"Careful now son," called a loving voice. The child just laughed and ran around in the garden. She sighed as the child ran further into the garden. She stood from where she had been sitting to go after the laughing child, when an explosion shook the ground.

"Lavi get back here now!" she yelled. Lavi quickly listened to his mother and came straight to her and hugged her leg. She pried him free of her leg and picked him up. She quickly ran inside the castle.

"Madam! Please hide quickly!" her personal servant, Izumi, said running up to them.

"Izumi, what's happening?"

"The castle is under attack. I think the hunter's have finally grown tired of this castle's rule over the vampires and humans," Izumi explained.

"I see. Then go get everyone that is able. We will fight back." Izumi curtsied and left to do as told. Lavi tugged on his mother's sleeve to get her attention. She looked down at him. She smiled sweetly at him.

"Yes Lavi?" she asked.

"I can fight too," he said. She laughed lightly as she ran again with him.

"You aren't strong enough to fight yet." Lavi pouted. He wanted to help fight against the people that were trying to take his home away from him. He wanted to fight like his father and older brother. His mother gave a quick glance at Lavi and saw he was upset by this.

"Everything will be all right Lavi. Don't worry," she said stopping in front of a wall.

"Pwomise?" asked Lavi. She smiled at him and brushed a few strands of hair out of his face.

"I promise dear." Lavi smiled happy at the promise. She sat him down on his feet and reached up to the lamp on the wall. Lavi watched in amazement as his mother turned it upside down and the wall slide open to reveal a hiding spot.

"Cool!" he said walking in to the small spot. He looked around and frowned when he noticed that it was only big enough for him. He turned and looked at his mother, who was crying.

"But where will you fit?" Lavi asked. She slowly bent down to his level and placed both hands on his checks.

"I won't. This spot is for you only. I made this spot incase something like this would

happen," she said calmly. She watched as tears started to form in Lavi's one lone eye.

"But mommy…" She quickly hugged him. She could hear them coming closer.

"I'm sorry Lavi. I love you so much. The wall will open when it is safe for you to come out. You must survive. You will be the last pure blood," she said as she pushed him into the hiding spot and watched the wall slide shut. Lavi pounded on the wall trying to make it budge. Tears streamed down his face as he kept trying. He knew no one could hear him. Lavi sank to his knees and began sobbing. He didn't want to be alone. He wanted to be with his mother, his father and his brother. He didn't want to hide. Lavi continued to cry until he fell asleep.

When Lavi finally woke up, he could make out the outline of the wall open. He quickly got up and stepped out of the wall. He could smell blood everywhere. And ash too. He knew that was what vampires turned into when killed. Lavi stopped walking when his foot hit something. He looked down and saw it was a candle. Lavi slowly picked it up. He closed his eye tight to concentrate on lighting the single candle. He soon felt the soft warm heat from the flame and opened his eye. He smiled brightly.

"I did it! I finally did it!" he quietly cheered. He had tried so many times in practice with his brother trying to light the candles and could never do it. Lavi held the candle out in front of him a little to try and see more. He frowned as he walked. Everywhere he looked, something was ripped or destroyed. Blood was splashed against the walls and soaked into the carpets. Lavi saw were human bodies were suppose to be, but they were gone.

Lavi walked the entire castle seeing the same thing everywhere. He finally stood in front of the throne room. One door was lying on the floor broken into pieces. The other door was barely hanging on its hinges. Lavi slowly and cautiously walked into the throne room. Moon light flooded through the large windows and lit up the room. He let the flame from the candle die as he dropped to his knees sobbing.

"M-mommy…. d-daddy…..b-brother…."