HI!!! ^^ I'm back. To those of you who have read the first (handwritten) copy of this story, I am truly sorry. Chapters 3 and 4 have been cut. They had nothing to do with the main plot and I am too lazy to type them up. However, if you are curious about them, I would be happy to type them up and e-mail them to you ^^. Simply E-mail me at either cactus_kitten@msn.com or shadowrayne_1579@yahoo.com. With that said, the story is now down to 7 chapters. Don't worry though. The story does not end there. Paradox is currently 20 chapters which are longer than these so have no fear! Hope you like chapter 3/5!
Anyway, getting to my reviews (I love you guys! *tear*)

Deionarra: MWAHAHAHA! Don't worry, she gets a good hunk outta him in this chapter...*evil grin*
VladimirsAngel: Actually, you're right. I don't mention this in the story, but his favored shift is an anaconda. ^^ Kyria is really cool once you get her in a fight...Once I get chapter 6 up...you shall see...
Lilith: Thankies! ^^ I really enjoy your series (about Freya and Isca and all them. Lost on Nosgoth, Return to Nosgoth, and Nosgoth's Salvation.)
Chapter 3 (five if you want chapters 3&4 from the original manuscript)

It had been a month since Kyria had left the academy. She missed the all of her friends so much that it made her nearly cry just to think about them.

She reached a hilltop and gazed at her surroundings. There they were. The pillars of Nosgoth. She had heard that it was a very dangerous place. Torn by war. Kyria made sure that all seven of the daggers that she carried were at the ready. As she descended the hill, the air suddenly got heavy. The silence was suffocating. Ominous shadows were everywhere. For the first time in her life, Kyria was afraid.

Kyria sensed movement behind her. She whipped around and saw a flash of a cloven foot. Curious, she followed it. After about an hour of following the thing, she saw a huge church looming ahead. The thing ran in before she could get a good look at it. She slipped after it and into the church.

Standing in the center of the room, was Raziel. Kyria gave herself bear claws and the agility of a cat as she circled her opponent. She lunged. Raziel stepped aside, clawing her over the eye with one of his three talons. He missed puncturing the eyeball but sliced her eyebrow and below her eye deeply. She blinked away the blood, ignoring the screaming wound. Raziel leapt at her. Kyria jumped up and landed on his back. She tore furiously with her claws. He spun over in midair, landing purposely on his back, forcing her to release him.

"I underestimated you. Believe me, it won't happen again." Raziel told her. Kyria remained silent, and dove low this time. Raziel jumped and used her as a launchpad. Before he got much air Kyria rolled onto her back and siezed his ankle, twisting it and forcing him back down. As he came down, she rolled out from under him.She quickly shifted into a wolf. As she was about to rip into his spine, killing him, a loud commanding voice echoed throughout the church.

"ENOUGH!" Kyria's head snapped up at the sound, giving Raziel the opportunity to sieze her by the shoulders and throw her across the room. Raziel kneeled before a man that looked somewhere between 90 and dirt. His skin had a green tint to his skin. Platinum hair fell from his scalp down to his waist. His eyes were yellow like Raziel's. He was a vampire.

Kyria, as she shifted back, refused to kneel. An act of defiance. Unfortunately, the rush of adrenaline that had blocked the pain of the many wounds she had taken in the fight was gone. Every muscle in her body screamed. She glared at the man who had stopped her from exacting her revenge on Raziel. The bite, while not fatal, left her feverish and weak for several days.

The man on the throne smirked at her, looking at the wound over her left eye, that would obviously leave a scar.

"Sorry to end your little spat. However, Raziel IS my son..." the man said.
The cold humor in his voice was obvious in the way he regarded them. He was not one to toy with.
"You don't seem the type that cares about kin. I don't doubt that he's your son, you both seem to have the same manipulating ways. What else is he to you?" Kyria spat.
"Hmm...Finally, a smart human. Raziel is the strongest of my lieutenants and my firstborn son. I am Kain, Lord of the vampires of Nosgoth. Who are YOU, mortal?" Kain asked, more of an order than a request.
"Kyria."
"Why were you so intent on ending Raziel?"
"He attacked me a while back. I wanted to give him a taste of what getting your neck chomped on feels like."
"How and where did you learn to fight like that?"
"Nessesity."
"Raziel, explain your near defeat at the hands of this girl, powerful though she is." Kain snapped at the kneeling lieutenant.
"I have no explaination, Milord." Raziel replied. Kain eyed the clawmarks and slashes in his lieutenant, disgusted.
"Is this the ally against the Sarafan you were talking about?" Kain demanded.
"Yes Milord." Kain rose from his seat and began circling Kyria, looking her over.
"Last I noticed, you were a vampire, not a vulture." Kyria snapped irritably.

Raziel got to his feet as the door to the massive church opened and a man carrying a a young woman (who appeared to be unconcious) stepped in. He had black, spikey hair and was covered in blood, most likely not his own.

"Zephon." Raziel hissed.
"Raziel. Brought us an appetiser, I see." Zephon said, giving Kyria the (A/N sorry DragonSeer, this phrase is too cool not to use ^^) 'I'm hungry, let me eat you' look. He sauntered over to the young shapeshifter. Raziel glanced at Kyria and she nodded at him, giving him the okay. He turned back to Zephon.
"Yeah. Go ahead." he said with a grin. Zephon gently removed a drop of blood that was running down Kyria's cheek with his claw and popped it into his mouth. He moved the hair from her neck and eyed the twin scars that Raziel had given her at the dance.

"Just like you Raziel, taking the first bite." Zephon shrugged and lowered his face towards the girl's neck. All in one motion, Kyria snaked her hand around Zephon's throat and slammed his back against a nearby wall. Zephon went limp from the pressure on his neck, gasping for air. Raziel and Kain both chuckled.

"Never let your guard down, vampire." Kyria hissed at the captive vampire, releasing him and letting him slump to his knees.
"You'll die for that, you human whelp." Zephon snarled as he picked himself up from the floor.
"Wrong Zephon. She nearly bested me. You don't stand a chance, even if she is weakened from her spat with me." Raziel told his younger sibling. Zephon glared at him and walked over to the still-comatose girl on the floor. He picked her up and promptly tore open her throat.

"You're powerful, there is certainly no doubt about that. Will you be staying in Nosgoth to help us cruch the Sarafan?" Kain asked. She could tell he was being unusually direct with her, cutting directly to the point.
"I suppose." She answered, eyeing Zephon who was feeding and wrinkling her nose in disgust.
"Good. Raziel, find the girl a place to stay." Kain ordered the snickering vampire. Raziel plugged up and nodded. He beckined for Kyria to follow him out of the church. Once they were outside, Raziel spoke.
"I've never seen Zephon so disgraced. Watch your back. He doesn't take kindly to a lost meal. For a while there, I didn't think you'd come after me."
"Why did you lead me here?" Kyria asked.
"You'll find out eventually." Raziel answered.
"I may stay here, but that does NOT mean that I trust you in the least."
"Why are you here then?"
"I...I'm not sure...I thought it was to kill you but...I'm not so sure anymore..."
Well folks, that was Chapter 3. SVP will probably notice the fact that I cut a lot out of this chapter. (Especially considering the fact that she is sitting beside me as I am typing this with the original manuscript on the desk in front of us and listening to a burned copy of Evanescence's Fallen. ^^) I hope you like! Anyways, I am raising my requirement to 2 reviews to get up a new chapter (this shouldn't be a problem as I've been getting at least 3 for each Chapter up until now ^^ )

Well, I hope to hear from you people in my reviews. I want to get this said now. Paradox may well take longer to get each chapter up. Lifeblood is already written. Paradox is not.

Anyway, you guys are the best. *Hands out burned copies of Fallen to all that have reviewed.*