Woohoo! After a LOOOONG time ofnot updating, I have finally come around and written chapter 2 of Clair de Lune! For those who reviewed and liked the first part, this is for you. Ok. It's really for my friend dancingwithinbrokendreams, who basically threatened me to write the next part or else. o.o

Actually, I hope that the third chapter will be better... This one isn't my favorite. But it's important to the story, so here it is. Kinda like Episodes 1 and 2 of Star Wars. Not particularly good, but necessary. lol.

Oh yes. To prevent confusion, here is a brief explanation... Chapter 1 was written in the view of the main female character, back in Duzell's time as king, correct? Chapter 2, however, is written in the view of Duzell, in the future after his reincarnation as a krawl. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I still don't own any part of Vampire Game sadly...

Part Two.

I opened the doors… and there she was. I will never forget the first time I laid eyes on her. She looked at me with eyes unafraid… determined eyes, prepared for whatever would happen next. Her name… what was it? … After all these years, it has been locked away, deep inside my mind… in my heart, or whatever sort of heart a vampire king can have… There! The name… just in the corner of my mind… almost…

"Duzie! … C'mon, Duzie, wake up, sleepy head," Ishtar said, gently shaking my feline shoulder. I woke up slowly, stretching as cats often do, and looked up at Ishtar with pleading eyes. I wanted to go back to sleep… back to dreaming.

And that's when it hit me. The memory of what I had just dreamed. I dreamt of her again. I haven't thought of her for quite some time, but now, looking back, I'm puzzled at why I didn't remember her more often. Sure, the last time I saw her was nearly five hundred years ago, but… the memory of her never should have left my mind…

"Hey! Duzie… what's wrong?" Ishtar asked, sitting down beside me with questioning eyes. I transformed into my true being once again.

"Nothing's wrong… I'm just half-asleep." I glanced at the window. "And it appears I'm half-asleep for a good reason! It's not even morning yet. What are you plotting at this time of night, princess?"

Ishtar giggled. (I cringed.)

"We're going to sneak out of course, silly! I heard last night from Darres—"

"You mean overheard him talking with the other guards…"

"—that the band of Knights from Ara Veya (a/n: simply pronounced "Arr-ah Vay-ah") would be coming for some random knightly event today. I bet we could go out and see them before they come into Pheliosta!"

"Ara Veya? Where is that? I've never heard of it in all my years of non-living. And why do you want to sneak out to see these knights anyway? Surely you'll have some meeting with them in the morning…" I questioned.

"Well, you see, rumor has it that one of Ara Veya's mages is strikingly handsome. Teehee. I was hoping to catch a glimpse of him early on if he was with them."

So, with one last giggle from Ishtar, we were climbing out her window (for the thousandth time… you'd think that Darres and the rest of them might as well keep a ladder there so she wouldn't get hurt… since there's no way to keep her from escaping).

The envoy from Ara Veya was found camped out, as suspected by Ishtar, not too far from the castle grounds. Most of the men there were asleep, but a few campfire glows here and there showed that some were still suffering from the insomnia of knighthood. We crept around a few darkened tents, our destination set for the brightest and loudest one in the middle of the camp. (We had to conceal ourselves in the camp; Ishtar wrapped a few black and brown cloaks around herself, while I took the form of a random soldier I saw walk by. I had to remember to keep care to avoid seeing him again. If that happened… talk about awkward.)

We were almost there at the tent, when I pushed Ishtar into a dark corner of the camp as someone walked by, to avoid being seen. Turns out we found the stable for the horses, and were about to be found out…

"Duzie! What was that for?" Ishtar asked, her cloaks pulled down away from her face.

"Sorry, sorry! Someone walked by; I didn't want to be… seen." That's when I noticed a girl staring at us from behind a horse.

"Oh! Uhm, hi there! Don't mind us, we're just passing through! Hahaha!" exclaimed Ishtar. I, on the other hand, couldn't speak at all. I was too busy staring at this girl before us. Everything about her—from her reddish-brown hair, her bright blue eyes, to the way she simply stood there before us—instantly reminded me of the girl I had so recently seen in my dreams.

Could it… Could it possibly be…her? The name returned to me.

"Krisania?"

(And that's it for now. Look! A name! The girl from Chapter 1 has a name now! YAY! xD Yes, so, I don't believe this chapter is as good as the first... but it's an interesting way to start introducing a new twist ;) What will happen next? Why has Duzell recognized the girl of his past in the future? What will Ishtar say to this? What happened to Erik and his sexy laugh? -don't worry, he'll be back mwahaha- The next chapter will come... EVENTUALLY! xD)