They traveled a week through the forest, where she would tell him all sorts of tales of princesses and heroes while indulged the girl. Every beast that came their way with ill intent was met with a swift death by Drake. One day she asks, "Where is your family?"
Images of that fateful night flash before his eyes, anger boils underneath, but seeing that innocent expression on her face, he cant help but sigh, "they died." Emma, the little girl, goes up to him and gives him the biggest hug she could muster.
"I'm sorry, but now you are my family so you are not alone." She flashes him a smile he will never forget and cherish. He rubs her head as he laughs, agreeing with her. Emma though pouts about her messed up hair.
Another day passes by as they finally exit the forest, able to see the village in the distance. Emma is bouncing around in joy, while Drake wears a grim expression.
'Find those god lovers and kill them all!' His anger speaks to him, urging him to continue on his conquest of blood. He looks down at the girl who he considers as his sister now, not wanting her to see violence, he picks her up so they can continue into town to find her family faster.
As they enter town, every villager greets Emma as they walk through the town. Worry and relief painted all over their faces, for Emma this was the usual, while Drake thought that everyone in town thought she was as adorable as he does. All was good, until he saw a priest and nun sprint towards them.
"Dear, where have you been this whole time?! We have been worried sick, you know that being the Holy Daughter you need to have an escort."
"Sorry, I just wanted to find a healing herb for Austin to get better."
While the reunion was underway, something inside drake changed. 'The church! We must kill them!"
Bolts of red lightning burst out of his body, as his eyes turn red. "More worshippers of that damn god, time to take away more of his people."
The priest seeing this begins to radiate pure white light as he tells everyone to get back.
"Drake! Stop, what's wrong with you!" Emma cries out for him, only to be held back by the nun.
"Emma, stay back, that is the lord of darkness. You must run away and hide."
"No, that's Drake! He is my new big brother!"
While the two argue back and forth, Drake and the priest begin their battle. Drake laughs at the weak priests pitiful attempts to hold him back. The battle did not last long and aftering killing the priest, covered in blood, he makes his way to the nun and holy child.
'Kill the holy child! Hurt god where it truly hurts!'
He appears before the running nun, who was holding the crying Emma. The Nun begins to shake in fear while Emma stares in horror at the man in front of her. Frozen in fear as Drake calmly walks to them, cackling in laughter at the thought of revenge. He holds his hand up as he charges a giant ball of red lightning, ready for a brutal kill.
"D-Drake? Please, no." Emma cries out that the big brother she come to love and respect is somehow still in there. Hearing the innocent voice, the red in his eyes fade as he see's the fear in Emma's face.
Realizing he was about to kill someone he considers as his own sister, confusion racks his mind.
'Kill her! She is the holy child, the closest thing to a daughter God has.'
Not knowing what to do, he makes the ball disappear and runs out of town to the woods.
'Go back there and kill her!'
'No! She is my sister!'
'Your sister and brother are dead, killed by worshippers of god!'
'Yes, but should I really kill her? She is innocent!'
'So was your family and the entire village!'
The battle rages on in his mind. The conflict of what to do if he should continue his conquest of blood. His mind splitting, sanity slowly leaving him, but it was at this moment that he feels a small hug and tears on him.
"Drake, please wake up! You are a good brother!" Drake looks into Emma's eyes, seeing the innocence and determination in them.
"I have killed a lot of people, all to avenge my family and village."
"You have, but just know that you will always be my big brother, even if you are a bad guy to the world."
It was at that moment something broke, he felt his mind become clearer as the voice that always urged his rage on finally faded. Looking at Emma, he finally realized he was hurting so many innocent people, just like what the church did, he was no different than them. He labeled everyone involved in the church as evil, just as they did to his town under the belief there was evil. He returned the hug to Emma.
"Thank you Emma, you will always be my little sister."
"Yupp!" She beams with a happy smile. "And we will change the world together!"
Drake gets up, holding Emma in his arms. A new determination flashes before his eyes, a new goal in life. He will change this world with the help of his new sister. One in the shadows, and the other in the light.
The End.