After the meeting Erza drove her car around to pick up her agents and take them back to her place. As soon as they came back a horrible storm just came out of no where. Rain was pouring down hard, thunder and lighting struck, it was nasty weather. So nasty that Erza insisted that Lucy and Juvia stay the night instead of going home. She had two guest bedrooms made up for them. While the girls slept the boys gave their report to Erza.

"So this vampire was targeting Natsu?" Erza said upon hearing their report.

"Yeah but he said he didn't know him but his mistress might." Gray said.

"Mistress?"

"I think we're dealing with a higher source here." Natsu said. "An empire of sorts, that's when a group of vampires mostly pure bloods get together to serve one grand high vampire."

"Any idea who this grand high vampire might be?"

"So far I got nothing but we'll find out eventually if she really knows me." Natsu then yawned. "Is it almost dawn?"

"It will be in three hours." Erza answered.

"Really? Well I'm turning in early. I'm exhausted."

"I should get some sleep too. We have another job to look into tomorrow." Erza said.

"Another one? Geez! Can't we get a break?"

"This is war Natsu and you don't take breaks in war that's how you get killed." She turned to Gray. "Are you going to bed?"

"Yeah I'm not feeling so good."

"Are you getting sick?"

"No it's just a uncomfortable feeling inside of me. It should go away once I get some sleep. By the way do you really think it was smart to let Juvia and Lucy stay the night?"

"Of course. I couldn't send them out in the god forsaken weather."

"Still I think that they might have been safer if they had gone home."

"What do you mean safer?" Erza asked suspiciously. "You wouldn't hurt them would you?"

"I..." Gray swallowed. "No. Not safer for them. I meant safer for me and Natsu. I mean one's exorcist and one's a vampire hunter...What if they try to kill us?"

"Oh please." Erza said rolling her eyes. "Juvia abhors the use of violence unless it's an emergency and Lucy doesn't know the first thing about killing a vampire at Natsu's level. You're worrying for nothing. Now I'm going to get some sleep and I promise you that you can rest easy tonight."

What Erza failed to realize was that her friends were in potential danger. That uncomfortable feeling inside of Gray was known devil urges. Being a devil, Gray was known to feel sinful urges at a higher degree than humans and tonight he was feeling a terrible lust. He went to bed and tried to sleep off, tried to ignore it, tried to do whatever it took to get away. He had always struggled to resist these urges but this time it was more than he could bear.

Before he realized it he had risen up from his bed, walked down the hall without making so much as a single noise, and crept into the guest bedroom where Juvia was staying. She was sound asleep in bed, wearing only a nightgown and had no sign that she would be waking up any time soon. He hovered over her bed and gaze at her sleeping form intensely.

He hadn't of felt lust for a long time. A very long time. Now Erza was a very lovely and attractive woman but having seen her grow up from a child made him see her as a sister figure so he felt no lustful feelings toward her and since she was pretty much the only woman he was around since he first woke up he didn't have to worry about lustful urges. Wrath urges were usually his biggest problem but now that this new woman had come into his life, his long dormant lust was reawakened.

He gently moved moved his fingers across her cheek. She moved to the side a little but still did not wake. She was so beautiful and so pure. Innocent, chaste, untouched, never been tainted by a man. The very thought of taking this virgin drove him mad beyond all reason.

"Forgive me." He whispered unable to control himself any longer. He pressed his clawed hand to her delicate white throat but not hard enough to wake her and his other hand went toward her chest. He was just about to mark her when a face flashed into his mind. One that was identical to the face of the sleeping woman except this face was awake and had tears of betrayal in her eyes.

He let out a wail of agony that was enough to stir Juvia from her sleep but she didn't see anyone in her room. She got up from her bed and looked around the room to make sure that she was alone. From what she saw no one was in the room except her.

"That noise must've been a nightmare." She told herself. Walking back to bed she briefly glanced at her reflection in the mirror and saw that there was something red on her cheek. Looking further into her reflection she realized that it was blood but there was no open wound.

"That's odd." She said putting her fingers to that drop of blood that was on her cheek.

After wiping it off she went back to bed and fell back asleep very quickly. Unaware that Gray was hiding on the ceiling of the room. He took another look at Juvia which made his body tremble ever so slowly.

"Madalena." He whispered before shedding another tear of blood.

...

In the morning Juvia didn't stay for breakfast. She had previously made plans to read to the orphans at the church then help out with donations. Lucy didn't have any plans so she decided to just stay and chat with Erza until something came up.

"Why aren't the boys up?" Lucy asked.

"Natsu typically sleeps during the day. Sunlight is hazardous to vampires." Erza answered.

"But I thought you could give him injections that make it safe for him to be in the sun."

"It keeps him from going up in smoke but the sun's energy still makes him weak and a little tired. He only goes out in daylight if it's an emergency."

"What about Gray? Does he sleep when the sun's up?"

"No. The sun has no negative effect on him but he didn't sleep well last night. I asked what kept him up, he wouldn't tell me. He's always been so secretive, him and Natsu. But I have ways of finding out their little secrets."

"You seem to know those two real well."

"I should. They've pretty much been my enforcers, body guards, and servants since I was twelve years old."

"Since you were twelve?"

"For them it was embarrassing enough to be serving a human but to be serving a human child." Erza chuckled. "They complained about it for a whole year but eventually they got over it."

"May I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"How much do you know about my grandfather?"

"Not much. I never met the man. I only know what I've read about him in old newspaper reports and what I've heard from other people."

"Do you know why my grandfather staked Natsu all those years ago?"

"Not really no. The only people who would know that would be Natsu and Gray."

"Wait a minute how would Gray know about all that?"

"Well apparently Gray was the one who tipped Archibald off about where Natsu's lair was hence why Natsu holds such a vendetta against Gray but Archibald didn't trust a devil anymore than a vampire so in away he double crossed him by giving away Gray's whereabouts to some local exorcists. Next thing you know they're both locked in a dormant state and hidden underneath the bureau for the next fifty years."

"I guess Grandpa couldn't really be trusted."

"He could be trusted by humans but never by creatures of the supernatural or so that's what Makarov always said."

"Makarov?"

"You remember him don't you? He's the head of the bureau and the one who took me in after my mother died."

"Oh right! I haven't heard from in so long so I guess sometimes I forget him. He knew my grandfather?"

"In a sense."

"Maybe he could answer some questions for me."

"Possibly. I'll arrange for you two to meet sometime."

"Thank you. Changing the subject, it occurs to me that you never really talk about the family you had before he adopted you."

"Well Juvia never talks about her family."

"That's different, she was a baby when they found her. She can't remember anything before that. But when Makarov found you, you were old enough to remember your parents right?"

She looked down at her cup of tea. Indeed she did remember the life she lived before Makarov came for her. It hadn't of been a perfect life but she found happiness because she had her mother who loved her so much and would do whatever she could to make sure that Erza was safe and happy. Even after all this time had passed she could still remember her mother's face. It was always so warm and smiling with eyes that held nothing but deep love and concern.

Her father was an entirely different story. A man who had nothing but hate inside of him. He was always so angry and so willing to hurt others even his own wife and child. She remembered how sometimes he would come home and just start beating his mother for no reason. If he ever went after her then her mother would do whatever she could to shield her from her father's violent blows while making sure to never let Erza know how much the beatings hurt.

"If it's okay with you Lucy, I'd rather not talk about what happened back then."

"I understand." Lucy said. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry. It still hurts me to think about my mother...Oh no!"

"What?"

"My mother's brooch! I lost it!"

"Where did you lose it?"

"I don't know. I just dropped it somewhere and- Oh no! That was the last thing I had of her!"

"Oh Lucy I'm so sorry. I know how much your mother meant to you."

"I just can't believe I lost it. It was my favorite piece jewelry, I wore it everywhere. It was like my good luck charm."

"I'm going out to look for it."

"Okay but please come back before dark."

"I will."

Lucy then left the house, desperate to find her beloved brooch.