After asking around and compiling different information, we all headed towards various creepy sites about people disappearing, mysterious shadows and apparitions, scary noises, and all things paranormal.

Taylor all came and got us when he decided we should check out the Bucegi Mountains.

"The mountain's time has been fiddled with. It's complicated."

"I trust him, so I think we should Check it out."

"Thanks, Auntie Rey Rey,"

"I will hurt you"

"Yes ma'am. Understood."

"I am going to hurt you."

"Tch buzz ki—OWWW!"

Reyna had whacked him on the head. We were all led by Taylor through the mountain

"Why do you like pushing her buttons so much?" Asked Gale.

"Cause why not?"

"Are you a masochist?"

"I meannnnnn if you REALLY wanna know...?"

"Nope never mind."

"What I'm more interested in is how you know what a masochist is."

"Free reign access to the internet combine with a carefree dad."

Dylan raised an eyebrow, "And if you stumble upon something 18+?"

"Eh."

Kaden's eyes narrowed, "Just eh? No lecture or punishment?"

"Dad did set up an arrangement after he caught Ky looking at ani—!"

I covered his mouth, "Don't you dare!"

I felt blood rushing to my face out of embarrassment. But Gale simply swarmed away and said "Anime thirst traps"

"You little chaotic terrorist!" I said. Taylor narrowed his eyes, "Hmmmmm...Rias or Stella is a bust battle?

"Trick Question, the Demon 'King' from the Hero and the Archenemy," I said with a smirk.

"You," Dylan patted my shoulder, "I like you. We gonna keep you."

After chuckling about the confused looks on everyone else's faces, we traversed up the mountain following Taylor.

I took in my surroundings and noticed the closer to the mountain we got, the creepier the place got. There was fog rolling in, the trees were becoming more and more gnarled, and an uncomfortable silence overcame the forest.

Ky,

I jumped, "Mom?"

There's something I need to mention

What is it?

Due to Xavier's nature, you have other moon powers, some I don't have yet, others I'm unaware of. One of them is creating, shaping, and manipulating any kind of silver, but you can also enhance it. Start working on it as it should give you a slight edge in your next trials.

"Did Aunt Artie say something to you?" asked Gale. I nodded and held out my hand, focusing on my favorite color.

A shiny metallic liquid materialized and floated above my palm, coalescing and changing shape randomly. But it was strange. It didn't feel draining. In fact, it felt empowering.

"My mom told me I can control any kind of silver."

Ekansh raised an eyebrow, "And she's ju—?"

"Yep"

I work on refining silver as we got closer to our destination. We kept walking even more before Taylor stopped and said, "Ok, we're here. Does anyone want to prep before we go?"

The place we were at was in the mountains where the fog mysteriously moved around. There were no trees in the vicinity. The place was a dead spot.

I felt chills down my spine but I pulled out my knives. Everyone else pulled out their weapons. I expanded the silver I had now and place it on my body under my clothes, like armor. It felt warm and comforting, but gooey. However, I could only summon enough to cover my chest, back, and midsection.

"How do we get in?" asked Ekansh. Tyler raised a half towards the wall, "We blast right through it,"

A blast of golden energy shot from his hand, hitting the wall. The wall receded into itself and opened up to a well-lit cave filled with luminescent crystals.

"Shiiiinnny," I said in wonder. There were various colors and different shades.

"Easy now, Moon Knight. We have a job to do." chided Tina.

I pointed at the crystal, "But shiny."

"Luna, focus."

"Shiny. I want shiny. And don't call me that"

"Then focus."

"I understand. But shinyyyyy."

"Luna, I swear to—"

Jason facepalmed, "I swear you two are like an old married couple."

That shut us up immediately. I looked at Dylan and Alex, "Ready to become gods?"

They smiled that uncomfortable smile. Me and Gale do not know whether it's reversible or not.

Going into the cave, I felt the absence of the moon and I was anxious. I'm at a disadvantage against a vampire who's maybe able to kill gods.

I felt someone grab my hand, which was shaking. It was Miu, who was also trembling a little. She gave me a nervous smile. Her and the silver

"We will make it. All of us."

Kaden said, "What makes you so sure?"

"I have a plan."

We traversed deeper into the cave. Ekansh said, "Be careful. They know we're here."

As we went deeper and deeper into the cave, the crystals grew brighter and brighter until we reached a simple wooden door, which was already open. After going through it, our has all dropped.

The was an elaborate mansion of obsidian and gold, definitely more prominent than the inside of the mountains. Intricate patterns and vampiric history were etched into the walls. The windows were lined with bronze and crystals. And the door was over 8 feet tall.

"Well, what do we have here? Divine children come to die?" standing on a balcony was Ivan.

"No, we came to keep you from resurrecting someone who's gonna kill my family," growled Kaden.

"Tch, was your father concerned with such matters before he murdered our matriarch in cold blood?" sneered Ivan. He waved his hand and said, "Our vassals will handle you."

He looked at Reyna "Dimitri, kill them all, except the one Carmilla wants alive and the two nocturnals. We still need them."

A hulking man of 9 feet came out of the shadows. He was pure muscle, with brown hair, a bloodstained mouth, and blood-red eyes gleaming with malice. His skin was pale like paper and he looked whiter than milk. He looked at us like we were his next snack.

Now I consider myself a very brave person. I have primal instincts that override my fear most of the time.

But when Ekansh spoke, I almost pissed my pants. Cause the way he said it made it seem like killing is second nature to him

"If you lay a hand on her, I will personally eviscerate you from existence."

"Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, doesn't it, son of death and Darkness? You do look quite familiar though. Have we met?"

Ekansh's eyes glossed over onyx black, "It doesn't matter. We will be well acquainted soon when your body is a corpse."

However, Miu stepped up and said "That won't be necessary."

"And why is that, Daughter of stars?"

She looked back at us then looked at Ivan while saying, "I, Miu Moon Astral Devolos, Hereby claim vampiric statesmanship in the name of the Devolos bloodline and as the granddaughter of Averalithia Devolos, I hereby call for a Fight Of Fangs. My entire group are to be treated like honored guests for the duration of our stay. If we win, Carmilla is not to be in the presence of Reyna in any way, shape, or form forever. You will swear not on your fangs and Remnants that Dracula will stay sleep and EVERYONE craving his resurrection will give up pursuing it, and we will be left alone and be able to leave in peace. Carmilla will also free EVERYONE being held against their will. And we get three wishes/favors you must comply with no matter what if it's within your power. Don't not misconstrue or look for loopholes. State your terms."

When Miu said this, Ivan's reaction was that of shock, confusion, anger, and for a split second, a speck of fear.

In fact, when Miu announced this, More vampires came into view with the same reaction. All of them were wearing black robes mostly.

"A-a-Averalithia Devolos? As in the monster responsible for the massacre of the Transcender Pack during the War Of Night?" said one of the short vampires fearfully, "The same Averalithia that slaughtered 25% of the werewolves soldiers during the War Of Night?"

"31%, actually. Soldiers on both sides decided to work together and make an illegal profit from the war, and she cut them all down. Granny Vera hates when people get that wrong. Now please state your terms. We don't have all day," said an Annoyed Miu. The bravado she was showing was contradicted by her hand trembling in mine. I squeezed to reassure her.

"I do not agree to those terms," said a feminine voice from the shadows behind Reyna. Reyna yelped and jumped towards Ekansh, who wrapped a protective arm around her and looked ready to murder the person there.

"Carmilla," spat Ekansh, "My Priest teachings is the only thing stopping me from slipping back into my old self. For the sake of being diplomatic, don't touch her. Or I will devour your remnants myself."

The dark-haired beauty smiled as he complimented her. Her skin was pale as paper and her eyes were like ink. She was also wearing a black robe. Her eyes were focused solely on Reyna, who reeked of fear. That seems so unlike her. But then again, her chasity, which gave her a home, a family, and something to fight for, was endangered.

"Hand her over and I'll let you watch."

Tyler and Dylan had to restrain Ekansh from undoing the clear diplomatic shielding Miu provided

"Carmilla, Restrain yourself. Unless you want the Devil of DArkness upon us," Carmilla scowled when he said this, "I fear no devil. I will not let anything get in the way of my Laura."

"I belong to nobody!" growled Reyna.

"Oooo feisty, just like her."

"I don't like girls. And even if I did, I would never lay with a rapist."

"Oh honey, I promise girls are so much better. Just give me a chance."

"I would have Ekansh slit my throat before I even think about sleeping with someone like you."

"You're so cute when you—!."

"CARMILLA, ENOUGH!" Roared Ivan. He turned to Miu and said "In the event of our victory, You and your blood bag will stay with us. The one Carmilla wants will be handed over to her. Would anyone else like to state their terms?"

"I want him," said a pale short female vampire with a heavy southern accent, who was pointing to Ekansh. "Those midnight blue eyes really do sum for me"

Taylor, still holding a speechless Ekansh back, recoiled in disgust, "First off ew, He's a minor and you're 3456 years, 4 months, 13 days, 6 hours, and 48 mins old."

"Yeaaaaa, not my type," said Ekansh.

She waved her hand dismissively, "It won't matter. Those are the rules in a fight of fangs, hun"

"I will kick you in the ovaries, you bottle necked bitch."

"I love those with some fight in them. So adorable," said the vampiress.

"Then I want that one," said someone behind the crowd, "Me and him are already acquainted anyway."

Taylor froze up, "Shit"

A tall black girl walked to the front, dressed in violet robes instead of black.

"Well Tay, looks like you got taller," said the girl with folded arms.

Taylor rubbed the back of his neck, "Uh huh."

He was looking at everything but her.

"Really? That it? No 'hello'? 'How are you'? I'll even take 'Hey Nila, sorry for ditching you'?

"I walked in on you with dead bodies ritualistically laid out around you. I'm pretty sure running away was justified from a logical stand point."

"No one was dead. It just looked like that cause it was a ritual for curing a vampiric disease. If you had waited for me to explain or waited for it to finish, you would've known what was going on. Or seen me paying everyone involved."

Taylor face palmed, "This was always the thing with you. You expect people to have the same patience to let you explain."

He was talking with his hands now. He must really be stressed.

"Oh that's rich coming from the guy who would disappear for a day, then come back as if nothing happened. Ember and Selene we're worried sick."

"I already had the told you I was always under the radar. That's the difference. I told you the entire situation BEFOREHAND when we got together."

"Yea but you barely told me when you would disappear. You just did. And you always told Ember and Selene, not me."

"Did you ever consider I didn't have the time?" I had about 5 assassins sent to kill me every week. And those two were part of the situation."

"Listen to what you just said. Don't you think you should've told me that?"

I was about to say something, "No, don't. Just let them get the it out. That goes for EVERYONE else," whispered Reyna. Most wanted to object, but held their tongue cause of the look on her face.

"No, cause I know you. Sooner or later you would've gotten tired of it and sooner or later you would tried to "handle" it yourself, but in doing so, you would have started the tribal war I was trying to prevent."

"Uh huh. You drunk the cup before knowing what was in it. What made you think I would even react like that?"

"Nila, we do n—?!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" yelled Nila and Taylor in unison. He flinched and let them continue.

"You are least mentally stable girlfriend I have. I had to restrain you cause a drunk woman grinded on me while I was taking you with me on an errand to Mama Nika's club."

"She was 28 years old grinding on a 14-year-old."

I could tell how that doesn't sound right, regardless of the drunken factor.

"But she was drunk and I knew Casey. Everyone knew Casey. She was nice enough to let me babysit her children for 10 dollars an hour whenever she was busy."

"But she knew you, which means she knew you were taken. Even if she were drunk."

Taylor sighed, "That's not the point. That's not even the worst of it. I watched you put a waiter in the hospital because he accidentally put tomatoes in my food. Mama Nika's had to pay for all his bills and I had to take care of him and be his butler cause I didn't want him to blame you."

Yikes. That's way too much.

"You are allergic to tomatoes. You would've died had not someone had an EpiPen," Nila pointed out.

"It was an honest mistake. I checked. He was under a lot of stress cause of a crazy baby momma so he forgot. It was my fault for not checking my food."

"But you got lucky that day."

Taylor threw up his hands, "Ok, never-mind then. How about the time, you hired an assassin to kill my friend, who I was doing a favor for, cause you thought I was cheating."

I looked at both of them like they were crazy, her for hiring an assassin and Taylor for staying with her after that. Everyone else also had shocked looks on their faces.

"I told you before hand what was going on. I said I was pretending to be her boyfriend so her parent wouldn't find out she's a Polyamorous pansexual with more than one partner."

"You told me when I wasn't paying attention. You didn't even confirm I was listening to you. I told you before to confirm I'm listening to you before saying something to me cause I space out of reality sometimes. Everyone who knows me knows this," exclaimed Nila frustratedly.

"I get that. I take responsibility for that. That one's on me. BUT AN ASSASSIN? I had to serve under Thanatos for 3 months to get him to leave her alone cause I rewinded her death."

"Ok but based on everything you just said, the issue was communication and confirmation, so shouldn't you have confronted me about the "dead" bodies, instead of dipping?"

"..."

"Uh huh. Exactly what I thought."

"I don't want to hear anything from you after you sent A FUCKING ASSASSIN after my friend. That wasn't an issue communication or confirmation, that was nearly homicide."

"But you knew I was crazy. I told you and warned you numerous times," she said.

"You're missing the point. You forget I don't know things about vampiric culture and rituals. That's the difference between you and me. I will tell you if I get the chance. The one time you needed to, you didn't," growled Taylor.

"You disappeared before I could. Yo are usually gone for a day, so I assumed it would be done way before you got home. I asked Ember and Selen to reach you, but you disappear if they talk about me."

"Cause I needed a break. I was tired of all the responsibilities I had to taken in order to survive. I was stuck on the streets until I was 8, surviving by stealing, speeding, and sneaking around," snarled Taylor, "constantly speeding across the world to prevent followers of my divine sperm donor from finding me, forced an arranged poly marriage to prevent a tribal war and keep my life at the age of 14, and constantly having assassin after assassin sent after me cause I ignorantly interrupted something out of fun."

He was about of breath after he said this. I looked at Reyna. Is that why her treatment of him changed? Did she know?.

"So sorry if my mental capacity to have he reaction you wanted when I saw something completely misconstuible didn't satisfy you."

"It don't even matter. Cause I will get you back. I don't care if I have to watch the world burn," she hissed.

"Fuck you, cause I don't care. I'll whoop everyone's ass in this room if it meant staying away from you."

Ekansh cleared his throat. Reyna raised a eyebrow.

"Ok everyone in here but you two."

"Exscuse me Time twerp?" said Gale and Me. He rolled his eyes, "We both know I could lay both of you out blindfolded."

"Now that the drama is out of the way, can we get started?" said a tired Miu.

Ivan gestured to the door of the mansion, "You are our honored guest. Come. All accommodation you despite can be made. I will warn you that will do not have as many rooms as it appears. 4 of you will have to share."

"Ky, Miu, Alex, and Tina will share a room," said Gale, "Any objections?"

The three mentioned smiled and said "Nope"

"Ok then it settled," said Ivan.

"Wait a damn minute, don't I get a say?" I said, scared of my mom reaction of me sharing a room with three girls. I don't want to be grounded and stuck as a deer for a month cause she flipped her shit. Gale smirked and said "Nope. SUFFER"

I narrowed my eyes, "What's your game?"

He had the fanatical look in his eyes, "Chaos"

We were lead into the mansion and to our rooms, and I gotta say, there was a much greater sight to see on the inside. There was intricate pillars, paintings and pictures of what I would presume to be vampiric elites, other ancient and fancy looking art, and chandeliers. The walls were of violet with gold and silver laced ingravings.

"The rooms are tied to the tenants desires. Simply speak what you want, realistically please, and it will appear." said Ivan, before leave us to our room.

The room I was sharing with the others was a grand sight. The room was bigger than a classroom, with lush violet carpets and curtains, four fancy red beds too big to any of us, and walls painted crimson red.

I looked around and saw no other exit than the one we came from. I started to feel anxious cause that meant I couldn't go outside. I mean even though Ivan said whatever we wanted would appear, does access to the moon count cause of us being inside a mountain?

"Luna calm down," said Tina soothingly, "You're shaking."

"Requesting a glass ceiling with a view of the Moon and stars that magnifies moon and stars light on the limit of the houses strength, will reduce sunlight on me and Ky, and magnify it on Tina base of her thermal desire." stated Miu. She was still holding my hand.

After she finished speaking, the ceiling turn to glass. It was night time and the moon was wonderfully bright. Miu walked me over to under the moon light and summoned and couch, sitting down with me, "Better?"

Better was an understatement. I felt like I could kill Zeus with my bare hands. In fact I was afraid it was too much, cause my hands started pulsing with a silvery light. Miu also started glowing, her wings pulsing with a cosmic light.

Alex smiled, sat down, and said, "I take it that as a yes,"

I'll say

At this point, hearing voices didn't surprise me any more.

"Ok who said that?" said Alex, looking around with Tina and Miu, who were also.

Oh they can hear me? Man you must really like them.

Yay. Mysterious voices that reveal my shit. Alex's face went red. Tina sat down and took my other hand. Miu just smiled.

Will someone say something? I know y'all can hear me.

"Who are you?"

Nigga, the easter bunny. Nah but for real, it's me, Xavier. The Lunarian dragon sealed inside your black dagger? Bitch, don't tell me you forgot me. I've talked to you in your dreams. Ya moms saved my life so I'm returning the favor.

"Oh," I was kind of confused cause mom said not to reveal him to anyone. But he's lying about his species and our backstory so I guess there's a work around. So I pretended to think for a second, then act like a realization came over me, "Ohhhhh, sorry bro, I thought I was tripping."

Yeah. The trick your little Nightlight pulled did something to our connection. I can talk now to you directly. In fact, watch this

All of a sudden there was a tingling sensation in the left side of my neck. It didn't hurt, but it felt weird, like something was coming out.

And it was a black mini dragon. It was as big as a picnic basket standing on all fours, with onyx black wings on it's back, black claws, and black horns. It was it eyes that got me. They were pools of midnight blue devoid of white, like the night sky, filled with stars, but had a hard-to-see black slit in the middle, like a serpent.

(A/N: imagine a smaller version of this)

"Awwwwwwww, he's so adorable," cooed Alex.

Yesssss, bask in my cuteness

He crawled on Alex's lap, chittering like it was his throne and got comfortable.

I like this spot. This my new favorite spot. Bet you jealous.

Shit. He's giving away classified information. If it weren't for the fact I felt like I was ascending to a higher plane, I'd kick his ass.

"What's gonna happen to you guys if this keeps up?" Asked Tina.

Their abilities will transcend permanently and become on par with a untrained child of the big three .

He was right. I felt more in touch with all my moon powers. I felt more connected to the moons. I could feel the other aspects of the moon, like gravity, axis, rotation, ortbits etc.

I was sudden overcome with curiosity. Is this what my mom can do?! How does she conceal this from Sky Shit? Did dad know this whole time.

"Luna, look at me,"

This is ethereal. I can feel everything in the room the moon shines on.

"Luna, focus on my voice."

This is scary. What can I do with this type of power?

"Luna come back to ussssss."

I jumped at of it trance. Tina had grabbed my face, looking into my eyes. She was really close. I got sucked into the emerald pools of deep verdant jade that were her eyes. Her snakes were all around me, bringing my focus back with nips and hissing.

"Luna are you with us?"

"Emeralds," I muttered.

"Exscuse me?"

"Nothing,"

Alex said, "You sure? You're not in any pain, but you look like you're in a trance."

That's cause hi needs time to adjust to abilities his body, mind, and soul are not ready for yet.

"I'm fine," I grumbled, forcing myself to stand up, but both Miu and Tina pulled me back down.

"Miu why aren't you in a trance?" asked Tina.

"Mental Training" said Miu as she summon a glass of blood, "Ky's mind has never really been under any pressure cause of how laid back his life was."

"He jussssst needssss sssssome ssssleeep," said Tina, lying my head down in her lap.

I didn't want to go to sleep, but the way her voice sounded made me tired. She started to sing, her snakes hissing and swaying hypnotically. Now matter how much I tried to fight it, I fell asleep.