We followed Claire through the now dark streets on Halloween Town. I licked my lips, my stomach full of dinner. "You know," I said, "for raw salmon, it wasn't that bad." "I told you." Claire said without turning a head. Kaiden hadn't let go of my hand the entire time we walked. We finally stopped in front of a large house. "Well, this is it." She said, knocking on the door loudly. The door was answered by tall zombie-like boy. He had silvery-gray skin, white hair, and golden yellow eyes. He dressed like any ordinary punk teenager, minus the sagging pants. "Hey Claire, what's up?" he said.

"Ben, this is Zoe and Kaiden, you're under Jack's orders to house them."

Ben looked behind Claire at us. I smiled nervously. He looked back at Claire. "No, no way in hell. I'm not babysitting a couple of little kids." "Jack orders, they're all yours." She turned and walked away, waving goodbye over her shoulder. "Claire! Get back here!" Ben yelled after her. He looked at us intensely. He sighed, "Well I guess I don't have much of a choice." He stepped away from the door letting us through. Kaiden's grip tightened and we entered.

It was a 3 story house that had balconies on each floor. It wasn't the cleanest place in the world either, but it wasn't half bad. "It's nice." I said, a little timidly. "GUYS! WE HAVE GUESTS!" Ben called. We heard loud footsteps coming downstairs. 3 teenagers came down.

The first one that really approached us was a boy, around 19, with light brown hair and dark green eyes, and wolf ears. He was dressed in a white T-shirt, black jeans and a black jacket, he as fit and thin. Everything about him made him seem confident. He offered his hand to Kaiden. He shook it.

"The names Jazz. Very nice to meet you." He said charmingly with a smile. "Kaiden." He introduced himself, giving him a cold look. Jazz then turned to me, and held my hand gently, "The pleasure's all mine, miss…?" "Zoe." "Beautiful name." Kaiden looked on edge and grabbed my other hand and pulled me to his side. Jazz looked at us both and understood, "My apologies if I offended you, Kaiden." He wouldn't speak.

"Oh don't mind him, he does that to every girl," the second one said. She was around 17, with long black hair and bright purple eyes. She had a set of black dragon-like wings on her back. She was wearing a black blouse and a purple and black plaid miniskirt and a spiked headband. "I'm Isabella."

She looked at me, unimpressed, than to Kaiden. She grinned, as if she knew something I didn't about him. "I'm a demon." "That's obvious," I said. "What's that supposed to me?" "Nothing. Nothing." "It better."

The third teenager coughed, trying to get out attention. "Oh, and this is Ian."

Ian was a boy around my age, maybe a little older, he was shorter than most boys around his age, but he was taller than me. He had a little bit of baby fat, but he still looked strong. He had a curly mot of auburn hair, dark brown eyes and freckles. He smiled at us, a sweet, outgoing, but gentle smile.

"Try not to kill anyone this time, Izzy." Ben said shutting the door with a laugh. "Hey! I've never kill anyone that matter, alright?" "Sure you haven't." Jazz said, folding his arms. Soon, the 3 of them had gotten into a huge argument. Ian sighed, and motioned us to follow him. He guided us up the stairs to the third floor. He opened a door to a medium sized bedroom, with one large bed. "So, um, who's sleeping here?" I asked.

"You both are." Ian said, think I knew that. I stiffened at the thought of sharing a bedroom with Kaiden. Kaiden just smiled devilishly. "Well, you two better get your rest, you'll probably be presented to the town tomorrow." He was about to shut the door, when I said, "Um, Ian?"

"Yeah?"

"What are you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Are you a demon, or a vampire, or-"

"I'm a human."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I've lived here for 2 years now."

"And… you never went back?"

"Had nothing to go back to. My family died in a fire, and I didn't have any friends, so why go back?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Night guys.

"Good night Ian."

Then he shut the door. I took off my shoes and climbed into the massive bed. Kaiden followed me in.

"Good night Zoe." Kaiden said, kissing me on the temple.

"Good night Kaiden." And we fell asleep soundly.