WARNING!: I DO NOT OWN BLOOD+ OR FABLEHAVEN!!

Sorry for shortness and absents! SEE BOTTOM!

Dawn came with an unknowing sense in the air, almost like poison. The country had a beauty that could not be matched, yet still, the pollution was hazardous.

Hagi drove the rental car with caution. His eyes showed a kind of alertness that could only be detected if you were close enough. Cece tended to call him a "poker face master in disguise", though she did not say this now.

Passed out next to Hagi in the front seats, Cece was curled in an innocent fetal position, with Hagis' jacket draped over her lazily. Soft snores came from her, and she held her Aunts' sword close to her chest.

They were on their way to see Maddox Fisk, and it had been a long journey. They had been traveling for nearly five hours, they had left as soon as the audience left the ballroom. Hagi knew they were almost at the designated spot Maddox had told Hagi to meet him at.

Hagi had contacted Drek, telling him to meet him at the same place, which was a location right outside Nakagusuku. It would be another thirty minutes before they reached the village, a six hour trip from Kadena. Drek told Hagi he'd be there about an hour after he and Cece arrived.

Cece's eyes began to flutter, and she stretched her aching legs. The dress she wore was still covered in blood, she couldn't change until they got to Nakagusuku.

"A-are we there yet?" She questioned with a grouchy, raspy voice.

She allowed for the sword to slip down on the padded floor of the large vehicle.

"Soon." Was Hagis' simple reply.

Cece nodded and gazed out the window, watching the trees and hills go by in a hypnotizing type of way. Both had only one thing on their minds, the Blood. What information would Fisk be able to provide? Would it even be enough information.

Cece also couldn't help but wonder who exactly Maddox Fisk was. Hagi told her his job was something they didn't need to get into, his world was a total mystery, and should be kept that way.

"How far outside Nakagusuku are we meeting this guy?"

"Right outside the border. No one will notice, the people are holding a festival in front of their Castle. We'll be no where near there."

Cece was silent.

"Hagi?"

Hagi raised an eyebrow, indicating he acknowledged her.

"What if we can't get many facts. Where will we go?"

She asked that question often, every single time they got somewhere with a supposed lead.

And, as always, Hagi would answer with,"I'm not too certain. But we'll figure something out."

Now, Hagi had first come across news of a substance, called the Blood, which was promised to a Queen, decades ago. He had heard rumors, a few years after Sayas' slumber began, that this substance, could change any Queen, or Chiropteran, into human.

It began as a rumor, but over the years Hagi had acquired a small amount of details that practically screamed that the Blood was a real thing.

He wanted the Blood, for Saya, and now, for Cece, and her sister, Desie. If they were to find the Blood… Hagi knew he had to, there was no if, only a when.

The rest of the drive was full of only small talk. Cece, however, was becoming nauseas, from the smell of the drying blood, and she rolled down her window for the fresh countryside air.

Lights were illuminating in the distance, only in one spot, where the Naka castle was. Hagi drove up a hill that was surrounded by trees. He drove until he was in front of a meadow.

Ceces' eyes perked somewhat. This place felt familiar to her, like she had seen it as a child, but she did not tell Hagi. Too much was going on currently, and she didn't want to cause even more fuss. It was more than likely a little slip of the mind, that seemed to happen to her often.

A man, grizzly looking, stood in the middle of the meadow. A vibrant light fluttered around him, but the man acknowledged their existence, and as soon as the light was in front of the man, it disappeared.

Cece was skeptical, if this was Maddox, they had caught a glimpse of "his world", asHagi put it. That light was no fickle firefly, though she let that thought go for the time.

"That's him?" Cece questioned.

Hagi nodded and proceeded forward, with his case slung over his back. Cece held the sword at her side, her alertness was high. Anything could happen, the man standing before may appear to be Fisk, but there were always possibilities, just the same as Theodore Kain.

"Hagi?" A strong deep voice came from the man. There were three suitcases situated around the man, one even had chains around it. Cece couldn't imagine what could be in it, or why it would be here if it were dangerous. Her questions just piled in her mind.

"Maddox Fisk?" Questioned Hagi. He needed to be absolutely sure this was no imposter, or killer.

A silence enrolled, and Hagi seemed to be waiting for something.

Maddox raised an eyebrow, before his face brightened in realization.

"Right, of course. How could I forget." He coughed, clearing his throat as though he were about to commence a speech.

" Too late and to their sorrow do those who misplace their trust in Gods learn their fate, be it that our trust lingers in our own cryptic waste. For that, I find truth."

"Be it so." Replied Hagi. Cece's expression lasted for the longest time. What were they talking about? What did anything in that sentence, said by Maddox, have to do with their primary objective? Their speech, being archaic like, made Cece feel entirely simpleton.

Maddox grinned, he chuckled. His chuckle sent shivers down Ceces' spine.

"Well, as you can tell, I am me, and I can tell, you are you. Does this settle you?"

"Satisfactory."

"Wonderful, now, there is a house, just a few minutes to the south of us, may we please use your car, I walked here…and I would feel rather ill walking back with this…luggage. We will become properly acquainted there, as I see that you brought the girl." With that said, Maddox latched the other two suitcases onto the larger of the three, and the ladder ventured back to the car.

I'm sorry for the wait. I had Bronchitis, and just got over it a couple of days ago. It's been nothing but sleep for two weeks, I had someone bringing me my school work, and then, my old computer decides to get sick with me.(VIRUS!!!!!!) So I had to get a new one, which was monday. I know this is kinda short, but that's for a reason. Next chapter will be rather long, we'll be meeting Drek, and information about the Blood will be told.

Now, I really would like Reviews. NO FLAMES! DON'T LIKE IT, GO!!! Constructive Criticism is appreciated.