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Hi everyone I have decided to close the Raven/BB vs Raven/Robin polls. Robin won. He has already had gone through his own personal hell with his parents dying at the circus and all and another note that BB is way to immature (not to mention too short) for Raven. But hey your votes just help me know what you want. For all you know I could pair her up with plasmas…But of course I wont…That's too insane even for me. You can keep voting if you want and it MIGHT just change some stuff but who knows?

This chapter is definitely way overdone when it comes to descriptions. This is why I have to make it PG-13 rated. Please skip the over descriptive parts if you are offended by such things or if you have a weak stomach. I wouldn't want anyone throwing up on their computer and ruining it therefore becoming unable to review. Oh and please…No flames.

Chapter 8: The Dark Gift

The War

Everyone in the room stared at Cri, even NovaTalim was silent. Cri looked around nervously and hid behind Taylor. "Stop staring at me…I don't like it…It makes me nervous…" Her voice held a hint of whine in it and she was shaking a little. Evelyn swallowed hard and managed to speak up. "You're going to have a child? I didn't think that was possible for vampires…" Cri shook her head inching herself back out from behind Taylor. "For vampires this is true but I'm a dhampir…" She smiled at them. "And this is one of the reasons I treasure being such a unique creature. I have said before that my mother is a dhampir but I don't think you made the connection." She smiled widely now lets get this peace treaty underway.

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It took almost an hour but the rules were finally set: no vampire was allowed to feed off of an unwilling victim. The victim must show he/she is a willing donor for that day by wearing a pair of pants with a red patch/piece of cloth sewn onto the left thigh. The vampire may ask to feed off of them but only if it is confirmed that they are willing and ready to be bitten. All those who are above 18 and do not wish to be direct donors must give one pint of blood every two weeks to be sent to the vampire base camp. Any houkounin(1) that is discovered must wear a blue patch on their right thigh at all times and should be accompanied by their vampire master most of the time. It is the houkounin's choice what vampire is to claim them. This way they won't be forced to give blood, thereby killing any vampire who drinks it other than their master. Humans are to raise more farm animals. Any animal that a butcher receives must have most of its blood drained into a vat before they can clean it for meat. The vat will be sent to the vampire base camp along with the human donations. Vampire daywalkers were to help by growing more crops for the humans. Humans were to clean the dead things out of their streets so that the nightwalkers can repair their fort while they sleep and take turns defending it from wolves and other predators. Vampires were under no circumstance allowed to kill any human unless deliberately attacked by the human and have no other choice. Humans cannot attack a vampire unless they are attacked first. Any fight between two vampires is not of major human concern but should be reported. This rule applies the same for vampires except that a vampire can intervene instead of immediately reporting it if one of the following is happening; any type of gunfight, theft at gunpoint, attack of the elderly and or children, ganging up on one person, any type of rape or attempted rape, attempted homicide. If either race breaks this treaty and deliberately attacks the other (not counting the occasional terrorist) the other is entitled to defending themselves in the most peaceful way possible.

Evelyn looked over the paper a few times. "Are we missing anything?" Cri shrugged. "We can always add things to it later I guess…" The commander nodded, signing it. She handed the paper to Cri and she quickly signed it. "I will get the signatures of all the council members." She smiled at Evelyn. "I think Taylor deserves a promotion for helping me…Even if it can be considered treason in some way, shape, or form…" She winked at Taylor before teleporting back to the vampire base.

The Tower

Raven lay on the floor making choking sounds. The sudden burst of pain that had ravaged her mind, forcing all thoughts out of it had faded slightly, but it was nothing compared to the pain her physical body was experiencing. It had increased at least tenfold within the last twenty seconds. Her body was moving without her control. She screamed as a fresh wave of pain passed through her body, right into her soul. Her eyes rolled back up into her head and a foam formed in her mouth, mixed with blood and bile. The entire tower shook as Raven's powers destroyed one item after another, as uncontrolled as a wild beast.

Cri ran up to Raven, falling to her knees beside her. Raven's cape and leotard had turned white when Cri had purified her, but it had started fading to a grey. Cri closed her eyes, her mind spinning. She grimaced, she could only think of one way to purify the half demon without 'killing' her.

Cri's bottom lip trembled slightly and she turned to the others. "Get out of here…" The Titans just stood there looking at their fallen friend. "NOW!" Cri screamed, a red glow bleeding into her eyes. All of the Titans obeyed except Robin. "What are you going to do?" He asked, his voice held a hint of fear. "Cri dropped her eyes back to the dark sorceress. "I'm going to turn her…A veil infection of this magnitude cannot be stopped by even me…She might as well obtain powers and control along with the bloodlust that the veil disease will give her…"

Robin's eyes widened, or at least, his mask did. "I'm staying." Cri glared at him but her eyes softened upon seeing his determination. "Just don't freak out." Robin nodded and Cri lowered her face down near Raven's neck. "Forgive me..." She whispered, before sinking her fangs deeply into the pale flesh of her neck.

Robin could not hide what he was feeling, not this time. His face held both fascination and disgust. He felt bile rise in his throat and he swallowed hard trying to choke it back. He would not loose his cool, not in front of Cri, not in front of Raven. No matter how flirty Starfire got with him, he has always had a secret crush on the dark sorceress. He couldn't let her go through this alone, even if she hated him.

Cri fed for a full minute before pulling her fangs from Raven's neck. The empath's skin had changed from a pale color to white as marble. Cri licked her lips her eyes holding a deep sorrow. "I hereby call thee worthy and bestow on thee the dark gift of vampirism." Cri slit her wrist with her fingernail and held it up to Raven's mouth. She immediately clamped her mouth around the dhampir's wrist and began drinking deeply of her blood.

As one would guess, this display of a ritual disturbed robin even more. He held tightly too the doorframe too keep from fainting. There were only two reasons he kept himself from doing so. The first was his fascination and wonder with the transformation of a vampire. The second was his want to be there when Raven awakened.

Cri visibly winced. She gritted her fangs together trying to ignore the feeling of her power being drained out of her body. She held her back rigid and took a few slow deep breaths before wrenching her wrist away from Raven's mouth. The wound immediately healed but Cri held it tightly as if it was still bleeding. She looked up at Robin and nodded, giving him permission to enter.

Robin rushed into the room and fell to her knees next to Raven. He cradled the empath's head in his hands. "She will recover, right?" Cri looked down at Raven, her cape was still darkening. Her chakra gem was glowing brightly and her belt links were becoming a much darker shade of red. "Yes…She will be fine…You may stay with her now but you cannot be anywhere within ten feet of her when she awakens. I must go feed quickly…Then we shall see what type of dhampir Raven will turn out to be." Cri climbed to her feet in one graceful motion, turned on her heel, and left, leaving the stunned Robin alone with the demonic fledgling whose name is Raven.

The War

Cri soon returned, she had gotten the signatures of all 13 council members. "Now all we need to do is convince the humans that we will keep our end of the deal. Evelyn stared at her skeptically. "What about the vampires? Wont it take a little while to convince them that we will keep our end?" Cri shook her head. "They will follow what the council members say down to the letter." Evelyn sweatdropped. "That will work…Now we just need to get this notice around to every human settlement…" Cri smiled. "It's a lot to ask so lets have it be in effect for twenty years or until we think of something else that's better." Evelyn nodded. "I think it best if you and another council member accompany me. We will take horses. The trip will take all of one month to complete."

Cri nodded smiling. "Or we could always just start here at this base and once we convince them that the vampires want to make peace they can ride out on horseback and spread the word." Evelyn just stared at Cri before a smile slowly spread across her face. "As I have said…You are very smart for a vampire." Cri grinned. "Let's go talk to the people and hope that we are not cut into little pieces and then roasted over a bonfire!" Evelyn, Taylor, and the council members sweatdropped as Cri skipped out of the room.

"She is a very strange girl." Evelyn commented softly. "I'm surprised she has such emotion…Even for a human that's amazing…" NovaTalim nodded. "Yes…She has adjusted to vampirism much better than anyone else I know…It's probably due to the fact that she was born a dhampir and hasn't ever known the joys of being mortal…" Taylor nodded. "She spared my life after viciously slaughtering my team. Then made she made my life even better while also giving herself and her entire race a way to end the war…I think that there is more too her than just cunning, bloodlust, and the desire to kill…Something happened to her in her past that made her sympathetic. One doesn't just gain sympathy for others when they are born with the qualities of a vampire."

(1) Houkounin- A type of human whose soul purpose in life is to serve the vampire who claimed them. Their blood is alot richer and sweeter than normal humans and they become immortal when claimed. They enjoy being fed off of.If another vampire drinks from anothers houkounin then their blood will act like an acid that will melt them very painfully into a puddle of goo. Very fun to wach. They have becomevery rare and femail houkonins are more common than males. There, now you know somthing that you will not use for any other time in your life.

Not that bad of a cliffie but whatever. I'm giving you guys a break. AREN'T YOU LUCKY? REVIEW! OR ELSE I WILL CURSE YOU FOREVER! MAY A WEREWOLF SHED ALL OVER YOUR NEW SOFA! MUH HA HA HA HA HA HA!