Ok, so this is my first fanfic. It's based on a roleplay I did when VH first came out. Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the VH world. I do however own my OC.

PROLOGUE

She looked up at the pale full moon in the dark night sky, then back down to the sacrificial post that the man was bound to. "Your master released you for a reason so where the bloody hell are you?!?," she thought to herself. Justice saw the man starting to fight against his bindings, but seeing that there was no way of escape he stopped. "Good job, Maeniel. Just keep that up", Justice thought worried. Her older brother, Maeniel, was the man bound to the post. Justice stood there with one hand on the hilt of her sword ready for anything and everything that could possibly go wrong. "There hasn't been a successful hunt since our father's disappearance…and now Maeniel is trying to catch it for the first time since he disappeared. He's either very foolish or one of the bravest souls I know," she thought to herself and a proud smile came to her face.

Justice heard something snap near by and she quickly moved over to where the noise had come from, while her hand tightened on the hilt of her sword. The clouds covered the moon and it went pitch black in the forest. She stopped walking, noticing that the woods became very still and silent. Justice saw the lantern that was fastened to the saddle of her horse; it was flickering, the flame threatening to die out. She began running to it and when she got there the flame died. "This is not good," she thought looking over to where her brother was bound. A high-pitched howl came from the woods by the post and she once again shot off running, sword ready to strike.

The beast jumped out of the woods landing right in front of Maeniel. Maeniel flipped backwards landing on top of the pole and pulling off his bindings. He drew his pistol that had silver bullets in it and aimed. The creature jumped up the pole and swung at Maeniel, just barely knocking him off. He looked up remembering that there had been an escape rope put up above him just in case something like this would happen. He jumped up and grabbed it.

"Pull me up!! Pull me up!!," he called to one of the men.

The rope started to raise Maeniel up out of harms way when suddenly it stopped. He looked to the ground, seeing that two men where trying to climb the tree to untangle the rope. Justice ran faster, her heart racing. She heard a man say, "It's stuck, it's stuck!! The rope is stuck!!" Seeing Justice coming to his rescue, Maeniel signaled to the men to back away from the rope as he managed to swing himself over onto a nearby tree branch.

"Justice, no!," Maeniel cried out, but seeing that nothing could stop his little sister from coming to help him he gave a signal and then yelled, "Cut the rope!! Cut it now!!" The creature jumped down and the ground beneath its feet collapsed. Justice stopped just inches away from where the ground had caved in. She had all but forgotten about that trap they had set. She leaned over to look at the creature struggling to get out. A leather bag closed around the growling creature and it began to come quickly towards her. Justice did a back flip and got out of the way of the contraption just in time. She landed on her feet and looked up to where her brother was. He drew his pistol, aimed, and…suddenly, the bag slammed into the tree and he dropped his pistol.

"Maeniel!!!," she called up to him as he hung onto a tree branch for dear life.

"My gun!! Justice, find my gun and hurry!!" She nodded and started looking around. She pushed past the men that were firing at the bag, trying to kill the beast.

"Find Maeniel's gun, it has the silver bullets!!," she commanded, but no one listened to her. Then, out the corner of her eye she saw the gun and it was right underneath the bag. She heard a rope snap and the bag began to fall. She started running towards the gun…it would be close.

"Justice, look out!!!" Maeniel called down to her, seeing that his sister was taking a huge risk. The bag fell on the gun and she stopped seconds before crashing into the bag and the creature. Its ferocious head popped out looking her square in the eyes, full of rage. She turned around and did what came natural…she ran for her life. The creature was gaining on her and she decided that looking back was not a good idea. Justice knew these woods well and knew that the only way was down. Justice stopped, seeing that the only way to get away from the large predator was by jumping off a cliff. She turned around and saw the beast standing in front of her. "If this is to be my death at least I shall die nobly," she thought to herself. She heard gunshots and moved out of the way of the falling creature. "Maeniel!!" she thought. Sure enough there was her brother pistol in hand. Then something went horribly wrong as the creature fell he started to reach for something to grab onto. The beast grabbed her brother and they both went over the side of the cliff.

"MAENIEL!!!" she called down into the darkness. No answer but the sound of the large creature hitting the rocks. Justice's eyes shifted, looking desperately for any sign that her brother might have lived. But when the tears came, she was powerless to stop them.

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Justice rode back to the manor in silence, still in shock from what had happened earlier. "This wasn't what was suppose to happen," she thought, "Maeniel was suppose to be the one who lived…not me. He was the strong one, he was to carry on our family." A silent tear ran down her cheek. She was only an hour from their family manor. They had returned to Transylvania to catch the creature and hopefully destroy it. "A least we succeeded in doing something," she thought trying to think positive.

It was just after sun up when Justice arrived at the manor. Her mouth dropped open in surprise when she saw the familiar figure lying in the front yard. She stopped her horse and dismounted.

"Maeniel," she whispered to herself while running over to him. She knelt beside him and propped his head up. His breathing was unsteady and he was barely alive. His clothes were tattered and blood stained his chest. Maeniel's eyes gradually opened to look up at her.

"Maeniel?"

"Justice, you must…you must leave…" he said weakly.

"No, I shall not leave you," she said in a soft tone.

"You must leave here…do not return…it will come for you," he said his voice possessing some strength. Justice didn't understand why her brother was telling her to leave.

"Go now and…"

"I will not," she said stubbornly, trying not to break down.

"Promise me…promise me that you shall not return…for it would bring…" he said his voice getting weaker now. "Why?" she thought, " Why do you want me to leave here so badly?" More tears ran down her cheeks as she watched him slip away.

"Promise me," he said his voice soft. Justice just nodded as her answer and then kissed his forehead. He seemed to look at something only he could see and his eyes widened.

"It has wings, Justice…with a face straight out of hel…" Soon he was silent and then he was still. Justice pulled her brother's lifeless body close and held him while weeping.