Look! A new chapter! I've edited some of the past chapters, like fixing spelling and grammar and such. Make it look better and everything. And I am really sorry that this chapter took so long. My sister's horse died (cut her leg and died of blood loss) and my dog is really sick. So it's been pretty hectic. I have been working on it, though.

Damon will be a weaselish sort of person (Thanks Erin for the idea!) No Damon in this chapter, though.

Raevin and Sareptiah will still annoy the crap out of each other and have fun doing it. And I have some surprises coming up for Raevin. She will change yet again. Evolution, Raevin style, yes?

Ally will still… just be there, I guess… Keep Raevin and Sare from killing each other… keep Vogel in line… things like that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Eidos or Soul Reaver or anything LoK. Damon, Ally, Raevin, Vogel/Kirstunoh, Ectoplasm, and the Aiermunarck-Uyilnarkiah forest tribe are mine. Sareptiah and Wraith (the wolf) belongs to HealerAriel (Erin).

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Raevin sighed, staring down at the book. She knew she had to tell Ally; she couldn't keep something like this from her. "Then why am I scared to tell her?" Raevin asked herself. "I shouldn't be…"

She sighed again, then looked down from the tower. Vampires were leaving the keep at random intervals, disappearing into the dark forest. The only light came from two torches at the Keep entrance, and torches placed evenly throughout the main halls for the human servants. Raevin placed the book on the roof, then stood and stretched. She looked down at the book, then over the edge to the ground below her. "What the heck. This'll make it or break it for me." She said, grabbing the book and leaping off the tower roof.

Falling through the air, Raevin waited till she was halfway down before grabbing the rock walls with her wings and claws and climbing the rest of the way. When she reached the bottom, she found Ectoplasm standing there, waiting for her. "Hey, buddy. Were you waiting for me here?" Ectoplasm bobbed his head in a horsy nod, then nickered.

"I know I've been a brat lately… I'm really sorry. Forgive me?" Ectoplasm nickered again, then nuzzled Raevin with his nose. She smiled and patted him on the nose. "Do you know where Ally is?" Ectoplasm whinnied and pointed with his nose at the nearby staircase. "Room then?" Another nod. "Alright, thank you. I'll see you tomorrow." She hugged the stallion around the neck, then took off for the stairs.

Raevin hit the stairs at a full run, and raced up the stone steps, taking them three or four at a time with the help of her wings. She quickly reached the top of the tower, where the bedroom she and Ally shared was. Coming to a stop at the large wooden door, Raevin paused to catch her breath, then tucked the book under her arm and pushed the door open slightly. She knew she would have to apologize for running off like she had, but she didn't care. She had to tell Ally about the book.

"Hello? Ally, are you here?" Raevin called, slipping through the door and closing it behind her.

"Out here, on the balcony." Ally's voice replied. Raevin made her way across the floor, dropping the book on the table as she passed. She came to the door that lead out onto the balcony,

"Yes?" Raevin asked as she stepped through the door.

"Come here." Ally said, holding her hand out to the half-demon. "Stand with me."

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Sareptiah sat quietly on the roof of the tower room Ally and Raevin shared. She and Wraith had followed Ally up to the room, deciding to watch over her until Raevin returned. Sareptiah didn't trust that Damon man, not even a little bit. When she had looked into his soul, she had felt the unbearable urge to shiver with fear. Which was very unlike her.

When she saw Raevin join Ally out on the balcony, she knew she didn't need to worry. Until tomorrow, anyway, when Ally was sure to run into Damon. Sareptiah leaned against Wraith and watched the two girls below her.

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"What is it?" Raevin asked as she stepped up next to Ally.

"I want you to look up at the sky for me." Ally replied. "Tell me what you see."

Raevin turned her gaze to the clear night sky. There wasn't a cloud up there that could block her view of the stars. She couldn't find any of the constellations from her home world, but she knew she wouldn't find them up there. She could, however, see a few that Ally had taught her. Technically, Raevin thought to herself. I don't -have- a home world anymore. I came from one world and am part of a prophecy of another.

"What do you see?" Ally asked, placing her hand over Raevin's.

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Sareptiah raised an eyebrow, interested at how this event was turning out. "I knew they were a strange pair, Wraith." She said to the wolf next to her. "Whatever comes next shouldn't be much of a surprise."

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Raevin stared down at Ally's hand holding hers. "What do you see?" Ally asked again. Raevin blinked a few times, then looked up at the sky.

"I see…" Raevin began, then realized she had suddenly forgotten the names of the constellations she had been taught. "… a lot of stars." No one could say she was wrong. There were indeed a lot of stars in the sky, much more than Raevin was used to.

Ally laughed. "You're right, there are a lot of stars." She let go of Raevin's hand, then pointed up at the stars. "Imagine that every single one of those stars is a person, either a human or a vampire."

Raevin gazed up at the star-crowded sky. "That's a lot of people."

Giggling, Ally decided silently that Raevin was still a little stunned from when she had touched her. "Very true. Now, point out the brightest star you see."

As tempting as it was, Raevin did not point at the moon. She studied the sky for a moment before she pointed at an extremely bright star that the humans called Certu. (Raevin had been lectured by several people that it was pronounced with a 's' sound and not a 'k' sound.)

Ally smiled. "Certu is Nosgoth's brightest star. That represents you." She said. Raevin was watching her intently as she spoke. "The rest of the stars represent everyone else in Nosgoth."

Raevin was, at this point, a little confused. Due to her demonic side, thinking about what Ally was trying to get at was a tad bit difficult. The fighting and killing concept was easier for her to understand, even though her human and demon self's clashed with each other on the killing part.

Ally saw the slightly confused look on Raevin's face, and decided to try and explain better. "Certu stands out from all the other stars, right?" Raevin nodded. "To me, you are Certu. You stand out from everyone else, and I noticed you the moment we first met."

Raevin gazed at Ally as a thought suddenly popped into her mind. Is she…? No, she can't. It's not possible. Don't get your hopes up.

"Raevin, I love you. I did from the start." Ally said, fighting her shyness to look Raevin in the eye, who stared right back.

"How? Why?" Raevin asked, shocked. "I'm…" She tried to say the word 'hideous', but her mouth refused to cooperate with her brain.

Ally placed her hands over Raevin's, hiding the claws. "It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside." She said, looking at Raevin with more confidence. "I think you're beautiful with or without the claws and spikes and blades. I know who you are inside, and that's what counts." With that, Ally placed a hand on the back of Raevin's head and pulled her closer to press their lips together.

For a moment, Raevin had no idea what was going on. All she knew was that Ally was kissing her and she was kissing back. It wasn't fierce or heated… just strong. And emotional. When they finally pulled apart, both were a little dazed. Ally was the first to recover. She grinned mischievously, then turned and walked towards the door leading into their room. She paused at the door, then looked over her shoulder at Raevin. "Coming?" She asked.

Raevin blinked, even more stunned now than she was before. "Yeah… in a minute." She said. Ally smiled, then left through the door.

Sighing, Raevin leaned back against the balcony railing. She couldn't say she wasn't pleased with this sudden turn of events, because she was very pleased. She was just… shocked. She was just looking up at the sky when she noticed Sareptiah and Wraith sitting there above the door.

Growling, she stood upright and glared at Sareptiah. "What did you see?" She demanded.

"Everything." Came the answer. Sareptiah looked at Raevin for a moment, then smiled (which caught Raevin off-guard) and stood up. She nodded to Wraith, who turned and walked through the wall behind her. Sareptiah looked at Raevin again. "Keep an eye on that Damon person, and guard Ally with your life." Was all she said before she turned and climbed easily up the rock wall.

"I will." Raevin said, then left the balcony through the bedroom door, following Ally.