Title:Dark Kingdoms
Author:ladyE
Summery:A cross over betwwen forever night and the
10th Kingdom.The story begins just before the eppisode
ashes to ashes on forever night and a year and a half
after the movie of the 10th Kingdom ends. It has
virginia meet Vachon aafter having an accident on her
bike and under enchantment turns her into a Vampire. 
Fandom:The Tenth Kingdom and Forever Knight.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with NBC or
hallmark Entertainment the rights owners of the Tenth
Kingdom. Or Any of many networks that own Forever
Knight.This is for entertainment purposes only. No
copyright > infringment is intended!
Feedback: ladye@myself.com
Distrabution: List/ archive website

Okay Guys I tried! My Forever Knight is a little rust,
but here it is the long ago talked about crossover
LOL! I hope you like it and would love feed back
please!


Dark Kingdoms
 
 
Part I: Embracing the Night

"Winter has fallen upon the restless hearts. One made
of hunger the other for her lover. Two souls eternally
connected in a web of blood and lust. Two strangers,
who will meet in the night, share a dance and become
lost to this eternal need. One is a creature of the
night the other of light. Always one but forever
separated by their nature. It is when we cross these
invisible lines that the web begins to sway. The
spider searches for pray that has fallen into his
domain. But who is the predator and who is the pray?
Both are trapped by their nature. Never forget
children, kiss the light, but embrace the night."
 

Chapter one
The cold New York nights had grown even more chilly.
Virginia Wolf road her bike threw the abandoned
Central Park after a long exhausting day at The Grill
on the Park. She never complained about it though. She
thought the owner Mr. Marston was very nice by hiring
her back after her sudden disappearance. With Wolf, or
Warren Wolf as he was now known, taking over the
position of janitor for Mr. Murray they took up
residency at her old apartment. Every week she'd put
what little bit of money they could spare after
groceries and things for the baby, hoping that their
dream of starting their own restaurant would come
true. She rode silently feeling very much alone. Wolf
had been gone for most of the weeks helping King
Wendell in the Nine Kingdoms restore peace in an outer
providence. It seemed that the troll King's bumbling
children had actually raised quite an army against the
fifth Kingdom and Wolf was needed to disperse the Wolf
faction. Just after there son Lucas was born King
Wendell had given Wolf the position of ambassador to
all wolves in the kingdom making sure that they too
had a say in it's politics. Wolf found the diplomatic
part very boring, but did what ever he could to fight
for wolves' rights in the kingdoms. Virginia was
touched by his devotion and knew it was mostly in
honor of his parents, a sad and still sore part of
wolf's past. With wolf gone and Lucas staying with his
Grandpa Tony in the fifth kingdom Virginia was left
for the entire week alone. 
"Consider this a vacation!" Wolf had said as he
struggled to dress the squirming one-year-old. "Isn't
that right Lucas! Mommy doesn’t have to worry about
cleaning up after us or listening to us cry!" He
teased playfully as he pulled Lucas's last shoe on.
"Are you sure you don't need me to come along?"
Virginia asked concerned.
"My sweet you can come if you'd like, but you know
I'll be gone most of the time and that leaves you at
the palace with your Dad and new step mom!" Virginia
grimaced at that announcement. How could her dad have
married that woman! She was like twenty years to young
for him and had the personality of a carrot!
"No you're right. I'd probably just get in the way
anyhow." She sunk down on the couch thumbing threw the
diaper bag Wolf had packed making sure that nothing
was missing. Wolf had seen her sullen expression and
left Lucas playing on the floor while he snatched
Virginia off the couch and into his arms.
"You could never be in the way! I wouldn't even be
going if this weren't so important! " He ran the back
of his hand down her cheek. "I love you Virginia and
when I am back in a week I'll prove it!" He gave her a
playful growl as he captured her mouth in a passionate
kiss. The sudden sound of Lucas's little toy fair
truck made them both look up. Lucas sat on the floor
grinning innocently back. He looked so much like his
dad minus the tail. His bright and playful eyes glowed
at his little joke. Virginia and Wolf looked at each
other for a brief moment then pounced on their son
watching him dissolve into a fit of shrieks and
giggles.
Now they were gone and Virginia missed them so much.
Every time they went away she felt as if part of her
life was missing. Tears began to steam from her ayes
as she recalled bundling up her baby, kissing her
husband good-bye and watching them disappear into the
park. She peddled faster fighting the biting wind on
her tear stained cheeks. Before she knew what happened
the bike slammed into an over turned trashcan sending
Virginia flying threw the air and onto the path.
Virginia rolled a few feet until she finally stopped
collapsing into a tangled heap. The world turned black
as the back of her head slammed against the pavement.
A puddle of blood began to pour from underneath her
head as the crimson pool stained the collar of her
white blouse. The park was silent as Virginia laid
helplessly unconscious bleeding to death.
 
 
 
Vachon had been sitting quietly on a park bench
reflecting. He had escaped briefly to New York to
escape Tracy. No matter how hard he tried to distance
himself from her he couldn't. She was always about
asking question, poking around his things. Yet he knew
he couldn't deny her what she desired. The truth was
he felt himself becoming more attached to this mortal
woman, much to close for his comfort. His life was a
path of solitude; he was a vampire and knew from his
life experiences that it was a death sentence for his
human consorts. 
"If it wasn't for Nick and his obsession with them,
being like them, living like them." He cursed
silently. Vachon knew better than to waste time
dwelling on the unobtainable. He was a vampire and no
amount of role-playing would change it. What was so
bad about it anyway? His life wasn't too terrible.
Other than the death of his friend Screed he was fine.
Maybe a lot more alone then he had ever felt before,
but that was his lot. He was a creature of solitude.
Yet Tracy had invited this light into his life he had
so long denied. Even in his darkest hour when he felt
that he would once again be joining the sun, she would
not give up on him She knew his secret had seen his
hunger, but still came back. 
The thoughts of Nick and Natalie romance seemed to him
like one of those twisted fairytales. Two people
deeply in love but denied by their natures. It just
wasn't possible to love a mortal unless... but the
thought of bringing Tracy across was truly not an
option. He had discovered awhile back that it was her
mortality that he found the most amusing. That was she
approached her knew found knowledge of the super
natural like a kid at Christmas. He thought it even
more amusing that here she stood so close to the truth
and even as a homicide detective had not discovered
her partner Nick's true vampiric identity. 
Vachon looked down into the bottle he held in his
hand. A constant reminder, the hunger he felt deep
inside. He took a swig then stood up to seek his
fortune in the New York nightlife. After a moment his
highly acute sense of hearing caught the sound of a
woman's muffled short scream, followed by the sent of
sweet blood. Vachon didn't know if it was the hunger.
Or the briefly pleading voice that drew him deeper
into the park. What ever it was he would soon find out
his answer.
 
 
 
A rather beautiful brown haired woman lay sprawled
across the pavement, blood pouring out of the wound in
her head. Vachon could hear the sound of her heart
slowly fading. He scanned the area noticing the
smashed bike and garbage can lying carelessly in the
middle of the trail. A soft mumble drew his attention
as the woman began to stir weakly.
"Help me please!" She whispered goggle from her dark
descent. Vachon listened to her heartbeats slow to
nothing. What should he do? Drain what little blood
she had then leave her in death? Find someone to care
for her, but he realized from the damage to her head
that it was probably to late. He looked into her face
as he knelt beside the dying woman. Her eyes fluttered
open briefly. Then closed for what Vachon knew would
probably be the last moment. I that moment that she
had stare up at him he knew her thoughts. Her mind
swam with images of her husband and infant son. Her
father, mother and dozens more people appeared in his
mind. He pulled her up until she lay resting in his
harms on the ground. Blood ran down his shirt and into
his lap. He pulled her closer to him deciding at that
very moment to take all her blood and leave her in
death. 
"I'll help you sleep." He said with a surprising
compassion. Suddenly his eyes began to glow as the
hunger took over and he sunk his teeth into her neck.
In that instant he could feel her life slipping away
so near to him. Then distorted images of mirrors and
strange images like castles and faeries came into
view. Her found memories of her husband with a tail?
Vachon jumped alert to the last image in his mind. And
released the near dead woman onto the ground.
"Who are you?" He asked panicked and confused. What
ever it was it was far greater a force than he has
ever touched in his entire life. He had felt her
loneliness but also this greatness. He wasn't much of
a philosopher but it's like she had a destiny that
wasn't quite fulfilled yet. He stood ready to flee the
scene when another thought struck him. What if he
brought her across? She had so much energy, and a
power surrounding her. What if he let her die?
Suddenly as if in a trance he realized he couldn't let
that happen. 
""Do it!" Came a woman's voice with in his mind. "Save
her!" Vachon turned suddenly expecting to see someone,
but the park was empty. Things began to sway in his
mind. Suddenly it was Tracy laying life less on the
ground. Vachon approached the scene in disbelief.
"Tracy?" He asked groggy. With that her lost all
resistance to the controlling force. Sensing her so
close to death weak beyond compare from lack of blood
he tore open his arm and forced the blood into Tracy's
mouth. After a moment she began to stir and the fog in
Vachon's mind lifted and instead of Tracy he again
came face to face with the girl. Her eye's fluttered
open and blood stained her lips.
'Javier Vachon?" She questioned him weekly smiling
sweetly. Vachon backed away. Her sweet and gracious
smile faded away to a terrified and pain filled one.
"What..." She questioned him falling over on here knees
reaching toward him. He stepped back again viewing the
scene with a clear mind. What had he done exactly? He
turned and flew away from the scene leaving the girl
behind. 
The dew York skyline spun in his vision as her landed
in a near by alley. He walked down the narrow pass
kicking over a trashcan causing a cat to shriek and
dart in front of him. Vashon's head swam with images
of a place he believed couldn't exist. What exactly
had happen? What ever it was he knew it wasn't good!
Maybe New York wasn't such a good place to come after
all. He decided he needed to find a place to rest, the
dawn would come soon enough. Tomorrow night he would
leave the city and try to leave the night behind him.
He thought of Virginia. He knew that was her name now
he tasted her whole life from her blood. 
 
 
 
Virginia stumbled into her apartment just before the
dawn. She pulled off her blood stained blouse and
tossed it onto the floor. Then grabbed the bottle of
aspirin sitting on her nightstand. As the water filled
her throat she had a sudden urge to vomit so made a
mad dash for the bathroom. Shaken and cold she sat on
the floor near the toilet and leaned against the wall.
Virginia reached up to examine the wound at the back
of her head wondering if any stitches would be
required. She could feel the dried blood caked to the
back of her head, but found no apparent wound.
"You are to lucky" Virginia moaned to herself. Then
pulled herself over to the bathtub and turned on the
water. Steam rose from the faucet as the water spilled
out. The sound echoed clearly in Virginia's mind.
Slowly she slipped out of the rest of her clothes and
stepped into the warm tub. After soaking for what
seemed like forever Virginia began to concentrate on
the night's events. She remembered waking in the park,
her bike had been wreaked and blood was every where.
She left the scene quickly and raced to the apartment
frightened and confused. Everything seemed a blur. She
turned of the taps with her toes and leaned back into
the now pink water. Her mind felt heavy and she began
to drift asleep. 
Virginia began to dream she was standing in a bright
field with Wolf and Lucas when all of the sudden the
sun turned red like blood and she realized it wasn't
day at all, but night and a huge red moon shown bright
in the sky. She looked away from the crimson colored
sphere to see Wolf's eyes begin to glow and his low
growl echoed like thunder. She watched her son stumble
away heading deep into the forest near by. She backed
away from Wolf and started to run after Lucas. She
could here her heart pound as she caught up with her
baby son. In front of her a dark man dressed in black
appeared. He reached down and scooped Lucas up.
Virginia didn't know why but terror and hunger seized
her? 
"Give me my baby!" She pleaded with the man. 
"Please LaCroix!" She begged again. She watched as he
smiled devilishly and set her son on the ground.
Virginia started forward to retrieve him when Wolf
seized her by the arm.
"I won't let you hurt my son!" He growled his eyes
glowing and fangs bared.
"Let me go!" She screamed at Wolf pulling away from
his grasp.
"I mean it Virginia! Don't make me hurt you!" He
tightened his grasp and started to drag her away.
"No!" She screamed raking her fingernails across his
face. Her eyes began to glow and she could feel blood
on her lips. Sweet warm blood. Suddenly she realized
it wasn't her heartbeat she was listening to at all,
but Lucas's. Using her new strength she threw Wolf
onto the forest ground, and turned toward LaCroix and
Lucas. The baby stood before her smelling of a sweet
fruit. She made her way forward stretching out a hand
toward the child. As she touched Lucas's arm another
hand grasp her around the wrist. She looked up into
the face of her mother Christine. Suddenly the whole
forest melted and she was stood in their tiny little
bathroom.
"Look at the mess you have made!" She winced as her
mother pulled at her arm and led her toward the tub.
Virginia could here the water running, see the steam
rising in heaps.
"No!" Virginia screamed as Christine pushed her into
the scalding tub. Virginia fell backwards flailing her
arms trying to surface for air, but her mother kept
pushing her under. The water splashed all over the
floor as Virginia struggled to catch her breath. Her
vision blurred under the layer of liquid as the
surface turned pink. Just as things began to grow
black an arm reached down and pulled her up. She sat
up quickly gasping and spitting. Water flew everywhere
as Virginia's eyes glowed brightly. Most of the water
slashed onto the floor as she jumped out of the tub
and landed on the slick floor with a thud. She sat
pressing her back against the4 wall feeling colder
than she had ever felt in her life. Yet she could
sense little beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
"What's happening!" She screamed tears spilling out of
her eyes. Was she dreaming? What had just happened?
She tucked her knees up to her chest and began to sob
uncontrollably. The sun rose as Virginia sat in the
small dark bathroom and cried herself to sleep. This
time no dreams would come! Neither would peace.