Pure Knight

Twenty-seventh Sword

 Everyone had come down for the funeral, as they mourned the loss of Michelle. Her grandmother, her uncles, aunts, and cousins, even Francious cried a little, as he laid flowers on her tomb. The mausoleum had been moved to a clearing in the forest. A place where the breeze could blow against it. They all set flowers, and prayed in front of her tomb, as one-by-one, they left. Only Vanessa and her mother stood there, as they looked where she lay. Celia put an arm around her daughters' shoulders, as they headed back towards the school.

 Back at 'home', they all tried to get some quiet peace of a normal life. The six trees still stood in the yard, as a remembrance of the girl who had them planted. Another tree was sprouting in the middle, as the children played. Icy and the others were sitting in the living room, trying to figure out what to do. "Has anyone checked on her, yet?" There were talking about Mona, who locked herself in her room, and was crying. Mina tried everything to calm her sister down; having to walk through the shadows, in order to get in.

 "She still thinks it's her fault, that Michelle died." Blaze said; his arm around Icy. Leon was right next to him, crying hysterically; causing everyone to glare at him. He sniffed, and teared, until someone kicked him off the couch. "Shut the fuck up, your annoying." Leon leaned over, and glared at the person who kicked him. "I'll kill you." He tackled Croc; them rolling around on the ground, woke two men, in different rooms. Icy shook her head, "You children." Right behind her, a figure appeared from behind, making them all jump. "Whose dead?" Some of the woman screamed, as a figure in a cloak looked at them. "Damn it, don't scare us." Icy leaned over, gasping. Death appeared. He had snuck into the house after that party, but when Michelle  found out, she sighed, and pointed at him with a look of, 'don't do anything stupid, or else...'. He just shrugged, and got along with another vampire here...who also liked to wear cloaks, and sleep. You actual could mistake them for siblings.

 "Alec....really?" They stared at the two cloaked figures. Alec looked at them with his head tilted. "Whose not dead?" You could see his platinum blonde hair, peeking out from under the cloak, as his red eyes stared into your soul. Blaze shook his head; walking over to put a hand on his shoulder. "Well, it's Michelle." A shoe hit the back of his head; the heel missing by a few turns. Blaze glared at his wife. "She's not dead." Alec said. He had gone to the kitchen, and grabbed a apple. He took a bite, as they stared. "What do you mean, she's not dead?" They turned to the tiny voice. "Mona?" Mona stood at the bottom of the stairs, tear stricken face, holding her stuffed animal tightly, and standing next to Mina. Tears still dripped out of her eyes, as she sniffed. "She looked at me, before she died, and mouthed 'It's alright'. Right before she let that woman skewer her."

 Mina patted her back. Marie came out of her office, and listened in on the conversation. "That's not true." She walked down the stairs. She kneeled down to Mona's level, and took her hand. "Before you all left, Michelle came here and talked to me. She had doubts about you guys coming along, and worries, that you, Mina, and Alexander would get hurt. Plus, she told me her suspicions about the woman, or Judy. She said she knew, Judy wasn't right, and that her life would end. Michelle wanted me to tell you, that if she died, it wouldn't be your fault." She smiled; rubbing her thumb under her eye. "She said, you all should live your life, and not feel guilty that hers was ending." Demon jumped down the stairs, with a package in hand. "She wanted me to give you these." Alexander had hidden behind the stairs, but came out, when Demon gestured him over. She opened the box with a sharp nail.

  Others gathered around them, as Marie took them out, one-by-one. Three stuffed dolls now sat on the table. All female vampires, with different features. One had half white hair, with the other half red, another had white hair with black streaks, and the last had moonlight white hair. The one with red hair, had purple eyes, but a darkness to it. The second, also had purple eyes, but a red tint, and the last had bright purple eyes. They all wore the same dress, but different colors. First, had black, second, had light blue, and the last had white. The one with the white dress, had a necklace around her neck. "Who are they?" Mona went to reach for one, but stopped. Marie shrugged, "The only thing she told me, was to ask you this?" She pointed to each doll. "Which one is her?"