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Gina bowed her head and thanked the old man. she started out the door, then paused and looked at D. you are more than welcome to follow along if you like, her red eyes said to him, although he might not know it. she waited for about a minute, and then began to walk out of the door, her red dress leaving a trail behind her.

as the carriages stopped, they let out some guards that were packed in with the nobles in some carriages. only a handful ran towards the gates of the castle, while the reast stayed behind, watching over their deliveries, especially the first crimson carriage. one guard shouted out to anyone who were watching the entrance. "THIS IS THE FAMILY AND NOBLES OF THE CORTEN AGE!" he called out "WE WERE INVITED BY YOUR MASTER, SIR RAZIEL! ALLOW US INSIDE PLEASE!"

Before the castle stood what looked to be a large tree. However, at the shouts, it began to rustle and move. The creaking sound would alert the guards to it as it's roots lifted up from the ground. A face of a young woman came from the trunk and opened up it's eyes at the group.

Despite the rough look of it, the voice that came forth was quite calm. "If you come from the Master then you are welcome here." with the roots uplifted, the large tree moved itself out of the way, clearing the path for them so they could proceed inside the castle.

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Her breathing was steady for the moment. Now that she had stoped screaming and panicking. One wouldn't be able to tell she had been a state of complete insanity.

The old man sighed and rubbed his head. The noble was gone so he decided it was time to speak to D. He didn't want to alarm the girl, she was to sweet to worry about such things. He shooed his grandson away again and looked over to D as he spoke from his chair.

"I feared that's what was happening to the villagers. I shudder to think what may happen now. However, I hear there is a man who lives in Oren that has been doing research on such things. We gave him the bodies of those we found in an attempt to make an antidote, or something that would combat his serum."

Once all the carriages had moved, the experiment went back to it's spot. Once again it burried it's roots inside and the head disappeared into the trunk again, as if it had never even been there.

The castle was large with enough room to comfortable house all of his men and then some. The towers twisted in a strange gothic design. The courtyard itself consisted of a fountian and the most beautiful flowers ever to grace the earth. Most of them were crossbred.

Inside the castle laid the best furnishings one could ask for. Everything was clean and well taken care of, thanks again to his various experiments. There was a long line of portraits, most of which had been collected from the castles of those who had died thanks to the famous hunter known as D. Infact, most of the things Raziel owned had belonged to other great nobles.

Gina turned her head to rustling in the shadows. she stood up steadily, her sleeves hiding her now drawn claws. she looked at the rustling and saw a figure there. she took a step back, the figure doing the same, revealing himself. "Mizu!" she called out as she recognized the traitor who held her back so many times. she snarled at him "what are you doing here???? who sent you????" she was ready to lunge at him and claw him till he couldnt bleed. he shook his hands and head. "no no no. no one sent me. well, your father sent me to aid this new vampire, but i sneaked away. i wanted to see if you were ok." he rose his hand to her. but she denied. "im better off to not see you. what makes you think i can trust you all of the sudden???" she asked the quiet vampire knight.

When the dark lord saw the many decorations of the castle landscape, he was pretty impressed. he saw the protraits and then recalled back to his stories to his daughter about the deliberate man who chose the side of the cattle instead of the side of the predator. there was a quick flush of disgust as he remembered the fact Gina was with the damned man. he turned his attention to the other decorations, like the flowerbeds and the fountains. this calmed him and he looked at the pale moon. "shes watching it" he said as he still knew a lot about his Gina. the guards seemed almost restless of the new place. many of them were young, so they had the naive excitement inside themselves. the lord could see this and he grunted. he wondered about the elites he sent before. they were gone, this he could tell, but where? they vanished, except for the quiet one, who had been sent with Master Raziel for their task. he began to wonder if that Raziel had something to do with the disapearing of the elites, but it wouldnt matter either way. he smirked as he thought of the elites being turned into something like the outside tree. "interesting" was the same word that came outof his mouth again

)( night misher! x3 )(

(Goodnight ^^)

The old man sighed, "No, Oren has had the same problem. The only difference is no experiments. However, the deaths do happen on a regular basis. It seems to be the feeding grounds and nothing more." He turned his head and looked outside. He hadn't even noticed the moon rising.

"That reminds me.." He pushed himself out of the chair and headed over to a small chest. He took out a key and unlocked it, pulling out a sack full of gold. He shut the lid and headed over to D, handing it over to him. "Your payment as promised."

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Her mind sank back into old times. Snow fell all around her as she stood outside of her town. A small place, surrounded entirely by mountians in a small valley. It had been the perfect spot, seemingly the one town that no vampire had ever found. But it was night time now. She had been told to never venture outside, but she did anyway. On this night, she saw a lone stranger covered in snow and resting on a clydsdale.

His face was so young and beautiful. The small girl couldn't help but stare as he continued to move foreward. It was much to cold for him to stay outside.

"Come with me! You can rest at our Inn!"

That simple line is what started it all.

The image changed, she was now underneath a trap door in her home. She looked up as she heard a thud to see her father fall to the floor, followed by the scream of her mother and a second thud. The small girl put her hands over her mouth and looked up to see their eyes, each one was surprised. She shivered in fear and hid from the man, but he left, as if he didn't even noticed her.

Three days past, and she found leaving to be difficult. She was sure he was gone, but he had left his minions behind. After doing her fair share of weeping, and appologizing for what she had brought to her town, she grabed her father's sword and headed out. She saw tracks from a few others, and made it out unscathed. She had stuck to the shadows and been quiet so as not to alert the zombies.

As she ventured out, she saw dead bodies of those who had tried to escape, and she continued until she came to a group of vampire hunters in the area.

It had been years later now, she sat in silence on a rock overlooking their camp site. It had been like this every night. She felt so dirty after spending her nights with all of them. Her brows furrowed as she remembered the training of vampire hunting..and the extra curricular training. Her grip tightened on her body to the point where she caused herself harm without her knowledge. She was only fifteen now, and already she had the status of whore no matter where she went. The Des Marrow clan loved their stories.

She was tired of the looks, tired of them always accusing her. Tired of drunks thinking they were going to get a free ride.

Her blade was bloody now, the last one came at her, and in one swift move, she removed his head. November looked down to their bodies, she gathered what she would need and set all the horses free. All but one..the white mare. She had always loved it. It seemed to understand her even though she knew it was impossible. After setting fire to the camp site, she rode off to begin her new life.

She was looking at Raziel now, he was talking, tormenting her. In the real world, November's body tensed up as she grabbed the sheets. The moon seemed to accelerate her healing process and had awoken her from her sleep despite the blinds being closed. She seemed to know it. November's eyes shot open as she screamed and held her head tightly. Sweat started to pour from her now as she tried to calm her heart rate, but it was racing now.

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Raziel had started his journey now, his horse dashing across the landscape. He hoped to reach the town before the sun came up but knew that wasn't possible. though with luck, he might be able to get halfway there. He looked back to the one he had been assigned with and smiled.

He looked to see the one that had been assigned to him had dissappeared. He groaned and rubbed his forehead. Fine then, he would be sure to report such insubordinance to Gina's Father. He continued riding on throught he night, as fast as his horse would fly.

(I thought he went along with the 'Quiet one' so that's who he was talkin to. I can change it though ^^ Gotta love the edit tool)