DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the teen titans characters, or the DC Comic Characters.

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ONE

(Told in 3rd person P.O.V)

*14 years ago*

Whispers could be heard outside of the room of four year old Kori Anders. The sleeping child was unaware of the terrors that waited outside her window, on the roof, on that cold snowy night. A smile was on her gentle face, dreaming of her family going to a theme park, and holding her dad's hand as they rid the highest roller coaster at the theme park.

Kori Ander parents voice drifted away from the room as they walked down the hall together lightly talking about the weather and whether or not they should go out tomorrow to get a Christmas tree. The two lovers, Myand and Luand wandered the halls until they reached the steps, walking down slowly they made no noise.

They continued their way until they reached a secret door, hidden behind an old book shelf. Moving a book the two scientists went down to their lab, looking at the materials spread in front of them. Sighs could be heard from the impatient Myand.

"Darling what's wrong?" Luand's worried voice asked his loving wife.

"I fear I have a bad feeling. I can just tell something is going to happen. Perhaps if we take the kids to my mother's house for the night I will feel more secure, or even their uncle Galfore? I don't want any unexpected visitors." She hinted to her husband what she meant. He looked at her sadly, the fear in her eyes making him feel the pain as well.

"I doubt they will attack tonight. They all know we know the secret of their existence, and how to kill them. They won't kill the only two people who know. It's taken hundreds of years for our ancestors to work with their kind with the elders. Surely the elders would have warned us if there was an attack." He chose his words carefully.

"What about the locket?" As the words slipped out of Myand mouth, her husband felt his stomach clench.

The locket lay their visibly on the table. On the silver chain, a small heart with a ruby red crystal in the middle. On the back, a very tiny inscription of the ancient Tamarian words, "The heart will stop. The blood be tainted. Secrets revealed of the rest of their world, to the friend and lover of the red headed girl. Their time shall come when death appears the oldest of terrors, no longer will be feared."

"What about it? The locket shall go to Kori, you and I know her path, as well as the elders who made that deal so long ago. She will understand one day that this was necessary for the whole race." Luand ran a hand through his red hair.

"I know, I feel bad this is her fate though." Myand walked over to her husband as held his wife.

"The locket will be given to her on eighteenth birthday that's all. Her fate is up to her and the rest of the-"

A loud crashing could be heard upstairs. Panic erupted all throughout the parent's bodies as they ran upstairs, the locket in the firm grip of Luand. Another crash could be heard, and Myand made a silent prayer that her children will be safe.

Luand was the first up the stairs and saw no commotion going on in the first floor. He panicked as he heard a scream of his young son Ryan. A newfound energy went through his body as he ran up the stairs quicker than he ever has before. He busted into his son's room to see a dead child on the ground, and a pair of lips at his son's neck.

"What have you done?" Myand cried as she ran into the bedroom. Tears like a waterfall ran down her face as she looked at her son's fate, dead at the age of two.

The familiar face of Xavier Redd looked up from the beloved boy's body. Licking his white fangs that were covered in blood he stood up and faced the Anders parent's. His eyes were hollow back, and his pale skin was illuminated in the light of the pale moon.

"Slade is getting tired of waiting to see if you guys are going to reveal how to kill vampires to us. So I suggest that you two tell me now before I kill your little daughter Kori." He took long strides and was able to get past the well guarded door. He ran to the end of the hall in a blink of an eye, and opened the still sound girl's room. He approached the bed, her smell was tantalizing, and he couldn't wait to suck her dry of her warm, sweet, juicy blood.

"You can't kill her!" A voice ran down echoed in the hall and cheek stain tears ran down Luand and Myand's green eyes.

"Why is that?" Xavier snarled.

It was in that moment of time Myand really started to panic. She had already lost her son. She was happy that her oldest daughter Koma stayed the night at her friend's house, but Kori was a different story. She couldn't lose her baby girl so she opened her mouth, and the truth spilled out.

"You can't kill her! She is the key." Myand fell to the floor on her knees, begging him.

Xavier picked up the sleeping girl, she seemed to squirm a little in his grip, but soon fell into a comfortable position in bridal style. He placed his teeth near her neck. Her smell was driving him wild, but he had a task to complete.

"Finish telling me, or she is dead." His voice hissed.

Luand was disappointed in his wife for revealing part of the secret they had tried so hard to keep away from the member of Slade's coven. He understood though, for he felt the worst pain imaginable as Xavier's lips were now on Kori's neck, leaving a bloody kiss.

"She is the key to the locket; you need her blood to open it." Luand pleaded.

"Then give me the locket old man!" Xavier hissed, his teeth almost looked longer the more frustrated he got.

"He won't be giving you anything." Three familiar members walked through Kori's white wooden door. It was Bruce's coven, otherwise a familiar, innocent, honest, good coven. Bruce stood in the front, his deep voice being heard. Richard, the strongest member of Bruce's coven flanked him, along with another girl Rachel.

"Bruce…" Xavier hissed. He set down the girl on the bed, who still never awoke once. She was still in her dreams, dreaming of the words being said in reality. Her face turned into a pained expression as she tried to get out of what was turning into a nightmare.

In a second Xavier rushed forward, snapping the neck of Luand, instantly killing him. Myand cried out in horror as she watched her husband's death. She pried out of his hands the locket which Xavier caught a peek at. He grinned in satisfaction as he rushed forward to attack. Richard noticed this and charged forward at an incredible speed pushing Xavier back and out the window.

This did awaken Kori and the child stirred from her sleep and looked around. Tears came to her eyes as she saw her mother's crying face, and her dad not moving on the floor. She was about to speak when she saw her mother put lips to her mouth showing Kori she should remain quiet. Kori went further into her bed closing her eyes, hoping her nightmare would soon go away.

Richard and Xavier were out in the street fighting. Bruce took this opportunity to go over to Myand and talk to her. She revealed all the secrets, knowing they were going into trusting hands. She spoke of paperwork and diaries down in the lab which Bruce then ordered Rachel to get. She nodded in understanding and went off to do her duty.

It was when Myand finished explaining to Bruce everything, that the listening Xavier attacked her. He had ran away from Richard once two fellow members of part of his coven came, Mammoth and Gizmo. He ran to Myand and pulled her neck up slowing drinking her blood. She screamed out in pain before going numb. Bruce saw this and quickly pried Xavier off Myand, and threw him outside. He was confused to why Xavier never came back though the window, but shook it off trying to save Myand.

Xavier was pushed out the window and did nothing. Instead he ran with a victory smile planted on his face. For he reached into his pocket to pull out the silver locket with an evil smile on his face, it was now time to report back to Slade.

He ran past Mammoth and Gizmo who noticed them, while Richard didn't. They quickly retreated following back Xavier. Richard snarled but ran back to the house finding Bruce hovered over Myand, and Luand still lying on the floor. Bruce stood up shaking his head. Richard was confused until he saw blood coming from her neck. He resisted the urge for his blood lust as he focused on Bruce.

"What do we do now?" Richard's voice asked. He felt confused but ignored all the feelings her had that moment, listening to Bruce.

Instead of Bruce answering, Myand's dying breath was heard. "Take care of Kori…." It was then Myand was dead, no longer breathing.

Rachel walked into the room with a bunch of book and papers in her cold hands. She had glimpsed at some papers downstairs. Bruce saw her approach and took a book off the top of her pile glimpsing through it.

"Where's the necklace?" Bruce suddenly asked. He felt a slight amount of panic as Richard felt the dead bodies of Myand and Luand and look up with a discouraged face. Xavier had gotten away with the necklace. Slade had the upper hand right now in the everlasting war the two covens had.

"What now?" Rachel asked her voice monotone as it always was.

"Now we wait…" Bruce sighed aggravated with himself for getting off focus for only a minute. In that minute the entire vampire world became at risk.

"For how long?" Richard chimed in. He was now leaned up against the wall, his eyes focusing on the movement the small bed made.

"Until she is eighteen, I have a feeling that that's when Slade will be paying a visit to her."

"So what do we do in the mean time? Someone needs to watch her incase Slade plans an early kidnapping." Rachel spoke quietly as she looked at the thinking Bruce. The same thoughts came to mind as they watched Richard watch the girl.

"Richard…" Bruce got the attention of Richard and a small smirk came to his face. "I have an assignment for you, a special one." Bruce now had Richard's full attention for he always liked being a leader.

"What is it?" He kept a straight face but inside was curious to know what was the special job he would be doing.

"You here are going to watch Ms. Anders here. You will of course remain inconspicuous." Bruce and Rachel stood by the broken window looking at Richard's surprised face.

"You want me to babysit?" His whisper was loud and harsh for he thought he would be doing a job worth some importance.

"You seem to have no problem staring at her now." Rachel spoke sarcastically which left Richard to glare at the girl in front of him.

"Richard, if anything happens to this girl the elders will be summoned. We all can agree that there is no need for them to be involved yet. If Slade catches her at all their will be problems for our clan. Can I trust you to watch her?"

"What if I have to feed?" Richard rolled his eyes at the obvious. Bruce would kill him if he even out his teeth anywhere close to the girl. She smelled delicious though, the best piece of cake he would never be able to eat.

"One of us will come," said Bruce.

"Fine," Richard grumbled.

"Good, your assignment starts tonight. You know where to find us and how to call us if there are any problems," Bruce quickly gave a slight nod as well as Rachel as they both jumped out the window and ran through the cold night.

When Richard stopped hearing their steps he walked towards the bed, towards Kori. She was now asleep, in a fantasy world of unicorns and ponies. She was snuggled up in her bed, a smile on her little face. Her red hair was long for her age, and her tan skin glimmered in the moon light. Richard had no doubt she was going to grow up to be a beautiful woman, and a smirk came to his face as he lightly stroked her soft face, curious of her warmth.

Kori stirred slightly at a cold touch but soon saw it was snowing in her fantasy world of make believe. She danced in snow, embracing the cold touch to her warm skin. Richard removed his hand feeling himself lose control.

For now on he would have to keep his distance. He couldn't let his blood lust take over, his vampire half of him control his emotions. He was still human, well at least he tried to act it. Richard Grayson the real him has been a monster for tens of years. He couldn't let a simple small child make everything he worked so hard to contain unleash itself.

He gently walked away from her, and into the shadows of the window. He jumped out, his feet gracefully landing from the impact. He climbed the tree outside her window leaping from branch to branch till he found the perfect spot for sitting. It was there he sat watching Kori sleep all night, her chest falling up and down slowly with each breath; her chest beating a familiar melody of a beating heart.

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AUTHOR'S COMMENT

* So in the DC comic books, Starfire's parent's names are Myand and Luand. I couldn't think of a way to change their names in this beginning part so I left them be. I hope the chapter is not to confusing, for it will make sense later…hopefully. Also the story itself is told through the eyes of Kori Anders. If told otherwise I will tell you at the top. This is the first chapter of my first fan fic! I hope you enjoy, and please note this will not be like any other story.