Place: Tulsa House of Night Dinning Hall. Time: Breakfast.

"Where's Ikano?" Niles asked the female at the table. She shrugged and went back to her food.

"So how did you sleep Vlad?" Cupid asked as he picked up his breakfast sandwich.

"I had an odd dream that Niles took me out of."

"Sorry man, were you getting laid?" Niles replied.

"Nah, that part already happened."

"Then no harm no foul."

The red head from the day before came up to the table. She looked a little sad.

"Ikano asked me to give you guys this." She handed a folded piece of paper to the closest of them. They all fought over it. She turned her attention to Vlad. He noticed she had gorgeous blue eyes; he was a sucker for a girl with blue eyes.

"You must be Vlad. I'm MJ."

"MJ? What does that stand for?"

"Mary Jane. I'm a comic book fan and since I could change my name and I have red hair I thought it was the best choice."

"Like from Spiderman then? I'm from New York."

"Really? Could you tell me about it while I give you a tour of the school?"

Vlad got up and smiled at her. He nodded and walked with her out of the hall. Her groupies didn't follow. He learned that she was Zoey's fledgling.

"So, I think you should come to the full moon ritual the dark daughters are hosting tomorrow." Mary Jane said as they stood outside of Vlad's homeroom.

"Really? Why should I?"

"Because I asked? And I can see the way you've been looking at me."

"But youcan't be innocent of the act of looking either, MJ. What affinity do you have that you're the leader of the dark daughters?"

"Water." A bell rung in the building. "Well I have to go."

Vlad didn't agree as he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her close. He kissed her gently on the cheek. "Now you may go." She walked away quickly, her cheeks red, and her lips widened into a smile.

He walked into his homeroom. The blonde female vampyre smiled at him. Her marks were swirly and had many things to do with water. She introduced herself as Erin and then introduced him to the class when they all came in. They took to him well and a student who was apparently Erin's fledgling. His name was Marrow. He too was friends with MJ, the boy following her the day before. He was very close with the vampyre with a fire affinity's fledgling, one of the females.

As they left the classroom they headed different directions. Vlad was headed to Sociology. Zoey was very helpful in the class and even pointed him in the right direction for his next class.

He met his teachers for his other classes, leading up to lunch. In each the students looked at him like a stigma but didn't say anything to or about him. As he walked out of his last class on his way to get food Stark grabbed his arm.

"What's up?" Vlad asked him as he was lead gently away.

"The vampyres from Baltimore are here to meet you." Vlad gulped.

Zoey's Office: Half an Hour before Lunch

"It's nice to meet another Priestess of the same generation." Zoey said with a smile as she grasped Cleo's forearm. "But coming without a warrior?"

Cleo looked at the weird hand shake and looked to the other two. They both shrugged. "We have one."

Tilla blushed and put her hand to the sword on her hip. She heard a sigh inside her. She questioned it but got no reply.

"Zoey-slut! You don't remember me but he have met!" Eden said with a smile. Zoey figured they must have for her to call her that. "You're still not a slut, are you?"

"No! Only one guy for me!"

"You choose Stark right? I feel for the guy."

Tilla hadn't said anything upon arriving at the HoN. She felt uncomfortable. She sat in one of the chairs as the others talked. It was a while before Stark came in with the boy they were waiting on.

Tilla put her eyes on the Vlad immediately; he did the same. He looked in her eyes and was suddenly remembering his dream the night before. He almost called the name of that woman until he noticed the mark being normal. She noticed his mark and almost started crying.

Don't be sad. Your worries are over. A voice barely said in her head.

"Vlad this is Cleopatra, Tilla, and Eden." Zoey said, motioning to each in turn.

Vlad saw the sword on Tilla's hip. "You are her."

"Her who!" Tilla spat out. Oh shit.

"Kaine?"

Stark along with the women from the Northeast looked at him as if he was on some illegal drug. "How do you know that name?"

Well you see, as a dead spirit I might have learnt how to invade people's dreams.

You what!

Vlad had said the same thing about Kaine invading his dreams. He held up his hand to Tilla and she automatically high fived him.

"She told me that sword was mine now."

"Kaine did what!" Tilla yelled inwardly but only got a serene nothingness. "It's our sword! She just can't expect me to give it away!"

Eden sighed and knew that boy wasn't lying. She looked at Tilla and was about to reason with her. There was no chance of convincing her. She found some of her original allegiance to Kaine and started unhooking the belt from her friend. Tilla looked down and found incapable of stopping her soul mate. She stormed off when it was being handed to the boy.

"I'm sorry." Vlad said as he looked at the hilt just to make sure it was the right sword.

"No. She has to move on, and carrying that won't help." Eden turned back to Zoey's desk and grabbed the hefty book. "You can have this too."

"What is that?" Stark asked. "I think I may have seen Kaine with it while you two were down here the first time."

"You did. I'm assuming only he can read it." Eden replied. She eyed the door. It didn't take her long to follow her soul mate to the rooms Zoey had set up for them.

"If he can't it will make a fabulous addition to your library." Cleo smiled. She looked at Vlad, getting tired of this meeting. "Young man! The original owner of that sword always had friends, she never relied on us but we were the only thing she had of worth were her friends. Remember yours."

"May I go?" Vlad asked after Cleo had walked off after her friends. Zoey nodded. She slumped into her chair. Stark went to her side.

"I don't know if I can handle this."

"You defeated Neferet; you can handle one kid."

"What was Kaine like?"

"What do you mean? Looks, personality?"

"Personality."

"She was odd. She wasn't like the other fledglings that were here at the time. It was like she knew exactly how to stop Neferet and Kolona, but she didn't feel it was her fight so she stayed out of it."

Zoey nodded at looked at the far wall.

So, I've dediced to make this a Trilogy, so as soon as I finish this one I'll be getting to the third one. I may tell you the title closer to the end. I will tell you it will take place across the globe. I'm also planning on throwing in a few more chapters with songs, mostly for my own mental sanity. The only song I've been content to listen to since writing the second to last chapter in Kaine's Story is "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love Again" so I'm hoping to get a different one in my head. So Review because you don't want to feel my wrath.