Darkness. I could feel a terrible darkness as I slept. It was cold, colder than the deadliest of winters. I struggled to open my eyes, but, painfully, I managed to force them open. I was greeted to even more darkness. But I was not alone. All around me in a circle were crosses with people nailed to them. Remilia Scarlet, my master, was among them. The rest were hard to make out, but I could hear their suffering as clearly as I heard Remilia's. There was another cross in the center of the circle with yet another person nailed to it. She too was blurred from my vision, but her weeping was clear as day. But there was something particular about the cross that I wouldn't expect to see in such a dark world. The girl in the center had been nailed with three shining nails; two for her hands and one for the feet. They were the only source of light in this frigid place. I was in that dream again, I knew that well. There was one person missing from my sight though. I looked around in search of it. Then I felt it; a horrid chill crawling under my skin. I whipped around to find the being that was torturing my master and all the others. Again her green hair was perfectly clear while the rest of her was blurred in my vision. Who was this terrible person and why was she bringing so much agony to my master and the others? That answer eluded me as the creature let out a dark laugh. It was then that my vision slowly began to darken, leaving me in total darkness once again, with only that hideous laugh to torment my ears. The laugh died down, leaving me to slumber in piece once again.


That frightening dream left me feeling more determined in my work than ever before. I worked hard to get things done so I could spend time with Meiling. She's been training my body in order for me to be able to defend myself if the time comes. I also had plans to see Patchouli, who was training my mind. I needed to get stronger at all costs. That dream was feeling more real each time I had it. It was always there in the back of my mind no matter what I was doing, tormenting me. I cannot allow anything to happen to Lady Remilia or anyone else that I've grown to care about. But can I grow strong enough to do that before it's too late? Yet another question that haunted me.

It was a cloudy morning, allowing me to be outside without being smacked over the head by the sun's cruel rays of light. I was outside the mansion's walls with Meiling. We were sparring with one another. I wasn't doing too bad, but I was still getting my ass whooped by the much more experienced Meiling.

Meiling threw a jab at my face. I caught her fist with my left hand then countered with my right, punching her in the face.

I smiled at my ability to land a hit on her. "Gotch'a- guh!" She caught me off guard and retaliated. She threw her knee forward, smashing me in the gut.

"Don't let your guard down!" Meiling ordered.

She went into a spinning kick, catching me in the side and sending me flying into the walls of the mansion. My face bounced off the wall and I fell to the ground. She didn't let up and went to stomp me into the ground. I hastily rolled out of the way then jumped back up to my feet, but I was too slow and she struck me in the face with a downward punch, sending me tumbling backward. I caught myself before I fell to the ground, but she made sure I'd go back to the ground with a jump-kick. She hit me square in the chest, sending me flying off my feet and to the ground. I laid there on my back, huffing and puffing.

Meiling looked down at me with a beautiful smile on her face. "You're good with your arms and hands, but you're too slow on your feet. You're getting better at responding to attacks and you managed to even get off a counter on me," she said.

She helps me back up onto my feet. I shook my head to get rid of the dizziness. "And you're pretty much unbeatable with how fast you are. I can barely follow you," I said, a little despondent.

"And that is what we need to work on," she said with hardy nod. "You have eyes of a vampire. We need to work on developing them."

"How?" I asked.

"Like this!" Meiling happily declared. Then suddenly I was smashed in the right cheek, sending me into a spin. I slowly came to a stop, face to face with her once again.

My head spun as did my vision. When the spinning finally came to a halt, I glared at Meiling. I have no idea what it is that she did. I did not see her move at all. "What… did you do?" I asked, still shaking from the unforeseen blow to the face.

"I kicked you!" she said with a cute smile.

I was taken aback. "There's no way you kicked me. You didn't move," I said.

"You didn't see me move. You need to pay strong attention to what is in front of you if you want to see everything that happens," she said.

"That's ridiculou-" Another strike to my face, this time in my left cheek. I spun on my toes then came to a stop, dizzy. My face hurt. A lot.

"Did you see it that time?"

"Of course not!" I yelled. "How the hell am I supposed to defend myself against something I can't see?"

"Focus your eyes!" she shouted.

I saw it then. It was a blur, but I did see it. It was enough for my reactions to kick in. I took a step backwards, watching as the quick blur blew across my face. Whatever the blur was, I had managed to avoid it.

"Holy shit!" I exclaimed.

"You did it!" Meiling happily announced. "We just need to keep doing that over and over again until your eyes become more accustomed to fast moving attacks."

"Ain't there a less painful way to do this? Gah!" Another kick to the face that I couldn't see.

"Nope!" she said innocently.

I rubbed my pained cheeks. "Man, and I thought learning about magic with Patchouli was difficult," I stated. "I want to learn HOW to use magic. I could care less about the details behind it."

"That's just how it is, Isaac. You need to learn those details behind magic if you ever want to use magic."

"I understand, but… it's going to take forever."

"You can't expect to grow strong overnight," she said as she patted me on the head. "You're still pretty young for a vampire."

"It's just that damn dream… It's been getting to me."

"Don't worry, Isaac! From now on, I will beat up anyone with green hair. I promise!" Meiling declared.

I laughed. "Thanks, Meiling. I didn't believe in that dream at first, but now… Now I wonder," I said.

"Is it getting worse?" she asked.

"It sure is," I answered. "Are you able to use things called spell cards?"

"Yup! You want to see one?"

"I do," I said with a nod.

"Then I shall show you!" she said excitedly. Meiling pulled out one of those strange spell cards and held it above her head. "Colorful Sign "Colorful Light Wind Chime"!" she declared.

The card burnt up in a multi-colored flame. A strange energy was released and entered Meiling. She glowed a rainbow color before going into a spin. She spun rapidly, a string of different colors spinning all around her. I needed to take several steps back in order to avoid being hit by the tornado of brilliant colors. She then stopped abruptly, her spinning coming to an end, along with the colorful twister. It seemed to be a short spell, but one whose power could easily be felt. It was a beautiful display, but I knew damn well that I wouldn't ever want to be hit by that spell. Would probably get shredded to pieces.

Meiling let out a short huff then looked to me with another smile. "Did you like it?" she asked.

"Yeah, it was really cool. I'm starting to realize that the type of spell card is rather unique to the person," I said.

Meiling nodded heartedly. "That's right! It's what makes spell cards special."

"I want to make one right now."

"Sorry, but that's Miss Patchouli's job for now. Once she helps you make some, I can help you make melee combat focused ones," she said.

"Yeah, I get that. Just wish she didn't complain about my tattoos. Keeps saying she feels something strange from them. Koakuma doesn't so Patchouli is just being weird," I said.

"Ooh! I never got to see them! Let me see!" she said excitedly before coming over to me and grabbing my shirt.

"Hold up! Hold up!" I shouted, but Meiling had pulled off my shirt before I had the chance to stop her. So, I stood there shirtless while she stared at my abs.

"Nice!" she complemented with a thumbs up. She ran up to me and wrapped her arms around my waist. She than pressed her face up against my abs and giggled. "Gosh, these feel real nice. Hee hee!"

"I am a little bashful, you know," I said, face a little heated.

She pulled her face away then began to trace her finger around my abs then up to my pecs. "You shouldn't be. You should be proud of them."

"I am. I thank the guy I once was for working hard to get these."

Meiling then smirked at me before licking her lips. "I got an idea," she said.

"What is it?"

"Do you want to do it?" she asked.

My face flared up. "Really? You want to?" I said and I got a seductive nod from her. I grinned. "Well, I sure as hell ain't about to say no."

And with that, Meiling shoved me to the ground. She hopped on top of me and immediately placed her lips over mine. She sucked my lips fast and hard, making it difficult to kiss back. I tried to slip my tongue into her mouth, but she beat me to it. Her tongue glided the underside of my own as if she was trying to tickle it. She grabbed a hold of my tongue with her lips and sucked on it. I was completely under the control of this feisty woman. I didn't know just how rough she could be. She was so into it that she forgot that we were right there in front of the front gates.

Meiling took a hand and shoved it down my paints making me jump in surprise when she grabbed hold of my member.

"Woah, there! Don't surprise attack me," I said as I got more worked up.

She giggled as her hand massaged my member, enlarging it. "I saw you and Sakuya do it and I've been wanting to do it ever since," she said.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh, of course. Everyone in the mansion probably knows now that I think about it," I said.

"Probably," she said with a cute smile.

Meiling scooted herself onto my legs then unzipped my pants, pulling my dick out afterwards. She licked her lips in anticipation then went down on me. I shivered in delight from the touch of her mouth enveloping my member. She didn't waste anytime in getting started and she was bobbing her head up and down as quickly as she could. She slobbered all over my dick with her tongue and sucked hard, almost taking the skin off. I sat up then placed a hand over the top of Meiling's head and helped her keep up the motion. While she continued to suck me off, I reached down to her shirt and pulled it and her bra up over her breasts. They did a bounce as they popped out and began to sway while she blew me. Her uniform completely betrayed how big her breasts were. They were bigger than Sakuya's! With both my hands, I reached down and started to play with her breasts, massaging and squeezing them to my fun and hers.

She gave my dick one suck as she pulled it out of her mouth. Looking up at me with those pristine eyes, she started licking the underside of my dick. "Do you like my boobs?" she asked.

I nodded. "I sure do. You need to wear tighter shirts to show how awesomely big they are," I said.

She chuckled. "No can do. I need the room for fighting," she said.

"That makes sense."

Meiling finished licking my dick then stood up. She pulled down her paints and white thong then stepped out of them. She looked down at my member and licked her lips once again. She squatted down over my member until my tip was poking her pussy. She then grabbed hold of my dick and practically shoved it into herself.

"Ah!" she cried out.

With a little drool running down her chin, she looked at me with seductive eyes then started to move her hips up and down. Again, she had no patience and was hopping up and down my dick as quick as she could. Her moans put me into a calming state of mind so I just sat there as she rode me.

"Oooo," she moaned, her cheeks a rosy red. "This must have been how Sakuya felt when she was riding you. Ahh…" she said.

"I suppose so," I replied before nibbling on her nipples.

"Ah! I'm about to cum!" Meiling exclaimed.

"Woah, that was quick!" I mentioned.

Meiling slowed down in preference for heavy bumps against my waist. One bump, two bumps, a third then a fourth. She finished with a fifth and was now panting with drool rolling off the edge of her lip. We sat there while she caught her breath.

"Ahh, that was good…" she said, breathing heavily.

"Hey, now. We're just getting started," I said with a smirk.

She returned my smirk with a smirk of her own. "Of course we are."

She stood up slowly, letting my still erect dick slip out of her. She reached a hand to me and I took it. She helped me up and took me to the mansion's walls. She pressed her back against the wall and curled a finger at my in inviting motion. I went to her as she asked. Already knowing what she wanted, I lifted one of her legs up around my arm then pushed forward. She moaned as I slowly pushed myself inside her.

I began moving my hips slowly at first then sped up into a confortable rhythm. We locked lips and tongues while I pounded her up against the walls of the mansion. Her moans vibrated through our lips, keeping them on the low side so no one would hear us from the mansion. It was already embarrassing to be seen by the fairies when I was with Sakuya, they don't need to see me with Meiling this time. That's when she broke lips with me and groaned out loud.

"Ahhh! This is so much fun!" Meiling shouted as she panted with her tongue sticking out.

I panicked, afraid someone heard her. "I'm happy for you, but please don't yell," I said in a hushed voice.

She giggled then moaned loudly once again. "Haa! Haa!… Why hold back when in the heat of the moment?" she said. She then reached behind me with both hands and grabbed hold of my ass. She was now forcing me to move my hips harder and faster. "Oooo I think I'm going to cum again!"

I thought I was going to make her cum, but she pushed me away at the last second. She twirled around and bent over with her hands on the mansion walls.

"Do me from behind next!" Meiling insisted.

"As you wish," I said without hesitation.

Once she stuck her butt out at me and spread her legs, I mounted her then steadied my dick in front of her pussy. Once I was ready, I penetrated her nice and hard, causing her to let out a loud moan. The warmth of her insides had its own uniqueness that was different from Sakuya and Remilia. It was just as great while being a little different. My member was warming up just from the warm walls of her vagina. The walls of her vagina constricted around my member as it went in and out of her. I was mere moments from cumming.

I gave Meiling a slap on the ass. "Ah!" she cried out in pleasure. I then sped up my pounding against her butt. "Yes, yes, yes, yes!"

I could feel the pressure building in my member, so I let Meiling know. "Ah, I'm going to cum."

"Ah! Pull out! I want to suck it all out!"

With no hesitation whatsoever, I pull my dick out of Meiling, allowing her to quickly turn around and get on her knees in front of me. She immediately wrapped her mouth around my dick and bobbed her head back and forth as quickly as she could, all the while she played with herself. I had enough and started releasing all the built up semen into her mouth. She looked up at me with eyes looking for approval as my dick twitched in her mouth. She got her answer with one look at my face. Once I was finished cumming in her mouth, she pulled back, letting my limp member slip out of her mouth. She swallowed everything I gave her without stalling then smiled at me with seductive eyes.

"That tasted good. Wish you had more to offer me," she said.

"There's always next time," I said with a grin.

I fixed myself up while Meiling put her pants back on. Then it hit me, a strong pain in the back of my head. It stung something fierce and sent my vision into a spin. Then that dark dream came into sight as if I was dreaming it while awake. The dark laugh pierced my ears and those shining nails blinded me. I nearly fell to the ground, but I was caught by Meiling.

"Woah, there, Isaac. Are you okay?" she asked, clearly worried.

I roughly shook my head, desperate to get that vision out of my head. "Yeah, I think I'm alright," I said as I slowly recovered and was able to stand on my own. "It was that dream… No, vision. It just suddenly popped up."

Meiling just gave me a pouty face. "The only thing you should be thinking about is what we just did together," she said.

"I know, that's my bad," I said, ashamed.

She giggled. "I was only kidding. But for real that is what you should be thinking about instead of that awful dream. Especially if all it will do is knock you off your feet." She began to do some stretches. Apparently we're going to be continuing on with my training. "Well, hurry up and start stretching. Just because we stopped to have sex doesn't mean we'll stop the training for the day. We still need to hone your physical skills."

"Of course!" I said as I got to stretching as quickly as possible.

We continued training until the sun decided to come out. During the training, all I could think of was that vision. It was becoming more real with each dream I had of it. I was afraid there wasn't much time left until something happened and that I'd be caught off guard. I'm so weak right now. Can I become strong before something happens?