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                                                    Nox: Chapter Three
Violet had to get away. The twisted gruesom face of her would-be mugger haunted Violet's minds eye as she ran, her running slightly awkward due to her injury. Violet had started running as soon as she had seen the blue and red flash of police cars. Violet knew that the right thing to have done would've been to stay and talk with the police. To tell them about the boy. The boy. Violet could see his face, too. The black hair that became blue at the tips. The twisted macabre smile as the mugger melted right before their eyes. Violet wasn't sure if he was her hero or a demon. Telling the police about him would've been the right thing to do. It wasn't what Violet was going to do, though. What she was going to do was run. She would keep running until all the terrible images were gone from her mind. She would even keep running until she died. Whichever came first. As it began to rain, Violet couldn't help but remember her life in the Dives. Violet had been adopted into the class at age four, her new parents showering her with love and affection. Up until recently, everything had been fine. Up until.......

                                                   ~5 Months Ago~

Violet Greensburg walked into the sleek modern kitchen of her house. Her mother was at the kitchen table, reading a newspaper as she sipped a large mug of coffee. Violet's father had left for his job as an insurance salesmen a little while before. As Violet made herself some toast, her mom snorted audibly into her coffee. "What is it, mom?" Violet asked. Her mom shook her head. "Oh, nothing, dear. Just those Excilis fools. Every time one of them is convicted of something, they all always want to claim an unfair trial. Discrimination and all that jazz." Violet remained silent as she retreived her toast and sat down across from her mom. Violet didn't like the idea of the classes at all. What she hated most of all, though, was the violence that happend between classes. Excilis kidnapping and murdering Dives just to prove points, Dives judges sentencing Excilis prisoners to the death penalty even if the crime was minor; things like that made Violet sick. All she wanted was peace between the classes. As much as she didn't want to think about it, Violet knew that the Dives were just as responsible for unrest as the Excilis were, the Dives maybe more so. "You can't blame the Excilis for complaining. We probably are doing just that. Discriminating in court, I mean." As soon as Violet realized what she had just said and who she had said it to, she stuffed a slice of toast into her mouth, hoping that would somehow erase the words. Her mother looked at her in surprise. 'Too late' Violet thought. "You're defending the Excilis scum? Those good for nothing peices of trash?" Violet's mom asked incredulously, getting up from her chair. Invigorated by her sudden rebellion, Violet got out of her own chair. "They're not trash! They're human! No matter how much people like you don't like it, they are! They're living, breathing hu-" Violet's protest was cut off by a sudden hard slap, courtesy of her mother. Violet started at the floor, her mouth slightly agape as her mother spoke. "That's enough of that kind of talk, young lady. If you think that the Dives are such terrible people then leave, by all means. You easily could've ended up as an Excilis, anyway. You should be grateful." Violet looked into her mother's eyes. All she could see was anger and contempt boling in her mother's eyes like the ingrediants to a stew of hatred. That was when Violet realized that the Dives were everything that everyone said they were; hateful, self absorbed people who thought about the Excilis like they thought about trash. Without saying another word, Violet left the kitchen and went upstairs into her room. That was when she decided that she was going to leave. She knew it was a foolish idea but Violet didn't care. She didn't want to be part of the Dives anymore. She knew that running away could only solve the problem of living where the Dives where. If she really wanted to erase the Dives class from her indentity forever, she would have to get rid of her tattoo.

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That had been months ago. Up until that night, Violet had been secretly saving up everything she had to pay for tattoo removal. Considering her healthy allowence, it hadn't taken her long to get enough funds. That was why Violet was in Excilis that fateful night; she had heard that that was the part of town where you could remove class tattoos. Now, Violet wasn't sure if that was true or not. Violet's run slowed to a limp as the rain continued to pour down. Violet's blood matted hair and black dress were now soaking wet. Her injured leg hurt so much, Violet was finding it difficult to continue limping. She suddenly fell to the pavement, her legs finally giving up on her. Violet just stared at the pavement, sure that she looked as helpless as she felt. Violet was then suddenly aware that someone was standing over her. She looked up. Two purple haired teens, one boy and one girl, stood over Violet. They looked like they could be twins, with their identical purple hair and eyes. The boy, who was holding a large pink umbrella over him and his possible sibling, was wearing a purple jacket with a black shirt underneath it and gray pants while the girl wore a tight pink tank top with black skinny jeans. The girl smirked and held out a hand to Violet.

"Can I help you?"