~ This chapter is about the Dominique fandango ( I love that word ) thirty years or so prior to this story. Enjoy, and, uh, Katana POV. Sadly, I don't own any of these characters, except for Katana and her family. Enjoy. ~

I still think that the whole Dominique thing was hilarious. As I sit on my bed and draw whatever comes to mind, I find myself sketching that cold hunter on my cream colored sketch pad. I remembered how I had really ticked Gabriel off. That had been great fun, well, except for the injuries. They were never great. The injuries had just like the usual ones, but they hadn't been from Gabriel, they had been from Dominique and Jeshickah. I always find myself in trouble, I swear.

~~~~~~ 30 years earlier ~~~~~~

The sunlight that I found in the outside world was blinding. So, I had basically stumbled blindly away from Gabriel's manor, really hoping that no cars were on the road. Or else I would be road kill. After my eyes adjusted to the bright sunlight I ran from that wretched manor. For the first time in my two hundred year stay with Gabriel, he had pushed me over the edge. I had suffered the worst beating of my life last night, and it hadn't even came from him. I had been beaten bloody by the former ruler of Midnight, Jeshickah. And Gabriel had stood by and watched it happen! I thought he cared about my health to some degree, but I was lucky I didn't die last night. God, I still ached like crazy. But no matter how bad it felt to run through the streets like a mad man, it was nice to be able to stretch my legs again. I hadn't ran like this since, umm........I can't really remember. Some people looked at me as if I were crazy, others looked at me and shook their heads. They assumed me to be an adolescent starting trouble. I am the oldest fifteen-year-old I know. As I came into view of the cafes and shops I slowed down. I could tell someone was following me. Pervert, stalker, serial killer. It could be any one of those, but it's probably a vampire. Gabriel to be exact. I turned around slowly, and rolled my eyes; that would irritate him even more. But it wasn't Gabriel at all, it was a woman. A human. I'm guessing serial killer, but I could be wrong. It was one of those moments that I wished that Gabriel was here. He was always there when I DIDN'T need him at all. God. The woman eyed me and I just stared at her blankly. She started talking in a cold voice that made me feel small and insignificant.

"You are blood bonded, girl. But to whom?" I looked at her as if she was crazy. Like I would tell her.

"I forgot. Maybe you could tell me who you are. It's not nice to follow innocent girls around in lonely streets." She narrowed her eyes at my sarcasm. I am a genius when it comes to these kind of things; pissing people off and such.

"I can make you regret those words. I will not hesitate to do so." Okay, I didn't mean to start a fight. Really, this time I was just trying to get this extremely weird person away from me.

"Why are you talking to me as if I've done something wrong? Just leave me alone."

"Not until you tell me who you are bonded to." This woman was persistent. I'm not that important and neither was Gabriel. Well, I don't think he's important.

"LEAVE ME ALONE! GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD, YOU OLD HAG!" The woman snarled and pounced on me. I fell to the ground, underneath her weight. Actually she wasn't that heavy, but when she threw herself at me with a force of one thousand, it knocked the wind out of you. I was trying to catch my breath when the woman drew a silver blade. It looked quite sharp and I do not like sharp things when they are close to my throat, wrist, or heart. The woman seemed to be quite calm now, I guess she was 'in her element.' I think my serial killer theory was right.

"Tell me what I want to know and I'll let you go, unscathed." Okay, I liked to be in control. This was no fun. I wanted this woman off of me. I really hoped she wasn't a molester too. "Would you like me to take the information from your mind, girl. It will be a severely painful punishment for your ignorant behavior." Oh, duh, she wasn't a serial killer; she was a witch. I'm a really stupid person, I swear.

"Get off of her." The voice was cool and oddly calm. It was not Gabriel's spicy voice, the voice I had been expecting to hear all day, it was drastically different. It was demanding, yet I could tell the vampire had minimal control of things in his life, or whatever you want to call it. Actually, I really couldn't tell what his voice revealed about his personality. I could only tell that I was really scared now and I didn't have Gabriel to run to. Although, Gabriel would have beaten me cruelly if I ran to him. Shut up, brain. Shut up, shut up, shut up!

The woman stood up and began to walk towards him. The vampire, I now could see him clearly because no one was pinning me to the ground, had a cocky smirk on his face. He was different looking, that's for sure. Black hair with red streaks and very red eyes. His very presence screamed predator and he was all around creepy. The woman launched herself at him and he slammed a fist into her face. I silently cheered him on. Go creepy guy, WOO-HOO! The woman backed up, so I casually put out my leg and tripped her. She growled at that and pulled me to the pavement. More like, she practically threw me onto the pavement and cracked my head open. That made me feel dizzy. She raised the knife over her head, as if she would stab me, but the creepy vampire grabbed her wrist and threw her away from me. I think I had heart failure because now my heart was going like two hundred beats per second. Which is really fast, in case you were wondering. The woman got up looking defeated and ran away. I guess she knew when to retreat. The vampire with red eyes watched her run with narrowed eyes, but did not move to follow her. Instead, he turned to look at me.

"Who do you belong to?" I almost started yelling at the word 'belong,' but I decided to bite my tongue. It was getting me into trouble a lot lately.

"Gabriel, of Midnight. Who're you?" He smiled and outstretched his hand to help me up. He seemed pretty nice so I accepted the friendly gesture. My head spun when I got up. He frowned and said, "That's quite a concussion." I felt like saying, 'Yeah, really, I didn't notice it at all,' but decided it wasn't the best idea. He grabbed me and we disappeared, which is quite an experience if you ever get to do it. You feel like you're floating, but, anyway, that really doesn't matter.

Gabriel was pacing in the dining room, he stopped and looked at me when I appeared with this other vampire. He let out a low growl, well I thought he was going to hit me, but he actually came forward to examine my head. It was bleeding now and I really hoped he wasn't hungry. I guess not because he simply cursed and pushed me back. Hmph. He is so mean to me. That reminded me, the other vampire had never answered my question.

"Who're you?" The other vampire turned to me and said, "I'm Chaos." Creepy looking, with a creepy name. Well, at least he was nice. Gabriel eyed him.

"Do you know who did this to Katana? To my slave?" My eyes instantly narrowed. I began to walk towards him, but Chaos grabbed my shoulder and held it in a firm grip.

"It seems she got into a little scuffle with Dominique Vida. Nothing too serious though." Gabriel looked over at me, his fury focused on me.

"Chaos, whose line are you in? Do you own unruly slaves?" He did it AGAIN. I'll strangle him. Gabriel gave me an amused look; his mood was lightening.

"Silver's line. I do own slaves, actually, although none of them are defiant. Most of mine are submissive." Gabriel nodded. He probably would not show his gratitude, well if he actually had any. I really couldn't tell if he was happy to see me or not. Oh well.

"Maybe I will contact you the next time I have slaves to sell, though I will not sell the unruly one; I enjoy her company." Chaos nodded. Gabriel had showed gratitude. It surprised me. I looked at Gabriel, but he did not look directly at me. Chaos and Gabriel talked for a while, so I grew bored. Gabriel must have noticed because he told Chaos that he would talk to him later. Ugh. Now I was stuck alone with him. Beating time.

"Katana, you foolish girl, why did you disobey me and run away?" I would not be nice to him.

"You could have found me easily, if you weren't so lazy." He smirked and pulled me towards him. I tried to pull back, but I was exhausted.

"I knew you would find your way back here one way or another. I am thankful that Chaos found you. He probably saved your life. I am forever in his debt." Gabriel kissed my forehead, picked me up, and took me to my bedroom. He laid me on my bed, quite gently, and told me he would see me in the morning. He is so confusing. Sometimes he beats me and other times he tucks me in for bed. Vampires are so strange. Exactly like us human, yet so different.

~~~~~~Present~~~~~~

I yawned; too much reminiscing. I stretched and got up off of my bed. I put my sketch pad on my oak desk and went to take a shower. Gabriel sure has a fondness of oak furniture. I just realized that.

~ I'm tired. Boo-hoo. Spring break is over, back to the sadistic schools. *sigh* R & R. Happy Hunting.