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>> s t o r y <<


A butterfly disease.

That's what started this. A butterfly disease. It goes to show that even the most harmless creatures have a chance to wreak havoc on humanity, even if it's indirect.

A woman reported being bitten by a black butterfly. She was told that it was probably a horse fly, and that she would be fine.

But nothing was fine.

She didn't sleep.
That was simple to answer; insomnia.

She didn't eat.
Perhaps anorexia.

She was always in pain.
Depression.

But the signs couldn't be ignored.
She had grown deathly pale, and her pupils had seemingly swallowed her eyes. Where the butterfly had bit her were two small black holes. She was writhing in sickness.

She killed her two daughters, her husband and the family's cat, and she drank from them, and she ate them. Her teeth were unnaturally sharp, and her nails inhumanly tough and needle-like.

She was an animal. She killed everyone in her path.
Men, women, children, animals.
She killed them all, and she ate them, until her sickness drove her insane and she killed herself.


People were relieved that they were rid of her, but little did they know that the nightmare had only begun.

It was called The Dark Winged Butterfly Disease, spread by the bite of an infected butterfly.

There was no cure.
There was no avoiding it.
Once you were bitten, you slowly turned into a monster.
A monster that murdered to survive.

Humanity's only hope was that the epidemic would pass, and all the monsters would drive themselves mad with murder and self-destruct, like before.

But the brain can always avoid being driven insane, even by sickness, and the disease wasn't fatal at all.
The infected band together into a civilization. Earth has over 6 billion humans on it. Feeding is plentiful, and humans are sitting ducks.

Welcome to the nightmare.

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Character Name: >> Your character's name
Age: >> Your character's age
Sex: >> Your character's gender
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Personality: >> Just a little outlook on what your character's like
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>> c h a r a c t e r s <<


Username: Zontanema
Character Name: Kolwyn Kirstyn Williams
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Infected: Yes
Personality: Kolwyn is a cruel, merciless person at the hands of her enemies, but she's actually a nice girl once you get to know her. Around her elders, she's like a little angel, but under no supervision, the nasty, evil, lustful and rebellious side of Kolwyn takes over. She lives on lies and deceit, while counting on her little trust in others to back her up. Kolwyn tends to be naive at times, which has taken a big impact on her over the years.
Biography: Kolwyn was born into a loving family. She was raised in a small town just outside of London, Ontario. When her mother died, she, along with his dad and little brother moved to a town outside of Ennismore, Ontario. When Kolwyn was 14, she was bitten by an infected butterfly. As the symptoms kicked in, she murdered her dad and little brother, feeding from them.
With an infected wolf as her companion, Kolwyn roams the land alone, stopping in towns and cities to feed and socialize with other 'Butterflies', as the infected were referred to. As a deadly creature, Kolwyn is feared by lowly humans. All humans feared the Butterflies. And frankly, they should be scared. Kolwyn took pleasure in ripping humans to pieces and devouring there entrails and flesh, and drinking their blood. Kolwyn felt unstoppable, and she is sick with power.
Companion: Infected Wolf - [x]
Appearance: [x]

Username: Eitsirhc
Character Name: Joanna Swafford
Age: 23
Sex: Female
Infected: Human
Personality: Joanna is logical thinking young adult, and is not scared easily. She tends to be the one who seems to be able to handle high pressure situations the most and many people look up to her like a mother. Joanna loves to take care of people and loves children and even though everyone had faults, she looks over those faults.
She does seem to not voice her opinions due to the fact that she is insecure of what other people would think of it and therefore is sometimes outspoken, giving her feelings of frustration.
Biography: Joanna was born in an average family with two siblings, both older then her and both male. When she was thirteen, her mother died of a disease, causing her great grief, in which she was now the only female of her all male family, but she didn't mind. They treated her just the same, but she did really miss her mother. Joanna grew up to be well educated and taking on a motherly role in the household, but soon moved out to start college. Her father then died when she was twenty one due to unknown reasons, but Joanna was convinced that someone killed him due to the fact that her father was perfectly well and happy, but her brothers hid the facts from her. During her four years of college, she modeled occasionally and was discovered. After she finished her education, she became a internationally known model and now lives by herself in a large house, but doesn't really pamper herself, but she does loves clothes, shoes and accessories. Since the butterflies thing, Joanna has been keep her guard up.
Companion: [x]
A west highland white terrier.
Appearance: [x]

Username: Edana Little Flame
Character Name: Catanzi Rose
Age: 16
Sex: Female
Infected: Infected
Personality: She is carefree and bubbly. She dose however have a very sadistic side. She takes pleasure in her hunting of the humans. She plays games with them and never just kills them right off because she takes joy in there screams of agony and horror. Her calmer side however allows her to enjoy the companionship of fellow butterflies.
Biography: As a child Catanzi all ways loved butterflies and would chase them around the back yard so of course when a beautiful black one crossed her path she had to chase it down. Her parents being use to there daughters fascination took no interest in this until they heard Catanzis one year old baby brother squeal out in excitement, "Wook! Putty bwak buwterbly!" Then her father tried to run to her, but seamed to move in a treadmill effect, running as fast as he could but never reaching his goal. Her mother looked on in horror at the scene that seamed to play out in slow motion before her. Catanzi leaned in to kiss the butterfly and it kissed back. Her eyes fluttered shut as softly as the wings of the butterfly before her, and she spiraled to the ground in what seamed like an endless fall.
That had been when she was ten, now she was sixteen and she still smiles at the memory of her family's screams of horror as she killed and ate them. She remembers the look on her father and mothers face as she tore into her little brother first leaving them to watch there one year old die, then moved on to them.
Companion: A sweet little Lynx named Jesaray[x]
Appearance: [x]

Username: The Lost Girl
Character Name: Gwen
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Infected: Human
Personality: Smart, Kind, caring but will fight back if need be.
Biography: When she was 14 her mother and father both got the disease. Since she was at collage at the time they weren't able to kill her but they did kill her younger brother and sister along with a few of her neighbors before killing themselves. She graduated from collage when she was 15 and became a doctor studying the disease that destroyed her family. She has spent most of the time out in the forest because she believes most of the disease stricken creatures live there. But her job keeps getting harder and harder after having to fight and kill a few of her patients.
Companion: She has a 3 year old German shepherd named Charli.
Appearance: [x]

Username: Glittershock!
Character Name: Valentin.
Age: 19.
Sex: Male.
Infected: Yes.
Personality: Cold and aloof, Valentin is a quietly arrogant person who keeps mostly to himself. On the rare occasion that he does speak, it tends to be either to deride someone or to make the dying moments of some human a little bit worse.
Biography: Valentin was born in Italy to relatively wealthy parents, who emigrated to America upon deciding to invest in some new business there. That was a little while before the first recorded case of the disease, by which Valentin was the only member of his family to be infected. They lived in New York City and they felt safe within its geometric confines, but there are only so many ways of keeping butterflies out of your city. Valentin was bitten by one while he was walking with his sister in Central Park. Neither of them told their parents, and by the time anyone was suspicious Valentin had killed his family and left the city in search of food elsewhere.
Companion: A golden lion tamarin called Ricochet.
Appearance: Valentin.

Username: Somethings Gonna Blow
Character Name: Sarah
Age: 21
Sex: female
Infected: nope, still human
Personality: tough, kind, funny, and
street-smart.
Biography: Her parents died when she was very little and she was sent to live with a foster family. Her foster parents were very mean to her and their four other kids. One day when she was 14 her foster parents were infected. She hid in the closet and watched as they mutilated their children and then ripped them selves up into pieces. She has been living by herself for the past six years, not getting close to anyone or anything except for her horse whom she stole when she was 15 from a horrible owner.
Companion: her horse Moonlight http://image.equinenow.com/equine/da...os/61080_1.jpg
Appearance: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s...ictureofMe.jpg

Username: Chibiruler1990
Character Name: Lee Alexander
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Infected: Infected
Personality: Keeps to himself. Is very mysterious but wants to find a cure.
Biography: His father abundant him at birth and his mother soon after commits suicide, Lee has always been a loner. There is always that one or two people he enjoys being around but he hates big groups. He has had to basically live on his own with the exception of his best friend Victoria who died just 3 months ago from the Dark Wing Butterfly Disease.
Companion: no
Appearance: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...er1990/612.jpg

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>> O P E N <<

Kolwyn watched as the blood oozed from the wound in the human's chest. The warm, red fluid gave off a sweet yet salty aroma as it escaped from the body, and it put a smile on her face. Kolwyn loved to watch as the human died slowly before she would advance and feed. She loved to here them scream as her nails sliced their tender, healthy flesh. She started at the shoulder and ran them down arm, stopping at the center of the palm. She would wait, and then do the same to the other arm. Then she would cut the corners of the humans' mouths and slice their eyelids. Finally, after letting them suffer, she would kill them and she would eat.

This human was a tricky one. He thought he had a chance to escape if he ran. Silly. Butterflies were faster then humans. Kolwyn had caught up to him in seconds.

From where she stood, Kolwyn looked down on the bleeding human. Laughing, she bared her teeth.

"You think you can run from me? Huh? You think you can escape your fate?" she screamed in a menacing voice, black hair aloft in the wind, like a forest fire.

The human stopped screaming and looked into Kolwyn's black eyes. In turn, Kolwyn stared back into his. Fear was plain to see. He knew that his life was over.

Without speaking, Kolwyn walked calmly closer to the human. When she reached him, she put her legs on either side of him and knelt down on him. Putting her face so close to his that she could her is terrified breathing, she lifted her right hand and dug two long nails into his open eyes, piercing the brain and killing him instantly.

As soon as he was still, Kolwyn opened her mouth and took a bite from his neck. The infected wolf that so loyally followed Kolwyn waited and whined as Kolwyn feasted.

Joanna sat in the balcony of her room on a big white lawn chair, overlooking the small garden which was indeed, beautiful. It had lush green grass and many flowers. There was also a small fountain and a small area to lounge around in. A large tree overlooked a small part of the garden. Overall, it was a really pleasant place to be in. She was wearing a light blue dress which complimented her eyes greatly, and was petting the little terrier she had in her lap. From a distance, she would look like a spoiled little princess but that was far from the truth, even though sometimes people did think that she was spoiled and shunned her because of it, but Joanna didn't mind. She had friends that really cared about her and that was what mattered most. Her long red hair blew over her eyes and she brushed it out of her eyes gracefully.

The terrier, whose name was Saber, bounded out of her lap and proceeded to chase his own tail around. Joanna laughed and petted him. Saber was her best friend and cheered her up even when things were really bad, and the fact that he was oh so adorable made her happy as well. Her world almost appeared to be perfect...

After feeding, Kolwyn left the remains for the infected wolf to feast upon. It was a filthy animal, but at least it knew it's place.

Kolwyn walked slowly away from the bloody scene, but stopped when she was a few meters away. She was at the edge of the city now, and the countryside awaited.

"Come." she growled, and the wolf came and sat beside her, sniffing the air. Then it barked.

"What?" she asked with bitter surprise.
A long throaty growl was all she got in response.

Putting her head to the wind, she smelled the air. It smelt sweet, almost like life.

"My my. It's like they try to live happy despite the fact that we exist. Do they not understand that we live to destroy them? Do they not understand that their pain is our pleasure? I will not have it!"

And with that, Kolwyn stalked off to the north. She had to find the source of the unusual smell. It was more joyful then normal. It was revolting to Kolwyn, yet it drew her in.

She had to know.

• A small bird landed upon Joanna's lap. She smiled and watched it look up at her with it's inquisitive eyes. It looked to a direction and suddenly took off. Joanna looked quite puzzled. She looked at Saber.
  "Come on boy, let's go in." she said sweetly, ignoring the feeling that something was wrong.
  
  Saber bounded in, which then Joanna slowly closed the screen door and the door, and tightly locked it. A small sigh formed on her lips. Ever since the butterflies thing, they had to live in panic. It wasn't the best, but so far Joanna had lived her life happily and tried to live every day as her last. Well, not exactly, it was sometimes nice to just relax.
  
  She bounded onto the light pink silk of her bed and patted the area beside her. Saber bounded onto the bed. The glass door still allowed light to shine through, she hadn't bothered to close the curtain. Joanna pet Saber, picked him up and hugged him close. His soft white fur tickled her nose.
  
  "Life is good... isn't it?" she whispered with a small laugh.

Catanzi Rose ran through the streets of her neighborhood, she hid what she was quit well though the random disappearances of other towns folk did stir the others. There where even rumors that it may be her.

"I mean look! Her skin is light just like they say and I heard the neighbor boy say that every time she hears who is spreading the rumors that is when they disappear!" Whispered the women. The other women beside her only nodded as she watched with disgust as Catanzi bounced down the streets singing.

Though to the others the words to her song where hard to hear Catanzi took joy in them. "So many victims. Which should I choose for tonight? I am sure Zeaky will tell me who is spreading the rumors now!" Catanzi giggled at the women whispering on the side of the street, "How lame they are! They know it is me but they fear me to much to act upon it! I must keep them alive just for the entertainment it brings me!" Catanzi smiled wickedly at the women staring and said, "Nice day die, is it not?" She giggled as the women gasped in horror.

"Did you hear her Sara!" the once quit one squealed.

"Of course I did, but what do you expect me to do about it! I told you she is a wicked girl!"

Catanzi continued to laugh as she headed to Ezeakial's house.

A tear fell from Gwen's eyes as she shoveled the last bit of dirt into the grave of her friend who she hoped she could find a cure for. She wiped of the dried blood off her hands and arms with a wet towel. She sighed and walked into her experiment tent that held dozens of infected butterflies. She looked at them through the glass of the container they were in. "How could so small a thing bring so much terror and death. She walked out of her tent grabbed her supply bag and walked into the town to get food and equipment. Charli followed slowly behind her.

Sarah rode into town on her beloved horse moonlight. She stopped at the supermarket to get some food for her next journey, she never wanted to stay in one place for very long to prevent being bitten by a butterfly or eaten by the infected. She walked in the door with her head low so she wouldn't attracted attention to herself. When she went up to the cash register she looked out the window and noticed another girl, younger than herself, walk into town.

Gwen looked at the older girl that was standing at the cash register when she walked inside. She looked a little suspicious but she didn't think anything of it. She walked down the isle when she was stopped by someone who worked there.
"You can't bring pets into the store young lady!" The man said to her pointing down at Charli. She nodded and took Charli outside and told her to stay there. She walked back inside and got some supplies and waited behind the older girl.

Valentin growled deep in his throat, a sound that bore almost no resemblance to one a human might make. It had been something like a week since he had last fed, and the hunger clawing his belly had turned him downright feral by the time he reached the town. By some hellish miracle he had encountered a bedraggled flock of sheep a few miles outside the city limits, but he was still furiously hungry for human flesh. There was a feverish sheen on his dark eyes, and his lips were coated in a pink froth of blood and saliva.

The few people foolish enough to be outside fled from the sight of him, shrieking in their terror like he was an unusual sight. He shied away from the sound and cursed them; surely they must be used to this by now? The golden tamarin lingering at his side twittered noisily and Valentin shot it a warning glance.

He turned his attention back to the humans as they scattered like sheep, and picked his target… the girl who ran faster than anyone else, the one who was mortally terrified but who believed by now that she was safe.

She was breathless when Valentin ran her down, and could barely scream as he tackled her to the ground and ripped viciously at her throat—with his hands first, then his teeth, until her neck was reduced to a mess of blood and gristle and bone. He was too hungry to spare a moment for some cruel comment; she was dead in seconds and he was still clawing at her ravenously.

“Fate is cruel,� he murmured when he was quite finished. Her blood was on his face, his hands. It was in his hair and on his clothes, and he reveled in the smell, in the silence now that everyone was gone.

As Catanzi skipped down the street taking in the horrified looks of those around her she smiled. She neared Ezeakial's house and commanded Jesaray to stay outside for Zeaks dog did not take well to a cat that could eat him.

Catanzi bound up the steps and without knocking barged right into the house. Once inside she called out his name, "Zeaky! Oh Zeaky are you here!"

"Of course I'm here, where else would I be?" Asked a young man sitting in a chair at the dining room table.

"Hell if I know! You could be off killing humans for all I know of!" She giggled. Her being so open about her disease aloud the more shy an newer to the infection Ezeakial to hide it from the other towns folk. "So who is the rumor spreaders this time?" She asked her curiosity peaked.

Zeak rolled his eyes, "You just get straight to the point don't you? I mean you could at least pretend you don't use me just for information, and that you might consider me a friend!" He frowned at her.

Catanzi laughed, "I don't want to give you false hope. Now spill it!"

Zeak shook his head and sighed, "Of course not! Anyway, I heard Danny talking about the fact that him and Norri saw you feeding on another human late Saturday night down near the river. I guess if it would happen to be true then you might have to get ride of them!" He cocked his head to the side and stared at her waiting for her reply.

She giggled, "Your so sloppy Zeaky! What would you do if it where not for me cleaning up your messes?" She knocked him up side the head.

"Hey just remember, if I did not make these messes then you would have no one to feed on!" He winked at her and smiled, "Now leave please! Amani dose not like the presents of Jesy outside!"

Catanzi rolled her eyes and stormed out of the house!

Gwen looked in her empty money sack and sighed, she needed the food but didn't want to steal it at the risk of being shot. She thought a moment and compared the two variables: Starve to death or get shot. She looked at the store clerk who was busy with helping the girl in front of her. She took of running out of the store with her supplies in hand. The man that had stopped her earlier chased after her. He grabbed her and pushed her up against the wall.
"Stop you little thief!" The man said. She grabbed his arm pulled him around her and pinned him to the wall with her knife to his neck.
"Trust me I'm the least of your worries right now." She let go of the man when she heard the scream of a girl. She ran to the scream and stopped to see a girl being eaten by what looked to be a man, or at least was a man. She hid behind a tree with her knife in hand.

Sarah watched as the girl ran out of the store without paying for the food she had in her hands. The store clerk sighed as she gave Sarah her change. Sarah walked out and noticed that the girls dog was still sitting out side of the store. "What is her problem. She looks and acts like a wild girl."

Catanzi skipped her way down the street toward the house of the boys. She knocked at the door and smiled when Norri answered the door.

"What do you want Catanzi?" He asked slightly trembling. At the mention of Cantanzis name Danny appeared at Norris side.

She smiled and pushed her way inside. "I see no is home!" She said as she floated around the house, "I heard you had a fright down by the river Saturday night." She smiled and stopped turning to face them. She licked her lips and smiled showing her unnaturally sharp teeth, "Is this true?"

Danny gasped, "No, we where here all night Saturday! I swear! Why do you ask?"

Norri trembled and hid behind Danny.

Catanzi saw that he was the weaker of the two, "Maybe just Norri and I could talk for a little!" She said and smiled sweetly at him.

Danny did not want to leave Norri alone with her, "Look we like to stay together so where ever Norri goes I go ok!"

Catanzi smiled, "Right there was your down fall, I knew Norri was out Saturday, but I didn't know if you where Danny sweety!" She lied and waited for there reaction.

Danny gasped, "I wasn't with Norri Saturday! I was here! If Norri was out that was on his own! If you want to talk to him alone then fine be my guest!" with saying this Danny ran for the front door but Catanzi stopped him.

"You bitch! You where there too!" Norri yelled at him.

She held her hand in front of Danny, "Maybe we should all go for a walk now! you know figure out are story!"

With that Danny, Norri and Catanzi walked out of the house and toward the river.

Without taking a breath Gwen walked slowly backwards keeping her eye on the feeding butterfly. Once she had walked a few yards back she turned around and ran. When she was back in the middle of town she whisled and Charli ran right up behind her. They didn't stop running until they reached their tent that laid in the forest.

• Joanna lived in her perfect little life... Being a model, a perfect house and a family that she could always turn to was something Joanna knew she was lucky to have. Joanna lied down upon the bed, stroking Saber absentmindedly. She had so many things to think about since the whole butterflies thing. It was all such a mystery to her, yet it felt like something was unraveling at the same time. She felt it was time to go out, get this out of her head.
  "Hey boy, want to go out for a walk?" she asked the little dog affectionately, receiving a loud Woof! in response. She walked out of her bedroom into the long hallway leading to a spiral staircase, but it was definitely not like that of a mansion, but more modern.
  At the large door, she grabbed her soft, beige jacket with large dark brown buttons, tying the large strap around her waist in a beautiful bow, she opened the door and strode out with Saber. Saber ran around her legs, careful to not get stepped on, causing Joanna to giggle a little bit. She had not walked very far, but her house was a lone one, at the edge of a forest. This was where she lived when she had a break, but otherwise, she was flying from place to place and having a city life. Joanna couldn't choose one, but she loved both because of their perks. Sometimes she wondered what would have happened if she never became a model. She could sometimes see the contempt and dislike in other girl's eyes when they saw her walking down the street with a expensive bag, but she always tried to not mind it. It did hurt a little bit and had taken quite a bit of time to used to, but she did stop looking at those people. It wasn't easy to make friends who didn't just want her stuff due to her status and most people brushed her off as a rich, spoiled and annoying model, even though that was pretty far from the truth.
  Something snapped her back to reality, she had almost stepped on Saber's tail.
  "Sorry!" she proclaimed, knowing that Saber was a smart dog and would understand.

Catanzi watched and waved as the blood soaked into the ground and the remains of the carnage floated down the river staining the water red. "Bye Norri, bye Danny, enjoy your trip. Stay safe!" She smiled and laughed. Then picked at her teeth with a finger she had riped from Norris right hand remembering the screams of agony. The finger was reduced to just bone now but it would be enough to prove to Zeak that the job was indeed finished, not that he would have doubted her had she just told him she did it, but better to be safe she thought. Catanzi took the back way to Zeaks house to avoid human contact right this moment.

Gwen through her bag against a tree that was right next to her tent. She sat down beside Charli who at this point was lying down. Gwen took an apple out of her bag that she had stolen and took a bite from it. She wiped off the juice that had run down her cheek. All of a sudden Charli started to whimper and ran off. "Charli what is it?" She asked as she carefully followed her. Charli came across a dead body a half a mile away from the tent. Gwen could smell the fowl stench of the rotting corpse. She put a cloth up to her mouth as she approached it. She could tell from where she was standing that it was a 'butterfly' that looked like it had been partially eaten by another 'butterfly.' It made no sense to her they only kill humans not each other, but after awhile she relized that there was a rouge butterfly somewhere out in the forest.