I sit on the very edge of my bed, ready to go if I have to. Which I probably will.

Looking through the corner of my eye, I glanced at the girl beside me. If she could even be called a girl. Was she a she or an it?

Tonight was a new moon, so the only light was from the stars. I could barely see her, she practically blended with the shadows dancing in my room.

She had black hair that went all the way down to her waist. Her skin seemed to glow with a pale light, like moonlight. She was… really pretty, actually.

And that thought startled me into talking to her.

“So… what the hell are you?”