The gold trimming's and ropes from the man's red coat glimmered in the spotlight as he held his top hat out and he smiled to his many fans. His mustache curled upwards as his perfectly aligned teeth glistened from his Cheshire grin.

"I now present to you, ladies and gentlemen...The dancer you all have been waiting for...
La Liston de Rojo!!!"

Every person in the audience waited as the presenter disappeared and every light dimmed into a room of nothing but darkness.
The audience gasped simultaneously and softly as the one dim spotlight appeared.

Glitter gently fell all around the stadium, and children's widened in wonder. A beautiful pale woman was in a thin red ribbon, as if it were to carry her away and keep her trapped within. Her beautiful vibrant red hair nearly blended right in with the ribbon, but the ribbon itself was more of a scarlet red and was lighter than her perfectly curled crimson hair. She swiftly and gracefully twirled within the ribbon as the music played softly. It was as if she were connected to the ribbon, as if it were a part of her. It was a connection to the ribbon that no average person would understand, and from just watching her tangle herself within the beautiful scarlet silk, she made that clear to the audience.

Cheers and wolf whistles could be heard miles away as the mysterious woman disappeared as the song ended.

---

The sound of crumbling aluminum could be heard throughout the kitchen as Roman threw away his fourth can of Monster that day. There was now visible bags under his eyes and it was clear that he hasn't shaved in the past few days. It was obvious that his depression was getting worse, and it was also obvious that the incident that has taken places a little over two months ago wasn't the only thing bothering him either.

Violet begged for him to inform her of what else was going on, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He didn't have the heart to tell her.

Violet was gone for the day, hanging out with Andy and Ashley, a few band members that Lost In The Great Escape was touring with. Roman has decided to stay home from work, mainly because he didn't have any clients today. He knew that he should be resting, but every time he tried to sleep, it was only an hour before he woke up screaming and sweating. He constantly in a great amount of pain now all over his body. He noticed eventually that his nails grew a little longer, and that his muscles burned as if he had just got finished with a ridiculously long workout session. Roman never really paid any attention to the small change. He was too depressed to notice much of anything at all recently.

---

"So, where are you from, originally?" Andy asked. He lit his cigarette and inhaled, eventually exhaling and releasing the smoke into the air while Ashley popped his bubble mint gum. All three of us sat outside in the backyard of Ashley's house. His two dogs, Killer and Tokyo, were currently growling playfully and tackling each other. They were so adorable.

"Well, my sisters and I were born in Durango, Mexico. When we were a little older, my mother took us and Roman and came to the U.S. while my dad stayed behind. We went all the way to Des Moines, Iowa. After staying there for quite a few more years, we moved again to LA." I answered, making it short and simple, too lazy and not in the mood to go into detail.

Ashley and Andy both nodded, accepting the answer. From what I have learned, Andy is from Ohio and Ashley was raised in Missouri. We had been interrogating each other for a while now.

"Any hobbies? Other than music, of course." Ashley asked this time.

"I read a lot, write, I like to run, mainly to get my mind off things when life becomes too stressful...I play video games, and I love spending time with my girlfriend."

At the mention of my girlfriend, Ashley's ears seemed to almost literally perk up.
"Girlfriend?? So you're bisexual??"

I nodded, laughing at the glint in his eyes as I confirmed his question. Andy was interested also, it seems.

"What's her name? What does she do? how come I've never seen her?-"

"Slow down, Biersack. One question at a time, please." I laughed before I spoke again.

"She goes by the name of Kato Steampunk. She owns the clothing line of steampunk couture, and is a model of steampunk fashion. You haven't seen her because she hasn't been with me for a while. We both have been very busy. She will be visiting me for a month later on in March before the tour hopefully."

"Could I be expecting any threesomes in March, then?" Ashley wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and we all laughed.

---

Hours had gone by like minutes, and soon after, Violet parked in front of her house and got out of the car. She opened the front door, walking into the house as she called for her older brother.

"..Rome? I'm back..."
She sighed as the awkward silence was her only response.

Making her way upstairs quietly, she slowly began to notice the soft cracking noise growing louder as she neared his room.

She opened the door to his room slowly, not bothering to look at the ground as she took one step inside but stopped suddenly.

Violet lifted her foot to see that there was broken glass with small traces of blood scattered across the entire carpet of his room. Roman was nowhere to be found, just broken glass and drops of blood.

What the fuck happened now??

Notes

Glitter In The Air; P!nk.

Let me know what you guys think..I know it may be kinda confusing..