D and Dracania rode in silence, for the longest time,

Dracania:"Why did she call you the Prince of Vampires?".

D:"Because 'he' was the king so that made me a prince"

Dracania:"But isn't 'he' dead now?".

D:"Yes, I killed 'him'"

Dracania:"So that would make you the king now right?"

D:"Yes"

Dracania:"So that makes me a princess, right?".

D:"Yes, why does it matter?"

Dracania:"I'm just cerious is all"

D didn't say anything to her.

Dracania:"It doesn't make a difference who you are as long as I can hunt with you i'm fine".

D:"Good, cause I just want to be Vampire Hunter D nothing more"

Dracania:"Sure thing D".

Dracania was having a hard time falling asleep, she couldn't forget what Aina had said.

Dracania relived the conversation,

Aina:'You know you remind me of a certan person'.

D turned away,

D:'Don't say that'

Aina:'Why not?'

Aina:'You know I tease you'

D:'I don't want to hear it!'.

Aina:'D... why... wait... is it true? The rumors i've heard, the tales spun, are they true?'.

D looked at the ground,

Aina:'Is 'he'...?'

D:'Yes'

Ania back up clearly afraid,

D:'I'm still the same dhampir you knew'.

Aina:'But this changes everything!'

D:'Why? Cause 'he's' so special I have to be treated specially to?'.

Aina:'Yes, your the Prince of Vampires!'.

'Why would D be a prince? He's only half Noble so that would make him a half-blood prince. Right? He would be adorred by all the Nobles because of how special he is. Wait, I see, i'd never give up hunting to live as a queen of anything I love this job to much.'

Dracania glanced over at D, he had his travelers hat low over his eyes so she couldn't see them.

Dracania sighed,

D:"What are you thinking about?"

Dracania:"Nothing in paticular".

D:"What she said?"

Dracania:"Maybe"

D:"You shouldn't let that get to you"

Dracania:"I'm not I was just thinking to myself".

D walked over to Dracania and placed his hand on her check,

D:"Hmph, your a terrible liar".

Dracania:"I get it from my dad"

D smilled weakly, Dracania took ahold of D's hand in her hands. It was warm,

Dracania:"I told you I don't think of you any differently than before".

D curled his hand around one of Dracania's,

D:"I know, and I don't want you thinking about it".

Dracania turned her gaze away,

Dracania:"Your upset with me"

She let D's hand go. But he cleanched her hand in his,

D:"I can never be upset with you, your my pride and joy Dracania".

Dracania:"Really?"

Dracania looked at D,

D:"Really, your all that matters to me, i'd walk to the ends of the earth for you".

Dracania:"Thanks D"

D:"No thank you for everything"

Dracania:"D your hurting my hand".

D:"Oh sorry"

He let Dracania's hand go,

Dracania:"It's alright"

D seemed to be acting shy around Dracania.

Dracania:"Now don't you clam up on me now just because of what someone said".

D:"Your right i'm letting it get to me when I shouldn't"

He seemed better now,

D:"We should get some rest"

Dracania nodded.

Dracania was still fast asleep under the tree she had choosen, D looked over at her and sighed.

Left Hand:"What are you thinking about now?"

D:"I wander how much she'd miss me if I left"

Left Hand:"Your seriously gonna just leave her to hunt alone?"

D:"Yes"

Left Hand:"You're so cold hearted you'd leave your own daughter!?".

D:"I'm not cold hearted she just doesn't need me anymore"

Left Hand:"Wow, your really believe that, don't you?".

D:"What do you mean?"

Left Hand:"Just look at her! She can barely make it five minutes without you!".

D:"She'll just become self reliant"

Left Hand:"If she can't make it five minutes how do you think she'll make it hours, days, weeks, years without you?!".

D:"She'll figure it out"

Lef Hand:"Wow, your so cruel you'd leave her to die by herself because you wanted to leave!".

D:"I'm not cruel! I'm doing this for her!"

Left Hand:"Wow, like 'he' did all those expiriments for you, i'm done helping. Cut me off here and now!".

D:"I'm not like 'him"'

Left Hand:"Then stay"

D:"I can't!"

Left Hand:"Why not? She's your own flesh and blood!".

D:"Because..."

D's iron will had snapped,

D:"She reminds me to much of her!".

Left Hand:"Is that all? She's your daughter! You have to stay, or else she'll be hunted and killed, she's weak right now".

D:"Weak? How?"

Left Hand:"She's been having these nightmares, of what will happen it's strange, even I can't explain it".

D:"What has she dreamnt so far?"

Left Hand:"Allot, you meeting 'him' in Zilda's castle, you know the allusion of 'him', anyways".

D:"What else?"

Left Hand:"You guys meeting Ania, pretty much everything significant thats happened".

D:"Even...?"

Left Hand:"Probably"

Suddenly Dracania was tossing and turning,

Left Hand:"She's having another one".

D placed his left hand to her forhead,

D:"What is it about?"

Left Hand:"Hold on".

Dracania is walking down a hall towards these double doors, she reconized them, she is in D's castle.

Left Hand:"Got it, she's in your castle walking towards some doors, hell she's in your castle! I think somethings happening".

Dracania reached the doors and opened them and there before her stood a throne room full of Nobles.

Nobles:"The Princess is here!"

The whole room said it in unison,

Nobles:"Come sit!".

They pushed her towards the throne,

Nobles:"Where is the King? Where is the King of Vampires, D?".

Left Hand:"There calling her Princesss and asking where you are they seemed pretty egour to see her and to see you".

Dracania:"I don't know... he left me... in the woods... alone and wounded..."

Dracania pulled her coat open. A deep gash ran across her chest from her left shoulder to her right tigh, it was severly deep.

Noble:"The Princess is gravely wounded!"

Dracania:"Don't worry about it, it'll heal soon enough".

She covered the wound again,

Noble:"How did this happen?"

Dracania:"I was attacked while I slept, luckily D's hand awoke me".

Dracania pulled the severed limb from her coat pocket and sat it on her shoulder.

The crowd ghasped with awe,

Noble:"He left you his hand?"

Dracania:"No it wanted to stay with me to protect me".

Dracania held where she'd been cut as if she could heal it faster that way. She was mustly holding her hand over the left side of her chest, thats the part that was most wounded.

Suddenly some nobles burst in,

Noble:"Make way!"

Dracania:"What is it?".

They couldn't see what the Nobles carried cause they blocked it on all sides,

Dracania:"What is it?"

This time Dracania asked.

Noble:"Clear the room first"

One of the Nobles wispered,

Dracania:"Clear the room!"

When Dracania said this everybody cleared out.

Left Hand:"Dracania is wounded, badly, a gash from her left shoulder to her right hip, and it's very deep. Especially on the left side of her chest, she's bleeding pretty badly to, it seems not to be healing. She's got me, now thats scary, some Nobles just brought something in".

D:"What is it?"

Left Hand:"I can't see it, Dracania ordered to rest to clear to room"

D:"What now?".

Dracania:"What is it? Show me!"

The Nobles parted and Dracania ghasped and almost chocked, she could've believe it.

Left Hand:"Oh my word..."

D:"What is it?"

Left Hand:"Not what, a who"

D: "Who?"

Left Hand:"It's a person, wait a Noble, no actually...",

D:"Who is it?"

Left Hand:"It's...".

Dracania:"D!"

D lay there a wooden stake peirced his heart, his trought slit, badly ghased right shoulder, and a bullet in his head.

Dracania:"D! No! This can't be real!"

Noble:"Ma'am we found him badly wounded like so and slowly dying".

Dracania:"Why didn't you do anything?!"

Noble:"He was run threw like so, what could we do?".

Dracania:"Pull it out! You let him die! You let my father die! I'll never forgive you! Now leave!".

Dracania strocked D's chest around the stake, and pulled it out with little resistance. She lightly touched the rest of his chest,

Dracania:"Whats this?"

She lifted his coat.

She ghasped, a gravely deep gash ran from where the stake was to D's left hip,

Dracania:"Why didn't you mention this?".

Noble:"We didn't think it was important"

Dracania:"This is just like mine except for the stake".

Dracania showed them her wound,

Noble:"There exactly alike..."

Dracania sobbed.

Dracania:"D... how could this happen? This wasn't suppose to happen!"

Dracania took ahold of D's hand.

Noble:"Princess"

Dracania looked up at the Noble,

Noble:"I witnessed the whole thing".

Dracania:"What happened? Please tell me, I have to know"

Dracania clutched D's hand.

Left Hand:"It's... oh my... it's you!"

D:"Me?"

Left Hand:"Yeah you, it's defantly you, he's as cold and heartless as you!".

D:"How are you sure?"

Left Hand:"Because she said you had left her and she was attacked"

D didn't respond.

Left Hand:"The worst part is, your dead, don't know how but your dead as doornail".

D didn't respond,

Left Hand:"Throught slit, chest deeply slashed, shot in the head, right shoulder torn open, and peirced in the heart by a stake".

D:"Then you should be coming over"

Left Hand:"Nope, i'm nowhere to be seen".

D:"Whats going on now that she's found out?"

Left Hand:"This Noble more of a dhampir knows what happened".

Noble:"It happened like this ma'am"

Dracania:"Please Dracania will be just fine"

Noble:"How about Drac?".

Dracania:"Sure, by the way would you happen to be a dhampir?"

Noble:"Yes, i'm Rain a Vampire Hunter".

Dracania:"Like me?"

Rain:"No, i'm retired, to serve you, our Queen, Dracania, the kings daughter".

Dracania:"Enough, tell me how he died, please, I can't rest till I know how my father parished".

D:"Whats happening?"

Left Hand:"I don't know! All of the sudden it went blurry I can't see anymore".

D:"She must of blocked us out, she'll have to tell me eventually, or she might keep it secret".

Rain:"I was coming here when I heard you where returning to reclaim something you lost, something of value to you and him".

Dracania:"Yes, this necklace"

Dracania held out a necklace then quickly put it away.

Dracania:"It was my mom's before that it was D's mother's, a gift from 'him' 'himself'".

Rain:"Well, anyways on my way here I spotted him coming this way then this Noble sprang out of nowhere".

Dracania:"Go on, don't stop"

Rain:"He was in black clothes he seemed taller and stronger than D".

Dracania:"Was it 'him'?"

Rain:"An illusion of 'him', yes, 'he' had split D's right shoulder open".

Rain pointed to D's shoulder,

Rain:"D dismounted and charged 'him'". Rain seemed to be talling a tale,

Rain:"'He' moved so swiftly it was astonishing and clearly D was puzzled".

Dracania:"D had slain the real thing, this illusion must of been Zilda's she makes things seem stronger or weaker to manipulater you".

Rain:"Well, D stumbled he'd clearly been wounded, I crouched around to see it".

Dracania:"This?"

Rain:"Yes, I saw this nasty gash across his chest, and it was bleeding pretty badly".

Dracania:"Sounds like the same time I got mine, i'll explain that later"

Rain:"Well, the figure laughed and said 'Your no match for me! Now die!'".

Dracania:"Someone came?"

Rain:"Yes the villagers came and shot the figure threw the back and it struck D".

Rain:"The figure dissapeared and D fell to one knee, he was badly wounded".

Dracania:"What happened then?"

Rain:"I tried to stop them but they stabbed me with a sword".

Dracania:"Thats aweful, are you alright?"

Rain:"Fine now, thanks, well the villagers blamed D for the illusion".

Dracania:"So they staked him"

Rain:"Well they thought they had killed him so they left".

Dracania:"But he was still alive"

Rain:"I ran over and got his name, he told me to find you, and then he was gone".

Rain:"He must of lost to much blood, nobody can survive severe blood loss."

Dracania:"Not even D".

Dracania clutched D's hand in her so tightly, she let go with her right hand.

Dracania:"Oh D, you fool, as long as you believed you'd die, you'd die you knew that".

She touched D's check so lovingly,

Dracania:"Why? Why did you let her get to you?".

Dracania looked at Rain he was wearing D's hat,

Dracania:"Where'd you get that hat?".

Rain:"I found it on my way here, it had gotten snagged in a tree, I liked it so I took it".

Dracania:"Give me that!"

Dracania dropped D's hand to reach for his hat,

Rain:"Why?"

Rain pulled back.

Dracania:"Because! Thats D's hat!"

Rain:"Really?"

Dracania:"Yes, now hand it over"

Rain reluctantly took the hat off.

Rain:"Wow"

He handed it to Dracania and she dusted it off,

Rain:"Here".

Dracania placed D's hat on his head,

Dracania:"Atleast you can't lose it again, now can you?".

Rain said nothing he let Dracania talk to herself,

Dracania:"I know you can here me, your not really dead".

Rain:"What do you mean he's not really dead?"

Dracania:"It would take allot more than this to kill him".

Rain said nothing,

Dracania:"Zilda used 'him' agenst D, it seemed so real to D he thought he'd die, so he did".

Zilda:"What do you mean by that?"

Dracania:"Zilda manipulated his mind to think 'he' was real so 'he' was real to D so he tought he died when 'he' attacked him so he did".

Rain:"I get it, the person she uses is someone personal to you and she makes them seem real".

Dracania:"And she uses them to kill you or turn you to her side, witch is why I don't get this".

Rain:"Why?"

Dracania:"Because the first time she did this D was persuaded by the illusion of 'him', thought what 'he' said was true".

Rain:"I see, this doesn't make sence"

Dracania grasped D's hand once again,

Then suddenly Dracania clutched her chest. She fell to the ground weazing,

Rain:"Princess!"

Dracania had lost to much blood.

Rain:"Me-"

Dracania:"No! I wan't to die, die right here nere D"

Rain:"Why?".

Dracania smilled as blood dripped from the corners of her mouth,

Dracania:"Because, i've done what I wanted".

Rain:"But we need you!"

Dracania:"You don't need me"

Rain:"Yes we do! Your the last heir to the throne".

Dracania:"Yes I know, this line should die, die with me..."

Dracania breathed her last.

Rain:"Princess? Princess?! Princess!... Dracania? Dracania! Drac! No!".

Dracania snapped awake,

D:"What was it about?"

Dracania:"It doesn't matter, it won't happen".

D:"What won't happen?"

Dracania:"I won't get wounded you won't die and I won't die soon after".

D:"You die?"

Dracania:"Yeah that wound wasn't ever gonna close and it was fatal so I died in the dream".

D:"So, how'd I die?"

Dracania:"Zilda manipulated you into believing a illusion of 'him' was real".

D:"And everything she makes real seems real to the person seeing it, witch makes them believe anything".

Dracania:"Then Zilda's castle is where we are headed then, arn't we?"

Left Hand:"You've got it".

Left Hand:"We shouldn't just head to her castle we should rest for awhile then attack"

Dracania didn't argue she was wore to the bone.