I want to tell you a little about Richella, the character I created for this story, but I don't want to give everything away so I will only tell what the other BPRD members know about her. In this story Richella is a Veela. She is more like the Slavic Mythology Veela in ability and weaknesses but I also combined it with characteristics of Veela's from Harry Potter. She is a semi-human, semi- magical creature possessing the ability to make men swoon with just a smile. However when she is angry wings burst out of her back and her face turns bird-like, and she can control storms. She doesn't need to be angry to be a fierce warrior though, when she fights even in her human shape the earth shakes. She does not age past her 25th year and has been since the 1500's. She was raised by humans, but ran away after some issues at home. She was found wandering by a fairy who took her to another Veela. The older Veela taught Richella the traditions of the Veela, seduction and fighting.

Since Hellboy II:

Prince Nuada in a rare moment of compassion felt the love his sister had for Abe and gave up control of the Golden Army so that she could be with Abe. He did not give up showing the humans their place however. He revealed the magical world to the humans and reminded them their place was in the cities. Unable to fight Silverlance's army of trolls and other magical creatures the humans retreated into the cities. Population density was a problem for awhile but over the years humans have adjusted and learned to live in harmony with the magical world. There are even laws in place to allow humans to live on magical land as long as they follow the realms rules. Governments on both sides handle the residents in their realms and the BPRD monitor tensions between species. Two years ago the BPRD ran across Richella and asked her to join the crew. She has been a huge asset to the team and gets along great with everyone. Especially with Princess Nuala who has joined the team to be closer to Abe. Nuala's extra-sensory perception has helped Richella get over a lot of her past demons.

Ok now onto the story.

"We have an issue developing in New York City" Manning informed the BPRD team "It appears trolls have taken to booting people from their homes and living in the homes themselves"

"Well let's go" Hellboy said pushing his chair out from the table

"Wait Red let's listen" Liz said placing her hand on his arm

"There is a bit of a complication" Krauss began "There are LOTS of trolls settled into this area. More than we may be able to handle"

"I doubt that" Hellboy said slouching in his chair

"How many will it take to get them out of there?" Richella asked

"At least 6" Krauss replied "And that leaves us very little room for mistakes"

"Well we have 5, who do we have on reserve?" Richella asked

"A few agents" Abe said

Hellboy made a snorting sound "They haven't been very helpful in the past"

"I could help" Princess Nuala chimed in

"Nuala we can find someone else" Liz said

Nuala was helpful in negotiations but when it came to fighting she fell short

"No I really think I could be helpful" Nuala insisted

Abe had been running the numbers all week and kept coming up short. If they had one more person to handle the perimeter and be and extra set of eyes it would change everything. But there was no way he was going to put Nuala in that kind of danger.

They argued for what seemed like an hour. Nuala and Krauss insisted the extra help would be crucial but the rest of them insisted they could handle it without her. The final decision was made by Manning, she would go but only get involved if it was absolutely necessary.

Later that night:

Prince Nuada stalked on the outside of the BPRD. The place was impenetrable. He could just go ahead kill the guards like before, but his sister had begged him to try and live without killing. So as he walked around the perimeter he looked for a way in that didn't involve killing.

Something caught his eye from the third story. A curtain was blowing from an open window. He quickly jumped over the security fence and climbed the wall of the building. He landed softly on the balcony of the open window.

He caught a whiff of Japanese cherry blossoms coming from the room. The sweet smell drew him further in and sleeping on the bed beside the window was Richella. Her dark brown hair was strewn across her pillow and the sheets moved up and down slowly as she breathed.

Her lips were slightly open and the prince had a hard time keeping himself from leaning in for a taste. He stood there and watched her sleep for a long time. He was torn, he knew BPRD employed magical creatures but she looked human. He couldn't imagine the girl in front of him fighting the things he knew they faced everyday. She looked so young, weak, human….. Gorgeous.

"Brother what are you doing here!" Nuala asked through a crack in the bedroom door

The prince was quickly snapped back into the room and stumbled to answer "I need to talk to you" he finally managed

"What are you doing in Richella's room?" Nuala asked

"It was the easiest way in" Silverlance said "Without killing anyone"

"You could have asked me if you could visit" Nuala replied. She had no hope that her brother would ever do anything normally. "Get out of there"

Nuala felt a pit in her brother's stomach at the idea of leaving Richella's room, but he followed his sister out into the hallway.

"I felt your fear this morning. What is going on?" the prince asked

"I am going to help in a fight tomorrow" Nuala told her brother

"NO your NOT! You know you can't fight" Silverlance said in a condescending tone

"They need me!" Nuala said matter of factly

"You're willing to die for them" Nuada said

"Yes" Nuala said

"Well I'm not!" Nuada yelled back, but a pull in his heart told him that might not be true for long

"You're always fighting! Why can't I?" Nuala wined

"I know what I'm doing" Silverlance pointed out

"Oh yeah" Nuala said sarcastically showing him a healing wound on her wrist

"They didn't fight fair" Silverlance said back

"I can handle myself" Nuala said and started walking away

"You are SO stubborn! Fine if they need an extra that badly I will fight in your place" Nuada yelled after his sister. He knew Nuala wouldn't be able to live through a real fight, but he also wanted to stick around and get a few more whiffs of those Japanese cherry blossoms.

So living in a house full of guys finally paid off…. I saw Hellboy II today. HOLY SHIT! Prince Nuada is HOT. The timing is bad though because I am in the middle of studying for finals and I have a Harry Potter FanFiction in the works. So if you want to hear more of this story just let me know and I will try my hardest to find time to write. THANKS FOR READING!!