Chapter 3: Enlighten Me! Shaetore sighed as she entered a dark room. In the center of the room on a pedistal was a glowing crystal ball. Shaetore flopped in her throne. "Shadow seems to ruin everything. He gives me such a migrane..." The crystal ball flickered a bit. Shaetore glared at it. "Oh don't look so smug. You can't even find your master. I'm still in charge yet!" It flickered some more. "What exactly do you mean by THAT?" More flickering. She stood up, furious. "That's absurd! You're not capable of such power!" Flicker. Shaetore paused. "What are you trying to say?" Sonic sat in a chair, where Shalita was preparing to draw blood from him. "This shouldn't take too long. Kalita will be in shortly with some orange juice," she told him. "Thanks," he said as she took his arm to clean a spot. "Deep breath now," she said and inserted the needle into his arm. The crystal ball let out such an ear-splitting whistle that Shaetore's red-yellow eyes flickered with anger as she covered her ears, hissing in agony. "IT CAN'T BE!!!" she screeched. It stopped making the horrible noise and started flickering furiously. "OVER MY-" she started to say but stopped. "-I'm not gonna finish that one." It flickered again. "Well it's not over yet! I'm going to end this myself." She paced around, thinking hard. 'Need a plan...' Sonic sighed as his blood was being drawn. Shalita came in carrying a glass of orange juice. Or so he thought. Sonic looked at her. "Shal?" She blinked at him and smiled softly. "Oh...no no, sorry. I'm Kalita, Shal's sister. You must be Sonic." Sonic nodded. "You two look alike." "Yea, we're twins," she said. "But there is a way to tell us apart." She pointed to her left eye where the fur around it was a grey color, in the shape of a star. "Only I have this star patch." Sonic nodded. "I'll try to keep that in mind." "So, what do you know about vampires?" she asked. "Well, nothing more than what the average joe would know," Sonic admitted. "I see. Well maybe I can tell you some of what I know," she said, sitting next to him. Sure," Sonic said, listening. "Okay, take what you know about vampires and toss it out the window. All those stories about vampires are myths. They don't melt in sunlight, they don't burn in holy-water, and they DEFINITELY don't fear crosses. They perfer darkness mainly because of their sensitive eyes, not because they fear it. They can survive in sunlight just like everyone else. And the ONLY way to kill a vampire is to remove its head." "Ew, kinda gruesome, huh?" Sonic asked. "Yea, it is," Kalita admitted. Sonic gazed at her as Shalita came in to remove the needle. "All done." "Good," he said as she took it out. "Here," Kalita said, handing him the glass of orange juice. "This will help you recover faster." "Thanks," Sonic said, taking a sip. "Thank you for doing this, Sonic. We'll let you know what the test results yeild," Shalita said, taking the bag of blood and walking out. "Good luck!" Sonic called back as Kalita bandaged up his arm. Kalita gazed at Sonic for a moment. "Um...Sonic...I was wondering.... would you be interested in eating dinner tommorrow night with me? I'll be cooking...and you can bring your friends!" she asked. "Sure, sounds good already," Sonic smiled. "Oh...great!" Kalita smiled. "Come on, let's get ready for bed. Dawn's coming, and we sleep when the vampires do."