a new dress. It was a black and red mini dress, brand new Hot Topic edition.

I ran down the stairs and Mom met me at the foot of the stairs with a large package in her hand. She looked at the front of it and then at the label. Her eyes landed on me.

"Did you order anything online?" she asked, she gave me the package.

"No, I haven't ordered anything since this dress." I said, I spun around in my new dress, modeling for my Mom.

"Raven… and how much did that cost?" she asked in her strict motherly tone.

"Mom, chill. It was only twenty bucks. I paid for it." I said, I rolled my eyes and headed up to my room to finish preparing for Alexander and to open this package.

I put the package on my bed and looked around in my dresser for a pair of scissors. I found a pair of black ones with the words Edward Scissor-hands on the sides of the shears. I took them to the packaging tape and cut in deeply. I opened the flaps.

The contents of the box were a surprise. There were photos, and letters.

I took one of the letters and sat on my bed, reading.

Dear Raven,

This may appear a surprise at first, but this is your Mom. Not the Mom you live with now, but I'm your spiritual Mother. Not a God, or Goddess, but I'm a person too.

My name is Gloria Beth. You're my Spiritual daughter. You're my daughter in spirit because you're a Vampire Huntress, just like me. That's right, vampires exist. That's why I'm sending you this package. Your spiritual family will be visiting in your area soon to slay some of these bloodsucking demons. We're going to put you through a few tests and recruit you to our team. Your biological parents already know about this, so don't worry.

And we already know about your boyfriend, too. And you should know, Vampire Huntresses aren't allowed to date their prey. You shouldn't tell him about this. Don't tell anyone about this or mention this to anyone. No matter what the cost.

The pictures provided is of me, your sisters and the Eldest. The picture of me is the one of the lady with dark black hair wearing the long black ball gown with the dark blue corset. Your older sisters are the ones in red, green, and purple. The Eldest, is our dog. He's a demon dog that fights off vampires too.

I have to go, vampires are everywhere.

Goodbye, dark-ling!

Gloria Beth

It took a while for me to find out what I just read. I'm a Vampire Hunter. I thought. I kill people… like Alexander.

Tears weld in my eyes and the letter slipped out of my hand.

How was Alexander going to understand my news? Was this going to be the end? Should I really listen to what my Spiritual Mother said, and not tell him?

Questions swarmed in my head and it sort of made me dizzy. I laid back on my bed and stared straight up at my ceiling.

I looked at my alarm clock to check the time. This was a first. I was now late to meet Alexander. Any minute he would call my cell phone and ask me what was making me so late.

I wiped my eyes and fixed my make up. I ran downstairs and walked straight into the living room. I seriously have to stop thinking about this Vampire Hunting thing. Don't let it get in your way, Raven. Just breathe.

"Daddy…" I said in the sweetest tone I could ever give him.

"What do you want, Raven?" he asked, his eyes remained fixated on the television.

"Can I borrow the car?" I asked, I leaned on my heels and then on my toes, swinging back and forth.

"You don't have your driver's license, Raven." he said,

"Yeah, I do! I got it yesterday, remember?" I took out my license and put it up to his face

"Oh… ask your Mom." he said,

"MOMMY!" I called,

"What, Raven?" she asked, her voice carried from the laundry room.

"Can I borrow the car, pretty pretty please?" I asked,

"Why? You can ride your bike." she said,

"Because I'm late for meeting Alexander." I said,

"And that's now a excuse?" she countered,

"But Mom! Think of when you were a teen and you had a cute date. Think if you were late and you needed to get there." I said,

"Fine, Raven. Just stop bother me." she said, giving up in defeat.

"YES! Thank you, mommy! I love you!" I grabbed the car keys from the bowl and my combat boots from the hall closet.

I put my combat boots in the Passenger seat and started the car. I drove off to the Cemetery and the car headlights shined on Alexander. He disappeared quickly over the gate, leaving his backpack where he was standing.

I clicked the lights off and put the car in park. I slid on my combat boots and stepped out of the car. I took out the keys and locked the doors with the clicker.

"Alexander?" I called out, my voice echoed through the dark cemetery.

From the top of the tall gates, Alexander jumped out from somewhere and landed on the cracked pavement. His shoes made a click noise when they hit the pavement.

"I'm sorry. I forgot, are you okay?" I asked, I walked over to him and he put his arms around me in a hug.

"I'm fine, now that you're here." he kissed my neck.

"There's something I have to tell you." I said,

"Okay," he said,

"I just found out…" I paused, did I really want to do this? What if I caused a fight, or a war with vampires versus vampire hunters? This could alter anyone's life, or end it. I gulped and looked into his eyes, trying to comfort myself in his warmth.

"Raven? What is it?" he asked,

"It's… nothing. Never mind." I said, I tried to get it out of my head.

Look, Raven! Your in the cemetery with the most perfect guy, ever! And all you can think of is what you just found out you are. Take a chill pill and have fun. You can tell him later! I told myself.

"Raven, you know you can tell me anything." Alexander said, he looked at me with his dark eyes. They wanted me to tell him. I could be saving his life by telling him.

"Alexander… don't get angry… but…" I took a deep breathe and it came out as a whisper, "I'm a vampire hunter."

Alexander dropped my hands and stepped away from me, quickly.

"When?" he asked, his voice was dark and malicious.

"I just found out today." I said, tears weld in my eyes.

"Are you trained?" he asked,

"No." I said, tears actually began to fall down my face, again. I began to weep and I dropped to my knees.

"Raven… calm down. Please?" he remained away from me, but his voice had softened into a caring tone.

"I can't. I… might end up… killing… you." I sobbed.

"Raven…"

I stood up and ran back to the car. I unlocked the doors and climbed in. I could see Alexander running towards the white mini van. I locked the doors and put the key in the car.

I couldn't drive, not with my eyes full of tears. Visibility was a negative. Instead I put the key inside the ignition and turned up the radio.

I began to cry harder and harder as they played Alexander's favorite song, Kiss My Eyes and Lay Me To Sleep by AFI.

My chest felt heavy and it felt like all I wanted to do was crawl into one of the coffins and die, all alone in the darkness.

The darkness was now my only companion, the only thing to comfort me. At least I had the darkness.