Okay… I have only one thing to say before we start this story, or maybe two and it may turn to the three with the disclaimer and all but you get it… First, don't kill me please! Second, all OC's are still accepted and will be in this story so you don't have to worry about that and for the third, I don't own the characters, so shall we start should we not?

Italic – dream/thoughts/really quiet whispers.

Normal – awake/reality/thoughts in dream

In the shadows of the night,

In the shadows of the dark,

He is always watching,

Watching over the marked,

He seeks the one and only true love,

The one and only true sacrifice,

His shadowed Rose…

It was dark. It was cold. And she was scared. She was scared of the darkness. She'd always been scared of the dark, always feared what was lurking in the shadows; never knowing when something or someone would come out, grab you and do horrible things to you. It had always scared Amy ever sense she lost her best friend Sally one dark night, a full moons night. It still scared her, to the bone.

The darkness around Amy was thick but laughter could be heard through the darkness that licked her naked body. She wasn't able to find her voice to ask where she was or why she was there; never getting the chance to ask if there were someone there to help her out of the dark mess she'd fallen into.

Every now and then she could feel soft gusts of wind slowly blow through her pink quills and past her ear as if someone was standing there, ready to do anything that would be necessary in order to get her attention or even make her scared; and that scared her.

With uneasy steps Amy lifted her left foot to take a step when a chill ran up her spine freezing her. She could feel someone moving with their hand up the side of her thigh over her hip then over to her back and up her spine till the soft touch stopped at the beginning of her neck. She could feel the tip of something or something's sharp touch the side of her neck ready to pears the skin. Amy let out a gasp as something solid, or rather someone's solid body made contact with hers from behind her. From only the touch she could make out a muscular chest and couldn't help but imagine the strength and bodylines of the person who now stood behind her.

Another gust blew past Amy's ear and she was now sure that it wasn't only the wind but as well the person behind her doing; but she just couldn't help but let out a soft 'purr'-like sound. This apparently amused the person behind her who moved a hand, the same hand that had moved up her body, up to her cheek and brushed the thumb over the peach colored skin.

Amy wouldn't really say that she was scared or frightened by the persons present, who she was sure on was a man, but more of… puzzled by what he wanted with her and yet she wasn't really sure if she were either wobbly or shaky. But she was sure that whoever he was, he was sure on what he was doing.

"Beautiful." His breath tickling her ear and skin as he smelled her down from her ear to the bottom of her cheek where it lingered before giving away a liking sound and added, "Roses and… berries; very original for a girl like you."

Girl like me? Amy thought before she let out a gasp as his cold lips kissed the beginning of her neck while slowly moving downwards. S… St…

Even in her own mind, the word wouldn't wish to be pronounced. A faint pink shade could be sighted on her cheeks as one of his arms wrapped around her waist pressing her against him. His muscular chest against her and the softness of his… Wait… Is that chest fur? Amy could hardly help herself as she tried to imagine the man behind her, with the chest fur and the muscular structure and those strong arms plus the cold yet soft lips. She couldn't help herself but she felt like drooling.

A sigh of pure pleasure escaped her as he licked her jawline and then her cheek. A purring sneaked its way up her throat and the man seemed to enjoy her pleasure as he smiled an almost evil grin.

Her emerald colored eyes looked down on the male that licked her cheek and got a glimpse of red, a bright bloody shade of red.

Amy gasped. Was he bleeding? Or was she bleeding and she just hadn't noticed it? Or was it even blood? She couldn't smell that metallic tint in the air when someone bleeds.

"Something troubling you?" His masculine voice asked as Amy saw his shadow move itself till it was standing with her arm against his chest.

For the first time she thought she would be able to see him, unfortunately shadows obscured his face except his pair of blood red eyes that shone like the brightest ruby. Those eyes, they held her emerald once hold in one place, forcing her to keep her eyes locked with his.

His hand reached up to her chin and moved her head towards him with ease. He was, which was pretty clear even in darkness, taller than her with at least a head's length. She couldn't really help but feel short, awfully short when looking up at his eyes.

"What's with that look upon your face, Rose?" He lifted her chin up a little and she could see the shining white teeth, two especially shaped as fangs; thee caught her attention directly, the book nerd as she was. "Am I bothering you?

Amy opened her mouth to answer but no sound came, strange enough this did not surprise her at all. She had so much running round her head at the moment and yet she felt speechless, completely speechless.

He leaned closer to her and whispered to her lips, "No? Then you wouldn't mind if I did this, I'm sure." The next second their lips crushed against each other, Amy completely stunned and shocked to the core of his action.

First she felt disgusted that he'd kissed her even if she had enjoyed it a little deep inside but as the kiss lasted the disgusting feeling went away and she could actually find herself enjoying the kiss as well as responding it to this mysterious creature, man who ever he now was.

He ran his down her back and right over her bum he turned her completely towards him as well as pressing her body against him without using any strength at all.

Wow… It's softer than I thought it to be. Amy's hands had automatically fallen on his chest which included that under her hands right at the moment was his chest covered by that insanely… adorable and sexy chest fur.

Forgetting completely what she'd just thought about feeling disgusted about the kiss, along with how soft and sexy his chest fur was along with probably the entire him; Amy entangled her fingers and untangled them into his chest fur just like she was massaging it. She just couldn't help herself but love the way he kissed her.

When he broke the kiss, he didn't even wait a second before placing a kiss underneath her bottom lip while placing kisses all down her neck till he stopped when Amy had to lean her head to the side thanks to both pleasure and impulse.

He grinned and said in the most normal tone he'd used while Amy ever met him in the darkness, "I truly hope you do survive, Rose. It would be a waste if you would be to die too early."

Amy's closed eyes opened and she was about to ask what he meant but never got the chance as she could feel something cold and pointy against the skin on her neck. It pressed itself against her skin and it hurt, not much but like when you had to take injection at the doctors. But it was when it pierced her skin that she felt it, the pain! She could feel how something sipped into her veins and how her energy left her in the matter of seconds. The last thing Amy could think of and did before her legs gave in under her and the darkness took over completely was screaming. She screamed so loud that it was deafening.

The sweating pink hedgehog shot up from her bed with the sweat pearls running down her forehead and neck. Her hand automatically flew up to the small millimeter wounds at her neck, she could feel the blood drops stick on the peach colored skin but it was only the matter of drops.

Her breathing was rapid and Amy was sure she had screamed when the loud knock came from the door. Her head had snapped immediately towards the door with fear in her eyes but calmed down when the too familiar voice rang from behind it.

"Amy? Are you okay?" Georgette Walrus, the family's nanny sense before Amy was born asked. "I heard you scream!"

"I'm fine, Georgette," Amy looked down on her blanket. "Just a nightmare that is all."

"Oh need to talk about it?" Georgette asked and opened the door a little peeking in to see Amy nod at her place on the bed.

Georgette opened the door completely and walked inside the room, leaving the door open. The purple walrus sat down next to Amy on the bed and fixed her yellow eyes at the sweating pink hedgehog next to her. "Is it the usual nightmare's?"

Amy nodded still holding a hand over the small wounds. "He left a mark this time…"

Amy didn't see how Georgette's eyes widened and she didn't see the worry and terror in her eyes that fast vanished to not worry the already frightened Amy.

"Can you show me where? It may be just the dream still lingering around you," Georgette said and moved Amy's hand away from its place at her neck. She almost gasped but held herself when she saw the two markings on the seventeen year olds neck. "My gosh, you are bleeding, Amy!"

"Told you he left a mark," Amy said and glanced at Georgette who took out paper tissues and sticking plaster from one of the pockets on her blue night robe.

"Let me just dry the blood away and there," Georgette said as if she was talking to a five year old who had just hurt her knee. Amy couldn't say she didn't like that part of Georgette, because it made the feeling of being loved stronger. "Now, do you want me to stay till you fall asleep or do you think you will be able to sleep without me here?"

Amy giggled sense she knew that Georgette used her baby talking voice just to make her feel better. "I will be fine, thanks." Amy smiled and hugged Georgette before the walrus stood up to leave the room.

Before she left she turned on one of the bedside tables lamps and kissed Amy on the forehead plus said, "You know that you can always scream or shout for me if you need me, Amy."

"I will, promise!" Amy said holding up her hand next to her head. "Good night, Georgette."

"Good night and sleep tight, Amy," Georgette said before she left the room and closed the door with a small thud.

Amy let out a small sigh and was about to lie back down on the pillow when something caught her eye. It was lying on her pillow and it was… a rose? A pink rose with a black ribbon with a red small crystal tied around the shaft.

"Will see you soon… Rose!"

Amy gasped as she picked up the rose she could swear that she had heard something… heard someone. She spun around looking at all the corners of the room but she couldn't see anyone in the room; she was all alone. She looked at the rose and decided to place it on the bedside table and forget about it till tomorrow.

I know that those of you who read the first version of this story, with you know all the seventeen chapters (that now have been deleted as you might see) probably think that 'Why'd she change so damn much of it?' and/or 'Why is it so much shorter than the first prologue?' Well, answers easy, I'm older now, turning fifteen for Pete's sake! I know more than I did when I started this story and when I looked back at it I saw how much I needed to change and so many opportunities to make the damn story way longer, way more interesting and way more intimate then before 'casue well… Let's just say that I'm more experienced then I was before (thank school for that) and I just felt like this story was starting to go no were.

I know that last time I made Mister Darkness bite Amy in the lip, but I changed that to the so original neck sense well… Just because I can, okay?

Before they were in the sun, right? Well I changed that to complete darkness sense the people from the dark kingdom have an advantage in the dark, so that is pretty much the easy explanation to that.

And I just had to add the chest fur this time… Seriously, I'm halfway to becoming an adult and I'm fucking drooling of that damn chest fur! But seriously, you just have to love it… It is soo… soo... DAMN SEXY3333! You all have to agree, right? Right? Thought so…

Have a good day/night/early evening/afternoon/midday and to those who are soon to go to bed, I wish you dream about that damn sexy chest fur XD I'm freaking sick… I need serious help -.-'