Chapter Note: Hey okay sorry for the freakishly short prologue but it is the prologue. I posted them separately only because I couldn't finish the first chapter. This chapter will hopefully be more lengthy than my other stories. Please enjoy.

Chapter 1: Frozen Night

The air had a bitter frigidness to it. Soft white snow fell to the ground forming a blanket of white over the roads. Footprints were left in the snow as the black robed priest walked in the roads. He came to a stop, adjusted his eyeglasses and continued along. Streetlights lit up the lonely city, and showed dozens of towering buildings scattered throughout the desolate city. The priest stumbled over a thick patch of snow and landed face first into the white road. He reached over to grab the eyeglasses that had fallen off his pale face. All he felt was the brown leather of a young lady's shoe.

" Father are you okay," she spoke compassionately.

" Ah, yes no need to worry about me," The priest said as he rose to his feet.

The lady had dark brown hair and a pale skin tone. She wore a red velvet coat with a black t shirt hidden beneath it. She had on mittens and earmuffs. She had a nice leather pair of pants and brown leather boots.

" Please come to my house for a glass of Hot Chocolate Father," offered the lady.

" May I ask your name," the priest said brushing snow off his robe.

She stood about 5'10 only weighing around 110. She seemed to be in her early twenty's and very wealthy.

" Noah Foster," she replied, " may I ask yours."

" Father Nightroad, Abel Nightroad," The priest responded firmly.

" You should get inside Father, you can come to my place," Noah offered.

" Well if you insist, it is kind of chilly out here," he said as they began to walk.

Abel and Noah approached the front door. The door had a beautiful white crown molding around it. It had a window in the middle of the green door. She reached into the pocket of her red overcoat and withdrew from it a pair of keys. She gradually opened the door and hung her overcoat on the coat rack revealing her black t-shirt.

The inside was beautiful. When you first look in you can see a collection of priceless pottery on shelves slightly above the ground. On the wall adjacent to it rest a fireplace with a lit fire. The fire lit the room extravagantly. In the kitchen area, to the left of the door, lay a glass table large enough to seat four. Their were two recliners and a sofa arranged nicely in the living room, facing the plasma TV. Abel and Noah moved towards the table and sat down.

" Would you like a cup of coffee, Father?" Noah asked.

" Yes, please also do you have sugar cubes?" He replied.

" Would you like some?" Noah asked even though she knew it was obvious he did.

" Twelve, please," he answered.

Noah sat their awe-struck for a moment, than came to and went to make the coffee.

As she plugged in the coffee maker and grabbed the pack of sugar cubes she asked, " so Father what are you doing in a town so close to the Methusalah Empire."

" I'm coming to serve in the local church as a priest," he answered.

She took both glasses of coffee, one with twelve sugar cubes the other with none and began to walk back towards the table.

She placed a glass next to him and asked as she sat down, " We have a fully healthy and able priest, why come to take his place."

Abel hadn't realized the priest was well so he tried another excuse to cover the real reason he was there, " I was dispatched from the Vatican to ... um?"

She caught him off guard so persisted to ask questions, " tell me why your really here Father."

" Well, okay but you mustn't tell anyone, I am part of the AX a division of th Church that fights the Methusalah. I heard reports of a being known as a Crusnik, a vampire that feeds on the blood of another in this area. Their were said to only be four but it seems theirs another. I have to find him. My boss at the Vatican received the information from the Queen of the Empire," Abel said telling the truth.

" Wow, that's quite a story," she said.

" What's your story," Abel inquired.

" Well my family died when I was young and I inherited their fortune and went to live with a foster family. When I was fifteen we were attacked by Vampires, but I managed to escape. I moved here and I haven't seen any since. Our town is under the rule of a Methusalah called Lord Reiv." she said with a frown.

Suddenly a knock came at the door. Noah cautiously walked to the door and looked through the peak hole. Then violently the gorgeous door blew open and crashed on Noah.

" Noah!" Abel yelled rushing to her aid. Emerging in the door was figure of a tall man. His hair was a light blue color reaching to about his shoulders. His clothes were formal with slacks and a button down shirt. Fangs protruded from his purple lips and blood ran down his mouth.

" They call me Eis-Zauberer," He grinned.

End note: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. By the way Eis-Zauberer means Ice Wizard in German. Trust me you'll see why.