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Singing was a freedom for Dawn, it had been almost all her life. The music soothing her despite the pain her disease inflicted on her every day. The pain of her own organs eating themselves, the pain of being poked, prodded, tested on over and over again. Music had soothed that away, so had singing. She sang whenever she could, wrote music, taught herself to play piano and guitar by ear. Dancing had come soon after, but dancing was a second love. Singing, that was her first. Performing for people, bringing joy to their lives. That added just one more beat to her heart.

As she danced about the stage and sang her songs, her eyes looked out at the fans, of course with spot lights in her eyes their faces were shrouded in darkness. Still, she knew they were there, could feel and hear their love of her, the guys, the dancers, the music. She then spun and held out her hand, soon she was joined by one of the singers that she had just signed. He was tall, brooding looking, his voice though had a soul to it all its own. He smiled to her and sang her song, spinning her and then kissing her hand before moving to dance beside her. They moved in perfect time, clearly a pre-planned sort of thing. Every so often he would wrap an arm around her and they would sing together. She smiled, winked to him and then eased away so that she could continue the song. As the music faded she held out her hand to him and he took it willingly.

“Welcome, Kennix Muldanaro! One of the new artists under Kindred Moon Records! Listen for him on the radio, he's going to be a huge hit!” She said and then kissed his cheek. He once more kissed her knuckles and then bowed to the audience and blew them a kiss before heading off the stage. It was then that another song started, another of her more upbeat songs. And soon she was once more dancing about the stage and singing her heart out.

It continued like that, her dancing about, singing to her songs, holding out her mic so the audience could join in, her bringing out various artists and then once the song was done she would introduce them.

The music slowed and she moved to sit down near a grand piano that had been wheeled out during another intro. There was someone already sitting at it, so she hefted herself up onto it and then began to sing to the somber song, it was without any other real music other than the piano. Lovely, but also heartbreaking. A song she wrote with one of her past relationships, one that still brought tears to her eyes when she sang it.

Once the song was over, Dawn jumped from the piano, turning a bit to hide the fact that she had been tearing up. Then she sighed, and lifted the mic once again so that she could introduce the musician sitting at the piano. “How was that babies!!?” She called out as she turned to face the audience once more and then lifted her hand to beckon the musician over. “Everyone, please give a warm hand and united love to Kenneth Travis! Another who has been signed to my new label.” He took her hand and then gave her a hug as she returned it and gave him an air kiss. After that he bowed and saw his way off the stage.

It was then that music began to swell and it took on that ethereal note with a hint of electronic note that then began to take on more of a dubstep sound, and Dawn began to sing but as she sang, her dancers were moving about her. Their movements hiding some rigging and a costume addition. And then they parted like a flower opening and Dawn was being lifted into the air. But it wasn’t just her, her hair was lifted as well and the skirt of her dress flowed like water, her hair as well, as if she were in the middle of a current. She looked like she was floating in water.

While she sang and ‘floated’ her dancers still moved about the stage, moving to the beat of the song and then one dancer vanished for only a moment and when she returned, it was with a glowing ball. It was one of those magician balls, the kind that appeared to float and move with a mind of its one one moment and then obey the one commanding it the next. The dancer and the ball moved like a poem and then the dancer tossed the ball and Dawn ‘caught it’ in her command as she sang and floated, so did the glowing ball, it seemed to respond to her song as if she were a siren and it was a sailor. And then the next moment the ball made it’s way to another dancer.

That is how the entire song went, with this magic ball floating from dancer to dancer, moving around them, responding to them, as if it really did have a mind of its own. All the while Dawn continued to sing and float in the air, her arms and body moving as if she were fluid. And then she was making her way back to the stage as the song began to fade away, shifting into another song, another of her more upbeat songs. After all, Dawn knew that you never end a concert on a low note. You ended it with a bang. And this was her ‘Bang’ song.

The beat was speaking to Dawn this evening, and the song pulsed through her like her own heart beat. It was one of those kinds of songs where you just could not stop yourself from dancing, from moving in some small way to the beat of the song. Dawn loved when she could move about, dancing with and between her other dancers, men and women all rocking out together to her songs, moving as if they had spent years practicing. And in the case of this song, they had. It was an old song but the most popular, especially in dance clubs.

She spun and arched, her hips swaying as the male dancers pawed at her, stroking her legs, brushing her hips, pulling her back against them as they hid their face in her neck. All while she kept up the fast pace of the song, singing her heart out. Then she would break away from the males and go and dance with the females, their bodies writhing together, swaying and bumping, rubbing and leaning against. Back and forth she moved between the men and women, every so often she would walk over to Reed or Jackson or Dylan, dancing beside them, leaning against them, letting their voices melt with hers, for a moment of time before she would kiss their cheek and skip away to dance center stage once more.

As the song neared its end, one of the male dancers slid along the stage on his knees and bared his neck to Dawn. She smirked, and leaned in… this was something they did from time to time to really drive home the fact that she was a vampire. Or at least, to make others believe that was what she was, even though she actually believed it herself. Dawn slid her fingers through his hair, her eyes seeming to glow as she looked up and the light reflected off her light eyes. Then she bent down and bit into his neck.

All of her dancers were used to her bite, none of them feared that she would drain them. They knew she wouldn’t. She couldn’t. Especially in front of thousands of singing, dancing bodies. She bit down in such a way as that a hint of his blood dripped down his neck, adding to the whole ‘stage’ show she always put on. Then she pulled back, licking his blood from her lips and leaning down to press a kiss to his cheek before he stood and hugged her. Clearly not scared of her or even caring that she had fed on him.

The music began to fade and the chanting for an encore began, however, Dawn knew that an encore was out for this evening. She giggled into the mic and shook her head, “I’m sorry lovelies, but not this evening… But love and unity to all of you, my precious babies!” She said before handing her mic to one of the dancers and doing the symbol for unity and love out towards the audience.

Dawn waved and blew a kiss to the audience once more and then turned and made her way off stage. DT was waiting for her, towel and bottle of water waiting in her hands. “You’re guests have made it back and are in the green room waiting, do you want me to send the boys in when they are done?”

“No, let them get their rest on… I just wanted to get to know those two a little more.” Dawn said with a smile as she took the towel and the bottle of water, opening it and taking a long drink of the refreshingly cool liquid. Then, using the towel, she wiped away as much of the sweat she had, though there wasn’t much, despite her going out and partying like a rock star under lights that felt nearly as hot as the sun, she didn’t sweat much. It was a side effect of her disease. Then she patted DT on the shoulder and passed her to head back towards the Green room. She didn’t want to leave her fans waiting.

After another swig of water from her bottle, Dawn opened the door and stepped in, glancing around the room and then letting out a pleased sigh, as if she felt more comfortable now than she had been on stage. “I’m glad to see you two got back with no problem. Have a seat.” She said with a smile and then made her way to a couch that could easily accommodate all of them though there were chairs and other sofa’s about the close area if they did not wish to sit so close to her. She looked to them both and then smiled “How did you like the show?” She could pretty much guess that Jane would have liked it, but she was curious about if John had enjoyed himself.

Dawn smiled softly as she sat on the couch with Jane, the girl was more than willing to tell her about every part of the show that she liked and she smiled that it seemed to be all the parts that she had put some extra thought and work into. That made her feel good, knowing that her work, not just as a singer, but as an artist in general was appreciated by people, especially her fans. As she chatted with Jane though, she was also watching out of the corner of her eyes John and the way he seemed to be a little on the worried side. She was almost tempted to jokingly say she didn’t bite.

Of course, she did bite, hell her show had to show that. After all, she had bit one of her dancers. He hadn’t shown any real signs of blood loss though because of a few things. She only took enough for the show and she also was no longer interested in human blood. It seemed that feeding off her own kind gave her far more control over the pain and powers to boot. Powers that had allowed her to enthrall Dylan from time to time, and had allowed her to be followed by a Wraith of her own when she could see him that was.

Pulling her thoughts back to Jane, she placed her hand gently on Jane’s and smiled to her. “I am so glad that you loved the show.” She said and then noticed John making his way over to them, joining them on the couch, putting her in the middle of a sibling sandwich. She smirked at that thought then instantly dismissed it as she went on to continue speaking with Jane “I can’t tell you how much I appreci...” She was cut off by John speaking.

With her head snapping back to look at him, her eyes were wide with shock and awe, then her eyes relaxed and a smile started to dance to her face, and then from the smile there was also a soft giggle and a slight blush came to her face as she gave him a once over. Then she looked to Jane and arched her brow, as if silently asking the girl if he was serious. Her blue eyes returned to John and her smile grew “Would you like me to bite you? Really?” She asked with a little bit of skepticism coloring her amused tone.