Chapter 1

It's been quite some years since Danny and Kira had been turned into vampires and Jiro's "Untimely" death, it was all thanks to Vlad. Danny was standing out under the pale full moon basking in it as if it were the noon day sun beating its warmth down on him from the heavens. He couldn't help but smile at the thoughts running through his mind and his memories playing over and over again. However the rape incident remained on his mind and he wished it would go away, but it didn't run through his mind like it used to during the first year after it had happened. Danny sighed, he was in truth bored out of his mind Vlad was in his study finishing up some work and every so often checking out of the window to make sure Danny was fine and Kira had been busy with his magical and non magical studies leaving poor Danny with nothing to do. Lately Vlad has had a bad feeling and it worried Danny so he never wondered to far away from Vlad or the safety of the castle, but today was different he felt as if the woods were calling for him to come run around to relieve his boredom. He knew that that wouldn't be the greatest of ideas since Vlad had told him to stay away from the woods and Danny didn't feel like risking being hurt again like he was when Jiro had raped him.

"Danny!" A familiar voice called and he turned to see his adopted son running towards him.

"Yes Kira?" Danny asked the now panting and tired boy.

"Vlad wants you to come inside and go to his study." Kira said as he took to sitting on the ground.

Danny laughed seeing how Kira was still not used to running vampire fast for long periods of time even over the past one hundred and sixty or seventy years they had been alive.

"Why?" Danny managed to ask through his laughing.

"I don't know he just told me to tell you that and please stop laughing at me." Kira said as he laid down on the grass.

"Ok I will are you coming or do you wish to find out what is in the dark woods? You never know you might actually find another Jiro hiding in there." Danny teased and hid his own fear and uncertainty.

"I'm going with you! And don't joke about that!" Kira shouted fear running through his eyes.

"Sorry it's just that it has been so long since the incident that a joke would probably be funny but I guess I was wrong." Danny shrugged.

"I know it has, but Vlad's been having a bad feeling lately and the last time he had a bad feeling you got raped. It made me want to cry I thought you were going to die so I'm taking this seriously because I don't anything like that to happen again." Kira said practically on the verge of crying.

Danny felt guilty now, it was true that all that happened the last time Vlad had a bad feeling and how much the incident had affected all three of them. Kira had nightmares for three years and has been more sensitive to everything since then because it happened when he was "thirteen" the age he will remain forever, Vlad has been more protective and hasn't left the house and has a tendency to freak out if he doesn't know where Kira or Danny are, and Danny has been cautious and hasn't let anyone touch him in years unless it was a hug or something. Danny had found that he would go to bed before Vlad could try anything or "do" anything, he's been afraid of having sex with Vlad since then and Danny wouldn't be surprised if Vlad brought Jiro back only to kill him over and over and over again because of it. It had affected Danny more then Vlad and Kira, Danny didn't talk for a whole month afterwards except to answer some questions but even then they were short quick responses. Not only that but he hasn't had sex since then or let anyone touch him unless he said it was fine or just flat out avoided any and everyone if he had the choice to do so. Vlad made Danny go to therapy for it and it was helping at an extremely slow pace, luckily the therapist was a vampire and had all the time in the world. However the therapist was a girl so it was more difficult talking around her, but he knew Vlad requested it only because he didn't want another guy around Danny unless he was there so it didn't surprise him to know that the therapist was also a friend of Vlad's and also helped Vlad out on his problems.

Danny shook his head and focused on go into the house not answering the statement Kira had made in order to avoid hurting the boy even more. He wouldn't be surprised if Vlad made them all go to group therapy with how shaky and jumpy Kira has gotten over the past years, but then again who could blame the poor kid. Elegantly he walked up the stairs knowing that Kira wasn't far behind, in all honesty walking with elegancy like a girl for so long in order to trick maids and house guest over the past century was a habit that he never really noticed he was doing unless Vlad smirked at him or Kira asked him why he was still walking that way. He felt like he was walking on air and to them it probably looked as if he were gliding; it made him want to laugh to see the two boys' reactions to it. He walked into the room and was surprised that Kira didn't say anything about his walking this time even though he knew he was walking like that this time anyway. Vlad was looking over at him but didn't smirk like he usually did when he walked that way, it worried and scared him at the same time, and he stopped half way across the room afraid to get any closer. There was silence and tension flying around the room and Danny could feel it he didn't like it at all he hated the feelings in the room.

"Come here Danny." Vlad said almost emotionlessly knowing that Danny was scared, worried and semi mad.

Danny stayed silent and stayed where he was, he didn't want to move any closer he didn't want to know what was causing Vlad and Kira to act like this. He began to feel dizzy and light headed with everything he was feeling and he wanted to just kill over and lie motionless on the ground or in it.

"Danny come here please." Vlad said nicer this time.

Danny stayed where he was not moving not wanting to move.

"Danny just go please." Kira whispered sadly even though he tried to hide it.

A pain of terror ran through his body when Kira said that to him, Kira rarely ever called him by his first name, even so it had been many years since Kira had called him by his first name instead of mother or mom. Danny couldn't move now not even if he tried to could he ever do it.

"Danny!" Vlad snapped.

This put Danny into an even more frightened state, especially since Vlad never yelled at him not once even when he was pissed off with him. He was frozen in place completely consumed by fear and his own dark thoughts almost as if he were a zombie just standing there not thinking.

"Fine if you don't want to come here then don't!" Vlad snapped again.

Danny couldn't believe it! What was going on? Where were the real Vlad and Kira that Danny knew and loved?

"Perhaps its time to tell you what I want you to do, but I'm afraid it's going to hurt you and me more then anything." Vlad said.

Danny watched tears falling from Kira's eyes and immediately he knew what Vlad wanted to say and Danny bit back his tears not showing that he had a hint of what Vlad was going to say. Kira had run out of the room crying so hard and bad and he noticed Vlad looking off at him like Vlad had when he saw Danny cry which hurt him even more, even though he gave both him and Kira that look.

"You and I…" Vlad started and looked like he was biting back his own tears as well. "We have to… Split apart for a while… A long while." Vlad finished and Danny noticed a few tears run down Vlad's cheek.

"What!?" Danny cried not being able to hold back the tears anymore.

"I can't watch you constantly Danny and I don't want you to get hurt." Vlad said looking away not able to handle looking at him.

"What do you think this is going to do to me!? This is hurting me!" Danny cried falling to his knees sobbing.

"Danny…" Vlad said and stopped himself before he went back on what he had just said.

"You promised we'd be together forever Vlad!" Danny yelled crying seeming more helpless now then back during the incident.

"I… I know." Vlad said biting his own lip.

Something inside of Danny snapped, as if everything had been replaced by fire and anger.

"You lied! You lied to me!" Danny suddenly shouted tears still running down his face but his tone made it clear that he was mad.

"Danny I…" Vlad began.

"You don't love me anymore do you!? And it's all because of that stupid incident!" Danny yelled anger seeping out of him like blood.

"Danny that's not true!" Vlad yelled back.

"Then why are you leaving me!? Why are you doing this to me!?" Danny yelled glaring up at Vlad through his tears.

Vlad was silent in all honesty he didn't want to have to do this but it was the only thing he could do to protect Danny.

"Then I'm right! You never did love me! You lied to me! You only wanted me around for a while and then you were just going to up and leave me! I trusted you and loved you! I would even die for you Vlad! I became a vampire on my free will and for you so I could be with you and you with me!" Danny yelled and Vlad knew Kira could hear every word Danny was saying all the way down the hall.

"I'm doing it to protect you!" Vlad yelled back angry that Danny wasn't listening and didn't care who heard him.

"No you're not! You're just sick of me being around now! You said that you would never let anything happen to me, that you'd always be with me, and love me and protect me! Now you're hurting me!" Danny snapped all sadness washed away by sheer anger.

"I do love you and I'm protecting you, but I must do this in order to insure you're safe!" Vlad snapped.

"So hurting someone is protecting them! IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE YOU'RE SINKING TO JIRO'S LEVEL ONLY WANTING TO HURT PEOPLE!" Danny yelled at him not meaning to say the last part.

"SO NOW I'M ACTING LIKE JIRO! YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN IF KIRA CAN HEAR US RIGHT NOW HE'S PROBABLY CRYING EVEN HARDER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOU SAYING THAT! WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE A HEARTLESS LITTLE BITCH DANNY?" Vlad snapped and then realized what he had just said to him and covered his mouth.

Danny was shocked and wide eyed; Vlad never called him anything like that ever.

"Danny I didn't…" Vlad began walking towards Danny.

"Stay away from me!" Danny yelled as his voice cracked and tears began dripping down his face again.

"I didn't mean to…" Vlad tried again.

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT! YOU WANT ME GONE FINE! I HATE YOU I WON'T COME BACK!" Danny yelled through his sobs and Vlad's heart practically ripped in two.

Danny ran out of the room quickly and ran out of the castle and into the woods that were calling to him to come and hide in the darkness and safety it offered.

Vlad stood there his hands over his eyes and his back to the door; he didn't want anyone to see that he was crying. He knew he fucked up big time and that he would never get the chance to take it back or apologize nor did he blame Danny for acting in that way. An uneasy sickening feeling twisted around him making his whole body hurt and he knew then that Danny was going to be in even more danger out there then he would be here and realization hit Vlad like a ton of bricks as he realized that other hybrids were in the area as well as other vampires and werewolves.

He had literally sent Danny to his death…

And Vlad knew there was nothing he could do to help him and it was his entire fault for saying what he did.