Chapter 4:

"Also you'll have to give me a quick run down of everything between you two, how you know each and anything someone might try to use against you. Don't worry I'll be telling him to do the same, this is for your protection for I won't let anything you don't want to happen happen if possible." She stated.

Aurora pulled out a cell phone from her pocket and told someone on the other line to prepare and bag of clothes, blood and a gift of peace.

"One question before I write," Zero said as he stared at Aurora, who calmly glance back, "Just how far are you willing to go to me?"

"Ask yourself the same question of what you would do for a friend and then times it by ten, for that is within my power for sure." Aurora said as she turned her back to him. "I'll be back in a moment and when I do come back please have your decision ready, plus I need to finish your weapon too." With that she exited the room. Zero got up from the floor and brought the paper he was given over to the desk by his beating metal lump.

Aurora walked back through her halls where she found the only female servant she had in her home, Milly. She was Zero's nurse for when he was injured and she was Audra's chief, and seamstress apprentice. Aurora waved Milly down with a smile of pure happiness.

"Milly, I will need a small feast made for tonight for us and two new comers. Also if you could make a small cake for a boy, I'll give you the details but I'll need it before I leave." She said, "Oh, have you seen Jeffy?"

"Of course, he's down the hall to the right of the stairs." Milly replied, " Just call me on my phone to let me know what to make cause I'll be in the kitchen waiting."

"Will do, thanks." Aurora said as she made her way down the stairs two the second floor left wing. Taking out her phone again, she called Jeffy once more but closed her phone when she seen Jeffy pass by at the other end of the wing. Skipping her way down the rest of the hall Aurora turned the corner towards the way she seen Jeffy go and bumped into a small hall table knocking over a plant. Before the plant could hit the ground she kicked it back up with her foot and used her hands to set it back on the table.

"When'd that get there?" She questioned out loud to no one. She shrugged and then continued on her small quest for Jeffy. "Ah Jeffy!"

Jeffy her main servant and the left hand she would always need faced her upon hearing his name being called. Jeffy stopped walking at his brisk pace and waited for his mistress to make her way towards him. She appeared happier than he had seen her in many millenniums.

"Yes Mistress?" Jeffy inquired for the reason she had stopped him from getting what she had sent him to find.

"Jeffy, I need to go somewhere in about an hour or so." Aurora stated before smiling at him. "Tell me when everything's ready, kay?"Jeffy bowed as his mistress skipped out of sight. He had been following her everywhere since they met for the second time, when his wife, Milly was sick.

He had wanted Milly to be saved at the cost of even his own life, that's when she appeared once more. Jeffy remembered begging to a group of pure bloods for their help, all just continued to walk by but her. She stop and stood in front of him, she was only eight years old but already wiser than many vampires that were her elders.

"Thou has my attention so speak of thou's wishes." she said. All other vampires who then had passed him turned to watch. She was their first royal princess, many would do anything just to stay in good graces with her.

"I only ask for my wife's life to be saved, I don't have much to give in return but I am willing to do anything necessary for her." Jeffy said still on his knees in the muddy walkway of the side street for the poor.

"Where is she?" The girl had asked him.

"I can go get her if -"

"You dare ask the princess to wait!" Someone had yelled but was silence by the wave of her hand. Jeffy was attempting to mumble apologies but also stopped at her movement.

"We shall go together, thou was right not to bring her round wit thee in tis weather." She stated before motioning for someone to help him up. He was then lifted into her carriage, he didn't even know she had got out of. "Which way?"

Jeffy gave directions and the carriage left a crowd of onlookers both vampire and human alike as the traveled through the town to the outskirts of the city where many poorer humans lived together in groups. Jeffy had only his wife, by the time they got their she was getting sicker by the minute. He had almost panicked but still went to her side and held her hand.

"Thou wishes me to save her?" Jeffy didn't even glance back at the vampire child, only nodded. His eyes were for his wife and her alone. "She is very loved by thee. If thou is willingly to pay my price, she will be saved."

Jeffy could see his wife trying to speak to tell him no but he silenced her with a kiss on her forehead. "Any price is fine, Milady." Jeffy said as he lifted his wife into a sitting position. He watched as the little girl bit into the neck of his wife, at first it was fine everything was calm, then she bit down once more but using her bottom teeth also. Milly arched in mixed pain towards the child and the hand Jeffy held onto squeezed for all it was worth before going limp.

"She will be fine," The child said. "Thou's price, to become mine along with thou's wife, I would like caretakers who look after my health and not other agendas." The guard who was following turned back towards the carriage where and older vampire of tuned waited inside.

Jeffy nodded his approval for the price and went to stand so he could pick up his wife.

"My name's Aurora, thou is?" She asked holding her hands out for a hug she had seen other children do. Jeffy picked up the girl and told her his name along with his wife's. He turned to look down at his wife who was now resting peacefully when he was also bit. He knees gave out and he fell down into a kneeling position with the child's jaws still attached as she gracefully landed on her feet before him. She bit down a second time like she had before. Jeffy then became incoherent and dazed.

He seen glimpses of being carried into a room and his wife beside him. It was two weeks before he woke to find his wife gone and him alone in a room fancier than he had ever seen. He wobbled his way to the door, once opened a guard posted outside of it told him to go back and rest they would be along shortly. Jeffy was led back to the bed he woke upon and sat there. The child in his wife's arms walked through the door all smiles.

"Thou's up," She said before turning to a guard, "Food, thou will need food."

That was the start of a new life, the only life he really needed.

Jeffy wouldn't say it but him, Milly and Aurora were family, she was the little girl he and Milly were never able to have. He was thankful for all she did for them even more so for just being there. He would follow her till the end of days. Jeffy had made that resolution when she was only a child and stuck by it to this day while he worked by doing anything she required. Jeffy called Aurora after he finished bringing the car to the front doors and told her everything was ready for when she wished to depart.

"Okay Zero, I got the call now or never. The letter please." Audra said holding her hand out in front of her. "Don't worry I won't use any of the information you told me against your still precious people."

Zero held onto the paper tighter, he knew he was doing what was best for him but after doing everything for someone else all his life, he hesitated on the only thing he really could say he wanted for himself. Audra walked up to him and snatched the papers out of his hands.

"Stop second guessing yourself, I still have to give you back your weapon you know." She stated as she tucked the papers into an inside pocket of her emerald green vest. Audra wore and old English styled paper boy's outfit. Her shoes were a dark red with a grayish white and emerald green striped socks going well up into her knee length dark red jogging pants. She had a grayish white blouse under her vest that hung slightly lower than her waistline plus the same coloured wrist high gloves.

"Now for your gun then." She said as Zero moved closer towards the table to see what was going to happened to his lump of metal. Audra put her hands on the lump and made a series of movements that were too fast for Zero to fully keep up with. When she stopped to wipe her forehead with a handkerchief, the lump was in many flat rectangular pieces varying in size. Zero stopped watching to rub his eyes, he was still tired but knew he couldn't rest till he knew what was happening with his gun and Aidou.

"Ah, finito!" She said as she tossed two items at him. He caught both one in each hand, she had made to guns. "This one is the new and improved Bloody Rose, while this one is it's counterpart Poison Thorn. See the main thing you hunters' forgot about your weapons is that they're like us, there needs to be both a light and dark blended because no one is completely pure or tainted unless there a newborn." Audra said happily.

Zero smiled at her, he could feel the different between the old Bloody Rose and the one in his hand now, and now that there with Poison Thorn in his other hand he with his weapon felt almost complete.

"Can I leave this room now?" Zero asked. Audra stared at him like he was stupid.

"You didn't have to stay in here if you didn't want, you could have left any time." She stated, "Your my friend I will try not to make you do anything you don't want to unless I think you'll benefit from it."

"You could have told me that sooner." Zero quickly stated. Audra just shrugged before heading to the door. Zero followed her out.

"While I'm gone if you need anything just call Milly," She said while handing Zero a cell phone that wasn't even supposed to be release for another two years. "I somehow own the company that makes these."

Audra's phone went off and played 'Angel In The Night' by Basshunter. "Cakes are done then, good I want to see Zero's reaction before I go." A short sentence was then said after that but Zero didn't hear it as he was trying to keep himself from falling as he was dragged behind a skipping girl having a giggle fest all by herself.

Zero was brought the main entrance, where both a male and that nurse from before we're waiting.

"Zero, this here is Jeffy and this omazing cake maker is Milly." Audra said, "If you want to learn how to cook foods form all over the world she'll teach you. After she seen what you looked like she chose a flavour for your style of deserts in this home. My second flavour is strawberry apple but it's very unique since I prefer green strawberries and apples."

"Okay so what flavour am I?" Zero asked.

"Taste and find out." She said passing Zero a fork, "Did you make the taster for Aidou?"

Milly nodded as Zero took a bite. He shut his eyes and slowly savoured all the different flavours he never knew a cheesecake could have. When he opened his eyes back up, his fork dove for another bite while he stared at Milly with admiration.

"Good no? So what's your flavour Zero?" Audra asked.

"It's raspberry grape," He replied, "I've never had such a cake."

"Wow you got the flavour on first try, that's some tongue you got there." Milly said in her sweet doting mother like voice.

"What kind did you make Aidou?" Audra asked as she took a small box like bag from Milly's hand.

"Oh, his is blueberry plum, I hope he likes it." Milly said, "Zero what do you want to do?"

"See you later!" Audra said as Jeffy shut the door behind them. Zero didn't even hear them move as his tongue was trying to think of what Aidou's cake would taste like.

"Um, I don't want to sleep but I want to relax sort of maybe learn something?" Zero questioned openly.

"How about a book then, Audra has many books what would you like to learn about?" Milly said, "Follow me I'll take you to her personal library."