Caged Wings

Chapter Fifteen: My World

After Dimus ran into the shadows, he looked back at the house one last time and then ran off.

Evan looks in the direction Dimus ran. He growls, already despising this man without even an introduction. He then looks towards the direction he came from. He soon realized it was Raven's window. He growls once more as he heads back inside the house.

Raven looks outside, seeing nothing in sight. She sighs and slides to the floor on her bottom. Her heart was pounding wildly. She took a deep breath to calm herself. She jumps as soon as she heard a knock on her door. Raven gets up and asks, "Who is it?"

A voice replies, "It's Evan."

Raven opens the door, "Hey, Evan."

Evan then walks passed Raven, smelling the room. He then closes the window and growls. Raven then asks, "W-what's going on?"

Evan then goes to Raven and grabs her arm, smelling her again. Raven asks again, "What's going on?"

Evan then says, "That guy....who just hopped out from your window. That was him wasn't it?"

Raven's eyes widened. She thought, "H-he saw Dimus?!!"

Raven then sighs and says quietly, "Y-yes.....that was him."

Evan growls once again, feeling angry. He finally lets go of Raven's arm. Raven then thinks to herself, "So...that's why Dimus wanted to leave...."

Evan looks to the floor for a moment, and then back at Raven. He went to say something, but stopped. Raven once again felt guilty, but didn't know the reason why. She then hugs Evan. Evan's eyes widened at the sudden action. Raven then says, "I'm sorry......."

She then leans back and looks at Evan. She then says, "I'm gonna introduce him tomorrow. I'm gonna get the group to go out to the night club with me. I want you to come. You don't have to if you don't want to."

Evan looks at her. Deep down he felt a great feeling of jealousy. He then says, "Okay.....I'll come..."

With that, Raven smiles, "Thank you..."

Evan smiles back at her. He then places a hand on the side of her face, feeling her warmth. Raven's eyes widened a bit. Evan then says, "I.....I gotta go..."

With that, he leaves the room. Raven looks with a great feeling of concern.

The next day, everyone was sitting in the livingroom. Serenity looks at Raven, "So, what's up?"

Raven stands up, "I think we all need a night out. You know....some fun. After all the hard work we did, we deserve it."

Pheonix then says, "That sounds like a good idea. What do you have in mind?"

Raven then says, "I think we all should go to The Night Rave for a couple of drinks and a little bit of dancing."

Hikari jumps, "Okay! Let's go!!!"

Zero then says, "I'll go, but I'm not dancing!"

Raven nods, "I'm glad you guys like this idea. I also wanted to introduce you guys to someone I've met resently."

Sith then says, "Okay. I'll see who this person is. If I don't like him.....I punch his lights out."

Raven smirks, "How do you know it's a him?"

Sith laughs, "Pft! I know you too well, Raven. You're like a magnet when it comes to making friends with guys."

Everyone chuckles at Sith's remark. Raven chuckles too, "Ha ha, Sith. Very funny."

Sith leans back and says slyly, "Yes, it is very funny. Thanks for the compliment."

Raven laughs, "Yeah....and you learned that line from me, copycat!"

That night, everyone got ready to go out. Hikari wore a dress similar to her old one, only with spaghetti straps. Her hair was done up in one ponytail with ringlettes. She then put on dangly and spikey black earrings. She then puts on some eyeliner.

Serenity then curls her hair and puts on a strapless, black and white dress that was flowing and knee high. She then wears small black heels. She then puts on a pinch of makeup.

Zero puts on a black kimono with a dark blue sash. The collar was dark blue as well. He then puts on some wooden clogs that the japanese wore.

Sith then puts on a black bandana and wears a tight black t-shirt. He also wore black skater shorts with red lining. He then puts on his black skater shoes and his doggy tag that read Reaper. He then puts on a silver earring in his ear.

Pheonix then puts on a black long sleeved shirt with baggy blue jeans. He then puts on his usual shoes he always wore. He then messes his hair up a bit and puts on a chain necklace.

Evan just puts on a red and black, hawaiian style shirt over a white t-shirt. He then puts on brownish toned, knee high shorts.

Raven puts on a spaghetti strapped shirt that was nice and tight. It was black and had blood red laces on the back of it. She then puts on black skorts, a combination of shorts and a skirt. She then puts on her black hiking boots. She then puts on her spiked doggy collar and her spiked wrist bands. The last thing she does is spike up her hair again and places a raven feather in it.

Coslotus didn't even bother getting ready. He decided to go the way he was.

Everyone goes to the front door. Raven's eyes widened, "Oh my God!"

She starts to laugh. Serenity asks, "What?"

Raven points at everyone, "We're all wearing black!"

Everyone then looks at one another. Hikari laughs, "So we are! YAY!!! WE MATCH!!!"

Some of the group laughed. Pheonix shrugs, "Oh well. Let's just go."

Raven nods, "Okay."

As soon as they all got outside, Pheonix puts his arm out, "Shall we?"

Raven laughs, "Okay."

She takes Pheonix's arm and they both started to skip to the jeep. Hikari shouts, "I wanna join!!"

Serenity runs, "Hey, wait for me!"

Serenity then grabs Raven's arm and Hikari grabs Serenity's arm. They skip and start to sing a song from the Wizard of Oz. They all sing, "We're.....off to see the Wizard! The wonderful Wizard of Oz! You'll find he is a whiz of a Wiz! If ever a Wiz there was. If ever oh ever a Wiz there was The Wizard of Oz is one because, because, because, because, because, because.....Because of the wonderful things he does! We're off to see the Wizard.......the wonderful Wizard of Oz!!"

The four began to laugh when they reached the jeep. Zero shakes his head, "H-how do you people know these songs?"

Hikari smiles, "Cause we're better than you!"

Hikari, Serenity, Pheonix, and Raven laughed.

Pheonix then drives everyone to The Night Rave. They finally arrive. Pheonix then finds a good parking spot. Everyone gets out and heads to the entrance.

As they went to go in, a big creature stops them. He says. "Halt!"

This creature had a big, spikey shell on his back and also had a sharp beak. He also had cold black eyes. A Snapping Turtle Demon. He then says, "Are you on the list?"

Raven's eyes widened, "List?? What list?"

The demon points to a clipboard he had, "This list. You have to be on it in order to get in!"

Raven growls, "What? That's bullshit!!"

The demon shakes his head, "No name! No entry!!"

As Raven went to say something, a voice was heard, "They're with me."

Everyone looks to see it was Dimus, standing there with his arms crossed. The demon's eyes widened, "D-Dimus! Th-these are friends of yours?"

Dimus smirks, revealing his fangs, "As a matter of fact.....they are."

The demon bows his head, "My apologies."

Sith's eyes widened when he saw Dimus. He thinks to himself, "That's the same asshole that was watching me fight off Reapers not too long ago!"

The demon then steps aside. Dimus looks to Raven, "Shall we?"

Raven nods, "Gladly."

Dimus and Raven walk inside, followed by everyone else. Sith walks by the demon, "Not so tough now are ya? Pussy!"

Sith then walks on in with everyone else.

Dimus and Raven then lead the group to a table big enough for all of them. They all sit down. Once everyone sat down, Raven then says, "Everyone.....this is Dimus. Dimus Nomed."

Raven then looks to Dimus and introduces him to everyone. Dimus shakes everyone's hand, "Pleasure..."

Serenity smiles as soon as he shoke her hand as did Hikari. He shakes Sith's hand and felt that he had a strong grip. Dimus let's go, "Fine grip you have there, boy."

Sith shrugs, "I try."

When Dimus got to Evan, his eyes turned cold, but still kept his smile, "Hello there."

Evan smirks as his eyes went cold as well, "Hey."

They shake hands and grip one another's hand. They finally let go as Dimus says, "It's nice to finally meet Raven's friends."

Dimus then sat in his seat as Evan glares at him. Dimus could smell that Evan was a werewolf. Serenity asks, "So.....how did you meet Raven?"

Hikari then asks, "And how long have you've known one another?"

Dimus turns to Serenity and smirks, "You could say we've known one another for a long time now. Years I guess you could say. We met in a place that only.....your dreams would conjuer up."

Raven chuckles at what Dimus said, as she knew exactly what he meant by that. Serenity then says, "Aww...."

Hikari then says, "That's romantic."

Sith then asks, "So....are you guys like....together?"

Before Raven got to answer, Dimus wraps his arm around her, "Yes. We are indeed. Couple of days now."

With that, Evan then says coldly, "Excuse me. I have to use the little boys room."

With that, he gets up and leaves. Knowing Evan was jealous, Dimus smirks. Serenity then looks to Raven, "Raven? You didn't tell us you were seeing someone!"

Raven sighs, "I.....I didn't want to tell anyone until I introduced you guys to him."

A catchy song starts to play. Hikari hops up, "OH! I like this song!"

Raven looks to Dimus. He smiles, "Go on. Have a good time with your friends."

Raven smiles and gets up. Serenity and Pheonix did as well. Pheonix smiles, "OH YEAH! Just like old times!"

As they all went on the dance floor, Raven replies, "Hell yeah!"

Serenity, Hikari, Pheonix, and Raven began to dance to the music. Dimus sits there and watches them. He smiles as he saw that Raven was having fun. Zero then says, "So....where're you from?"

Dimus turns to Zero, "I was born in Romania."

Zero nods, "That's cool."

Coslotus then says, "Must've been a vampire for a long time."

Dimus looks to Coslotus with a smirk. Amused that he caught on to what he was. He then says, "Yes.....I have been."

Sith then sighs, "So....why Raven?"

Dimus looks to Sith, "Why? She's an interesting girl. She's beautiful and intelligent. What more could a man ask for?"

Sith's eyes then went cold, "If you hurt her......I'll hunt you down and hurt you."

Dimus grins in amusement, "That won't happen."

Sith then says, "Good. I'll make sure of it."

Dimus smirks at Sith as he glares at him coldly. Dimus chuckles, "I like you. You're protective and strong. No doubt hard to take down in battle. Not bad for a young one."

Sith smirks, "Hmf! Let's just hope we don't battle."

Dimus smirks, "Yes. Let's hope not."

Zero then says, "Uh......you guys aren't gonna start fighting are you?"

Sith grins, "No."

Dimus grins back, "No."

Raven, Hikari, Serenity, and Pheonix danced away. Hikari then says, "Wow, Raven. You're boyfriend is hot!!"

Raven smiles, "I know! It's awesome!"

Pheonix then says jokingly, "Now I have another guy to hate."

Raven's jaw drops and she laughs, "Oh you!"

She then playfully hits him. They both begin to laugh. The song finally ends. They go back to their seats. Raven asks, "Everything okay?"

Dimus smirks, "Oh yes. Everything is fine."

Sith smirks as well, "Just some guy talk."

Raven nods, "That's good."

Another good song comes on. She grabs Dimus' hand, "Come on! Dance with me!"

Dimus smiles, "Alright. Let's go."

Dimus walks on ahead. Something then occurred to Serenity. She then says, "Raven?"

Raven turns and leans down towards Serenity, "Yeah?"

Serenity whispers, "Isn't it illegal to go out with someone outside your own race? I mean......he is a vampire isn't he?"

Raven smirks and whispers, "Not if you plan to become one."

With that, Raven walks away and catches up to Dimus. Serenity's jaw drops as it started to sink in as to what Raven just said. She thinks to herself, "Raven's planning on becoming.....a vampire?? NO! This can't be happening!"

After a while, the group wanted to go home. Everyone walks outside. Dimus smiles at everyone, "It was marvelous to meet you all. I really do hope we do this again sometime."

Hikari smiles, "Yeah. We should."

Zero nods, "It was good meeting you too."

After the goodbyes, everyone heads to the jeep. Raven stays behind to say her goodbyes to Dimus. He then says, "You have nice friends."

Raven nods, "Yeah. I love them."

Dimus smiles, "I can see why."

He then says, "Tomorrow night......you're coming with me to a party."

Raven's eyes widened, "W-what?"

Dimus smiles, "You've shown me your world. Now let me show you mine."

Raven then asks, "What kind of party is it?"

Dimus smiles at her again, "It's a masquerade. Vampires only. But I'm making you an exception."

Raven's eyes widened, "V-vampires only? Sounds like fun.....but..."

Raven looks to the ground. Dimus raises her chin for her to look at him, "But?"

Raven then says, "I have nothing fancy to wear. I don't even own a mask."

Dimus chuckles, "Oh. That's no problem."

He then gets his wallet out and hands Raven a large sum of money. Raven's eyes widened, "I....I can't take this!"

Dimus smiles, "Please? Think of it as a gift.....only you get to pick it out."

Raven sighs, "Al-alright...."

She then takes Dimus' money. Dimus then says, "I'll pick you up at 7pm okay?"

Raven nods, "Okay."

Dimus smiles and kisses Raven on the lips. He then whispers, "I love you."

Before Raven went to say anything, he walks off and disappears again.