My Knight In Black

Chapter 3: The Dinner

Yes, I know I didn't name the last two chapters, but I couldn't think of names for those. But I did for this one!
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Dusk's point of view:

I smiled down at Sally and patted her head. "Yes, you will, Sally. I bet she or he will absolutely love you, kinda like a older sister for the first few years of their life. You need to be a role model to them, okay?"

She giggled and nodded, then skipped back to her place near the couch as Jeff, Ben, and Eyeless stared at me.

I glared at them, telling them not to say anything. They quickly looked back to their video game, looking a bit scared.

Just as I was hanging my scarf and sun hat, Slenderman walked into the room, the rest of the household close behind.

"Hello, Miss Dusk, Little Soul." He greeted, leaning down to be at my level.

"Little Soul?" I asked, confused. I had no idea if Slender could see my child's soul, or if my child would even have a soul, being half vampire.

Slender nodded. "The soul growing inside of you is so small so far, so it's a fit name right now, is it not? You don't know the gender, and there is no way to possibly call it by a pet name on appearances."

I slowly nodded in agreement. "I guess it is fit for it." I paused and looked up at him. "I hope I am not a bother too much for being here."

He shook his head. "No bother at all, dear. Anything to help you."

I bowed respectfully. "Thank you, sir. Why is everyone gathered here?"

He straitened to address everyone. "I wanted to tell everyone that there will be a dinner party in half an hour. My brothers are coming, and it now doubles as Dusk's welcome party. Dress in your finest clothes."

They all hurried to their rooms, and Dark grabbed my hand to guide me to his room. Once we were inside, he grabbed something from the closet and headed to the attached bathroom, saying, "I'll change in the bathroom. Knock on the door to let me know when your done changing so I can come in."

He shut the door behind him, and I sighed as I started to undress.

Dark's point of view:

After getting dressed in black dress pants, my usual black boots, a black button-down unbuttoned near the neck, and my usual black hat, I sat on the edge of the bath tub, waiting for Dusk to finish getting dressed.

I called out though the door, "How are you going to feed?"

"My servants are going to send a bottle, like a wine bottle, full of safe blood every week so I don't have to hunt." She easily called back, and I was surprised to clearly hear her though the door.

"What's safe blood?"

"Blood that is completely free of diseases or illnesses that can have a effect on the baby. They test it for dangerous ones, common ones, and anything that can be transferred though blood."

She softly knocked on the door and peeked her head in. I was surprised when she smiled at me.

"You look handsome. I'm glad that you look a bit like yourself instead in a full-out suit."

I hid my ears with my hat, knowing they were probably turning red right now. I stood and opened the door all the way to get a look at Dusk.

She looked gorgeous.

She wore normal black heels, black tights, a black dress that had the skirt flow down to her ankles, the top part showing a bit of her collar bone and the curve from her neck into her shoulder before her skin disappeared under the long sleeves and black elbow-long gloves.

"You look more gorgeous than you did with the corset, Dusk." I said truthfully, and she suddenly looked a bit embarrassed as she looked away.

"If I had blood, I would be blushing right now. It's so nice for you to say that, even if it's not true."

"But it is true." I took her hand in mine, and she looked up at me. I looked at her closer. "It's missing something, though."

I took off my hat and put it on top of her head, making it so then her hair was smoothed down under it. "There we go."

She giggled and smoothed down my hair for me, and I smiled at her before guiding her downstairs to the living room.

When we walked in, all I saw was all the guys and the Slender Bothers. I guess I was lucky to have Dusk, being fast at getting dressed.

I guided Dusk over to Trendy, seeing he held a small black box in his hands.

"Hello, Miss Dusk, Mr. Dark." Trendy greeted.

"Hello, Mr. Trenderman." We said in unison, and I glanced at Dusk out of the corner of my eye, but she seemed unfazed about it.

"This is for you, dear." Trendy leaned down and handed her the small box, and she let go of my hand to open it.

Inside, was a black crown. I barley recognized it as the one Dusk first came here with. Instead of a crown for a king, it looks like a tiara for a queen, the black gems in it sparkling like diamonds on the spiderweb-like pattern.

Dusk softly gasped as she held it in her hands, and I saw a tear build up in her left eye. After a moment, she surprised me and Trendy by hugging him.

"Thank you, Trender. I love it. I'll make sure to keep it safely in this box when not wearing it." She gently put the crown back in the box, like she was afraid that it would break.

* An Half Hour Later *

Later, Slender finally let us inside the dinning room to see the very long table set up for a feast.

Slender, Trender, Splendor, and Offender sat at the head of the table, and the rest of us just sat in the rest of the seats. I made Dusk sit next to me just in case I needed to protect her, and I set my sword under the table against my chair leg.

"I'm glad to see everyone has dressed their finest and has attended." Slender said once we all sat down. "I'd like to welcome my brothers for the evening, and welcome Miss Dusk for the next ten months."

We all clapped, and we then started into the feast.

But just as I was taking my first bite of ham, I heard a crash and glass fell upon our heads just as I grabbed my sword and blocked Dusk from the window's view.

I was less flexible in my current outfit, but I still had enough time to be able to pretend like Dusk wasn't sitting in a chair behind me, completely still.

A dark figure was in front of the shattered window, a man with all black on and had midnight black hair. The one thing that stood out the most was the giant, black raven wings coming from the intruder's back, as if they had taken a crow's or raven's wings, then made them human size before putting them on a person.

What surprised me most is when he spoke, just loud enough for me to hear.

"I...must...talk to...my queen."

Hope you liked this chapter! Look forward to more excitement in the next chapter!

Bye, my bloody readers
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