6yLet me start off by saying how sorry I am for discontinuing the last version. I just felt like it wasn't me. I do lemons. So here is a fresh start. I hope you enjoy. I know I will.

Mother in heaven, do you see what the world has become. Are you seeing corruption? Have you been watching as we have lost ourselves in the dark? I hope that you have covered your eyes, while most of us were ripped apart. There was nothing that could be done to stop it. The ones who have tried to prevent what has happened, have been killed and eaten. Smart ones who have stayed silent, have been imprisoned. Did you watch that? Oh I hope you didn't. Your heart is to kind to have seen such horror.

I won't lie, I was scared, terrified of what was happening. I wanted nothing more than for you to be with Dad and I. We needed you, but I understand that you couldn't be. Mother, was it your doing that kept us safe? I believe it was. I could have sworn I felt your wings wrap around me when I was about to be killed. I know it was you who brought my danger to the attention of the Duke. Didn't you? Now, I am safe, imprisoned, but safe. I am Renge's, The Dukes' daughter, closest servant. She says she loves me like a sister. She keeps me close, I even have a bed next to hers.

One night I had asked her how all of this happened. The only answer she could give was:"The world was becoming a dark place, so it was essential for creatures to be created for the dark. Sadly, not everyone was meant for the dark, like you. You are too pure to be brought into the dark." Can you believe that? It was vague, so I couldn't really understand, but she 9said I was too pure. So that meant every one who was tainted became one of them... A creature of the night. Vampires. Wolves. Sirens. Witches. They surround us now. Human are minorities. Food most of the time.

They even have leaders. The most powerful are the Suohs. They are the ones who create the laws and prosecute the dishonest. The head of the Suoh's is a man who looked thirty, but I guess he will always look like that. It was said that the head of the Suoh's fell in love with a human and even conceived a son. When his mother, a cruel and evil woman, found out she had the human killed. She had almost killed the son, but decided he would have to do for an heir.

Mother, do me favor? If you see his mother, let her know that I am sorry for her and her son.

The second in power are the Otori's. They mostly run the money and the medicine. Every hospital around here belongs to their portion of power. I heard the head of that family is unmerciful, even too his youngest son. He has three sons and a daughter. He had given his daughter to the prince of the wolves, without even hearing her objections. How could a man be so cruel?

Third in power.. Well the third and fourth in power are conjoined since they are related. They are the Haninozuka's and the Morinozuka's. They provide an army. Most of the security from the other creatures, come from their family. Some are established by the Ortori's. From words that I have heard, The eldest sons are actually very sweet. From the Haninozuka, the eldest son loves cute thinks and sweet treats. He even carries a rabbit around with him. The eldest son from the Morinozuka's had saved human children from being eaten by other vampires. They now serve his family, and are treated with high respect.

Lastly, the Hitachiin's. This family is more matriarchal. The wife seems to be the head of the family. When they are on the television, she is the one who speaks out. The mostly run all electricity, and the wife even has a talent for clothing. They are more considerate of humans. All of the wife's models are humans. Though the sons, a pair of twins, have been accused of eating some of them. I believe they are just trying to reach out. i don't know why they would, but I just have a feeling.

"Haruhi, let's go." I hear Renge's voice slice through my thoughts.

"I'm coming, Miss Renge." I look back down to my hands that lay gently on my bed. I close my eyes once more, to finish my chat with my mother.

I have to go Mother. I hope you keep watching over me. I love you. Please keep Dad safe, where ever he is.

I stand and walk to the hall outside our bedroom. Once out the door I greet Renge with a bow. She gave me a scornful look when I meet her eyes again.

"I told you to stop that. I am not my father."

This is what made me question what Renge had stated about the creation of the night creatures. There was no way Renge could have been tainted. She was too sweet. Too Gentle. She loved too much. I know being a slave i should not love my master as much as I should, but she didn't look at me like a servant. She looked at me like family. So because of that I loved her.

"I know, Miss Renge, but if your father sees me push away my duties I will be killed." I state.

"You know I wouldn't let that happen." She hissed. She then stepped forward and wrapped her arms around me. "You are my sister, and I love you. No one will ever take you away or hurt you. If they ever try, I will have them killed myself." I sighed giving into the hug. She was the only reason I have not tried to escape, that would result in my death if I were to get caught. She loved me, and I loved her. She was the only family I had left. "Okay, let's go. Daddy will throw a hissy fit if we take too long."

I nodded, and then we started to walk down the hall. As we walked, I grabbed my wrap from my pocket and started to cover my head and most of face. As a slave, we are supposed to wear these in respect, since we are not 'good' enough to show our faces to anyone. Mine was a dark grey with the symbol of a black rose. Renge had made it for me when I first arrived.

When we got to the door, I bowed to the man holding the door. In return, he bowed back and handed me my basket. Being the personal slave of Renge, my job consisted of carrying the food packets for my master and her father. There were also artificial blood packets for me. It was created especially for human slaves to drink so the could see in the darkness.

In the limo, it was silent. I kept my eyes on the ground, not daring to meet the eyes of my master's father. Yes, he was kind enough to save me, but he was still a vampire. He believed that humans were scum, and only existed to serve his kind. I should be happy though. I was higher in his eyes than wolves. Even though the daughter of the Otori's was married to the prince, Vampires still had big trust issues.

"Now you know why we are going right, Renge." I felt Renge shift uncomfortably beside me.

"Yes, Father. But I don't-" She tried to object.

"Forget it Renge. What's about to happened is not something you can talk your way out of. I promised under a vow to give you to one of the sons. Do not defy me." Renge's head hung.

"Yes, Father." She spoke sadly. She sighed deeply, and reached for my hand. I squeezed it in reassurance. Renge was promised to one of the Leaders' sons. She had the option to choose which one, but I highly doubt she wanted any of them. I felt bad for her, but there was nothing I could do. All that I can do is stay by her side.

"We are here, Sir." The driver spoke. Kioto, was a personal slave of the Duke's. He was a hybrid of human and wolf. His parents had been killed when he was only thirteen. The Duke had saved him, just as he saved me. However, the Duke didn't treat him as nice as Renge treated me.

"Thank you, Kioto. Now put a smile on your face. You should be happy. It is your engagement day." What scum. Renge nodded and gripped my hand tighter. She was scared. I know she is. Kioto came to our door and opened them. I couldn't see his face due to his wrap, but I could see his emerald eyes. He gave me a look of recognition, but quickly put his gaze on the floor. The Duke would lash him, if he saw him give eyes contact.

"Welcome, Duke." The head of the Suoh family greeted. He was a tall man with dark blonde hair. His face was slightly wrinkled, but barely gave him age to his young look. He smiled at us, but I couldn't tell if it was genuine. Beside him, was his son. His hair was much lighter than his father, and his eyes were a beautiful shade of purple. I gasped as his eyes met mine, and quickly looked to the floor. Hopefully, he will not tell the Duke of my defiance.

"It is my pleasure to be here. Renge, meet Yuzura Suoh, and his son Tamaki." I chanced a look back up to him. He was staring straight at me. This time, however, I did not look away. I knew I should have, but something wouldn't let me. It was like a magnetic force that kept my eyes on his.

"Hello, Haruhi. I am Tamaki." He was in my mind. Quickly I shut my eyes and hung my head.

"Get out! I will not give into your connection."

"But you already have."

"It is my pleasure to meet you, Duchess. I hope you will come to feel welcome here." Tamaki spoke out loud, suddenly right in front of Renge. He bowed and pressed his lips to her hand. In the corner of my eyes I could see him still looking at me. "Please, let me escort you inside." He wrapped her arm around his. Quickly her eyes darted to me.

"But Haruhi-"

"Haruhi will stay behind with me." The Duke bit out. He was always agitated when Renge insisted on me being everywhere with her.

"No, it is alright. Come Haruhi, take my other arm." I didn't move, scared that this was a trick. "Look at me, Beautiful Rose. Take my hand, and I will lead you into the safety of my home." I then looked up at him. I didn't dare look to the Duke. I knew steam was coming from his ears, from Tamaki's words.

He called me beautiful.

I nodded and took his hand. Letting my eyes fall back to my feet, I followed his movement into the palace.

"So you have come after all." I heard a new voice in my head. "Who knew Tamaki was going to be right?"

"Yeah, this is a first. But I'm glad Milord was right. You're so cute." Then Two voices chimed at the same time.

"Look at her, Takashi. She's as pretty as a fairy." this voice was higher pitched than the others.

"Yeah." I closed my eyes tightly, not wanting to hear another word. I was going insane. This vampire has cursed me to hear voices. Now, I am really going to be in trouble. I will be thrown out for being 'unright' in the head. There will be nothing Renge can do.

We came to a stop, shortly walking down he hall. In front of us were two heavy oak door. The outlining of them was made from pure gold. I could almost see my reflection, if it wasn't so dark. The doors began to open by two servants. When completely opened, I could see a long table with the Leaders and their children, minus the Daughter of the Otori family. They all stared at me, as I walked in the arm of Tamaki. Quickly I slipped my hand from his.

"Hello, Duke. I hope your journey was a safe one" The Hitachiin woman greeted, coming up to shake his hand. She then went to Renge and gave her hand a shake as well. I could feel her presence in front of me. "Hello, Doll." She spoke gently. I looked up to met her golden orbs. She smiled sweetly at me, then her expression faltered ever so slightly. "My, aren't you a special one." She whispered.

"What was that, Mistress Hitachiin?" the Duke asked.

"I said she has beautiful eyes. What a fine...slave you have." Her voice tightened at the word slave. "You must be proud."

"She was tough to handle at first, but we straightened her up." I felt Tamaki flinch beside me. The Hitachiin woman cleared her throat.

"Right, now let's have a seat. Shall we?"

"Yes, it is time we have an important discussion." The Otori head claimed. The Duke nodded, as they were seated. I stood behind Renge, keeping my head down. I then felt a cool breeze beside me. It was replaced by the feeling of two different hands on both of my shoulders.

"Hello there." They spoke in perfect unison. "Would you like to play, Which One Is Hikaru?" They asked. Without thinking of my actions, I looked directly at them. Their eyes widened in shock, probably because of my defiance. To make it worse, I had even spoke aloud saying,

"Why waste time on a game I will lose. It wouldn't be fair since I do not know you yet. There would be no point, until I know of your words and actions." My own eyes widened, as I quickly cut my eyes and looked to the ground.

"Boys, stop harassing that poor girl." Their mother snapped.

"Haruhi, Apologize for your disrespect at this moment." The Duke snarled at me.

"No. There is no need for that." One of the twins spoke.

"We actually like the sound of her voice." The other then stated. I looked at them, surprised of their words. They looked at me with lustful eyes.

"Would you speak again for us, Haruhi." They asked softly, taking my hands.

"Hey, No fair. I thought we were told to wait." A young looking boy whined, looking to an elder man. "I want to touch, Haru-chan too."

Haru-chan? Wait, How do they know my name? What's going on?

"Leave it to Hikaru and Kaoru to disrupt our plans. Well done you too." A boy spoke. His adjusted his glasses, before looking at us. "Though who could blame them. Look at her, she is even more beautiful than the Prophecy showed us." Prophecy?

"I'm sorry, but I don't understand, what is going on." The Duke stated shocked. Renge looked to me, with confused eyes. A deep sigh was heard from the Suoh leader.

"Allow me to explain. A witch, who works for us, told our sons of a prophecy of a human slave. She showed them images and instantly fell in love. We tried to talk them out of the absurdities, but they were determined to find the girl. That's when we saw your role of helping a young human girl. When the boys saw her on the television, they declared that she was the one. So, we arranged for to bring your daughter, who we knew would bring her, to the castle."

"So, what does this all mean?" Renge asked.

"It means," Tamaki started to speak, looking lovingly at me. "Haruhi, is the key too our beating hearts."

"But Vampire's hearts don't beat!" I choked out, no longer caring of the rules. This all was insane. Impossible! They were speaking nonsense!

"Normally." The boy with glasses answered. "But in the presence of their mates, their hearts beat once more."

"So that means..?" The duke stated flabbergasted.

"Yep." the young boy exclaimed. Haru-chan is our love."

Mother in heaven, am I hearing right? Did he just say mate? Oh Mother, what is happening.

Yay! Completely revised. I hope this was a good fresh start. Review!