Chapter 25 – Battle (2)

"Lucas, you were alive why didn't you show up?" Dawn asked. Lucas looked away and said "Dawn, I wouldn't be able to control my bloodthirst if I go back immediately. You already hate vampires meaning that you hate me"

"I would NEVER hate you, Lucas!" Dawn yelled.

"HOW COULD YOU NEVER HATE ME DAWN!? I'M A VAMPIRE! JUST LIKE PAUL!"

"But you are you, Lucas, you would never harm us humans because you once was a human. Paul was born as a vampire and he kills us, humans. Lucas I-"

"ENOUGH DAWN! You're not making sense! Has Paul killed any humans?! He only kills vampires that go against May! THAT is why they are having a civil war! THEY HAVE NEVER ONCE KILLED A HUMAN! AND DAWN! YOU SAY BECAUSE I WAS BORN AS A HUMAN THAT IS WHAT MADE ME NOT TO KILL HUMANS AND PAUL WAS BORN AS A VAMPIRE WILL KILL HUMANS! YOU'RE JUDGING THEM BASED ON THEIR HISTORY!" Lucas yelled. Little did they know they were grabbing lots of attention from both the servants and other families and Misty who is hiding behind the wall eavesdropping.

Lucas glared at Dawn and let out an angry sigh. "You know what Dawn?" Lucas asked.

"What?" Dawn asked back

"Those who judge people based on their appearance and history are the worse than the ones that kill," Lucas replied and left Dawn standing there and with Johanna sad that her daughter had to be crushed by her one and only cousin that she looks up to as a brother. Lucas walked out and saw Misty.

"Misty…" Lucas started

"Go take a rest Lucas, I'll keep watch" Misty said and left. Lucas stood there and let out a heavy sigh and went upstairs to his room.

Misty walked out and saw Dawn looked defeated as she sat on the couch. Ash noticed Misty and got up, he went to her and grabbed hold of her wrist and dragged her to his mother.

"Mom, this is Misty, the vampire that I always tell you about" Ash introduced. Misty blushed and looked at Delia who smiled at her and Misty gave a small bow at Delia.

"I'm Delia Ketchum, Ash's mother. I've heard a lot about you Misty" Delia said

"It's nice to meet you too Mrs. Ketchum. I'm Misty Waterflower, the youngest sensational sisters" Misty introduced herself.

"Oh! Just call me Delia, Misty. No need to be so formal. Could it be that your sisters are also in battle?" Delia asked

"No my sisters are in America working, they won't be back in Japan anytime soon" Misty explained. Delia smiled and began talking with Misty, while Ash made his way to Dawn.

Paul and Drew were panting and lying on their in the pool of vampires' blood that they just killed. "I hate to admit it but… you were pretty good Drew" Paul said

"Back at ya…" Drew replied. Drew looked up into the sky and closed his eyes. Paul too closed his eyes. "The rest is up to May isn't it?" Paul asked

"Yeah… May…" Drew said quietly.

"Are you guys having an early night bathing or swimming in the pool of blood?at" a voice asked.

Drew and Paul opened their eyes and saw Reggie and noticed that the sun is setting, Paul and Drew got up and Paul looked annoyed.

"Cut your jokes Reggie" Paul said annoyed. Reggie smiled and held out his both hands, both Drew and Paul grabbed hold onto his hands and Reggie pulled them up.

"Let's go home, the rest is all up to May, and besides you guys look like you need a good bath and some good drinks" Reggie suggested.

"Dawn!" Ash called out but there was no reply from anywhere in the mansion. Ash was walking around the mansion looking for Dawn since he didn't find her on the couch. As Ash kept walking, he heard voices in a big ball room.

"What have I done to make Lucas to hate me?" Ash heard Dawn asked.

"Dawn, listen not all vampires are bad. May, Misty and Paul are all engaged in this war because they want to live with us in harmony" Came Silver's reply.

"But! What if they bite us one day? What if they betray us? What if they lose control and kills us?"

"Then you are literally saying that Lucas will lose control as well since he is the same species as them" After what Silver said, it was silent. Ash kept standing there waiting for either one of them to say something.

"Dawn, did you know that you have called Paul for help when that vampire was about to land on us right?"

It was silent but when Ash heard Silver continued, he believed that Dawn doesn't know what to say so instead she just nodded.

"Dawn, you love Paul from the day that you, Ash and Drew came to my shop for a break. I could tell because it was written in your eyes whenever you look at him. Do you know what is holding you back from loving him and let your heart go on?" Silver inquired. Ash peeked inside and saw Dawn shook her head and saw Silver sighed.

"You know it very well Dawn, but you're just denying it. Don't be afraid of them Dawn, I swear that they will not bite you, not once unless it is necessary"

"What do you mean it is necessary?" Dawn asked.

"When May was little she was in a very bad state and she couldn't drink any blood packets for a while. Drew then came and volunteered to help her and then May had no choice but to bite him and drink his blood even though she didn't want to. Not just that time Dawn, Drew got his memories about his past with May when he was age 5 was because he also helped May heal the wound that she had when protecting him from the anti-vampire weapon at school" Silver explained.

Ash couldn't believe in these amazing stories that he has never heard about from Drew. "That is all I've gotta say to you Dawn, the rest is up to you not me" Silver firmly stated and walked out of the room. Ash stumbled backwards but Silver grabbed hold of his wrist.

"Be careful Ash." Silver said

"Err… yeah thanks" Ash thanked Silver.

"I take it that you have heard what we said right?" Ash said nothing but nodded, Silver gave a small nod and left the two best friends alone.

"So… What now Dawn?" Ash asked as he scratched his head.

"I don't know but there's something that I want to know… Ash will you come with me?" Dawn asked.

"You bet I will" Ash grinned and Dawn smiled.

May has reached to her destination in a deep dark cave and there was just two candles burning and in at the end of the cave there sat Anthem cross legged on his throne chair with a smirk.

"I've been awaiting for your arrival Mi'lady" Anthem said.

"Cut the bullshits Anthem, let's get to the point!" May stated

Anthem smiled and uncrossed his legs and looked at May. "As you wish Lady May"

May glared at him and waited for him to continue. "Lady May, give up humans will never understand how we feel. We can only survive with each other but our blood doesn't have all the nutrients that the human have. If we had the required nutrients in our blood as well but sadly we don't. Lady May, enough with this stupid dream of your father's. Come let's work together to destroy all the humans, let US be the lord; I'll give you more of the powers that you lack. Come be my wife" Anthem said as he stood up and held out his hand.

"I'd rather DIE than being your wife! Why should I marry the betrayer of our clan and the murder of my family, Paul's and Misty's parents!? Anthem, as the lord of the vampires; I shall be the one to end your life!" May yelled.

Anthem sighed and said "Then I guess there's no other choice but to kill you and take the title away from you!" Anthem said and disappeared and soon appeared in front of May with his tiger paw read to slash her. May noticed this and jumped away but still got a few scratches on her cheek. Anthem looked at her and licked the blood on his paw and smirked. May wiped the blood off her cheek and the scratches disappeared immediately.

Drew stopped in the middle of the walk back to the mansion with Paul and Reggie. "What's the matter moss?" Paul asked.

"May" was all Drew said, Paul and Reggie looked at each other not understanding what Drew meant.

"May is in the final battle", Drew said.

"How do you know?" Reggie asked.

"I just smelled her blood"

"From all the way here!?" Paul asked astonished. Drew nodded and said "Her scent is in the sky" Reggie, Paul and Drew stayed quiet and looked out in the distance.

'May… please be safe' Drew said in his mind

'I heard you loud and clear Drew' May replied as she jumped away from another slash. Anthem smirked and said "What's the matter May? Without any blood you cannot activate your power right?"

May looked at him and smirked "You're right but there is another power that I can activate that doesn't require any blood" Anthem cocked his head not knowing what she meant. May smirked and with one whip of her wrist, a fire whip appeared Anthem's eyes went wide.

"Too bad Anthem, and with the candles here, it strengthens my powers as well." May said as she held her hand out and did a motion causing the fires on the candles to flicker and create a circle to surround Anthem.

May smirked and said "Checkmate" Anthem looked down in defeat but smirked evilly.

"We're back", Reggie said.

"Welcome back Master Paul, Master Reggie and Master Drew" the servants welcomed them back and the three of them made their way to their room and took a quick shower.

"Welcome back Drew, are you hurt?" Amelia asked.

"I'm fine, don't worry mom" Drew reassured his mother.

"Is May not back?" Raymond asked. Drew then had a worried look on his face and shook his head.

"No… but I'm worried" was all Drew said.

May held onto her left arm with a very large wound that will need to take time to restore, she glared at Anthem who was smiling.

"Your… power is…"

"That's right the same power as Misty's water. Meaning that I can extinguish your fires" Anthem replied. May say nothing but glare at Anthem, Anthem smiled and said "Yes, that's right, your father also gave me the same look that you have now. Ah… it brings so much memories."

May bit her lip and a small thin line of blood trickled down her mouth. Anthem noticed this and smirked, he grabbed hold of May's chin and forced her to look at him. "That's the look that I want to see from you lady, the look of hatred but do not express that look in front of us vampires. Show it in front of our eternal enemies, the humans" Anthem told May as he slowly close in and ready to lick May's lip and blood.

'No… no… DREW!' May screamed in her mind and the next thing she knew was that Anthem have already captured her lips. May kept her mouth close not letting Anthem have the upper hand while Anthem is doing whatever he could to get make May to open her mouth.

'NO! Drew… Save me' May thought as tears started to appear.

Slowly but surely, Anthem's tongue slithers like a snake to open May's mouth.

'DREW!'

Suariel: Hmm…. I guess I shall continue the rest in the next chapter but I do want to finish the war in this chapter... what do you guys think?

Paul: *passed out on the floor* I don't care just finish the war!

Suariel: Ah! But your part in the war is over

Misty: Will I not appear again?

Suariel: Don't worry Misty, you will soon appear again. In the next chapter and take some actions *does some gestures*

Ah! Where's May?

Paul: Thanks to you Suariel, May is as pale as a ghost, even her soul is floating out.

*May's soul floating out, Drew grabbing hold of her soul and try to put it back inside of her.*

Suariel: Is it that bad?

Misty: Of course it is…

Suariel: Well… anyways! Please review *smiles innocently*

Misty: Why are you acting so innocent Suariel?

Paul: I'M GOING TO KILL YOU SUARIEL!