Disclaimer: Do not own wizard101. P.S. The vampire part was inspired by a YouTube video I had watched of a blonde girl being sacrificed to a bunch of vampires. I forget the name of it, but search up "Blonde girl sacrifice" on YouTube. You should find it pretty easily. Now, back to the show!

( JUSTIN'S ROYAL ESTATE )

The picture the dark wizard had dropped earlier sat on the table in the middle of Justin's crafting room ( in the room downstairs under the stairs leading up to the bedroom ), which was surrounded by the four currently known crafting stations ( Basic, Housing, Equipment, and Card ), as well as a jewel crafter table against the wall closest to the stairs. A tall rack of jewels sat next to It. Seven large octagon-shaped ornaments ( one for each of the seven schools of magic ) hung on the wall above the equipment and housing crafting stations. A somewhat big table sat In the middle of the room.

Justin stood over this center table, looking at the picture the dark wizard had dropped closely with a magnifying glass. He found a name along the bottom of the back of the frame, "Kyle Greenbreeze", and what appeared to be a Illuminati symbol on the back of the picture, next to what was clearly a drawing of a vampires fang. Justin had heard of the Illuminati before. although he didn't know much about them, he had heard some of them were an evil bunch who worshiped Satin ( even making human sacrifices to him, or so said what he had heard. But these were merely rumors, and Ravenwood did not allow such conversation among the students ). He lowered the magnifying glass to the table and stepped away from it, a troubled look on his face.

"Whoever that dark wizard is, he seems to be working with the Illuminati. Satin worshipers, and sadistic murderers. Ambrose would fall out of his seat if he knew this was going on." Justin said lightly to himself. He then turned around to face the stairs leading back up.

"I have to get to the bottom of all this, and that means an unannounced visit to those Dark Cave vampires!" He said with more determination. He then grabbed his bow off the edge of the table and hurried out, being careful not to disturb Brooke and Chelsea, who were quietly chatting upstairs.

( SOMEWHERE IN THE SPIRAL )

"Heh heh heh. I wonder if Soulhunter has figured out my little clue yet." The dark wizard wondered to himself, as he looked out over his view of Dragonspyre. He was within a Dragonspyre castle that had run aground within the world itself. Oddly enough, nobody seemed to notice.

"Ah well. It wouldn't matter if he did. He can't stop me. Nobody can stop me." He said, as he turned away from the giant window and walked past his throne, and over to the corner of the somewhat huge room, where a jail cell sat, with Rebecca inside. She looked up at him in horror as he approached.

"Ah, good to see my lovely Shadow Princess is wide awake." He said, sneering at her. She had tears in her eye's as he looked down at her from outside the cell.

"W-what are you going to do with me?" She barely managed to choke out. She couldn't do anything about this horrible man. She had used up so much of her strength trying to get away from him. He just laughed at her evilly.

"Now now, just calm down. Nobody's going to hurt you..." He glanced away for a brief moment, then looked back at her, a wicked smile on his face. "...Yet." He laughed out loud at this little skit, before looking her dead In the eye. "Heh heh heh. Those bumbling Idiot's still haven't figured out who the Shadow Princess Is yet, even though she is sitting right before my very eyes." He said In his dark voice, then he laughed again. "God, I feel sorry for them. The answer Is right In there face, and they still can't see It. Puzzle Solver, Indeed!" He continued, then let out another delighted series of laughs, before turning away from her and heading back to his throne. As he sat down, he addressed Jacob.

"Watch her like a hawk. Beat her within an inch of her life if she misbehaves, but don't kill her yet. I want her alive." He commanded Jacob, who knelt down before this demonic wizard. "You're wish is my command, my lord." He said slowly, before standing up and walking over to the jail cell. Rebecca just looked at him as if he were an alien from Mars.

' "My lord?" Where did that come from?' She wondered to herself. She knew that wasn't normal of him. He would never bow down to a man as evil and as crooked as that dark wizard who sat on that throne, grinning evilly. But she was powerless to do anything against either of them. She couldn't even beat Jacob in a battle, let along this dark man!

'Won't somebody please save me!?'

( THE DARK CAVE )

Justin rode into the Dark Cave, and looked around. Coming from the entrance to Cyclops Lane, he had no idea what to expect in here. It had been almost a year since his last visit to the cave. 'Now let's see. If i were a vampire, where would I hide a young girl here?' He thought to himself.

He didn't have to think for long. Before his horse could take another step forward, Justin spotted two people hurrying down the street, large black cloaks over there entire bodies, hoods hiding there heads. 'Are those the vampire's?' Justin wondered. Deciding stealth might be a better option for this situation, he dismounted his horse and proceeded forward on foot, an arrow already stuck in his bow, ready to fire at the first sign of trouble.

As he sneaked down the cave, occasionally ducking behind fences and such to avoid being spotted by the vampires, a thought crossed through his mind. 'Did that dark wizard organize this to draw me off his trail? It would make sense he create more trouble around Wizard City to keep me distracted, since he knows I'm on to him.' Justin thought. Then he remembered all the trouble that dark man had already caused, and confirmed his suspension himself.

'Yeah. That's got to be it. He's trying to keep me off his tracks. But it won't work. He'll have to do better then this to shake me off his tail!' Justin thought boldly, and he meant it.

Suddenly, a dark tower came into sight at the end of the street. From his hiding place behind a tall fence, he watched as the cloaked people gathered outside the tower. They mumbled among themselves, then started moving in a single file line into the tower.

'Wait. Vampire's can smell human's from a distance. Shouldn't they have noticed me by now?' Justin thought to himself, remembering that vampire's have more highly developed senses then wizard's did. 'Maybe they just can't smell me?' He continued to think, as he continued to watch the vampire's walk into the tower. 'No way. I couldn't have been that lucky!' He thought to himself, as he watched the last vampire enter the tower. 'Yeah. Somehow I'm gonna end up having to fight these guy's. I'm sure of it!' He concluded his train of thought, as he quietly advanced on the tower. Taking a look around to make sure he wasn't being watched, he looked in through a window near the door.

He couldn't believe what he was seeing!

At least 40 cloaked people stood facing a large white alter, which sat in front of two large statues that sat on either side of a giant banner with the Illuminati symbol on it. The whole room was lined with candles illuminating other smaller Illuminati symbols all along the walls. But the most shocking thing was what lay on the alter in the room.

A young-looking girl with pink hair slightly longer then the girl Justin had encountered in The Commons lay atop the alter. She was strapped down to the thing by the wrists and legs and couldn't move. She had on only a bra and underwear ( for whatever reason ), and looked absolutely terrified.

'She looks about 16 years old and around level 25.' Justin thought to himself, as he watched a very old-looking vampire step up to her from behind the banner, a small dagger knife in his hand. He grinned at her in a way that showed his vampire fangs.

"Please... no. I'm not ready to die yet... please, just let me out of here!" The girl pleaded in a low, horrified voice. The head vampire lowered the knife to the alter, and raised a hand to shush her.

"Shh. Calm down, my dear. This won't hurt a bit." He told her in a soft voice. He then nodded at the crowd of vampires, who all took a step forward toward the alter. He looked back at her, picking up the knife as he did so, and grinned again. "It's gonna hurt a whole shitload." He said to her, then laughed a very strange laugh, which all the vampires joined in on as if they had heard the most hilarious thing ever, and took another step toward the alter. Justin just made a very grossed out face.

'Yuck. Not only does he look old and corny, his joke's are old and corny! That's all I need for a completely ruined day.' Justin thought to himself, as the vampires all took another step toward the alter. 'Why are they going so slowly?' Justin thought.

His answer came when the head vampire raised a hand to halt the other approaching vampires, who all stopped dead in their track's, eyes glowing red with desire. Desire for the young girl's blood.

"Please..." she pleaded, now barely able to raise her voice above a whisper. "No..."

"Silence, victim!" The head vampire shouted, driving his hand down into the alter, which made a thundering "BANG!" upon being struck. She hushed up immediately. "That's better." He said. He pulled the knife out of its scabbard and raised it above his head. The other vampires all put a hand over their hearts, and knelt down.

'This has gone on long enough! I have to stop them now! But how?' Justin thought, as he quickly considered his options. If he had to fight the vampires, he might lose to much time. But if he waited much longer, she would be dead before he could take action. As he thought about this, the head vampire began to speak.

"Oh great and powerful Satin. Keeper of all who are wicked, wielder of death, lord of all darkness..." He began his dark chant of evil. Justin couldn't believe his eyes. The sacrifice was beginning!

'SHIT! WHAT DO I DO!?' Justin thought, idea's running a mile a minute through his head. He had never before dealt with anything like THIS! He was at a loss over what to do.

"Justin! Up there!" Princess Luna said, tapping Justin's shoulder to get his attention, and pointing up to the ceiling of the tower. Justin piered inside again and looked as the vampire continued his chant.

"On this great day you have delightfully cursed us with, we offer up this young woman's life to you." He chanted on.

A large chandelier ( as big as the crowd of vampires ) hung at the top of the tower, lined with candles and Illuminati symbols. Justin grinned.

"Luna, your a life saver. You know that?" He told her and she let out a small giggle. He took out his bow, notched an arrow into it, and aimed it up high through an open window. The vampire was nearly done with his chant as he raised the knife, ready to strike down on the young girl.

"Take this now, our offering. TAKE!" He finished, as he prepared to strike down on the girl's heart, who closed her eyes, bracing herself for the pain she knew was coming.

Justin prepared to fire at the chandelier.

'Please work! PLEASE!'

( AUTHOR'S NOTES )

Whoa! Major cliffhanger!

Will Justin's plan work? Can he save the young girl from certain doom? Find out in Chapter 8! Until then!

And before anyone starts bitching at me about it, I know the Illuminati contains people who worship Satin. Also, I happen to be a Mormon, so I just don't give a flying whatever-you-wanna-call-it about the Illuminati anyway. So there ya go.