Disclaimer: I am not the creator of the following Charactors. D and The parasite on his hand was created by Novelist Hideyuki Kikuchi.
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A tall man with a blue face, long dark curly brown hair, dark brown eyes came slowly riding down a road to Arrons damaged castle on a mecanical black horse. He wore a black leather suit covered by his black cloak and on his head was a black hat. His long sword was under his cloak showing only the black handle with the design of a vampire on it. His face held an emotionless expression unable to tell what was on his mind. As he a proached the castle the doors opened and he saw his usual greeting. A bunch of well armed guards. Life as a Vampeal was hard to cope with, many showing him fear and distrust. But over the years he had gotten used to his life. He slowly traveled in bracing himself in case anything goes wrong.
"Stop." Arron calls out from behind his guards. "Lower your weapons. This is not how we treat our guests."
The gaurds do as they're ordered and separate for Arron to step forward. "Forgive my guards D. We had a tragic experience recently, so everyone is a bit jumpy. Please follow me."
D was surprised at how calm and considerate Arron was. The two walked down a hall way until the reached the front of a door. The door and the walls around it looked as if a battle took place. There were burn marks from a gun on the wall, bits of wood from broken furniture, and the door had a mark as if somthing was thrown at it. D figured this had something to do with what he would be hired for. Arron opened the door and entered with D behind him. The room looked worse than the hallway. D noticed the window shattered, the rest of the broken furniture from hallway in the room and there was a bit of wax near the window.
"This was my daughter's room. She was taken from me recently." Arron handed D a photo of his daughter. "Her name is Marianna, and I need you to get her back. Please follow me I have one more stop to show you."
The two walked to the back of the castle where a grave stood in the center. Arron walked up to it looking at it sadly. "This is my wife's grave she was murdered trying to protect our daugter. Her name was countess Cardia."
D flinched at hearing the name. "Cardia? As in the elder Cardia?"
"You know your vampires. But being a vampire hunter I'm sure you would." Arron said with a smile. "And you probably know that my daughter is also a Vampeal." D's eyes widend when he heard of another Vampeal. "I too was vampire hunter when I was younger, about 35. I met Cardia when I was hunting her. I fell into a trap and was severely wounded. The pain was so strong that I passed out. I awoke to find myself in a large comfortable bed and my wounds healed. As all human hunters I checked my neck to see if I was bitten. I wasn't sure what I was doing alive and being well treated. Too weak to move I stayed in bed waiting for the answers to come to me. Eventually someone came in to see how I was doing, A woman about 40 with long black hair and violet lips."
"Oh you're awake. How are you feeling?"
"Distrusting of people I ask,"Who are you and what am I doing here?"
"I am countess Cardia. You fell in my trap and needed medical treatment. I thought I should check up on you to see if you were awake and needed something to eat."
"You helped me and yet you don't even know me."
"I know you are a Vampire hunter." She said looking at me. "I grow tired of all these hunters coming after me. I just want to be left alone. But because I'm a vampire they will always keep coming."
Her words touched me and so until I healed we got to know each other better and fell in love. Eventually Marrianna was born.She grew up happy and aware of what she was. However she was not aware of the power she possessed.
Then she was taken a couple of nights ago by Delron. Delron was a man looking for power had found an artifact hidden long ago.This artifact held the ashes of a creature dated back to ancient greece. They were the ashes of the Sphinx. The Sphinx was a terrible creature with the head of a woman, body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. The Sphinx terrorized villages with its power until a man named Oedipus came and made a deal with it. The deal was if Oedipus could solve it's riddle(What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening.) that the Sphinx would destroy itself. Oedipus answered man and the Sphinx was beaten leaving behind its ashes. Oedipus afraid of its power gather the ashes and sealed it away in an iron jar. Delron found that jar knowing what was inside and opened to see what power it held. From what is known he obtained great power, and wings of an eagle. Apparently it came with a price for Delron wears a mask to cover his face. Driven by power he came for my daughter to create a child with powers of both him and my daughter and raise it to be just as evil as himself.
Arron looks towards D with a serious look,"I want you to go after Delron, stop him and retrieve my daughter. I will pay any amount you ask if you can bring me my Marianna."
D looked back at him. "Why do ask me, a vampire hunter?"
"Because your reputation is unquestionable. If anyone can stop can get Marianna back, its you."
D looked at Arron with respect and nodded and left to get on his horse. Riding away D felt that this hunt would be deadlier than Magnus Lee and Carmila put together. But D knew that this was no ordinary Hunt. He must stop Delron no matter what the cost.
