Prologue

Hunter

I never really thought that my life would be like this.

When I was a kid, I believed in a lot of things. I believed in ghosts (I blame Casper), fairies (Tinkerbell), and the fact that unicorns couldn't eat grass from the Earth

or else they died (Go figure).

One thing that I did not believe in?

The fact that I was going face-to-face asking for help from royal vampires with my three best friends.

You see, Montmartre isn't dead. And I intend to drive a stake through his heart for what he did to my family.

We arrived at the front gates of the Drake Compound, the one so famously talked about.

I motioned them to all stop.

"What's going on?" Lucy Hamilton, a close comrade and friend of mine, asked.

"We don't wanna get to close." I stated. "They can sense that we're here and are wondering what a group of human's are doing near here."

Kieran Black, the only male in our group, said what was already on my mind.

"They're here."

We all whipped around to see ten vampires looking at us with either wary or expressionless looks.

"Why are you here?" One of the males asked, obviously older than the rest. The father, perhaps? (Authoress Note : Liam Drake).

"If you're here to sell us anything, we won't buy." Said another one, the one of two females and was obviously the oldest woman (Authoress Note : Helena Drake).

"Who do you think we are? Girl Scout people selling cookies?" Lucy said, evidently pissed.

"Hey!" Kieran said, clearly offended at being called a girl.

"Oops, sorry!" Was her reply.

Only Lucy and Kieran can bicker when they were surrounded by vamps.

Christabel, the last of the group, cleared her throat.

"Sorry to parade on the arguing, but we have something else to do here." She said. She looked towards the Drakes and then towards me, urging me to go on.

The eldest female spoke before I could (Authoress Note : Helena Drake) . "As I have said before, we will not-"

"I know you are vampires, so don't play the you-are-human game on me.

Christabel gave me a look that said I should continue before they ripped my head off. I nodded and turned toward the vampires, all ready to attack at any of us if we did something wrong.

"My name is Hunter Wild and these are my friends Lucy Hamilton (She smiled), Kieran Black (He nodded), and Christabel Hamilton (She waved a short wave). We are here to ask of you a favor, on behalf of me, my friends, and Isabeau St. Croix. We know you are after Montmartre and the Hel-Blar and we want to help. We need to kill him, but anyone against him that is alone dies. We need your help, but we understand if you refuse. We will be traveling from here to Transylvania in three days notice. Meet me at this address before those days."

I dropped a little card on the floor and quickly got back up.

"Once we arrive at Transylvania, we will begin searching for Montmartre. Decide to come or not, your decision, but we do expect an answer." I said.

"Who are you and what makes you think that we would help you?" Asked another vampire (Authoress Note : Marcus Drake).

"I have already explained to you who I am along with all of my friends." I gestured towards them. "As to what makes me think that you will help us? Honestly, I don't want your help, but I know we will need it."

"Who's Isabeau?" Another one asked (Authoress Note : Nicholas Drake).

"All of your questions will be answered if you decide to aid us because it is not wise that you know about us." I stated.

"How do we not know that you are not a part of the Helios-Ra?" The eldest woman asked (Authoress Note : Helena Drake).

My fist clenched. I did not want to bring back memories.

The vampires saw it and fidgeted a little.

"I am not here to harm you. I am here to ask for a favor."

"You did not answer our question." The oldest woman stated (Authoress Note : Helena Drake).

"No," I stated rather icily, "I am not a part of the...Helios-Ra."

I noticed (and I'm sure everyone else noticed, too) that I hissed out the "Helios-Ra" part.

"What about them?" She asked.

"Neither are they or Isabeau." Was my reply.

The eldest man got to speak first.

"Very well. We will call you to either confirm or deny your request. Then, we can meet this Isabeau person and discuss the circumstances at stake."

I nodded and looked towards the rest of my group.

"Ready?" I asked.

They all nodded. I touched the moon amulet on my neck and whispered a slightly audible whisper of "Done, Isabeau" and we disappeared in a poof of smoke.