Reign of Darkness (complete)

**I’ll try to bring in Forever’s characters when (and if) she tells me if she’s still in the game. Or she might drop out. The world may never know…**

Raven
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I tried to place my hand over my mouth secretly. Séances?? Those things were always a load of garbage or a really nice hologram projector. If anyone saw my smile my rep would be toast. I coughed, erased my grin and said

“How're we going to get to Arizona, anyways?"

"By train," replied an eager Cadence.

"Do you know the conducter?" I asked sarcastically.

"Well, no," she said. I could see her becoming uncomfortable.

"Did you win the lottery?" I again asked.

"No, I didn't," Cadence replied. An actual frown had made it's way on her face.

"Then how the heck are we going to get this train to take us to Arizona?!" I half shouted. Cadence looked relieved. Why was everyone else just watching us? "I'm broke!!"

"Pass the popcorn, this is just getting good!" Gary said. They were all watching the fight!... okay, Gary was. Kelly was reading a book. Spencer looked ready to pounce on me for making his sister fell bad, and I wanted the earth to explode. Other than that, everyone was watching the fight.

"I suppose we could walk," Spancer spoke up. "But that might take awhile. Then there's plane..."

Cadence looked at her brother desperatly. Did she not want to go on a plane? That's not the right question. Did she not want to go 3,000 feet in the air?

"But then, planes are... expensive," Spencer said, obviously thinking of a reason not to go on a plane. "By boat is a no, I don't think we have a car... do we?"

"Eh, no," I said.

"I do," said someone just outside the door. She walked in, Kelly going to her and saying

"Maribelle! How long have you been listening? And HOW have you been listening?"

"I've heard the whole thing," said Maribelle. "And the door wasn't closed properly. So, who wants to get going?"

I looked at Kelly. She seemed to meet every other person on the planet and not think it was weird. When she saw me she said
"Don't worry, Raven. She's trustworthy. And I'm guessing shadow-free. So, we can go in your car?"


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**I tried to bring in Maribelle. Hope this helps!**

(If i screwed up how many people there are sorry, i havent been paying close attention to how many there are lol)
Maribelle

I had just offered my mini van for everyone's use, we were definitely going to have to drive illegally unless some people were traveling differently. I grabbed my keys and swiftly sped out to my car, everyone followed. Before i got in i looked at how many people there were.

"Uhh, okay can some people fit in the trunk, just two and then three in the back and four in middle..." I suggested. Everyone did as i told them to and I got into the car and turned it on letting the engine awaken my senses.

After i had stopped for gas we began our journey to Arizona. I was sure i was going to get a headache with so many people in my car, the emotions, the thoughts. I gave a long sigh and pushed the gas pedal feeling the car scream from the weight.

Here we go...

* there are only 6 right, i think, including you stolen, also can i add procreative dreaming to gary's powers, that seeing the future in dreams*

I sat in the back of the car alone. I was on my back staring at my ipod's screen. I was watching an American dad episode and let out a chuckle. I was totally unaware of what was going on out side of my ipod. I slowly drifted off into dreamland. There i saw a disturbing dream, it was us all six of us getting out of the van, and walking into the yard of a strange old looking home. We knocked at the door but nothing came not even sound, though i was not sure if it was the dream or me. Slowly we sat down on the porch and began to talk then it happened. The ground seemed to break around us dumping darkness upon us. But before i could see the rest someone jolted me awake. It was the Spencer kid. "rest stop, if you need to go go now, this is the last one for awhile" He spoke.
"okay i said and climbed out side and into the disgusting gas station bathroom. The putrid smells engulfing me.

Spencer
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It'd been a while since Spencer had seen Aunt Irene, and since he'd been around another guy. He'd tried speaking with Gary, but the carefree comedic boy seemed unwillingly to have anything to do with Spencer. Spencer carefully let his thoughts drift away, but he was still fully aware of Cadence beside him, who was bouncing around in her seat.

"Either you cannot wait to get to Aunt Irene's... or you really have to go," I whispered, suppressing a chuckle.

"Both," she whispered very quitely back to me, and sat still. Finally Maribelle pulled into a gas station and Cadence burst out.

Spencer turned around in his seat. Gary let out a chuckle, still staring at his ipod, unaware of the bright green eyes staring at him. Finally Gary looked up with a start. Spencer hoped he didn't think that he was creepy. "Rest stop," Spencer said. "If you need to go, go now. This'll be the last one for a while."

Gary said "okay" and jumped out of the van. There, the group waited for everyone to come back before their journey would continue.
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Hope that's okay.

too sleepy and bored to think of anythingg...
sorry i know i'm supposed to post this random stuff on the other board.
btw matt's offical out unless someone is willing to play him.
i can barely keep up in one charcter so 2 is too hard for me.

**You can’t really have too many romance posts if there isn’t one already. That’s code for ‘I really really really want to have one of my characters flirt!!’.**

Kelly
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There we sat, in the back of the mini van. And I was bored out of my mind. Not being able to read in the car because it makes you nauseous is THE most annoying thing. I gazed out the window, trying to feel my toes (which I was sitting on).

We pulled to a stop. Spencer said, “If you need to go, go now. This’ll be the last one for awhile.” Gary and Cadence jumped out of the car and ran inside. Letting out a chuckle I took some mental pictures of the scenery… until I realized that there was nothing worth looking at twice. I started blabbering with Raven, who was playing dead.

“Whatcha looking at?” I said, knowing she was squinting at something or another.

“Nothing,” was her reply. She was in one of her moods… Dang…

“Yes you are,” I said back, boredom driving me to pester. “I can tell these things.” When I tried to see through her line of vision, all there was were a few cows out the window… and Spencer. Ooooooo! Leaning in closer I whispered to Raven

“Do you have another crush?”

Boom. Big mistake. My head rang with the telepathic weapon-of-mass-destruction she sent to me in anger, along with the message
“No you idiot. I’m never falling in love again.”

She climbed out of the car, mumbling something about needing some air. Maribelle looked back at me. Shoot. I remembered that she could read emotions. She must have felt Raven’s love (which, when you knew that girl for as long as I had, you didn’t need super-human empathy to see what she was feeling) and then anger.

“What happened?” Maribelle asked.

“What she said, she wanted some air,” it was useless to hide that from her, but I had trained myself to keep my pride in tact. After a pause, she turned to Spencer and asked him to buy her a bag of M&Ms, handing him a ten. He smiled and obliged. Once he was gone, Maribelle softly said

“What REALLY happened?”


Feeling in my gut that I could trust her, I told her. And I might have mentioned something about Raven’s past that I was sworn to keep secret… but that’s no big deal, right? Just telling someone how everyone that mattered in a girl’s life was taken by the shadow, or killed, or of the like isn’t a felony, is it? Spencer came back after a while. He must have sensed that we needed to speak woman and that it’s a crime against nature for a guy to hear girl speak.

*Just adding something in that wasn't in his profile: Spencer is blind to love. As alot of men are. Totally clueless. So if you don't point it out straight to him going "I love you" he probably won't even know. Just thought I'd add that in *

Cadence

She washed her hands thoroughly in the washroom sink. She squealed in disgust as she hit the papertowel dispenser with her elbow because it was so gross to touch it. She pulled the door open using the paper towel because the door was gross, too. "Do people not wash their hands after they go? And what about flushing? Why is it so hard to flush?" Cadence asked in disgust as she saw Spencer heading back with a handful of change and some M&Ms.

"Can I have some?" she asked. Spencer shook his head. "No," Spencer said, pushing open the door and holding it open for Cadencer, "Raven asked me to buy these for her." He pushed a hand through his hair as he handed Raven the M&Ms. She smiled in thanks.

Cadence stopped dead. Wait, what was this? Spencer didn't have a crush... did he? Last time Cadence had noticed that look on his face, he'd been woozy. Was he sick... with love? Cadence gave Spencer a nudge as he walked by to get in the van. "What?" he asked, totally clueless.

Oh, right, thought Cadence. He's blind to this kind of stuff. I'm sure he doesn't have a crush. The group waited for Gary. Cadence decided to sit on the curb and wait, her head in her hands. She needed some air. The van was so crammed, and it sort of smelled like fast food. But, at least they had a ride, right? Look on the bright side. Cadence did. Once Gary came, they all loaded back in and buckled up.
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We need more guys, XD. I'd like to get lonely Cadence a man! Just a note.

LaReina!

Gary~~

As always i had to plug my noise in the gas station bathroom. It was so disgusting. After i had thoroughly washed my hands i used my foot to dispense some towels then stammered out taking a big breath. Then i walked into the gas station store and bought almost everything. See what i did not tell the others that was my step dad was billionaire, rich and i had a credit card on me from him. The i stepped over to the ATM after that and got a few hundreds out. Then walked back to the car with a bounty of snacks.
"who wants some food" i asked putting the many bags down.
"wow, what did you buy this with" Kelly asked staring at the bags as if trying to make how much it cost.
"step dad's credit card" I said and dug into my pockets searching for something. "here" i said gesturing a bottle to Kelly.
"what is it" she asked
"car sickness medicine." i said. "i over heard you say you could not read cause you sick, i have the same problem, so i always carry these"
"thanks" Kelly said and popped a pill into her mouth. "how long does it take" she asked
"about ten minutes or so" i said and then laid back down in my seat passing all but one bag containing my favorites to the others.

**Spencer is blind to love. How would this be interesting otherwise? OHMIGOSH this is going to be fun… And uh, everyone, I don’t think the other’s are going to post for their characters, so we all can start making new profiles.**

Cadence~

Cadence lay back in her seat. She wasn't sure if her brother liked Raven or not. But she thought that Raven liked him. Cadence thought him lucky. A girl had a crush on him. Back home, and even here, no one had had a crush on Cadence. That's the only person I am. Cadence. No one likes Cadence. Cadence is their shoulder to cry on. She'll be there for you even if you aren't there for her. There's nothing special about Cadence. Spencer is so cute... blah, blah, blah. Cadence thought angrily to herself. Stop it Cadence! Right now, your frist priority is finding Mum and Dad!

She crossed her arms over her chest and slumped down in the seat. Then something occurred to her. "Do any of you have 'Sunday Best'?"

"Sunday best?" Gary snorted.

"Yes, Sunday Best. Because, we need to look as prim and proper as possible. Dresses and ties and such. Aunt Irene may be weird, but we always have to look formal in front of her. Right Spencer?"

"Right."

Cadence frowned. Lately Spencer hadn't wanted to speak with her. Since they found themselves new friends. It had brought tears to Cadence's eyes. They were no longer the twins, attached to the hip, finishing each other's scentences. They were the twins, the twins who were barely twins any more. Cadence bit back and sob, and quickly turned her head to the window. She had no one now. Not even her own twin brother, the other half of her, realized that something was wrong. She pushed her fingers against her temples. She'd say she had a headache, if anyone asked. But no one asked.
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So, here is more plot between the twins. Feeling distant from one another and such. Hope someone can work off of this.

LaReina!

**Oh ho ho!! Nice job.**


Raven
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Finally, everyone had gotten through at the bathroom break. As we headed out, Cadence asked if everyone had formal wear. When I thought about, it took all I had to keep in a chuckle. My formal wear were dress pants, high heels and the top half of… my biological father’s tux. I looked around the car, trying to memorize everyone’s faces for future reference. Well, that was useless, considering the kind of memory I had, but I looked anyways. Maybe I could freak out someone.

Kelly was sitting to my right in the back, and empty seat between us. I skipped Spencer. Love was a pain, and I did not want to see my executioner. Gary was half bouncing in the front passenger seat. He must have gotten one of those Xtra Caffeine candy bars or something. Then there was Maribelle driving. For some reason, she looked ready to explode. Weird. Then, beside… him… was Cadence, staring out the window. I noticed body language, and she was crying.

I had always wanted to try mind reading. Touching her shoulder I concentrated. It worked. I saw she and her brother playing, her brother saving her from bullies, and then her brother not talking to her. In this very car. When she had asked everyone if they had Sunday Best. Ohmigosh. She ranked pretty high on my trust list, almost with Kelly. I tried to talk to her.

”Hey, you wanna see MY clothes?” I asked telepathically, and then sent her an image of me. After her shock of hearing me, but not hearing me, she chuckled. That didn’t have the desired affects. Take two. ”Look, I don’t like your brother. And he doesn’t like me. Don’t worry so much about a problem that doesn’t exist.” That only gave a sigh. I was going backwards!! Dang it all! ”Uhhh… twenty questions… Is it a sibling thing?” A nod. ”Do you want me to shut up?” No nod, no shake. That means ‘Well, I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but yes, please shut up’. I didn’t try again to comfort her; I just counted the pigs in the clouds.


There were 5 the first time, the 2 the second time, and if you count the little blobs with curly-cue strands out one end, there were 27 the third time.


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**I hope I wasn’t God-Modding!!! I sincerely apologize if I did!!**

There were 5 the first time, the 2 the second time, and if you count the little blobs with curly-cue strands out one end, there were 27 the third time.

That was funny! XD

Cadence~

"Uhhh… twenty questions… Is it a sibling thing?” Asked Raven telepathically. Cadence gave her a nod. ”Do you want me to shut up?” Cadence nodded again. It was bad enough that a girl she just met could know that she was hurt. And it was even worse that Spencer was totally oblivious to it. Cadence sniffed, and put on a brave face.

Cadence thought about the suitcase she'd managed to pack and bring along. She thought about the picture of her parents which was inside of it. How she missed them. It felt like a stab to her heart. She closed her eyes.

"Are we there yet?" She heard Gary say. That made her chuckle. Whether he was trying or not, he sure sounded alot like a kid.
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LaReina!

Ballow~~

I drove along the empty road, i was going at least 100 miles over the speed limit of 80. Then i saw a girl, she was standing next to her car, phone above her head searching for a signal. I slowed my speed quickly and then went backwards.

"you need some help" i asked

"yeah, my car broke down and i can't call." She said

"get in, I'll drive you where you need to go." i said and although she hesitated at first hoped into the car. We began to drive though i slowed down because when i started the car on full she panicked. After a while the silence got to me. "so, whats your name" i said. "i'm Ballow"

"Julie" she said.

* and cheque just dance*

Gary~~

I looked out the window staring. I had drank two bottles of ice tea for some reason and had to go to the bathroom. I looked around desperately for some stop and when i asked for them to pull over the driver (sorry forgot name) said no. I eventually fell asleep, and there i saw another vision unlike the next. I saw us driving in the van again though it was in bad shape then. Dents decorated it complimented with scratches and even a few holes ripped in the windows and doors. I then saw a guy, around my own age, hitchhikers gesture out. We passed by him and he kicked the dirt and cursed under his breath. Then i saw something happen to him, he was once standing flushed with the streets lamps glow, but then those lights disappeared. And so did the guy, slowly he was engulfed by the shadow, it seemed to draw him into the ground. Then i shot awake, we were finally at another Gas station and i jumped out running to the restroom. When i came back though i saw a new arrival chatting with the twins.


Ryan~~

I sat in my hospital room. I still knew nothing about myself other then my name. I apparently lived alone, and had never set up emergency call tones. So all they had was my licence to go on for now. And still there was more mystery then that, they had no idea what cause me to get injured. I had barley any injuries, just a few cuts and a sprained ankle when i arrived. I was also found in the middle of nowhere where nothing short of an attack could have happened to me, and attack was out. I would have booted out the first day if not for the amnesia, and the fact that i was a medical mystery. I was just laying there then, letting my mind numb. Then i saw it finally, and it was almost to late. Suddenly i saw the floor began to blacken, even though the light which still burned bright. i was afraid, because when i saw it i also remembered what happened to me, and it was cause by it.

I quickly jumped out of my bed and backed up to the wall. The shadows were slowly approaching me. I knew i had to jump, but not in the hospital gown. I searched the room quickly and saw my clothes piled on a chair next to my bed, where the shadows were close to. I grabbed them quickly and was ready to jump. But before i could the shadows snapped at me grabbing my arms and legs in a snake like form. I struggled on them as they slowly engulfed me and the rest of the light in the room. Soon i would be blind and then dead. I was ready to give up hope and i did i just let my mind go out.

That was the right choice for me. because then my power came on, fire sprouted from every pure of my body. The shadows engulfed in it retreated from me and i was able to jump out of the building. The shadows chased fast after me but i was able to beat them. I quickly changed into my real clothes and sighed. I needed to keep moving at any moment the shadows could catch me then it would all be over. But in the end I let my body go to sleep, despite my protests though.

**Uhhh… I think I’ll bring in my new character, but he won’t be with the crew just yet. And I used a map, ruler and a calculator to discover that it would take apx. 3.5 days to travel from Massachusetts to Arizona in a car with a mile per gallon of 25. Yup, love math. Even when I cheat and use a calculator.**



Joseph
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“Joe! Come to my office,” shouted Rachel through the intercom. Joseph pressed the button and lazily replied to his boss.

“Please call me Joseph. I’ll be there in a sec.”

He picked up his PDA and started to walk out his office door and down the hall. Things had gone great in his life recently; he just got a job as his dad’s assistant at Intel Headquarters and he got a new PC. When he entered her office, his great feeling vanished. Along with him were Ken, Sarah and Oboe. She had a grave look on her face. As Joseph wondered what could be going on, Rachel gave him the news.

“We’re going to have to make some adjustments,” she said, sadness tingeing her voice.

“What do you mean?” asked Joseph, though he already knew what she meant.

“I mean, we’re going to have to lay you all off,” Rachel looked at her papers.

“What?!” shrieked Sarah. “I spent three years trying to get this job!! You can’t just fire me!”

“Please, Ms. Lock, don’t make this difficult. You all will be getting 1,000 dollars severance pay, and a reference to your future employer if you ask me.

She handed out the envelopes with the money and dismissed them. Sarah stormed out, Ken and Joseph just walked out, and Oboe had a grin on his face and a skip in his step as he left. Ken and Joseph walked out together, seeing how they would carpool every day. As they were walking through the parking lot, Ken asked

“Why do you think she fired us?”

“Dunno, man,” was Joseph’s short reply.

“Your dad’s going to freak when he finds out,” Ken continued as they got in the car and headed to Josephs apartment.

“…I don’t wanna go there.”

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Kelly
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We pulled into another gas station. Gary needed to go. Bad. AGAIN. Weirdo. Raven had told me that she had only drunk a glass of water that morning to avoid that sort of thing. And that’s why her hand was to her head.

Everyone got out and pitched in to buy another tank of gas for the guzzler. I didn’t know why I was in such a bad mood. Maybe from not being able to read. But I was. I was very cantankerous. Leaning against the car I enjoyed the fresh air and noticed that the twins were talking to someone in a cool hat and sunglasses. Who was that??



**Okay, LaReina, now’s your chance!! Actually, your chance was before this post, but I want to post!! Haha!**

Cadence~

Once they reached another gas station, Spencer and Gary jumped out of the car. The dufus Gary had drank two full bottles of iced tea. Yes, iced tea. The stuff that is worse than pop. They'd been cramped for ever, it seemed, and finally they'd reached a small gas station in Arizona. The sun was beating down on them, hot. It was making Cadence sweaty. She fanned herself off with her hat. Ther group had squeezed into their Sunday best already, and Cadence and Spencer were dressier than everyone else.

Cadence attempted to trip Spencer when he stormed out of the car to the bathroom. Spencer had his hair down, out of its fauw-hark. Cadence saw Raven eyeing him. Ha! The lies she had told her.

Cadence saw the gas attendant, and pulled out a map. She stomped over to the boy. He wore a grease-covered T-shirt, ripped jeans, and a dirty red hat, with broad sunglasses. His black hair was ragged and matted to his forehead. His skin was tanned. He took off his hand and swiped his hand across his hair-line. He gave her a nod in greeting, raised an eyebrow at her outfit, but asked nothing. He placed the hat back on his head, and nodded to the map.

"Oh! Yes," Cadence scrambled to get the map up. "We're looking for someone. Her name is Irene Westfield. She lives around here. How can we get there."

The boy looked at her, his brown eyes inspecting. He was observing her every move. "I'll take you," his voice was barely audible. Cadence's eyes widened. "What? you know where she lives?"

He nodded his head down once. "Thank you. I'm Cadence Wayne, and that's Maribelle, and Raven, and Kelly, and those two are Spencer, my twin, and Gary." Cadence said, still holding his hand as she pointed to them all. She almost wanted to pull this boy around in a clumsy dance, she was that happy.

He just shrugged and went back to the cash register where he handed her a recipt. Then he sat on his motor bike, an old 'clunky' that was red. He sat for a few moments, observing the group, never saying anything. He pulled a bag over his shoulders. And waited.
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*If you want to know who this guy is, visit the discussion thread. I've posted his profile there. And, by the way, the twins won't be as joined-at-the-hip for a while. Especially when Spence is around Raven. That is why Cadence feels so lonely, so only she is talking with the 'mystery dude.'*

~LaReina!