The Queen of the Night meet's the Dawn.

Alenos shook his head at himself slowly and pulled on a pair of long backed leather black gloves. Alenos was dressed from head to foot in dark blues and black’s, to allow him to blend into the night as he prepares to do what he must to ensure Chaos safety. A large bone box, almost like a writing desk stand’s before him on a carved oaken table, reaching out with his gloved hand’s Alenos draw’s the lid from the box to reveal a mask made of the purest of Obsidian’s silver mined in the north and sanctified by priest’s of the goddess herself.

Alenos set’s the mask in place and turn’s to leave the room, the mask styled to cover his face, letting only his eye’s show, a delicate silver grill cover’s his mouth, ghosting into his anteroom. Guy and Matthias await him, as he pluck’s a robe from a chair and slip’s it on. It’s sleeves long and flowing and it’s back trailing out behind him, it gives Alenos the appearance of shadow as he ghost’s past the other’s and into a further chamber. Waiting in the other room as a dozen figures each dressed in a similar way to Alenos.

“It is time..Come..” Alenos intones from within his mask as the other’s fall in behind him, slipping from the quarter’s deep within the castle, the crowd ghost’s its way unseen to deep within the castle. Guard’s falling soundlessly as they pass disabled and unconscious they slump at their posts like silent and sleeping sentinels.
Ghosting into the Queen’s quarter’s without resistance, the crowd billow’s around Alenos in a rush, taking the sleeping Ladies in waiting swiftly and quietly as Alenos, Guy and Matthias to enter the queen’s chamber’s unheard and unmolested. The other’s joining them slowly to form a circle around the bed in which she slept.

“Awaken Chaos Morgana Jinx...Awaken and Meet those who would become your family..” Alenos intones, his voice changing to be unrecognisable from within the depth of his mask, encircling Chaos’s bed are the lord’s of the 12 houses of Obsidian, disguised, masked and hidden. Each Lord or Lady hidden within the volumious robes, and mask of their order bares a small blade at their side, each hilt set with a glowing ruby red stone.

"We are those of the Dawn, We worship it's coming and usher it's Light, Chaos..Queen of Obsidian." Alenos speak's unrecognisable from within the bowel's of the mask of the purest silver. Alenos reached down and offered her a hand to guide her from the bed, the Order moving as one to form a cirlce around them as he guides her to stand in the centre of the cold room, exposed and alone, with only him beside her. The other's a mask of expressionless and cold faces stare back at her from the darkness.

"We are the Order of the Dawn Roses. Formed in the times of your great great great grandfather's father..We have guarded the land's of Obsidian and aided the War against the scourge and the defense against the Goddess wrath..We show ourselves to you tonight to offer you a choice..We Wish you to join us.." Alenos voice was unrecognisable and yet hyptonitic as he spoke to Chaos while she shivered in the middle of the room.

Each of their mind's was closed from her and she was it seemed rooted to the spot by their mere presence, this was no usual secret order, this was the knife in the darkness, the lock that guarded the secret's and the key to them all lay tantalisingly close for her to but reach out and grab it.

" The clues are before you Chaos Morgana Jinx, if only you choose to see them, Your father..before he died asked one of our number to bring you before us and to make you the offer of joining us. He was one of the greatest among us and the Order misses his work with each passing day. So in his memory we offer you a choice..Join us and know our identity's and secret's..or deny us and we will slip back into the darkness, and aid your kingdom without your knowledge." Alenos turned his gaze upon her as his eye's changed to a golden orange, eerie and filled with a powerful light.

"You try to run from us Chaos..and yet..some unexplored part of yourself is curious and wishes to know more..We know you Chaos..Each and every one of us know's you and has watched you..you will be an asset to our order..and we offer you the choice of joining us with no hesitation." Alenos knew much about Chaos mind, having been closeted with her so close for so long, he knew more than most about her habit's and her train of thought.

Brushing his robes aside to reveal the dagger with the glowing rubied hilt, he draw's it swiftly and let's it shine in the moonlight. " It's a simple choice Chaos..Join us..and spill my blood..or refuse and you shall sleep on while we leave this place."

The robed figure of Alenos bared his chest to her and stood with his arm's aside for her to strike, the mask a faceless and expressionless guard for his face. Would she do it? Would she strike him down, though it would not kill him it would cause him pain.

"Do It Chaos Morgana Jinx..Strike me down and join us..strike me down..the faceless unknown killer..and cement your place as one of us" Alenos intones from within the grill like hole where his jaw and thin lip's would be were he not disgused and hidden so.

Alenos felt the knife sink into his chest like a brand of molten fire in his chest. He gasped against the pain which threatened his vision and made the foundation's of his word swim and rock. it was a false emotion, Alenos did not feel pain anymore...yet since their encounter in the forest he suffered daily witht he bond's of his vampire self, and the enclosing sanity of his previous humanity.

"She has completed her task..Come brother's and Sister's...reveal yourselves to the newest of our number" Alenos dragged the dagger clean from his chest with an explosive hiss and grunt of false pain. Each of the 11 other member's of the order lowering their hood's and removing their mask's to reveal the 11 powerful lord's and ladies of the kingdom, Chaos would recognise each and every face as they ruled beside her and at her command.

Leaving himself till last, Alenos reached up and removed his hood, slowly removing the silver mask to reveal his face to her as the final person to unmask themselves.

Alenos nodded and as one the Order drew the dagger's at their waist's, Alenos own held in hishand firmly as they pause for a moment and as one throw them into a pile at her feet, removing all danger, or..the threat of the blades to her.

"My Lady.." Each of them bow's and exposes their neck to her, before straightening and in this meeting look her straight into the eye, the like of which they would not dare to do in court. "Now you see Chaos Morgana Jinx..Each of us has watched you..myself closest of all..and we have judged you worthy of the faith your father bestowed upon you...You have joined the Order of the Dawn..and are now one of us..Come..ask the question's which burn deep within your heart."

As one Alenos and the Order laughed a soft and short.

" The order was founded over 1000 year's ago during the reign of your the mortal ancestor, he and his select group of knight's rode out during a civil war, they fought and died in their dozen's and your ancestor and those who survived form the Order of the Dawn, each of the order's member's along with the King founded one of the 11 powerful houses and the basis of this kingdom over which you rule. The order's sole purpose is to provide unity to the ruler of Obsidian and so that they know..beyond doubt that they can call upon the 11 powerful ruling houses in times of need."

Alenos took a breath and smiled fleetingly at Chaos, letting this sink in somewhat before he continued. "Being a member of the Order their are certain danger's involved, their are those of the lesser houses, who have heard of the Order through some source and seek to surplant one of us they believe to be a member, hoping that the order will then allow them to take their place. As for Special gift's...we are the ruler's of the powerful houses of your kingdom..what more do we need.." Alenos spoke and then stopped to let her disgest this information.

Alenos nodded softly and the Order stepped forward to collect their blades from the pile on the floor, one by one replacing their mask's and slipping from the room unoticed to leave him stood alone in the room with her. Slipping out of the robe he drapes it about her shoulder's and smiles at her.

"This has to be a Shock for you Chaos..I know that..would you like me to...would you like me to stay here tonight.." Alenos ask's a little nervously with a soft smile.

Alenos sigh's lightly as she sleep's peacefully in his arm's. He had no idea why he had offered to stay with her, he did not understand why he had done it and could not fathom the series of event's that had lead her to be curled up against his chest, her perfect body against his in nothing but her pale white underwear.

He swallowed deeply and tried to slip into sleep, it coming after a long time and with some difficulty.

Alenos slept soundely when it came and awoke the next morning to feel Chaos cool skin against his chest, smiling fuzzily and rolling into her he places the most chast of kisses on her neck to wish her good morning and curl's himself to her.

All traces of doubt banished for the moment as he smiles again at her sleepily, unused to waking beside her and still full of desire from the night before.

Alenos sat up with her and kissed the exposed skin of her shoulder, where her bra strap has fallen away to show soft and pale skin beneath, his lip's lingering their for a moment before he spoke "Good Morning Chaos..I trust you slept well"

Alenos smiled beamingly at her and reached to tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear, rescuing it from her mouth as he run's his hand and arm around her toned and soft stomach

Alenos laughed softly and musically and kissed her softly, before clambering over her playfully in an attempt to rescue his boxer short's. "Im hungry, I need to eat something, for some reason i'm tired too, thought i slept the best i had in a lifetime last night." Alenos laughed warmly and kisses her on the way back across, swatting her playfully with the boxer short's.