Darkness... darkness all around. Every corner, every square inch was darkness. Luna felt her soul drifting away... floating on a calm stream of river as it carried her down...

Suddenly something burned in her throat. Someone was calling her name, more like screaming it. Luna started to cough as the pain worsted as it when down into her heart.

"LUNA! WAKE UP! PLEASE WAKE UP!"

Light came into focus as Luna felt she was coughing up blood. She bolted straight up and started hacking out all the blood in her throat.

She felt a soft surface and quickly realized she was laying on top of a bed. Luna heard a sigh as it turned out to be Siegfried. His gray eyes up were huge, big and alert, but soon calmed down at Luna being awake.

"Thank the gods... your alive... I didn't think my medicine would reach your heart in time..."

"W-what happened?" Luna said as her throat felt like someone had been cutting it with a knife.

"Here drink this."

Siegfried handed her a glass of water, who Luna, drank down fairly quickly. She gasped in relief at the good stinging of water reviving her lungs.

"T-thank you..."

Siegfried nodded. "Of course. What happened I don't know myself either. A shadow of a man grabbing onto your throat and draining your soul. I've never seen anything like it in my life."

"That was a demon. But they only take the shapes of miss shape form of an animal to make it look demonic. This one took the form of a man. I've never seen one like that before."

Siegfried stared aloft, deep in thinking. His eyebrows pinched together. "Only a strong enough spell caster could do something like that. But magic blood is rare now these days."

"Plus books of a magic are almost extinct these day. To find one is luck by chance in a life time." Luna said.

Siegfried nodded his head, doing short paces, "That is true. I just can't think of a person who could-" He stopped suddenly, almost as if he couldn't believe what he was thinking. "Unless my father did this."

Luna's eyes widen in shock. "What? Your father has magic blood?"

"Ay, and I get it from him. My mother had healing powers, but aren't strong enough to be considered magic."

"Interesting. But then, how do you cast spells if you don't have a book?"

Siegfried broke out a grin. His smile almost looked like the devil's smile. "I made them on my own. It was a lot of hard work, but I somehow did it."

"Amazing..."

"But the best question is, why would my father go after you?"

Luna looked to the ground. Thinking of ways she could have hurt the king. "I don't remember crossing paths with him. If I did I would have remembered his face."

"Damn it! It must he him! I don't know why anyone else would attack someone else without a reason!"

Luna blood stopped in cold in shock. "Maybe someone knows my secret... maybe their trying to get rid of me."

Out of the blue Siegfried hugged Luna. Luna jumped at the touch as she didn't suspect the sudden hug.

"I promise to protect you Luna. If anything happens come to me. You're my only friend, I don't want to lose you..."

Heat rose inside Luna's heart, her cheeks burning bright cherry pink. "Thank you Siegfried..."

He pulled back and met eye contact with her. "Good. I suggest you get ready. The ball of the lost princess is tonight."