Disclaimer: Trinity Blood is owned by Sunao Yoshida, (In pace requiescat) with character designs by THORES Shibamoto, an Anime owned by Tomohiro Hirata, GONZO productions and Funimaton, and a Manga owned by Kiyo Kyujyo and Tokyopop.

Warnings: Trinity Blood takes place in an alternate apocalyptic universe, where the Catholic Church/ the Vatican is again, a major military power (like in the Renaissance years) as well as a spiritual one. There are many major controversial changes within the Church, like women given the titles of Bishops and Cardinals and also romantic relationships and quite possibly marriage between members of the clergy. So if any one does not like this notion, don't say I didn't warn you.

Prologue

Death… is only the Beginning

I remember now... long before I became the Sybil. She was my teacher, so when she died fighting, I would take her place.

I remember her words now... she speaks as if it were only yesterday.

And I, the curious child, had many questions...

She was always kind and smiled every time I had one.

We are born... and we live...

Why are we born... and why do we live?

For Him... He who created all this. The Humans... and us.

Why?

Because He loved us so much... Both our kind, and the Humans.

I remembered when she told me the purpose of our kind.

Many Humans cannot protect themselves from the darkness that haunts this world.

Darkness?

Where they come from, we protect the Humans from them.

Who is they?

The fallen ones, the demons. They live merely to devour the souls and the energy of the Humans we wish protect. That is why we descended to this world to protect them.

You said we came, descended, but you said we were born... what does that mean?

We were born into human flesh... but our spirits are sent from the Father. The Father sent us... so we could defend the humans from the demons.

Then that one day I asked her about Death.

What happens to us when we die?

We return to the Father, our human flesh abandoned so it may return to the earth.

Isn't that sad when Death finds us?

It isn't a sad thing at all, for once our spirits return to the Father, we are free from all pains and sorrows. Death is nothing more than a gateway into seeing our Father, Our Creator once more.

But why do we mourn all those who fall?

It is a sad time when one loses a loved one, that is why during funerals we examine our grief, but our grief than turns happiness for our loved ones are with our loving Creator.

Do we live for Him or do we merely live... for death?

I lived for death... I sought it... but I never found it.

I was nothing more than a fool who desperately wished for Death's kind embrace, I wanted to be with my loved one again. The hole in my heart was becoming unbearable when that monster took him from me.

I laid in his tomb wishing for Death... while I neglected my duties to protect the Humans of this world from the Shadows that haunt it. And worse yet...

I abandoned my children... when they needed me the most...

And I am the reason the Armageddon began...

I doomed the world worse than any demon could ever have done.


Death shrouds these mountains, this place of resting like the night when it descends upon the day. In the tombs within these dark mountains, many have fallen into ruin, but in this one dark place, this place of rest, is a stone slab. Someone lies upon it. A woman. Yet decay and rot have not marked her body. No, this woman is not dead. She is sleeping, in wait, for her time of awakening. When the Father shall call use of her once more. She dreams, she drifts, her mind wanders in endless circles, voyaging between the past and the future.

Suddenly, she rises, as if she awaking from a nightmare. She clasps her hands over her heart, as if a dagger has pierced her. A cry escapes from her lips, a cry filled with sorrow and loss. Her eyes become filled with tears as her voice then cracks with grief as she utters these words.

"My son…oh my son…my child…why…?"

Suddenly she cries out to the heavens, demanding an answer.

"Why? My son…! How could thee do this to thy…"

Her voice cracks once more, the rest of her words came out distorted. Suddenly, she pauses and looks upon her hands, staring blindly.

"What have I… what have I done?"

She covers her face with her hands, breaking out into body wracking sobs.


A/N: There it is, my first Fanfiction. I hope all of you enjoyed it. I know this is a little short. Reviews are greatly appreciated and I hoped that many of you guys out there liked this story. I appreciate constructive criticisms, but NOT FLAMES. Please play nice!

Updated A/N: New updated prologue. My editor loved the prologue I was saving for book two so much she insisted I use it here. Opinions? Love it or hate it, please read and review gently, it's my first time... : )

Mysteriously Yours, ObsidianEmpress