Things That Go Bump In The Night

Memories

Their little group of four, Roxanna, Jane, Dirk and himself. He and Jane had met in middle school, as did Roxy and Dirk. The four of them didn’t meet until high school, when, he and Jane, being freshman, got lost within the twisting halls of the new school, as confusing as a labyrinth. It seemed sometimes that every time they turned a corner, the walls would move, that somehow, the halls were rearranging. It had to be, there were oh so terribly lost, and they were sure that they were long since late to class, and long since horribly lost.

They had turned a corner and stumbled upon two upperclassmen. It had been Dirk and Roxy. They had helped the younger pair find their way, even going out of their way to save the two a seat at lunch the next day. It didn’t take long for them to become the best of friends. They had always been there for each other throughout the years, and when Roxy and Dirk graduated, with Jane and Jake a year after them; they were all looking forward to a bright future. But then it all changed.

No one was completely sure as to what happened, but all who cared knew the result. They think that Roxy and Dirk had been out late one night, possibly gone to a bar as Roxanne was so fond of doing, and been out long past midnight. Everything was going well enough, yet on the way home, that’s where it had all gone to hell. They had gotten attacked, but not by a regular mugger, oh no. That might have been a godsend with what had met them instead.

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A few demons, creatures of the dark and night, had made their way into their cozy little town one day, unbeknownst to the general population. But they soon made themselves know to the pair of humans, one much drunker than the other but neither one perfectly coherent. It was easy for the demons to overcome them, sinking their razor sharp teeth into the soft flesh of Dirk’s neck, followed instantly by Roxanne’s. They didn’t drain them of their blood, but they did feed, and they seemed to like the humans well enough to decide not to kill them, not this time. They turned them instead. Sometimes Jake wished that they had just been killed, so that they would finally be at peace.

Since then, Dirk and Roxy had become insanely powerful, quickly killing their makers and rising through the ranks of power in the demon world, destroying anyone who got in their way. They were on a hunt for power, and let that be known.

Simultaneously, a group of hunters came to town, and Jake and Jane quickly joined them. The pair was furious as to what happened to their best friends, and swore to avenge them. Little did they know that their once so dear friends, now were already the target of hunters all around their country. The demons had no trouble striking them all down though, and it only infuriated the rest of the hunters.