Chapter 4

It was early day as I rode in quietly through Garet Town. People looked at me not so much with fear but with a curiosity as to why I was even here. I knew that this relative of mine wasn't even a relative anymore blood wise since many generations have passed since I was born and he was born. My extremely distant cousin Mave, the great many times over grandson of my Aunt Patrice. Though stories of me ran through the family and I never left my family I still watch over them as the generations go by, Mave and I are actually quite close even though we don't act it or show it as often as we should. I then rode over to a den and I left Midnight there while I went to go see Mave in the house across the road. I knocked once and within a minute or two Mave opened the door.

He looked at me for a moment without saying anything, Mave is very handsome with emerald green eyes that matched my own and brown hair and young he is but twenty and the most wanted young man in town.

"Scarlet? What a surprise!" He said finally.

He then proceeded in giving me a hug, I returned it, he then began walking back inside, when he saw I didn't enter he remembered who I was, "Oh sorry Scarlet, please come in."

I smirked and walked in; even though I'm only half vampire the invitation into houses is still necessary. His house was not your average looking house; it had many weapons for slaying and hunting creatures of the night. Mave was a vampire hunter but not one who came into the profession willingly, he was born one, ordained and chosen by god. I then took a seat in a dark corner of the living room and waited for Mave to sit down across from me.

"So Scarlet why are you back here after six months?" Mave asked playing with his favorite dagger. It was the same dagger he made his first Barbaroi kill with.

I sighed, "I need to ask you something about my father."

Mave then looked up at me sharply, almost as if he couldn't believe I was asking him such a question in the first place. "What makes you think I would know anything about your father? You were born over six hundred years ago Scarlet, I know nothing about that."

I closed my eyes and lowered my head, I knew Mave was lying to me; the question was why? I knew I needed to let him know that he was lying too.

"Mave don't lie to me." I said quietly looking back up at him.

Mave glanced at me as if he thought I didn't know what I was talking about, "I'm not lying Scarlet, why would I?"

"Because you were told not too." I said quickly, Mave lowered his head down; in that moment I knew I was right, "As a born hunter Mave you know everything about every vampire, I know you know who my father is."

Mave gulped and stopped shining his dagger; "I might, only because us slayers have past lives, which is where our knowledge comes from. If I know anything it isn't too clear."

"Well it might be clear enough for me." I said looking at the sunlight spill through the window and onto the floor.

Mave sighed, "You don't know that Scarlet I might be wrong if I told you."

My brow furrowed as I looked over at Mave, "If you told me? You mean you are willing to tell me even though you are forbidden too?"

Mave nodded, "Yes, I feel you deserve to know, hell if I was you I'd want to know who my father was too."

I smiled, "Thank you Mave."

"Your welcome." He said quietly as he then closed his eyes and took a deep breath. I knew what he was doing; he was searching through his mind to the memories of his past lives. Apparently Mave was around when I was born, his name was Sage in that time and he was a very popular hunter. That is why I knew he could help me. I saw Mave in deep meditation and as he sat there a deep sleep came over me and I drifted off into the comforting darkness of sleep.

As I was dreaming I felt myself floating, I was back in that same room that I had seen when I was with D in my vision. Apparently no once could see me; there was the same woman on the bed about to give birth and several vampire maidens attending to her. Suddenly the woman whaled and the first child was born, it was a boy, a few moments after the woman whaled again and a second child came out it was a girl. The babies where then rapped in two velvet robes the boy in royal blue and the girl in a scarlet color. Just then the door opened and the same tall and amazingly handsome vampire man came through the door and kissed the woman in the bed and both babies in his arms. He looked at them with a small smile. He then spoke to the woman in the bed.

"You did it my love, you had our children."

The woman leaned into her pillow, "Yes my love and look at them they are beautiful."

"Our daughter looks a lot like you already, and our son seems to look a little like me." The man said.

"What shall we call them my love." The woman said taking her son from her obvious lover's arms.

"Why not you name our son and I shall name our daughter." The man said looking down at the sleeping girl in his arms, I had to admit I was very fond of that little baby girl and I had no idea why.

"Why my love? Is it that you already found a name for our daughter?" The woman asked with a smile.

"Perhaps." He said with a smirk.

"Very well, our son shall be called Damien." The woman said as she cuddled her baby boy next to her.

The man looked at his lover curiously, "Why Damien?"

"I like that name, if you wish you can call him D for short."

When the woman said that my eyes went wide, was that baby boy D? Where those to people D's parents? If so then is that vampire King Dracula? But then, D does not have a sister that I know of, or anyone not even D for that matter. Who is the baby girl?

"Well I will name our daughter…"

Before I could hear the girl's name I felt myself being pulled away from the scene and waking up back to reality. I woke up with a jump and made Mave jump back from me.

"What!?" I shouted thinking something was wrong.

"Hey come down Scarlet, everything's fine." Mave said trying to calm me down.

I sighed and leaned back in my chair with my hand on my forehead. I felt so exhausted all of a sudden and so confused, what the hell kind of a dream did I just have?

"Mave your out of meditation…tell me…do you know who my father is?" I said trying to change the subject in my head.

Mave was suddenly silent, "Yea Scarlet I'm pretty sure I know."

I was silent and just looked up at him waiting for him to tell me the name of my father, he was silent though, "Well? Who's my father Mave?"

"It could be one of two people Scarlet I'm not too sure." Mave said.

"Screw it! Just give me their names then?" I said getting up and facing Mave eye to eye.

Mave shook his head regrettably, "I can't Scarlet, the powers that be were right, you can't know the truth, not now, not just yet. But you will learn the truth, very soon."

I narrowed my eyes at him, "I thought you would help me Mave."

"I'm sorry Scarlet, I can't." Mave said with pure sincerity lacing his voice.

"Well then if the powers that be say that I will learn the truth soon I guess all I can do is wait," I was silent a moment then I realized I had to leave, "Look Mave I must go, I'll come back soon."

Mave looked at me worriedly, "Is everything alright?"

"Nothing is ever alright Mave, but for me everything is as fair as it can be." After saying that I opened the window and jumped down the two stories. I landed firmly on the dust road and headed towards the den to get Midnight. As I walked the den keeper approached me, "Are you Skye the Huntress?"

I looked at him curiously, "Yes. Why?"

The man put a hand in his pocket and pulled out a white envelope marked Skye, "This was sent here for you."

I took the letter and looked at it quizzically, I then opened the den door and got midnight out, I lead her outside after paying the innkeeper for my time and I mounted Midnight. I then opened the letter and began to read it. Apparently whoever sent it to me definitely knows who I am.

To Skye The Huntress,

             Last night my dear daughter Charlotte was kidnapped from my home by a vampire named Meier Link. Please Skye come to Brin Town and accept my offer of three million gil if you find her. 

               

                                                -Mayor of Brin Town

"So the rumors about Meier loving a human girl are true." I said folding up the letter and riding off into the sunset towards Brin Town.