This is a one-shot that was requested by Lexy_Dragneel. I'm finally getting to these so I hope you enjoy it.

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"Red as blood, gray as the stormy skies, black as an empty abyss. . . rise my pet!" Alice says as she stands over a giant hole that seems to have no end. She grin and jumps into the abyss. She doesn't make it very far before she is caught and taken back up where she stood. She pulls back and looks down at a charcoal skinned woman with snow white hair, kneeling before her.

"Abyss, I'd like you to join my hunt for this fifteen year old boy, Dylan Grace. I need you to wear your human skin and be a teacher, bring some friends and have him join our special class of the abused." Alice says to the white haired woman. She stands to her full height, looming over the shorter girl.

"As you wish, Mistress." Abyss says under the grey surgical mask she wears over her mouth and nose, her golden eyes shine as her charcoal skin becomes a medium tan color. She adjusts her yellow tube top and picks up Alice like a princess. Alice giggles and points ahead.

"To the youth center that helps Dylan Grace, and there we shall fit me into my fifteen year old form." Alice says to Abyss who nods her head and jumps high into the sky her thigh length, black boots clicking each time she hits a hard surface. They avoid being spotted until they reach the youth center. Abyss breaks through the ceiling of the dark building and they look at the room they're in.

"This room will do. Abyss, be a dear and set up everything while I change age again." Alice says as the white haired woman nods her head. She puts a hand to her large chest and starts to peel pieces of her human skin to create puppets to join the class.

~0~

A red head haired, Dylan Grace walks down the path to the youth center that has helped him cope with the need to murder the family he hates. It's a safe haven for him, where he makes lots of friends and is able to forget the dark times in his family life. Yet, when he reaches the home, he can't help but feel a sense of foreboding.

That feeling quickly disappears as a fifteen year old brunette with red bangs rushes out of the building but runs into him, causing him to take the brunt of the fall as he catches her. He grunts and groans as he makes impact with the ground and lifts his head slightly to see the brunette lift her head and looks at him apologetically.

"I'm really sorry! I know I shouldn't have run out like that, but I wanted to get out! I hate this place!" She cries out and Dylan sits up a bit painfully and stares into the reddish-brown eyes of the girl his same age.

"It's not bad at all. I promise, it's amazing here! I was like you too, I was scared and hated this place. Eventually I got used to it and now I've made lots of friends. I'll stay with you so we can both have fun." Dylan says to the young girl who stares at him and then hugs him, making him tense up slightly and blush very visibly.

"Oh please do stay beside me! I'm so lonely in there, I can't bear it!" She says sounding desperate but her face is a dark smile as she looks ahead. Dylan lets her pull back and stares at the pouting brunette. He clears his throat and they both stand up.

"Um, I-I'm Dylan Grace, what's your name?" He questions Alice who tilts her head, trying to figure out a last name for herself. She snaps her fingers and takes the surname her vessel had when she was alive.

"Alice Bloodworth, nice to meet you!" Alice says with a grin. Dylan nods his head and leads her back in to the youth center. Alice skips to the classroom where they see Abyss. Dylan frowns a bit in confusion as he looks at Abyss. She has a strong resemblance to Alice even though Abyss is older, tan, white haired, and far more womanly than Alice.

"Um, Alice?" Dylan questions and Alice looks at him curiously. He shakes his head and goes to take an empty seat. He looks around in confusion, wondering where all the people he knows are at. He only sees dull strangers who look all broken. The silence is unbearable, the only comforting person seems to be Alice.

"Um, Miss. . . where are my other friends?" Dylan questions Abyss who turns to him and crosses her arms under her chest which makes them look bigger. He looks away respectfully and then waits quietly.

"They did not show up. I hope that's not a problem?" Abyss says to Dylan who shakes his head and looks over at Alice who is looking at the ground, swinging her legs back and forth. He smiles a bit and puts a hand to her shoulder. She jumps a bit and looks over at him, giving him a kind smile. His heart skips a beat and then he looks down with a blush on his face. Even if his friends aren't there he feels at ease having Alice there, even if he's a bit awkward.

1 Week Later

"And then when I opened the door she screamed and dropped the cake. I didn't want to laugh but I couldn't stop myself." Dylan says, finishing a story of a day in the youth home. Alice laughs at his story. Dylan has long gotten used to the quiet and broken members in the room. They haven't made an effort to do anything. It almost seems to him like they haven't moved.

Dylan jumps startled as Alice kisses his cheek. She manages to conjure up a blush as she sits back and looks down shyly.

"S-sorry, I just suddenly felt like doing that." Alice says meekly. Dylan's face matches his red hair, and even his grey eyes widen at the action. He looks at all the downers, not one of them having had reacted to the scene. Dylan nods his head and grabs Alice's face, her reddish-brown eyes widen at the action.

"Can I kiss you?" Dylan questions Alice. She tilts her head slightly and doesn't respond. She closes her eyes and simply smiles. Dylan takes that as permission and nears the girl's face. He is inches away from her lips before he feels a piercing, white hot pain shoot through his chest. He pulls back and watches how his heart rests in Alice's palm. She sees her cheeks starting to split to make her mouth bigger.

"No you can't." Alice says with a mix of her voice and a demonic voice. He watches the dull people rise from their seats and begin to laugh. He sees Abyss enter, his eyes calling for help, but he watches her remove the tan skin and show charcoal colored skin. He looks back at Alice who waves and rips his heart out completely, eating it up before he dies.

~0~

Dylan sits up abruptly and looks at Abyss looking down at him, her surgical grey mask over her face, her golden eyes shining in the darkness around him. Dylan remembers what happened and looks down at himself. His eyes widen in horror as he sees that he has the same charcoal skin as Abyss.

"What-"

"Your name is Bloodily Shadow, you may control the bloodstreams of your victims and the shadows. That is Lady Alice's gift to you for feeding her your pain. Goodbye." Abyss says, not being one to answer his questions and walks out of the room. He looks around and that's when he finally sees his long lost and decomposing friends.

"Alice. . .How could you. . ." Dylan says feeling his mind fill with hatred for the girl he thought he could grow to love. He smirks and looks at his dark hand.

"I will use this gift to kill you, bitch." Dylan says and stands up from the ground.

"But first, lets deal with the family I so hate now that I'm no longer human."