Trouble and Secrets Revealed

A/N: Sorry it has taken me a while to update, guys. I've been busy but I've managed to get this chapter up. Credit goes to Stephenie Meyer in a part of this chapter. I got the idea from Eclipse.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the vampires, Annalese, Adrian, and Julietta. I wish I owned more, but I don't.

Annabeth's POV:

I'd never been to any wedding other than my dad and step mom's wedding and it was completely different than theirs. It was so much fun. I spent most of it either with Percy, or with Bumblebee, Kole, and Argent, who I made friends with.

When the reception was over we were all so tired it was ridiculous. I felt like I was gonna pass out right then and there! I made it to my room…or, Starfire's room, before I passed out on my bed.

When I woke up it was about noon and I was starving. I got up out of my bed and walked down into the common room. Mostly everyone was up and finding something to eat.

I grabbed a clean bowl that was left out for anyone's use, grabbed a box of cereal, milk, and a spoon. I went to sit on the couch next to Starfire and ate my cereal.

After I finished and put my bowl in the sink I went back to Star's room to get dressed. When I was done I went back down to the common room and examined the room to see that all of the Titans were awake along with Aang, Zuko, Toph, and Ty Lee.

I walked over to Ty Lee who was sitting on the edge of the couch and sat next to her.

"Oh hi, Annabeth! How did you like the wedding?" Ty Lee asked.

"Hey, Ty Lee. It was amazing. So much fun. I've never been to a wedding like this before. I was surprised her dress was a modern one not an 18th Century one like the rest of her dresses. It was beautiful, though, either way." I replied.

"Yeah. It was definitely unlike anything I've ever gone to before."

We continued our conversation about the wedding as well as a few other things. Then Percy came in, spotted me and came over. Ty Lee looked from him to me, and then smiled.

"I'll… leave now. See ya later, Annabeth." Ty Lee said, getting up and leaving.

"Hey, Annabeth. How are you this morning?" Percy asked…

Starfire's POV:

I was currently doing the speaking to friends Raven, Jinx, and Cheshire about Julietta when the alarm went off, signaling that there was the trouble. Red blared through the room of common.

"Trouble." Robin said. I flew over to him.

"Robin? What is this trouble you speak of?" I asked him.

"Dr. Light is robbing the bank, the HIVE FIVE are robbing the museum, and Mumbo is messing with the pizza place downtown." Robin answered.

"What's going on?" Annalese asked who was now next to me. I did the repeating of what Boyfriend Robin had informed us.

"I'm sorry, Annalese, but this needs to be taken care of. I will need to take some of the Titans with me." Robin replied.

"That's fine, Robin. You need to protect your city. It's your job. I can't keep you all from doing your job." Annalese said smiling.

"Okay. Raven, BB, Cy, Star?" Robin asked. I turned my attention to Robin, waiting for him to do the continuing. "I need you to come with me to stop Dr. Light. Jinx, Kid Flash, Cheshire, Speedy? Can you handle the HIVE FIVE?" Jinx nodded. "Jericho, Kole, Hot Spot, Aqualad? Can you stop Mumbo? The rest of you please stay here and continue to guard Annalese."

With that we all left to do the stopping of the villains.

Annalese's POV:

Terra, Argent, and Bumblebee were playing with Julietta upstairs in Terra's room while Adrian and I stayed down to talk to the remainder of people that were here. I was so happy to be married to Adrian. We could truly be a family now. I was currently talking to Suki and Katara when Jinx, KF, Speedy, and Cheshire came back.

"That was easy enough. Now they are right back where they belong. IN JAIL." Jinx said smirking.

"You said it, Jinxie." Kid Flash replied.

Shortly after that, Kole, Jericho, Hot Spot and Aqualad came back with the good news that they had put Mumbo back behind bars. That was good.

I spent the next fifteen minutes reading a book when Robin, Star, Raven, BB and Cyborg came back with the same good news as everyone else. I smiled and turned back to my book, about to start reading again when I heard Terra's scream echo downstairs from her room and heard something thud against the floor. There was also some struggling I could hear from upstairs too. Then Julietta started to scream and cry. And then I heard laughter. It had not come from Julietta or the three Titans that were up there.

"No." I whispered. Everyone in the room looked to me. I jumped up and ran to Terra's room, everyone else following right on my heels. I was scared and upset when the horrifying scene met my eyes.

Terra was knocked out and lying on the ground. I could tell that she was not hurt but she will have a headache when she regains consciousness. Argent and Bumblebee were being held by two vampires. Each had a strong grip, one hand around their throats, the other around their torsos. The window in Terra's room was broken completely, a huge gaping hole in the center. In front of the gaping hole, holding a struggling, crying, screaming Julietta, was Daemon, the leader of the vampires who were trying to kill me.

When Hot Spot, Cyborg, and Aqualad saw each of their partners in danger, they tried to get to them, but I stopped them.

"NO!" I screamed, as the rest tried to pass me to get to the three titans and Julietta. "You can't get them to you safely. Trust me. You will either get them killed, or end up like Terra, Argent, and Bumblebee. Either that or YOU will die. Stay back." I said. They obeyed.

"Hello, Annalese. Long time no see, huh? I believe I have some things that are rather important to you." Daemon said, gesturing to Julietta, Argent, Bumblebee, and Terra who was still knocked out.

"Let them go. They are of no concern to you. You don't need them for anything." I said. "And give me back my Julietta." I said forcefully.

"Very well. Release Goth Girl and the Little Bee." Daemon ordered. The two vampires holding Argent and Bumblebee released their arms from their necks. They stumbled forward, clutching their throats and gasping and coughing. I took a step forward and grabbed them both, pulling them to me and pushing them into their partners' waiting arms. I kept my eyes on the vampires and walked over to Terra. I gently and carefully lifted her up from her position on the floor, thankful that they had not killed or harmed her. I backed up to my friends, Terra safely in my arms and handed her to a waiting Aqualad.

"Now give me my baby, Daemon." I spat glaring at him.

"Hmmm. No, I think I will keep her, thanks." He said smirking. I lost it then. My eyes tiered up and my hands clenched up into balls.

"GIVE HER BACK TO ME, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I screamed stepping forward, my eyes blazing, dangerous, fearful, and angry.

Daemon shook his head. "Is that any way to talk to your-"

"You. Are. Not. In. Any. Way. Related. To. Me." I said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, but I am, Anna. You can't change that." He said smiling. I cringed when he called me Anna.

"Don't you EVER call me that again, you son of a bitch." I spat, glaring daggers at him.

"Now… I should probably tell you… I was considering giving Julietta back to you at one point, but now? I don't think I will. Goodbye, Annalese. Adrian. Titans. Team Avatar. Demigods." After addressing each team here he turned and jumped out the window, Julietta still in his arms.

"NO!" I screamed running forward to the window. I tried to throw myself out after them, but Adrian caught me around the waist before I got there.

"Annalese, don't! There's nothing you can do right now. Jumping out and following them alone will get you nowhere but straight to death." He said turning me around and hugging me hard as I cried. I couldn't believe it; I just couldn't believe it at all. My baby-gone. Taken away from me.

Then Robin spoke up.

"Annalese, what is going on? Who was that? Why did they take Julietta? Why do they want to kill you? Please. Tell us. All of us." His eyes were staring into mine, pleading. I pulled away from Adrian to face everyone in the room. I swallowed and took a deep breath, closing my eyes. I opened them.

"Okay. You all need to know. You all need to hear this. From me. The vampire who has Julietta is Daemon. Daemon is the leader of the vampire party that is hunting me. He is also my brother." I started, seeing the shocked faces staring wide-eyed at me. "He took Julietta because he wants to kill her; Along with me and Adrian. They want to kill us because I… am their queen." I continued.

"What? You're their queen? Why? Why do they want you dead?" Terra asked who had regained consciousness. I took a deep breath before continuing.

"I am their queen because I was chosen to be their queen since before I was even born. I was the one who's got royal blood. Or…I used to have royal blood. Daemon wants to take my place as ruler so that he can take over the world and turn every living person on the planet into vampires. He wants to rule the world, but a vampire world. He can't do that until Adrian, Julietta, and I are out of the way. And I don't want that. I can't take away innocent peoples mortality and turn them into monsters like us." I answered.

"What do you mean used to have royal blood?" Kid Flash asked.

"What do you mean turn them into monsters like you?" Thalia asked.

I closed my eyes shortly while taking another deep breath.

"Because…" I paused. "I am a vampire too. So are Adrian and Julietta." I gave them a weak smile that showed them my fangs. They all gasped and took a few steps away from us frightfully. My eyes widened in surprise.

"No, no! We're not going to hurt you. We don't drink from unwilling people. We have a blood bank owned by vampires loyal to me for that purpose. I'm not a killer. I don't want to be. Neither is Adrian. The only things I kill are other disloyal vampires who try to get rid of me."

"How did you become a… a…vampire?" Sokka asked. I sighed. I knew I would have to retell my story sometime, but I was hoping I would never have to tell them.

"Some vampires are born others are created. Julietta was born. Adrian and I were created." I locked eyes with almost everyone in the room for a split second before continuing. "This is not a happy story. Then again… what vampire's story is a good one?"

"It was 1853 and I was 17. 17 and rich, beautiful and engaged. I was engaged to a man older than me and one I hardly knew at all. His name was Raul. I thought we were in love and we were going to have a long happy life together. I didn't know what love was. I was stupid and young.

I was walking home two days before my wedding. I had been with a friend discussing Raul and the wedding. It was late, dark, and quite cold. I didn't live far from my friend, Simmone's house so I just walked instead of getting a carriage to come bring me home. I know now that I should have called a carriage to bring me home. I walked past a group of men who were talking too loud and laughing obnoxiously. There were about 8 or 9 of them. They were obviously drunk. Then one of them called out to me.

'Hey, Anna! Why don't you come over here?' He said. It was Raul. I didn't think anything of it so I walked over to them and he wrapped his arm around me.

'Why don't you stay and have some fun with us?' Raul asked, kissing me forcefully. His friends laughed. I pushed him off of me.

'You're drunk. I'm not doing anything with you.' I said, pulling my cloak closer around me. 'I'll see you tomorrow? Sober.' I turned around and started t walk away when he grabbed me from behind.

'Where do you think you're going? We're not done with you yet.' He said."

I looked up at their shocked horrified faces before continuing.

"Raul ripped my cloak off of me and threw me onto the ground. They tore at my dress and the rest of my clothes leaving me completely exposed. Then they took off their clothes too."

"I won't go into detail about it. It was horrible. I don't want any of you to know how it feels." There were tears in their eyes.

"Three of them held me down while the rest of them raped me. They were rough. They wanted to hurt me. And hurt me they did. They all got their turn with me, including Raul. When they all pulled away I thought they were done, but they weren't. Pretty soon they were all over me beating me and cutting me. They left me in the street bloody and naked thinking I was dead. Believe me, I wanted to be.

Then two more men came. I thought I would have to go through it all over again. They were two men I didn't recognize. But they didn't touch me. Not in places that would be offending to a woman. I was surprised. They were pale, perfect and beautiful. They both had dark hair. They looked to be twins.

'Poor girl,' one of them said. 'Been through a lot. Such a waste.'

'She's not dead yet! Look! Maybe we could end her pain. Our lucky day! It's Annalese. I knew her blood smelled special. We finally found our queen.' The other one said. What were they talking about? How could they tell it was me? How did they know me? What are they talking about a queen? Before I knew it, his teeth were on my neck, piercing the skin deep. It didn't hurt at all. I wasn't even sure if it was supposed to hurt. I could feel myself change. My eye teeth grew longer and sharper and I got a burning sensation in the back of my throat, like I was thrown into an empty room for a year with no food or water. I felt stronger too, the pain began to fade, I could see clearer and smell and hear better too.

I stood up and was surprised to see that I was fully clothed in a grand gown, my hair back to normal. I turned to the two men. The one on the left came up to me and set a crown on top of my head. He backed up next to his twin and both bowed down to me.

'Welcome, Annalese. Our queen. Our ruler.' They said in unison."

I looked up to my audience to see that all were crying. The girls had their hands up over their mouths.

"That is terrible! We should never have made you reveal such an awful tale!" Starfire exclaimed, tears still running down her face. I smiled at her.

"It's ok, Star."

Then Azula spoke up. "What are we gonna do now? How are we gonna get Julietta back?"

Yeah, we can't just let him take her from you!" Mai insisted.

"I know. And I have a plan." I said.