Author's Notes: I knew I posted the first chapter of this fic about 2 weeks ago, and I took so long in updating *yes, I know...Gomen, Kyte-chan* I was busy doing some things like Ragnarok Online, watching Shaman King and Prince of Tennis T_T) and school also keeps me busy. Hontou ni gomen nasai!!! T______T The second chapter is dedicated to the following people:

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BLOODLINE
by: nikki hiiragizawa

Second Pillar: History

It was darkness...pitch black everywhere. Not a single ray of light was visible, and she could only feel with her hands. It had been a long time since she was imprisoned in this hidden cellar. She was kept here to avoid being murdered by the warriors invading the city. She knew of no way to open the locked door, only her mentor knew...yet her beloved teacher had not come back for her.

She gritted her teeth and shuffled as she lay on her side. The lamp oil had long been gone, and the food supply had lasted only until yesterday. Yesterday...who knows if that was even only a few hours ago. She had no idea of the time that had past. What could have happened to the people outside...she will never know.

Maybe I'll die here, she thought as she closed her eyes. Her tears had dried up from too much crying and thre was none left to be shed. Maybe I'll go mad from starvation and kill myself... She lifted a finger and blew on it lightly. "Illumine," she whispered. A little flame suddenly burst from the tip of her finger, giving her a slight view of the surroundings. The room smelled of sweat and rot, and the semi-darkness did not help to comfort her.

She sighed as she stared at the flame. Even she, who was commented for her powers, is not strong enough to produce a stronger light spell. She blew out the light on her finger. If she keeps the light for a longer time, she might become even more exhausted and hungry.

She finally closed her eyes. Her teacher had not come back...maybe they had forgotten about her in captivity here...or maybe...they were already killed. There was no reason for her to stay alive in this room. Soon, she will join them wherever they are...

The door was kicked open and the sudden flash of light from the outside drove her blind. She tried to scream, but her throat was parched from water loss that she could only whisper. She could see something like a silhouette...a caped one...and it approached her and crouched before her.

"Light Princess," a voice said, soothing and calm. "I have come to your rescue." With those words, her eyes felt cool and soon, she was driven into a deep sleep she had never experienced for a long time...

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Tomoyo fluttered her eyes open. She was in her room, lying on her bed and covered with a blanket. She had another dream...but it was different.

The girl in the cellar...Tomoyo had watched her. Tomoyo had felt what she had felt and heard her thoughts. It was as if they are one. She saw the girl in the cellar make her finger light up, and saw the person who rescued the girl. What could it be? Numerous questions had surfaced on Tomoyo, yet the answers proved to be evasive. She sighed and rolled to her side.

"Are you now alright?"

Tomoyo suddenly sat up and faced the chair by her bed. The person sitting there...she had heard his voice from before...was it...

"You!" Tomoyo had remembered. There was some guy who came up to her room asking for help and she turned on the lamp...then she sort of fainted. "Why...Hiiragizawa-san...Why are you still here...what do you want?!" She shivered slightly. She was sure this was just a joke from her friends...yet when she turned on the lamp...

"Yes, I know...I must have scared you," the young man who introduced himself as Eriol said. "I am not very fond of light. Direct light will make my very heart melt, and I will disappear. That is why I turned into a bat when you turned on the lamp. It's light was directed at me, and only my flying form can tolerate it."

Tomoyo looked around. The candles in her room were lit, creating a dim glow all over the room. She looked back to her visitor, and now, she could see all of his features. Blue eyes, dark hair...he was handsome...yet he was a bit pale. Tomoyo remembered that he was a vampire and understood. He sat on the chair beside her bed, his hands clasped together. He must have been worried. Could it be...that supernatural beings like him really exist?

"Anou...I hate to be rude," Tomoyo said. "I really do not believe that vampires exist, and to tell you the truth, you have astounded me with what you did a while ago. But still..."

Eriol nodded in understanding. "I should have expected something like this, Daidouji-san. But I have gained confidence that you would remember me especially since your mother had talked of your lineage three days ago."

Tomoyo gripped her beddings firmly. "What my mother had said..." She bowed her head and tried to comb the tangles of her hair, absently remembering that incident.

Her mother, Daidouji Sonomi, was the manager of one of the largest toy factories in Japan. She was very modern, practical and busy, that was why Tomoyo was surprised when her mother said something about their lineage, something that was hidden until now.

Her family, that on her mother's side, was a long line of sorcerers. Her mother narrated that since the line of magic had been too long, only once in their family does the pure magical blood will appear. And the blood had taken its abode in Tomoyo's body. Tomoyo was surprised and shrugged off her mother's story. It might be a hoax, for all she care.

Daidouji Sonomi, however, thought of this as a serious matter. She warned Tomoyo that the blood that runs through her body is purely magical, and soon, she will feel its pulse. Their family was involved in all forms of magical abilities, from clarivoyance to postcognition to telekinesis to astral projection to even spell-making and cursing. Tomoyo did not want to believe all of those. After all, her mother might just be believing some old history of their that wasn't even proven to be truthful. But now, now that she kept having those weird dreams...and now that Hiiragizawa Eriol, this weird guy, was standing before her, she had to think otherwise.

"Why is it," she asked the man before her, "that you know about my family, and why are you seeking me?"

Eriol nodded before answering. "Hundreds of years ago, my ancestor, Clow Reed, a powerful sorcerer, was ensnared by a vampire. He turned to a vampire himself, so he had tried to kill himself to keep him from thirsting for blood. But before that, he had had a son. That was why, he just cast a spell on our clan, so that the vampire blood will not spread on all our family members. The vampire's blood will appear only every after 50 years." He smiled sadly. "And apparently, the 50th year started today." He stood up and paced around. "I was already told that I would be experiencing differences soon, and I was trained to control myself from thirsting for blood. However, it would be difficult."

That dream last night... Tomoyo covered her mouth with her hand. ...was a postcognition of the past...when his ancestor Clow Reed was ensnared by the vampire... She could still see vividly how the woman named Hina sank her teeth on the sorcerer's neck. Shivering, she asked Eriol. "Why did your ancestor let the vampire blood appear? Why not just let it disappear altogether?"

"It would be impossible," Eriol replied. "Clow Reed is not that powerful to stop a curse from happening. However, he had found a way to suppress the curse. But it had been a taxing job."

"What was it?" Tomoyo got out of bed and followed the man towards the window. The moon was still in its fullest, as she could see through the thin lace curtains. She looked at the clock, it was near ten o' clock.

The young man turned towards Tomoyo. "He, my ancestor, managed to find the Light Priestess. She was imprisoned in the castle cellar during the war of the kingdoms, and he saved her. In return for the favor, she told him that she would stop his thirst for blood. The line cannot be possibly cured, she said, but the hunger would be suppressed. With those words, she opened a portal to the other dimension and called on the spirits of the underworld. Calling on the goddess Amaterasu (1), she cut Clow Reed's wrist, and congealed the drops of blood into a ball. The blood was then fed on the spirit waiting by the portal. She sealed the blood within the portal, and closed it. With that, the control of the vampire blood was minimized, and Clow Reed was able to live without thirsting for blood or being afraid of light." Eriol took a deep breath.

Tomoyo stood staring at him. "But doing that...wouldn't that take a huge amount of ability and effort?"

"Yes, it did took a lot of time and work," Eriol said. "But the Light Priestess was powerful, being the only one on the kingdom who was able to call on the goddess Amaterasu and the other gods. But still, it took sme time before she can formulate the spell. That was why...she had to deal with the problem of blood first.

"What do you mean?" Tomoyo asked. "How did she take care of it?"

Eriol paused, looking deep into the young woman's eyes. "She became my ancestor's blood partner."

"Blood...partner? You mean..."

The vampire nodded. "She and my ancestor made a magical pact saying that the blood Clow will drink will only come from her. Since her blood is magical, it gave my ancestor some sort of power to continue living for weeks without dirnking from others. Also, in order to stop the spirits from the underworld from spreading in our world when she opens the portal, Clow needed that power from her blood to suppress them. Only the blood from the priestess made him strong."

Tomoyo shivered. Why would that girl do that for a vampire. Then she remembered...that dream. Clow Reed was the one that rescued the girl in the cellar...but then... "Then, Hiiragizawa-san, what has these all got to do with me?"

"Haven't you noticed, Daidouji-san?" Eriol asked. "In your mother's story regarding your lineage, the perfect mage blood only comes in a 50-year interval. That was to match the interval Clow Reed made in our lineage. So it means that...

"The Light Priestess was my ancestor..." Tomoyo caught on.

Eriol nodded. "And you, Daidouji-san, was to be my blood partner. With your power, I will be deprived of the vampire ways and I can live a normal life. Just as the priestess Arisa had said."

"Wait! Wait! Wait!" Tomoyo backed away from the man. "I...I didn't say that I am agreeing to this. Why me? I...I don't even know what my powers, more to use them. And your blood partner...you mean you are bound to take my blood anyway and anytime you want it?

"Please, Daidouji-san," Eriol pleaded. "I know this seems all rushed...

"This is rushed! I just knew I was a sorceress three days ago!"

Eriol bowed apologetically. "I know. I do not know how to break them all to you before, and I suffered from saying it. But please, you are my only hope. I can't live prowling and thirsting for blood like this. My family would be indebted...

"But still!" Tomoyo sat with a sigh on her sofa.

"I need you..." Eriol said, almost whispering.

"Please just...just go away first," Tomoyo said, turning away from Eriol. "These had all been almost impossible to being with. I need...I need to think ithese all out."

With a bow, Eriol moved away and headed for the window. "Please, Daidouji-san, this is our fate. Neither you nor I can do anything about it. My life lies vulnerable in your hands." With a last look, he opened the balcony window and jumped, causing Tomoyo to stand up and look down to check if he's alright.

He disappeared.

Tomoyo sat back on her bed, hugging her pillow tightly. Why had everything become like this overnight? What can she do? She never knew anything about magic, yet Eriol was insisting that she was his savior.

What should I do now?

TBC...

Author's Notes: Dou? Is it OK? It seems that this chapter was...too wordy, don't you think? I'm trying to see if it looks better if I use different and longer sentences, so...LOL. Please leave a review after reading so I'll know what you think. And I promise, I'll try to post a new chapter sooner. After all, who doesn't want to know Tomoyo's decision next chapter. ^^ For now, goodbye ^^

PS: The third chapter of "Songs Without Words" will be coming out in a week or 1 1/2 week in my ML. For the members of my ML, please wait for it ^^ Kaho is going to make an appearance. Thank you ^-^