Sorry for the wait. College around the corner… Here is chapter 10.

Hikari crouched next to her friend and lifted her up. Anissa's head lolled back and Hikari feared she was dead. It was only when she saw Anissa's chest rise and fall did she relax a bit. So Anissa was still alive. Thank the goddess for that.

The question was how did vampirism work?

Was Anissa already a vampire or did it work differently? She had seen on TV that sometimes rituals needed to be done to turn someone into a vampire. Was this one of those situations? Or was she already a vampire or?

Hikari shook her head. What was she doing? She couldn't just sit around here. Anissa needed help! But where could she go? She didn't know if Jin knew about the crazy things that happened on the island and she wasn't really ready to tell Kathy about her transformations.

Anissa groaned and Hikari's eyes traveled down to her friend's face. Oh crap. She wasn't in her human form. If Anissa woke up and saw Hikari like this…

She carefully put Anissa down and backed away slowly until she was able to hide behind the bushes. She peeked over the top of the branches to see Anissa getting to her feet. She was looking around in confusion and rubbing her neck.

"Must have gotten an insect bite," Hikari heard her say before she began walking up the bank towards her house.

Hikari watched her go in confusion. How could Anissa not remember getting her blood sucked out of her? Or did vampires have the power to erase memories? Suddenly remembering the vampire she turned her head towards the forest. Something was telling her the vampire was in that direction. It probably was one of her many crazy powers in this form. So she picked up the hem of her dress and began running to the forest. She didn't know what she was going to do but that vampire was going to get a piece of her mind.

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Vivi cast her senses out to make sure no one was near before landing in front of Gale's house. It was the middle of the night and the humans were mostly in bed or in their homes. Good. Attracting attention to herself out here would not be in her best interest at all. Gale would scold her for hours about it.

"Hey Gale!" she rapped her knuckles against the door and blinked in surprise as the door pushed open. That was weird. He usually shut it tight and she had to bang outside for what felt like forever before he would let her in.

"Gale?" the witch stepped into his home and stiffened.

Everything was a mess. The books were scattered all over the floor, the table and chair upside down. The telescope that Gale loved so much was in a broken mess, the glass all over the floor.

Vivi casted her senses out but she couldn't sense anyone nearby or Gale's crazy aura. Nothing. She couldn't sense him at all. She bit her lip and increased her range. Still nothing. The witch shut her eyes tight and used all of the power within her to cast her senses out. Where was Gale?

Nothing.

Exhausted, she leaned against the wall. It couldn't be. Lamonith was already powerful enough that he could move around? It was bad enough that his shadow beings were around but this?

"Why did this have to happen now?" she whispered. This was bad. The Harvest God was not here, the Harvest Goddess was in the body of a girl who didn't know about the Harvest Goddess and now Gale was missing.

A sound came from the corner of Gale's home. Something glass shattering against the floor. Vivi's head whipped to the direction of the sound and she yanked out some potion bottles just as she was attacked.

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This was not a good idea.

Hikari stopped to the rest. This dress was ridiculous. She couldn't walk in it and it kept getting caught onto stuff and the wings on her back kept hitting things. Maybe she should have waited until daytime to find him. "But vampires are burned by sunlight," she reminded herself. "So that wouldn't help. Plus at least I have powers in this form."

She shook her head. Focus girl. That vampire could be anywhere by now. Even with her powerful hearing she wasn't sure what kind of sound she was looking for. The crickets were really loud and the sound of the owls landing on the branches were loud.

Hang on.

Hikari looked up into the trees and almost screamed. There he was. He was sitting in one of the trees looking down on her. His icy blue eyes seemed to glow like a cat's did. She backed up a step out of reflex.

"You followed me," he said.

Hikari gulped and tried to muster all the courage within her. What was she dong? She had to be strong! "Is Anissa a vampire?"

He blinked slowly and chuckled. "No. Been reading too many vampire novels or something?"

Hikari shook her head. "I don't believe you. Now come down here and talk to me or I'm telling Kathy. She's the protector of this island and-"

Her words died in her throat as the vampire was suddenly on the ground and leaning close to her. She could see every single one of his silver hairs and those long canine teeth looked even more dangerous. "That is not in your best interest." He lifted one of hands and Hikari noticed that the nails were unusually long. He stroked Hikari's neck with them. "You look quite different. You aren't human yourself. I wonder what your blood tastes like."

Hikari couldn't move. It felt like she was rooted to the spot. The vampire leaned forward until Hikari could feel his breath on her neck. She couldn't move, she couldn't even blink. Tears began to well up in her eyes. "Someone," she screamed in her head, "Save me!"