(A/N) Warning. In this chapter there is a quote from a book that I do not own. I will tell you where the quote is. It is from a book by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, my favorite author.

Disclamer: Raven!

Raven: sigh she doesn't own us.

Kuroyafirenight: smiles Thank you!

Chapter 9: Don't go Changin'...

Raven woke up feeling strange. The thoughts and memories of, when was that? Last night? A week ago? Anyway, her memories came rushing back, and she knew what had happened. She was now a vampire. But how long was she unconscious? She sat up and groaned, weak from the transformation. She got up from her bed. Evidently some one had carried her back to the tower.

shwishh Her door slid open. "Hello, my little bird. Are you feeling well?" Kuro asked.

Raven shook her head. She coughed twice and said "I'm...thirsty." But she realized that it wasn't water she wanted. She wanted blood.

Kuro smiled. "Come, princess. Let us go on your first hunt. Your friend the songbird has already woken."

"Songbird? Oh, you mean Robin. He probably wouldn't appreciate you calling him that." Raven told him.

"Yeah, I don't appreciate it. But there's nothing I can do about it, is there?" Robin was standing outside her door. He grimaced as he coughed several times. "Thirsty." he gasped.

With a swish of his cloak, Kuro teleported them to a dark street. A lone man was walking down the alley, his head snapping around at the slightest noise, checking for pursuers. In second, the two young vampires, Raven and Robin, were upon him. They quickly subdued him and took turns drinking his blood. They left just enough for him to survive, and left him there.

Kuro laughed. "Very, good, young ones. But why didn't you just finish him off?"

Robin looked at Raven and said, "So where can we get some water?"

Raven asked, "And food? He'll be hungry when he wakes up. Blood loss will do that to you."

Kuro just looked confused. "Why are you caring for that pitiful mortal?"

Raven and Robin couldn't explain it. They just couldn't murder a human in cold blood, or indirectly murder him. They left in the blink of an eye and returned seconds later with food and water. They left it next to the man and walked back over to Kuro.

"I'm disgusted with your moralistic behavior. You have such great power now, why waste it on those that don't deserve it?" Kuro demanded an answer of them. "Tell me!"

Raven spoke up first. "We must follow what we believe. Otherwise our foundation is shaken, and our lives will be in turmoil."

Robin nodded. "Every human has the right to live. We can't just leave him there when it's our fault he's in danger. It goes against everything we know and believe."

Kuro rolled his eyes. "Youth and their morals...I was once like you. Then I learned the truth of life. Eat or be eaten. (QUOTE) Survive and be strong, or die, cornered by your prey, trembling because the night is dark. (END QUOTE)"

Robin just held Raven's hand and said, "Let's go home."

Kuro jerked his arm up, swirling his cloak around the three of them, and they returned to the tower.

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They appeared in the living room.

Raven asked, "What's up with the cloak? You don't need it to teleport, do you?"

Kuro laughed. "No, I don't need it, but it impresses the mortals."

Raven laughed with him, and even Robin chuckled a little. Vampire humor was just starting to make sense to him.

Kuro told them, "I must go. By the way, daylight does not harm us. The only thing that will harm us is the well-known concept of a stake in the heart. If a mortal were to hammer a stake into your heart, you would die. So be careful. Oh, and the stake has to be made of oak. White oak. Farewell, my children. I have rounds to make. You aren't the only ones who keep the city safe."

(A/N) The next chapter will take place 8 months from now. No, that's not when I will post it, lol. I mean, the story line will pick up as if 8 months has passed for them.