The sparring match when for about an hour with some good results with the shield training. I still lost but not horribly. After finishing up and getting some food the two of us headed off to see Mother and find out what happened. We walked down the halls just as we came up to my old room as Mother came out of it. She sighed before noticing us approach.

“Hey, everything went alright?” I asked her as we got close. She smiled and nodded, though she looked a little tired but I didn't want to question it.

“Yes, everything is alright.” Mother said to me, glancing back at the door before adding. “I have removed her darksign and relieved of her curse, she no longer must go through the same cycle of life and undeath.” Mother informed us. I let out a sigh after that as my mom smiled.

“Guess everything went alright then. That's good to hear.” Mom said. I smiled as I looked at the door.

“Is she resting?” I asked, wondering what has happened. Mother shook her head at this and stepped aside.

“No no, she isn't resting yet. She's… still in shock that I had removed the very things that plagued her neverending life.” Mother said before gesturing towards the door. “You may see her if you like.” She said to us. I looked over to my mom wondering if we should go see the woman.

“Do you think that's a good idea?” I wondered out loud.

“I don't see why not.” My mom said before looking at Mother. “I believe someone earned herself a home cooked meal by one's wife.” for a moment I saw Mother swell up and smiled happily before vanishing in a flash of light. I let out a quiet laugh, seeing Mother liked that always brought a smile to me. “Reminds me when I was with your father…” I watched Mom make a sad smile before looking at the door and gave it a knock. I didn't say anything as we waited. When the door opened, we have greeted with the sight of Amelia in casual clothing no doubt from the clothes given to her by RB and Gol.

“Yes?” She answered as she opened the door. Upon seeing her, the first thing I noticed was the pack of scars that previously adorned her face, a face that belonged to a woman that looked in her early twenties now than she did before. “Oh, Viri. What can… what can I help you with?” She asked.

“Nothing really, we're just… seeing if you're alright.” I told her. She smiled a little at this but it was too brief for me to process through my head.

“I am… I'm just…” She let out a sigh, something was indeed troubling her and it was easy to tell. I arched a brow at her before she let out a sigh. “Truly, I am not sure… a major part of me wishes to rejoice over my newfound freedom but… the other part reminds me that without the darksign or the curse, what will become of me?” She said, questioning herself over her given freedom and chance at a relatively normal life for once. “My purpose, as bleak as it may be, was to simply reignite the waning flame… or was it…” She winced and grasped her head.

“Whoa! Hey, you okay?” I asked worriedly. She groaned lightly before leaning herself onto the doorway. With another wince, tears began to form in her eyes before she was able to answer. Mom was quick to help her inside, clearly seeing that Amelia wasn't alright. I watched Mom sat down beside her as Amelia sniffled and tears ran down her face. I looked down the hallway and closed the door for some privacy.

“it's alright to cry, your safe here.” My mom said to her as she rubbed Amelia's back. Amelia let out a few quiet sobs, whatever had caused her pain no doubt brought this sadness.

“L-Loren… my dearest Loren…” Amelia sobbed into her hands. Mom and I looked at each other oddly.

“I'm sorry to ask this but… who’s Loren?” Mom asked Amelia before quickly adding. “If you don't want to that's fine too.” Amelia sniffled, wiping the tears from her eyes and cheeks.
“Loren… she was… sh-she was my e-everything.” Amelia was able to say through her hiccups. It took a few moments before it clicked in. Mom slowly pulled Amelia into a hug as she cried.

“There there.” Mom said softly. Amelia let loose another wave of tears, crying out for the woman named Loren. Mom held her close as she cried into her shoulder. My ears flatten on top of my head as I listened to her cries.

“She- She did nothing wrong… and they took her…” Amelia’s voice was muffled by Mom's shoulder her words were understandable. Mom looked at me as she held the crying woman. She couldn't say anything for the fact she could make it worse, so she continued to comfort her. “They took her… and-and… Oh lords.” Amelia struggled to say through her sobbing. I felt like I didn't want to know what happened to Loren. “T-They b-burnt her alive… they nailed to a crucifix and burnt her alive!” She yelled this at the top of her lungs, the memory haunting her beyond comprehension. I put my hand over my mouth, feeling like I was going to be sick. My mom didn't say anything as Amelia cried. Amelia devolved into incoherent sobbings, occasionally mentioning Loren’s name and this lasted for quite some time and during that time I had sat down to comfort her as well. We stayed like this, me and my mom wanting nothing more than to help Amelia calm down and she did eventually. Her eyes were red from crying and her cheeks were stained with dried tears. Without a word my mom grabbed a rag and helped clean up her face a bit. “Thank you…” Amelia said as I gently wiped the dried tears off her cheeks.

“No worries Amelia, I too know the pain of losing one so close to my heart.” Mom said with a sombre smile. I gave her a sad smile as I knew that she was talking about dad. Amelia nodded, thanking her once again.

“I'm sorry you had to see me like that… without the curse, the memories of the life I have lived before becoming unkindled are slowly coming back to me and… I remembered her, my beloved Loren.” Amelia said, smiling sadly at the mention of Loren again. I smiled a bit at her, not sure what to say at this moment.

“Do you remember what she looked like?” Mom asked Amelia, earning both of our attention. Amelia shifted a bit in silence for a few moments before speaking.

“Well… she was a little younger than me when I first met my beloved, I was training to be a knight and during my training I would notice her watching, her dark red hair and fair skin were standouts to me when I did see her.” Amelia started to say. “Sooner or later I took some time to talk to her and found out she was a priestess. The more we talked the more I got to know her.” I saw a smile for on her lips as she continue to describe Loren. “The more we talked the more I found out that she was… interested in Sorceries and Dark miracles and other odd and weird things. Any normal sane person would just tell her off or ignore or be shocked at what she spoke of and leave her there but… the way she talked and the smile she wore… I couldn’t help but be drawn into these discussions.” Amelia blushed at the memory of these talks.

“Well, I think the two of you are just the sweetest.” My mom said with a smile on her face. Amelia’s smile faltered with a sad sigh escaping her lips.

“I couldn't protect her when they took her away… they branded her a demon, a dark priestess… a whore.” Amelia said, her voice becoming lower and lower with each word. I didn’t say anything about this as I felt like Amelia was dwelling on the negative parts of her past. My mom simply put her hand on top of Amelia and gave her hand a squeeze. “I wanted to protect her, to keep them away from her… Loren… my dearest Loren, how I've missed you so.” She said, closing her eyes as they were brimming with fresh tears. Mom saw the state that Amelia was in, a solemn look on her. I looked at Amelia for a few moments before sighing.

“Yang is going to hate me…” I mumbled before standing up. “I’ll be right back.” I said before I exit out of the room and headed back to Mother’s home. After taking some shortcuts I got to the place, as I got close I notice the door was slightly ajar as I walked closer. As I got close I stopped when I heard some echoes… and moaning… oh lords. I blushed at the sounds as I thought on maybe giving them a few minutes to finish but thought that they would be going much longer… so I knocked on the door.

“Oh come on!” I heard Yang yell from inside the house. There was some whispering inside as I took some steps back from the door, in case I needed to run. Soon Mother stuck her head out of the ajar door, she was blushing as her reddish scales were offset by the blush.

“Is there something you need, dear?” She asked me, her voice sounding a tiny bit irritated. I felt bad about this as I was, again, ruining the two’s alone time.

“Sorry for knocking on the door but… it’s about Amelia…” I said before doing a quick recap of what Amelia told me and mom. When I finished I added. “Look, I just thought maybe that you can help… after your time here…”

“Please!” Yang’s voice rang out as she stuck her head out of the door, not hiding her anger. Her angered expression was replaced with one of surprise before biting her bottom lip, Mother must've done something to come her down from her anger.

“We will speak about that later, me and Yang have something to get back to.” Mother said before snapping her fingers and within a blink of my eyes, I found myself by the academy doors. A few students walking in and out of the building. After realizing that Mother had desperately wanted to get back to her session with Yang and simply sent me back to the Academy gates. Blushing still I turned and headed back to my old room and knocked on it. Soon the door opened and mom was standing there.

“Well?” she asked before adding. “Why are you blushing?”

“I don’t want to talk about it.” I said as I stepped into the room and sat down on the floor and waited. Mom had asked me why I sat on the floor only to receive no answer from me. After an hour or two, I couldn't tell since I was too busy erasing the sounds from my head like I did before, Mother appeared dressed in her usual long dress. Amelia noticed Mother’s arrival but didn't acknowledge it, simply reciting the same words over and over again.

“Now then, may I have a moment with Amelia?” Mother asked us me and mom. I didn’t say anything as the two of us left the room and waited a little bit away. I didn’t say anything as I kept on erasing.

“Did something happen?” My mom asked me.

“No!” I said too quickly before adding. “I mean, no… nothing happens there, mhmm nope, nothing.” Mom arches a brow but didn’t say anything about this. We were there waiting for almost half an hour we both soon saw Iilah and Qo walking over towards our direction. From the looks of it, they were on their way to their next class.

“Hey, mom! Hey grandma!” Qo greeted happily, making my mom smiled at them.

“Hey girls, hope you two are keeping up with your school work.” Mom said, earning a nod from Qo and an eye roll from Iilah. The three of them chatted for a bit, me talking as well when they asked me before the two of them headed off so they wouldn’t be late for class.

“Those two spend a lot of their time together.” Mom said with a smile.

“Yup, they're really close friends. Best friends even.” I said with a smile.

“You don’t think… they are going to be…” Mom started to say before I cut her off.

“What? Oh no no, I don’t believe Iilah swings that way… I think. And Qo… well maybe she does but so far they’re just friends…” I stopped as I thought about it some more. Were they best friends or…

The door to the room soon opened, revealing Mother with a calming smile. This eased my worries a bit, mom, however, was a little confused.

“So… what was that about?” Mom asked her, gaining a little chuckle from Mother before answering.

“Amelia has told me that she'd do anything to bring her dearest Loren back… I'd like to test that myself, I will send her to do three tasks that most find impossible, including yourselves and if she completes all three, her beloved will no longer be just a memory anymore.” Mother said, smiling brightly as she did. Both Mom and I smiled at this before mom spoke.

“Well I’ll wish her luck…” she said with a smile. As I looked at her I notice that her smile seemed a little… forced. She looked at the two of us and added. “Sorry but… I have to go do something. Have a great day.” was the last thing she said before she headed off quickly. I looked at where she’s heading off to before looking away sadly. From the time Amelia told her story about Loren, I notice mom making some sad expressions, probably thinking about dad. Mother's smile vanished upon her departure.

“She still misses your father.” Mother told me, shaking her head sadly as she did. “She envies Amelia for the chance I've given her. She to can have this chance and all she needs to do is ask for it but… she is afraid.” Mother said.

“Do you think… she has that chance?” I asked Mother, looking up at her with a sadden look. “From what she says about him, he’s the world to her and… I believe she would want him back.”

“Your mother has the chance, yes… she just needs to take it.” Mother told me.

“I hear a but somewhere,” I said as Mother continued.

“But she believes that this would be selfish and I don't blame her for that belief.” Mother was quick to add. I sighed a bit as I shook her head.

“I just… wish she would be happy…” I said as I looked at the shield she gave me that was on my arm. “I wish I could help…” Mother walked up to me and wrapped an arm around me comfortingly before saying.

“But you are, you may not see it but whenever your mother lays her eyes upon you… she feels nothing but happiness, you bring her joy… you and your children.” Mother said to me as she held me close to her. I felt like a little kid again like this. I smiled at this as I gave her a hug.

“Thank you…” I whispered as I pulled away. She smiled and nodded.

“Now then, about Amelia…” With that, she began to explain to me what she has in store for the former cursed woman. Each task sounding more undoable than the last. Somewhere in my head, I had begun to form doubts about Amelia being able to complete these tasks or even mom could either. Mother was quick to clear my head from any doubts. After she had finished explaining, Mother quickly hurried back to her home, no doubt where Yang was wanting for her. I shivered as I resumed the erasing of the memory from my thoughts.

I quickly made it back home and I opened the door and closed it behind me. I turned to lock the door as my head was someplace else. The tasks I sent the once cursed woman would be impossible for any other if they would take it, even for Viri herself. I had a good feeling though… rehearing her story I had no doubts that she would complete these tasks.

And there’s Sara, Viri’s true mother. I could sense her heartache every time I passed her in the halls, the longing for her husband again. Her beliefs though keep her from asking me, that Ray Warren is in the afterlife. I respect her choice of the matter on this as she puts on a smile every day for her child and grandchildren.

Lastly, there’s Viri… she’s a bit of an odd one but I can’t help but love her for it. Her way to change those around her to the better is something that I had to say is amazing. Even today I see her do things that I never thought to be possible. I smiled a bit as I wonder what the future will hold.

As I thought this I felt two arms wrap around my body and a take wrapping itself my own. I familiar kiss to the neck made me hum happily as Yang pressed herself up to me.

“I missed you.” She purred into my ear, making me giggle a little.

“And I too, my love,” I replied, reaching an arm over to her and pulling her head closer before greeting her lips with mine. It started out slow and passionate but soon turned into lust and need. This time, I had made sure we wouldn't get interrupted. I soon felt my love pick me up in her arms and held me there as she smiled.

“So… want to continue where we felt off?” Yang asked me with a loving smile before giving me a few more kisses.

“I thought you'd never ask.” I was quick to answer her, purring at being carried like this. We soon entered our bedroom as we were kissing before falling back into bed, laughing and giggling a bit before the two of us stared at each other. Yang soon reached up and slowly placed her hand on my cheek.

“Mavis… you’re my everything.” Yang whispered before kissing me on the lips. I felt a spark from this kiss that made me shudder a bit.

“And you are mine,” I said before pulling her closer and resuming where we had left off.

I rubbed my face a bit as I sat under a tree. My mouth and throat felt dry for some reason as I waited for Gol to get back with our drinks. I asked him if he wanted to hang out for a time since today was a great day to do that. Of course, it started off great until I started to get thirsty all of a sudden. At first, it was nothing but now… it felt like I haven’t drank anything in a week.

“I'm back!” Gol exclaimed, gaining a surprised yelp and getting out of my thoughts. I looked at with narrowed eyes before seeing him with two bottles of water and handing me one. He was chuckled from the me yelping before he sat beside me. I gave him a playful punch on the arm as I opened the bottle and started to drink the water… and drink… and drink… and drink before I realised that I drank the whole bottle whole already before I could released it. I stared at the empty bottle the same way as Gol was. “That was insanely quick, I just gave you that.” He told me with surprise in his tone.

“Yeah… but I’m still thirsty…” I said to myself as I swallowed the dry taste in my mouth. What was going on?! This never happened to me before- my train of thought was stopped as I felt the worst pain I have ever had in my life in my stomach as I curled into a ball and fell over. The pain was so bad that I felt tears forming in my eyes. Gol was quick to react and tried the best he could to soothe the pain but it was too great, I started to cry as it felt like my insides were eating themselves. I reached out and grabbed Gol’s hand and looked at him with tears. “Help… me…” was all I could say before I was knocked out.

I soon open my eyes and I was in the infirmary. I knew it was it because I’ve been in here before. I groaned a bit as I looked around a bit until I saw Gol sitting nearby reading something.

“Hey…” I said which got his attention. “Sorry about our date… I’ll make it up to you.”

“Don't worry about the date… what happened?” He asked me with worry in his tone as he grasped my hand. “You scared the ever living shit out of me you know that? I thought I was going to lose you or something.” He said, caressing my hand as he spoke. I smiled at him as I squeezed his hand with mine.

“Your answer is as good as mine… I was fine, then I got thirsty… then really thirsty… then pain.” I told him as I looked around. “How long was I out?”

“You were out for half the day. Are still in pain? Thirsty?” Gol asked me worryingly, I must've really spooked him if he's like this. I thought for a moment before nodding a little.

“A bit thirsty,” I said as the dry taste returned. “Why am I so thirsty all of a sudden?” Gol handed me a large bottle of water which I quickly took the cap off and chugged it down like there was no tomorrow. Gol looked at me oddly but I had doubts that it was because of how I was drinking.

“Babe… are you alright? You look a little… paler than normal.” He said, placing a hand on my forehead only to frown. I blinked at him as I looked over to the small mirror nearby. It was true, I was paler than normal. I dropped the bottle as I started to get freaked out.

“W-what’s happening to me?!” I asked scared. Gol held my hand as I yelled, he even pulled me into a loving hug, one that helped me calm down. With Gol being so close to me, I couldn't help but let out a shaky blissful sigh. As we held each other I could hear his heartbeat, it was… soothing. It made me forget about the unbearably dry mouth.

“Ah, here you are.” Mavis’s voice brought me out of my dream like state and, to my disappointment, I had to pull away before seeing Mavis standing by the curtains. She wore the very same doctor's outfit she wore when Viri and Blake went into labour. “I'm sorry for taking so long, I needed to put little Hotaru to sleep after feeding her.” She said to Gol, gaining a nod from the Thundermore man.

“It's fine, just woke up…” I looked over at the empty large bottle. “and had water.” Mavis chuckled at this before walking up to me, giving me the usual checkups the regular nurses would give me before asking me to open my mouth up wide. I did so, hoping that she didn't mind dry mouth breath. With a rubber glove on, she started to feel my bottom teeth around before feeling the top and arching a brow and chuckling.

“Ah, they're finally growing out.” She said with a smile, gaining an odd look from me. Gol was looking at her oddly as well but kept quiet.

“Wha is growing owt?” I asked with my mouth open. Mavis retracted her gloved hand away from my mouth, allowing me to close my mouth finally. She took off the glove and tossed into the trash bin.

“Your fangs, dear, they're finally growing out.” She said, facing me with a smile. This got surprised look from me and I went to feel my teeth feeling the small but sharp fangs poking out.

“W-what’s going on?!” I asked, scared of what's happening. Gol was quick to try to calm me down, grasping my hand in his grimm hand. Mavisath chuckled a little at my panicked reaction but was quick to quiet down.

“Oh it's nothing to be afraid, Miss Branwen, it's your heritage.” She said to me but this didn't really help, only leaving me with more questions. While still confused, I wasn't as panicked thanks to Gol.

“I'm sorry but...what?!” I yelled, confused when she meant heritage. With a roll of her eyes, Mavis answered.

“You're vampire… well, half-vampire to be precise.” Mavis said informatively before giving me a curious glance before asking. “Has Taiyang never informed you of this?” She asked.

“Wait, Vampire?” Gol asked in disbelief. “That can't be right, vampires are just fairy tales… Right?” He said, looking at Mavis only for her to shake her head.

“Vampires are very much real but they're not as horrid as you may think.” Mavis said before looking at me and saying. “And because of your growing fangs, your body requires sustenance to help your body get accustomed to the changes.” Mavis informed me. I stared at her as the information settled.

“I'm… I'm a Vampire!?!” I yelled, mostly for me to hear me say it.

“Half-vampire.” Mavis corrected me. I turned to her wide-eyed.

“The word Vampire is still there!” I pointed out as I put my face in my hands. “How? How can this happen? My dad isn't a Vampire, if so than Yang or Ying or whatever would be too…” I looked back up at Mavis before asking. “Was my mom a Vampire?” Mavis shook her head before answering.

“Not when she had you.” Was her answer. I still couldn't wrap my head around this, how am I a vampire or half or whatever!? I felt Gol lightly squeeze my hand and I looked at him as he gave me a little smile.

“Vampire or not, you're still my girl.” He said before gently kissing the back of my hand. This made me smile a little as I looked back at Mavis.

“Alright… I'll go along with this…” I took a deep breath as I thought about it.

“Now then, for your dry mouth dilemma… you need to drink blood.” Mavis said, informing of a way to be rid of the dry mouth. I made a face when she said the word ‘blood’. I didn't know how I should feel about that. “But that creates yet another dilemma on who will allow you to drink their-”

“I'll do it.” Gol quickly said, cutting Mavis off from her explanation. Mavis looked at him with an arched brow. “I'll do anything for Ruby.” Was all Gol said as he glanced at me.

“Alright, then that handles that, I'll check up on you in a moment. I need to pick up the kids from school.” Mavis said before vanishing in a flash of light, leaving me with Gol, who had offered to let me drink his blood without hesitation. I looked over at him.

“You're… going to let me...you know…” I asked Gol. He looked at me with a smile and nodded.

“I'd do anything for you, Ruby.” He said, still holding my hand in his grimm hand. I stared at him before blushing a bit.

“A-alright…” I said as I felt nervous. I shifted a bit as I glanced back at Gol. “So… what now?” I asked as I swallowed nervously. He thought about it briefly before suddenly biting into his lip, earning a surprise look from me. Without as much as a word, he closed the gap between the two of us for a passionate kiss and I could taste the blood and it tasted… sweet. It was the sweetest thing I've ever tasted and… I kinda liked it. I was lost in the taste of his blood and the kiss, feeling like time had no meaning anymore. This feeling was cut short when I felt Gol move away from me. I leaned towards him but soon felt like I was about to fall forwards. I opened my eyes open and saw Gol staring at me. “U-Uhhmm.”

“You looked like you enjoyed it.” He said with a chuckle as the bite on his lip was being healed by his aura. I licked my lips as I blushed a bit, I also noticed that the dry taste was gone… heck, I felt great!

“Whoa… this feels… wow.” I said as I blinked a few times, picking up details that I didn’t realize before. I could even count every feather of Gol’s wings!

“So how was it?” Gol asked me, have no doubt noticed my perked up mood and staring at his wings.

“Huh? Oh! Uh…” I started to say before smiling. “It was… sweet.” He arched a brow at this and tilted his head at the mention of sweet.

“Sweet?” He asked me in a curious tone. I nodded at him.

“Yeah… it was sweet.” I gave him a look for a moment. “Were you eating a lot of sweets lately?” He shook his head at this and answered.

“No, I rarely eat any sweets… the occasional milkshake and cake for desert but not frequently.” He answered me. I tilted my head a bit but decided to not dwell on it as I laid back down. “You seemed to enjoy though.” He said with a smirk.

“Yeah, I did.” I said as I gave him a toothy grin. He chuckled at this before saying.

“The fangs make you look cuter if you ask me.” He said, having seen my fangs when I gave him a happy grin. I blushed a bit but still smiled at him as we waited for Mavis. Luckily we didn't have to wait too long before Mavis returned with another flash of light. Upon seeing me, noticing the better state I am in than before, she hummed and said.

“I suppose you too have already solved the blood problem?” She asked us, gaining nods from me and Gol. She nodded back at this before saying. “Alright then, just keep in mind you'll need to drink blood at least once a day or twice a day, go any longer and you'll suffer the same effects of dry mouth and sudden pain.” She said informatively at me before adding. “You're free to go.” She said, allowing me to leave the infirmary finally. I smiled as I got up from the bed, seeing that I was in the same clothes as before.

“Thanks, Mavis.” I told her as Gol stood up.

“If there's you should thank it's Gol, he's the one notified me of your sudden pain.” Mavis said with a chuckle before we left the infirmary. I still couldn't believe it, I'm half-vampire… this thought plagued me as we walked down the hall from the infirmary and it wasn't until I heard Gol’s voice that I was thought out from my thoughts.

“Are you alright, babe?” Gol asked me, placing a comforting hand on my shoulder as he spoke.

“Yeah, just thinking…” I said as I looked down the hallway. “Come on, I need to talk to someone.” With that I sped up with a destination in mind with Gol keeping up behind me.

Author's Notes:

... well... RB is a Half-Vampire... Neat