I stood nervously behind the curtain. Today was my debut. I looked up at my father, and he smiled down at me reassuringly, and rested a hand on my shoulder.

"Are you ready, my Child?" he asked.

"Yes Sir."

"Good."

I heard the bells tolling, and the familiar voice at he beginning of the song...."Accept the Lord of Darkness as your Savior........"

My father stepped out, and I behind him, followed by Uncle Paul. Well, he's not really my Uncle, but I?ve known him nearly all my life. His wife raised my while he and my father traveled. My mother died when I was a child. I pulled out of these memories as my father spoke ".... and today, a new evil will be released upon the World Wrestling Federation. All beware...I bring to you my daughter, The Lady Avalon." I stepped forward, as I pushed back the hood of the robe. It was quite similar to my fathers, only with silver satin lining at the wrists and hood. I lifted my brown hair out of the cloak, and it cascaded down to the middle of my back.

I shook my head, and said, "Bring out the sacrifice!" The Ministry of Darkness, as my father and his minions were called, slowly carried out a huge metal symbol, that of my father. One of them carried a hooded figure, completely wrapped in black. They lay the figure on an altar that was set up, and proceeded to tie it on. Once they finished, I walked over, and removed the hood from its thrashing head. There lay a small blond girl, of about my own age. She looked familiar, I supposed I?ve see her around before. Her terror filled eye?s met my own, and I glared at her.

"Raise it up!" I ordered the Ministry. They obeyed, and the symbol was hoisted into the air, about 5 or six feet of the ground. My father stood next to me, and the minions kneeled around us. I chanted the Latin words, as my father had taught me, as we stood behind the alter. I finished chanting, and my father was delivering some sort of cryptic speech, and had a dagger raised above the girls chest. I wasn?t paying attention though. One of my father's followers had caught my eye.

He was very handsome, and quite tall. Not nearly as tall as Father, but still, taller than me. His blond hair was slicked back, and he was grinning maniacally, showing his fangs. He wore dark sunglasses, and a white poet?s shirt, with sinfully tight black pants. He stood with two other men, one a bit smaller, who dressed in a similar fashion, and one a bit taller than him, wearing a trench coat. I didn?t recognize these three. I knew everyone else in the Ministry, Father had introduced them when he met them, or when they fell under his spell, I should say. A name came to mind......Brood? My father had mentioned something about a new faction he had recruited to his own. I suppose this was them.

As Father was delivering his message, a group of people came from behind the curtain, and attacked us. I spun around, confused. I felt an arm go around my waist, and around my throat. I was so surprised, I couldn?t even defend myself. This madman began choking me, and shouted out

"Taker, damnit, put the knife down!! Get away from my sister or I?ll choke the life out of Lady Avalon here!" he squeezed tighter. I saw Father drop the dagger and back away from the girl.

"Let her go!" He thundered. But he refused to let go of me.. I saw my father look on helplessly, knowing this man would continue if he came closer. Suddenly, the man let go.

"Shit!" I heard him hiss...I felt a drop of blood on my face, and then I passed out.

I woke up to the feeling of being carried. I looked, and saw the face of the minion I had been looking at before. His glasses were gone, and he had carried me back to our hiding place in the cellar of the arena. He gently set me down.

"Are you all right Lady Avalon?" He asked me, his voice filled with worry.

"Yes..." I answered... "Where is everyone else?"

"They?re still up there fighting with the Corporation. Lord Undertaker is dismantling Shamrock as we speak".

"Was he the man who held me?"

"Yes. Your father was about to sacrifice his sister."

"Oh. I guess that explains why he was so upset. What?s your name?"

"Gangrel, milady."

"No silly, your real name. And please, just call me Avalon. Or Eve, for short"

"Well....Avalon, my real name is David"

"So David, what happened up there?" I reached down, and lifted his face by the chin. "You can look at me you know"

"Please Lady Avalon, call me Gangrel...should Lord Undertaker hear, he would be upset...he doesn?t like us using our old names....he wishes us to use the new ones as a sign that we are reborn in his ministry. And he also said we may not look at you. He does not want us to become familiar with you" At this I rolled my eyes. Damn his eyes! Father is so overprotective. Too much so.

"As you wish, Gangrel. What happened up there?"

"Well, Shamrock had you, and he wasn?t about to let go. He was in his "zone". So I snuck behind him, and bit his shoulder." At that, he involuntarily ran his tongue over his fangs, as if remembering the blood still on them "Then Lord Undertaker told me to bring you down here to safety."

"Well," I purred "It seems you saved my life. Perhaps I should reward you?"

"No, milady, completing the will of my Lord is......." his words of resistance were futile, as I hauled him up by the shirtfront into a kiss. At first he was shocked, and didn?t respond. I ran my tongue over his lips and parted them, probing at his teeth. He opened his mouth, and our tongues twined in an erotic dance. Just then, I heard a voice rumble.

"WHAT IN DARKNESS ARE YOU DOING?"

"Milord, forgive me!" David, er, Gangrel began.

"SILENCE!" boomed my Father. "I trust you to rescue my Daughter, and I find your mauling her?"

"Father he was hardly...."

"Quiet, Avalon" he turned to Gangrel "You did save her. Because of that I will forgive you. But from now on, watch yourself. Christian." At this, the smaller man, dressed like Gangrel, stood up straighter "You have a match. Take Gangrel and your brother Edge, and go." I knew this was my Fathers way of introducing them to me. Christian knew Edge was his brother, but I hadn?t known that, nor their names. "Avalon, come and walk with me"

We walked down an empty corridor

"I?d like for you to take a shot at the woman?s gold. I believe you have a good chance at winning."

"All right Father, when?"

"Next week on Raw. If you win, you will be the first to bring gold to my Ministry. With the titles, we are much more powerful"

"Yes sir"

"And please, don?t get overly familiar with the members of my ministry, Especially that vampyre. I don?t want to see you in danger."

"But Father I wasn?t in any...."

"Silence! You will do as I say!"

"Yes sir"

I spent the next week preparing for my first match, training with my father. The day arrived, and I was thoroughly ready for my first match. Sable, the woman?s champion, entered the ring, and did her disgusting bump and grind. Then, the arena darkened. My father had selected the Brood to escort me, and they entered first. They waited at the top of the ramp. A column of smoke appeared before them, and seemingly solidified. The smoke cleared, and there I stood, in take same robe as last week. My father's music played, and we slowly made our way to the ring. I stood in the ring, and glared at Sable as I removed my cloak. My wrestling attire was a simple black full body suit. I handed the cloak to Gangrel as he, Christian and Edge left the ring.

The match started out slowly, and quite easy for me. This woman?s wrestling skills were laughable, how she became the champion, I don?t know. We picked up the pace, but I still remained level headed, until one of her nails scratched my face. I became enraged, and quickly dominated the match. I suplexed her, and while she was reeling, I set her up for my finishing move, a Tombstone Piledriver. I quickly pinned her, and won the match. The arena was oddly quiet at my victory. Sable was mumbling "this wasn?t supposed to happen....how could I lose? Vince said I wouldn?t" The ref. was helping her sit up, when I realized the Brood was staring at me.

"What?"

"Your, face...." Christian murmured.

I touched my cheek where the scratch was, and I felt the skin healing up. I looked up, and saw it on the TitanTron. I guess everyone else was frightened by that, my skin healing up by itself. Oh well. I put my belt on.

"Don?t worry about that. Lets go." I pulled Gangrel by the arm, back down the ramp. As we passed by the camera, I winked, and gave him a little pinch on the tush. He jumped at that.

"Milady!"

"Shh...." I giggled "I won?t tell if you don?t"

We all walked silently down to the cellar. Father looked at me a bit disapprovingly when I walked in, they had gotten a camera shot of my little ?pinch?. But he was very happy I got the belt. The Ministry had a small celebration for me, but it was rather short. He needed to leave quickly, to put the next part of his "terrify and torment Vince" plot in action. He was going to dress like Uncle Kane, after playing the video of him and the Ministry at Vince?s house. He sent the rest of us back to the hotel, with Midian escorting me this time.

As we drove there, I thought about the uncle I never known. Father and Uncle Kane had such a hostility between them, starting way back when they were children. Neither knew they were half brothers, but they sensed something was wrong. Then there was the "accident" when the house caught on fire with my Grandparents and Uncle inside. Father, the only one who wasn?t home at the time, was thought to be the cause of the fire. He had also been raised by Uncle Paul, who was a longtime friend of the family. Years later, they found out Kane hadn?t died, but had been in hiding. The fire had burned him terribly, and he could hardly speak. Uncle Paul and Aunt Mary had found a hospital for him to stay in. They believed him to be mute and dumb. Years later, when my father became famous in the WWF, Uncle Kane came back. That was when I was forbidden to watch the WWF again. I thought a bit about Father and my childhood. I never really understood it then, but he and I were, well, different then others. Such as the way my skin healed injures by myself, with out me willing it. I also saw many supernatural beings. Whenever I told Aunt Mary, she just brushed it off as an active imagination. I also had....powers....sometimes, when I was angry, I would wish for something bad to happen to someone, and it would. Father also had such powers. He just recently told me about them, and about my own. When I was 18, he began training me in their use, and training me in magick He told me his plans for Vince, but not why he was doing this to him.

We got to the hotel, and Mideion led me to my suite. I settled, and flipped the TV to RAW. I saw Shane McMahon frantically dialing a phone, as his father yelled at him. Then they went to a shot of the video outside of their house. I guess they didn?t realize it was a video. I turned the TV off, and tried to sleep, but I was too restless. I got up, and pulled on some decent clothes, took my room key, and wandered down the hall. I found the fire escape, and climbed outside to sit in the cool night. I looked around, and as my eyes adjusted, I noticed another form on the escape. I grinned, and whispered

"David!" He jerked around, and gasped.

"Lady Avalon! What are you doing out here?"

"I could ask the same of you."

"I was going out to feed." I raised an eyebrow at him

"And you going to take the fire escape down? Why not walk out the front of the building?"

"Well, I may be back late, and wish to not arouse suspicion. I wasn?t going to climb down, I was going to transform, and fly down."

"Like this?" I concentrated, and felt my body shrink and change shape. In seconds, I was a small crow, with silver eyes, and feathers shimmering slightly silver. I cocked my head to the side, and looked at him. He looked shocked, and then grinned.

"Well, more like this, actually" and he transformed too, though he was more experienced, and it took almost no time before he was also a crow, with flashing blue eyes. "Your full of surprises, aren?t you?" he asked

"You wouldn?t believe" I replied. I looked down, hearing a sound. He heard it to, and we both transformed back

"Your father is returning. You should go now."

"All right" but I walked over to him and whispered in his ear "We should do this again some time" I ran my hands over his chest, and lightly nipped at the pulse at his neck, before I went inside, and hurried back to my room. I hurriedly put my nightclothes back on, an curled up on the bed with a Johanna Linsday romance novel. I heard my Father come in to check on me.

"You still read that stuff?"

"Yes Father. I like it."

"Tomorrow we?re going back to Tennessee. There are going to be a few shows there. The Ministry will stay with us at the Big House" The Big House was what we called the huge ranch outside of Nashville, in the country. But it was only a short drive to the main city, where the arena was. The house was large enough for the entire Ministry, but usually, it was just me, Father, Uncle Paul, and Aunt Mary.

"Ok. How did things go with Mr. McMahon?"

"Perfectly. The fools thought I was Kane right until the end"

"Great, your plan is working perfectly." Father stared at me, and I squirmed uncomfortably. His gaze clouded over.

"You saw Gangrel again!" I immediately slammed up my mental shields. Damn! I have to keep my mental shields up stronger. Did he know about the bird thing? I probed his mind. He never noticed when I did, or didn?t care. Oh, thank the goddess, he didn?t know! "I told you to stay away from him!"

"But father....."

"Damnit Avalon, do as I say! Stay away from the Vampyre!" he turned and stormed out of the room. As he left, I felt the shimmer of magick. Damn, now I wouldn?t be able to leave the room for the night. Oh well. I?ll get my Vampyre some how.

***

The plane trip to Tennessee was long and boring. I sat next to the window, with the Acolyte Bradshaw on my other side. He was very nice to me, and often let me get away with things my father didn?t allow. In front of us were Gangrel, and Farrooq. Edge and Christian sat behind us, and Viscera, Mideion, Uncle Paul, and Father had taken a train. Father got airsick, and Viscera, well, ah, the seats were a wee bit small for him , so he opted for the train too.

Thank the goddess Mideon wasn?t there. He was funny, and I do like him, but I couldn?t deal with him on a plane for three hours, he?s rather mad. The last time, he scared all the Stewardess by showing them his "friend", the eyeball in a jar Father gave him.

We finally arrived, and I brought every one home. For a group of men, they packed a lot! We got to the house about an hour after touch down, between the drive, and getting the luggage. It was nearly night time, so I ordered some pizza. We all ate, and retired to our rooms. Father wasn?t due home for a few days, so I figured, I could have some fun with Gangrel. I got Edge to get him into the woods that night.

***

The moon was high in the sky, and the night was cool, and perfectly clear. Near midnight, he arrived.

"Edge? Where are you? What was so important that we had to meet in the woods?"

"I wanted to be alone with you" I stepped out. He gasped when he recognized me. I was wearing only a gauzy black silk nightgown.

"Milady!" He breathed, averting his eyes.

"Oh come on. Father isn?t here, and you can look at me now" I pouted "You don?t like me?"

"No, no, I do like you Avalon, very much so. But I don?t want to displease Lord Undertaker."

"Well, he?s not here, is he?"

"Uhh......no?" I giggle at that. I grabbed his hand, and pulled him over to a huge oak tree in the middle of the woods. I sat down, and pulled him next to me. He put his arm around me, and I leaned into his chest, and snuggled next to him. "You're so different from your father. You don?t even look alike."

"I know....he tells me I?m like Mother. I wouldn?t know, I?ve never known her. She died when I was a young child. I?ve only seen one picture of her, and we do look alike."

"You have your father?s eyes. They?re the same shade of green." I ignored that. Instead I asked

"Have you fed yet babe? You feel so cold."

"No, I haven?t had a chance yet. I unpacked, rested a bit, and then came here to meet you"

"So why haven?t you fed yet?"

"I just sai.....wait, are you saying?.....I couldn?t! What if Lord Undertaker found out?" I sat up and looked at him.

"He won?t. Besides, I want you to."

"Are you sure? I mean, what if...." he trailed off as I began feathering kisses on his jawline, and down his neck. I licked his pulse, and felt him grip my shoulders as he pulled me back. I bared my neck to him, and wrapped my arms around his neck as his head descended. I felt his hot breath on my neck, then his lips, then fangs. I moaned as I felt them sink into the artery, and I felt my blood rush out. As he drank, I felt such an ecstasy, I can?t begin to describe.

I swooned, and moaned again as he withdrew. My skin quickly healed up. David gently lay me down next to him, as he produced a silver dagger, hidden in one of his boots. I watched as he unbuttoned his shirt, and made a small cut over his heart, about an inch and a half, starting at his collarbone. I met his eyes, and tried to say something.

"Shhh....just drink" he lifted my head to the wound, and began to drink. Suddenly I was hit with images, and impressions from David?s past. Another impression hit me, one I didn?t quite recognize. I finished drinking as David?s skin began healing. I looked up at him, and I saw a look in his eyes, the same look as the impression I had felt. It was the look of pure love.

***

I was so groggy, I could barely walk. The recent ecstasy had drained me, yet I felt extremely close to him, as if we were bonded. David carried me back to the house, and to my room. He placed me on the bed, and tucked me in. His lips brushed my forehead, and then my own. I pulled him down for a deeper kiss. When we finally parted, he looked into my eyes.

"Avalon.....I love you." I close my eyes, blinking back tears. I heard him leaving, his footsteps sad.

"David, wait!" he turned around "I love you to!"

"I know....I felt it in your blood. I think we may be soul mates, and if not, we are bound together by blood. I have to go now. Sleep well Love."

"Sleep well...." I echoed as he left

***

The next day, my father arrived, and we had a live Raw. He didn?t notice anything different, and I put up an extra shield around my self and David. I thought of him as David now, for he was free from my father's spell. Some how, we would leave his Ministry, but I didn?t know how, or when.

We arrived at the arena, after a rather uneventful day, just before the show was to start.

Tonight, Father was going to kidnap Stephanie McMahon, and try to sacrifice her.

Raw was beginning, and his plan was in motion. Walking down a hallway, I was pulled into a darkened room, I turned around ready to attack. Oh! It was David. I shut the door, and leaned against it.

"So, you're kidnapping me now? What if my father finds out?" I teased.

"Sucks to him. He?s busy now, he won?t know" he growled and nipped at my throat.

"Oh, we?re getting a little feisty now, aren?t we?" I began kissing down his chest, stopping at the top of the buttons. "I hope you have another one of these"

"Why?" I ripped the buttons off, getting his shirt open. "Oh, I see now!"

While this was going on, Father was in the ring, preparing to sacrifice Stephanie. He noticed our absence, and his anger was surging through his blood. He continued the sacrifice with out us, it was a rather important part of his plan.

Suddenly, the darkened room we were in lit up, and there stood Mr. McMahon, the corporation, and a cameraman.

We didn?t notice at first, considering we were rather, ah, otherwise occupied at the time, but we finally broke our kiss and looked up. Kuso! I thought to myself, as I saw my father on a monitor. We?re dead. Not even an exaggeration, he just might kill us. My father stared in shock at the TitanTron. There was I, straddling David?s lap, his shirt torn, his hands under my shirt cupping my breasts, while faint lines of blood seeped through his shirt, from scratches I inflicted with my nails.

I jumped off of him immediately "Father, please, let me explain!"

"SILENCE! THE BOTH OF YOU, DARE DEFY ME?" He lifted his hand. I stood there, waiting for the attack, but I felt none. I looked around, and saw David gasping, on his knees

"David!" I screamed, as I ran to him. He sank lower, and I rested his head on my lap. "Love, love, speak to me! What is he doing, David, please!" I cried, unable to do anything

"Ava...lon.....your powers...are...greater then you know..." he gasped out "you can stop him.....please try....for me...."

"I will" a tear rolled down my face, and landed on his cheek. I gently set his head on the floor, and as the horrified corporation looked on, stood to face my own father.

I faced the screen, and raised both my hands. I felt the magick pulsating from them, and I concentrated and felt it leave my hand. I thought of my father, and the evil in him. I saw him on the screen, his hand had dropped, and he was standing rigidly, trying to block my attack. I continued, putting forth more effort then I had ever before, but it wasn?t enough. I thought of David, lying there dying, his last words echoed to me "Your powers are greater then you know" suddenly, a golden white light enveloped Father. I felt all the evil being purged from him, and his powers draining away. He fell to the ground shivering, just a man now. The rest of the Ministry looked about confusedly. They were free from his spell now.

I ran back to David, and sank to my knees beside him. His breathing was shallow. I feared for him. Vampyre he was, but a vampyre can die. What could I do? I slipped into a trance, and let it guide my actions. I place a hand on his heart, and the other on his forehead. "I love you" I whispered and I felt a warm light encircle us. I heard a Voice, soft and feminine, but powerful. Goddess! I thought

"Yes Avalon. You saved your father from a great evil, and released others from his spell. I thank you. Your love lays dying, the least I can do is give him back to you from death?s final grasp. Be good to each other, and prosper"

The light faded, and there lay David. His eye?s fluttered as I called his name.

"Avalon?"

"Shush love...." By then the corporation had left "Your weak....here, drink......" he was too heavy with fatigue to lift up, so I gave him my wrist. As he drank, he saw what I had seen. He sat up, stronger now.

"Are you ok?" he asked

"Yes, but I feel a little weak" I said, just before I passed out.

***
I woke up in bed at the Big House, with David lying next to me. My father sat at the foot of the bed.

He looked up when he felt me stir.

"Eveie" he hadn?t called me that in so long! "Eveie, I?m sorry, about all this.....I give you and David my blessing...."

"Daddy, you don't have to do that...I know your power let in some evil, that it wasn?t you. I should apologize to you, I made you lose your powers."

"They not lost Eveie, they're in you."

"They are?"

"Yes, you have twice the power you did before. And if David makes you a vampyre, the you will truly be powerful being."

I absorbed all this quietly. Power? I didn?t crave all this power...all I craved was to be with David for eternity. I looked at him, near angelic in sleep, his hair spreading over the pillow forming a golden halo about him. Supernatural beings, vampyres, powers, I didn?t care. This adventure was over. I had found my true love, saved my father, spoken to the goddess. Now I just wanted peace, and to be with my love.

My father had quietly left, and shut the door. I fell back against the pillows and sighed.

"Is anything wrong?" asked David

"No.....but I remember we in the middle of something before we got interrupted" I smiled at him. "Shall we continue where we left off?" I purred.

He didn?t answer me, instead he caught my lips in a kiss.........