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Shattered Angels

Prologue: Vanishing Fragments Of Me

The day had started out like any other I suppose.

I got up and put on my uniform, a long black skirt with a white short sleeve buttoned up blouse with a long sleeved black jacket over it, a silver chain necklace around my neck that had a cross on it and knee high stockings with black shoes.

That was the standard uniform along with a black book bag that had my name neatly written on it in a silver sharpie, Rini Calloway.

Although it was optional to put your hair up in a ponytail, I always did anyway. My unruly, slightly curly yet somewhat straight, dark chocolate brown hair often got in my face if I kept it down though everybody said it looked nicer down, I guess I failed to see that.

I then spent about two minutes doing my morning prayers, I had great faith in god.

I was raised with good morals too and it was pounded into my head to be devoted to the bible at a young age.

Then it was time to go downstairs to have my breakfast.

As I dashed by my parents I gave them all quick pecks on the cheeks and said, "Good morning." to each of them.

My father who was sitting at the kitchen table with his thick brimmed glasses on reading the paper lazily only nodded in response.

My mother however gave me one of her famous smiles showing her dimples. I could tell that she was thinking what a perfect gracious child I was by the look in her deep blue eyes.

Perfect, perfection. That was second nature and what I was known for. I got good grades in school, never got into trouble, a teacher's pet, I did whatever my parents asked, never whined or complained and my manners and politeness made my parents often beam at me.

I didn't like it though, being like that. I had always wanted to try being wild or spontaneous, but it just wasn't in me. I hated that.

~**~**~

(It starts with)
One thing / I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on / but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried
so hard

~**~**~
I ate my bowl of cereal and drank my glass of orange juice daintily then went upstairs to gather my books and put them in my bag. Then I hurried down stairs with my bag's strap slung over my shoulder.

My father had just left for work and in his place at the table was my little brother, a short, skinny boy of four-years-old, ten years my junior.

He was eating sloppily with milk and OJ dribbling down his chin and crunching loudly as he chewed his cereal.

The door bell then rang and my mom answered the door then called, "Rini, your friend Terra is here!"

"Coming!" I replied taking my time walking over to the door and found myself face to face with my best friend, a girl five inches taller then me, thin, straight blond hair and a pale face.

I smiled, wishing I had the same dimples as my mother, "Hi." I stepped out onto the porch next to her and my mother gave me a quick kiss on my forehead, "See you tonight honey."

Those were her last words to me.

~**~**~
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

~**~**~

We arrived at school on time like always.

Friends greeted us with cheerful faces as we headed to the church building for morning prayer.

We sat on the benches in the church still chattering about this and that. Exchanging stories about what happened over the weekend and about school assignments and boys. Regular teenage girl conversation.

There weren't any boys though, this was an all girl school.

Prayer came and went as we hurried to our classes continue where we had left off.

We sat in our seats then the bell rang to signify to was time for learning.

The classes were boring, talking was only aloud during the five minute breaks and lunch was only thirty-five minutes of more social interaction until classes resumed.

It felt as though school would never end that day and I was grateful that I was part of student council so I got to miss the last period for the meeting.

But to my disappointment I had to stay after school to help make posters for our bake sale fundraiser that would be happening the upcoming weekend.

Art, coloring, drawing had never been my thing, but I had good penmanship so instead of drawing I wrote the time, date, where, who on all the posters with different colored markers.

It was around eight in the evening when we finished and finally were able to stack the posters and put them in the office for the next day when we'd be putting them up all over town.

Since Terra wasn't apart of student council she had walked home already, leaving me to walk home in the dark, alone and that's when I met him.

~**~**~
One thing / I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I
I tried so hard

~**~**~

I hated walking past the cemetery, but I needed to get home quickly for dinner, so for that night I decided to go through it since that would be much faster.

Cemeteries always seem harmless during the day, but at night there is a creepy air floating in it, an eerie air as well.

The tombstones were shrouded in shadows and the trees looked like they'd grab you, but I convinced myself that it was just my imagination that everything was seeming scary.

I walked along, crunching the fallen leaves under my feet as I stepped hastily wanting to get out as soon as possible still.

I was almost at the end gate, the exit, when he came upon me.

He was leaning against a rather large tombstone, he looked about four years older then m, but I couldn't really tell in the night. His hair was short and brown and gelled up in a cute manner. He had on all black, trench coat, baggy pants which I figured were dickies, black shirt underneath his coat, black converse sneakers on and a golden chain around his neck.

At first glance I thought he went to the boy catholic school that was about a block away from the one I went to, since his attire looked almost similar to theirs.

~**~**~
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

~**~**~

I didn't really put much though into it though because he instantly swept upon and pinned me against the tombstone he had been leaning against not allowing me much time to think.

He smirked at me which I didn't like, "You know," his voice was silky and smooth, enticing you could call it, "It isn't safe to be wandering around by yourself. There are vampires."

I laughed lightly, "V-vampires…? There's no such thing."

That's when saw it, he flashed his fangs at me and the color drained from my face.

I felt his saliva dripping on my neck and felt his tongue lick my flesh, "I beg to differ."

I still though he was joking, but I wasn't assured, they way he was acting wasn't normal not one bit.

Then it came, the inescapable pain of him sinking his fangs into my neck.
~**~**~
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

~**~**~

Mage: The song is 'In The End' by Linkin Park in case you didn't know. *dances* That song rocks! I know this was brief, but I hope you enjoyed, please review!