I couldn't seem to figure her out; human, monster, demon?

Vampire. A echo rose within my thoughts, I gulped.

"You," her lips moved slowly but her voice carried in the dark shadows. We stood on a black plane, the only light was from a full moon shining high above us.

"Rinslet Walker, I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself properly," she bowed mockingly, her red eyes bleeding into my own. No matter which way I looked at her she mirrored my exact image.

The exact me.

A darker version of me.

"My name is Eldan," her voice startled me, the way she spoke, unlike me, sounded proud, superior. Royal. A woman who knew everything she must do and be.

She replicated me in so many ways such as; her slim, firm build, small oval face and her shoulder length hair. But there were other features we had not shared.

Her pasty white skin that shone dully with the little light contrasted my olive, beige tone,. She wore a slinky black dress that slung to her shape, hugging her waist and flaring out ending mid thigh. The waist had cut outs on either side, baring more of her white skin. And the sleeves of the dress were long and flowing, nearly reaching the floor, and they moved with her in an elegant fashion.

And then, one of the two biggest differences between us was the eyes. My sea green eyes verses her dull gray ones, her pupils coated an intense crimson red.

The second biggest difference between us was the most chilling. The dark surrounding and the little light shone on her pearly white teeth in a menacing manner, her fangs doing little in holding back their raw strength, their evil.

A silent shiver rose up my spine when she spoke this time.

"Rinslet, your silence confuses me," she took a step closer towards me, breaking off the small distance, "do you not know who I am?" her voice turned sinister and intimidating.

I breathed out a gust of air, not knowing I was holding my breath. She smiled at this, her fangs tipping through her bottom lip ever the slightest.

"Do you not know who I am," she repeated slower, more power locked behind her words.

I shook my head, "n-no."

Eldan frowned and took another step closer, "try again," she leaned forward towards me and whisper. I was too scared to even flinch.

"M-me."

"Go on," she urged.

"My-my other self."

Vampire. Trains voice cooed through my mind.

"Vampire," I whispered, my voice shaking.

Eldan cocked her head to the side, "and how did you become this?What are you, Rinslet Walker?" she questioned.

I thought hard for this one, I thought back to Sephiria and Sven, when they saved me. I came up blank.

"I don't know."

"I think it's time you found out," she smiled, her fangs bearing she grabbed my shoulders and jerked me towards her, my instincts not at all kicking in. Eldan leaned towards me, her teeth at my skin, she gave me the slightest prick and I felt my body freeze, time stopping in it's tracks.

We stood outside now, it was dark, the moon was shining behind dull clouds and in front of us was the cottage my brother and I lived at for the first eight years of my life. Everything that happened was always traced back to this peaceful looking home, high arched roof, a long, narrow porch and made up of round logs stacked together.

Inside, it was cozy and warm. I knew it all too well and felt like such a fool for not noticing it sooner. Train had taken me to this cottage, where him, Sven, Sephiria and apparently Eve, were right now.

Only they weren't here in this world. This was the world of imagination. It was all the memories I kept locked up in the back of my head, now, all brought back to life.

"Rinslet, we didn't have to leave you know," I heard Andrews voice, and jumped, glancing behind me. He stood near the couch and a younger version of myself was sitting on the smaller chair.

I remembered this night. This was the night before Andrews death. My hair was long when he was still alive, up to my waist and my body had little to no curves; no muscles.

"I know Andrew, I just.." I listened to the conversation as if it was the first time I had heard it. I gulped and glanced at Andrew. His jade eyes were soft, his facial expressions calm. This was the Andrew I loved, the brother who was kind natured and understanding. Not the ghost that haunts my dreams, the one who seeks revenge.

"I just panicked. Father scared me," the past me began to tremble, as she wrapped her small, frail arms around herself, "I don't want to be hurt."

Andrew stalked over to her, to me, kneeling and holding up her head.

"It's not you he wants to hurt Rins. It's me. Rinslet, I won't let him touch you," he pulled the young me close to him as she sobbed, "I'll hold you until the hurt is gone, I'll never let you go."

They, no, we had stayed like that for a long time before I lifted my head.

"What are we going to do about those Vampires that are hunting you?"

I noticed it before I saw it. Andrews entire being changed in a split second everything turned cold.

"Kill them."

"But Andrew-"

"Rinslet, they only want me dead because of what I did. They think I killed Saya," he stood up and walked away, frustrated.

"Andrew, I know you didn't kill Saya, I'll just tell them and -"

"It doesn't work like that!" He yelled, his eyes hard and his body shaking.

The room was silent.

"B-but, Andrew, her death, i-it was an a-accident. T-they wouldn't h-hurt us," my younger self spoke through her sobs. I flinched at how stupid I sounded. I sounded like I actually had faith and trust in vampires. I gulped and bit my lip.

"It wasn't an accident Rinslet. Someone set me up. They killed her, do you understand! They killed her to get to me!" Andrew yelled, thrusting his head up, tears streaming down his face.

"I don't understand Andrew, why aren't you telling me what's happening! I'm just as stuck in this mess as you are, and I have not a clue what is going on!" I screamed back at him.

I closed my eyes throughout the fight. I hated seeing this, I had hated fighting with him that night, I was so scared and so mad. I hated being left in the dark, and I was so scared of dying.

I think you need to watch this part, I heard Eldans smooth voice cut through my mind and my eyes snapped open.

I watched as Andrew raced over to the other side of the room, his incredible speed reminding me of what he had turned into. He was beside her in an instant, his hand struck out to the back of her head and then her body went slack. Andrew let her limp body fall into his arms, his eyes hurt and full of pain.

"I'm only trying to protect you, you silly girl. You will understand when the time comes."

Everything happened in a blur next, partially because I zoned out of it. I didn't want to watch anymore. I couldn't. None of it made sense. Andrew carried me back to my room and I only remember waking up in the bedroom. Andrew was sick, and then we were attacked by the vampires that were hunting us.

And then Andrew died.

And then I died.

None of it made any sense.

"A good brother to the very end," Eldans voice startled me. I looked around, we were standing on that dark, moon lite plane again.

"Why did you show me that?" I asked, in a way grateful but now more confused then ever, "what were you trying to accomplish?"

She stared at me, her red eyes intimidating.

"We aren't done yet."

And then more visions shot into my mind, I watched as the vampire that chased me outside grabbed me by my hair, pulling me high and higher, making me scream in agony before plunging into my neck. He tore it apart, my entire neck ripped out before he moved to my chest. His razor sharp fangs ripped through the flesh with no hassle, then he lifted his head and shoved his hand through the gaping wound, his hand began digging deeper inside of me until he ripped it back out. Veins were still attached to the bloodied heart. He lifted it to his nose and took in the smell of it before bringing it slowly to his mouth.

NO! I screamed, but it only echoed in my head. NO!NO!NO! I didn't want to watch anymore, but my eyes stayed open, forcing me to. My entire body trembled, feeling numb and lifeless.

I continued watching as the monster bit into my dead heart, forgetting about everything around him he went to take another bite but in a second his head was ripped off. His body tumbled to the ground.

STOP! JUST MAKE IT STOP! There was blood everywhere. My body laying battered and torn on the ground. Dead. Eaten. Torn.

Without a doubt, I was dead.

NO!

And then everything went black.

I was standing, my eyes closed shut, people around me scurrying around, constant conversations being drawn out.

"Sven, what mess have you brought with you?"

"You have to save her Sephiria, Rinslet, it's Rinslet!" I felt myself shudder at Sven's broken voice.

"Rest her in the back Sven, I will tend to her wounds, but we will have to leave her heart as it is, there is no fixing that right now."

"She's beyond help,and there isn't a way to do anything about it?"

"She is far from beyond help, but she is a lot closer then you would like to think. Sven, I will need you to contact Train Heartnet. You are the only person who has been trusted with his whereabouts and how to contact him. We will bring her back to life using his royal linage and forge a bond between them."

"Sephiria, you cannot possibly believe Andrew Walkers theory? He studied those methods for years! How can we do such a thing in one night?"

"There is no other way, if we do not attempt his taboo, then we will have lost two heirs in one night. This is what he ultimately wanted to begin with. We will bind the Night World and the Human world together."

"Andrew wanted this?"

"Yes, he has been after me for many years to conduct a spell like this."

"Why bond the two worlds?"

"Because great misfortune will fall upon them, Sven, Train Heartnet is the most important element. If you wish to save her then I suggest you contact him."

"O-Of course!"

Heavy footsteps faded into a light pitter-patter. Then Sephirias voice rose in the room.

"Princess, it is a shame we have met under these circumstances. And I only hope that you forgive what I will do tonight. Life does not get any easier from here."

A door was swung open from the other room and footsteps scurried into earshot.

There was a pause before I heard his velvety voice.

"What's going on here Sephiria?"

"Train Heartnet, it is short notice and I apologize for interrupting your evening, thank you for coming, are you ready for what you must face?"

"I am willing if what you have said is true, your clan is not made of lairs," his voice cooed, this was a different Train, and I could tell from his voice. This was the royal Train.

"I give you my word your Majesty, now, I must ask you to feed her your blood, Train."

"Sven, it is time begin preparations for the bond. Please fetch the golden stake."

"Train Heartnet, as you feed, I will cast a spell upon you. This spell will then begin to turn you into a Fern vampire. As a Fern, it will be very hard to control yourself and I am willing to fight you to the death if it must be so, but in order to complete the bond, you must resist the urge to stay in this form. You die tonight regardless Train Heartnet, but it is your choice if you want to come back alive or not. Do you understand Train Heartnet Emperor of our Beau Monde?"

"I will try not to resist then, but I have yet one question. What will this all result in?"

"The death of this girl has put us all in a dangerous situation. In continuing to forge the bond I will have risked each of your lives tonight. And after, nothing is to be the same. This I will see personally to. After tonight we follow a strict plan. Danger lives on more then it does this evening. I take all responsibility of any near misses that might result in following Andrew Walkers taboo, but it is inescapable now; you all have a bigger role in the night world then you were ever prepared for."

"I understand. Sephiria Arks, I will give my life for this girl, and also for our worlds."

"If so, then forgive me your highness."

"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

There was thrashing around and Trains blood curdling cry echoed in the night it made my hair stand on end, and it made my skin feel like it was being rubbed against a steel scrubber. I felt sick and wrong; slimy and wrong in my skin. In the uproar of it all I heard Sephirias chanting voice, hypnotically streaming through the madness.

"You will trainsform into a fern Vampire now, there is no undoing the spell until I bring you back to life. Die Train Heartnet and be reborn again. Reborn again. Reborn Again!"

The trashing got worst. I heard bottles breaking and wood snapping, and I heard violent, monster-like hissing.

It only made sense that it was Train.

"Sven, grab him and hold him still!"

"What are you going to do Sephiria?"

"I am going to kill Train and cut out his heart"

"Defungo!"

Everything began to focus around me. We were in the back room of a store, it was small but loaded with cabinets and shelves; only they were all a broken mess, scattered with the shattered remains of what were once probably potions. In the room I saw my body lying on a long wooden table. It was healed, no gaping neck and chest. There was no blood and I was extremely pale. But not as pale as Train was. I flinched at the sight of him. He was ghostly pale, powdery. He laid beside me, a golden stake shoved through his chest and the skin twisted upwards bearing a sort of pink-jelly like under skin. Sven stood next to my body, a golden stake in his hand, Train's red, bloodied heart in another.

"Sven, do it now," on command, Sven slowly sunk that gold dagger into the heart. He turned and slowly shoved my torn heart through the rest of the dagger and then stuck the tip into my chest.

I watched in horror and in amazement. The golden daggers that was stuck in trains chest sunk slowly, deeper and deeper, until it were completely submerged into him, the twisted skin unbinding itself and melting back onto him. I watched, baffled as the dagger sticking out of me mirrored the exact motions. Both of the daggers molded within us.

And then the unthinkable happened.

I woke up.

The 'me' that was laying on the table gasped for air.

I tried sitting up, attempting to fight off Sven, but he kept pushing me down until he held me there. Then I seen Train sit up, he looked at the 'me' that was struggling, she was fighting and refused to stop. Sephiria walked over and did a quick motion before her body went limp and fell back down.

My vision blacked out again, but before I left this memory I heard one last voice cut through my mind. With all the commotion I almost forgot about him, his sweet, husky voice. Train's voice flooded my mind, his last escaping words before the memory faded.

"I will protect you now Rinslet."

"Do you understand now?" Eldan stood in front of me.

"No, I don't. None of that was helpful."

"I don't mean the situation. That you have to find out in the world of the living." She answered without flinching.

I gave her a blank look. I just wanted to live a normal life, a life where I didn't have to be faced with all of this.

"Do you understand what you are now?" She stepped closer to me.

"A vampire?" I asked and she smirked.

"You are a vampire true to the purest linage."

I shook my head in dis belief, "that can't be. Wouldn't I be a hybrid of some sort? Some kind of genetic mutation?" my voice rose in hysteria. I didn't want to hear what I was being forced to.

"Wouldn't I be like Andrew?" I said a loud. He became an upry, half vampire, half human. And somehow I became a pure bred vampire?

Eldan laughed at this, "he tried too hard, his research ending in nothing but a huge joke for himself. He was a miss-carriage of genes, his only capable of becoming nothing but a fraud."

"He's my brother, don't you dare talk about him that way you bitch! I don't care if you are another me! Don't you dare talk about him that way!"

It didn't even take her a second, I blinked and she threw me to the ground, my arms positioned behind my back in such an agonizing way I screamed out, she pushed down on it, bending my elbow in.

"Beg for mercy, show me how much of a low life human you are," her voice sounded merciless, and it scared me. But I wasn't going to let her win, even if she did break my arms, which I knew she was more then capable of. She was holding back.

"Fuck you," I spat through the pain, it hurt so much, her strength out weighing mine in such a supernatural way it was incredible.

"If you can't even beat me, how can you expect to beat Creed?"

She let off my arm and I took a chance, attempting to scurry away and stand up but she grabbed me by the hair and yanked me as far up as I could possibly go. Her eyes shone a light shade of pale blue, the red pupil's making her look intimidating.

"Just stop it! I don't have any part in this war!"

"Do you not understand Rinslet? You are the night worlds soon to be queen. You have more responsibility in this war then anybody."

"I'm the soon to be queen of the human world, where I belong!" I yelled back through clenched teeth. I couldn't be a part of the night world, it just didn't make any sense.

"Your hatred for vampires is naive, stupid and foolish. How can you hate something you do not understand?" she challenged, those demon eyes forcing me to keep my gaze on her.

"I do understand! I understand it more then ever! My brother was so obsessed with it he made me understand!" I was trying hard not to cry, I didn't want her to see my cry.

"Your brother knew nothing of this world either. He should have just left it alone, he had no business becoming what he did. But Saya encouraged him on, even though she knew he would die."

My breathing stopped. Something clicked. Andrew becoming a upry and then Saya dies. Then he runs and dies too.

Somehow it clicked.

Saya knew?

"What do you mean?"

She didn't answer me right away ,instead she slowly dropped her arm and let me fall to the ground. I sat up quickly, and she leaned down towards me.

"I mean, Saya is the one who killed him. Had him killed. So be it, it's the reason he's dead."

"But, I thought they loved each other!"

"She must also stay true to her duties Rinslet, as much as she loved him she loved her title," Eldan explained.

I made the connection quick, without even having to think about it too hard. Only I didn't want to say it. For some reason it was too painful.

"Her duties as princess and her marriage to Train," I was such a fool. How come I hadn't seen it before? Of course Train would marry her. Not only was she beautiful, strong and his type – she was his princess.

"Is that why Train attacked Andrew?" I remembered the memory Train sent through the bond the day before.

Eldan nodded, "Train was trying to protect him. But he also had someone who he wished to protect. You Rinslet, that is when Train began to understand what Saya had been doing."

"What was she doing?"

"She was making preparations for the war. She knew about it before anyone else, the main reason she helped turn Andrew, she knew it would cause such a commotion in the night world and someone would have her killed, even though the courts had pardoned her from the crime."

"Saya was pardoned? They didn't care that she broke a big rule in the night world or that she assisted in committing a taboo?" my voice rose and Eldan nodded.

"If she is creating vampires, there was only one person who must have known about it, other then Andrew and yourself. Creed Diskins was there that night. He is the witch that cast the spell on the dagger."

I gasped. Creed. My chancellor? He's the one that killed Saya?

"But why?" I asked a loud and Eldan knew the question I was asking.

"Not only was she the princess, she was the closest thing to Train. Creed was obsessed with him, years back they had once been partners in a secret organization before Train began to smarten up. He wanted Trains power and he hated Saya for being the one closest to be able to experience it, and in his mind, manipulate it. The night of Sayas death, he informed Train of his planning and then killed her in front of him. Ripped her head off and then set her a flame."

I sat horrified by this revelation. I shivered, feelings bleeding through me silently.

"And then he killed Andrew. But not at first. He took him as a hostage and tortured him. Andrew died cruelly and tormented. His angry soul wandering that world."

I remembered his face, and the hatred in his eyes. I shook my head, "how do you know all of this?"

"I know the unknown worlds that have been kept hidden from you, but now, they can be revealed. I have lived with you for many years and in doing so, I have also learned many truths. Truths that I will one day have to reveal to you, as we become one and you accept your pure blood linage."

Just as I was about to protest, she leaned closer to me, a instant switch in her being.

"But, as weak as you are, I will not let you become what I am. If you cannot defeat me, then you cannot defeat Creed, the man who tortured and killed your brother. The man you are to truly take your vengeance on."

She leaned even closer until her breath was on my face, then I felt her hand on my throat, where my pendant hung casually. She grabbed it, digging her nail in it just as Train had, I felt the instant pain of it and yelped, trying to shove her away. Trying to protect the necklace. In the echo of my scream I heard her cry's as well.

"This necklace is as part of you as I am, what hurts you through it will hurt me. But it is also the only key to bring us together." she gazed at it, and now gently held it with her palm, "how did you get this?"

I gave her a puzzled look and then glanced down at it, tracing back to the morning I found it on the window sill, after my first encounter with her, then I just...I just put it on.

"I don't know," I summed it up in three simple words instead and she smirked.

"This was suppose to be the signal we were bonded. That you were now a vampire," she said calmly but then it all began to click together for me.

"No wonder Sven was acting so strange when he first saw it on me! And at the club, Train too," I noted out loud.

"How did you get this Rinslet?" she asked again.

"I really don't remember."

"Train just probably wanted to confuse everyone, he was the one en trusted with it. Speaking of which, he is worried we are taking too long. I will send you back now Rinslet Walker, and do not forget what I have showed you. You may call on me when ever you wish, but in turn, you must work hard. I refuse to give my power to someone who is going to die without a fight. You tell them that when you go back. Goodbye, Rinslet Walker."

She stood up and the world around her twisted into a tight spiral, her being slowly disappearing, those blue eyes that were imprinted in my mind were the last to go. I didn't go straight back to the living world. I pulled myself towards that familiar plane of nothing, spirits wandering around the black holes boarder. I looked around to find the right spirit, but there was no luck.

You must let them find you, never go looking for a ghoul. Eldans voice snaked into my mind and then everything flashed a bright white.

"Rins? Her Rins? Guys I think she's back," I heard Svens deep, rough voice and someone was grabbing my shoulder gently.

"Train?" I glanced around, confused and thought of the first name to pop into my head.

"Princess," his sweet voice felt like silk rubbing against my skin. It had felt like I hadn't heard that voice for years.

"Don't call me that, I hate it," I pushed myself up. I was lying down in the same bed from last night, Sven sat on one side of me and Train on the other. Eve was perched on the end of the bed, and Sephiria stood behind Train. They all had a confused look on their faces.

"It's just me, plain old Rinslet. Sorry to burst your bubbles," I spat acidly. I was hungry and hated waking to an audience.

Train smiled faintly, cocked his head to the side and leaned towards me, gently stroking my neck where his fang marks were.

"Of course it's just you, plain old amazing Rinslet," he said softly.

"What are we going to do? You have not made your transformation yet," Sephiria sighed.

"Eldan, I mean, my vampire me, said that she refuses to change me," not that that was completely bad.

"She does not have to power to-"

"I want answers to all my questions," I interrupted Sephiria and she gave me a slight glare but I ignored it, "if we are working together, there has to be no more lies. Or secrets." I confirmed, and racked my head for anything else I should add.

Everyone stared in silence for a while before Sven spoke up first, "name anything you wish to hear about Rinslet," it was just like him to say that. I turned awkwardly around, facing him.

"First of all, I want to know what role Creed plays in all of this. I still don't understand. I want to know just exactly what he is and what he is looking for. His plans and why you are banding people up to fight against him," I looked at everyone in the room. I wanted every single person in this room to put their words on the line, all the truths were to be spilled in this moment. I was no longer going to be in the dark of this plot, and if I was playing a bigger role then before, I sure wasn't going to be left behind in any decision making. I crossed my arms, getting comfortable in my place.

"I want to know everything," I re enforced, and stared at Train.

Especially from you. I pushed my silent demand through our bond, he replied with a light hazy feeling, something that felt very warm and almost like liquid.

You seem scared of me now Rinslet, it had felt like I hadn't heard his voice in years. The sweet sound of it purred through my mind, easing in and out of my thoughts like oil.

I'm not scared of you Train,

Then what is the matter Rins?

I'm tired of the lies. If we have this bond, you have to start being more honest.

Honesty and trust will only get us killed. He replied quickly, his voice firm.

How do you know that? Just because Saya betrayed you doesn't mean I will Train. I want to be there for you, and I sure as hell want you to be there for me. I'm not going to hide anything from you, I don't even know if I can. All I want is for you to treat me the way you treated her, I didn't mean to make it sound as acidly as it did.

The bond pulled and tightened, my mind beginning to close off, it felt as if I was really tired all of a sudden and just wanted to sleep. Emotions of anger, betrayal and hurt ran hot through Train, I stared at him, and he turned the slightest, his golden eyes piercing into me.

Train?

I felt that snap against my mind, and then instantly knew he had shut off the bond. But that didn't stop me from screaming out his name mentally.

Train!

It echoed through my mind, all I could do was stare at him. I knew I hit a touchy topic. I sighed and then looked away to Sven.

"So, who's telling me everything first?"

Authors Note:

So it has been a very very very very very long time since I last updated and I apologize so so much! I didn't forget about the story, I just have been busy busy = (

Lol no one introduced me to a fast paced life after high schoool xD JKjk

So I tried to clear up all the earliar questons in the series in this chapter, it is ALOT longer and I hope that it is pretty straight forawrd, if not, I will be repeating things through out the story, like the pendant, and Rinslets hate for her father and what role he kind of plays in this.

I think this was the perfect twist I was kind of looking for, and I'm really excited for the results, I will start updating every month again or maybe week to week, but because the story is getting longer and more in depth I probably need a bit more time to give you alot more chapters and information.

I hope this quiences (LOL spelled that wrong!) eeryones thirst, and I am going to start diving right in on this story once again, the next chapter is already in progress and alsmost complete, so I am very excited to be on the road again lol

Thank you so so much for being so patient with me, you all are the best ever and I wish I could send prizes to you all! But I guess you all just get my undying gratitude.

Thank you all so much again and I really hope you enjoyed!

Also, to clear up some things, this story IS NOT based of night world the novel. I have never in my life read about night world and never intend to. I simply got the idea from a sudden inspiration, and I would appriciate it if people can stop saying it's the night world series. I have no idea what that book is about, and I want to keep it that way. I may share common things, like Celtic Clan, with the night world series or whatever else, but I assure you, I googled. LOL but still, on all seriousness, please stop commenting that I have taken a great authors work. I do my best to uppdate an be creative so I just wat to keep that out there.