Chapter 1: The Hunt for the Fledgling

Shi sat alone in the small cave behind the waterfall, staring into the small fire that she had made upon arrival. The sound of the waterfall, was the only sound to be heard throughout the cave. Sighing, she stood and started pacing around the small rocky room.

"Damn it, Abi! Where in the hell are you?" she said out loud, still pacing.

Abi, a very close family friend, was supposed to meet Shi back at the cave, with a lead on a new Vamp, recently blooded, and attacking anyone or anything it came across. But now, she was damn near an hour late, and Shi was beginning to worry about her. She continued to pace around the room several times before footsteps reached her sensitive ears. Turning, she looked towards the mouth of the cave, just to see Eclipse jogging up the path.

"Eclipse! I've been so worried about you!" she cried, running to him and throwing her arms around him.

"Hey." Eclipse panted, hugging her tightly back.

Shi stepped back, and looked at him. He had a small cut on the side of his face, that was starting to heal itself, but she could tell that I had been much deeper before it had started.

"What happened to you? Tell me everything." she said, wiping away some of the blood around the cut.

"Not now. I don't think I've lost them. I came here to get you because I heard them say that they knew you where here." Eclipse said, glancing over his shoulder.

"What? Who?" Shi asked, becoming even more worried.

"Aurora's gang." Eclipse replied, looking back at her.

All he saw when he looked at her, was fear. She glanced passed him, out of the cave, and her body began to tremble.

"Oh, babe. Come here." he said, grabbing her in a hug. "I won't let anything happen to you."

Shi sighed, and closed her eyes, hugging him back and hiding her face in his neck. Eclipse gently rubbed her back and the back of her neck, and swayed with her. Slowly, he pulled away and looked at her, before kissing her gently on the lips.

"Eclipse, we can't leave just yet." Shi muttered, looking at him, as he started towards the mouth of the cave.

"What? Why?" Eclipse asked, looking back at her.

"Its Abi. She hasn't made it back yet, after following the fledgling Vamp that Drac wanted us to chase." Shi replied.

"What?" Eclipse asked, staring at her.

"We can't leave. What if she shows up?" Shi asked.

"Shi, we have to go. They are coming!" Eclipse said, gentling tugging on her arm.

"But Abi…" Shi muttered, looking at him sadly.

"I'm sure she's fine. Jake followed her when she left." Eclipse said.

"He what?" Shi asked, looking at him.

"He followed her." Eclipse replied.

"Oooohhhhh…She's gonna kick his ass…" Shi muttered.

"Yea, but hey. You do what you have to, to protect the ones you love, even if it costs getting you ass kicked from time to time." Eclipse replied, smiling.

"So, does that mean you too, follow me, even when I tell you to stay home?" Shi asked, raising an eyebrow.

Eclipse had just opened his mouth to reply, when an arrow shot passed them. He jumped and grabbed Shi, shielding her from other flying objects.Many morearrows flew passed them, as Eclipse stoodholding Shiclose and tight.A pause in the arrows, gave Eclipse and Shi a chance to run.

"Run! Go, go, go!" Eclipse yelled, pushing Shi ahead of himself.

"Shoot them! Now!" a man yelled angrily.

"Go, go! Through the bushes!" Eclipse yelled.

"Get them!" the man yelled.

The other hunters raced forward, chasing after the two fleeing Vamps.

"Bring them back alive! Lady Aurora wants at them!" the hunter yelled after the group.

"Shi! Go demon!" Eclipse yelled, changing into his demon form.

Shi changed into her demon form, as she raced through the bushes, weeds, and tall grass. A fallen tree slowed her a bit when she had to jump it, and her pant straps snagged on a branch. She yanked at it, trying to get it to pull loose, but wasn't getting anywhere.

"Damn it! Let go!" Shi screamed, ripping at it her hardest.

The strap pulled free and she fell back on the ground. Eclipse raced up, grabbing her arm, and pulling her to her feet.

"Come on! Lets go!" he cried, pulling her up.

Shi began running again, ahead of Eclipse, when he suddenly took off. Shi tried to follow him, but a hunter suddenly appeared, grabbing her ankle and dragging her back to the ground. She hadn't had the chance to scream, but fought back with the hunter, punching and kicking her way free. Eclipse noticed that she wasn't in the air with him, and looked back at the ground, only to see Shi fighting with the hunter again.

"Get off me!" Shi screamed, punching the hunter in the face, while tapping into the Vampire powers at the same time.

The hunter flew back away from her, and fell to the ground unconscious. Shi took her chance, and turned, running down the path, trying to get up her speed again. She finally broke out of the tall weeds and grass into a flat ground that would allow her to run freely without hanging to jump anything or dodge anything.

Shi was finally in the air, when she and Eclipse noticed two figures on the ground, surrounded by a bunch of other figures. As they got closer, they realized it was Abi and Jake in the center of a group of hunters.

"Eclipse, we need to help them." Shi called over the wind.

Eclipse nodded and flew down, heading for the ground. The hunters around Abi and Jake were growling and hissing loudly, and didn't even noticed them getting closer. Abi and Jake hadn't noticed them either, until Shi suddenly dive bombed a hunter about to attack Abi. Abi gasped and jumped backwards, bumping into Jake, who also jumped as Eclipse dive bombed another hunter. That left Abi and Jake a chance to attack two other hunters, and Shi and Eclipse finished their hunters, and attacked the remaining three. When they were done, the four stood together, panting and looking around at the unconscious or dead bodies of the hunters.

"Abi…" Shi said, turning to their friend. "What took so long?"

Abi looked up at her, and shook her head.

"Got attacked on the way there, got attacked while I was there, then got attacked just now. Its been hell. Not to mention, I had to save some stupid ditz who 'fell in love' with our fledgling." Abi panted.

"Who the hell fell in love with that fucker?" Shi asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Did I say stupid ditz? I meant stupid bitch." Abi growled.

"She didn't…" Shi muttered, shaking her head.

"She did. The stupid…grr!" Abi growled, starting to pace.

"Who the hell are we talking about here?" Eclipse asked, confused.

Shi and Abi looked at him, both looked disgusted.

"Serenity…" Shi muttered, starting to walk away.

"What?!" Eclipse yelled.

"She's back?" Jake asked.

"Yea…and that dumb ass bitch decided she wanted to fall in love with the fledgling. So I had to risk my ass getting the fledgling off her when he attacked, so that she could live." Abi growled, stopping and crossing her arms.

Shi was silent for a moment, as was the boys, who stood staring at Abi, jaws dropped. Jake suddenly snapped back to reality and walked up to Abi, wrapping his arms around her.

"Wait a second…" Shi muttered, looking at Eclipse.

Eclipse looked back at her, eyebrows raised.

"You told me that he followed her…Jake, where were you during all of this?" Shi asked, now looking at Jake.

"You followed me?" Abi asked, looking back at Jake.

"Well…" Jake started but was confused on who to answer first.

"Look, Jake. I'm not mad at you…I just panic over my friends and family and all that…especially now that Serenity is back again, which means I'm going to be panicking over her dumb ass…I'm sorry." Shi said, dropping her head.

"For what?" Jake asked, looking at her.

"For rambling…for being somewhat snappy…" Shi muttered.

"You're not rambling. You're fine. Its understandable that you panic over us and…her…" Jake sounded disgusted over the word. "But, seeing that she is family…its normal to panic over it."

"Yes but…I don't know. Lets just go. Abi, where was the fledgling at last?" Shi asked.

"Um…in town, back behind the theater, in that little ally thing." Abi replied.

"Shi? You aren't going to hunt it are you?" Eclipse asked.

"Yes." Shi replied, starting to walk away again.

Someone suddenly grabbed Shi's wrist and she turned, expecting to see Eclipse, but instead, came face to face with a bloodied up hunter. Growling, she eyed the hunter, and he eyed her back. The others looked up at her, and Eclipse noticing the hunter, growled himself, and walked forward.

"Let me go." Shi muttered.

"You are coming with me. Aurora wants to see you." the hunter replied.

"I'm not going anywhere. Let me go." Shi growled, baring her fangs.

"You're fangs don't scare me." the hunter remarked, smirking.

"I'm not going to say it again. Let me go." Shi said, her wings twitching.

"What, you gonna fly away with me?" the hunter laughed.

Suddenly Shi's wing flew up and collided with the hunters face with a loud SLAP! The hunter spun in a circle and collapsed on the ground in front of Abi, who gasped and jumped back. Glancing from the hunter to Shi, Eclipse noticed that Shi's eyes had gone the blood red color that they had been the night she attacked and killed Reko. Slowly, he walked over to her, putting his hand on her shoulder and turning her to face him.

"Hey, you ok?" he asked.

"Yea…" she replied, taking a deep breath. "I am now anyway." she added, looking back at the hunter.

"Remind me never, ever, ever to piss you off!" Abi said, stepping around the hunter.

"No shit!" Jake said, following her.

"Well…I've only done that once before, so you don't have anything to worry about really…" Shi replied.

"Yea, well…just in case." Abi said, smiling.

Shi smiled back, and turned to leave.

"Lets go find dip shit and get her out of the way while we hunt the fledgling. If we don't, and she has fallen in love, or so she says, she won't let us get around him." she said, walking away.

"Does Drac intend us to kill our own kind?" Jake asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, not really. But if we have too, to save ourselves, then yes. Otherwise, no I, myself, don't want to kill him." Shi replied.

"Ok. Sounds good to me." Abi said, nodding.

"Good. Now, lets head into town, and find them or one or the other." Shi said, flapping her wings and jumping into the air.

"We didn't bring the wolves with us. We'll have to run along the ground." Abi said, watching her hover in place.

"That's ok, we'll give you a lift." Eclipse said, smiling.

Jake and Abi glanced at each other, then smiled at the two winged demons. Shi landed softly next to Abi, who wrapped her arms around Shi's neck, and held on tight. Shi flapped her wings and flew into the air, Abi's grip tightening around her neck. Jake caught a ride with Eclipse and together they flew into town to find the newly blooded fledgling Vamp and/or Serenity.

A/n: Well, heres a new story...sorry if it doesnt have much of a beginning, but it'll pick up, promise! So, review for me!! LaterZ!!