With Zero left trapped and weak within the dark cabin, I stood in front of the most intimidating person I had ever met.

"Fun?" I breathed, hoping what she meant didn't imply bloodshed or disaster. She chuckled.

"Why yes, my dear Val." She spoke, her words spoken precise but strangely unrealistic, like she was a fake barbie star taken out of a television advertisement.

I still wondered why she called me "Val", since no one ever did. I've only had black and white visions of that nickname, memories that I hope aren't true.

"What do you mean? Who are you, and why do you act as though you've seen me before-"

"Yes, well it shall be time for that soon enough. You don't know how long I have waited for our fates to interwine." She licked her lips, her hands trailing down her thigh, like she was reaching for something. Focusing my steady gaze on her fingers, I realised she was gripping something what looked like shining metal.

With her knees bent and my own not bulging the slightest, she lifted her arm up and thrown the cylinder-like object, it's shape suddenly forming into something longer, sharper, like a blade, like a scythe. When it fell she caught it with both hands, gripping the weapon in front of her. Now she met my eyes directly, smiled, and sauntered forward to kill me.

Holy shit. What could I do? Here this strange lady was,who I had never in my entire life recalled seeing, bolting towards me like some psycho-maniac on drugs. How could I defend myself now?

"Stop!" I shrieked, holding my hands out, stretching my fingers as heavy tears began to prick my lashes, as I prepared for death to be bestowed upon me.

Wait. Where was the splitting pain?

Opening my eyes, my mouth fell wide open. Yuki was on the ground, on her knees, the dangerous weapon laid in front of her like nothing had ever happened. My hands were glowing magenta, exploding with unforeseen power. I almost felt like apologising for attacking her...

"You little bitch." She cursed, gasping for breath as if I had sucked her lungs out. I couldn't possibly be that powerful...could I? I stood in front of her, feeling a bit more confident now that I realised I could actually defend myself if I tried hard enough. Picking up her rod, I held it with my hands; it was as cold as ice.

An abrupt move from Yuki made me jump, one of her hands now clutching my neck, the other with the sharp steel touching my cheek. She pressed so it would cut into my skin slightly, like it was a tease for what was to actually come.

"You'll never understand my wrath because of your screwed up head. Those memories are there, just waiting to push themselves through...that's going to be tough pain." Her tone was filled with pain itself.

"It'd be so much easier if you just told me!" I felt like yelling and screaming and telling her how important it meant for me to understand my life for once. I always felt like nothing, like a nobody. I need to understand for once!

"Fine." She gave in surprisingly. I was intrigued, but also a little scared too. What if they aren't as I expected them to be?

"I'm your sister, Valeria." Her words almost made me choke on my own breath.

"What..." I realised that I was up against a tree trunk now, my arms constricted by some spiked vines that stuck into my flesh, but the piercings weren't the things that hurt. What hurt was knowing the truth for once.

"You thought that was surprising? There's more. Kaname is our long-life of a brother, and Kaien Cross your pitiful father. Kaien was with that bitch Juri Kuran, our real mother, not long after she left her bastard of a husband and my real father, Haruka Kuran, for him...although unfortunately they still lived in the same place together, since they had to protect their own lineage from harm and all." She obviously had a lot of family issues. I forced back a smile.

Now I understand Kaname's reasons...He wanted to protect me from Yuki. Maybe he had been doing that for longer than I thought. Maybe that's why I have so much power locked inside me that's waiting to be discovered.

Still being held against my will, Yuki continued to fill me in with her cruel tone.

"We all lived happily, as a family. Kaname was the oldest, and I was the one who was destined to be the Kuran Princess. Until you were born...everything changed for me since that day. You were born a human, a weak human, and it astounded them, but they felt obliged to do whatever it took to protect you. They knew you were a Pureblood despite the physical changes, but you meant something so much more to them then I was. My blood was no longer the purest of Kuran, and you, Valeria, were my replacement. Our parents cherished you more so than I, they spoiled you and treated you as if you were the only girl in the family. They looked at you with kind eyes, glaring at me with eyes of stone, like I wasn't theirs any more."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, but I zipped my lips and listened.

"Even Kaname was too focused on feeding you his blood to even think twice about me. I was the outcast, and none of them even considered treating me equally. So, eventually, I had a plan. One snowy night, when Rido's vampires had come and mother was going to sacrifice herself for you, I told her not to. She listened, and in turn she went with father to fight the blood suckers I so foolishly sided with. Rido was my master who gave me the strength that our parents never gave me. I told mother that I would protect you if they were to die, but I lied. I put a spell on you to seal your memories so you would forget everything in that mansion. I hoped it would make you weaker for the day that I would take my revenge. Although you were young, you knew what was going on. You knew the pain I was hiding, but you, even my own baby sis couldn't sympathise." Her speech was breathtaking, literally. I realised that I was holding my breath the entire time.

"A-And our parents? What happened after that?" My voice was shaky.

"Oh, I took care of them. It wasn't easy, but with the help of Rido, I crushed their hearts. You saw that too, with your own innocent eyes. Sooner or later those memories are going to cut through your brain like a chainsaw. I'm going to enjoy watching that happen. Anyway, ever since then I vowed to become the legitimate Pureblood Princess." She didn't seem to have any ounce of regret within her, and it angered me. How could she do such a thing? Erasing my memories I could handle, but killing mother and Haruka? Despicable.

"And how do you intend on doing that?" I asked, my voice breaking. I felt like digging a hole and crying in it until I could cry no more. Yuki laughed so loud my ears began to thud, her fangs not becoming sharp but dull and jagged, her strawberry breath dangerously against my neck.

"Hehe, by sucking the imposter dry."

Hey everyone! Sorry that I haven't posted in a couple of days, or written like this in a chapter for so long for that matter! I've just been a bit busy since it's the end of the holidays and such and I'm getting ready for school! XP

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