The Devil Worshipers of the Haunted Castle

OOC: Can we work together for this one please?

IC: Sheno and Hakkounyuu were patrolling the border between werewolf and vampire territories for any bloodsuckers trying to sneak across the border. As they were doing so, however, they came across something they had never seen before. A massive castle towered above them, which had certainly never been there before.
"What is this?" Hakkounyuu asked the older werewolf. "Some kind of trickery by the vampires?!"
"Surely it must be." Sheno growled. "I've never seen anything like it before."

OOC: Oooh, sounds fun 'Course we can. Ashen and co are strictly neutral

IC: Ashen stood against a tree near the border, remaining on vampire territory so that he wouldn't have his head bitten off by the werewolves he could see approaching. He held Siren in his arms gently, allowing the blue-haired male to snuggle up to his chest. Nearby, Anarchy was watching Hope, who was playfully making a game of trying to balance exactly on the invisible line between vampire and werewolf territories. The couple had been much happier since he had returned Hope's heart to him. If it hadn't been for the fact that he and the spirit of Hope inside him had physically started dying he probably wouldn't have returned it yet, not being one to admit he was wrong.
As he watched, the two werewolves reached the castle and were looking up at it in confusion. He heard them wondering if the vampires had done such a thing. The idea made him chuckle menacingly. Siren squirmed a little in his arms at the sound and, seeing the werewolves come close, Anarchy and Hope darted onto the vampire side of the border, hanging close to Ashen and his blue haired lover and eyeing the werewolves warily.
"It wasn't the vampires." Ashen called to the werewolves, who jerked their heads in surprise, having somehow not noticed him. Being so close to vampire territory, they had probably passed off his scent as coming from something that wasn't only a few feet away from them. Whatever they had thought, they needed their noses or their senses of logic checked. He made sure he had the full attention of both werewolves before he continued, noticing that one of them was the one who had come into his own castle and attacked him. "Notice how the castle sits equally on both vampire and werewolf territory? Sometimes it appears in the same way on the border between elf and angel territory, when they are at war. It stays at the place where the most bloodshed occurs. It's the castle of the devil worshippers."

Sheno recognised them and growled at the memory. "Why are you here?" He asked them threateningly. "If you're here to take Hakkounyuu, you have a fight on your hands."
Hakkounyuu was worried by Sheno's words, and backed away behind Sheno so he was further away from the vampire and his companions. He didn't want to be taken away by them.

Ashen curled his lips distastefully at the idea, letting out a small snarl. Still in his arms, Siren was watching the werewolves warily, clearly also remembering their last encounter. Anarchy had pulled Hope into his arms from behind and was watching the mutts also.
"Now why would I want to take your little friend there?" The vampire asked them. "As I told you during our last encounter, after you tried to kill me, I am strictly neutral in this war and have no interest in you pests. I am simply here on my own business, that's all. Why I am here is none of your concern, but I can assure you I am not interested in you."

"Well what do you know about this place?" Sheno asked the strange collection of creatures. "Why is it here and how do we get rid of it?"
Hakkounyuu was still watching uncertainly, clearly not convinced by the vampire's argument.

"Ah, I know nothing more about this castle than what I have discovered through my research." Ashen stated playfully, reaching for Siren's blue hair and twirling a few strands around his finger. "And what kind of fun would it be if I were to tell you all of the secrets, hm?" Deciding it would be best to tell them at least one thing, he continued, as he would like their help of ridding himself of the reoccurring nuisance that appeared with the castle. "However, we will have to go inside in order to be rid of it. Perhaps you would be interested in a temporary truce with the four of us?"

Sheno growled, not trusting the vampire one bit. "Fine." He grumbled finally. "What do you want us to do first?"

"First?" Ashen smirked. Hope was clinging to Anarchy's arm nervously. Anarchy himself didn't seem to be affected by the discussions going on around him, but his 'tough-guy' look was a little dashed by the frightened elf. Siren squirmed a little in his arms. The human boy was nervous about this place. While on their side of the veil he had hardly ever, if at all, left Ashen's castle. The fact that his first excursion beyond those walls was to a haunted castle full of devil worshippers didn't sit well with him. Ashen could tell that he would rather be back at the castle, but he wanted to keep an eye on him. Those devil worshippers were tricky, and they knew where he lived. "First, dog breath, we need to get inside."

Sheno growled at Ashen, but did as he asked, though he was sure to barge past the taller vampire so that his shoulder shoved against him roughly, dislodging a startled Siren from the vampire's grip. He passed him to head to the front doors, while Hakkounyuu nervously hung back, away from the building.

"Is it really a good idea to go straight through the front doors?" Siren asked Ashen quietly as the vampire made to follow after the werewolf, though not after offering a sharp-toothed smirk at the frightened Hakkounyuu. "Surely there's another way?"
"They'll already know we're here." He told his lover, though he tried to make his voice at least a little comforting. "The result will be the same regardless, only through the front doors we'll have the room to manoeuvre should things actually come to a fight."
"I guess it's time we go give them a fight then." Anarchy commented gruffly as he moved past the pair to follow the larger werewolf up to the door. "Or will we just stand around here talking about it until it disappears on it's own?"
"Hold on, I've got the charms that will remove the seal from the door." Ashen called after him, giving Siren's arm a comforting squeeze before chasing after the angel, while the human hung back with Hope, who approached from where he and Anarchy had been standing before.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Siren murmured to him quietly enough that Ashen couldn't hear.
"I know. But Master Ashen won't let you get hurt." The elf assured him. "Just stay close to me and Chaos, we'll take care of you."
Siren nodded, and Hope led him over to join the others by the doors, where Ashen was looking through the large satchel he had brought with him.
"Will your small friend over there be joining is?" He asked Sheno, referring to Hakkounyuu.