The feeling that Levy had at the moment was the utter feeling of pure joy. Since it was her twenty-first birthday today, Gajeel-as well as the rest of the guild-allowed her a days pardon from training. This meant that she was able to open her bookstore up for an entire day, which was something that she hasn't had the chance to do since her clan began training for the battle against Phantom Lord. Her mate continued to avoid his backstory with the evil clan, and it would frustrate Levy at first. However, seeing the pained look in his eyes whenever he thought of his old clan made her realize that it was still a sore subject for him. She wouldn't pressure him to relive a piece of his past if it made him that miserable. Honestly, the bookworm was excited for multiple reasons. Gajeel was planning on taking her out on a date for her birthday, their first date in fact. And she was incredibly excited for this date, not having a clue as to where he was taking her. She knew that it wouldn't be to a fancy restaurant, knowing that Gajeel was too...rugged for such a place, along with the fact that they couldn't eat human food. Human...knowing that she was no longer one still saddened her every time she thought of it, despite her turning being months ago. The clan never did go out on a hunt to find the culprit, but Levy soon discovered why.

-Flashback-

Around two weeks ago, she was walking through the bar trying to find her mate. She was told to meet him there at four for training, but she couldn't find him anywhere. There was, however, talking coming from one of the back rooms. With curiosity getting the better of her, she silently creeped towards the room, listening in on the conversation. It was Master Makarov and Gajeel, which solved Levy's Gajeel mystery. 

"Can I tell her now? The guilt is eating me alive, old man!" Gajeel argued with the master of their clan.

He merely sighed. "Gajeel, if Levy were to find out that it was you who drained her and turned her, she'd more than likely grow very frightened of you. You needn't to tell her anything. We both want her to be happy, with her being one of my children, as well as your mate. Her happiness should come first, don't you agree?"

"Actually, I would rather know the truth than never know that everyone was keeping things from me."

Gajeel bolted from his chair, spotting his mate. "S-Shrimp! I-I wanted to, but I-I..."

She smiled slightly towards him. "I know that you did, but apparently others disagreed. Care to explain?"

"I was under a blood frenzy, so I had no control over my actions. I also couldn't tell that you were my mate either, but my senses could. Yer blood's scent was addicting, as it obviously should be since yer my mate, and I couldn't help myself. I thought I killed ya, but I was shocked to see ya still breathin'. Natsu found us and told me who ya were. So, I carried ya back here, where Master told me what happened to yer body and why it did that," he explained to her.

"So it was you after all...." she trained off, a frown forming upon her face.

She suddenly felt Gajeel hug her tightly, speaking to her in a broken voice. "If ya wanna leave me, just say so Shrimpy. I won't blame ya at all. Heck, I'd leave my sorry butt too."

Sighing softly, the blunette hugged him back. "You idiot-I'm not going to leave you. But...I need a few days to myself, okay? This doesn't mean that I'm not mad with you. If I wasn't your mate, meaning that either way I would have ended up becoming a vampire, I would leave you-to be honest with you, Gajeel..."

-End of Flashback-

The bookworm sighed to herself, remembering how she refused to speak to him for the rest of the week. The puppy dog eyes that he displayed to her from across the bar each day made her feel so guilty for doing that, but she shouldn't have felt so guilty-knowing what he had done to her.

Shaking her head slightly to rid herself of these thoughts, she trotted off into her storage room, grabbing two shipping boxes contained with a few new stocks of books that she had ran out of. Her romance and fantasy genre sections were her most popular, with horror and historical fiction following. Humming to herself, she proceeding to restock her shelves, giggling to herself when she finally realized the song she was humming. It was Gajeel's song, something he had written while he was bored. He loved to sing, but others thought that his voice sucked horribly. To Levy, however, she found his slightly raspy singing voice to be somewhat pleasant. To be honest, she honestly thought that he'd make an excellent rock star.

Hmm...a vampire rock star. The bookworm thought that to be a very interesting book plot.

She was so engrossed with humming his song and stocking her shelves that she failed to hear the chiming of her door being opened. She furrowed her eyes as she realized that her last collection of books needed to be placed onto her top shelf, which was difficult for her to reach without her step-ladder.

"Here, let me help you.." an unknown voice purred from behind her, red sleeved arms reaching to place her books onto the top shelf.

This had frightened Levy, causing her to spin around. Before her stood a young man with long, two colored hair that was both black and white. His hair was tied up in a Japanese looking knot, with the front portion of his hair styled as layered bangs, the shortest layers being black and the longest strand being white. Upon his face, three horizontal black lines covered his nose and both cheeks. From his scent, she easily knew that he was like her: a vampire.

"O-oh, hello! May I help you?" she asked softly, feeling a bit afraid due to this man's dark aura.

He smiled cheekily at her, as if she remembered him as her school's class clown. "I am Totomaru, the strongest clan member of Phantom Lord, after Master Jose of course! And I'm here to kidnap you, you little brat!"

Without a way to escape, Levy screamed as Totomaru grabbed her, carrying her out of her bookstore. He ran with such a warped speed, fast for even a vampire. No one could save her at this point! Suddenly, a sharp pain was felt on the side of her head, causing her to cry out. In a matter of seconds, the blunette completely lost consciousness.

~~

When Levy rose from her visit with darkness, she noticed with fear that she was in a cell of some sorts. Metal bars prevented her from escaping, and if her calculations were correct, the type of metal that the bars were made of was none other than silver: one of the few weaknesses towards a vampire. To be on the safe side, she wouldn't dare touch it. Just one touch from silver, and she might end up bed ridden for all of eternity-or at least that's what Gajeel told her.

Gajeel...she knew he'd come for her. She was sure that he'd figure out who took her, considering it wasn't that hard of a mystery. Even Natsu could figure it out...probably.

The slamming of a door alerted Levy, as she noticed that there was another person in the room with her. Said person walked over towards her cell, chuckling darkly towards her. He was an older man, with a thin mustache and black hair that seemed to have a reddish tint to it. His ears were pointed, and his skin was around the same tone as her mates.

"Are you comfortable, my dear?" he taunted her, setting a case onto the table beside him.

She glared at him. "Let me out! My clan will come for me and dispose of this guild once and for all!"

"Hm, you amuse me girl. If you weren't the mate of that useful brat, I'd let you join my clan. Ah, but-unfortunately for you-you are nothing more than mere bait for my prey," he said, opening the case before him.

Levy, now frightened beyond measure, could see various torture devices inside the case. Most of them were knives, and even bars of silver ingots. She cried out in fear and yanked on her chains, tears streaming from her eyes. "Don't hurt me!"

Grabbing a small knife, the man smirked towards her. "You will be unharmed-as long as you answer my questions truthfully. I, Master Jose of the Phantom Lord clan, would never harm a small girl without a reason. I have a heart, you know."

"I won't answer your questions, Jose!" the bookworm spat out, narrowed eyes laid upon the amused clan leader.

"Are you sure about that? It's either give up confidential information about my rival clan or die a slow and painful death. The choice is yours, my dear," he informed her with a soft yet teasing voice.

"I'll never betray my comrades!" she yelled out with confidence.

He sighed. "Oh well...so be it then."

With a twirl of his knife, the man unlocked the cell, stepping inside. Without giving the blunette a warning, he grabbed her arm harshly, laying it flat before him. He then wasted no time cutting into her arm, leaving several gash wounds.

"AHHHHHHH!!!" she screamed out, trying her best to fight against the stronger vampire, but it was of no use.

A fever instantly formed, which informed Levy with a haunting realization: the knife was made of silver.

~~~

Gajeel and Natsu were-as usual-arguing about something irrelevant. The clan watched with annoyance as they brawled in front of them.

"My mate is more sexy that yours, Metal Head! She actually has BOOBS!"

"At least mine has a nice butt! Perfect for grabbing!"

"TMI Gajeel!"

With everyone focused upon the rather lame fight, they failed to realize a sobbing Lucy entering the guild-that is-until she screamed.

"NATSU, GAJEEL!" she yelled out, sobbing.

Snapping their heads toward the crying blonde, Natsu immediately ran to her, hugging her close to his form and giving her a soothing kiss upon her forehead. "Lucy, what is it?"

Gajeel also walked over to her, alarmed that she was crying-along with the fact that his mate wasn't with her as usual.

Lucy held out her hand, handing Gajeel the folded-up letter. "Read this..."

Grabbing the letter, he read over it quickly, his eyes widening more and more as he continued to read it. By the end of the letter, his eyes were bleeding red, his vampiric fangs protruding from his mouth. With a snarl, he rushed out of the clan building, dropping the letter behind him.

"What's up with him? What did the letter say, Lucy?" a blue headed girl, named Juvia, asked curiously.

"They took her....Phantom Lord kidnapped Levy!" Lucy sobbed out, crying into Natsu's chest.

Master Makarov suddenly appeared before them, rage evident in his eyes. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let us go and save our family member!"

With a cheer, they all abandoned their current activities and rushed out of the bar, ready to risk their lives for the life of a little bookworm.

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A/N Hello, my gajevy shippers! So yea, a fair warning...the chapters from here on out, even at the end, will be majorly intense. So prepare for major feels! Hearbreak warnings!! Anyways, I hope that you guys like this longer-than-usual chapter! And please vote, comment, share, follow, and spread the gajevy/gale love!