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She had descended upon their home like a mist, creeping in through the window as they slept.

Raven Brooke had entered the Williams family residence in the middle of the night. She had little malicious intent however. She had only come to relieve them of the burden of their property. To transfer ownership of goods....To steal all their stuff basically. But after pilfering a gold watch, a wallet, a ring or two and, for some reason, some fake plastic eyeballs, she had somehow lost interest.

She spent a moment or two standing by the bedside of the resident couple of vanilla normals that currently slept there. She considered feeding on one of them, more out of boredom than hunger. She bent at the waist with her arms clasped firmly behind her back as she grew closer to the young woman who lay contently sleeping beside her lover. She bore something of a passing resemblance to Raven herself. Blonde hair, flawless skin. But Charity Williams had much more colour in her cheeks than Raven ever had, even when she was alive. For a moment, Raven considered what it would be like. To have a normal life. A family. To attend PTA meetings, dance recitals and football games. To bake cookies and drive a minivan.

[i]"A living nightmare"[/i] Raven thought to herself. Raven's expression of mild curiosity turned to outright disgust as she turned to leave. She quickly stopped as she accidentally grazed something with her foot, dragging it slightly out from under the bed. Raven glanced at the young couple in the bed to make sure they didn't wake. They didn't make a move and so Raven crouched down to see what she had kicked. Much to her surprise and delight, it was a violin case. [i]"Why would you keep something like this hidden away under a bed?"[/i] Raven thought with another glance at the normals. She opened the case and her grin grew wide at the beautiful instrument within. Raven adored music. The one fond memory she had of her childhood was her father playing the violin. The man was a brute and a cretin but he did make beautiful music. She delicately removed the violin and its bow from the case as though it were a puppy. She almost cooed at it. More so because it would fetch a pretty penny than anything else. After a quick inspection, she rose to her feet with the violin still in hand and, without a sound, made her way out of the bedroom.

In the hallway outside, she stopped as her attention was drawn to a photo on the wall. A photo of the whole family standing in front of a yacht. Mr Williams' prized possession, judging by the ridiculous grin plastered on his face. Raven peered in close to read the name on the vessel. "The Puddle Jumper" she whispered to no one. She thought about that for a second then cringed. "What a terrible name." She stared at this photo for a long moment as she considered the possibilities. She could hop down to the marina and relieve Mr Williams of his yacht. But what possible use could she have for a yacht? She could sell it of course but attempting to sell such a large item would probably bring her far more attention than she desired. She ultimately decided to leave Mr Williams with his precious little boat.

But just as she was about to leave, she felt a presence. She turned her head sharply to see a young girl, no more than five years old, standing at the end of the hallway. "Crap" Raven muttered to herself. All this work to not be seen and she had still let a child see her.
"Are you the toof faywee?" the brat sleepily asked in butchered English.
Raven stared at the girl for a second then looked herself up and down. What kind of tooth fairy would wear a leather duster and high tops? [i]"This child must be slow"[/i] Raven thought. But it did offer her an opportunity to leave without too much hassle. "Why yes, dear" she replied in a hushed tone so as not to wake the parents "I'm the tooth fairy" She flashed the girl a smile, making a concerted effort not to make it look like the smile of a predator or just a plain old lunatic. The girl's smile back at her told her that she had succeeded. The girl then proceeded to present to her a loose tooth which quickly wiped the smile from Raven's face. The girl stood there, proud as punch with her tooth in her hand. Raven really didn't want to touch that thing. The tooth [i]or[/i] the child. But she knew that she'd have to if she wanted to get out of here with the minimal fuss. So reluctantly and slowly she moved towards the girl. Hesitantly, she plucked the tooth from the girl's fingers and said "...Thank you."
The girl stared back at her with a dopey smile for a moment then said "Well?"
"Well what?" Raven replied.
"You're supposed to give me money" she chirped with an alarmingly cheery tone.
Oh that's right. The tooth fairy was supposed to leave money. This had started out as a simple robbery and now she was being extorted by a child. Raven reached into her jacket and pulled out a note. "Can you break a fifty?" she asked.
The girl simply stared back at her blankly.
"Fine" Raven said with a roll of her eyes "Here" She shoved the money at the girl who snatched it up greedily and smiled. Raven stared at her for another moment, eyeing her up, before saying "You've got a bright future in larceny child...That or banking"

It was then that Raven felt something vibrate inside her jacket and again reached in to pull out her phone. She knew who the text was from before she even looked at it. The only person she gave this number to was Ronny Nassar, her trusted ghoul. The message read "You've been summoned by the high and mighty lord douchebag. Attend as soon as possible. Better not keep him waiting."
Raven knew exactly who Ronny meant. Cranston. Despite never having met the man, Ronny hated Cranston, simply on account of the vampire being a Ventrue. Ronny had a deep rooted hatred of the Ventrue and since Cranston was the big man of the clan, Ronny hated him most of all. Of course he always kept a civil tongue in his mouth when speaking to anyone other than Raven about the matter. Ronny had been a marine in previous years and so he could handle himself if his big mouth got him into trouble but messing with the Ventrue clan was more than he could deal with.

What did Cranston want now? Raven knew that Ronny was right. Men like Cranston didn't like to be kept waiting. She eyed the girl from the corner of her eye and in a hushed tone asked "What's your name, girl?"
"Jooweee" the girl answered, mirroring Raven's tone with a proud smile.
"Well. Joowee-I mean Julie" Raven began as she crouched down to the girls level and locked eyes with her. "You mustn't tell anyone I was here, okay?"
Julie nodded in understanding and Raven winked at her like they had made a secret pact.

And with that, Raven rose to her feet and moved towards the window at the end of the hallway. As she went, she placed the violin to her chin and began a slow and delicate tune. "Laaaaa laaaa la, la laaaaa" she half sung along. She was gone through the window and into the darkness, dropping silently to the street below seconds before Julie's parents emerged from their bedroom with confused expressions, clearly drawn by Raven's tune.
"What was that noise Julie?" asked mommy dearest.
"Nothing mommy" replied Julie as she turned and headed back into her room. She turned to face her parents again and before slowly closing her door said with a gap toothed smile "Just the toof faywee"
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