Raven Ashfury; the darkness approaches

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One hundred twenty years ago

On a nice summer day in London, a lot of people had decided to go to the park; at least, that's what the crowd of people in the park said. A small stage was placed in the park and the electrical stuff is placed just behind it. In the crowd, a young man of twenty-four was walking towards the stage, just to be in the front for a good view. His light blue hair was shining in the sun and his dark brown eyes were shining also, even though they were so dark. He wasn't very tall but not extremely short either. In his hand, he had a small bottle of water, maybe due to the warm weather. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed - remembering that he had to work this evening. A small girl next to him looked up at him and her smile made place for confusion.

'Can you be born with blue hair?', she asked with wide eyes. He chuckled and looked down at the girl.

'No, you can't, sweetheart', he chuckled. 'You can, however, change your hair color when you get older.'

'I want to do that!', the girl exclaimed. He raised an eyebrow.

'Now why would you do that?', he asked. 'Your hair is beautiful.'
He ruffled the girl's black hair and chuckled.

'No, it isn't.', the girl huffed. 'It'll get all stiff and annoying and I don't like the color.',

'My sister also has black hair.', he told the younger girl. 'And her hair is very pretty. But her hair was just like yours when she was younger.'

'Really?', the girl asked with wide eyes. The man nodded. 'Who is your sister?', He smiled.

'My sister is Raven Ash.', he answered. 'I am Tate.'
The girl gasped.

'Isn't Raven Ash the girl with the diamond earrings?', the girl asked - bouncing up and down her heels. Tate chuckled.

'And the piercing.', he added. The girl smiled even brighter as she looked with wide eyes at Tate.

'And she is your sister?', she asked. Tate nodded proudly. 'Woah.'

'I know, pretty amazing right.', he bragged.
When the music started, four rows of dancers danced up the stage. After a quick glance, he found his sister within seconds. She danced on the second row, a bright smile on her tanned face which made you smile instantly, and she looked very happy - like always. She had shiny, raven black hair That reached until her shoulders, which is heavy and full. Her hair bounced up and down and went in every direction possible when she danced. She had freckles underneath on her nose and under her eyes. She had a small button nose and beautiful, rosy lips. Her eyes were blue beautifully blue. In her earlobes, she had on both sides fake-diamonds earrings and in the top of her right-ear, she had a piercing. She may be just fourteen, but nobody said that it wasn't allowed. She was small if you compare her to the other dancers and also quite thin, but that was probably because she is just further, and she needs to grow a lot still.
Tate smiled as he sees his sister enjoying dancing so much. He cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone and bellowed; You go Raven!'
Raven's smile grew even wider after that, and she giggled.

After the dance was finished, all the dancers walked off stage. Raven went to grab her jacket and run to Tate quickly, but some girls stopped her from running away instantly.

'Raven! Where are you going?', an elder girl asked.

'We were thinking that we could drink something at Starbucks?', her friend suggested.

'Oh, I'm sorry I can't.', Raven sighed. 'But it's Friday and Friday's are pizza day so I can't. Me and my brother are going to order pizzas and watch movies.'
The two girls laughed; Raven took the opportunity to put on her jacket.