In the "Sons of Destiny" Darren goes to Annie's house and tells her about some parts of his vampire life. After much catching up, it is revealed that Annie had dated Steve and that while pregnant, Steve had raped her, left them, and never came back. Annie and Darius then flee to away from Darren, to avoid danger from Steve and the Vampaneze. However, before they do, Darren drinks the vampaneze blood in Darius (in the Lord of the Shadows, it is revealed that Steve blooded him) and they switch blood, making Darius a vampire, and Darren both vampire and a little vampaneze at the moment. Darren, Alice, Vancha, and Debbie go back to the Cirque Du Freak and an all-out battle against the freaks and vampaneze begins. After a long duel, Darren kills Steve, and lets Steve kill him by angering Steve and saying "guess what Steve? I did want to be a vampire, and Mr. Crepsley turned me into one!". Later, Evanna the witch fishes Darren out of the Lake of Souls, and Mr. Tiny makes him a Little Person. Shortly thereafter Darren is to die. Mr. Tiny reveals that he is Darren and Steve's father, and tampered with time to make them go against each other to bring about the end of the world because he loves violence, and not much violence was going on with the humans. Mr. Tiny then sends Darren back in time, to the night where he and Steve first saw the Cirque Du Freak. There, Darren scares off young Darren from going to the balcony and discovering Steve wanting to be a vampire. It is told that the world will replace Darren and Steve with other people, as Darren never found out about Mr. Crepsley being a vampire and never kidnapped Madam Octa. Darren, before dying, gives Mr. Tall (who is still alive, due to them being back in time) his diaries for young Darren to read and "change the names, and turn the diaries into a book, that way "they" can know how it really happened."