My super apologizing! I have not updated in a week! I have no excuses really! Actually to be quite honest, I was very distracted... by a lot of things. I could have updated sooner but my distraction was just bad... My sister swears I have ADHD, saying that I need get tested for it and all that stuff though I have never had a problem staying focus when I work... ANYWAY! Distraction here- Once again very sorry for the wait i'll try to keep my distraction at bay.

Real quick! Some of you are wondering if Elsa has been turned into a vampire yes? Well the answer is no, she has not been turned otherwise the last chapter would have ended up differently.

Anyway I hope you guys enjoy reading, and hopefully you don't mind a bit of history.

Thank you for the reviews!

A World In Darkness

Chapter 5:
Resigned Acceptance

Jack shook his head in shock, the damn woman was much more clever then he originally thought. He looked to her only to realized that she wasn't anywhere in sight; it had taken him less then a second to figure out that she had gone out the window. Cursing out loud Jack got his feet and jumped out the window head first, in an instant he transformed. He spread his wings and dove down towards the woman plummeting to her death.

In quick seconds he grabbed her by the waist and rose to the air just barely avoiding the raging waters below. However, the woman struggling in his arms had somehow manage to steer him towards the woods. Jack dodged the trees and branches, he made to rise to the air but Elsa had other plans. She placed her hands on his shoulders and with all her might she froze half of his body, including his wings.

Elsa was dropped from the air, she twisted her body upright and managed to grab onto a branch but it had barely held her weight, the branch snapped in half causing her to fall again. Elsa half landed on a boulder, she cried aloud as she rolled onto the dirt and leaves. She lifted the hem of her dress and gripped her already swollen ankle. Elsa couldn't tell how much damage she had sustained with how dark it was; in the distance she heard something crashing loudly, it could possibly be Jack and she was taking no chances to find out if it was him or not. Elsa stood and ran only for the pain in her ankle to shoot through her leg causing her to fall. She bit her lip hard to keep herself from crying out, but she was anxious to get away so she began crawling as best as she could.

No less then a minute did Elsa hear a very frightening growl, she froze in fear on the floor as she slowly looked around but it was far too dark for her to see anything clear, the moon was her only light but the trees were in the way. It was way too quiet for her, swallowing thickly she slowly began to crawl again. The frightening growl happened again and it sounded much to close to Elsa to which she felt she was about to have a panic attack.

Ever so slowly, Elsa looked behind her thinking it was Jack who she had probably made really angry, but it wasn't. What stood before her was very large beast, black fur, long snout like a dog with sharp teeth and golden eyes. The beast crawled on all fours just barely a few feet away, it growled again baring its fangs at her.

Elsa was in the brink of a panic attack, she was shaking terribly with fear and gasping deeply for air.

The beast stood on its hind legs its eyes never leaving Elsa, it leaned its head forward and roar loudly. She had never heard a more terrifying sound in her entire life than right now. Elsa screamed at the top of her lungs causing an echo throughout the woods. The beast reared back and lunged at Elsa. She screamed again closing her eyes as she didn't want see herself get mutilated.

There was growling and roaring and there were sounds of trees snapping. Elsa peaked her eyes open, right before her eyes was the vampire lord wrestling with the beast and he was winning. Jack had the beast pinned to the ground by the throat, it was lashing out, struggling to free itself, it had managed to tear through Jack's skin on his arms, blood dripped profusely but he wasn't affected by it, instead he pierced his claws into the beast's belly and chest. It howled in pain.

"Who sent you werewolf?" Jack snarled at the beast, though his question went unanswered as it tried to claw his head. Jack stood and flipped the werewolf onto its stomach, he stabbed his claws into its back and stomped his foot onto its leg breaking the bone. He leaned his head closer to its ear. "You should know better then to challenge the Vampire King."

The werewolf ceased its struggles and whimpered in pain and fright. Jack removed himself from the beast stepping back though it had done nothing by lay there. Elsa watched with fright and amazement having not a single clue as to how powerful the vampire is. The moonlight reflected on Jack, defining and shadowing his features and muscles, blood was splattered on him though it didn't seem like he noticed. She stared in awe.

Jack had not once glanced at Elsa as he grabbed the back of the werewolf's neck, nor did he when he spread his wings or when he had flown into the air dragging the beast with him towards the castle. He had left her behind without looking at her and that frightened Elsa.

"Wait!" She shouted out to him but he was way too far already. Elsa got too her feet as she tried to follow him, but the pain in her leg barely left her moving. She didn't want to be out there if there were anymore of those beasts who wanted to eat her.

There was a cliff nearby and Elsa tripped on the ground, hard. She crawled towards the edge wanting to be as far away from the woods as possible, she looked down and finally noticed just how far the ground was, which was just a raging river, she could have died and not even her snow could have saved her from such a fall. The waterfall not too far from her roared loudly that she could barely think to herself. Elsa curled in on herself, bringing her legs to her chest as she shivered uncontrollably, she sniffed then realized she had tears on her cheeks. She wiped them away with little effort, she glanced up at the castle far from her, on the outside, it was empty. Elsa placed her head on her knees and brought her hands to her head, she heard noises in the woods and she was frightened, she tried drowning the sounds out by humming a little song but it did little to help her.

Arms wrapped around her back and under her legs lifting her from the ground. Elsa panicked, she lifted her head quickly only to see Jack looking at her impassively. The two stared at each other for a moment until it occurred to Elsa that he was waiting for her to do something, he was expecting her to try to run again. She looked away from his gaze and lowered her head, she wouldn't try to run this time.

Seemingly satisfied for now, Jack lifted into the air heading towards the castle, though he wasn't as fast as when he had taken the werewolf.

'He came back for me... He saved me...' Elsa thought herself. They went into the open window she had jumped out of, she looked around seeing ice on the walls and snow on the floor, the mess she had created just because she was throwing an angry fit.

Jack placed Elsa on the bed, he then grabbed the bed sheets and tore pieces of it. He sat on the bed and lifted Elsa injured leg to inspect it, although she was weary of him, she didn't pull away. He had smelled the blood running loosely under the skin and he knew she had injured herself. There was swelling in her ankle and a little up her leg, she nearly shattered the bone but she got lucky but just barely. Jack broke a piece of her ice nearby and placed it on her leg, he used the bed sheets to wrap around her foot to her leg.

Elsa noticed that the injury on his arm had completely healed, not a scar was seen but there was still blood on him, though she was sure it wasn't his, the sight of that much blood on him made her feel a bit sick.

Despite the mess she had caused him, he was still doing this for her. Elsa opened her mouth to say something but he beat her to it.

"Don't." He growled at her. "Don't you dare say a damn word." She was shocked, he was angry with her but he was quiet about it. He wrapped the sheets tightly making her whimper. She looked up to see him glaring fiercely at her and she couldn't help but flinch. "What the hell were you thinking you stupid woman? Did you think that you would survive a fall from this high up even if you used your powers?!" Elsa flinched at the hard tone of his voice. "You damn human! You're not invincible, your powers would have done nothing to save you. You could have died! And that werewolf, he could have killed you." Jack stood up, frustration welling inside of him, he ran a hand through his hair growling as he willed himself to calm down. "If he had bitten you then you would have become one of them, and then I wouldn't have the choice but to kill you."

Elsa trembled. "I- I'm sorry, I just-"

"You're sorry?" Jack snorted in disdain. He clenched his hand into a fist, his teeth bared into a snarl and his muscles tense ready to tear through anything at the moment. "You stupid woman." He walked out of the room, refusing to look at her. The door slammed loudly behind Elsa, she looked at her shaking hands. She wondered if this was really going to be how she spend the rest of her life, living her life shaking in fear.

'But he still protected me.' The thought came to her mind.

Exhaustion was creeping up on her, Elsa crawled towards the pillows laying down on them despite the fact that she was covered in dirt. She closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.

Three days had passed without any incident. Elsa had stayed in the room to heal her injured leg, Tooth had been kind enough to visit her and bringing her food even bringing her a new gown even if it was the same stylre. She had stayed with her making conversations so that Elsa wouldn't be lonely. Elsa was grateful to Tooth's kindness and the friendship she was willing to give despite all the trouble Elsa had caused.

Her ankle was healing just fine, though she was barely able to walk she still limped noticeably.

Three days had passed and she had not once seen Jack.

Tooth and Elsa had been sitting on the bed talking simply of anything. But Elsa was curious of something.

"Hey Tooth?"

"Hmm?"

"How is it that I never see the sun out? I mean I at least thought to have seen it once." Elsa looked out the window, the sky was dark with moon barely visible behind the clouds.

"The sun never rises here." Tooth responded making Elsa confused. "This entire land here is cursed. The sun will rise and set all over the world except here, we as vampires are cursed to live in a dark filled world for rest of our lives."

"Why is that?"

"It had all started with Dracula over four hundred years ago."

"What happened?"

Before Tooth could respond a knock at the door distracted both women. Tooth went to answer, but the door blocked the view of the person she was talking to but whatever she was told had put a large smile on her face. She turn to look at Elsa. "A good night will finally be happening tonight, I have go somewhere real quick but I'll be back later to help you dress up."

Without giving Elsa a chance to respond, Tooth left the room. So she was left alone in the room she had started playing with snow on her hands, for the next hour she had made a bird, a butterfly, and iced miniature tree, and several snowflakes repeatedly. After a while she simply sat there staring outside the window, watching the waterfall at the distance.

There was a knock at the door and Tooth poked her head in. She had a smile on her face as she walked in with a few things in her hands. She placed them on the bed then faced Elsa, she clapped her hands together in excitement.

"Undress!" She said excitedly.

Elsa stared at her with wide eyes. "E-Excuse me?"

"Undress! That way you can wear this one!" Tooth held up a crimson red sleeveless gown. "There's a ball going on tonight so you have to wear this!"

"I didn't think vampires held balls." Elsa stood carefully, she turned around and began to undress.

"We don't usually, we haven't had a ball in about sixty seven years so I pestered Jack about it until he said yes, I had to get on his nerves for him to eventually agree to it but it was wroth it. Everyone had been planning for it before you came, so here we are now!" Tooth helped Elsa tie dress on her back, she had brought over a stool since Elsa had a hard time moving around. Making her sit on it, Tooth began curling Elsa's hair around her finger, she raised it up to her head then she pinned it. She continued to do so with more strands of hair.

Elsa looked at herself in the mirror and only saw herself, Tooth had no reflection. "How is it that you go can do things with yourself without having to look in the mirror?"

"Simple. We got use to not being able to see ourselves, so we basically figured it out without having the use of a mirror." Putting in the last pin, she moved her hands from the platinum hair and smiled, proud that she had accomplish Elsa's hair. She handed Elsa long black gloves to put on. "All finished!"

Elsa stared at her reflection, the person in the mirror looked like someone else in entirely but Elsa liked the look on her. She looked at Tooth only to see the vampire already dressed and halfway through her hair. "How do you move so quickly?"

Tooth laughed. "It comes with practice after several hundred years."

It had still surprised Elsa that these vampires had been living for so many years, yet they didn't age. Tooth had been living for several centuries and yet she still looked like she was a young woman in her twenties. By the time Tooth had finished preparing herself she was already helping Elsa to her feet. She half helped and half lifted Elsa towards the ballroom, though she had mostly lifted the snow woman to hurry her inside in mere excitement.

When the two women entered, the ballroom was boisterous, tables on the sides with both humans and vampires, the dance floor was filled with vampires waltzing to the sound of violins, cellos, flutes and pianos.

Elsa, for just a moment, had thought they had just looked like regular humans having a good time with laughter and smiles on their faces.

Tooth had steered Elsa to an empty table, a very happy grin was on her face but before she had the chance to even say anything to her, someone came into her line of vision. She gasped.

"Jaime!" Tooth rushed over the little boy who looked like he was sick but he had signs of getting better. "Jaime what are you doing up? You are ill, please return to your room and rest." Tooth tried to nudge the sickly child but he gave her a tired smile.

"Tooth, I am feeling so much better than before. I... I can move around again!" Tooth lead Jaime to a seat beside Elsa. The older woman knelt before the boy, her eyes glassy with unshed tears. With a relieved laugh she placed both of her hands on his cheeks.

"Oh Jaime... Jack will be so relieved that you are well again... I must tell him! Wait here!" Tooth stood up but then she glanced at Elsa. "Elsa, this is Jaime. Jaime this is Elsa, she is Jack's bride to be."

Although Elsa was not thrilled to be introduced in a such way, she didn't say anything, instead she smiled kindly at the boy who gave her shy smile. "Nice to meet you Jaime." She said kindly.

"Hello." The boy shyly greeted. Elsa looked at Tooth only to realize she was long gone, she looked at the boy who looked so shy and awkward to be around her. Elsa couldn't help but smile, despite being a vampire he was still just a boy.

"Are you feeling well Jaime? You seem to be recovering from an illness yes?" She smiled reassuringly at him.

The young-ling's smile brighten up. "I am, I... Wasn't doing to good a few days ago..."

"Was it bad?"

Jaime nodded his head solemnly. "I had silver in my system and... It nearly killed me. But it was my fault, the other vampires were going on a hunt and I wanted to go. Jack was completely against it- said I was too young that I wasn't ready, but I really wanted to go and I had said some things I didn't really mean I was just angry that he was treating me like a child, even though I am. He let me go eventually but not without protection. He had ordered the other vampires to watch over me but that didn't go so well, we were ambushed by werewolves and one of them had silver...then, well..." Jaime paused, not really feeling like speaking any further.

Elsa was shocked. She wanted to say something but the words wouldn't come out, though the silence between them was rather uncomfortable and she didn't want the boy to be thinking about his almost death so she opted to hold out her hands to him and began making a snowflake. Jaime watched with amazement, a smile formed on his face as the snowflake was formed and floating over her hands.

"Wow! You can do it too!" He exclaimed with excitement.

"Too?" She was confused. Jaime nodded with enthusiasm.

"Uh-huh! Just like Jack!"

That was enough to raise the eyebrows on her face. "He can do this as well? Make ice?"

"Yeah! Didn't you know?" It was Jaime's turn to be confused.

Elsa shook her head. "No." She replied softly.

The young vampire frowned in confusion. "But aren't you his bride? Shouldn't you know at least a few things?"

She shook her head again. "I really don't know anything about him at all. Nothing really, just that he is the vampire lord." She responded. "I... Since I got here, I haven't exactly been the most kind to him and well... Recently, I think I may have angered him." Elsa looked away from the boy and gazed at the dancing vampires. She then noticed Hiccup dancing with a beautiful blonde woman. She must be Astrid from the way he was looking at her.

Jaime stared at the woman beside him with a questionable gaze. Why would she make Jack angry? Aren't they supposed to be happy? Couples are happy together right? Or at least that's what Tooth had told him.

"Jaime."

Snapping out of his thoughts Jaime turned to who called him, he immediately smiled. He jumped out of his seat to wrap his arms around the vampire's waist.

"Jack!" He looked up at the white haired man with a large grin on his face.

Jack looked over at the boy hugging him. He still looked unwell but the signs of him getting better were there. Since Jaime was so young his blood cells were probably repairing any damage he had sustained much faster then anticipated, and it had certainly saved his life just in time. It was enough to put a small smile on Jack's face. He returned the hug.

"I'm glad you are feeling better Jaime. " He gave the boy an affectionate pat on the head, but then he frowned. "You are not allowed to go on hunt again, ever." He said in a stern voice, Jaime pouted but nodded. Jack looked up to see Elsa watching them, when she noticed that he was looking at her, she quickly looked away. Jack instantly became impassive. "Queen Elsa." He greeted tersely.

Elsa stiffen when he greeted her. She stood up with a bit of trouble because of her ankle, but she face Jack like a proper queen and bowed in greeting. "Lord Jack." She had overheard some of the other vampires greet him as such when she had followed him, so she would too, she still had her manners of a queen after all.

The two stared at each other for a moment with tension that even Jaime could feel, so he decided to cut in. "Jack!" He successfully gained the attention of the older male. "You never told me you had a bride! And that she was pretty!"

"...Well-"

"No fair! What if I died and never found out!"

Jack frowned. "Jaime do not say anything like that."

The boy pouted. "Fine but you owe it to me!"

The older man stared at the child before him, he blinked then he sighed. "What do you want me to do?"

Jaime grinned as best as he could, he sneaked at glance at Tooth who was a bit behind Jack, she gave him an encouraging nod with a sly smile. "You have to dance with Lady Elsa!"

"What?" The two mentioned stared incredulously at the boy. Tooth came up behind to Jaime, placing her hands on his shoulders.

"That's a good idea! You both should do it!" She turned her head and gave Jack a knowing look, to which he returned with a half-hearted glare.

Elsa on the other hand had began freak out, quietly to herself anyway, but she needed an excuse! "I can't dance!" She somewhat said loudly. The three looked at her and she suddenly felt embarrassed. "I mean, it's just that- my ankle hasn't fully healed yet so I can't dance."

Jaime smiled innocently at her. "That's okay! Jack is really strong so he can hold your weight, even if you are heavy."

This boy had unintentionally called her fat. Elsa vaguely heard Tooth scold the child, she looked at Jack, his face was turned away from her but she could barely see a smirk on his face and it looked like he was trying not to laugh. Embarrassment was creeping up on her, she felt like hiding under a table, she looked at the floor her cheeks burning and pink.

The sound of someone clearing their throat had Elsa looking up again. Jack was standing in front of her, holding out his hand in front of her. She stared at his hand then she looked up at him again, he had an impassive look again and she briefly wondered if he was always going to look at her that way, she looked back at his outstretched hand then hesitantly, she slowly lifted her hand onto his.

Jack gripped her hand and carefully lead her to the floor just as a song finished. He looked at her briefly then he wrapped his arm securely around her waist, he pressed her up against him so that he could carry most of her weight to keep her from damaging her ankle any further. Elsa placed her hand on his shoulder, her other hand still gripped in his.

The music started up again, Jack moved following the rhythm of the violin playing, Elsa followed his movements. She couldn't look at him in the eyes so she settle for the cravat around his neck.

More instruments began playing with the violin, Jack turned and she followed. The waltz was a rather an easy dance, Elsa didn't have a problem pressing weight onto one leg.

For the first time Elsa focused on the man before her. This man was tall, much taller then her even when she wore the heels she had barely reached below his nose. He had broad shoulders, she could practically feel the muscle under her hand. Elsa suddenly blushed when she realized just how pressed up against him her body was touching him.

Jack twirled them, snapping Elsa out of her thoughts. She looked up at him, their eyes met for a moment before she looked away again. She couldn't bring herself to look at him, not after what she had done, but he was the reason she was gone from her home but at the same time he was also the reason she was still alive. He could have left her out there to die and she was sure that he really didn't need her alive, he could probably find another bride if he had wanted to but he didn't, he chose to save her.

Elsa awkwardly looked back up at him, cheeks pink once again. "...Thank you... for... saving me..." She quickly looked away.

Jack smirked. "And how much does it bother you to thank me?" She glared at him, but to Jack it looked like she was pouting. He almost chuckled.

She didn't say anything after that and neither did he. Jack continued to lead their dance, they swayed together in sync with the music. It was just a bit longer before Elsa looked back at him again.

"If I asked you a question, would you answer?"

"That would depend on your question." Jack broke away from Elsa, he twirled her, she stumbled but he was quick to bring her back in his arms again to steady her.

"Why do vampires drink blood?"

He frowned at her question but answered anyway. "The name 'vampire' means 'bloodsucker', so to put it simply we need blood in order to continue living, if not then we die."

"So that means 'vampires' are evil." She nearly stumbled again so she wrapped her arm nearly around his neck.

"Vampires are not necessarily evil-"

"But you kill people." She stated.

"To live. We have just as much right to live as you humans do. Besides, you shouldn't make us out to be the bad guys, the vampire coven looks out for each other and protect our kin, while you humans are constantly at war with each other, killing one another for selfish reasons or for no apparent reason at all. I would know, I've met Jack the Ripper." He twirled her once more and brought her back into his arms.

"Who?"

"A twisted human from London who butchered and humiliated women."

Elsa gasped. "He butchered women? Why would he do that?"

"Who knows. He's known throughout England as the man who mutilated five prostitute women in an unusual manner, and one of the few to never be found to be convicted for his murders."

"You mean he disappeared?"

"In England yes, no one ever found him. But I'm the reason for his disappearance."

Elsa stared at Jack with wide eyes. She was starting to feel uncomfortable talking about a murderer so she thought quickly to change the subject. "H-How did vampires ever come to be?"

Jack stared at her incredulously. "You want to know how vampires originated?" She nodded her head. "Why?"

Elsa looked away from him, slightly shifting in his arms. "Well... If I'm going to be... staying here... I should at least know something about vampires... right?"

"Oh?" Jack raised an eyebrow at her and she awkwardly blushed. "You don't need to know our history for that then if you want to know about us."

"But Tooth had mentioned that this place was cursed, and I am curious as to how it all started." Jack stared at her as if he was reading the expression on her face, she slightly fidgeted under his intense gaze.

He sighed. "Fine, I'll tell you but not here. It is a rather long story and I would rather not be standing up while talking about it, or dancing for the matter." He stopped their dancing and gave her a look. Elsa had the sudden need to roll her eyes at him.

"Then can I at least ask you one last question?" Jack nodded. "Out of all the female vampires here, or other humans out there, why did you choose me as your bride?"

They stared at each other for a moment, Elsa felt the beating in her chest as she waited for his answer. His eyes looked just a bit endearing but she was sure she was imagining it, she felt the familiar pull sensation and she wondered what it was. Jack had opened his mouth to reply but then he looked over her shoulder and immediately his mouth closed, the hard look in his eyes had returned. She was just about ask him what was happening until his words stopped her.

"Because I wanted to." He said coldly. He didn't even look at her when he said those words, he tighten his arm around her waist and dragged her back towards the table she was previously at. Elsa felt as if cold reality had slapped her on the face. But of course though, what was she expecting? That they somehow got along and he would let her go back home? Her life wasn't a fairy tale, there was no way that it would be that easy.

When the two reached the table, there were two other vampires that appeared, both male, one was an older man with a large body, he had white hair and a beard. The sleeves of his dress shirt were rolled up to his elbows that showed tattoos on his arms. The other man had dark grey hair, and a scowl on his face. The sleeves of his shirt had been cut off to the shoulders, tattoos adorned his muscular arms, and forehead. Elsa thought he looked rather intimidating.

However, both males paid no heed to her, instead they immediately cast their attention to Jack.

"He's speaking." The grey haired man said. Jack removed himself from Elsa, he right away walked towards the large stairs with the two other males following behind him.

Tooth grabbed Elsa's arm before she could even process what was going on. The brown haired woman smiled. "You know, the both have been dancing for quite a while."

"...What?" She stared off distractedly.

"About three songs without the two of you stopping." Tooth grinned and Elsa blinked, then it occurred to her what was said.

"What?!" Tooth giggled, the boy beside her looked at her with confusion. Elsa looked at the dance floor, she was surprised that she had been dancing that long considering the circumstances but that didn't bother her, Jack's words kept ringing in her head.

'Because I wanted to.'

Tooth noticed that the woman in front of her was hardly paying any attention. She placed a comforting hand on the blonde's shoulder. "Is something wrong Elsa?"

Without even glancing at the woman beside her, Elsa looked up at the ceiling sadly. "Just realizing reality." She murmured quietly.

'Because I wanted to.'

"So once more werewolf, what is he planning?"

Jack watched with his arms crossed as Aster and Astrid interrogate the werewolf tied in chains. He had originally came into the underground torture room with North and Aster, but then Astrid had followed them wanting to see their prisoner for herself. Not that he minded, she was quite good at convincing people to talk.

"I've already told you before, he is sending us one by one to spy on you vampires. He wants to know what makes you weak, besides the obvious. And the name is Eret by the way." The man rolled his eyes despite the obvious torture marks that have littered his body. Fresh open wounds still bled as he was chained to the floor and on his knees.

Astrid frowned. "He already knows our weakness and he can't do anything about it because it is just as toxic to him as it is to us."

"Well little lady, unlike you we can travel during the day whereas you will burn and die." He smirked. Astrid growled, she punched him directly on the cheek causing him to spit out blood.

Aster placed his hand on Astrid's shoulder to halt her next assault. He then moved in front of Eret and pulled out a silver knife from nearby. "You will tell us what Pitch is really after or I'll be more then happy to embed this knife into your jugular Mate."

Eret glared at the grey haired man but then he smirked. "You won't kill me vampire. You need me for information."

"So you admit that you have valuable information."

"Not like i'll tell you anyway."

Aster smirked. "Then I won't have a problem beheading ya Mate. As you can see," He pointed at Jack who was leaning on the stone wall with his arms crossed and eyes closed. "The Vampire Lord hasn't said a word about me killing ya, so I have the 'okay' to do so."

Eret stared at Jack with confusion. "He's the Vampire Lord?" He asked with skepticism. He continued to stare at the white haired man, until he slowly opened his eyes. Eret had never seen eyes dark and crimson red, he felt a terribly dangerous pull as if his very soul was being taken in a suffocating way as those red eyes continued to stare him down.

Something was wrong, Eret could practically his nerves shaking in haywire. For a strange he reason he could hear himself screaming bloody murder and he had caught glimpses of himself lying in large pool of his own blood with missing limbs, he was also burning alive. In the distance of his image he could see the white haired man covered in blood.

There were rumors amongst his pack about the Vampire Lord, that he was capable of doing things without even lifting a hand. Was this it? Eret was sure that if he hadn't stared at those red eyes he wouldn't be feeling the way he was right at the moment. He blinked, and those red eyes weren't red anymore, they were blue. Was he just imagining it then? He felt himself shudder at the disturbing thought.

He quickly looked away from the man, he glanced back at the grey haired tattooed man in front him. He had a knowing smirk on his smug face as if he knew what Eret had just experienced. He glared in defiance. "I won't say a word! I would rather die."

Just as Aster was about respond, Astrid beat him too it. "Suit yourself." The men in the room stared at her in confusion as she began to unchain him. The werewolf stood up wearily as he stared at the suddenly smiling woman. In the blink of an eye, Astrid transformed in her vampire form, she grabbed Eret by the arm and flew out of the window.

The men in the room stood there quietly, until they heard the werewolf screaming in the distance. Well Astrid did always have a way of making people talk, even if it meant hurtling them to the ground from thousands of feet high up in the sky.

North took the opportunity to question Jack. "Was the woman you were dancing with your bride?"

Aster immediately jumped into the conversation. "Can't believe you were dancing in the first place. Usually Tooth has to drag you." He chuckled. North gave a thoughtful look but then he added.

"She drags you to dance too. Including Sandy and myself."

"Oi, this isn't about you me or him Mate, it's about this showpony here." He smirked when Jack glared at him. "The poor lass is your bride, I feel sorry for her already mate."

Before the conversation could proceed any further, Astrid came back through the window with a satisfied smirk on her face and a very shaken werewolf attached to her leg. "He'll talk." She removed her leg from Eret's grip, returning to Aster's side. "Now tell us why you were here, and what is Pitch up too?"

Eret rubbed his neck nervously as he stared at the vampires. "Okay... Occasionally we are sent here to find out what you're attached too so that we can use it against you, but since your castle is way to high for us to even come close without being detected or killed, we were suppose to hide in the woods and simply see if there is anything we can see differently."

North crossed his arms. "What have you found out? And how many of you are sent?"

Eret shrugged. "Not much, just that you are bringing in humans. And there's usually about two or three of us that are sent here."

Jack glared. "How many of you were sent before I captured you?"

"You mean brutally captured me?" When his response was a much fiercer glare, Eret flinched. "...There was one other..."

"Who?" When he didn't respond right away Aster brought out the knife.

"My younger brother... Snotlout..." Jack turned away form him, glaring angrily at the outside.

Aster spoke once more. "What is Pitch planning?"

"To end the existence of vampires."

"And how does he plan to go about that?" North asked.

"He's using humans, for silver use anyway. Since we can't touch it he's making the humans use it against you, he is even teaching them how to bring you down and telling them where your weakness are at."

No one else said anything, then Jack removed himself from the wall, he turned away from them leaving the underground room without a word. The remaining vampires stared at the door where their leader had left to until they decided to leave as well, but not before they chained Eret again.

"Thank you for your cooperation." North said as he shut the door behind him, leaving the werewolf alone.

Jack was feeling absolutely livid as he stalked down the halls of his castle. He stopped walking for a moment, then he punched the stone wall hard enough to crack into several pieces, but not enough for it break into a hole.

Jack faced the nearby window and glared at the moon. He couldn't believe that he let his guard down enough out there, he hadn't even realized that there was another werewolf nearby. He was focused solely on protecting the human woman that it had blinded him from the rest of his surroundings and it had made him angry. He bared his fangs as he growled deeply. If not by now that werewolf has probably already told Pitch about him protecting a human, no doubt that he would probably use her against Jack. He frowned deeply. He may have to turn her sooner then expected, but it was not like he had much of choice, he wouldn't dare allow her to become one of those filthy beast.

Sighing in frustration, Jack resumed his walk. This could have all been avoided if his father wasn't so careless when he slaughtered practically anything that moved. Pitch was the only survivor of his father's vicious onslaught, and Dracula hadn't bothered to check who was still living since he believed he killed everyone. But not Pitch, he had survived, only just barely. He had taken hundreds of years to heal the wounds inflicted upon him, and now that he has healed he decides to take revenge on the vampires, namely Jack since he was the son of the monster that had nearly costed him his life.

Now that he knew what Pitch was planning, Jack was going to have to prepare for a war between vampires and werewolves.

It had been three days since he last fed, he could still go on without feeding for another week but all the frustrations building up inside of him had left him feeling a bit hungry. Jack stopped walking when he realized he stopped in front of a door. The same door that the woman was currently occupying. The ball should have ended a while ago, they had been in underground room for a while so she should be inside. Well she did ask for a history story, might as well get a bite from her he supposed, but then he grimaced, she might start throwing an angry fit again and he really didn't want to deal with her when that happened.

Damn it, he was getting hungrier by the minute, he'll just have to deal with it anyway.

He entered the room where he found her sitting on the bed, looking out the window. She was back in the original midnight gown he had sent for her to wear. He walked nearer to the bed where she finally noticed his presence. She looked away from the window, she stared at him. He had seen the glimmer of hope in her eyes when she stared at the moon, but she looked at him that hope had died right away.

Her eyes had suddenly become sad, she turned away from him, looking at the ground. "I accept." She said, he frowned in confusion though he didn't say anything. When she realized he say wouldn't anything, she looked back up at him, the sadness in her eyes still there. "I'm not going anywhere. Living in this dark world of yours is now my home, I will be your bride." She said with quiet resign.

She didn't want to be, he knew that, but still he didn't say anything as she gave her fate to him.

Well Pitch has now been talked about, though he has yet to make an appearance he will eventually. Elsa has officially accepted her new life, but nothing is happy yet, or romance... Sorry guys if you were expecting some romance between them but I don't like rush romance I think it's too cliche and boring to do that, gotta build up the suspense and let the romance grow on its own...

Also, I've used Jack the Ripper as someone that Jack Frost had meet and obviously hinted that he had killed him. Even though the time era of Elsa is older, I decide to push back time for Jack the Ripper. If those of you don't know who Jack the Ripper is, he's an infamous murder in 1888 London, England. He disappeared and was never found by authorities, no one really ever found out why he mutilated prostitute women although there are some facts/opinions as to why, but other then that he remained unfound and infamous.

I have decided to make Snotlout as Eret's younger brother, thought I still haven't decided if I want him to have a roll in the story yet. I probably will but just minor. And I originally thought of having Jaime die from silver but decided against it and went with a different approach, though I can't make any promises that it'll be the same for the other characters.

Also I really love history, so be prepared for some vampire history in the next chapter.

Thanks for reading everyone! ~SS.