~Run away!~

[Jinx]

The nanny had a firm grip on the girls wrist as she pulled her down the hall way. The girl didn't pull back, she didn't like to cause a scene and if the nanny felt her pull back she would stop and bend the little girl over her knee and spank her butt, HARD! The nanny pulled her into their little room which they were forced to share so the nanny can watch her twenty-four/seven. But every once and a while the girl managed to sneak away and hide sometimes it took the nanny many hours to find her a normal human would have never been able to find her. She moved quickly and silently but the nanny could hear her.

She guessed the nanny was going to make her eat again but she never wanted to eat but the nanny would make her, it was normally when the blood lust almost had her but right now she wasn't even close to it. The nanny trossed her on the bed, she knew she couldn't take her eyes off her but she needed a knife. She turned around for just a few seconds but Aino had spilled out the door and ran down the hall. She hated drinking blood sure it tasted good but it reminded her of what she had done. she quietly slipped into a room she thought to be empty peace at last. she heard the nanny yelling for the girl "Aino! Aino get your ass back here now!!!!" Damn she hated that woman. But now she could be alone.

[Rose]

Raul set silently in his room, only wearing his jeans for the sake of it being his own room. His head propped up on his hand, Raul flipped through paperwork. it was always annoying how much he had piled on him. Sure, the man was well over a few hundred years old, but he was still in the mind set of a seventeen year old boy. Not to mention he was human now, his vampire senses only kicking in every now and again. Yet he always had sensitive hearing, able to pick up on the smallest of sounds even in the loudest of places. It was just something that he was good at, in never really went away. That's why he sat in silence, not liking to be in crowds often. It irritated him, and gave the boy a head ache.

Pausing as he heard his door open, Raul sat in silence, listening to the small feet run into the room, and a woman yell. Peering over his shoulder, Raul let on a small smile. He had seen the girl around the castle before. He knew she was a vampire, about five when turned. She had done the same thing he did, eat his parents that is. But he was so much older, and abused as a child. it didn't much effect him as it did make the boy a little happier. Sure, he had to live without support from anyone as he learned everything on his own, but sometimes that was a good thing.

"Good morning." his voice was smooth with it's accent, as always, and soothing to the ear. A small smile had spread across his lips as a friendly gesture as the boy leaned back in his chair, still looking over his shoulder to the girl. "Is there something I may do for you young lady?" That gaze of his, always so caring down to younger girls. Twenty and younger, he was always careful with. mood swings, they happened every left and right, making him learn quickly how to act. Although he was always nice if you didn't get on the man's bad side, Raul was just so much better around younger children. Something about the needing to be brotherly figure that he uncontentiously had.

[Jinx]

"Good morning." The voice had surpised her she froze for a minute thinking that she might be hit for walking in to this persons room. She was facing the door, how did she not know this man was in this room, he must have been really quiet. "Is there something I may do for you young lady?" She slowly turned around, shock was still written all over her face. she looked at the floor boards making sure to not make eye contact. she spoke in a really low and quiet voice "No sir, sorry sir"

She looked up at him quickly just to get a look of his face but then she looked back down to the ground. This man smelled a like weird , like a human but he was so silent and how did he hear her she made sure to even make the door to make no sound. He was strange. She gave a small bow to him as she turned around and began to open the door hoping that nanny would not hear.

[Rose]

"No sir, sorry sir." Her shocked expression was directed to the floor, not giving the knight a clear view of her face. She lightly glanced up to his face, and back down. Sure, she should have been able to smell her. That was if he were normal. The boy's smell was hard to pick up, due to him being tampered with. His hearing was amazing, due to his vampire side that kicked in every once in a while. Yet those calm eyes were always found if there wasn't something present to change them. His crooked smile was lighting up the man's lips at this point, giving him that sweet look, resembling how he actually acted.

The girl began to silently walk out from the room, peeking out the door and looking for the nanny. God, he hated that vile woman. It was the same one who tended to him when he was younger, and still acted like an overprotective mother to him. But if he were working, she learned to not even so much as try to mess with him, due to the boy not dealing with anything. That was what made him a good head of the military, he didn't deal with crap. Tilting his head lightly, Raul softly spoke, rubbing his eyes as he did so. "Hey, can you come here for a sec? Don't worry, I will talk to her."

A light laugh, and the boy let out a small stretch, yawning as he did so. "I'll let you in on a little secret. That's the same woman who raised me when I was just a kid." Sure, he was a human when she had raised him. But what could he do? She was a family friend, who obviously got a lot better from when she took care of him. In that point of time, she was an old drunk, who seemed to like hitting things with her wooden spoons.

[Jinx]

"Hey, can you come here for a sec? Don't worry, I will talk to her."
Wait, she stopped in the doorway, was he talking to her? Why would he want to talk to her? she slowly closed the door and turned around, she knew he was a knight she had seen him around never really paid much attention to his rank or anything. She also knew if a adult asked for you to come here you listen, expect if it was the nanny then you don't have to pay much attention to her, at least until she hits you. She looked at the floor and only stepped a foot or so away from the door. she spoke quietly "Yes sir?" She listened as he spoke.

"I'll let you in on a little secret. That's the same woman who raised me when I was just a kid."Oh well she could say many things about that like how much of a bitch she was or how at least he didn't have to deal with her for the rest of eternity. But no she couldn't she had to be a polite little vampire girl. She heard her screaming down the hall she was getting closer "Aino Aino Come here you little vampire! Don't Make Me find you again!!! You want to meet the wooden spoon again!?!?" She flinched the spoon had given her bruises for days and her having fast healing meant that if she was human her butt bone would have been broken. She stood there quietly in this strange mans room trying to give no sound that might make the nanny think she was in there but with this man having no scent she knew the nanny would find her. If there was a normal person in the room it would mix the scents and take the nanny a while longer to figure it out. But with no other scent besides her own the nanny was bound to find her sooner. She figured she should answer this man even if it gave her away "I feel bad for you sir?" She meant it as a question cause she didn't know how he might feel about her and she expected to be hit for that comment.

[Rose]

"Yes sir?" Raul let out his small amount of words, shaking his head, and standing as he did so. The boy lightly leaned against the desk as he heard the nanny out the door as he leaned back into the desk, crossing his arms and looking down to the girl. "I feel bad for you sir?" Her voice was questioning, making him lightly laugh, and nod. "You have it easy." Pushing himself from the desk, and motioning towards his desk, she spoke lightly. "Have a seat?" Taking a step back from the location, Raul nodded towards her, and let out a small sigh.

"Your a vamp... Right? Hear you don't like drinking blood, so I got a hint for you." Pulling his coffee mug from his desk, the boy offered it to the girl. "Coffee helps, and it makes it so you don't need to drink blood. And it tastes good." Opening one of the drawers in his desk, Raul pulled up a small jar with sugar. Setting it down on his desk, Raul smiled, and took a step back. "If it is to bitter, just add some sugar."

[Jinx]

"You have it easy." Was he joking or something cause he couldn't have been serious, the old lady beat her daily and it hurt. She saw his hand motion toward the seat. "Have a seat?" She wasn't planning on it but she had to show respect to grown ups so as he took a step away she nodded and slowly and with great caution walked toward the chair. she had to almost jump to get in it but she made it. Then she sat quietly with her hands folded in her lap.

"Your a vamp... Right? Hear you don't like drinking blood, so I got a hint for you." She flinched as he held the cup out to her, she thought he might hit her for not likeing it that was what the nanny did everything she didn't want to drink. She looked at the cup then a quick look up to his face then she slowly reached out and grabbed the cup. Then looking at it she held it in her lap."Coffee helps, and it makes it so you don't need to drink blood. And it tastes good." Well she did like the taste of blood but it was just it carried so many memories. Memories of her covered in the blood of her parents. She didn't flinch as he pulled out the sugar but instead she watched his every move. She saw him take out the sugar, he was a bit close for her comfort but then she felt better when he took a step back. "If it is to bitter, just add some sugar." Then finally the question popped into her head but would he get mad if she asked only one way to find out her voice was low and quiet again "mmm sir if i could be so bold to ask, how might you know all this?" She thought she should look up at him but no she kept her eyes low never meeting his glaze.

[Rose]

"mmm sir if i could be so bold to ask, how might you know all this?" "Hm?" Raul lightly shrugged, and rubbed the back of his neck. God, that was a long story. He knew about this girl's past, and how she killed her parents... Yet nobody even had a clue of his past! This, this was strange for one to ask him about his past. Well, there was no other thing that he could really say but the truth, right? He knew the girl was a smart one, due to the way she acted, and spoke. She was smart in learning to absorb the situations, and be polite to her elders. He may not look, or smell it, but the boy was much older.

"Well, I used to be a vamp. Made the same mistake you did, so I learned a quick way out. Coffee." Offering a smile, and pulling a shirt out of his closet, the boy pulled on the black shirt. Buttoning it up quickly, he spoke as his eyes were directed to what he was doing. "My blood was tampered with, making me both vampire and human. That's why it is hard to smell me." Pulling his shirt a bit, all so it hung nicely, Raul looked across the room into one of his mirrors. Those lies of vampires can't be seen in the mirror, all myths! He could always see himself perfectly fine, even when he was a full blooded vampire. Brushing his hair with his fingers, the boy Raul let on a small sigh.

[Jinx]

"Hm?" By the tone in his voice she could tell he didn't expect the question she said "Sorry sir it wasn't my place to ask" But he spoke anyway"Well, I used to be a vamp. Made the same mistake you did, so I learned a quick way out. Coffee." Used to be a vamp how could one change from a vamp to a human? how was that possible? and what did he mean same mistake she did? she thought she had made her whole life as a mistake so which mistake could it have been? she had so many questions but would she ask all of them probably not she might be able to ask one it that was even right but soon he answered one of her questions.

"My blood was tampered with, making me both vampire and human. That's why it is hard to smell me." Ohh she understood now that was why she couldn't smell him. She forgot that her eyes were red and she looked up at him meeting his glaze but for only a instant. Then she remember and put her head back down in shame. She saw him looking at himself in the mirror she wondered if she should leave but she still wanted to ask a question but that wasn't nice only one question and that was already going over the line but she could ask if she should leave. "Sir? shall i leave you now? i would hate to be a burden" Oh shit the burden that was to much to say she wondered if she would be hit.

[Lady Adelle]

Lynessa walked out into the halls of the castle, all of the inhabitants of the castle were on the lookout from the cooks, pages, ladies-in-waiting, and even the princess had been tasked with finding the little girl. Well...if she could hardly be considered a little 'girl' anymore. Nessa was never quite sure what to classify Aino as. She had been living with Aino in the castle for a few months, but the princess rarely saw the little girl, but from what she had been told she was quite the ball of energy.

"That little girl has the entire household up in arms, but does anyone care that I was supposed to go riding today with the Duke's daughter? Of course not, let's all stop our day-to-day activities for the little girl." She muttered to herself as she picked up the hem of her pale red gown.

As Lynessa passed a door, she happened on an idea. "Raul," She thought with a slight smile, "He'll find her if I ask him to, and then I can go riding." The girl turned on her heel and headed directly to the door to his chambers. Lynessa knocked rapidly a few times before entering. "Raul, the little girl Aino has gotten away from Na-" She stopped as she registered the little girl. "Quick work Raul, I see you've already found her." She said smiling towards the little girl, before turning back to Raul. She looked him up and down and frowned, "What are you wearing? You dress so peculiarly Severwitch," Lynessa said rolling her eyes before turning back to Aino.

Lynessa approached the girl smiling crouching down to be on eye level with the girl, "Goodness Aino, you've got the entire castle in an uproar. Did you know?" Lynessa questioned the girl a gentle smile crossing her lips.

[Rose]

"Sorry sir it wasn't my place to ask" With a light smile, he just went on to explain, after quietly speaking. "It's quite alright, your just curious." He could see the questions run through her mind as the silence overgrew the room, Raul pulling on his shirt and going on. Lightly fixing his morning hair, from when he just got up, and shaking his head slightly to give it that perfection look, the boy leaned to one of his walls. He explained the rest, answering the young vampire's questions, as he could see in her eyes, with the small amount of words. He was always good at summing things up.

"Sir? shall i leave you now? i would hate to be a burden." A burden? Nah, she was nothing of the sort. That was obviously present in his eyes as the boy looked back to the girl. "Please do finish your coffee, and you are always welcome to talk to me. No matter what I am doing. Okay?" that small charming smile glinted in his eyes, the boy never noticing this. It was just something that was always there, Raul grew up with it. The little smile from him, and it actually made some people's days. Especially his men, they always knew that a smile brought a good day of training, and not as much pushing.

Suddenly, a few quick knocks arose on his door, and before he could even so much as get out a word, the princess barged into his room. "Raul, the little girl Aino has gotten away from Na-" She looked to the young girl, and registered that the girl was there. "Quick work Raul, I see you've already found her." Found her? The instant the princess entered, the boy's smile flattened into a blank slate. He silently watched her as the woman smiled towards the girl. She silently looked to him, and frowned while she looked him up and down.

"What are you wearing? You dress so peculiarly Severwitch," He was slightly annoyed, the boy glancing over the girl's apparel. "I prefer to wear something comfortable. And who are you to walk into my courtiers, and insult me?" It was his day off, the boy had just got a large scar on his chest from Callen, the scar showing itself up on his neck. His ribs hurt, he had a headache, and she just barged into his room throwing attitude about. The girl was lucky he didn't tell her to get out of his room. Raul, he knew that he didn't need to be nice to this girl, but he was of course not going to insult the girl.
"What if I was in here alone getting dressed?"

[Jinx]

"It's quite alright, your just curious." Oh he had no idea she could be oh so much more curious if she let herself go she could be the most annoying little girl asking all sorts of questions. Many that might embarrass any normal person. She still stared at the floor as she asked if she should leave she thought he was going to say yes many people didn't want this little girl around for one she was a vamp, two she didn't talk much so she wasn't very interesting.

"Please do finish your coffee, and you are always welcome to talk to me. No matter what I am doing. Okay?" She just gave a slight nod and look down into the cup, it didn't look that good. She took a small caution sip of it, she stuck her tongue out eww it didn't taste vey good it was quite bitter but she wouldn't take more then this that wouldn't be poilte. She heard knocks on his door and went still think that it might be the nanny. But then she saw it was the princess.

"Raul, the little girl Aino has gotten away from Na-" The princess just realized she was in the room. The girl pretty much looked as if she had stopped breathing since the princess had entered the room."Quick work Raul, I see you've already found her." The little girl kept her eyes on the floor, she looked like a little puppy who was just caught stealing food from the table."What are you wearing? You dress so peculiarly Severwitch," He looked slightly annoyed, the boy looked at the girl's dress. "I prefer to wear something comfortable. And who are you to walk into my courtiers, and insult me?" Uh oh grown up talk she might as well just sit and act like she wasn't listening. But didn't he know that this was the princess, how could he talk to her like that then she saw the princess walk over to her but she was getting to close for the comfort of this little girl.

"Goodness Aino, you've got the entire castle in an uproar. Did you know?"The girl was instantly at the wall, she had accidentally dropped the cup of coffee. "Oh am sorry princess" She looked at the cup she had dropped and she looked away she ruined everything. she was now in the corner of the room the princess had gotten way to close for her. "Am sorry sir..i...i" No what excuse could she make none that was right no way that wasn't polite or what blame it on the princess no that was not smart. She just hung her head down low and stared at the floor board in shame.

[Lady Adelle]

Raul seemed offended by Lynessa's bold declaration. "Oh, come now, Raul, I jest no need to get all huffy." She said to the high ranking soldier. She smiled deviously before continuing, "And besides even I did want to lower myself down to peeping, you'd be last on my list, little boy" Nessa said the last word bitingly, she meant that to sting. Lynessa was an ideal courtier in everyday, the wit to match a man in an instant as well as the beauty of the gentler sex.

The moment the princess had approached the girl, she was away and had dropped the coffee. Some of the dark liquid landed on the fabric of her gown. Lynessa resolved not to show Aino, and least of all Raul, the internal panic that was raging inside her over the ruined fabric. Though Lynessa had never washed a washcloth she understood coffee was ridiculously hard to get out of fabric.

Miraculously, however, Lynessa managed to keep a kind smile on her face though in truth she wanted to let forth a stream of words that might have befitted her brothers during one of their drinking bouts. "No Aino, you've done nothing wrong. It was very impolite of me to approach you without your permission. You don't know me very well, and I can understand that." Lynessa said smiling straightening up. Her gaze flicked briefly at Raul, almost daring him to laugh.

She broke the momentary gaze from the teenage boy and returned her attention to Aino. "Though Aino, if you'd like, I think it would be rather nice if we got to know each other a little better. After all we're both living in the castle aren't we?" She said smiling to the girl, her initial panic forgotten as she considered how alone Aino must be. How awful it must be to be known as "the castle orphan" without anyone to talk to in a castle full of people. It was tragic really, and Lynessa felt that maybe perhaps...she could help this girl. After all she had been told being a princess wasn't just about fancy gowns and lavish parties. "I may not have the power or influence to change much in the kingdom in general, but I can at least bring some small happiness to a little girl who probably needs at least one friend in this world." She thought to herself.

[Rose]

"Oh, come now, Raul, I jest no need to get all huffy." A low growl arose in Raul's chest as he stared to the girl. Growling through his teeth, Raul shifted his eyes to the wall while crossing his arms. "My apologies... M'lady..." Brushing his hair back, the boy let out a small cough. The blow from his horse probably cracked his collar bone, or at least put in a small scratch in his throat. Rubbing the back of his neck, slightly moving his hair to where the bar code could show on accident, the boy began mumbling to himself while shuffling through the closet. Now he felt the need to change.

"And besides even I did want to lower myself down to peeping, you'd be last on my list, little boy" Rolling his eyes, Raul mumbled to himself a tad more, not letting any curses slip through for the sake of the little girl. "Older than you, girl." Pulling out one of his suits, the boy shuffled through a bit of his clothing for his fedora before hearing the crashing of his cup. Just simply turning to look at what had just happened, he noticed how the princess just had his coffee spilled on her. A light, crooked smile smudged across the boy's face as he noticed the stain on her dress. Sure, he knew how to get it out. Probably would because of his good nature, but for now it was funny.

"Oh am sorry princess" Instantly, Raul's eyes softened in a brotherly manor. "No Aino, you've done nothing wrong. It was very impolite of me to approach you without your permission. You don't know me very well, and I can understand that." His eyes shifted between the two as the princess spoke, him staying out of it. "Though Aino, if you'd like, I think it would be rather nice if we got to know each other a little better. After all we're both living in the castle aren't we?" Raul offered a small smile as he lightly tilted his head to the right. They were adorable, in his eyes. But never would he admit what he was thinking, for the princess would probably use it against him.

"Am sorry sir..i...i" A light shrug, and the boy let out a small sigh. "Nah, your fine Aino. The cup was old anyway." A small swirl of his fingers, and Raul pulled some of the water from the air. Offering his hand, the boy looked to Aino, and smiled. "If you don't mind?" he had noticed some of the coffee that went on the young girl's dress, and he could easily get it out. "I can get the coffee out of your dress, Aino." Lying his suit down upon his bed, the boy patted on the soft surface. "That is if you are willing to trust me for a second here." Lightly placing the fedora upon his head, and tilting it to fit nicely, the boy took a small step back from the bed.

[Jinx]

"Oh, come now, Raul, I jest no need to get all huffy." She heard Raul give off a growl, was that really smart to growl at the princess? "My apologies... M'lady..." well she guessed that he didn't really like the princess to much or at least that is what he might want to believe. She of all people knew how sly a person can be. But this right hear was grown up people talk, sure she was in a five year old body but that didn't mean she had to act like one but she did , sure every now and then she would act older but five was normally where she stayed.

"And besides even I did want to lower myself down to peeping, you'd be last on my list, little boy"wow these two kids really sounded like they didn't like each other "Older than you, girl." well aino was pretty sure she to was older then the girl but of course she wasn't going to say but she then broke the cup and said sorry to both of the people in the room.

"No Aino, you've done nothing wrong. It was very impolite of me to approach you without your permission. You don't know me very well, and I can understand that." Well Damn Straight! all Aino knew about her is that she was the princess nothing else and she didn't want to get to know people to well in a fear that some day she might hurt them and she would hate her self for that , more then she already does. But if she didn't know everyone else very well how would they know her. Sure they can know about her, thanks to the nannys huge mouth but no one trutly knew the real her and that was how she wanted to keep.

"Nah, your fine Aino. The cup was old anyway." she then watched his hand and saw him put water out of air."If you don't mind?" she looked down at her dress and saw the stain no it didn't bother her and she knew that the nanny would beat her for it but that was okay by her. "I can get the coffee out of your dress, Aino."she shook her head then stopped , well polite that was not "That is if you are willing to trust me for a second here.""Mine will be fine but the princess dress got coffee on it to" yes she had seen she had also seen a attempt to cover it which Aino thought she was just foolish for trying, sure she was a little girl but she was also a vampire.