Chapter Fourteen:

Thierry watched Chyana run off, and attacked Raksha again.

Pathetic little demon, to try and take my kill, you will die. Raksha thought as she picked up the blond vampire with her claws and threw him into the trees.  Somewhere to the left, a woman screamed in anguish.  Raksha turned back to the dragon.

Chyana heard Hannah scream and knew that Thierry was hurt, or even dead.  For the first time, she felt true anger towards Raksha.  She turned from the trap, and ran at her friend.

The last thing that Dreko expected was for Chyana to attacked Raksha from behind.  But as soon as it happened he got out of the way.

"Raksha, I never wanted to kill you before, even after what you did to that plane, but now I will see you die. We do this my way now." Chyana told Raksha after ripping a hole in one of Raksha's wings, then she turned and ran into the trees.

Raksha followed, ready to kill Chyana.  As soon as she stepped into the trees though, Raksha knew she was in a trap.  She turned to leave, just as the net came down.  People were on all sides of her, then came the witches.  Raksha really hated witches.  The began a chant in an old language, of a time before Raksha was born, from the time of the Gargoyle, before the dragons rule, a time all but forgotten, the time when the stone of Threisha was created.   Raksha stood and shook people of her, pulling up on the magic net but suddenly Chyana, Dreko, and Monique were there, holding her down.  Just as the witches finished the chant, two stepped forward.

"As the daughter of Hellewise we command you, sleep until we call you, no longer will you plague us, but now you shall stay deep with yourself, until there is need of you.  Sleep now!" As they said it they tossed a fine powder over Raksha.  Raksha struggled to get away from her captors, and roared loud enough to wake the dead, then a light silver mist covered her, and she lay on the ground, asleep.

Everyone stood silently, breathing quickly, waiting for her to get up.  She didn't move, there was only the rise and fall of her chest as she breathed.

Chyana was the first to step away, she took in Raksha's sleeping figure.  She didn't even notice her injuries. It seemed too easy; Raksha was just asleep, like that.  Dimly she was aware that Doran and his people were running, but it didn't seem important now.  Chyana turned human, she tuned towards where the sun was rising.  As its light hit Raksha, she suddenly became stiff and a clear glistening black; she was a black onyx stone figure when she touched the sun.

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About fifteen vampires lifted Raksha's stone figure out of the truck, and gently set her on the floor of the under ground cave.  Chyana touched the statue briefly, and said her last good-bye to her childhood friend.  Then she and everyone else walked out.  After everyone was clear of the cave entrance, there was a huge explosion, and Raksha was buried forever.  With tears in her eyes, Chyana walked off into the night.

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Ash Redfern and Marry-Lynnette Carter's funerals were held at twilight, in a beautiful cemetery.  Over a hundred people had shown up for the funeral, among the group were Ash's sisters, Thierry, Hannah, Quinn, Rashel, Marry-Lynnette's family, Angel, Chyana, as well as all of Marry-Lynnette's friends, Ash's friends, and several important members of Daybreak.  The maiden, Arcadia, offered them passage into the next world, and everyone said their good-byes silently, when the caskets were lowered into the ground.