Chapter 1

A/N I credit Godsmack for this story, because if I weren't listening to their cd and reading the book. So sorry for giving the credit a little to late but I've been busy with school. So there I've done it so get off my back. Have fun reading.

It was a cold, cloudy and yes a rainy day in Pheliosta and poor Ishtar had nothing to do but study. But for some reason this weeks lessons had really peeked her interest. As she sat in her chambers reading the book Keld gave to her she sighed and looked over at a sleeping Duzell. As she looked back to her book, she though maybe a nap isn't such a bad idea and with that last thought she got up from the small table and lad down and fell right to sleep. Duzell woke a few minutes later and saw that Ishtar was asleep. "Lazy girl, always sleeping or not paying any attention at all to her studies." Duzell mumbled as he jumped off the bed to her table to see what she had been reading. As he scanned the page he found a passage that caught his eye, witch in his mind gave him the answer to why Ishtar hadn't taken him to her classes lately. As he read the passage he was shocked to find out who had written it.

"Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like Vampires.
What explains our enduring fascination with Vampires?
What is it about the vampire myth that explains our interest?
Is it the over telling of sexual lust, power, control?
Or is it a fascination with the immortality of the undead?
And what dark and hidden part of our Psyche is aroused and captivated by the legends of the undead?"

By King Phelios

Duzell was so shocked that he almost fell off the table. He never thought in all the years he's been alive that his enemy had such an interest in the undead. 'Why would a man who hated my kind so much have such a grate interest in us?' Duzell pondered this for a few minutes and then decided to wake Ishtar. "Hey Ishtar, get up." Duzell said while pushing her shoulder with his paw. But all Ishtar did was turn over to where her back was facing him. At this Duzell got a tiny bit ticked off because of what Ishtar had done in her sleep, then as he leaped over her he saw how peaceful and lovely she looked as she was sleeping. As he thought this he raised his right paw claws out and swatted at Ishtar's face. "Get up you lazy girl. I need you help with some thing." As Duzell's claws meet with Ishtar's face she shot right up and screamed out in pain. "What the hell was that for Duzell? That hurt!!" As Ishtar said this Darres ran in. "Ishtar are you alright? What happened?" "I'm fine Darres. Duzell just wanted to go for a walk and accidentally scratched my face when he was trying to wake me from my nap." "Oh ok. Call me if anything happens." As Darres left the room Ishtar gave Duzell a dirty look for scratching her. After she was sure Darres was far enough away from her room she asked Duzell why he wanted her awake. She soon found out that Duzell wanted to go to the royal library to look at some books. "But why do I have to come?" "Because it would look bad if I being a Kyawl Kitten wanted into the library!" "Fine I'll go." As they left her room Ishtar sighed. 'God…the library why the library. Oh well might as well go, Like I have a choice.' While in the middle of her thoughts she runs right smack into Yujinn. "Lady Ishtar why are you going towards the royal library? I thought you didn't like to study?" As Yujinn said this he gave her a confused look. "Um…well I'm just getting sick of hearing Keld yell at me for not studying that I might as well do it and get it over with so he'll get off my back." Ishtar was trying her hardest to come up with a good lie that she just blurted everything out at once. "Well Yujinn better get going. See ya." She said that and ran off to the library and quickly shut the door behind her. "Alright Duzell what books do you want?" She said looking at the bookshelf in front of her "All the books that King Phelios wrote about Vampires."