Disclaimer: I do not own Trinity Blood, or any of the characters.

Chapter One

Through The Beginning

"Esther!" A younger Ion called. The long, red haired girl turned around and smiled. It seemed Ion was about four years older than her by human image standards. "How many times have I told you not to run off alone?" Ion immediately regretted his outburst as the seemingly 10 year old girl began to cry. Kneeling down, Ion pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry; I just get worried about you when you run off like that…"

"Are you mad at me?" The young Esther sniffled out, melting the older Methuselah's heart. Slowly he let her go.

"Of course not! I was just worried that's all." Ion said, smiling to reassure her. The red headed girl smiled and nodded. Ion continued to smile as Esther grabbed his hand and allowed her to drag him off back to his grandmother's house. Since her parents had died, Esther lived with her grandmother who happened to be very close friends with Ion's grandmother, the Duchess of Moldova.

Ion was always in charge of watching Esther, and though he felt like nothing more than a baby sitter at times, Esther always seemed to be there for him whenever he needed her.

"I remember that…" Esther said with a smile, bringing Ion back to the present. "That was back when my hair was longer." Ion nodded pulling her closer to him.

"I couldn't imagine myself with out you even then…" Ion said kissing her on the forehead before going on with the story…

"Here they are!" An older woman's voice chimed as Esther led Ion into a sitting room. The two older Methuselah were just finishing their chat of the weeks past events. Esther smiled brightly, letting go of Ion's hand to run up and hug her grandmother. Esther's grandmother had the same bright blue eyes, but contrasting long blonde hair.

Ion folded his hands behind his back and went to stand beside his grandmother's chair.

"I believe it's time we got going…" Esther's grandmother, Alexandrian said standing. Esther pouted slightly and shook her head.

"Do we have to?" Alexandrian smiled at her grandchild and nodded.

"Don't worry Esther; we'll see each other again soon." Ion piped in trying to save the older women some grief.

"Okay!" At Ion's statement, Esther automatically lightened up and ran to give him another quick hug before following her grandmother to the door.

"We'll see you soon Duchess." Alexandrian said.

"Please do, I enjoy our little talks." The duchess replied with a soft smile. Then, only after Esther and her grandmother Alexandrian were well out of ear shot, spoke to Ion. "It appears that you enjoy young Esther's company quite a lot as well." Ion blushed slightly and shrugged.

"She's alright…" Ion said, of course he enjoyed her company. He didn't have very many friends around besides Radu and he didn't get to see him nearly as often as he saw Esther. He may have only looked to be about fourteen, but with his many years of experience, he wouldn't admit to really liking Esther's attention.

It wasn't that he didn't, but it would lead to endless teasing from his grandmother and Esther's. Ion just didn't want to have to deal with that just yet. Besides, Esther always seemed younger than she actually was, maybe because her grandmother sheltered her so. It wasn't all her though, Ion would have to admit that he was over protective and tried to shield her as well.

After all Esther had been through, the assassination of her parents was really hard to accept even for the age of a young Methuselah. Ion knew she would grow up, but wanted to help her enjoy child hood just a little more before that happened. Little did he know that things wouldn't go as he planned.

"That was very sweet of you…" Esther said, again drawing Ion out of the past. "…to try and protect me so." Ion smiled and shrugged it off.

"I find that I'm still trying to protect you from the world…" Esther smiled as Ion said this. It was true, even to this day, he was very over protective. He had every right to be after everything that happened, and Esther found that she was quite over protective of Ion.

"And then it happened…" Ion said grimly. The light smile on Esther's face fell, and she knew what part of the story was coming next. The part they both hated and that had changed what was left of their innocent view on the world.

Author's Note:

Another chapter, not as long as I usually write, but the story is still forming in my head. Remember, I told you to forget everything about the series. I am merely using the characters and changing the circumstances and events; the roles are reversed. Esther is not human, and she was never raised by a foster mother. Don't worry Abel and the others will come into my story shortly, I hope you are not too put off by the direction I am taking this in. Please read and review and let me know what you think. As I get more of the story under hand, the longer the chapters will get.