Title: Black Angel

Author: Sage

Disclaimers: L.J. Smith's characters that you recognize are obviously hers, the ones you don't recognize are mine.

Spoilers: Not really sure. I guess kind of all of them.

Warning: this is the website where I got ALL of my information! A lot of the information that I gathered is word for word from the site. You've been warned. So please don't complain about you seeing something in the story word for word. I WILL erase it, and if you review it as 'signed' I'll inform the owners of the site.

Rating: 15

Summary: Alex is the Angel of Death. She'll bring on the end of the world.

In Evolutions words "Have a nice end of the world."

Note: The book mentioned in my story is called Christianity and Vampirism. I'm not completely sure if this is a real book, I made up the title because I didn't feel like searching for a real books' name.

Part One: Alex's Point of View

Vampyre - In popular superstition, a blood sucking creature, supposedly the restless soul of a heretic, criminal, or suicide, that leaves it burial place at night, often in the form of a bat, to drink blood of humans. It must return to its grave or to a coffin filled with its native earth by daybreak. Its victims become vampires after death. Although the belief is widespread over Asia and Europe, it is primarily a Slavic legend, or is it?

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"I wonder why vampires are frightened of crucifixes and holy water?" I glanced towards my best friend Katie Chaldea.

"Is that a rhetorical question?"

I thought about it for a minute. "Um, I don't know."

"Maybe because it hurts them!" she answered sarcastically.

"Don't be sarcastic and that wasn't actually what I meant. I mean they couldn't have been 'scared' of it for centuries. The first vampire couldn't have possibly known to be frightened of crucifixes, holy water, and Eucharistic wafer right?"

Katie curled her lip to show understanding. "I see what you mean."

I watched as Katie reached for a dusty slightly worn brown book, slipping it easily out of its slot.

"Libraries are so quiet and peaceful. They're absolutely wonderful. I just love the smell of old books," I sighed heavenly. "Um, Kat look at this one."

I pointed to a black book with golden lettering that read Christianity and Vampirism. I took it from the shelf and dropped the on to the wooden, but well polished table in which papers of all shapes, sizes, and color were scattered.

I then pulled the matching chair out, curled my knee up and under, sat, and placed the tip of my index finger in mouth. Beginning my daily study habit, I nibbled the short bits of nail I had left.

Katie sighed heavily. "Tell my why we're doing this again?"

She plopped down in the chair across from where I had just moments ago taken a seat.

"Well, because it's my new obsession, vampires I mean, and you're here, because you had nothing better to do. Which totally shocked me. You of all people, on a Friday night no less, not having anything too do. You know, you made me choke on my ice cream cone."

It was almost as if Katie's ears had actually perked up like a cats. "Really now? What flavor?"

I grinned. "Mint chocolate ship of course."

Katie grunted. "Of course! Nothing but the best for Lexa-gal right?"

"Anyhow, I still can't believe you didn't have some sort of hot guy lined up too date the 'wonderful' Katherine Chaldea."

Katie's eyes pierced me with a glare. "Lap it up sweat-pea, because it won't happen again." She flipped her golden blonde hair of her shoulder and put her chin into the palm of her hand.

"Don't worry, I will," I assured her.

Katie was the kind of girl that ALWAYS had something to do, every day, night, and weekend of the week. If she had a date most likely there would be ten guys lined up behind the one that had been lucky enough to be the current squeeze. No matter what Katie was a busy body. Where as on the other hand I was rather, how shall I say this.dull? Actually I wasn't so dull, I'm just a person who loves to learn. Sometimes I feel like I want to put all the knowledge in the world into one book and just soak it up like a sponge. I want something that could never happen.I want to know everything. And my current interest just happens to be vampires, though it could also have something to do with these re-occurring dreams. Only they weren't actually re-occurring because they weren't exactly the same. The other dreams had only held the essence of what the first had been. That was part of why I've been studying vampires for a couple of days. Usually I change my subject from a day-to-day basis.

"This vampire crap has been like an eternal dream for you lately. What's up?" Katie asked as she twirled her blonde hair and chomped annoyingly on her bubble-gum.

Katie's blue eyes gazed at me waiting for an explanation.

"I really don't know Katie!" I said slightly ruder than I had intended to be.

"Gods, have a freaking cow huh?" Katie growled back. "Don't bite my head off."

I looked up with apologetic eyes. "I'm sorry Kit-Kat. I didn't mean to be so rude."

Katie rolled her eyes and gave me a grin. "It's no biggie!"

I began searching through the book I had taken from the shelf. I scanned my eyes over the tinted yellow pages and paused as I came across an interesting bit of information.

"Katie listen to this: The Christian church had not established a stance on vampires when it split in 1054. However, the beliefs of the two churches that resulted - the Roman Catholic Church in the west, and the Orthodox Church in the east - can be directly linked to the vampire myth that continued to pervade the east. Roman Catholics believed that the bodies of their saints would not decay in the grave; instead, they would remain intact and give off a sweet odor. However, the Orthodox Church found it more difficult initially to shake off its Pagan roots, and viewed an un- decayed corpse as a sign of evil. Regardless, both churches had no formal stance on vampires save that it was part of a Pagan belief that was outdated and un-Christian in nature. Paganism, far from being an organized religion, was little more than a collection of folk wisdom and disorganized mythology; it was kept alive by the peasants who had no formal education other than the passing down of legend. As time went by, the Roman Catholic Church grew concerned that the established Pagan mythologies would usurp the new Catholic beliefs that the church was trying to spread. As such, it began an investigation of the vampire myth. The church, with the intent to make its beliefs widespread and end Paganism (which they called witchcraft) began to link vampirism with Satan. They set forth a decree that vampires were corpses reanimated by Satan's devils. As a result, these vampires would flee from the signs of the true Christian God: the crucifix, holy water, and the Eucharistic wafer. The great irony of this period is that as the Church moved to end the Pagan mythologies, it would be their own decree that would lend historical validity to the vampire. So great was their influence that movies and novels in the late 20th century still show the vampire as a Satanic creature, made helpless when confronted with the signs of the true Christian God."

Katie turned her head to the side and examined her friend. "Alex this is some freaky ass shit you're getting into. I hope to gosh you get out of it. I don't want to lose my best friend to a bunch of cult people."

I glared and then rolled my eyes at Katie.

Katie had beautiful long blonde hair that never went flat it always looked good. With the long blonde hair and mesmerizing sky blue eyes, she was a knock out. Alex had black hair, cut short to the shoulders with pine green eyes and black specks scatter around in the green. They were both popular, Alex for her intelligence/genius ness and beauty, Katie for her beauty and her sarcasm. Katie specialized in sarcasm!

"So are you almost ready and packed for our graduation trip to Italy?" Katie asked.

"Done," I said sounding extremely distracted.

"That is just like you! We still have three whole days left!" Katie said.

"Me, knowing you, haven't even started. Am I right?" I asked taking her nose out of the big, thick black book.

"Damn straight. I love saving things like this 'til the last minute. Everyone goes crazy trying to get me ready. It's hilarious," Katie said as she gazed dreamily into the ceiling imagining the clutter ness of people scavenging around helping her get ready.

"You...need help," I said.

"Hey! It's my job to be sarcastic not you!" Katie grinned

"I can have my moments," I said reading on to the next page.

"So, are you going to check it out?" Katie said trying to look over my shoulder.

"I think so. It has a lot of information in it," I said standing up in search of more books.

"How many books are you going to get?" Katie asked standing up to follow.

"Just one more," I replied running my fingers down the line of book spines.

"Hurry up though,"

"Why, what's the rush?"

"Oh nothing, I just want to get to The Dark," Katie replied sighing.

"Why the hell do you go to that club? He's not going to come back you know!" I asked as she looked up from her searching to look at Katie.

"Nothing's wrong with hoping," Katie said smiling devilishly.

"No, I completely agree with you, but if you hope too much you'll start to depend on it."

"Fine, I'll cut down to two hopes a day," Katie said.

I laughed and went back to looking for another book.

"Katie did you know that in Greece that if a person had red hair, a birthmark, or blue eyes, which may I re-mind you is very rare in Greece you would be suspected as a Vampire? If you were born on Christmas the seventh son of a family, or even a person with a piece of hair on your lip, you were a Vampire. These people were nuts," I said.

"I had no idea," Katie said sarcastically. "Maybe we should go to Greece and find some of those red head men?"

"Can't, you'd probably be suspected as a vampire!" I said calmly.

"Oh? And why is that?"

I could feel her eyes boring into my back as she asked the question.

"Because your last name is Chaldea," I said pulling a little green book out and peeking inside of its cover.

"What's wrong with that?"

"Well, Chaldea, is a source of some sort that one has to go back too to get information on Vampires," I informed Katie.

"I wonder if I'm a human vampire," Katie said eerily.

"Highly doubtful."

"How so?" Katie argued.

"Katie! You faint when you see any sort of blood!" I said, her voice raising.

"SSHHH," cried the Librarian.

"Sorry," Katie said. "Not lately," Katie said.

"Right!"

"No really lately I've been going to the butcher to get pigs blood," Katie grinning mysteriously.

"Quit pulling my leg!" I rolled my eyes, but the sad thing was, I was starting to believe her.

"I'm hungry Alex," Katie said looking at my' neck and stepping closer. "I don't know what's happening to me!"

I could feel fear rise up as I watch hunger flash through Katie's eyes.

"Alex, I'm just kidding! You're so gullible!" Katie said smiling.

"Katie, I'm thinking you aren't kidding!" Alex said and took the little green book, along with the big black book, to the checkout counter. "You suck the fun out of kidding!"

Katie threw her head back and laughed.

TBC...

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