I'm not sure what to say. I just hope you all like.

Fatch grunted, feeling a great deal of air being knocked out of him as he tumbled down the cliff. He was crashing into every sharp object and slamming into every large rock. His entire body ached as he tumbled further, and worst, he could've sworn he heard rocks tumbling down with him as well.

Finally his back slammed into the ground below, causing him to hiss at the pain. Blearily he opened his eyes, his vision fuzzed greatly before it settled on a boulder heading straight for him. He gasped, immediately holding his hands out, barely catching it. He quickly threw it behind his head, sighing in great relief. The prince tried to get up, when his back popped, and he hissed, finding it hurt to move.

Slowly, almost afraid it would hurt just to do it, he rolled his head to the left, trying to figure out what happened to Twilight and Nightshade. After all, they had tumbled with him. Even if they were clearly evil, he at least hoped they survived the fall. This would not be a pleasant way for them to die. And unfortunately, when he DID find them, they were in shambles.

Twilight's entire lower body was crushed beneath a boulder and Nightshade had a fallen tree trunk across his lower body, and a deep gash on his head. Fatch cringed at the sight, forcing himself to roll onto his stomach, shaking horribly at the pain. The vampire sucked in a breath through his clenched fangs, pushing himself to his knees, forcing himself to his feet. The boy panted heavily, arms wrapping around his waist, before trudging over and lifting the objects off of the adults, chucking them off into the distance.

Twilight and Nightshade groaned, neither one getting up. Instead, something unexpected happened to them. Their bodies began to glow a soft purple shade, this glow soon rising to the air and away from their bodies. Fatch could only stare in wonder at the light as it faded, wondering what it was, exactly. He had never had much of an understanding of moments like this, but for some reason, it was making him a teeny bit nervous. Like... something bad or disturbing was going to happen. Perhaps he was just paranoid, but he's been in situations like this WAY to often to not at least have a suspicion.

Slowly he knelt at their side, amazed when Twilight looked up at him. But her gaze wasn't hateful or spiteful like he'd seen previously. In fact, she even seemed... regretful. Sad. Maybe even terrified.

" ... Wh-what's your name, sweetie...? "

The woman said softly, managing a very weak, shaky smile. Fatch felt as though his head was spinning. Wasn't this woman cruel? Why was she speaking to him so sweetly and civilly? Especially after he kicked her in the back before. If she was as bad as he thought, she should be furious with him. Something was very wrong here...

" ... Fatch Ramirez ma'am. "

" ... Heh... never thought I'd... live to meet the prince of our kind... "

Twilight soon turned to her husband, finding him now passed on. Tears filled her eyes sadly before looking back up at Fatch.

" I... I need you to tell me son... Moon something for me. C-can you do that? For a... dying mother? "

Fatch nodded curtly; after all, this was for Moon. And because, who was he to deny a dying creatures wish? Twilight sighed, taking a deep breath before telling her story.

" For the longest time, my husband and I have been under a dreadful spell. Only now as we're dying has it been broken... a terrible demon cast it on us... a demon named... P-Pyro... "

Pyro? Wasn't that the demon sealed inside of Septimus? Did this happen before he was sealed inside of the fire demon?

" H-he said we were hardly creatures... and we needed to be scarier... this happened not long before Moon was born... "

Slowly the woman began to cry, and it was then that Fatch knew she spoke the truth. He hadn't doubted her before, really he hadn't. This small emotion only proved the fact more.

" We witnessed every cruel thing we'd done to our own child... w-we tried with all our might to break free... but this spell... I-it was set to never break until we died... please... I-I'm not asking my son to forgive us... Wh-what we've done to him I-is unforgivable... I... W-WE just want him to understand... please... c-can you tell him for us...? "

Fatch felt his heart twist sadly at this story, a frown working it's way across his face. He just couldn't believe what he'd heard... Pyro did this to such a kind, caring family. Now, normally he would go track someone like this and fight them until they begged to be let go. But the problem was, Pyro was sealed inside of Septimus. He couldn't hurt Pyro without hurting Septimus. And he couldn't hurt the fire demon for something the monster inside of him did. He already knew Septimus had no control over. Pyro, nor no knowledge of his attacks. He couldn't solve this problem the way he normally would. He could only do as this woman asked... and tell her story to her son.

With a heavy heart, he nodded to the woman, trying his best to remain strong.

" You have my words, I shall tell your son of this. I'm... so sorry about your loss. "

Twilight smiled up at the prince tearfully, her eyes becoming hazed and weak.

" Th-thank you... "

Finally the woman let go; her eyes rolled upwards before they closed, her head falling to the ground, a smile still plastered to her peaceful features. Fatch frowned greatly before sucking in a breath and forcing himself to stand again. He wasn't going to leave the two like this. It was disrespectful. Slowly, barely able to do so in fact, he worked his neon red magic and stomped, two holes opening up in the ground. Graves. Just large enough to hold the vampires. With a heavy heart, he got to work.

Moon squirmed as he transformed back into his vampire state, his feet gently hitting the ground, turning and finding Richard slowly floating down and his green energy fading. Thatch soon transformed back as well, looking up at the child with sad, apologetic eyes.

They had no time to waste though. Moon nodded to the two and was about to run off in search of where Fatch and his parents had landed, when something caught his eye. Glowing red eyes could be seen through the dark forest, and it seemed like whoever it was was trudging their feet. It didn't take long before they realized who it was.

The trio rushed over to the prince, each one growing more nervous as they found the prince looking down. Sad. Or upset about something different.

" ... Mr. Fatch, where are my parents? "

Moon asked softly, getting a sigh from Fatch. The prince rubbed his neck, unsure of how to go about this. Deciding it might be best to just be direct, he sighed, slowly telling him everything he'd heard.

Aww... I feel bad for the Gates family. :(

Thanks for reading, as always.