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Sunlight seeped through the cracks of ebony blinds as the first rays of light shone across the horizon. A single golden ray just happened to be at the exact angle at which it hit a lovely, female face — softer and sweeter in the hands of sleep than in the grasp of wakefulness. Too bad that the light was irritating, and a hand went up to bat it instinctively away. Golden amber eyes shot open in annoyance, a tumble of dark curls framed the face in a tangled mess. Belladonna was not a morning person, and that was shown clearly by the scowl on her face. Sitting up, she half expected a lilting, harmonic voice to come from the hall as her mother twirled in to open the shutters and blind her, as was routine. It took a moment for the young woman to realize that her mother was gone, and there was no lilting voice — only the sweet scent of lavender and the musky smell of burnt sienna reaching her nose. Her grandmother was up — she had probably been up since the early morning hours, preparing incense and scented candles for the Silver String Festival. ‘Which is tonight!’ a little voice in Donni’s head reminded her as she sat up and stretched lazily. At the realization, she sat up straighter in shock. She wasn’t ready! Tying the strings was her mother’s job, not hers! She had been thrust into it by unfortunate circumstances and her mother’s flighty nature, and the festival was so important to people in the town — especially her grandmother. Just the thought of ruining it made her stomach shrivel and a hard, tight knot to form in her throat. Belladonna was not her mother, she was not gentle, graceful, sweet, polite and certainly not docile. She was sure that she was not cut out for the job. Taking a deep breath, she looked at the closed shutters as she called to mind the festivals before this one, where her mother had danced through the crown, tying together people before they even realized that they had been chosen. There was no way she was going to be able to do that. If the brunette had to step up to take the job that wasn’t even hers, she was going to do it her own way.

“Belladonna dear, are you up? You need to help the volunteers to set up the festival!” her grandmother’s wizened voice floated up to her room, where the young Maiden still sat with a shell-shocked look on her face, yet it was turning into a look of concentration. “Y-yeah, Granmama!” she called out loudly, “Though I really wish I wasn’t,” she muttered under her breath as she got up from her bed. She brushed through her thick locks quickly, her curls bouncing back, pausing only to rim her eyes in dark kohl and to accentuate her long eyelashes with a coat of mascara. She cast a sidelong look at her cell phone — the slim black phone was pretty much useless since she texted only a few people… but still. The Maiden changed quickly into a pair of comfy jeans and a tee shirt, swiping the cell phone before running down the stairs, and nearly crashed into the old lady who waited at the bottom of the winding staircase. Donni’s grandmother inhaled a sharp gasp of surprise as the young woman perched precariously at the last stair, her eyes expectant of the lecture she was sure to receive. “Belladonna! I’ve told you many times not to run down these stairs! And why are you wearing so much make up, you know—“ “‘You’re beautiful without it.’ Yeah, yeah, yeah, Granmama, I’ve heard it before.” the voluptuous brunette rolled her eyes and sidestepped her grandmother, whose face was impatient, and slightly irritated but not at all surprised. She was more than used to her granddaughter’s attitude, though she did wish she would get rid of it.

The smell of herbs and flowers was almost overpowering in the lower level, many candles and sticks of incense littered the room, along with oils and broken stalks of different flowers. Crossing her arms, she turned back to her grandmother. “You’ve been busy.” a short pause before Donni’s tone turned pleading, her eyes matching the tone she brought across. “Granmama, I don’t want to do this. I don’t even know how to do it. Please don’t make me.” The Crone’s eyes turned steely with impatience as she looked at her granddaughter. “You do know how to do it. Goddess knows I’ve told you enough times. You do know what to do, but there is something important that you must keep in mind. This festival is not serious Bella, it’s for fun. For humans and Night People alike, this is something sweet and harmless. You tie the strings for the night — pairing whomever you want together, random couples who might look cute together — and then you cut them in the morning. Nothing more, nothing less. Understood?”Her grandmother’s eyes softened as she reached up to brush a stray curl from her granddaughter’s face. “You’ll be fine, dear. You are your mother’s daughter after all. It’s in your blood.” The young witch has begun to zone out during the latter part of the speech, but it was then when she got an idea. Looking down at her wrist, she saw the everlasting shiny silver cord that threaded not once, but twice around her wrist before leading down to the ground — if followed, she knew it would lead to the local brooding vampire — and her close friend — Arthur. ‘Soulmates…’ The word was a whisper in her mind and she knew what she had to do, if binding people together was in her blood, she would make it happen — and she would definitely make it matter. A small smile graced her pale pink lips before looking up at her grandmother, complete honesty in her eyes.

“Yes, Granmama, I understand.”

Her grandmother looked at her for a while, trying to decide whether she was mocking her or not — which Donni wasn’t. Technically, anyway — before she turned away from the Maiden. “Go help finish setting up for the festival; I have to wrap up the miscellaneous decorations, little things here and there.” it was brief dismissal from her grandmother, having decided that Belladonna was apparently not making fun of her. The young witch nodded before walking across the room and exiting out the front door — a smirk playing across her lips. The park wasn’t very far, and the nearly all the festival decorations were put up, the shimmering silver ribbons so closely matched the string around her wrist that the similarity was eerie. Donni lifted her wrist up to her face; the cord was translucent, the lines of her wrist fading in and out as she twisted her hand this way and that. Now, the witch was rather lazy by nature, so she merely stood there for a bit and watched as the volunteers finished setting up — she simply told herself that she would get in the way. By the time she got back home, it was eight and she had to rush and get changed into her festival outfit. It was then when her phone started vibrating violently in her pocket. Pulling it out, she read over Ro’s message with a smirk on her lips. Oh, this was going to be fun. Without bothering to answer, since she would see her best friend soon enough, she set upon dressing herself up. Her outfit was an elaborate piece of silk that outlined her curves and a matching silk sash that tied around her waist, nothing else. She stained her lips black with lipstick, added silver shimmer to her cheekbones and eyelids and painted her nails with matching silver nail polish. With the mess of ebony curls framing her face, she looked like a much darker version of her mother, who was all blonde waves and frail beauty. Sighing loudly, she pulled out the ribbon designed and charmed to bind the couples together, trying with all her might to convince herself not to do it, yet finding no reasons not to, and to be honest, she was excited. Each couple could not cut the string themselves; they had to wait for the Maiden to do it, for no other scissors or other instrument could cut through the spell. Donni cut the ribbon into five medium sized pieces before going to get her grandmother’s vials of oils used for spell casting, dabbing a finger in the vial of rose oil, she anointed each ribbon piece except for the last one — the one for Arthur and herself. Rose oil to promote love and infatuation between the soulmates, but she didn’t want to force things between her and the vampire. Lastly, she dabbed a little bit of patchouli oil on herself, to promote passion and seduction. She was going to be a sexy Maiden tonight. She smiled, her teeth looking dazzling white against the black of her lips.

Belladonna had exactly thirty minutes to get to the park, and her grandmother had already left. With no choice but to run, she got there in five minutes time — her face was flushed with exertion and her hair was a mess, the curls a mass of ink that flew behind her dramatically as she beheld each of people attending. It was rather easy, trailing the long cords to each of the couples. Some of the soulmates were already grouped together, and some were on opposite ends of the crowd. It was going to be hard to get to those, but she would deal with it. A sort of momentary hesitation shot through the crowd as they saw that the Maiden was not the usual woman, but someone much wilder, with purpose glinting in strange eyes and no depicting list in her hands. As her eyes slid over the people she was going to choose, her eyes met with Arthur’s for a brief moment before he looked away pointedly. Biting her lip, she looked off to the side, debating whether or not she was really going to bind them together. She ran up the stairs to the stage where Rowan and Echo and Ash were conversing about something and the two girls were holding coffee. Her stomach grumbled loudly, protesting the fact that she hadn’t eaten all day. Sighing loudly, she clamped a hand over her stomach and approached the group, staying closer to Ro and Echo than Ash, her fear towards the hunter evident. “Hey Ro! Echo! Ash! How do you guys like the festival so far?” a sarcastic question, since nothing had happened so far, and the most one could do was look at the decorations and say, ‘oh look! How pretty!’ She saw Ro look off into the crowd and the Maiden followed her gaze straight to a certain shifter that she absolutely loved to bother. The smile turned into a smirk as Rowan turned back to her and Donni couldn’t help but waggle her eyebrows suggestively. “Ooooh, Rowan!” she reached over and touched her best friend’s shoulder teasingly before she let her eyes run over the crowd of people, trying to find those who belonged together.

‘Rowan…’ she paused, searching until she found Ramses, the cord glinting like a beacon. ‘Ramses. They’re not going to be happy about that.’ So it went, saying the names in her head, and the cords responded, signaling the connections between those who belonged together — her pupils contracting and dilating with the calling of magic. ‘Roxy…Lucian. Fireworks galore. Jade…Devin. Interesting. Echo…Ashley.’ she inhaled sharply at that, a hunter with a Night Person? That was more than dangerous; it could prove to be deadly. Her brow furrowed in worry as she finished off the couples. ‘Arthur…Belladonna. Potentially disastrous.” she closed her eyes in resignation — she would bind them. The brunette was more than unsure of how that would work out, since there was always a sort of brooding coldness surrounding the made vampire — even though he was always very polite when Donni addressed him and tried to be friendly. She could sense that he didn’t want to be close to anyone, even so, she considered him a close friend. ‘A close friend who doesn’t consider himself my friend and who also happens to be my soulmate. Brilliant idea there, Goddess.’ she thought, a grimace on her face as she caught the vampire’s eyes once more — and once more he looked away. It was like playing a game of cat and mouse.

The Maiden watched at the Mayor began to give his little speech — it was a yearly thing and hardly anything new, but instead of people paying attention to the speech, she saw people’s eyes drifting to her. She could practically hear the humans’ scattered thoughts and bits and pieces of conversations. ‘Who is she?’ ‘Where’s the other girl?’ ‘She’s weird looking, isn’t she?’ ‘Strange eyes…’ ‘Too creepy…’ ‘Hey, she’s kinda hot...’ Disgusted, she sighed softly, she shot Rowan a quick smile that felt more like a grimace, and listened to the mayor’s little speech as she bounced back and forth on her bare feet, she wanted to get this show on the road. She called to mind the memory of her mother, who always stood by so patiently for her role to begin, and was reminded once more that she was — and always will be — different than her mother. Pushing her hair away from her face, she let the full force of her eyes hit the humans in front of her, trying to get them to pay attention so this could go much faster — all she wanted to do now was simply get the whole ordeal over with.

The Maiden looked around, the strings connecting people bright against the dark grass. Finally, the mayor wrapped up and Belladonna gave everyone a smile, her eyes meeting with her grandmother’s for a brief moment as the older woman gave her a nod. It was time. From somewhere, soft music started playing and smoke from lighted incense began to drift in, Donni stepped down from the podium. Dancing on light feet, she attempted to melt into the crowd, but people automatically parted to give her space. She felt the silk against her body, her feet connecting with the ground and grass beneath her, wind whispering to her to give away the locations of the people she was looking for. From beneath heavy-lidded, slightly glazed eyes, she pulled wrists gently from the silent crowd and tied strings, pulling them with her as she traveled. The people she chose, she all knew personally, and she tried to give them all small smiles as she tied the strings, though they came out a bit faded — even Ramses got a smile, though it came out rather sultry without her meaning it to. Lastly, with a dramatic twirl, she lifted her own wrist, tying the last string expertly to the one string that was left, the only one left alone, not anointed with oil — the one that led straight to Arthur. “The strings have been tied and will remain tied until morning; the Silver String Festival has now begun!” her voice carried in an ethereal way, on the wind. The couples faced each other, including her and Arthur. The rest of the crowd dispersed, the hopeful girls looking absolutely crushed, but the couples had expressions that could even put that disappointment to shame — including Arthur himself. Did she really make a mistake?





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Sunlight filtered through the dark purple blinds, that even closed could not keep out. The slight, golden rays hit a pale, pretty face that was all softness in sleep, when in wakefulness is sly angles and darkness. A slender hand rose of its own accord and placed itself over the Alessa’s eyes, where one of the rays landed, irritating her. Bright green eyes fluttered open, irritation crossing the woman’s features, a scowl twisting her mouth. A deep chuckle reached her ears and increased her irritation, “Good morning sweetheart.” a well-defined arm snaked around her waist and turned her around suddenly and forcefully, making her bounce slightly. Green eyes met clear blue and she gave him a grin that she couldn’t hold back as Viktor leaned forward to give her a soft kiss. “You’re the only good thing so far.” the fiery redhead was all fluttering eyelashes and absorbing eyes, which made Vik laugh, a sweet sound that was a nice thing to wake up to. “Oh, Lessi. Your charm is turned up so high so early in the morning.” he pulled her close for another kiss, his hand tangled in the mess of waves that adorned the top of her head. After they parted, after much hesitation, Vik got up; his muscled body a nice view that was sadly lost beneath the dreariness of his suits.

“I’ll go make us some coffee, darling.” Lessi cleared her throat pointedly, which made her boyfriend roll his eyes. “Sorry, sorry. Tea for her Highness.” the young woman laughed, pushing her hair out of her face. “You’d better believe I am, Vik!” and with that, she threw herself back on her bed, clad in her meticulously chosen underwear. She placed a hand over her eyes, sighing softly before getting up and putting on her silk robe, tying the sash around her trim waist. The various dark purple things around her room reminded her of her villain days, the deep purple of her skintight costume, accented with black in various places. She had been the darkness itself — Obsidian. That was before her boyfriend brought everything down on the supers, and forced them into hiding — she could make him regret it, she could. “Lessi? Sweetheart?” his voice knocked her out of her hateful thoughts and made her jump. Turning to face the door, she found Vik standing at the door, a mug in each hand and his face an adorable mask of confusion and worry. “Are you okay?” he asked her, and she nodded, reaching for her tea, pleasantly surprised to find that it was peppermint. “Yes, Viktor, I’m fine, “ she paused, taking a sip of her tea before continuing, “You have work today, don’t you?” her boyfriend nodded, going to her closest in order to pick out one of the spare suits he always kept at her place — for convenience, more than anything, because he spent almost every night at her place. “Yeah. Big meeting today too.”

She watched him get dressed in silence, enjoying the view of his bare chest until he, much to Lessi’s disappointment, had to cover it up. The great thing about being a novelist was that she would go to work naked if she wanted — and she often did, when she knew that no one was going to show up out of the blue. Glancing at the clock at her bedside table, she saw that it was nearly time for Vik to leave, and the redhead was actually rather relieved. Viktor was fun to have around for a while, but he was too… nice. She was Obsidian, a villain, one of the supers he had forced into hiding when he led the rebellion. There was darkness in him that she felt attracted to; it was true, but otherwise? He was just an all-around nice guy, and nice was so terribly boring. Wrapping the robe around her tighter, she followed Vik as he left the room, he was blabbering about his business deals — something that the fiery redhead had no interest in, unless his deals involved killing people; something that she could really get behind. ‘Speaking of behinds…’ she thought with a small smirk as her eyes drifted down to Vik’s as he opened the front door, Alessa close behind him. Awkwardly enough, her neighbor, and best friend, was leaving for her job — Ellie, it seemed, was saying goodbye to her own boy-toy. The villain hated Jake, with a passion, even though he was always trying to be nice to her, she still hated him. She gave Jake a dirty look and Ellie as well for still sleeping with him. Grabbing the sleeve of Viktor’s pressed suit, she pulled him close for a last kiss — deep and sensual, and so was the sly smirk playing on her lips as she pulled away. “Have a wonderful day at work, Viktor. I’ll see you at the ball, later, yes?” her boyfriend chuckled, his own smirk matching hers — his clear eyes playful. “Yes, sweetie, of course I am. All the members of the board are going to be there, silly.” his gentle tapped her nose at the last word, making Lessi smile mildly — his cute, sweet side was showing and it was making her head hurt. The redhead said her final goodbyes, and entered her apartment with a soft swish of her silk robe and a seductive wiggle of her a**.

Alessa made her way to her desk, where a laptop sat — always open, for she hated to close it and run into the possibility of losing her work. She typed away at it for several hours until her wrists began to cramp and she had to take a small break. She pressed a few more keys before saving it, her hand coming to rest on her keyboard, accidentally pressing a few keys that made her laptop start uttering the strangest beeping noise before the screen went a bright blue, the white text on the monitor yelling at her to do something, but all she could do is stare blankly at it before letting out a loud stream of cuss words. “s**t, this cannot be happening. s**t, s**t, s**t, ********] her screams of frustration could be heard for a couple of floors — not that she cared, not when her book was at stake. She was getting at a really steamy part too! The redhead pressed a few keys angrily before sighing loudly and reaching for her phone, left on the small table next to the desk where she had dropped it the night before. She had to call technical support. Again. She hated calling tech support because one of the people they always connected her to was that annoying kid. ‘Ty…Tyler? Was that his name?’ she thought as she pressed the number four on her phone — she was so bad with computers that tech support was on her speed dial. Tyler was an ex-superfreak, she knew that much, but what he didn’t seem to get was that a hero and a villain could never be friends. She sort of admired the fact that he was so persistent, not that she would ever admit it, but most of the time, she wanted to choke the life out of him. The only reason was she hasn’t was because he helped her with her computer. She impatiently listened to it ring before it connected her to the main desk of tech support. “Yeah, hi? I’m calling because I’m having a serious problem with my laptop.” they told her to hold on a moment before they connected her to someone. Miraculously, it wasn’t Tyler, but a woman who kindly and patiently guided her to the restoration of her laptop.

After that stressing episode, she decided that was she was going to take a break from writing. Lessi thought it was around a good time to start getting ready for the summer ball — an event that was sort of fun, she supposed. Alessa wasn’t a big fan of “fun” unless it involved sex, blood, death or darkness — or any possible combination of the four. She took a long shower, letting the hot water soothe her and calm her mind. As soon as she had stepped out of the shower, a loud, startling vibrating sound echoed through the bathroom before she realized it was her phone. Curious. No one really texted her, since Ellie and Vik both called if they needed anything. Pressing a button on the screen, a message from Kameron popped up and she couldn’t help the little smirk that spread on her lips. He was so awkward, it was adorable. Thinking about it, there was no harm in accepting — it was a guarantee that Viktor was going to be too busy with other business to really pay attention to her, and she knew that Beck had a girlfriend, and since Vik wasn’t really the jealous type… Grabbing a towel from the bathroom door, she wrapped it around herself before replying to him.

To: Kameron
From: Lessi
What in the world makes you think that I’ll
be lonely, Kameron? Am I too ugly to have
anyone talk to me or something? :c Regardless,
I think that I will accept your offer. Thank you.
Would you like to meet at front door at 7:15
or so? I like to be fashionably early~ <3

The smirk remained while she got dressed, the skintight black fabric that clung to her curves faded into a long train of ruffles from the thighs down. She figured that the dress was sexy enough without being slutty, since whore wasn’t exactly her style — seductive was. She fixed her hair in the usual coiffed waves, maybe with a little more poof in them and rimmed her eyes with black eyeliner. She chose flashy shoes, since her dress was rather plain, and her eyes were adorned with a pinch of silver sparkles. She was ready to party. This ball better not be a waste of her time, because something that was worth more than one of her books was definitely her time — not to mention that she had no patience whatsoever, that’s why she was never a big fan of torture during her villain days. Alessa liked things painful, but quick enough to satisfy her villainous urges. She bit down on a manicured nail, the insistent habit never really leaving her as she pulled on a short cardigan, just for the drive there. She hoped that the decision to accept Kam’s offer was right — there was something about the guy that drew her in; a sort of insistent curiosity that he must feel too, otherwise he wouldn’t be bothering to escort her. Villains, as a rule, are neither kind nor courteous. Sighing softly, she ran a hand through her hair one more time before leaving her apartment, the tendrils catching once or twice on the small ring that she donned on her right hand — a present from Viktor, she loved the look of it, the darkness in the middle of the stones, and the matching strangeness of the skulls that surrounded them. Vik had told her that the gems were called an onyxes, or sometimes, obsidians. Lessi thought it was odd, but her boyfriend had never known that she was indeed, one of the supers he had driven away from the town; and not only a super, but a supervillain. Lessi didn’t think that he would take too well if she told him that the girl he was dating had killed a lot of people; and enjoyed it to boot.

Alessa left her apartment, nearly tripping on the way out over the hem of her dress — she sort of regretted getting such a long dress, but she would wear something long than something that was way too short. Sighing softly, she went down the three flights of stairs that led to the lobby and prepared herself to wait, seeing as how she was around ten minutes early. She loved to be early, one of her little quirks. Sitting down in one of the plush chairs, she leaned back and crossed her legs at the ankles, placing her small bag on her lap.

Time to wait.





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la de da~ oh, you're talking to me! well, i guess a can spare a second. i'm adelaide delaine, but that's too long and kind of a mouthful, so just call me addie okay? boop boop! oops, i'm getting sidetracked. i'm a superhero! ta-da! i have the amazing power of flower manipulation, and it's so much fun to make pretty scenery and make the vines grow out of the ground and immobilize the bad guys! but that's not the only power i have, i also have the power of siren song. i am literally the definition of enchanting, i guess. i don't really use it for making people do things, since that's pretty evil, in my opinion, but i use it to summon people if i need them! it's really useful when i'm in a bind — like if i'm baking cookies, and then the phone rings! what to do right? i just sing a few notes and i bring my grumpy, crabby boyfriend right over and make him answer the phone for me!okay, so my boyfriend is a little bit of a jerk sometimes, but other times, he's really sweet! and let's be honest, he's smokin' hot. i always did have a thing for bad boys... erm, i got sidetracked again! my powers developed at age thirteen, well, that was then they got too powerful to ignore. before then, i was just praised as having an amazing green thumb, and that was all. okay, so maybe i won a few prizes for best flower hybrid, or best pumpkin at halloween, that's totally irrelevant! point is, my powers went unnoticed until it was necessary to bring down the evil-doers that ran rampant among gothania. my fellow superheros and i tried our best to keep the villains in check, and it was all going great until the people of my beloved city rebelled! and not only against the bad guys, which would have made a lot of sense because we were only protecting them and stuff, but against us too! so they forced us all into hiding, and i'm not a very hateful person, but i have a great distaste for that secretary fellow. what's his name? viktor? yeah him. i don't like him. he ruined everything! anyway, now i'm living in this apartment with all the former superheros and super-villains, and my official job is no longer being an awesome hero, i am now a botanist — which is pretty fun because i get to work with my favorite things in the world, but it's pretty boring... but i do get to make lots of different plants and sometimes i make them come to life! oops. that was supposed to be a secret. shhh, you don't know about that, okay? yeah, but this whole living with villains right next door thing? it's not great. it's actually pretty scary because i don't trust any of them, and if they decide to attack me, i won't be able to hold back my powers and they can be pretty destructive. i think i'm rambling a bit now, oopsie-daisie! this is addie, signing off! i'll be sure to give you a rose or a lily or something pretty!

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Sunlight filtered through the dark purple blinds, that even closed could not keep out. The slight, golden rays hit a pale, pretty face that was all softness in sleep, when in wakefulness is sly angles and darkness. A slender hand rose of its own accord and placed itself over the Alessa’s eyes, where one of the rays landed, irritating her. Bright green eyes fluttered open, irritation crossing the woman’s features, a scowl twisting her mouth. A deep chuckle reached her ears and increased her irritation, “Good morning sweetheart. You shouldn't frown so much darling, you'll get wrinkles.” a well-defined arm snaked around her waist and turned her around suddenly and forcefully, making her bounce slightly on the dark purple sheets — still in absolute disarray from the kinky night before. Green eyes met clear blue and she gave him a grin that she couldn’t hold back as Viktor leaned forward to give her a soft kiss on the lips, still swollen prettily from the rough kisses that occurred during the night. “You’re the only good thing so far.” the fiery redhead was all fluttering eyelashes and absorbing eyes, which made Vik laugh, a sweet sound that was a nice thing to wake up to. “Oh, Lessi. Your charm is turned up so high so early in the morning. How do you do it?” he pulled her close for another kiss, his hand tangled in the mess of waves that adorned the top of her head. After they parted, after much hesitation, Vik got up; his muscled body a nice view that was sadly lost beneath the dreariness of his suits.

“I’ll go make us some coffee, darling.” Lessi cleared her throat pointedly, which made her boyfriend roll his eyes. “Sorry, sorry. Tea for her Highness.” the young woman laughed, pushing her hair out of her face. “You’d better believe I am, Vik!” and with that, she threw herself back on her bed, clad in her meticulously chosen underwear. She placed a hand over her eyes, sighing softly before getting up and putting on her silk robe, tying the sash around her trim waist. The various dark purple things around her room reminded her of her villain days, the deep purple of her skintight costume, accented with black in various places. She had been the darkness itself — Obsidian. That was before her boyfriend brought everything down on the supers, and forced them into hiding — she could make him regret it, she could. “Lessi? Sweetheart?” his voice knocked her out of her hateful thoughts and made her jump. Turning to face the door, she found Vik standing at the door, a mug in each hand and his face an adorable mask of confusion and worry. “Are you okay?” he asked her, and she nodded, reaching for her tea, pleasantly surprised to find that it was peppermint. “Yes, Viktor, I’m fine, “ she paused, taking a sip of her tea before continuing, “You have work today, don’t you?” her boyfriend nodded, going to her closest in order to pick out one of the spare suits he always kept at her place — for convenience, more than anything, because he spent almost every night at her place. “Yeah. Big meeting today too.”

She watched him get dressed in silence, enjoying the view of his bare chest until he, much to Lessi’s disappointment, had to cover it up. The great thing about being a novelist was that she would go to work naked if she wanted — and she often did, when she knew that no one was going to show up out of the blue. Glancing at the clock at her bedside table, she saw that it was nearly time for Vik to leave, and the redhead was actually rather relieved. Viktor was fun to have around for a while, but he was too… nice. She was Obsidian, a villain, one of the supers he had forced into hiding when he led the rebellion. There was darkness in him that she felt attracted to; it was true, but otherwise? He was just an all-around nice guy, and nice was so terribly boring. Wrapping the robe around her tighter, she followed Vik as he left the room, he was blabbering about his business deals — something that the fiery redhead had no interest in, unless his deals involved killing people; something that she could really get behind. ‘Speaking of behinds…’ she thought with a small smirk as her eyes drifted down to Vik’s as he opened the front door, Alessa close behind him. Awkwardly enough, her neighbor, and best friend, was leaving for her job — Ellie, it seemed, was saying goodbye to her own boy-toy. The villain hated Jake, with a passion, even though he was always trying to be nice to her, she still hated him. She gave Jake a dirty look and Ellie as well for still sleeping with him. Grabbing the sleeve of Viktor’s pressed suit, she pulled him close for a last kiss — deep and sensual, and so was the sly smirk playing on her lips as she pulled away. “Have a wonderful day at work, Viktor. I’ll see you at the ball, later, yes?” her boyfriend chuckled, his own smirk matching hers — his clear eyes playful. “Yes, sweetie, of course I am. All the members of the board are going to be there, silly.” his gentle tapped her nose at the last word, making Lessi smile mildly — his cute, sweet side was showing and it was making her head hurt. The redhead said her final goodbyes, and entered her apartment with a soft swish of her silk robe and a seductive wiggle of her a**.

Alessa made her way to her desk, where a laptop sat — always open, for she hated to close it and run into the possibility of losing her work. She typed away at it for several hours until her wrists began to cramp and she had to take a small break. She pressed a few more keys before saving it, her hand coming to rest on her keyboard, accidentally pressing a few keys that made her laptop start uttering the strangest beeping noise before the screen went a bright blue, the white text on the monitor yelling at her to do something, but all she could do is stare blankly at it before letting out a loud stream of cuss words. “s**t, this cannot be happening. s**t, s**t, s**t, ********] her screams of frustration could be heard for a couple of floors — not that she cared, not when her book was at stake. She was getting at a really steamy part too! The redhead pressed a few keys angrily before sighing loudly and reaching for her phone, left on the small table next to the desk where she had dropped it the night before. She had to call technical support. Again. She hated calling tech support because one of the people they always connected her to was that annoying kid. ‘Ty…Tyler? Was that his name?’ she thought as she pressed the number four on her phone — she was so bad with computers that tech support was on her speed dial. Tyler was an ex-superfreak, she knew that much, but what he didn’t seem to get was that a hero and a villain could never be friends. She sort of admired the fact that he was so persistent, not that she would ever admit it, but most of the time, she wanted to choke the life out of him. The only reason was she hasn’t was because he helped her with her computer. She impatiently listened to it ring before it connected her to the main desk of tech support. “Yeah, hi? I’m calling because I’m having a serious problem with my laptop.” they told her to hold on a moment before they connected her to someone. Miraculously, it wasn’t Tyler, but a woman who kindly and patiently guided her to the restoration of her laptop.

After that stressing episode, she decided that was she was going to take a break from writing. Lessi thought it was around a good time to start getting ready for the summer ball — an event that was sort of fun, she supposed. Alessa wasn’t a big fan of “fun” unless it involved sex, blood, death or darkness — or any possible combination of the four. She took a long shower, letting the hot water soothe her and calm her mind. As soon as she had stepped out of the shower, a loud, startling vibrating sound echoed through the bathroom before she realized it was her phone. Curious. No one really texted her, since Ellie and Vik both called if they needed anything. Pressing a button on the screen, a message from Kameron popped up and she couldn’t help the little smirk that spread on her lips. He was so awkward, it was adorable. Thinking about it, there was no harm in accepting — it was a guarantee that Viktor was going to be too busy with other business to really pay attention to her, and she knew that Beck had a girlfriend, and since Vik wasn’t really the jealous type… Grabbing a towel from the bathroom door, she wrapped it around herself before replying to him.

To: Kameron
From: Lessi
What in the world makes you think that I’ll
be lonely, Kameron? Am I too ugly to have
anyone talk to me or something? :c Regardless,
I think that I will accept your offer. Thank you.
Would you like to meet at front door at 7:15
or so? I like to be fashionably early~ <3

The smirk remained while she got dressed, the skintight black fabric that clung to her curves faded into a long train of ruffles from the thighs down. She figured that the dress was sexy enough without being slutty, since whore wasn’t exactly her style — seductive was. She fixed her hair in the usual coiffed waves, maybe with a little more poof in them and rimmed her eyes with black eyeliner. She chose flashy shoes, since her dress was rather plain, and her eyes were adorned with a pinch of silver sparkles. She was ready to party. This ball better not be a waste of her time, because something that was worth more than one of her books was definitely her time — not to mention that she had no patience whatsoever, that’s why she was never a big fan of torture during her villain days. Alessa liked things painful, but quick enough to satisfy her villainous urges. She bit down on a manicured nail, the insistent habit never really leaving her as she pulled on a short cardigan, just for the drive there. She hoped that the decision to accept Kam’s offer was right — there was something about the guy that drew her in; a sort of insistent curiosity that he must feel too, otherwise he wouldn’t be bothering to escort her. Villains, as a rule, are neither kind nor courteous. Sighing softly, she ran a hand through her hair one more time before leaving her apartment, the tendrils catching once or twice on the small ring that she donned on her right hand — a present from Viktor, she loved the look of it, the darkness in the middle of the stones, and the matching strangeness of the skulls that surrounded them. Vik had told her that the gems were called an onyxes, or sometimes, obsidians. Lessi thought it was odd, but her boyfriend had never known that she was indeed, one of the supers he had driven away from the town; and not only a super, but a supervillain. Lessi didn’t think that he would take too well if she told him that the girl he was dating had killed a lot of people; and enjoyed it to boot.

Alessa left her apartment, nearly tripping on the way out over the hem of her dress — she sort of regretted getting such a long dress, but she would much rather wear something long than something that was way too short. Sighing softly, she went down the three flights of stairs that led to the lobby and prepared herself to wait, seeing as how she was around ten minutes early. She loved to be early, one of her little quirks. Sitting down in one of the plush chairs, she leaned back and crossed her legs at the ankles, placing her small bag on her lap.

Time to wait.





OOC

Click on the image on the side for her outfit. :3

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Lessi’s impatience was getting to her, her fingers tapping out a dance on her bag as she sat on the comfortable chair, a frown on her pretty face. How long does it take a guy to get ready for a simple ball? Sighing heavily, she pulled out her phone and glared at it, willing for somebody to call her or text her or something. The sudden sound of “Lithium” by Nirvana made her jump, nearly dropping the phone in her surprise. Flipping the phone to face her, she saw Vik’s handsome face staring up at her. What could he possibly want? Pressing a button, she put the phone up to her ear with a bored expression on her face. “Yes darling?” she asked, a finger tapping on the phone’s back. “Hi beautiful,” Viktor’s silky voice hit her ear and made her shiver pleasantly, a small smile slid onto her lips as she rolled her eyes. “I was just calling to see if you were going to go to ball. I know how you change your mind so quickly.” Alessa sighed loudly, eliciting a chuckle from the other end of the phone call. “Yes, Vik. I’m going. I’m already all dressed up, too. I’m just waiting for my date at this point.” she said, a smirk on her lips as she heard Viktor fall silent. “You have a date? And it’s not me? It’s one of those guys from the apartment, right?” he asked, irritation colouring his voice — yet there was no jealousy. “Perhaps ‘date’ is too strong of a word. He’s just my escort. He thought I would be lonely without you.” she said pointedly, rising from her seat impatiently. Viktor fell silent again, and she could just see his brow furrow at her words. He knew she was right — she was always right. “I’ll see you later, okay Vik? Maybe I’ll manage to pull you away from the other board members for a dance or two.” she was irritated at that point and she pressed the button on her phone to end the call angrily.

That’s when she heard soft footfalls behind her.

She turned abruptly, still annoyed with her boyfriend’s pettiness and was met with Kam’s wide eyed stare. Her eyes glittered with left over anger as she saw that he wasn’t saying anything, he was just running his eyes over her body — which was more than a bit awkward, and she felt like she needed to cover up something that wasn’t even showing. Her brow furrowed in frustration as she waited for a few more seconds, her green eyes meeting his dark ones — that was when he finally spoke, the slight stutter in his words smoothed out her brow and brought a slight smile to her lips; he was so damn awkward, and it was still so damn adorable. She stepped up to him, her heels making a muffled sound against the carpet of the lobby. “Thank you, Kameron,” she let his name slide off her tongue slowly, her hand going up to pull at his collar slightly, which was bent at the corner. “You don’t look too bad yourself.” she glanced at his hair, mildly surprised to see it so flat against his head. “Though I’ve got to say, your hair looks better spiked up than slicked back. Slicked back just… isn’t you.” she gave him a smirk, her fingers lingering on the fabric of his shirt before she turned away to face the entrance to the event hall that was attached to the apartment complex. The redhead wrapped her arm around Kam’s, intending to let him lead her into the hall — for the sake of appearances only, because if she wanted to, she could escort herself. Casting him a sidelong look, she saw that he still had that weird, goofy grin on his face and she sighed softly — if he was going to be this way the entire night, she was going to be tired of him real quick. They were just about to leave when a voice stopped Lessi in her tracks, nearly making her trip on the hem of her dress.

It was Ellie, her best friend. Sans Jake this time, thank God.

Alessa’s green eyes glimmered with happiness as she took in her best friend’s outfit — slinky, yet not quite slutty. Very nice. She gave the bottom of Ellie’s dress a sort of jealous look — wondering why she had chosen such a long dress to wear. It was going to be hell dancing in the thing — but at least she would look pretty. “Ah, we look beautiful indeed! Especially you, darling, that colour really suits you — it brings out the light in your eyes.” she gave Ellie a playful wink and a broad smile, which made her look completely different that how she usually looked — the darkness in her eyes dissipating a bit. Her smile faded a bit as she took in Ellie’s sudden change in demeanor as she looked at Kam — her best friend suddenly got so serious and awkward. Was there something going on between Kam and Ellie? Lessi’s brow furrowed as she looked back and forth between the two ex-villains, feeling the awkwardness like a palpable force, she grabbed onto Kameron’s arm in an effort to break the tension — he shocked her by looking down at her with a strange look in his eyes; it reminded her of the looks Vik used to give her before they dated. But that couldn’t be… right? Kam was just there to be Alessa’s escort, her company until Viktor could pay attention to her, or until Beck came and distracted her with the attention he lavished on her. Turning back to her best friend, she gave her a small smile, “Ellie, I think we’ll just meet you in there, I’m getting a tiny bit impatient.” she figured that Ellie would understand, Lessi wasn’t the most patient girl and she wasn’t the best person to be around when she got really fidgety. When Alessa got fidgety, that meant someone usually ended up dead — regardless if she was supposed to be in hiding or not. Tightening her grip on Kam’s arm, she pulled him into the event hall, leaving Ellie behind.

Once they were inside, Alessa made a beeline for the bar, with Kameron in tow. She assumed it was an open bar — at least she hoped so. The board members were already there, Viktor sitting by a couple of geezers who look positively lecherous. Stifling a shudder, she plopped down in one of the seats, pulling down Kam with her. “Can I have a shot of Patròn please?” she asked the bartender, shooting Kam a grin as the guy gave her the drink. She downed it in a gulp and shook her head a bit — she was going to need a buzz if she was going to get through the night. The fiery redhead caught movement out of the corner of her eye and she turned to see Vik staring over her with an apologetic look on his face. “Hey sweetheart. I’m glad you could make it.” he said as Lessi got up to hug him. His strong arms wrapped around her and she couldn’t help but feel safe in his arms. Momentarily forgetting about her escort, she pulled down her boyfriend for a deep kiss, feeling his hand tangling in her hair as an automatic response. Smiling against his lips, she pulled away, giving him a smoldering look from beneath her eyelashes. “Hi Vik. I wouldn’t miss such a grand ball as this.” she gestured with a pale hand at the empty event hall before shedding her cardigan and draping it over her seat. Viktor chuckled, appreciating her sarcasm as usual. “Yes, Lessi, I know. It’s not up to Her Majesty’s standards, but keep in mind that not everybody’s here yet.” he tapped her nose with a slender finger before giving her another soft kiss. “I have to go for now, alright darling? The board members are about to make their speech.” and with a soft caress of her cheek, he left, without even a word about how she looked. Sighing loudly, she sat back in her seat and gestured for another shot; giving Kam a sort of sad look before downing her next shot, the pleasant buzz in her head intensifying. She had to slow down, otherwise she was going to end up leaving the ball piss drunk, and there was no guarantee that Vik would take her home. Sighing softly, she pushed her hair away from her face and leaned back in her chair, looking at Kam.

“I’m sorry Kameron, I’m probably not the best company to be around… You probably took the wrong person to this thing.” she paused, her eyes gaining intensity as she placed her entire focus on Kam. “Maybe you should have asked Ellie, she would have been happy to come with you.” so maybe it wasn’t the best, and it certainly wasn't a very sly way to get information, but really, she was already half drunk and she felt irritated with her boyfriend for not noticing the pains she had taken to get ready for the stupid ball of his. Placing her chin in one hand, she gazed at Kam, waiting for an answer, getting the feeling that this was either going to be a very eventful night, or it was going to be dreadfully boring. In either case, there was something to be guaranteed;

This was going to be a long night indeed.

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It wasn’t that Asrai didn’t care about the Hunger Games — she thought they were exciting, just like anyone else in the Capitol — but she detested the killing that went on during the competition. If no one had to be killed, it would have been the perfect pastime, but the just the sight of the dead bodies — some merely children, most in their teens — made her want to cry. It could have just been her bleeding heart — no one else in the Capitol seemed to have a problem with the Games. Then again, she was caring for a reason — she was the Capitol’s main medic. It had been her mother, but then she was killed in the rebel raid, hit when she had tried to help a dying man — since then, she had always had a sort of resentment towards the rebels — she understood what they wanted to do, but in the process, a lot of innocent lives were lost and it was all their fault. She admired Katniss Everdeen, The Girl on Fire, for standing up to President, but in her opinion, she could have been a bit more subtle about the way she made herself known. Not to mention a much more peaceful way that didn’t endanger the lives of innocent civilians and kind people like her mother.

Pulling on a strand of bright pink hair, Asrai looked worriedly at one of her patients who was suffering from a blood disease — one that not even she could cure. It made her very sad, seeing as how every single one of her patients were her responsibility — and she often got too close to them, becoming their friend instead of just their doctor. Her mother never made that mistake, she was also cool and detached, but kind and caring — traits that Asrai never mastered and now she paid the consequences for it. Walking up to the bed where the man lay, she held his hand gently, feeling his skin slowly grow cold as death gripped him. He gave her one last lucid look of gratefulness as he expelled his last breath and the light faded from his eyes. Sniffling slightly, she let go of his cold, pale hand and signaled to one of her aides to come take his body away — a death was always sad, but it was happening more and more often — more and more people were getting fatally sick. One of her aides came up to her, her dark hair strangely normal against the bright colours of the Capitol. “What shall we do for him?” Wiping her eyes quickly, Asrai picked up the patient’s chart and looked through it before handing it to the aide. “Tell his next of kin, or his wife, if he has one, then schedule a burial for him.” the aide took the chart with a nod and went to follow the body. The petite girl collapsed into a nearby chair, exhaustion clearly apparent on her face — she had been sitting with the man for days, getting a mere hour of sleep a day, considering that she had other patients to attend to as well.

Asrai had just gotten comfortable in her seat, closing her eyes for a bit.

That’s when a loud slam of the front door made the small girl jumped in surprise as a young man with a hardened expression walked into the clinic, his well-muscled arm bearing a large, gaping wound on the upper part. Her eyes widened at the sight of all the blood — it soaked the entire right side of his tattered shirt, and it was sliced in several places — revealing more gruesome wounds beneath the gaps. Asrai gasped, her hair a pink blur as she rushed up to the young man, his eyes widening as he braced himself for the girl’s usual worrying. “Ko! What did you do? These look terrible!” she breathed as she peeled off the bloody fabric from his wounded chest. The man rolled his sea-green eyes in a sign of clear exasperation. “Do you really want to know, Asrai? I mean, really?” he asked, raising an eyebrow; a smirk sliding comfortably on his lips as he took in the petite girl; her frantic fluttering slowing as she went to go get medicine and needles with thread. “Uh… You’re right, I don’t want to know.” she mumbled. She already had her suspicions. She found out that Ankou was a professional killer a while ago — three years ago, in fact. Her mother had been the renowned healer then, and Asrai had been only thirteen when a young man had been carried into the clinic; his wounds had been severe and life-threatening since he had been both poisoned and nearly gutted. Her mother tended to him efficiently, but Asrai had been captivated by the young man and sat by his side day and night — until he awoke after about a week of treatment.

He revealed startlingly pale sea-green eyes, which Asrai later learned that they were completely natural, and they fixed on Asrai’s, which were back then a dark grey. She had been about to say hello when he had jumped on her, wrapping scarred hands around her throat. Her mother had told her that she had stopped breathing for about a minute after she lost consciousness, but Rai didn’t remember anything. It was only when she had woken up that she realized what had happened. He had tried to kill her! Kill her! He had been held back by two male aides, and even then, he nearly escaped once or twice. Her mother explained that he was an assassin for President Snow — and that was how he made his living; killing people. He still had to stay at the clinic for a while longer, so in that time, Asrai still remained — staring at him with curious eyes. Eventually, he began to trust her and told her that his name was Ankou, and that he was sorry for trying to kill her. They became eventual friends, and he even smiled at her once or twice. Not that you could tell right now, since there seemed to be a permanent grimace painted on his handsome face as Rai pulled the needle and thread through the wounds on his stomach. “Fae! Gentler please!” he winced as the needle got stuck and she had to pull it through with a sharp tug. “Sorry, Ko. I’m being as gentle as I can be. Jeez, if these wounds were any deeper, your guts would be falling out!” she muttered curses under her breath as she cut the thread for the last wound. After that, she went to his arm and scrutinized it for a moment before placing a small petal on the wound and bandaging it. “It should be gone by tomorrow. Same with the ones on your stomach, just be careful not to open them while they’re still healing.”

With that, she put away her supplies and gave Ankou a small smile. “And try not to get hurt while you’re still healing, okay?” She knew that there was a good chance he wouldn’t listen — he almost never did. Ankou merely rolled his eyes and gave her a small smile in return, which made the Medic beam brighter. “I’ll try, Faery.” he said as he got up off his seat and winced once more as the stitches pulled. She wrapped her arms around his torso and gave him a gentle hug, which he returned with a squeeze. It reminded that pink-haired girl of when her mother died, where Ankou just held her for days on end as she cried and cried into his chest, all the while he just cursed the Rebels. That was another thing they had in common — their disdain for the Rebels. Asrai for her mother, Ankou for making her suffer like they did, because he never really cared for Snow, not to mention that Rai’s mother was a one of a kind person that could never really be replaced. He still hated them, even though now he worked under the command of the new government; which was made especially for the Rebels’ cause. He let the slender girl go and looked into her pink eyes — the exact absurd shade of her hair. He missed her mousy brown hair and her deep, gray eyes, and was actually disappointed when she got alterations. “Tomorrow is The Reaping, Fae, and there’s a good chance that I’ll be picked, and if I do, don’t you dare take my place. I can survive, you don’t stand a chance.” he said, his voice grave. Rai’s eyes narrowed, her pupils becoming thin slits with anger — another alteration. “You can’t stop me, Ankou Ubel. Actually, if the opposite thing happens, and I get picked, and you don’t, you can’t take my place. Promise me.” Ankou looked pained, but figured that if he promised, she had to promise the same thing. “I promise.” Rai smiled and nodded. “Good. Then I promise too.” Ankou smirked and gave her another quick hug before turning to leave. “Goodbye Ko! And thank you for coming to the Roane Clinic!” she shouted, to which Ankou raised a hand in acknowledgement.

That night went by peacefully, with no nightmares or interruption to Asrai’s sleep, even though the mere thought of the next day brought a deep feeling of dread. She awoke, got dressed in her usual mix of pink and white — her favorite colours. It’s not that she didn’t have a partiality for black as well, but she wanted to look relatively bubbly and happy on such a bleak day — even if it wasn’t the truth. When she finished getting ready, she left the clinic with a happy bounce in her step that she really didn’t feel. She stared at the ground, the multi-coloured pebbles that adorned the cement reflected the sun and provided little rainbows that much improved Asrai’s mood — that is, until she reached the congregation of people gathered around the pedestal that had been set up solely for the grim occasion, the girl standing at the top was beautiful, in an unhappy way — but then again, who was truly happy at that moment? Surely no one could be so cruel. So the pink haired girl stood passively, her eyes following the tribute up to where they had been called, the various people surrounding her cried out in sorrow, and some even began to cry, but all the medic did was stand — a sad look on her face as each name was called. There was a name called that visibly shook the young woman on the pedestal, and Asrai couldn’t help but look at the tribute — he was beautiful, in a dark, feral way. Long dark hair that was tired back from his face, muscled physique that held grace and power that nearly matched Ankou’s — nearly, but not quite. He was beautiful, it was true, but he also had a strange sort of depth to his eyes that made the pink-haired girl shudder. The last name that was called was the one she had been fearing so, “Ankou Ubel Grifyth.” the young woman’s voice was shaky and Asrai couldn’t help the sharp cry that flew from her mouth as her best, and only, friend went to go join the tributes. She was about to shout, “I volunteer!” when Ankou’s clear green eyes met hers and he gave her a sharp look, reminding her of the promise they both had made. And so Rai resumed her silent standing, except this time, she had tears running down her cheeks, smearing her makeup a bit.

Desperation was painted on her pretty face as she listened.

Yvaine continued with the girls, her voice no longer shaky, but not as confident as how she started. She read the names off one by one, and when she reached the sixth, Asrai thought she was going to pass out. “Asrai Fae Roane.” a terrorized look fell upon her tear streaked face as her eyes met Ankou’s, which was a mask of pure fury mixed with helplessness. Slowly, she made her way to join the other female tributes, some of which were already making their way to the City Center. Once she was there, she embraced Ankou with shaking arms, and was surprised to see that his own were trembling as well. “What will I do Ko? I'll die. I don't know how to defend myself!” she cried into his neck, tears sliding down her face again. “It’s okay, Fae. I’ll protect you. I promise, my Faery.” he whispered in her ear as Yvaine continued reading the names. Then the twelfth and final name was called, and it gave Asrai a twisted sort of satisfaction to see the girl fall to the floor in shock, knowing instantly that her own name had been called. “Yvaine Marie Snow.” someone read the paper, her voice strong and clear — but with a very distinct sad tone beneath it. It was karma, for having such a wicked grandfather, and Asrai smiled — a small, sad smile that seemed severely off place with the tears that ran down her cheeks. Ankou must have caught sight of her and he pulled her into his arms once more, and after that, walked arm in arm with her when they were dismissed. It was then that she realized with a start that the assassin beside her was supposed to leave before the girls’ names were even called, but he didn’t — he waited to see if she would be called. Her eyes filled with tears as they entered the City Center and the mansion that belonged to the Snow family. Once in there, both Ankou and Asrai waited silently, watching families say goodbye to each other, and they grabbed each others hands solemnly, for they were indeed, the only family they had.

For both were totally, and completely, alone in the world.





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Click on the image below for her outfit. :3

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It wasn’t that Asrai didn’t care about the Hunger Games — she thought they were exciting, just like anyone else in the Capitol — but she detested the killing that went on during the competition. If no one had to be killed, it would have been the perfect pastime, but the just the sight of the dead bodies — some merely children, most in their teens — made her want to cry. It could have just been her bleeding heart — no one else in the Capitol seemed to have a problem with the Games. Then again, she was caring for a reason — she was the Capitol’s main medic. It had been her mother, but then she was killed in the rebel raid, hit when she had tried to help a dying man — since then, she had always had a sort of resentment towards the rebels — she understood what they wanted to do, but in the process, a lot of innocent lives were lost and it was all their fault. She admired Katniss Everdeen, The Girl on Fire, for standing up to President, but in her opinion, she could have been a bit more subtle about the way she made herself known. Not to mention a much more peaceful way that didn’t endanger the lives of innocent civilians and kind people like her mother.

Pulling on a strand of bright pink hair, Asrai looked worriedly at one of her patients who was suffering from a blood disease — one that not even she could cure. It made her very sad, seeing as how every single one of her patients were her responsibility — and she often got too close to them, becoming their friend instead of just their doctor. Her mother never made that mistake, she was also cool and detached, but kind and caring — traits that Asrai never mastered and now she paid the consequences for it. Walking up to the bed where the man lay, she held his hand gently, feeling his skin slowly grow cold as death gripped him. He gave her one last lucid look of gratefulness as he expelled his last breath and the light faded from his eyes. Sniffling slightly, she let go of his cold, pale hand and signaled to one of her aides to come take his body away — a death was always sad, but it was happening more and more often — more and more people were getting fatally sick. One of her aides came up to her, her dark hair strangely normal against the bright colours of the Capitol. “What shall we do for him?” Wiping her eyes quickly, Asrai picked up the patient’s chart and looked through it before handing it to the aide. “Tell his next of kin, or his wife, if he has one, then schedule a burial for him.” the aide took the chart with a nod and went to follow the body. The petite girl collapsed into a nearby chair, exhaustion clearly apparent on her face — she had been sitting with the man for days, getting a mere hour of sleep a day, considering that she had other patients to attend to as well.

Asrai had just gotten comfortable in her seat, closing her eyes for a bit.

That’s when a loud slam of the front door made the small girl jumped in surprise as a young man with a hardened expression walked into the clinic, his well-muscled arm bearing a large, gaping wound on the upper part. Her eyes widened at the sight of all the blood — it soaked the entire right side of his tattered shirt, and it was sliced in several places — revealing more gruesome wounds beneath the gaps. Asrai gasped, her hair a pink blur as she rushed up to the young man, his eyes widening as he braced himself for the girl’s usual worrying. “Ko! What did you do? These look terrible!” she breathed as she peeled off the bloody fabric from his wounded chest. The man rolled his sea-green eyes in a sign of clear exasperation. “Do you really want to know, Asrai? I mean, really?” he asked, raising an eyebrow; a smirk sliding comfortably on his lips as he took in the petite girl; her frantic fluttering slowing as she went to go get medicine and needles with thread. “Uh… You’re right, I don’t want to know.” she mumbled. She already had her suspicions. She found out that Ankou was a professional killer a while ago — three years ago, in fact. Her mother had been the renowned healer then, and Asrai had been only thirteen when a young man had been carried into the clinic; his wounds had been severe and life-threatening since he had been both poisoned and nearly gutted. Her mother tended to him efficiently, but Asrai had been captivated by the young man and sat by his side day and night — until he awoke after about a week of treatment.

He revealed startlingly pale sea-green eyes, which Asrai later learned that they were completely natural, and they fixed on Asrai’s, which were back then a dark grey. She had been about to say hello when he had jumped on her, wrapping scarred hands around her throat. Her mother had told her that she had stopped breathing for about a minute after she lost consciousness, but Rai didn’t remember anything. It was only when she had woken up that she realized what had happened. He had tried to kill her! Kill her! He had been held back by two male aides, and even then, he nearly escaped once or twice. Her mother explained that he was an assassin for President Snow — and that was how he made his living; killing people. He still had to stay at the clinic for a while longer, so in that time, Asrai still remained — staring at him with curious eyes. Eventually, he began to trust her and told her that his name was Ankou, and that he was sorry for trying to kill her. They became eventual friends, and he even smiled at her once or twice. Not that you could tell right now, since there seemed to be a permanent grimace painted on his handsome face as Rai pulled the needle and thread through the wounds on his stomach. “Fae! Gentler please!” he winced as the needle got stuck and she had to pull it through with a sharp tug. “Sorry, Ko. I’m being as gentle as I can be. Jeez, if these wounds were any deeper, your guts would be falling out!” she muttered curses under her breath as she cut the thread for the last wound. After that, she went to his arm and scrutinized it for a moment before placing a small petal on the wound and bandaging it. “It should be gone by tomorrow. Same with the ones on your stomach, just be careful not to open them while they’re still healing.”

With that, she put away her supplies and gave Ankou a small smile. “And try not to get hurt while you’re still healing, okay?” She knew that there was a good chance he wouldn’t listen — he almost never did. Ankou merely rolled his eyes and gave her a small smile in return, which made the Medic beam brighter. “I’ll try, Faery.” he said as he got up off his seat and winced once more as the stitches pulled. She wrapped her arms around his torso and gave him a gentle hug, which he returned with a squeeze. It reminded that pink-haired girl of when her mother died, where Ankou just held her for days on end as she cried and cried into his chest, all the while he just cursed the Rebels. That was another thing they had in common — their disdain for the Rebels. Asrai for her mother, Ankou for making her suffer like they did, because he never really cared for Snow, not to mention that Rai’s mother was a one of a kind person that could never really be replaced. He still hated them, even though now he worked under the command of the new government; which was made especially for the Rebels’ cause. He let the slender girl go and looked into her pink eyes — the exact absurd shade of her hair. He missed her mousy brown hair and her deep, gray eyes, and was actually disappointed when she got alterations. “Tomorrow is The Reaping, Fae, and there’s a good chance that I’ll be picked, and if I do, don’t you dare take my place. I can survive, you don’t stand a chance.” he said, his voice grave. Rai’s eyes narrowed, her pupils becoming thin slits with anger — another alteration. “You can’t stop me, Ankou Ubel. Actually, if the opposite thing happens, and I get picked, and you don’t, you can’t take my place. Promise me.” Ankou looked pained, but figured that if he promised, she had to promise the same thing. “I promise.” Rai smiled and nodded. “Good. Then I promise too.” Ankou smirked and gave her another quick hug before turning to leave. “Goodbye Ko! And thank you for coming to the Roane Clinic!” she shouted, to which Ankou raised a hand in acknowledgement.

That night went by peacefully, with no nightmares or interruption to Asrai’s sleep, even though the mere thought of the next day brought a deep feeling of dread. She awoke, got dressed in her usual mix of pink and white — her favorite colours. It’s not that she didn’t have a partiality for black as well, but she wanted to look relatively bubbly and happy on such a bleak day — even if it wasn’t the truth. When she finished getting ready, she left the clinic with a happy bounce in her step that she really didn’t feel. She stared at the ground, the multi-coloured pebbles that adorned the cement reflected the sun and provided little rainbows that much improved Asrai’s mood — that is, until she reached the congregation of people gathered around the pedestal that had been set up solely for the grim occasion, the girl standing at the top was beautiful, in an unhappy way — but then again, who was truly happy at that moment? Surely no one could be so cruel. So the pink haired girl stood passively, her eyes following the tribute up to where they had been called, the various people surrounding her cried out in sorrow, and some even began to cry, but all the medic did was stand — a sad look on her face as each name was called. There was a name called that visibly shook the young woman on the pedestal, and Asrai couldn’t help but look at the tribute — he was beautiful, in a dark, feral way. Long dark hair that was tired back from his face, muscled physique that held grace and power that nearly matched Ankou’s — nearly, but not quite. He was beautiful, it was true, but he also had a strange sort of depth to his eyes that made the pink-haired girl shudder. The last name that was called was the one she had been fearing so, “Ankou Ubel Grifyth.” the young woman’s voice was shaky and Asrai couldn’t help the sharp cry that flew from her mouth as her best, and only, friend went to go join the tributes. She was about to shout, “I volunteer!” when Ankou’s clear green eyes met hers and he gave her a sharp look, reminding her of the promise they both had made. And so Rai resumed her silent standing, except this time, she had tears running down her cheeks, smearing her makeup a bit.

Desperation was painted on her pretty face as she listened.

Yvaine continued with the girls, her voice no longer shaky, but not as confident as how she started. She read the names off one by one, and when she reached the sixth, Asrai thought she was going to pass out. “Asrai Fae Roane.” a terrorized look fell upon her tear streaked face as her eyes met Ankou’s, which was a mask of pure fury mixed with helplessness. Slowly, she made her way to join the other female tributes, some of which were already making their way to the City Center. Once she was there, she embraced Ankou with shaking arms, and was surprised to see that his own were trembling as well. “What will I do Ko? I'll die. I don't know how to defend myself!” she cried into his neck, tears sliding down her face again. “It’s okay, Fae. I’ll protect you. I promise, my Faery.” he whispered in her ear as Yvaine continued reading the names. Then the twelfth and final name was called, and it gave Asrai a twisted sort of satisfaction to see the girl fall to the floor in shock, knowing instantly that her own name had been called. “Yvaine Marie Snow.” someone read the paper, her voice strong and clear — but with a very distinct sad tone beneath it. It was karma, for having such a wicked grandfather, and Asrai smiled — a small, sad smile that seemed severely off place with the tears that ran down her cheeks. Ankou must have caught sight of her and he pulled her into his arms once more, and after that, walked arm in arm with her when they were dismissed. It was then that she realized with a start that the assassin beside her was supposed to leave before the girls’ names were even called, but he didn’t — he waited to see if she would be called. Her eyes filled with tears as they entered the City Center and the mansion that belonged to the Snow family. Once in there, both Ankou and Asrai waited silently, watching families say goodbye to each other, and they grabbed each others hands solemnly, for they were indeed, the only family they had.

For both were totally, and completely, alone in the world.

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The crunch of breaking bone upon impact was music to Ankou’s ears.

And the sight of the man in front of him collapsing was like the accompanying show. Ko didn’t kill him, he just injured him a bit. The assassin’s lips twisted into a broad smirk, his hand going up to wipe the bit of blood that had splattered on his cheek. The man writhed at his feet, his hands grasping the spot where the rest of his leg had once been. “W-who are you?” the man gasped, his eyes blurry with pain as Ankou approached him once more, his blade dripping blood that joined the increasing pool beneath the man. “I’m a messenger. From the Rebels.” his spat the last word out like it was poison — just because he worked for them, killed for them, didn’t mean that he had to like them. The man’s agonized expression instantly turned into one of happiness and understanding. “Y-you… You’re like me! I hate the Rebels too!” the man smiled, the sight was sickening and even the hardened Ankou had to look away. “You see, they killed my family. The Rebels… Now, I want to kill them all!” the mention of a family dying instantly brought his best friend to his mind. Asrai had lost her mother, a kind and marvelous woman, to the Rebel’s stupidity. His heart gave a lurch as he remembered Rai’s tears — how his little Faery shook with grief over her mother — stupid Rebels, ruining everything. Life in the Capitol had been pleasant before that, and now…

That’s when a horrid pain swept over him.

The man had somehow gotten to his feet, and was standing right in front of him, a knife of some sort in his right hand — the blade of which was currently in Ko’s upper arm. The assassin just pushed the man away, causing the blade to drag downward and the wound to become bigger — oh, Rai was going to have fun with this one. “You ********… You know, I nearly believed you there for a minute.” the young man chuckled, watching as the man stumbled once again to his feet — well, foot — and waved the rather large knife at him. “So the killer has a soft spot eh?” the man smirked, taking no heed of his still bleeding stub of a leg. “What’s her name?” The mere thought of this man even speaking Asrai’s name made Ko snap, his blade a glinting light as it parted the air. It collided with the knife — surprisingly resilient — as the man pushed Ankou back, a smirk on his face. This was no ordinary man; there had to be a reason why they would send the Capitol’s best assassin after a man who looked like he could be somebody’s grandfather. “C’mon, what’s the whore's name?” Ko let out a low growl and attacked once more, only to miss and have the knife dig into his stomach and chest, the tearing of his shirt the only sound in the resulting silence. The man chuckled, wobbling on his good foot before pointing at the wounds now decorating Ankou’s body and his blood soaked shirt. “You’re a Capitol assassin? Seriously?” Ankou bared his teeth, blood coating the white surface — not that he cared much, all he wanted was revenge for his slights towards him and towards Asrai. With a sharp movement, he attacked the man, confident in his ability to end this pointless fight. His blade ran straight through the man’s body, cleanly severing it in half — a move he should have done since the beginning, but was too distracted to do.

Walking up to the body, he stared down coldly at the surprised look on the corpse’s face. “I’m the best Capitol assassin, a*****e.” he spat the blood in his mouth towards the body before walking away, wincing slightly at the pain in his torso. Oh yeah, Asrai was going to have a ball patching him up. The trips to the Roane Clinic was nothing short of expected by now — it had been three years since he met the girl and her mother. Her mother was the one who had treated him the very first time he had ended up there; it happened after he had been attacked by a group of assassins from another district, and he had almost lost his life. If it hadn’t been for Rai’s mother, he would have died at the young age of sixteen — not that he wasn’t young now, at only nineteen. Nineteen and he was already the best assassin in the Capitol — an achievement that Ankou wore with pride. Though by looking at him now, one couldn’t really tell; with all the wounds on his body. Sighing softly, he boarded the car that awaited him, a perk that came with working for the Capitol higher-ups; besides, he would draw a lot of unwanted attention if he walked through the streets in his current state. Sighing softly, he looked down at his shirt — too bad, it was one of his favorites too.

The ride was relatively short, since it seemed that the man’s hideout wasn’t that far from the Clinic. Running a hand through his hair — as if that improved his appearance — he walked towards the clinic, expecting Rai’s freakout before it even happened. “Ko! What did you do?” the innocence of Rai never failed to surprise him — she knew who he was; what he did, and she still asked with such a wide-eyed look on her face. you really want to know, Asrai? I mean, really?” he felt his eyebrow go up — though he regarded her with a bit of mocking and in a condescending tone, it was still nice to be cared about like that. He watched as the thoughts flickered on her pretty face — she always had been easy to read — before she got the message that he had gotten hurt while on a job. “Uh… you’re right, I don’t want to know.” He couldn’t hold back a chuckle as he regarded that girl in front of him with affection in his bright sea-green eyes. Her own altered pink ones met his for a brief moment before she went to get the tools she needed to patch him up. He missed the way she looked like when she was younger, before she got her various alterations — most of them a blinding pink colour, but weren’t limited to just that, she got contracting and expanding pupils, like those of a cat, and smallish fangs. That was the extent of it, as far as Ko knew; all of them completely unnecessary in his opinion — he liked the mousy girl with the stormy gray eyes; now she looked like any other Capitol citizen, which made him sad because she was so much more.

Asrai turned back with a large needle and thread, along with a couple of herbs and a few petals — the big, tough assassin’s stomach turned when he saw the large needle and he grimaced, knowing that this was going to be a painful process. She peeled off the shirt, and he winced when the fabric clung with dried blood on his wounds. She efficiently cleaned the wounds with the bits of herb distilled with water. After that, the stitching began, and while he knew that she was being as gentle as she could be, he still winced after every hard pull and sharp jab he felt. He had gotten through two wounds before he had to say something. “Fae! Gentler please!” he gasped when she gave a particularly hard pull to get the thread through the skin of the third, and last, wound on his stomach. “Sorry, Ko. I’m being as gentle as I can be. Jeez, if these wounds were any deeper, your guts would be falling out!” she was so exasperated, it was cute. She patched him up nearly every other day, she should be used it by now; but the little furrow between her eyebrows told him otherwise. She looked at the gash on his arm, gave a little frown, and placed a soft, pink petal on it before bandaging it tightly. “It should be gone by tomorrow. Same with the ones on your stomach, just be careful not to open them while they’re still healing,” She paused before continuing, And try not to get hurt while you’re still healing, okay?” Ankou rolled his eyes, he would try, yes, but there was a very limited chance that he would actually succeed. He would come here, quite possibly in the next few hours, with new wounds to add to his collection.

He wouldn’t be here tomorrow, that’s for sure. Nobody would. They’ll be at the Reaping. The mere thought of his Faery getting chosen for those brutal games made his blood run cold and his jaw clench. “Tomorrow is The Reaping, Fae, and there’s a good chance that I’ll be picked, and if I do, don’t you dare take my place. I can survive, you don’t stand a chance.” the words slipped out from between his lips before he could stop them. They were his honest thoughts, but he knew that Rai would not appreciate such thoughts. He watched as her pupils narrowed to thin slits, but the alteration would look scary on anyone but her — on her it was like an angry kitten. An angry pink kitten, which meant that she wasn’t very threatening at all. “You can’t stop me, Ankou Ubel. Actually, if the opposite thing happens, and I et picked, and you don’t, you can’t take my place. Promise me.” She would try and pull something like that on him! Him having to promise such an absurd thing hurt even worse that his actual, physical wounds. Sighing softly, he nodded, agreeing to her absurd proposal. “I promise.” the pink haired girl smiled brilliantly, her eyes gleaming with their usual warmth as she nodded back to him. “Good. Then I promise too.” Ankou smirked, loving the fact that he was right. He wrapped her up in a quick, but warm, hug — causing him to slightly wince with pain as the stitches in his torso pulled tightly. She followed him outside for a bit before he turned back to her and gave her a warm smile, but it didn’t quite reach his eyes for his mind was still lingering on the Reaping set to occur the following day.

That’s when a police car went by them and his sharp eyes drifted to the passenger in the back of the car.

It was a young girl who looked awfully familiar, and upon closer inspection with his hunter’s eyes, instantly recognized her as Snow’s granddaughter — the girl who was now in charge amongst the various other rebels. Their eyes locked for a moment and he let her see the full hatred and rage in his eyes. He saw her eyes widen for a moment before the eye contact was gone and he turned his attention back to Asrai. He gently touched her cheek affectionately before turning away and making his way back to the City Center — where his home was, with the other hired killers. The limousine was no longer waiting for him so he was going to have to walk — not his first choice since the stitches were tight and uncomfortable, impeding some of his movement, but he got along well enough. After about twenty minutes, he reached the Center only a bit out of breath, a proof of his endurance considering his condition. The main building — where President Snow and his family lived — was at the very center, but beside it was a smaller, but still luxurious building — the residence of the Capitol’s assassins, at the beck and call of any of the higher-ups in the Capitol. He entered the smaller building and looked around, wondering if everyone was out on a job or if they were wandering around the place like they usually did. Placing a hand on his stomach, he made his way up the winding staircase to his room.

The blue décor on the outer halls didn’t match the décor on the inside; a calming green that very nearly matched his eyes. It was the colour of his room when he was young, before his parents died; before he got picked by President Snow’s employees and sent to training — where he was effectively stripped of his humanity and got turned into a merciless, killing machine. It wasn’t until he met Rai that he remembered what caring for someone actually felt like — she was the first person that managed to get beneath his ruthless exterior; the first in over fourteen years. Sighing softly, he gently lowered himself onto his bed without even changing, cringing a bit when the stitches pulled, and closed his eyes, preparing himself for a dreamless sleep. Instead, what he was met with was nightmares — a large arena, one that didn’t look like any he had ever seen in any Hunger Games event; but it was astounding and terrible in it grandeur. As beautiful as it was though, its perfection was marred by the bodies layered on the ground — most face down, and the ones that were face up had very little face to identify. Even Ko, a seasoned killer, was having trouble stomaching everything. There was a sudden wink of light drew his attention to the far left side, where he was met with a sight that immediately chilled his blood. Amongst the strewn bodies, in between what looked like a man and a woman, there was a splash of vibrant pink that he knew so well. Taking a gasping breath, he made his way across the sea of bodies to the bit of colour, his fear escalating to new heights as he pushed the bodies away, revealing the girl who he cared for so much. At least, he thought it was — the only remnant of Rai was the pink hair, her face was entirely gone, leaving only gore and skull. He dropped the corpse and tried to back away, only to trip over the pile of bodies behind him. He could feel a knot form in his throat as he watched Rai’s body slowly rise to its feet and wobble unsteadily. The thing that was not Rai raised a shaky hand and pointed a finger at him. “You… Let me…. Die, Ko… How could… You? I was… Chosen… and you let me… Die…” it had Rai’s voice— it was soft, like it carried on the gentlest breeze. Yet it gave the killer a serious case of the chills.

The assassin felt something wet slide down his cheek, and bewildered he touched his skin.

Tears. He was actually crying. “Rai, I-I didn’t mean to let you die! I would never do such a thing…” he trailed off as the corpse opened its mouth once more before collapsing back onto the piles, after which Ankou ran up to it, wondering if it had actually said anything else. But when he got to it, it was lifeless again — just the shell of the girl he had once cared about. His Faery. He reached down to touch the pink hair when he was pulled out of the dream forcefully, causing him to twitch awake. He was breathing heavily; sweat lined his brow from the horrific nightmare, but no tears. He decided that no matter what his promise was to Asrai, he was going to volunteer if she happened to be chosen — it was better to have her mad at him than dead. He wasn’t going to let his dream come true, not even if it killed him — unlikely, because after all, he was the Capitol’s best assassin, and there was no way in Hell that he was going to lose. Gritting his teeth, he got dressed quickly — in some of his finest, classiest clothes, since the Reaping was a pretty big deal. He even went as far as to wear a velvety vest over his silky dress shirt — if he was going to do it, he might as well go all out right? He ran a hand through his hair, styling it spiky instead of flat; it looked much more dramatic that way with the shaved sides. He let himself grin cheekily at his reflection before he left the house — the ******** competing against him were going to be met with a cruel son of a b***h. His gait was more like a strut as he approached the already-huge crowd gathered around the pedestal. He had barely made seen Rai’s bright hair and was about to call out to her when the young woman — ‘President Snow’s granddaughter’ his mind supplied him the information, and he couldn’t help the snarl on his face — called out his name, “Ankou Ubel Gryfith.”. There was no question that the girl was on the Rebel’s side — as if being related to that twisted old man wasn’t enough of a reason to hate her guts.

He made his way wordlessly, emotionless, up to where some of the other Tributes waited, and Ankou managed to lock eyes with his beloved Faery. She was about to shout the dreaded words, he could see it in her tear-filled pink eyes — so he glared at her; something he had never done since the first time they had met. She lapsed into his shocked silence, and it broke his hard heart to see her cry for him like that. Most of the male Tributes left to go to the City Center, but not Ko. He wanted to wait and see if Asrai would be chosen, which he was praying for it not to happen, but the forming knot in his stomach was telling him otherwise. He waited anxiously for the first five names, but the sixth made his stomach fall straight to his knees. “Asrai Fae Roane.” Chosen. They were both chosen. How dare this stupid girl choose his Faery? There was no way she would survive — the only advantage that she had was that he was going to be in that arena with her. She ran into his arms; a shaking slip of a girl that now reminded him of a kitten more than ever. He tried to be brave for her, but he couldn’t help the shakes that ran down his arms and mingled with hers. “What will I do, Ko? I’ll die. I don’t know how to defend myself!” the kitten in his arms cried into his neck, her tears running down his skin and melting into his shirt. He never meant for her to be involved in this. He tightened his hold on her and whispered brokenly into her ear, “It’s okay, Fae. I’ll protect you. I promise, my Faery.” he gently ran his hand over her back as Snow’s granddaughter read the final names. Then the twelfth name was called, and the girl collapsed. At first, Ankou didn’t understand why Rai had that strange smile on her face, but a woman read the slip of paper and it all made sense. “Yvaine Marie Snow.” It was karma, it must be. He gently pulled his Faery into his arms once more before the rest of the remaining Tributes made their long trek to the City Center.

Once inside, both assassin and medic watched as family members said goodbye to their loved ones. Rai’s small hand was tightly clasped in his own, his eyes cold and dark as he surveyed the Tributes, assessing weaknesses before even stepping in the arena. He was only glad that he was not an enemy of Asrai’s, he could tear her to shreds the easiest; she exhumed weakness. His grip tightened on her hand and she looked at him, eyes still glassy with unshed tears. “Ko? What is it?” there was only kindness in those pink eyes, so much worry for him and for her. He pulled her closer, wrapping an arm around her small body so that he very nearly enveloped her — he would not let her come to any harm during the Games. “Nothing, Rai. Nothing. I’m just thinking of how to slice these ******** to pieces for you.” his Faery let out a scandalized gasp and gently smacked him in the arm, a slight smile on her pretty face. “Ankou! You could at least save that for the arena!” she thought he had been joking, so innocent. Of course, he was really thinking about how to dismember each one of the others, so that only he and Rai were left, and then, if needed be, he would die for his pink-haired kitten. She leaned back on his chest and they watched the families thin out before leaving completely, at which point the Snow b***h stood up to speak. “Welcome. You lucky people have all be chosen to participate in the final Hunger Games.” Lucky? Lucky? Was she off her rocker? Upon consideration, she actually might be, since she was related to that psycho grandfather of hers. The crazy b***h continued speaking whatever nonsense she was spewing, “In past years, pairs have been chosen from the districts, but because this year the tributes are only from the Capitol, we are going to put you into pairs. Throughout the week, while the preparations for the arena are being finished, you’ll be interviewed together, train together, eat together, and essentially prepare for the games together. You are not allowed to change who your partner is. I have also had rooms prepared here for you all to stay in. You are not allowed outside of the City Center.” Okay… So far, so good. Obviously, he was going to be paired with Asrai — who else would he be paired with? Who else needed him like she did? His green eyes followed the list as it made its way to Yvaine’s hands. “Kadeth Blackthorn and Asrai Roane.” No, it couldn’t be. Rai was his. His to protect, to take care of. His hold on her tightened, but she managed to squirm out of it reluctantly, before standing, shooting him a desperate look when a man who was made of darkness, it seemed, came to stand beside her.

Snow’s granddaughter was testing his patience.

It took all of Ankou’s control not to throttle this man who was assigned to be Rai’s partner right then and there — he would kill his little kitten as soon as they were to be alone, he could tell as he glanced into those dark depths that served for his eyes. Gritting his teeth, he reached over and gently grabbed one of Asrai’s hands, not surprised to find that she was trembling again — this man scared her. With reason too, he was about the same height as Ko, around 6’4” or 6’5”, powerfully built, but he was more lithe than Ko — seeing as how Ankou’s muscles were built for incredible strength in order to kill, while his opponent was built for something… stealthier. He was formidable, and so far, it seemed that he was going to be his greatest opponent. Snow b***h’s voice droned in the background, before he finally realized that the last pair had included his name. “Yvaine Snow and Ankou Gryfith.” he kept his face a blank mask, but on the inside, he felt twisted glee surge up within him — he was going to have a fun time killing her. He stood up and let the Snow b***h have the full force of his glacial green eyes, knowing that just by looking at her, that he had unsettled her. He inwardly smiled as the girl left, nearly in tears — oh, he was going to have fun with her. He gently pulled Rai towards where their rooms were — it wasn’t the first time that the assassin had been inside the City Center, and he knew exactly where the guest rooms were. He guided his Faery to her room and was about to leave when she grabbed his sleeve, gazing at him pitifully. “Ko…” she didn’t have to say anymore. He pulled her into his arms and lifted her easily; he dropped down beside her on the bed as she began to cry again. She was such a girl. He held her silently, thinking about how his vest was most definitely going to be ruined, but how he didn’t mind much, as he ran a hand over her soft pink hair. “You know, pink isn’t exactly camouflage. Unless, you know, there are some of those extinct flamingos around, then you’ll blend in perfectly.” she let out a soft, hiccup-y giggle that made him smile as she gently punched his chest. “Jerk.” he chuckled, bringing her closer to him and wiping the remaining tears off of her pale face before tapping her nose lightly, affectionately. “And don’t you forget it.”

Empty sleep followed.

Ankou was thankful for the lack of nightmares, though he had expected at least one. A loud racket woke him, and he shot to his feet, nearly pushing Rai off the bed — she would have toppled over the edge if he hadn’t caught her just in time. He opened the door to see an angry older woman, yelling about improprieties of some sort before he quickly closed it, knowing that if she happened to find out about him and Rai also sleeping together in the same room, they would get an earful. “K-Ko? Wha-…?” he quickly shushed her, which she thankfully heeded as he heard the older woman’s steps tromp on, without even knowing of their “impropriety.” He grinned at Fae, which she returned blearily as he led her into the dining room. Most of the other Tributes were already there, partnered off. They all shot them dirty looks as they found their seats, Ankou giving Rai a sly smirk and making her giggle. The last Tributes to arrive were that dark man — Kai…something or other — and his own partner, the Snow b***h. Ko kept his unnerving eyes on his partner, staring at her — but out of the corner of his eye, he could see Rai fidgeting, and her movements were being followed by her own partner. Inwardly, he prayed that the man did not find the connection, and did not exploit it; though he knew that it was a foolish guess. The woman in front of Ko also fidgeted a bit, her movements were unsteady, and her own eyes flickered once to the dark man — once was enough for Ankou. He now knew where to strike, and he wasn’t going to forget. Hiding his smirk with his hands, he finally looked away from his partner and looked straight at Rai, sending her a reassuring look and not caring who saw. If Kai-what’s his face decided to mess with either him or his Faery, he was going to sawed to pieces. He allowed his face to soften genuinely as she gave him a small smile — oh yes, definitely sawed to pieces; if he was feeling kind.

His partner — Snow b***h, was what he now called her — stood to speak again and he clenched his hands. Every time they gave her something to read out loud, he wanted to go on a killing spree, for it was always bad news. “Good morning, everyone. I’ve just been informed that our first interview will be later on this evening, but first you and your partners will be given an opportunity to…get to know one another. The both of you can go wherever you wish inside the mansion, but you will be taken to your stylists an hour before the interview.” See? Killing spree? He was going to murder Snow b***h first, that was for sure. Some of the pairs left, and Ko took that as a sign to leave; not even bothering to see if Yvaine was following him. He knew where he was going — the grounds. He needed fresh air if he was going to contain himself from killing anyone, and the gardens around the Center were the perfectly place to cool down. The steps following him, however, instantly irritated him again because he knew that they were his partner’s. When they reached the gardens, he stopped, breathing in the aroma of the flowers that so reminded him of Asrai — she always did have a gift when it came to nature; plants and animals. He would never stop wondering why such a kind soul would end up in such a cruel sport, where it was killed or be killed, and then have her only advantage taken away from her. He let out a quiet snarl that Yvaine seemed to make out because she flinched and took a step back. “H-hello? I’m your partner… Yva-“ just her voice grated on his nerves and he scowled at her. “I know who you are. Yvaine Snow.” he snarled, menace in every nook of his voice. He wanted her to stop talking to him. Now. However, she seemed to think that his anger was a challenge and took a step forward towards him, giving him a smile that one would give to a dangerous, wild animal. ‘At least she got that right.’ he thought, ‘I am wild. And I’m sure as Hell dangerous.’ “You are Ankou, right? Ankou Gryfith? Mind if I call you Ko?” Not even Ankou could hold back the growl that erupted from his throat, causing the Snow b***h to step again. “You are NOT to call me that. You can only call me Ankou.” he paused, looking over the girl — he could practically smell the fear on her. Good. “Or Gryff.” he added, a low snarl. That was his nickname that his assassin buddies used — he never particularly liked it, and if Snow b***h used it, then he would be constantly reminded of how much he hated her. Good.

They didn’t talk much after that — also good — and any other attempt at conversation was instantly shut down by Ankou’s quick glare — he made sure to show every bit of hatred in his sea-green eyes. After a while, they were both sent to their stylists by that strange older woman that had thrown a fit earlier. He was separated from his partner — he was liking this already — and shown what his outfit was going to be, along with his title. The Snow Prince. Oh, someone was definitely going to die by his hands at the end of this, Ankou was more than certain. ‘********’ ridiculous.’ where Ankou’s last thoughts before he was led to the dressing area.



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Click on his side image for outfit, underlined blue text for his living quarters. c:

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The warmth of the morning sun was streaming into the open window and made the young woman’s eyes flutter open, the blue very similar to that of the clear sky above. A bright smile spread on the girl’s lips — ah, morning. Morning was Adalaide’s favorite time of the day, it was when the sun rose and the flowers bloomed to a new life each day. This morning was already great in her eyes, except for one little detail — there was a hand insistently pawing at her chest. Now, Addie was one of the kindest, gentlest souls you could ever meet, but when it came to someone forcing her to do something she didn’t want to do? At that point she could definitely show off the claws that every living female is equipped with. However, since the hand belonged to her attractive, dastardly rugged, diamond in the rough type boyfriend, she decided to let him off with a slight slap on the hand. While she knew it didn’t hurt, her boyfriend let out a sharp cry of surprise. “Hey, what was that for Adds?” he was way too old, and way too much of a bad boy, for pouting, yet he still managed to do it remarkably well. She gave him a charming smile and a soft kiss on the lips before getting up and stretching, “Oh, stop it Aiden, there’s no reason to be such a Grumpy Gus when the day’s just begun!” He just scowled at her before trying to pull her back into bed by pulling on the bottom of her pajama top. “Don’t call me Aiden, call me Triple A. C’mon Addie, come back to bed. It’s still early.” he did this whiny thing that while it was very cute; it ruined the image he usually presented. “No, Aiden, I can’t. I have to go to work.” she smacked his hand away for the second time before going to change into a simple, pink sundress.

“Fine, fine. I’ll go make coffee then.” he grumbled as he got up, clad in dark blue boxers. “Sounds great, babe.” she said as she ran a brush through her long brown curls. On the way out of the room, he gently grabbed her by the waist and twirled her around to face him, a surprised look on her pretty face before he leaned down to kiss her deeply. She wrapped her arms around his neck before gently pushing him away, her hand on his chest. “Work, remember? she gave him a small smile as he walked away, shaking his head and grumbling. Sighing softly at her boyfriend’s childish antics, she pulled her hair up in a ponytail before going to check on the plants she had on the windowsill. Running a hand over them, they all bloomed instantly, roses and daisies and violets now decorated the sill. “There we go, little ones. You shouldn’t slack off either.” she gave the flowers a smile before getting her bag and leaving the bedroom. “Adds, here’s your coffee. Sweet, like you like it.” her boyfriend had found a clean shirt and pants from somewhere in her apartment — from exactly where, she had no idea. Taking the mug from him, she took a sip, the bittersweet liquid making her smile as the caffeine hit her system. Not that she needed caffeine, she was naturally perky. Taking her mug with her, she ran her hand over the rest of the pots that littered the apartment, making the various plants and flowers grow and her home looked like a mini greenhouse. Aiden merely raised an eyebrow before running a hand through his short blonde hair. He was used to her powers, but they still slightly unnerved him. They just weren’t natural, even if she didn’t use them to harm anyone.

Finishing off her coffee, she put her mug in the sink before giving Aiden a soft kiss. “I have to go.” she said before heading to the door, but pausing before she actually left. “Oh, and, um, are you going to the ball?” she asked, her hand on the doorknob. Her boyfriend let out a small chuckle before pulling out a cigarette and lighting it, the smell hitting her hard and making her wrinkle her nose. “Please don’t tell me that you were actually expecting me to go to that stupid thing with you.” he laughed at the expression on her face, which was a mixture of disappointment and disgust. After a moment, she sighed and laughed herself — though her laugh was more for appearances than true amusement. "Of course, I didn't Aiden. I wouldn't subject you to such a torturous thing." she said, sarcasm tinging her voice as she opened the door. "I am still going though, so I hope you don't mind me taking someone else." she left her apartment with a broad smile on her face, keeping the image in mind of her boyfriend's shocked expression. Just because Addie was usually as tame as a kitten, didn't mean that she didn't have claws. She got in her car and prepared herself for a long day at work — which she usually enjoyed, but she was anxious to go to the ball. Adalaide was the type of girl who loved to dress up in girly dresses and pretend that she was a princess, even if it was only for a night. She worked in a lab not too far from the apartment complex where she and the other supers lived. She was a botanist — and a damn good one, in her opinion at least. Who else could speak to plants and have them talk back? Exactly. As long as no one found out about what she did in her own personal lab, and no one knew about her powers, then she was safe to work with the things she loved.

"Hey, Jack, I'm clocking in." she told her boss, a total control freak who loved to run people's lives and who had to make sure that everybody clocked in and out exactly at the time, or before, they were supposed to. He nodded and waved her off, continuing whatever conversation he was having before the girl bounced in. The former superhero skipped to her personal laboratory and put on her lab coat, goggles and gloves. While she didn't usually work with any harmful substances, if Jack walked in and she wasn't wearing her protective gear, she would get yelled at, if not fired on the spot. She pulled out the plant hybrid that she was working on the day before — a lovely rose/lily hybrid that Addie had named Clara. The superhero ran her bare hand over the stalks and the plant in front of her instantly looked perkier. "How are you today, Clara?" Addie asked kindly, a smile on her face as the flowering plant shook out it's leaves and petals, like a dog after a bath. "I'm doing all right, Miss Addie. How are you?" the plant responded, it's red tipped petals falling back into place. "I'm doing good! My boyfriend's being a butt again..." her plants always knew about her boyfriend troubles and were always happy to listen to her. After she finished checking on Clara, she checked on a few other hybrids that she had created and named. This took up the rest of her work time and before she knew it, Jack was knocking on the door and telling Addie that it was time to pack up and go home. Saying goodbye to her plants, she took off the work clothes and went home.

Time for the ball!

Adalaide nearly squealed with excitement as she drove home. She loved balls and dressy events, and this one was no exception. She already had her outfit in mind, and if Aiden was still home, he was going to have to help her with his opinion at least, since he wasn't going to accompany her. Pulling into her spot, she practically ran all the way up to the fourth floor where her apartment was. “Aiiiiiiden! Aiden are you here?” she shouted, dropping her bag on the table. Her boyfriend came out of the bedroom, attractively disheveled, but scowling. Of course he was scowling, when wasn’t he? “What, Addie? I was taking a nap. And don’t call me Aiden, call me A. Or better yet, Triple A.” he grumbled as she sped by him to the bedroom. “I need your help getting ready!” she cried, rooting through her closet for the dress she was looking for. “I’m not one of your girlfriends, Adds.” he said, shaking his head and sitting on the edge of the bed, sighing when one of the thrown dresses landed on his head. “Of course you’re not. You’re my boyfriend helping me look pretty for the night.” she gave him a triumphant smile when she realized that she had found the dress she was looking for. “Why in the world would I help my girlfriend look pretty for other guys?” he asked irritably as he watched Adalaide run into the bathroom to change. “Well, that’s your fault silly~ you’re the one who doesn’t want to go with me!” she yelled through the door as she turned on the shower. The rest of the conversation had to wait until she was done with her shower routine, which took roughly an hour. After she finished, she quickly slipped into the dress.

It was a frilly, yellow number that was sort of like a princess dress in style except not as big and sparkly. She applied her makeup — light eyeliner, mascara and a gold eyeshadow that matched her dress — before leaving the bathroom. Aiden was sprawled on the bed, but at the door opening, he looked at her and gaped. Addie blinked, her brow furrowing in worry. “W-what? Do I look like a crème puff or a lemon or something?” she asked, twirling around and making the bottom of her dress poof out with the movement. Aiden shook his head, sitting up from his spot on the bed. “No, actually, you look beautiful.” that caused a grin to spread on her lips and her eyes glitter with happiness. “Really?” Aiden nodded before lighting another cig, laughing when her nose wrinkled. She could really be cute sometimes. She pulled out the matching heels and slid them on. Letting her brown hair dry naturally into the curls she knew and loved, she walked out of the bedroom, closely followed by her boyfriend. “When will you be home?” he asked, taking a long drag from his cigarette. Addie shrugged her slender shoulders seductively bare in the yellow dress. “I dunno. Probably sooner or later.” she gave him a cocky smile before heading for the door. The smell of her lily perfume hit Aiden’s nose and made him smile — she always smelled like some sort of wonderful flower. “Yes, I gathered that. But what time?” he asked, putting out his cigarette in one of the ashtrays littered around the apartment just for him. Addie shrugged again and giggled, running a hand through her hair, the golden bracelets and her gold nail polish catching the light. “’Bye Aiden~ I’ll see you later.” she smiled and winked before leaving the apartment. Aiden’s voice could be heard through the door as she closed it. “I told you to call me A!” she rolled her eyes before going down the stairs.

The event hall was connected to the apartment complex, so she went inside. It looked like she was a bit late since it was already filled with people. She looked around for someone she knew and saw the bright red hair of one of the villains she was terrified of, but tried to be friends with — Alessa. “Lessiiiiiiii~ Lessi!” she cried out, but the villain ignored her, even as she locked eyes with the hero and smirked before turning away and continuing her conversation with whoever she was talking to. Addie huffed in irritation, crossing her arms before looking around again. To her surprise, she found her crush sitting alone at the bar, looking like he had downed more drinks than was necessary. Kameron was a villain, it’s true, but Adalaide had always been attracted to bad boys, and he was no exception. Approaching him with uncharacteristic shyness, she gently placed a hand on his shoulder before speaking to him. “Kameron? Kam? Are you alright? You look a little, uhm, inebriated…” she waited for his response, sitting down on the empty stool beside him.





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Click on the image below for her outfit. :3

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