Author's note: Hi people! I'm new here and this is the first story that I've posted. The chapters will be small and every characters are mine as well as the cities, so please don't take them!

thank you, VampireLadii2

The Red Rose Under the Full Moon

Chapter 1: Caderro

The pearl, white stallions sped through the forest pulling a white carriage behind them. Their nostrils flared as they hurried to get to the palace in Caderro. Inside the carriage, a teenage girl with blue eyes and long, wavy, brunette hair gazed out the window and watched the lush, green forest fly past them.

With a sigh, the girl sat back onto the aquamarine cushions and played with a lock of her hair. She then plucked her tiara off her head and gazed at it. The small diamonds glittered in the setting sun, and a heart-shaped mystic topaz stared back at her. She then replaced the jewels back onto her head and watched as the forest slowly turned into a wide open prairie in the pink and orange rays of the setting sun.

The carriage slowed to a stop and the driver jumped down from his perch, grabbed the gold handle, and opened the door.

"Would you like to stretch your legs, Princess?" he asked. His green eyes sparkled, and his long, black hair was pulled back into a low pony-tail. A few hairs on his chin showed that he was just starting to grow a goatee.

"I'd like that," the princess replied, taking hold of his hand so she wouldn't fall. "Thank you, David."

He smiled a lopsided smile that he was famous for, "Anything for you, Emily. But tell me, how was that gruesome boarding school?"

"For starters," Emily responded, "Lolita is doing fine, and she says that she misses you. But that school is a nightmare!"

"How can you stand her?"

"Stand who?"

"How can you stand that awful headmistress?" David asked wrinkling his narrow nose. "Sure she can be happy on minute, but then the next minute, she's screaming at you with fire coming out of her mouth!"

"And this is the same exaggerating boy that sneaked into the kitchen with me at night," Emily remarked, raising one plucked eyebrow. She then played with the green bow that went with her green uniform, "how has my mother been?"

David crossed his arms and looked at the sunset with a worried expression, "well, after you left, she was getting a little too agitated. And not long ago, she hired a new servant named Billy Madison. But we need to get back on the road; it's not that far from Caderro."

Emily nodded and David helped her back into the carriage. They were soon hurrying down the dirt road to Caderro, Kingdom of humans.

After about ten minutes of gazing out the window, Emily curled herself on the soft cushions and fell asleep.

"Emily," A woman's voice called, "Emily, wake up, dear."

Emily opened her eyes and looked into the unforgettable face of her mother. She looked like an older version of Emily, except her hair was a fiery red and the freckles that dotted her face and along her arms.

"Mother," Emily yawned as she sat up, "I was having a great dream."

"Then we better get you to bed," the queen said, "Billy, can you take her suitcase?"

A tall dark man trotted to the queen's side and bowed gracefully, "as you wish, my lady." He lifted the large, black suitcase into his arms and walked through the tall, gold rimed, mahogany doors.

"Is that the new servant?" Emily whispered to David after he helped her out of the carriage.

"Yes," David replied sourly, "I don't like him though, there's something about him that makes the hair on my arms rise."

They wandered into the palace and emerged into a large hall that was the size of a soccer field. The floor was made of white marble, as well as the stairs, and the carpet that was in all the rooms -as Emily remembered- was a crimson red.

An Asian girl in her mid-twenties was waiting by the large stairs. Her long, raven black hair was in a braid and her eyes were a coffee brown. A smile crept onto her face and she hurried over to David and Emily.

"I'll take her from her, David," she said, "besides; no men are allowed in Emily's room."

David's emerald eyes narrowed and a brow rose, "who made these rules, Heather?"

Heather half playfully, half annoyed punched David in the arm, "the queen did!"

David backed away and looked at Emily, "I'll see you tomorrow, Em!" He then turned and hurried away before Heather could bat him.

"See you tomorrow!" Emily called after him, and then turning to Heather, "let's go."

Heather and Emily walked side by side up the stairs, chattering away about the boarding school, the classes, the teachers, and the gruesome headmistress. They were busy laughing when Emily crashed into something and fell to the floor. She looked up and saw Billy towering above her, his eyes were black and his black brows were knitted together.

A sound that almost resembled a growl rumbled in the back of Heather's throat, making Billy jump back.

"Sorry," Billy muttered, his voice was deep so it was hard to hear him, "but next time, watch where you're going." He helped Emily to her feet and darted down the hall.

"How rude," Heather muttered as she watched him retreat, "I'm sorry about growling, it's hard when you're a vampire working for a royal human family."

"It's alright, Heather," Emily replied, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, "you just reacted because you were only being protective."

They continued down the hall until Heather stopped in front of a mahogany door and bowed slightly, "I'll leave you alone for the night, Princess, but if you need anything, just call." And then, she vanished.

Emily entered the large room and closed the door behind her. The white wardrobe was next to her desk up against the right wall, and her queen sized bed with its crimson sheets was against the right wall. The walls were a pale rose and a gold chandelier with crystals hung in the center of the ceiling.

Emily changed out of her school uniform and slipped into a pale blue night gown. She then opened the glass doors that led to a small balcony and stepped into the pale moonlight. She looked down into the large garden that had a water fountain in the center. But then, something under a tree caught her attention.

A dark shape that looked like a man stood looking up at her balcony under the cherry blossom tree. Emily blinked, but the figure had disappeared. Nervous, Emily backed into her room and locked the doors before she crawled into bed.

The only vampire that she knew of was Heather, who came from the nearby kingdom of Vamporair. Vamporair was a kingdom that was ruled by a vampire royal family. But the royal family, even the citizens, who were also vampires, could walk around in the daylight, as well as the dark without sleep.

Emily yawned and pulled the sheets up to her chin and slowly dozed off.