Al Drin Hoshizora: I hope so, too.

A-Plus Cassiopeia: I know.

I am a burglar: I know you didn't kidnap her.

At Julie's house, the girl's mother, Andrea, was sitting in the living room chair, sobbing her eyes out. Her husband, Paul, was there, trying to comfort her.

The searches for their daughter had ended disastrously, with nobody any closer to finding Julie. Nearly all their neighbors had simply giving up hope of ever finding the girl, and even Julie's parents' faith was beginning to wane.

"I can't believe she's gone!" Andrea wailed, her face buried in her hands. "Our baby is gone!"

"Don't say that, Andrea!" Paul told her. "We'll get her back! Don't give up hope now!" However, even as he said those words, his confidence of ever reuniting with Julie was as frail as his wife's, if not frailer.

The two were so consumed in their fear that they didn't notice a black mist slowly begin to surround their legs. As it encircled them, the two could feel dizzier and weaker, almost as if something, or someone, was feeding off of them.

Just as quickly as it began, the mist vanished into thin air, and neither of them felt like their energy was being sapped. They still felt weak, however, but they had no idea what had happened. It had gone by so quickly.

Outside the window, watching them, a dark figure floated through the bushes. The creature's dark heart was filled with glee at the sight of the worried parents' trepidation.

Yes, The dark figure thought. Be afraid. Your fear fuels me.

It wouldn't be long now. The creature knew that soon, its real targets would arrive.

Then it's revenge would be satisfied.

"So, Isabella?" David asked. "You know we have bikes, right?"

"Yes?"

"So, is there any reason why we didn't just use those instead of flying one thousand feet in the air!" He cried out, clinging to Isabella to avoid plummeting out of the sky. Next to him, Sam was flying Janet through the air in a similar manner.

"I thought you liked flying?" Sam pointed out, turning to face him.

"When it's in a plane!" David cried out, his hair blowing in the wind. "Not when the only thing keeping you off the ground is holding onto some girl from behind!"

"Oh my," Janet said, turning to stare at David and giving him a mocking sensual look.

David scrunched up his face. "Shut up!" He shouted at her. He turned to face forward, and tried to look down at the city, but Isabella's head blocked his view.

"Hey, how close are we to Julie's house?" He asked the two fairy siblings. Sam narrowed his eyes at the ground below, and spotted Julie's house in the distance.

"We're getting close!" He informed the other three. "Prepare to land!" Immediately, he and Isabella began to soar towards Julie's house.

David screamed out as he and Isabella were sent plummeting towards the ground at a fast pace. "Not so fast!" He cried out, and Isabella slowed down as the two reached the ground. At the same time, Sam and Janet landed on the ground.

"So, why are we here?" Isabella asked once they'd landed.

"Janet said something supernatural may have been involved in Julie's disappearance," David reminded them. "That would explain why no trace of her was found." He began to head to Julie's house, the other three following him.

"So, what supernatural thing do you have in mind?" Sam asked.

"Think," David told them. "What mystic creatures aside from fairies have we encountered? And what would they have to do with Julie?"

It didn't take long for David to get a response. "Well, that's easy," Janet said. "At Camp Warner, Julie was kidnapped by a-" She paused. The four all froze.

". . . Vampire," She finished. "Semele."

"Janet, Semele is dead," Sam reminded her. "We killed her, remember. David staked her through the heart."

"Yeah, but how do we know we did the trick?" David pointed out, walking up to Julie's door. "Vampires aren't as easy to kill as humans."

David promptly knocked on the door. After a few moments, the door opened, and Andrea appeared. "Who are you?" She asked, rubbing her sore eyes.

"I'm a friend of your daughter," David introduced. "These are my siblings. I think we may be able to help solve your daughter's disappearance."

Andrea stared at David, unsure. However, she then fully opened the door and said, "Come in."

For the next hour or so, the Barret siblings investigated the house to try and find any clues that could lead them closer to Julie. In particular, they looked for any signs that a vampire had been in the house.

They asked Julie for what they knew of the events that had led to Julie's disappearance, but unfortunately, the two could provide little help. They themselves had no idea what had happened when Julie had vanished, other than that they heard her screaming.

After an hour had passed, the Barrets could find no clues. Aggravated, the four all went to Julie's room to think things over.

"I don't get it," Isabella said, flopping on Julie's bed. "If it really is Semele, why would she target Julie? She had nothing to do with her death."

"Perhaps she's only bait," Sam suggested, crouching on the floor. "Maybe Semele, if it really is her, took Julie to lure us out. Maybe she wants revenge on us."

"Then it's our fault," David said guiltily, and sat down on the bed to contemplate things. Janet hated seeing her brother so downhearted, and turned to him.

"Hey, don't feel so-" She paused as, out of the corner of her eye, she saw something through the window. A dark mist was swirling outside the window, in full view of them.

"Look at that!" Janet shouted, pointing at the window. The other three whipped their heads around and saw the black mist as well. The mist soared away from the window.

"After it!" Sam shouted, and Isabella pushed the windows open before all four of them dashed out through the window and after the black mist as it soared around the house. The mist was fast, but the kids caught up to it quickly.

The mist vanished behind the house, and the kids ducked behind a corner. Jumping out, the four kids jumped at what they saw.

Before them, a black hole had formed in the middle of the house's backyard. The black mist was swirling in front of the hole, and as the kids watched, the mist slowly took form.

Before their very eyes, the mist took the shape of a familiar person.

David narrowed his eyes when he saw what the mist had taken form of.

"Semele," He whispered darkly.

"Hello, my old friends," Semele whispered darkly, and she gave a devilish grin.

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