There, another one this week because I felt bad for making you guys wait so long for the last one. ^-^ Hope you enjoy it!

It was bright and sunny outside; the sun was up and it seemed like it was about two in the afternoon. So much for a little while, it seems I slept another whole day and night. I look over beside me and was surprised at what I saw when I woke up, now it just seems like a nice view. Mathias was actually asleep beside me, he wasn't faking it either because I kissed him and he didn't move. I thought he was dead at first but checked and noticed he was in fact breathing. It was an amazing sight to be honest, he looked so innocent and calm in his sleep. Since he wasn't frowning or anything his face was smooth and had no sign of any emotions. He looked relaxed, I watched as his chest began to rise and go back down as he breaths. He told me he didn't sleep unless he felt totally safe, I guess this castle really is safe if he's sleeping and the fact he must finally trust me. I look down blushing as I clench my fists, why wouldn't he trust me? What we did yesterday was so strange, but apparently, it's to bring others closer together and he seemed happy to do so. I sigh and shut my eyes trying to stop thinking about it blushing this much when you just woke up a few minutes ago can't be healthy.

I slowly climb out of bed careful not to wake him up, I walk over to the door to grab my cloak. It was the only thing I had to protect me from the cold and this castle gets pretty cold even during the day. He must have taken it off me when I fell asleep because I could have sworn I fell asleep with it on. I walk back over to the bed and smiled a little when I saw him turn on to his side I see his hand moving a little as if he's looking for me in his sleep. I bring my hand up and placed it on top of his I watch as he quickly began to relax again, I see the corner of his mouth twitch in to a small smile. I laugh quietly as I sit at the edge of the bed, I hold his hand and gently squeezed it watching as he smiled again. I would have continued until he woke up but I heard my stomach growl, I wasn't surprised I haven't eaten anything since we got to the castle. I get up again and gave him a quick kiss on the head before I left the room in search for something to eat. I knew he wouldn't be up until the sun went down so I had plenty of time to spare, I walk around trying to find the kitchen but no luck.

I huff opening the fifth door I saw in this huge castle, and it was another room! I lean against the cold stone wall and sigh, I'll probably have to wait until Tino or Mathias wakes up because there is no way I will be able to find this kitchen alone. I decided it'd be best to just head to the library and distract myself with some reading so that it'll be easier to wait and I won't be focused on my hunger. I began walking around again, I had some knowledge to where the library was so that was better than nothing and would make it easier to find. I made it down some hall that had an opening in the walls that allowed you to look outside and see an amazing view. I decided to check it out, I lean against the edge and rest my arms on the stone railing. I look out in to the forest and noticed how big it actually was, you could tell it was an active area the birds were flying in the sky you could see smaller animals hopping around the trees. It was nice, it was rather calming when you forget about all the monsters out there wanting to kill you. I turn around to start heading back in the direction I believed the library was at, I open the door and just as I thought the huge library was on the other side. I smile as I look around, this place really was the best part of the castle at least in my opinion.

I climb a small ladder so I could reach the top shelves, I look through the books trying to find one that interested me. I hum a song that Emil used to love when he was little, he'd have me sing it to him every night so he could sleep. I find myself humming it sometimes when I'm away from him it makes me feel close to him even if he isn't here. I sigh when I didn't find anything that caught my eye, that is until I saw this huge brown dusty book. It looked older than all the other ones in this library, which was saying something because all these books look old. I grab it off the shelf and climbed down the ladder, I walked over to a table and sat down. I placed the book on the table and stared at it, from what I can tell it's the history book of this whole castle from when it was first built to when it suddenly stops at the part mentioning the war between monsters and humans.

I open it up and coughed when dust flew up in to the air, I swat the dust away and looked down at a few pages.

1729, king Henrik decided ruler of this land though found joy in the smaller things in life had men build this castle for his beautiful wife who enjoyed luxuries. It took around twenty years but with all the hard work from the villagers and monsters they managed to finish sadly, they finished too late for the queen had died of an illness that was plaguing the land. The king had wanted this castle finished even though our beloved queen was not with us anymore, he wanted this castle in memory of her.

I look up and was surprised at what I had read, did it really say monsters? I thought they were enemies, what happened?

1766, Queen Elizabeth had taken over the thrown she brought peace to the land and managed to find a way that the crops would begin to grow once more after the terrible curse a witch had put on this land. Many believed she was a witch herself but instead of an evil one she was one of the good ones, many weren't pleased with the fact their queen could be a witch and they had her burnt at the stake. She lived until the age of forty which was when the villagers killed her. At that act, many monsters were not pleased with the humans though no one thought anything of it.

They killed their queen because they thought she was a witch? But if she did so well and helped them so much why kill her? It makes no sense!

1790, King Theodor was now ruler and everyone adored him. They especially loved his daughter a beautiful young woman who looked like her great grandmother Queen Elizabeth. She was named after her because of the resemblance and in memory of her death. It seemed like the kingdom would finally prosper until one fateful day when suddenly the monsters turned on us and began killing off all humans in their paths! Many died, the royal guards did their best to keep the beasts from the royal family and protect as many innocents as possible. Around this time princess Elizabeth was planned to be married to the head of the royal guards Mathias Køhler. He was around this time fighting off the monsters as well, all was going good the humans were pushing the monsters back deep in to the forest. The royal family felt the need to take extra precaution and send the subjects to a small village out of range of the forest and monsters so they'd be safe.

1800, We thought we were winning but it was all just a joke! We're no match for him and I fear the worst. All the guards are dead I'm alone in this castle now and I hope whoever reads this will find a way to stop him. Mathias has died, the royal family were brutally murdered by the hands of that monster. I don't have much time, this isn't part of the history book this is a warning. Stop him, he had someone on the inside doing his dirty work we can't trust anyone not even other hum-

I frown when it suddenly cuts off, a long line of pen going down the piece of paper as if the writer was pulled away. What did he mean don't trust anyone? What had happened back then and why did he seem so worried? Who was he talking about, and who had betrayed the humans? I wanted to know more. I jump when I hear the door open, I look behind me and saw Berwald. He just stares at me then walked over and took the book, he glared at the page then shut it ignoring the dust and put it back on the shelf without a problem.

I'm guessing he isn't too happy with me reading that book.

I frown in confusion wondering why he wouldn't want me not to read it, "Sorry, I was just curious that's all."

He glared at me and then just walked away without another word. I sigh and relaxed in the chair once he left, I figured since he was up Mathias must be up as well. I get up and leave the library in search for him, this castle was like a maze so it may take a while. Unless he's looking for me too which he probably is. I wander around aimlessly as I wait for Mathias to find me, I was tired of looking around the castle since I knew I wouldn't be able to find anything anyways. I make it back to that hallway with the beautiful view and surprisingly I saw Mathias who was staring down at the forest. I quietly walk over to him and gently touched his hand. He pulled away and quickly turned to face me, his eyes were red but quickly turned back to blue.

"Sorry, you surprised me. Did I scare you?" he asks grabbing my hand.

I shook my head and lied, "No just surprised me that's all. So, how'd you sleep?" I ask smiling up at him.

He chuckled and pulled me in front of him so I was against the stone railing and his chest was pressed against my back and his arms were wrapped around me. "Fine, I haven't slept in a long time so it was nice."

I nod, "You seemed relaxed, I saw you when I woke up. I would have stayed but I got hungry." I admitted as I lean against him resting my head on his chest.

He kisses the top of my head and smiles, "Did you eat?"

I shook my head no once more, "I couldn't find the kitchen." He laughs at me and backs away.

"Let's go get you something to eat then, we can come back and look at the view later. Okay?" He grabs my hand again and I nod.

He leads me down the hall and opens a door which lead to another hall, he obviously knew this castle well. We go through a few more hallways until we finally make it to the kitchen, I look around amazed at how big it was. He chuckled and kissed me on the lips, I blushed looking away.

"S-so what do you have to eat here?" I ask as I cover my mouth in embarrassment.

He smiles and opened a cabinet, "We mostly just have meat, since we don't drink from humans we use animals instead." He pulls out a big thing of meat and looks back at me, "This one is fresh, we don't get sick so even if the meat is rotten we can still use the blood."

I almost gag at the thought of that, "Oh, you sure that one is alright for me to eat?" I ask staring at it.

He laughs, "Yes, I'm sure. Tino caught it not that long ago and I can smell it and there is no rotten smell at all." He then grabs a pan and puts it on the stove.

I watched as he goes walking around the kitchen, did he really know how to cook? I sit down at the table and continued to watch him. He moved around as if it were nothing, grabbing all different stuff to season the meat with. Once he got all he needed he starts seasoning the meat then placed it on the pan, it took a while but once he was done I could smell it and it smelt amazing! He grabs a plate from the top cabinet and put the meat on it, he walks over to me and put it down in front of me along with a fork and knife.

"Sorry, we only have meat is that alright?" He asks sitting down next to me.

I nod, "it's fine, it smells really good." He grinned at the compliment then rests his head on his hand using his elbow for support on the table.

"Tell me if you don't like it, I'll make you another one." I blush then looked away.

"No need for that I'm sure it's fine. I'm not picky." I cut a piece of the meat off and picked it up with the fork, I bring it to my mouth and once it hit my tongue I let out a small noise of approval.

It was one of the best pieces of meat I've ever had, I saw him smirking he looked so full of himself right now. "You like it?" he asks though from the look he was giving me he knew he didn't have to ask.

I nod, "How'd you learn how to cook so well?" I ask as I take another bite.

He laughs then looked away smiling sadly, "She showed me, it's how we got closer actually."

I frown and look down at my plate, "What made you love her so much?" I ask softly as I set my fork and knife down.

He shrugs, "All different things, everything, from her looks to personality to abilities." The look on his face as he remembers her made me upset, he looked so happy but sad at the same time. "She was amazing, and her magical abilities were just perfect she was in no way weak though many underestimated her because of how she looked."

I smile a little, "She sounds amazing, shame the royal family died out."

He nods, "The king, queen and….she died, though all believe her sister died as well yet no one found her body." He sighs, "Some think the family sent her away to the village to protect her and the royal blood others think she ran off and died in the woods."

I go back to eating as I listen, "what do you think happened?"

"Even if I knew I couldn't tell you, that'd give away her location and endanger her and whoever is around her." He smiles and winks at me, "Though the royal family isn't the rulers of the land anymore, I still gave my life to protect them."

I blush and looked down at my plate which was now empty, I was full and honestly it was the best thing I've eaten in a long time. He gets up and grabs my plate, he walks over to the sink and just tosses it in there. "Berwald can clean it, so we should probably get ready we're leaving tomorrow night." He grabs my hand and helps me up and pushes the chair in.

"Where are we heading after this?" I follow him out of the kitchen, it was hard to keep up when he walked quickly like that.

"Different parts of the forest, we have no idea where Ivan could be other than he's not going to be in the same place he was last time I saw him." He looks back at me his eyes red, "He has many creatures working for him so when we leave this castle I want you to follow everything I saw, okay?"

I nod and looked around as we continue walking down a hall, "If you taught me how to fight I could be a little helpful in some way."

"I already had that planned, Tino will be teaching you how to control your magic better and use it for fighting instead of just healing." We stop at a dark brown door and he pulls out a key that was attached to a string he wore around his neck.

"When will he do that if we're leaving tomorrow?" I watch him unlock the door, his whole body looked tense as he slowly opened it.

"He'll be doing it while we travel, don't worry I trust Tino to keep you safe when I'm not around." I frown and peeked inside the room.

"What about Berwald, do you trust him?" He nods and stepped in front of me so I couldn't see in the room.

"With my life, he's just as loyal as Tino is these two have been my closest friends since I can remember." I watch him pull something out and smirk, "Well, actually this is my closest friend longer than anyone."

My eyes widen when he pulled out a huge axe, it had a long metal pole that was attached to axe it looked like it was literally made for him. It fit his height perfectly and by the looks of it was used quite often. He grins as he traced the dull part of the axe with his index finger, he looked a little too happy to be holding that thing.

"This baby has been my weapon for years, I never fight without it." He carefully hands it to me and I gasp at how heavy it is and struggled to hold it up. He pulled out something else and looked back at me, "You'll use this, until you can finally learn how to use your magic for fighting I need to know you have something to protect yourself with." He takes the axe back and hands me a sword.

The sword itself looked beautiful, the handle crafted perfectly so that every little detail stood out, it looked sharp the slightest touch could cut right through you. Thankfully it wasn't as heavy as his axe, I liked it. He hands me the sheath, I put the sword inside and strapped it to my shoulder. "What else do you have in there?" I ask trying to peek again.

He chuckles, "Armor, and more weapons. I'd give you some but you seem to struggle as it is just holding that sword." He smirks shutting the door, "Your delicate little body can't handle any more weight." He teased and I didn't like it.

I glare at him, "I'm not delicate, I'm not as weak as you think I am you know!"

He laughs and kisses me, "I know, I'm just teasing you."

Once he shut and locked the door he leads me to another room, "Work with Tino before we leave, at least you'll have some experience before we go. I'll be busy preparing for the trip so I can't be bothered, alright?"

I nod, "Alright, will you be working during the day too?"

He shook his head no, "Too risky, and I can't use your cloak because you need it so I'll meet you back in the room once the sun rises. We can sleep together again."

Suddenly Tino pops up from behind the door grinning, "So you two finally slept together? About time, figured Mathias would have gone crazy from lust." He teased.

I blush and hide my face behind my hands, Mathias just growls. "We haven't done that so drop it, it's none of your business what we do when we're alone."

He sighs, "Alright, alright. I get it, come on Lukas let's get started, shall we?" I nod and moved my hands down to my side.

I began walking in to the room when I was pulled back, Mathias tilts my head back so I was looking up at him, "I'll see you later, be careful. Tino won't go easy on you but I will hurt him if he hurts you." He leans down and kisses me.

I hum in approval as I shut my eyes but before I could do anything else I feel the pressure leave my lips, I open my eyes and sigh when I saw he was gone. I step inside the training room and jump when the door slams shut on its own. I look around nervously, I see two bright blue eyes staring at me. Tino walks over to me and smirks, I didn't like the look on his face.

"I see you're staring at my eyes, all vampire's eyes are different mine just happen to glow a brighter blue when I'm feeling a strong emotion." He sighs and swings a sword around carelessly, "Now, let's get started. I want you to try and block this sword when I throw it at you, I want you to make a shield it's simple so I expect it done by at least the fourth try."

Before I could say anything a sword suddenly flew at my face, I gasp and put my hands up shutting my eyes. I feel a sudden breeze and soft whistling noise past my ear, I open my eyes and saw Tino frowning with his hands on his hips. "W-warn me next time!" I shout standing up straight.

He huffs, "In battle there is no warning, you need better reflexes. Again!" Once more a sword suddenly flew at me, I quickly put my hands up and tried thinking up a shield or something to block it but nothing happened. I jump to the side dodging the sword that would have hit me directly in the chest if I hadn't moved.

He's really trying to hit me! "I-It's not working!"

Tino shook his head ignored my complaint, "Again."

We spent hours on training yet I made no progress, Tino was getting annoyed and I was growing nervous the more annoyed he got because the swords came at me faster. One time I had scraped my knee and tore a hole in my pants, he didn't care and just told me to get up. As he continues to throw swords at me I continue to fail, I kept telling him all my magic can do is heal there is no defense or anything like that but he wouldn't listen! I see the sun beginning to rise, I was hoping he'd finally let me have a break but that wasn't the case.

"Again, are you even trying?" he paused for a moment then I see him smirk, "Mathias was right, you are weak. The princess would have done it on her first try." He shrugs and turns around to walk away. "Maybe it's pointless teaching such a weak human?"

I clench my fists and glare at him, "I'm not weak, do it again!" I shout, it hurt when he said that. I don't want to be compared to the princess.

Tino smirks and like all the other times, quickly threw another sword at me. It came fast, faster than all the others. I shut my eyes and concentrate only on my magic, I feel something beginning to form I almost have it, I got it! I open my eyes when I believe I had finally summoned a shield but there was nothing. I didn't have time to react the sword came at me and was seconds from hitting me, what do I do!? My eyes widen as the sword gets closer, it was aimed right at my face. I began panicking hoping Tino wasn't actually going to let it hit me, it was moving so quickly then just as it was about to hit and it was centimeters from my face I see someone grab it. I release a breath of air that I was holding in and fall to my knees suddenly feeling weak, Tino was going to let the sword hit me he isn't as nice as I thought he was. I look down at my lap and glare at the floor, I can't believe I couldn't summon the shield. I look up when I hear the sword fall to the ground with a loud clank, I see it was surprisingly Berwald who caught it.

He was glaring at Tino, though it didn't seem as bad as the looks he gives me. Tino pouts and looks away.

"I was just trying to get him emotional enough he'd summon something, anything would have worked but nothing happened." He sighs, "I hate to say it but I really don't think he'll be able to do anything but heal."

I get up and head towards the door, I can do it I just need more practice that's all! I slam the door shut as I leave the room and head towards Mathias's room. I hear Tino calling for me but I ignore it, I wanted to see Mathias right now and no one else. I know he'll tell me I can do it, he won't go throwing swords at me either! He'll hold me and tell me it'll be alright, he'll probably threaten Tino too since he was throwing swords at me and almost killed me. I turn a corner smiling a little as I think about what he may do, when his anger isn't aimed towards me I don't find it as horrible. I smile even more when I see him as I enter the last hall way, I was about to call him but my eyes widen when I see him drinking from some animal. He had a whole deer on the ground and he was drinking from it as if he hadn't eaten in days. I nearly gag as I watch his teeth tear in to the flesh causing blood to cover his jaw and mouth. I watch him look up when he noticed the sun was rising, he growled and threw the rest of the deer away I hear it fall to the ground outside in the forest. It was easy to dispose of since we were in the hall with the view, I wanted to walk up to him but he still looked tense. I watch him begin to walk away probably heading to his room to clean up, I decided to wait a few minutes before following so he had enough time to get everything done. I awkwardly head to his room hoping he wasn't covered in blood still, I never seen him feed off anything before. Even when he was drinking from me it's not like I saw it, and he wasn't covered in blood either.

I make it to the door and slowly opened it, as I peek inside I see him sitting on the bed staring out the window. "Hey, did you get everything you needed to done today?" I ask as I step in.

He turns around and smiles at me, no blood to be seen. "Yeah, how'd training go?"

I huff and sat down next to him, "Not so good, Tino nearly killed me if Berwald hadn't shown up I probably would have had a sword through my head."

He frowns and checks me out, probably searching for any injuries. He stops once he made it to my knee, "You got hurt." He muttered.

I nod, "I fell dodging one of the swords, he wanted me to summon a shield but…. I couldn't."

He sighs and leaned forward kissing me on the forehead, "You'll get it eventually, just be patient." He wraps his arms around me and pulls me on to his lap. "Check out the view, the forest always looked beautiful at night." I stare out the window and noticed he was right.

"Yeah, it doesn't look amazing." I feel him rest his chin on my shoulder and looked outside as well, "Hey Mathias, can I ask you something?" I ask lightly squeezing his hand.

"Hmm?" I fell him kissing down my neck his fangs lightly tracing a vein, I shiver but tried to remain in control.

"Do you miss being human? I mean, did you ever wish you died with the others?" I ask softly, he sighs and stops kissing me. He pulled away a little just enough we had space between us.

I turn around to face him, I hope I didn't upset him too much. "I do, for both of those. Since I'm a vampire I can't die, not that easily anyways. Watching people die constantly, makes me wish I wasn't like this and I had perished with everyone else." He looks down, "But, I guess I can't change that at least one thing decent came out of this."

I frown in confusion, "And that is?"

He looks up smiling at me, "You."

He pulled me closer once more and kissed me on the lips, rougher than he usually does. I feel his hands wandering my body, he unties the string on my cloak and pulls it off. My eyes widen as I look up at him what was he doing!? He tossed my cloak and I saw it land on the floor, I try to sit up so I could hang it up somewhere but he gently pushes me back down and smiles.

"You make me feel like I have some of my humanity back. When I'm with you I feel emotions, I haven't felt in years, I-I don't want to lose that." He lays on top of me holding on tightly. He hides his face against my shoulder, "I don't want you to leave me, promise you'll stay with me." He whispers.

I felt my chest tighten, I wrap my arms around him and grip the back of his shirt as I stare up at the ceiling. "I promise, I won't leave you."

^-^ There you go, hope you enjoyed that. Next chapter will have more information on Berwald and Tino. Explaining why they became vampires, how and what had happened to them during the war.