In was the beginning of a new year for Delilah Rose Montgomery, or just Lilah would do. This year may have been new, seeing that her family just moved to town two weeks before the previous school year ended. Spending the entire summer in Crimson Falls, Delilah started to see why her mother's, Diana and Francis, loved the town so much. At first, Delilah wasn't at all happy about moving to this place, in fact she never even heard the name pop out of Francis's mouth. She remembered looking at her mothers, and thinking 'who the hell names a place Crimson Falls?' Though as the summer went on she developed her own love for the odd town, however, she never seemed to figure out what made it so odd. Was it the fact that everyone was a bit strange and seemed to keep secrets, or was it because she could never really figure out why she never heard of the town before moving there. Either way, Delilah is going to get to the bottom of it.
This was her senior year, the last year before going off to college to study what she wants to be. Frankly, Delilah knew nothing of what she wanted to be, she knew she had a knack for anything art or music and loved doing both, but the necessary name of the job she wanted...well that wasn't something she knew off the bat. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror, it was the last morning she would spend at her mother's house, because for some odd reason students had to share the same house hold. Another reason Delilah thought the town was strange. She looked over to the few bags that were left to move into the 'new' house she would be staying in for the school year. Some lady by the name of Marlin owned the house, and well she hadn't the slightest clue of what the woman was like. Pulling herself off of her bench stool, which sat in front of her vanity, she walked to the door and pulled at the two bags that waited for her.
Getting into her new bedroom, she saw that her biological mother, Diana, had already set up most of the room. "This looks really good." She said with a smile. She put the other two bags, which only contained clothes, into the closet near by the 'exit' door. Just as she did so, Marlin popped her head in to say her welcomes and to reassure Delilah's parents that their daughter would be safe under her care. Delilah smiled and got out of the closet to say 'hello' to Marlin again. She had previously met with Marlin to discuss living at the house with her. After which the woman took her leave, and Delilah was free to unpack, her door still wide open in case someone wanted to pop their head in.
Asher woke to the familiar sounds of nature. Birds chirping, the sound of fresh water running through the near by stream, the sounds of many animals filled his ears. . . he was in the woods. Groaning as he started to move his muscles, he managed to bring himself to a setting position, still disorientated. How did he get here? He had no memory of travel into the forest or even out of his warm bed. What was going on? Asher still had no clue that could led him to what happened the night before. He sighed, and slowing got up off the ground. Brushing of leaves that had stuck to his half-naked body. He looked down, still confused. He only wore a pair of sweat pants, which he thanked the heaven's for. But if he had 'wolfed-out' wouldn't he have been stark naked? This confused him even more. As the cool fall air blew against his skin, goose-bumps rose causing him to shiver. 'Got to get home' is what he thought to himself, but where was home...where was he. "The stream!" He said to him allowed, figuring no one to be around. If he could hear the stream, he could find it, and if he could find it, he could get back to his house. He started to walk, slowly gaining speed until he reached a jog.
It didn't take long to locate the stream, in fact it only took a mere two minutes. Looking down the stream, he noticed Whittingham bridge, one of two bridges into town, he wasn't far from home. He started to walk towards the bridge, when he noticed that there was blood on the hem of his sweat pants. "What the?" He questioned as he touched it. It was slightly fresh, but that didn't worry him as much as the fact that he didn't have any wounds himself. This really started to bother Asher, what did he do last night? He sighed and pressed forward on his way home.
After dipping through back yards and behind shrubs and bushes to avoid people's gaze, Asher made it to his house. He had already moved into Jake's place, and in fact was staying there while his parents were out of town on business. Both were big shot lawyers and were brought in to assist on a case in one of the neighboring towns. Walking in through the front door, Jake sat on the couch. "Out again last night?" He questioned, not even looking up from his lap top. "I guess so." Asher answered him, than sighed. "You really might want to consider seeing the council of elders in your coven." He said, knowing no one was around to hear him say so. Asher acknowledged his point before going up stairs. Seeing the elders might not have been a bad thing. It wasn't like they could harm him even if they wanted to. Asher was one of the few hybrid witches in all of Crimson Falls, in fact there were only ten on record within the world.
Getting into his room, he shut the door behind him before walking into his attached, small, bathroom and took a shower. Afterwards he dress in a pair of faded blue jeans; A blue, white, and black flannel; and a pair of all black converse. He then exited his room, not before grabbing his bag, and headed out to the grill to get a burger before heading to the library to finish up some homework.
Setting on one of the park benches, Ophelia had her camera in hand. This was the perfect time of day to get some pictures of the willow tree in the center of the town. The lighting would make the willow harsh and edgy, and it wouldn't make it light and flowing, it would blend the two together to make a perfect contrast of the willow and it's surroundings. Ophelia was a yards out, and was determining the perfect angle to shoot from. 'The small hill: too high. The slope: too close...' her thought process could go on forever, but she soon decided to shoot from the fountain area. It wasn't far from the willow and would in fact have a good angle of the tree itself.
After snapping many shots, she packed her camera into its case and put it over her shoulder. Walking towards her car, she stashed her equipment in the back, and got into the driver's seat. Putting the key into the ignition, she started the vehicle and pulled away from the curb. Thankfully, living in a small town like Crimson Falls didn't require heavy traffic. She made her way to the grill, parking in the parking lot, she cut the engine and got out of her car. She locked it and then made her way into the bar and grill. She could already smell the delicious food inside. Getting inside, she took a seat at one of the tables. She ordered a burger with fries and a soft drink to go along with it. She then took her lap top out of her bag and her memory card from her camera. She wanted to check the photos she had taken at the park. They looked good, but she still wanted to take some more shots of the tree. Something just seemed off about it. She sighed, and then the waiter brought her her order. She thanked the man and then went back to analyzing the photos.
What started out as a normal day for Sebastian, or Ford as some called him, quickly turned into panic when his brother had called him...the call lasted ten seconds before the line went dead. Sebastian then quickly went to work on his computer to try and locate his brother's phone, it wasn't precise, but it did give him a general area his brother was last in. He grabbed his jacket and car keys, then made his way out to his vehicle. Once inside, her started 'the beast' up and drove off, gravel flying behind him. Sebastian could feel his heart pounding in his chest, he already lost one brother he wasn't going to lose another.
A few minutes on the road and his sister called, causing Sebastian to answer. Luckily his phone was hooked up to a base that was connected to the speakers in his car. "Ford. Are you moving to Aaron's location?" She asked. "Yes. Where are you?" He asked his older sister. "Heading south to his location." She informed her brother, "meet you there." She added, before the called ended. Sebastian then focused on getting to the location, he past the car shop, which his friend Andy worked at, on the way out of town.
At first, Ford thought his brother was in the woods, but there was a warehouse out side of the neighboring town line. He pulled up beside his sister's truck. Getting out he looked at his sister, before walking to his trunk. Popping it, he pulled up the floor of it to reveal many guns, crossbows, and knifes. He side pulling out a basic hand gun before walking over to his sister. "Where is his car?" He asked. His sister shrugged. "I'm not sure. He was supposed to have a partner on the hunt with him." She admitted. Ford became enraged at that moment. "What? Why?" He asked, his voice thundering loud enough to scare of birds in the near by area. "He needed one, just to not raise suspicion about our family." she said, trying to calm her brother down. It worked for the time being. Every since Joshua passed, Ford never liked to work with someone he didn't know for damn sure he could trust. He sighed. "Let's just find him." He said, before walking off towards the warehouse, with his sister behind him.
It took a full hour to locate his brother, and Ford thanked the heavens that he was still alive...unlike the few demons he had got done killing. Taking him out to Ford's car, Ford was happy to be putting his brother, bleeding, into his car. "I'll get him to the emergency room." Ford notified his sister, before getting in and driving back into town. His brother was unconscious as Ford drove, so the car ride was pretty silent.
Getting back into town, he again drove past the car shop towards the emergency room. Once there, his brother was admitted and the doctors told it was an animal attack. The wounds did look to contain an animal teeth marks, which also help Ford in search of finding out the species that did this to his brother. The people he had killed before wasn't something he had come across before, and it puzzled him. He really did want to find out what species did hurt his brother and then completely kill them, but he knew he had to pass judgement on them before doing so, not all of one species was evil. After dropping his brother off, and telling them to keep him in touch on his condition, Ford had to leave for the Tattoo Parlor. It was time for his shift.
It didn't take long to pull into the small parking lot, and once he did he went inside and punched his time card. He already had a costumer waiting for him, just like most to all mornings were like. He smiled at the young girl, her being maybe his age or a year younger, "what are you looking to get?" He questioned her. She responded with a flower design, which Ford chuckled to. It was so... basic. He then proceeded to go into the back and start to draw up the design that popped into his head when she said 'floral.' It took a good twenty minutes seeing that it was small and would be on her wrist. He then showed her the design and with her excited blessing, he got to work on her.