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When my feet touched the ground, the black portal disappeared. Looking around I could see a huge door right in front of me. Riku walked to the door and opened it slowly. I walked in and saw that a long table was in the center of the room. At the table, were fourteen chairs, six on each side and two at each end. There were a few chairs already filled with others. Looking at them, I could tell that they were also vampires. In the corner there were two guys talking to each other. Before I knew what was going on, they were making out. I heard Riku mumble something under his breath as he walked inside. Trailing him, I slowly walked in.

The two guys in the back stopped and looked at me. One of them stood up and appeared right in front of me. He walked around me and stopped back in front of me.

"The name's Axel. Got it memorized?" he said, putting his hands on his waist.

"Err...Yes?" His name was only four letters...Maybe he had issues with people not remembering him...Poor guy...

The other boy walked behind him and looked at me. It looked as if he was confused about something.

"I'm Roxas," he said sticking a hand out to shake.

I grabbed it and gave him a nice firm handshake. My dad always said you could tell a lot about a person by their handshake.

Riku grabbed me before I could introduce myself to Axel and Roxas. He took me to one of the ends of the table and made me sit down.

"Now, Sora, remember this. Whenever the Head walks in, stand up from your chair. Do not stare him in the eyes. This will make him think that you want to take his position. If that happens, I will not be able to protect you."

Riku stood to the right behind my chair. I counted ten empty chairs. Roxas took his seat to the chair closest to me. He nodded his head and stared at Axel.

After a while, twelve chairs were filled which left one open. The one at the other end was the chair that was empty. Obvious right? It's just like in the movies. The chair on my other side contained a guy with long silver hair. He glared at me and finally said, "I am Zexion."

"I'm Sora," I said, avoiding eye contact.

Finally, the last of the thirteen, walked in. He was tall and his silver hair hung past his shoulder. As soon as the other vampires stood up, I did the same. The guy motioned for us to sit down. When I tried to sit back down, Riku grabbed my shirt and made me stand.

"Welcome Sora. Do you know why you are here?" he asked.

"No, Sir," I said, avoiding all eye contact just as Riku told me to.

"You are here to learn the rules of a vampire. If you break one of these rules, punishment will result in death. You already survived the Change and now you are considered one of us. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Sir."

"The most important rule is that you are to listen to your Superior no matter what the cost. You are the lowest of the low which means every one of us are superior to you. Forget your place and you will lie in the ground among the others who forgot."

Okay, rule number one, listen to everyone and obey them. That's really all he could have said.

"Next, when I summon you for a meeting, you must show. Stop whatever you are doing, even if it is for a Superior. I am the only one here that can overrule anyone. Disobey me and I will kill you myself."

Once again, just show up when summoned.

"When you get hungry, you must not drink from humans. Only drink from animals."

I nodded to show I understood.

"Do not fail at tasks given to you. If you fail, I will determine what your punishment is to be. I rarely show mercy when I have to choose. Isn't that right Riku?"

I looked up at Riku and saw hatred in his green eyes. He bowed his head and said, "Yes, Master."

"You must address me as Master or Master Xemnas."

He paused then went on.

"Every vampire has a weapon, even the new ones. As long as you follow everything I have said, you will be fine. Learn to use this weapon so you will be able to use it when it is needed."

He tossed me something long from across the table. I caught it and saw that it was a blade shaped as a key. Making the blade disappear, I bowed and replied, "Yes, Master."

Master Xemnas turned around and exited as the others stood up and started to leave. Riku made a black portal appear and we entered it, making our way back to my room.

As soon as we got back, I turned to Riku. The comment Master Xemnas said to him had obviously brought back unwanted memories into his head.

"What was Master Xemnas talking about?" I asked. I was curious...so shoot me.

He sighed and shook his head. "Don't worry about it. There are some things better left alone and forgotten."

I wanted to cheer him up. He was really down about it and it was my job to do something about it. Sitting there I thought about ways to cheer him up. Then it came to me.

I walked over and grabbed a piece of paper. Grabbing a pencil, I wrote on it then showed it to Riku.

"Xemnas? What about him?"

I rearranged the letters on the paper and then showed him. When he looked at it, I could tell that he didn't know how to react. At first, he looked like he was about to grab the paper and tear it up, but instead he started laughing.

"Mansex! Where do you come up with these things?"

"I had to keep my eyes off him somehow, so I decided to play word scramble with different names. His can spell 'mansex.' Did you know that Roxas spells 'Sora' without the X?"

Riku sat there and thought about it then laughed some more. "Nice.."

We sat there and talked for a while until Riku had to leave.

"I should probably go check on Dad now. Try to stay out of trouble," he said as he smiled and leaving through my window.

I was so glad tomorrow was Saturday. Hopefully, Riku and I could go somewhere together and forget about our problems. Maybe he could teach me a few things with my new keyblade.


Thanks Vicky for the help and the the whole Xemnas thing. ;)