Hey people

I had this chapter done on monday and the next chapters done as well...but there was somethign missing so after fixing this one up a bit i am ready to post.

I've finally got my plot!!

Well anyways the gang's disappearance will be explained soon

So for now Enjoy!!

"Ok let's start of with the basic, we have inhuman speed, it's what we call 'flit'. We do have inhuman strength, meaning ripping tree from their roots is a pretty simple task. All of our senses are heightened. We can swim, and go out in the sun, but the sun does do one thing, we can't look directly at it because or it will instantly blind us, nor can we stay in it for too long…more than 6 hours because it'll give us a bad case of sunburn. We do have a choice of blood, either animal or human, but it is a fact that one vampire cannot stay alive surviving only on animal blood, so we do feed on humans, but we don't need to drink all their blood out, that's completely barbaric. But there are some vampires in this world that purposely kill of humans to feed, we do our best to protect humans from creatures like those," he said.

I nodded, "But wouldn't drinking a person's blood claim them?"

"No, drinking and marking are totally different things. The wound heals when drinking but in mark or claim, the mark stays, like yours," he said.

"Will this mark ever go away?" I asked

"Yes with time, whatever vampire bit doesn't mark you again in the nest few weeks, the mark will disappear and if another vampire wanted they could claim you," he said.

"Ok," I said, "Isn't there anything permanent?"

"Well there is the mating mark, that's permanent," he said.

"Mating mark?" I questioned.

"It's basically a mark bounding you forever to the vampire and only the death of that vampire can liberate you," he said, "But the death thing is still the same, you die then he dies."

"Ahh," I said, "Can you guys eat normal food?"

He nodded, "We're almost like humans really, but enhanced in a way, we don't have to eat as often as humans, one a month or every couple weeks is okay, though you can live without it, but most vampires love to eat."

I was nodding.

"So do you all sleep in coffins?" I asked.

"I believe beds are much more comfortable, we use coffins to bury the dead," he said.

"The cross?" I asked.

"Total myth," he said laughing.

"Can you really turn into bats?" I asked.

He looked at me and said, "You really want me to answer that?"

"No," I said giggling, "I got my answer."

"Why do you all look so perfect?" I asked

"Benefit of being a vampire I guess," he said shrugging

"Anyways it's been nice meeting you, I've only told this secret of mine to my wife and you," he said

"Why did you tell me exactly?" I asked

"I see things Cagalli and I knew I could trust you with this," he said, "Good night to you then, you should be on your way home, it's late, and watch the shadows Cagalli."

He disappeared.

It was amazing how one moment could change your thoughts about life forever. Now I really wondered if there were dragons in the world. But my thoughts however switched to Athrun and the rest of my friends. So they were all vampires. No wonder they were all acting different. But now I wondered if I would ever see them again. And now that I thought about it Athrun, the guy I liked was a vampire as well. Could I even like someone like him?

I knew deep in my heart that I could. I pondered over and over, and to me it really made no difference to me what Athrun was? He was still that same boy. So what if he drank blood, he didn't kill anyone? Athrun was still Athrun no matter what difference he had, and personally those very differences made him better.

I was still on the bench looking at the time and noticed that it was very late in the night. Knowing I wasn't going to be in any trouble with Kisaka, I started walking around the desolate area. I was still wondering as to where Athrun and everyone were? Why did they just disappear like that?

I wondered if the old guy knew about them. Well there would always be tomorrow to ask that question. And figure out who claimed me.

Somehow through my drive I ended up at the path to the lake. Deciding it wouldn't hurt to go see once more if they came back. I reached the lake and saw the mansions lights still off. I turned around to go back when I smacked into something or in this case someone.

It turned out to be Ahmed.

"What are you doing here?" I asked hugging him.

"You forgot our burger date little girl," he said grinning, "So this is where you disappear off to."

"Yeah, it's a nice place, how did you find me?" I asked

"Your car," he said pointing back, "There still not back."

"I didn't expect them to be," I said.

"You come here often Cagalli," He asked

I paused for a second and said, "Almost everyday…I don't know Ahmed, I just think that maybe they'll be there."

"You've only known them for less then 6 hours, why so attached?" he asked

I sat down on the sand, "You know Ahmed…I really don't know. But somehow my body drags me here everyday in hope that they'll come back."

"You want them to come back?" he asked

"I shouldn't want them to come back, but I really do," I said, "Let's go."

Arms connected we both arrived at my car and I sat in the car with him.

"Ahmed why did you exactly tell me to stay away from them?" I asked

He was staring out the window, and said nothing for a while.

"Is it because they're vampires?" I asked

He looked at me and said, "How'd you know?"

"I have my sources," I said grinning.

"Yeah that was why, I'm afraid of you getting hurt," he said sheepishly, "But, like I said before, they haven't killed anyone, so can't really ask you not to."

"How many people exactly know all this?" I asked

"Your uncle and me and my mom," he said, "You uncle knows because he was friend with Yamato's parents and he keeps there secret safe from the others of the community."

"He wanted me to stay away from them," I said.

"He was probably worried you'd find out and tell others," he said.

"I don't tattle tale," I said, "I would never blurt out something as big as this out."

"Maybe, but risks are high," he said.

"How do you know?" I asked

"They saved my mother's life a while back, from a vampire and their secret came out," he said, "I've never been close to them because of what they are. Their control over how much they can drink can slip easily and with that fear no one tries to be near them."

I nodded.

"Are you scared of them?" he asked

"Not really, I haven't gotten a reason to be scared of them," I said

"And them being vampires isn't a reason enough?" he asked

I shook my head and said, "That doesn't change anything."

"Well your decision, like I said before, if you're smart, you'll stay away from them," he said.

"Then I'm not smart," I said.

"That's fine by me," he said.

"Will it change anything between us?" I asked

"Never Cagalli, we'll be friends until we're old and wrinkly," he said

"Eww," I said laughing.

I drove him home first and said, "I'll rain check that burger date tomorrow okay?"

"Fine but you're paying," he said and slipped inside.

I drove back home in happiness. I was happy everything was turning okay. The mystery behind my friend and Athrun was gone, and life was a clear picture.

I arrived home and heard a shuffling in the trees, and looked up, to see nothing. There was a sudden draft of cold air and I shivered hurrying inside.

Looking at the forecast that held snow tomorrow suddenly, I was glad I had bought a new jacket. I slipped into bed once more thinking of Athrun again. No matter what I knew I'd always like or maybe even love Athrun all the time, vampire or human. It didn't matter.

The next day Ahmed called my place for a ride, because he bike had a flat tire. There was a nice layer of snow, and having no boots I went onto the snow with running shoes. I quickly drove to Ahmed's house then to school.

I grabbed my bag, and we both walked to the main entrance. I was about to enter when something cold hit the back of my head. I looked back icily at Ahmed and soon a snowball fight ensued between us as I was chasing him around with snow in my hand stuffing his jacket with the snow, and our laughs ringing everywhere. In exhaustion we both lay on the snow still laughing.

"We'll call this a draw," I huffed.

"Fine, rematch after school," he said getting up and pulled me up with arm that ended up in a hug.

"You weigh a ton," he joked out, and I moved away from him glaring.

"Maybe you're just weak," I said.

"Well if I can lift a weight like yours off the ground, I don't think so," he said.

"Are calling me fat?" I said.

"No," he said seeing a snowball in my hand.

"Then you better take that back," I said.

"I take it back, ma'am," he said.

"Good," I said dropping the snow, "Now I'm cold."

"Aww does my little Cagalli want a hug," Ahmed asked

"Sure," I said as he wrapped an arm around pulling me close, "You owe a hug after throwing all this wet snow on me."

"True," he said, "Want to head in?"

"Yeah, it's freezing out here," I said

We were walking inside and went to our English class. When lunch came around I suggested getting burgers, and we left the cafeteria and to my car and drove to the nearest burger joints. We talked about random stuff, eating our burgers, and went back to school. We forgot to have our rematch of the snow, and decided it would happen next time it snowed. That was what the next few weeks were like and soon it had been a month since I had last seen my supposedly friends.

It was a nice sunny weekend and Ahmed and I decided to go fishing at my lake. Getting bait and poles, we arrived to the deck and a sat down flinging the fishing rod as far as we could in the water. I couldn't help but look at the mansions far away still bright and gleaming as ever which the tall trees shading the structure. I leaned my head on Ahmed's shoulder bored and lazy of waiting, and was about to fall asleep when my rod tugged. With Ahmed's help we pulled the string and out came out a fish. It was small, but hey it was my very first fish. I was jumping around hugging Ahmed at my success, and then he caught one too, but it was bigger. I didn't care because I caught a fish.

I touched the back of neck and felt my supposedly claim mark not there, weeks before I felt the two holes in my neck but with each passing day it would get smaller.

'Athrun,' I thought in my mind.

Nope I didn't forget him, for some odd reason whenever I felt my mark I would always think of Athrun, but now that it was gone, I felt detached from him. Maybe he was the one who claimed me? But that was stupid he had no interest in me whatsoever. Well he did kiss my hand, but he always ignored me.

"Cagalli," Ahmed said waving his hands around.

"Yeah?" I said.

"What were thinking about?" he asked

"Just stuff," I said.

"What stuff?" he asked

"Nothing that important," I said sighing.

"You can't hide anything from me so spill missy," he said

"It's Athrun," I said dejectedly, "I'm confused about him."

"Athrun Zala," he confirmed

"Yes," I said

"What are you exactly confused about?" he asked

"My feelings for him," I murmured, "I don't know what I feel for him."

"Hmm…what's the first thing you think about when you think of him," he asked

"His eyes," I said immediately, "There so beautiful, clear and expressive."

"Well I know you like him," he said

"You think?" I asked

"Most people would have just said the colour," he said.

"Yeah they're a handsome shade of emerald and a tint of jade, though when's he's angry they turn violet, and when he's happy they're more jade," I said

"And you knew that in less than six hours as well, Cagalli your are definitely in love with Athrun," Ahmed said crossing his arms behind his head and leaning back,

"How do you know?" I asked

"It's in your eyes," he said, "And your voice. When you talk about your father and your memories with him, it was the same right now except you're talking about Athrun."

"You know me well," I said smiling brightly.

"What can I say, I'm a really good friend," he said

"Best," I confirmed for him.

He grinned, "Well Cagalli, I'm telling you know who knows how long it will be until Athrun comes back and the rest of that gang."

"If this is love Ahmed, then I'll wait for as long as I have to," I said

"I'll hope it won't be too long," he said

"Yeah," I said sighing, "But for your sake and Kisaka's, if Athrun doesn't come back in a few years, I will forget about him and move on."

"I'm siding with you not having to move on," he said

"I'm hoping for that too," I said, "

"Anyways you want to head back?" he asked, "We'll cook these tonight."

"Sure," I said looking at the mansions.

"Let's go," he said placing an arm around my shoulder.

It was another weekend and Ahmed and I were sitting bored as hell.

"I'm bored!" I wailed, "Let's do something."

"I don't know what," He said, "Want goes on a road trip?"

"Where though?" I asked

"Let's go north and go skiing, maybe California, or Vancouver" he said

I shrugged and said, "Sure."

After I told Kisaka, we both jumped into our car chucking a bag each in and rode off into the sunshine. It was a six hour drive both switching driving time, though it was mostly Ahmed who drove because I was sleeping my head off.

When we arrived at the ski lodge, we took a room with two beds, threw our stuff to the side and slept the night away.

In the morning, I was greeted with a snowball…you heard me right a snowball, and thus a chase ensued between my darling best friend and I, and I managed to drop a bucket of icy water on him outside in the cold. Revenge was oh so sweet.

I had skied quite a few times back at home so this was I required no lessons. I torn down the hills jumping and doing all that cool stuff, I guessed those lessons did come handy. I owned that hill.

Ahmed was an average at skiing and we both had a great time. Being bored should be a regular thing. Since I hadn't been around I wanted to buy some things, so I dragged Ahmed to many stores for souvenirs and some clothes. I needed more long sleeved shirt.

"What do you think of this?" I asked come out in a stylish black drape front sequin trim top.

"You look great for the hundredth billionth time," he said bored

"You say all the time, but seriously tell me the truth," I said

"I was telling you the truth!" he said, "All the time, you looked great in all of them, and anyways how would I know. I'm not a girl."

"Well you're a guy, that's good enough," I said.

"Are we done yet? Please tell me we're done," he pleaded.

"Yeah," I said, "I think I've tortured you enough."

"When we get back home Cagalli, I'm going to find you a girl friend for you to take shopping," he said

"Nah your good enough," I said seeing his face drop, "Let's get some hot chocolate," and his face went up.

We were both sipping our hot chocolate huddling close in the chilly weather.

"This was fun," I said, "We should go on road trips more."

He nodded and yawned.

"You want to head back, I want to look around some more," I said.

"You'll be okay by yourself," he asked

I gave him a look, "Don't worry I'll be just fine, and to assure you even more I took self defense, and I have training in martial art and karate."

"Yeah, I'm assured, but do call me if anything happens, I don't want to die of guilt about anything," he said

"Okay bye," I said waving as he walked away. I turned and started walking in the other direction.

There was a park near the lodge and I saw random strangers there, couples, joggers, children. I saw a couple kiss and thought about Athrun. I shifted my eyes to me hand and thought about that brief kiss. It meant something to me. My heart was stretched and I felt full inside. There was a bookstore close by and I decided to go in, deciding to go on the trail afterwards.

Inside like any other book store there were displays poster and aisles of different assortments of books.

One book caught my eye. How do you know when you're in Love?

Curious I picked it up. It started off with an introductory about love which I flipped through. There were a few questions.

Ask yourself: 'Would I be willing to let her/him go if I believed it was the best thing?' …Yes, Athrun I better not be wasting my years for you.

Ask yourself: 'Am I willing to wait for this person if s/he is not ready to have sex?' …Yes, I'm waiting for him to come back fro who knows where; I can definitely be patient enough for sex

Ask yourself: 'Would I feel the same way if s/he gained weight?' …Yes, though I doubt it would happen, I'd force him to keep in shape, because I wouldn't want to gain weight either.

Ask yourself: 'Am I willing to sacrifice my dreams to allow her/his dreams to come true? ...Yes…though my current dream is him.

Ask yourself: 'Do I respect and admire her/him?'…Yes. He lifted me up and walked with my weight across a lake, that should earn some applauds.

Ask yourself: 'Would I feel the same way if s/he got sick?' …Yes

Ask yourself: 'If you two were in an argument, would you feel the same way?'…Yes, it's good to argue in a relationship, keeps it healthy

If you answered 'No' to any of these questions, think about why you gave that answer. Is it a lack of trust? Is it because you're afraid? Is it selfishness? Do you need more time to get to know each other?

If you answered 'Yes' to all of these questions, wow, you feel very strongly about this person. It sounds like you're in love!

Psh…I thought, these were such basic and stupid questions. I placed the book aside and left the store. Well the book said I was in love, and Ahmed said I'm in love. And my heart is starting to tell me I'm in love. But where was Athrun to convince me that I was in love?

I walked back to the part and sat down on a nearby bench. I got up after a while and started walking along a path. Going through the woods I came across a deserted cemetery. I was wondering if maybe something bad happened to him. I was just wishing to see his face, and I saw something close.

It was a woman with that same sapphire hair as Athrun and the same eyes as well. She was in a picture with a smile on my face…or a gravestone. I don't know what draw me to it, but I kneeled down in front to the gravestone, the date of her death was a few weeks ago. Her name wasn't on it however. There were also fresh flowers in front of it.

I felt my skin crawl as the wind blew, and I turned to see a man, eyes red. Did I mention his fangs were out as well?

ohh vampire attack

Well the next chapter should be out tomorrow...tonight??(most likely not) Well if i don't fix chapter 5 up by tomorrow then saturday because i'm out all day friday

Till next time

Samera :)