Chapter 4

Hitomi woke up again. It seems that she was dreaming, again. She hated the memories that came to her mind. They were painful and they reminded her of just how thoughtlessly she has acted. Hitomi knew that she messed up big time. There was a fine line between acting like you feel and actually feeling, she has crossed that line and she was going to pay. She remembered that her trial was today, what was the point of having a trial when everyone new that she has screwed up and that she had to be punished.

Hitomi wondered what they were going to do to her. Leave her out in the sun, put a witches' blade through her heart or just starve her till she died. There were more ways to kill a vampire, had she been a lamia there would only be one, starvation, but she was not a lamia, she was only a vampire. With a vampire they could always get creative. Hitomi wished that she could teleport, but she was too weakened to manage that now. If she could, she would've gone back and done it right. She would've got the pendant back and proven her loyalty, then they would reconsider.

Suddenly, Hitomi felt a presence in the room with her. She snapped her eyes open and stood up to look at who was there. Her eyes went wide with shock for just a moment, Celio, her lord was there, standing right before her. She straightened up and bowed.

"My lord, what are you doing here, even you are not supposed to be here, in the presence of a vampire who has disgraced herself as I did."

Her voice was steady, but she was completely puzzled, why would Celio come here, obviously no one knew about this because he hid his aura pretty well.

"It is true Hitomi, you have failed miserably, but you were always the best. Had I given you another chance to prove yourself before the whole clan, would you take it?"

Hitomi could no longer hide the shock at what he has said; he was going to give her another chance?! But that was unthinkable, never done, a taboo, what would the others think. As if guessing what she was thinking Celio spoke.

"I am going to a great risk for you Hitomi. You might not believe me, but I do love you and I am willing to take this risk in order to save your life. Take my hand." Celio outstretched his hand for her to take.

Hitomis' eyes filled with gratitude, she readily took his hand, not a slightest hesitation. He was her master, he has always been, how could she ever forget that, how could she ever feel for someone else but him. Her life, everything she is, everything she has, it was all thanks to him, she thought that she doesn't deserve his kindness, but she was going to accept it either way. Celio was like a god to her, she will take this second chance and she will do it right.

Celio and Hitomi disappeared from the prison she was kept in and reappeared somewhere in the world. Hitomi recognized this place; this was the same place where she first met Celio. It looked different, but Hitomi could still recognize it.

"From here I will leave you, it will be reported that you have escaped, the rest, you know what to do." Celio disappeared leaving Hitomi where she was.

Hitomi realized that she would have to teleport all the way to Gaea on her own, which meant she would need to feed. That was not really a problem; there was a nightclub not far away from here, a perfect place to feed. Heading there she picked out her target. Not even bothering to try and hypnotize the girl she grabbed her and dragged her through the crowd outside. The chick was obviously drunk because she did not even resist. Hitomi sunk her teeth into her neck savoring the sweet blood; she hasn't fed in so long the blood was almost making her dizzy. She dropped the girl when she was finished; there was not a drop of blood left in her lifeless body.

"Now this is what we are talking about, now I think I can fix up my mistakes and hopefully be over with all of this. But first, I need to get something." Hitomi disappeared and reappeared in her own private room. This was very dangerous to be here but she needed her weapon. She took her black katana, her set of throwing knives and her black hooded cloak and was gone as quietly as she came. She didn't risk reappearing anywhere on Earth, she as taken enough risks in that one night so she made the very long distance teleportation all the way to Gaea.

Hitomi landed on soft grass totally exhausted. She just fed not even half an hour ago, and she was deadly hungry once again, such a strain on her teleporting ability has drained her. She stood up and looked around, forest, she could feel the sea close enough. Asturia, she recognized this place, not very far from Palaise. She crouched down running fast and quiet along the small animal trails. An hour later she was standing at the edge of the forest overlooking the city that she visited not so long ago.

"First thing is first, lets get us some diner." whispered Hitomi as she pulled the hood of her cloak over her head so no one will recognize her. She walked into the city like a ghost, without a sound, without one unnecessary movement. She walked along the empty night streets of Palaise remembering everything that has happened to her here.

"Where should I stay, hummm, that inn looks suitable." Hitomi headed for the inn. She walked in silently and took a seat not drawing any attention to herself. The waitress came up to her asking if she could get her anything but Hitomi waved her away.

"Sir, you can't stay here if you are not getting anything." said the young girl annoyed.

Sir? Hitomi would've probably choked on the air if she was breathing at the moment, fortunately she was not. Taking a breath in so she could speak she said calmly.

"Well, if I have to get anything, how about you?"

The girl looked shocked and disgusted until Hitomi raised her head and looked her in the eyes hypnotizing her. The girl put down her tray down and sank onto Hitomis' lap. The vampire wrapped her cloak around both of them putting her hands around the girl. She was about to drink from the young child sitting in her lap when a though struck her.

"Tell me the news sweetheart, what has been going on here, I have been away for quite a while, has anything happened in the city while I was gone?"

Hitomi whispered the words in the girls' ear. The child rested her head on the vampires' shoulder.

"Quiet a bit sir," the girl said; she still thought Hitomi was a guy. "King Astor has died recently so Princess Millerna and her husband King Driden are now rulers. The knights of Kaeli are all gathered in the city to celebrate the crowning of the new Queen and King.

"Any news from Fanelia, love?" asked Hitomi.

"Not much, the King there is sick, they say he misses some girl from the Mystic Moon, but I don't know how true that is, rumors, that's all.

"Good." whispered Hitomi as she sunk her teeth into the girls' neck. She drained the child completely before leaving her lying on the bench and exiting the inn as quietly as she came.

Hitomi walked along the streets that led to the palace, she was going to pay the young Queen a visit and give her, her own kind of congratulation. Hitomi teleported herself onto a balcony of where she remembered Millernas' bedroom was, and thee was the young Queen, sleeping peacefully on her bed. Driden wasn't there, most likely reading or doing paperwork as he liked to in the past, perhaps for the better, makes it all easier for her, thought Hitomi as she observed the sleeping girl.

Htomi jumped into the room without a sound and walked up to the bed. Millerna stirred and opened her eyes.

"What? Who's there? Hitomi?" she asked confused "Is that really you?" the queen was not fully awake yet, otherwise she would have found it strange that a girl who went back to the Mystic Moon was in her bedroom and she would also notice how different the girl looked.

At that instance Hitomi moved, like lightning, Millerna didn't even have a chance to react.

Half an hour later.

The vampire stood on the top of the roof thinking back to the time half an hour ago. "Humm, I could make a nice living here, too easy, but that should give them something to talk about. Van, you will be coming here soon, won't you? My little stunt back there would draw all the rulers that fought together in that war here, well be seeing each other again very soon." She laughed a soft and melodical but infinitely cold laughter before pulling her hood over her head and disappearing into the night.

AN: Well there you go, another chapter is up. Me like making Hitomi evil, lol. Please, review, please..please..pleeeeeeeease.. Ok, I'll stop now, lol.