Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Hunter D, K? Good.

A/N: So no guesses? Ah, oh well. Guess I'll do the sequel with another OC…seriously no guesses? It was an alphabet riddle. You know a1 and such. Eh, oh well. Also I will post an alternate ending to this chapter because I thought this ending sucked.

Chapter: 3

True Knowledge

…long blonde hair to the middle of her back. The male however seems to be slightly aggressive toward me. I wonder why Leara chose these two to protect me. Kael and Mara, strange but not.

"Would you stop writing in your journal! Victor the cities gates close at dusk. The forest out here isn't exactly safe."

"Sorry Kael coming."

"Keep close like always." said Mara.

I had only been with these two for three months but they had become like family, sort of. Mara and Kael had come to me after my adoptive mother Leara died. She was something that the others didn't even know existed, but I've long given up the worlds of my parents. The Catara's home was safer, especially from those who were paid to hunt legends and myths. What I am unfortunately isn't liked by the Catara and I have to be careful not to anger my generous hosts. Kael and Mara made sure I was safe.

Mara was beautiful beyond comparison. Her eyes were the color of the sky on a sunny day and her hair was like the first rays of the sun, warm and playful. Her body was so perfect it had to be sculpted for a goddess. Kael was your average sinewy yet muscular hero. His eyes and hair were jet black and his hair was just as long as Mara's. It was like they were born to represent the sides of Dark and Light. If only, that would explain why Kael was such a jerk to me.

Being that I was part Vampire Mara and Kael had taken to bringing prey back alive for me to drink. I would've preferred to hunt for myself but there were human hunters who lived in the forest and I couldn't disguise myself the way Mara and Kael could. Another day went by and I was waiting for Mara and Kael to return. I was sketching my clan marking in my diary, strange, I'd never seen it before. Kael came in carrying Mara, bleeding.

"Kael what's happened?"

"Hunters came after us, thought we were tigers, they were after us for our fur."

He was so panicked, his words were hard to catch through his panting, he had ran to get her to help as fast as he could. He laid her on a table and spoke again, this time calm.

"The arrows were poisoned; from the sent I think it's an Archangel poison."

Kael what does that mean?"

His face went solemn.

"The elders can't help her now, but at least she'll die in a place she feels safe."

"No, I can still help her. I can remove the poisoned blood from her without killing her."

"You'll poison yourself and then you'll both die, I won't let you do that!" his voice was starting to flare towards anger.

"I have to at least try. Kael…please."

"Alright, I won't forgive you if either of you die."

"Deal."

I lifted Mara by her shoulders, sat behind her and sunk my fangs into her neck. I wasn't going o fail.

The world fades away, light, sound, all of it vanishes. I hear them purring, it means danger. Sound comes back to me. It's the King's voice.

"Silence those beasts. They're ruining this somehow."

A sound like lightening quickly follows. The world returns again. I'm lying against a tree with Mara next to me. The moon is the only source of light. I'm drawing that symbol again. Time to end this charade.

"Mara or whoever, why are you doing this?"

"Whoever! Come on you know who I am."

"Why. What are you trying to find out? I command you under our treaty to answer my questions truthfully."

She looked at me with utter disgust. She obviously wasn't Mara. She would never look at me like that. Even after everything.

"The King became suspicious of what and who you really are. I did this to spare myself, the king plans to kill all the Catara in the city to prevent your influence."

"Who is in the palace now?"

Another fowl glance.

"The king has invited all the Vampires he knows saying he will deliver the key to the mysteries of the Catara's strange abilities."

"You realize I'm sorry that I have to do this but no one can know my symbol." I put down the sketchbook.

"I understand my lord, I'm lucky to have spoken with you. Goodbye."

Even now there was disdain in her voice. She knew she would get caught and was mad that I was the one to catch her. She probably though if Mara or Kael caught her she could bargain her way out, an unlikely chance but still a chance.

I stood up and walked away. The world began to dissolve. First taking with it the colors, then the sound of the trees in the wind. When all that was left was me and her I said good bye. Then complete darkness. When all this returns she won't be there. It's the least I can do for her.

Four minuets till sunrise. I could feel the presence of at least forty Vampires. I rose from the slab they had me on. I motioned to Mara and Kael. They moved faster then the vampires could react and locked them in. once they stopped moving they both hit the ground, their fur was slightly charred. The sound from earlier, it was a cattleprod.

"Cursed beings can't capture a god no matter how hard they try, especially when the information they use is far from accurate. If you hope to catch me 'father' your going to have to do better, would've had to do better since now you all have to die."

"The sun will rise soon and then you'll all be nothing more then dust. Yet more end their existence in this nightmare."

"Kael silence."

If he had the energy to speak then he was fine, more then well enough to end this situation quickly. I knew him better then that though; he would let them suffer as long as Mara was still unconscious. As usual the sun rose and the Vampires all turned to dust, the pure ones anyway.

Mara, Kael and I all went to the city to announce that the people were free and could live there lives as they chose to. I sent a message to the Magistrates telling them to help the people adjust and left unceremoniously .Like usual the town was holding a huge feast, but centuries of such things make you bored with them. Mara would be too exhausted to travel all the way home. Oh well, another day should do some good for us all. Why would we need to celebrate? We still had work to do. We would soon though.

A/N: I know it ends odd. That's why I'm going to post an alternate three soon.