Arabella Cross

    Arabella Cross

    A tragic case of first born syndrome.

    Arabella Cross
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    Vampires; Ghosts ; Ghouls; Goblins; Elves; Wolves; Dwarfs; Demons; Angels; Shadows, each one of these wretched and divine creatures of the darkness and the light, these creatures had spent centuries creeping in the darkness, hiding in the shadows, blending in amongst the humans, those who wanted their heads as trophies. Those who saw themselves as more righteous and saw them as the very scum of the earth.

    Some caused mischief, others brought good will, what these creatures did with their spare time varied greatly, but what remained the same in each of their worlds was one: they all slipped up at one point or another.

    With each slip up, a new myth came to be, no matter how many would refute it. When Theodora Blackwell made the mistake of feeding before a witness in a ravenous state, out came the myth of vampires and their carnivorous ways. When Elsey McLaughlin accidentally devoured her prey in the clearness of day, with her capture came the myth of ghouls and their taste for flesh and blood.

    Year after year. The myth of vampires exploding within sunlight, the myth of all angels being a Godsend, the myth of werewolves shifting only in the light of a full moon.

    Of course, these creatures themselves never thought to correct these misinterpretations, how could they do such without damning themselves to hell? Besides that fact, they found it entertaining to watch humans roam about thinking they knew all that there was to know about these creatures, unaware that all of their information was false.

    Some of these creatures were discovered and killed. An example of this would have to be the fairies. Their kind was hunted, drained of their abilities and eventually killed. In the end, their species was extinct.

    Others were spared, as they advantaged the humans. An example of this was the Cross family, a family of fully fledged vampires. The first born daughter of the Cross family and their protégé was Arabella, and she was a ticking time bomb.