God, it's been forever since I've worked on this. Been trying to figure out where I want this story to go…

School has been doing well, and semester tests are finally over, and my dog bite is getting better. Yes, I have been thinking on this fanfic, and I actually have a second one up and going. It's a Sailor Moon fanfic. All you moonies better check it out.

No, I have not written a lemon scene between Ally and Raevin, but I have thought about it. But due to FF.net's lemon deal, this fic might get pulled down if I do that. But I am really, really, REALLY sorry it took me so long to update. School got busier, and it was pushed to the back of my brain. But I did work on it whenever I had the free time.

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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"So what now?" Raevin asked as she and Ally walked slowly across the Keep's courtyard. The area was bustling with fledgling using the tower to avoid the sunlight, and human servants who were doing whatever the vampires wanted them to. A few Elite passed the couple, and they nodded in greeting as they walked by.

"I don't know." Ally replied. "I think I'm just not going to go near Daman. Alone, anyway."

Raevin nodded. "Think we should tell Raziel? Sareptiah probably already knows."

"No." Ally said. She picked up a small ball and tossed it to a group of human children who were calling for it. Their caretakers, a mixed group of female humans and vampires, either nodded or waved to them before turning their attention back to the human youngsters. "He'll probably have him killed, and we need those scrolls translated."

"I don't mind living like this." Raevin protested. "I'm used to them; I almost feel like I've had them my entire life."

"I know. Same with me and my… changes." Ally sighed. "But don't you want to be normal again?"

"Normal is a relative term." Raevin said, flexing her spines. "Besides, I'm stronger now."

"But you feel the demon side, don't you."

There was silence for a moment. An uncomfortable silence. "Yeah… I guess I do."

"Well, what does it feel like? You can't enjoy it. I don't see how you would." Ally said, leaning against her friend in mid-walk.

"Well, actually…" Raevin started. "Most of the time I do enjoy it. It makes me feel powerful. I can see things and smell things and hear things I physically wouldn't be able to if I were human. I'm just as strong and fast as a vampire, and just as cunning. Sometimes though…" She looked uncomfortable and glanced down at her claws. "Sometimes the need to kill becomes too strong. You know all those times I would leave with the fledgling hunting groups?" Ally nodded. "Well… I'd help them hunt. I'd distract or full out kill their prey if they couldn't do it."

"You what?!" Ally glared at Raevin, disbelieving.

"What? Oh, no, I didn't kill any old people or children or women. The fledges only went after the men, and those were Hunters of one sort or another."

Ally sighed. "Sometimes, I'm not sure what I should do with you…"

Raevin smirked. "Lock yourself in a closet with me?"

"RAEVIN!"

"What? Just a suggestion…"

The two continued their walk in silence. When they came to the tower in the middle of the courtyard, they stopped to watch the Razielim and their human servants go about their normal routine.

"You do know… that we'll always be in the middle, right?" Ally asked, breaking the silence and noticing Raevin's questioning look. "We'll never be completely normal. We aren't human, but we aren't vampire or demon either."

"Then what are we?" Raevin asked.

"Different." A voice interrupted them. The two women looked up to see Raziel approaching them. "I apologize if I've… disturbed the two of you." He said, grinning a grin that revealed his fangs. "Daemon says he's done with the translation, and he requests that we accompany him to a clearing tonight."

"When did you become a messanger?" Raevin smirked, getting a growl from Raziel and a jab from Ally.

"Ignore that." Ally said quickly, trying to push the snickering Raevin away and failing miserably. "Does he want me, you, Raevin, and Sareptiah? Or just the three of us?"

"He did not specify." Raziel said as he finished glaring at Raevin.

A slight tingling sensation at the base of Raevin's skull caused the demon to become more alert. She glanced around quickly before talking. "I need to go. Ectoplasm's calling me. She said, standing straighter and raising her spines slightly.

"Wait, I'll go with you." Ally said, reaching out to catch Raevin's hand before the she-demon could climb up the wall.

Instead of climbing, however, Raevin pulled Ally into a hug. "Stay away from Daemon until I get back." She whispered into the girl's ear. She let go, then scrambled up the wall at a speed nothing in Nosgoth could match.

"Wait!" Ally yelled just as Raevin disappeared over the Keep wall. She cursed, more worried than angry.

Raziel cocked his head slightly, having heard what Raevin said. "Ally, might I speak with you?"

***

Raevin dropped down from the Keep wall, landing on the hard earth on all fours. The tingling at the base of her skull had gotten stronger, so she knew Ectoplasm had to be outside the Keep walls.

Closing her eyes, Raevin tried looking through the eyes of her ghostly companion. Their bond had strengthened over time, and they were able to call each other over great distances.

Looking through the other's eyes, however, was a totally different story.

The image Raevin was getting was extremely fuzzy and a bit dark, but she could make out trees and some armored men that Ectoplasm appeared to be… well, attacking wasn't exactly the right word. He was keeping them busy. The clearing they were in was familiar; Raevin realized that it was the clearing that she and Ally spent some of their free time together, when they wanted it to be just the two of them.

"Hold on, Ectoplasm," Raevin said as she ran into the forest and took to the trees. "I'm coming."

***

Raziel and Ally trekked up the stairs in a tower to the room the two girl's shared. "You say that Raevin is from a different world? And that Daemon is… not what he appears to be?"

Ally nodded. "A book that Raevin found in your library proves it. I'll show you." Her eyes darkened at the mention of Daemon. "And yes, Daemon isn't just a translator. But I'm not sure what he is. But I do know he's human."

The two came to the door leading into the girl's living quarters. Ally inserted the key into the lock and turned it. She pushed against the door, and it slowly opened to reveal the interior of the room.

"What in all…" Ally gasped, seeing the condition of the room.

"Do the two of you always keep your rooms like this?" Raziel inquired, raising an eyebrow. "You could have asked for a servant to come clean it up."

"No… it's not supposed to be like this…"

The room was a complete disaster area. The chairs were smashed, glass and mirrors were shattered, dirt and mud had been tracked all over the place, and the connected rooms were generally in total chaos. Anything that hadn't been broken or outright destroyed had been discarded onto the floor or bed.

Among the destroyed were Ally and Raevin's weapons. The two had stopped carrying them around when the Razielim had accepted them into their clan. Sareptiah carried hers around out of habit.

Ally wasn't worried about the weapons however. She had noticed a figure standing in the corner. Raziel noticed it, too, and bared his fangs in a feral hiss. The figure ignored the vampire lord as it stepped out of the shadows.

"Hello, Ally." The figure said, fully revealed.

"Daemon."

***

Raevin sped through the forest's trees. Soon enough, she reached the clearing she and Ally had spent so much time in. She paused in the branches to look at the scene. Raevin could see the shimmering in the air where Ectoplasm was appearing and disappearing and reappearing again. The ghost horse appeared to be circling the group of six men. The emblems on their armor proved them to be Sarafan.

"Might as well…" Raevin murmured. She jumped down from the tree, coming out of hiding as she did. As soon as she revealed herself, Ectoplasm stopped running to nicker at her. The Sarafan men took this chance to try and escape, but before they could move more than five feet, Ectoplasm had strafed through them to block their escape.

One of the Sarafan, apparently the leader, turned to face Raevin. He studdied her a moment, then motioned to one of his followers. The summoned Sarafan stepped forward, apparently very nervous.

"L-let us pass, demon. If you do not, w-we will kill you." The Sarafan said, the leader scowling behind him.

Raevin smirked. "What are you going to do, poke me?" She eyed their short spears, then stepped forward and snatched up the Sarafan with a wing. "What are you doing here?" She demanded, holding the struggling hunter in the air by the armor's collar.

The remaining Sarafan quickly drew their swords and started to advance on Raevin when she shook the captured, terrified hunter. "I know this one can't be more than sixteen or seventeen summers." Raevin said, managing to grin a grin only a psyco could. "He's scared, I can tell. I can see it… I can smell it." She smirked.

"Let the boy go, demon." The leader said. "We know you don't harm children."

"Oh, but this isn't a child!" Raevin crowed, acting very boisterous. "He is a Sarafan, and very much an adult!" Wait… what's that smell? Several thoughts raced through Raevin's mind as the young Sarafan dangled from her wing claws, whimpering.

"Drop him!" A different hunter bellowed, leaping at Raevin and swinging his sword.

I know what that smell is, now. A very deep, low growl began in the half-demon's chest, traveling through her throat and coming out her mouth. The Sarafan advancing on her saw this, but didn't move fast enough. Raevin's other wing hit him hard, slamming him into the ground and pinning him there. "Where have you come from and where are you going!?" Raevin bellowed, pressing the grounded Sarafan harder into the dirt and wrapping her wing talons around the neck of the now sobbing Sarafan teen.

"Wait! Please!" The grounded man begged. "We were called here by a man named Daemon. He wanted us to steal some book for him, and kidnap a woman named Ally!"

"Really…" Raevin murmured. "I know you've managed to take the book, because Ally has been with me all day. Which of you has it?" Her questioned went unanswered. Raevin sighed, rubbing her temples with her fingertips. "Allow me to rephrase that; If somebody here doesn't give me the book, I'll kill you all. Starting with the boy." With that, she dropped the teen to the ground and held his head against the earth with her talons.

"No! I have it!" The boy screamed. He squirmed and struggled, managing to reveal the book. Raevin released him, and he jumped up and dropped the book at her feet.

That's better." Raevin said, realizing the other Sarafan and kneeling to pick up the book. "Come on, Ectoplasm. I know a certain snake we need to talk to." She said as she turned and started walking back to the Keep.

Ectoplasm nickered, moving to follow his master. As he passed the Sarafan, he stopped to look at them closely. He seemed to frown, then he just snorted and walked away.