Summary: Vampires have come to Storybrooke, looking for a pure soul for an eternal feast. Now, Belle must decided if she wants to live forever with Rumple and become the vampire's eternal feast, or perish along with the town. No Twilight, sorry. AU Vampire-fic. Rumbelle
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Once Upon A Time, they belong to ABC and Adam and Edward, creators. However, I do own the vampires. :) yea, I own vampires, jealous?
A/N: This is not set in specific time during the show except after the curse is broken and magic is brought to town. However, despite how much I love them, Rumple and Belle are not married, to make it more interesting to their relationship in this story. The only villains will be the vampires, and possibly each other. No Cora, Pan, etc. Warning: This will be rated M for intimacy.
A cool, sharp wind could be felt blowing around a small town in Maine at one in the morning. The crescent moon shined down on the houses and through out the town. The town rested on a harbor inlet with a lush forest surrounding it, secluding it from the rest of the world, with the exception of one small road leading out into the state. There were six pairs of eyes staring down onto the town, perched from the top of a tree at the edge of the forest. Six people who arrived to this town for a specific mission. Six vampires ready for a feast.
"Let's go. I'm too hungry to wait any longer," said the red-headed woman, playing with her favored dagger, ready for blood.
"No," the leader spoke, "We have to wait. Patience is a virtue and with all the time we have, surely you can manage."
"Mackenzie, we're running out of time. We need to find that soul or-"
"I know what will happen, my dear friend. Calm yourself, Alexei." Mackenzie spoke with a calm and rationed voice. He was perched on the third branch from the top, the mop on his head covering his view every now and then. He pushed the blonde strands from his light blue eyes and back behind his ears, his eyes squinting to get a better view at the town below.
"Can you really blame him for being nervous? Hell, even I'm a little scared to find out what will happen if we don't succeed." Wren, the red-haired women spoke. She was the most anxious of the group and always known to take action before she used her brain for any plan. She took pride in herself for being known as the wild card and always let her enemies or victims know that little fact before she took their life.
"Mackenzie is right, Wren. We need to be careful with this. We must be cautious or we will loose our chance to take what we need. Do you even remember what is at stake here?"
"Shut it Vera! I know what is at stake, but it doesn't mean I have to wait so bloody damn long. I'm hungry." Wren said, with the tone of an upset child who just had their favorite toy taken away from them.
"We are all very hungry Wren. What is the plan for this mission?" asked Ivanna, looking towards Mackenzie with a teasing smile on her face.
"Simple, we go down and kill them until we find the right soul," explained Wren in a matter-of-fact tone of voice.
"I wasn't asking you!" yelled out Ivanna, giving Wren a shot of irritation. "I was asking our dear leader. You know, the one who always thinks first." It was Wren's turn to shoot Ivanna a irritated look.
Mackenzie simply continued to look out upon the town they had arrived at only a few moments ago. He had brought five others with him, not wanting the mission to be corrupted by too large of a group but still wanting enough skill to get the job done. He quickly thought over his team and how he had come to chose each one, knowing each one was needed for this delicate mission.
He was the leader of the group by popular choice. No matter the stress of the situation, he always remained calm and level-headed. He was known as a prodigy when it came to quick wit and natural smarts and everyone quickly looked up towards him to take charge with any mission. So it was no surprise when the others back home appointed him as the leader for this operation. He chose each member of his team carefully and, despite their differences, knew that they could work together in the end to get what was needed done.
Alexei, his best friend and right-hand man in this task. Alexei had ivory black hair and shamrock green eyes. Alexei was skilled with blood drain and was capable of draining every last drop of blood of a victim in seven seconds flat. The average time rate for draining a victim was fifteen seconds, even Mackenzie knew that the quickest time he could accomplish in draining a meal was twelve seconds. They would need a quick kill if they were caught before they were ready for the town to know who they were.
Next was Vera, she was Alexei's little sister of five years and could always be seen trailing behind her big brother like a dog on a leash. They were always found together and if you found one of them alone, it was safe to assume that the other wasn't that far behind. They were as close as siblings could get without crossing any lines on what was considered appropriate for their relationship. She was about a foot shorter than her brother, who measured almost six feet, and had the same color hair with lighter green eyes. While her brother was skilled in blood drain, Vera was skilled in hunting down the meal. That was why Alexei and Vera made such a good team. She would capture the prey while he drained it and they would so well together, like clock work.
Mackenzie knew that Vera's skill in hunting was extremely needed and valued. However, although she was able to capture the prey, she often fell short when it came to finding them. That was where Ivanna came in to fill the gap. It was known throughout the vampire community that no one tracked prey like Ivanna. Mackenzie was amazed when he learned that she was able to track a snow rabbit in a raging blizzard while it hid beneath the snow. He was also impressed by her beauty. Ivanna was known to possess beauty that many vampire women begged for, some even killed for it, although Mackenzie wasn't sure where that logic came from. Ivanna had brown, straight hair that she often pulled up into a ponytail. She had high cheekbones that only made her already stunning blue eyes stand out more.
If Mackenzie was told to choose which of the members of the group he preferred, he would choose Aston, hands down. If you asked him why, he would tell you that Aston was always quiet. With Wren and Vera's constant arguing and Ivanna's constant flirting towards him, it was nice to have a little piece and quiet and another male to hang out with. Despite Alexei being his friend, Mackenzie knew that he couldn't always be counted on for being there since he was always with his sister. Aston was quiet and reserved and rarely spoke, and when he did, everyone listened. Everyone, even Wren, would pay attention to everyone that came from Aston mouth, because know doubt, it would be very important. Like Mackenzie, Aston was a prodigy. He was a naturally when it came to strategy, puzzles, and problem solving. If you had an problem you couldn't fix, you went to Aston to solve it. That was if you could get him to talk. No one knew why Aston said very little but they also knew not to cross him. After all, it was always the quiet ones that were the deadly ones, and that rule was not exception when it came to vampires. Also, not only was his mind fast, but so was his body. There has yet to live one vampire who would out run Aston, even with their vampire speed. Aston was the smallest and the youngest of all the vampires. This wasn't because he was a vampire the least amount of years, he was older than wren, he was only sixteen when he was turned and killed his own victim. Mackenzie believed that it was because he was so young when he was changed and the shock overtook him into silence. It made the most sense to anyone and because he wouldn't talk about it, they all agreed on the answer.
The last member of the group was Wren, the wild card. Although Mackenzie was hesitant to have her on their team, he knew that Wren's skill with her dagger would help defeat any enemies they may have made while in the town. Wren's dagger was her prized possession above all else. When he asked her where she obtained it, she merely looked down and said 'father'. Despite how wild and almost blood-lust Wren could be, she did have a lot of care to give to her friends, and it was better to be her friend than her enemy. She held nothing back when she decided to take your life and often made a mess when she was done.
Mackenzie's thoughts were interrupted with Vera and Wren arguing, once again, over how to accomplish the task.
"Wren, we cannot just burst into their houses and slaughter them in their sleep. If we do that, how would we find the right soul?" Vera asked, always upset that Wren wouldn't use her head.
"Oh, right." Wren said, looking a little sheepish.
"So how do we go about doing this? How do we even know who is the purest soul in this town?" asked Alexei. He looked down towards Aston, who was perched on the lowest branch of the tree they were occupying. "Aston? What are your thoughts?"
"We become part of the town and get to know each individual carefully, until we find the right one. Then, we turn the soul and leave. I don't think it is necessary to take the rest of the town down. We can leave them be." Aston explained. Everyone blinked as they turned their attention from Aston and back to the town.
"Good plan Aston, as always. Obviously we can't let them know who we are," Mackenzie spoke.
"We could tell them that we are tourist, we stumbled upon their town, and were looking for a place to stay for a few nights."
"Nice idea Ivanna but, uh, where are our suitcases?" Vera asked, motioning around her body.
"Fine. We can say that we were hiking. Or better yet, we are friends who decided to rough it in woods, you know, for fun."
"I'm good with that." Vera said, smiling.
"Why don't we just head into town tomorrow morning and decide where we should go from their. Monitor their reactions to us being there. If it's normal for tourist to arrive or if they are shocked that we are here. Right now, we need to hunt tonight so we won't slip up tomorrow." Mackenzie explained.
"Right," said Wren. They then all jumped back and headed further into the forest, looking for the occasional rabbit or squirrel.
Meanwhile, the citizens of Storybrooke were sleeping, unaware of the danger that lurked on the outskirts of their small, close-knitted town. The streets were bare and quiet, with the exception of the occasional rustling of a newspaper blowing with the slight wind. Cars were parked and turned off, and the windows of each home and building were dark, lacking any light. However, if one looked close enough, they would see that in middle of the neighborhood, there was a house with the faintest ray of light shining through the small and narrow window of the basement. Inside was a man sitting at what appeared to be a spinning wheel. Rumplestiltskin was spinning straw into gold to try and get through the insomnia that plagued him at the moment. There were many nights back in the Enchanted Forest when he found himself incapable of sleeping the night away, so he would occupy himself by spinning, hoping to forget his past mistakes. Now, even in Storybrooke, he found himself back at his wheel, spinning, hoping to forget and praying sleep would take him away for the night.
However, tonight was not like all those other nights. Rumple stopped his fingers on the wheel and slightly cocked his head towards the window. The magic that he was using for the straw had suddenly sent a wave of power sweeping through his body. He stood up from his stool and walked over towards the window, peering out into the night. Rumple had felt this particular surge of power many times over his years and it always meant the same thing. The last two times he recalled this wave of power was the night before Regina cast the Dark Curse and right before he brought magic to the town. Something big was coming to Storybrooke, and he just hoped the town was ready this time for what would come, whatever it may be.
So I am so excited to write this story. It woke me up last night and wouldn't let me go back to sleep. I love vampires very much but I didn't feel like adding the cast of Twilight in here, so I gave it my own characters. What I love about vampires the most is the intimacy that is often portrayed and will definitely be portrayed with Rumple and Belle during this story. I have tons of ideas that has been in my head for months of what would happen to them if Belle became a vampire. I also don't think that vampires in OUAT is too far of a fetch, considering that fairytales are a part of stories and vampires are part of legends, and stories and legends fall in pretty much the same category. Also, I feel that sometimes the show is a little too light. Despite it being a family show, I think it's safe to say that it can be a tad twisted with all the family connecting, the age and time situation, the morphing, etc., so I wanted to throw some dark mystery into the mix.
Please review, they really do help. I love your opinion on this story and what you may want to hear, I do take people's opinion into consideration. Because this is an AU fic, will not follow any storyline in the original story, obviously. This means no Cora, Pan, or Zelena. Only the vampires. Again, thank you for reading and please, please, please review. Thank you. :)
Next chapter: The town meets six visitors and Rumple notices something strange about the newcomers.