A/N: Ok so This takes place during the one year gap between my story and the movie. What story you ask? The Underworld fanfiction I am writing that I exxpect will probably have at least 400 pages. Yeah. SInce it may take awhile(a long while) to get it out I've started a few oneshots to keep you people entertained :D I might post the first chapters of the story(As of yet unamed) but i don't want to post anything until I'm finished it
Muse: Get on with it
Me: What I wa just explaining...
Muse: They don't care. Now on with the story. First though: The author of this story doesn't, nor does she claim to own anything belonging to Underworld. All of that stuff belongs to Len. She does in fact claim ownership of the story and any Oc's that may pop up through out the oneshots.
Me:-Eyeroll- You stole my job you bastard
Muse: -Shrugs-
Sunrise
Selene sighed in her sleep and Michael's eyes instantly went to her sleeping form. She was sleeping in the bed on the other side of the room. It was daylight but Selene slept easier during the day then at night. He had paid attention to her even when she thought he wasn't watching he always was. Something about her drew him to her. She had changed his life so drastically of the last little while. He was aware she had conflicting feelings about him but that day on the bridge had caused her to become more withdrawn.
Why does she have this effect on me. For once in a long time Samantha has scarcely been on my mind.
'You want her' was the low growling voice of the lycan in him. The vampire and lycan in him spoke to him... sort of. They implanted thoughts in his mind and most of them conflicted with the others. Lycan and Vampire didn't agree on much. Selene seemed to be one of the rare things they did agree on. That she was to be his. They both wanted her, for different reasons but it was a common ground and already it was getting harder to tell which thoughts were lycan and which were vampire.
She doesn't want me. He thought lamely. He was trying to take Selene's advice and accept his nature and so he let the more instinctive thoughts take over.
"How do you know?" The vampire asked. "She bit you, turned you and left her coven for you not to mention that night in the shipping container" With those words he felt the vampires coven instincts. They were strong and he knew that loyalty to ones coven was put above all things.
Then why does she pull away from me?
"It is in her nature. You must give her time"The vampires voice was always similar to Selene's while the lycans reminded him of Lucian.
'No. Listen to me and not the weaker vampire. You need to prove to her she is yours and only yours' the lycan said and he felt both of the instincts starting to fight each other. HE winced at the splitting pain it caused.
Shut up! Would both of you just shut UP!
They backed down at his anger.
"Talk to her about it. I was part of her once and I understand. The lycan may be stronger but I am more clever and wise. She will claim she needs time and you will need patience but trust me when I say she will come around."
The lycan simply growled and said 'I was once a part of Lucian and loathe as I am to admit that she is right though things were much different with Sonja.'
Michael had this odd feeling over the next few weeks of running and waiting patiently for Selene to make sense of what was now her life, always watching over her in the daylight as she slept. The lycan and vampire started to agree with one another and see each others faults but also their strengths and it seemed they were also trying to help make up for the others faults. The vampire lacked the strength and ferocity of the lycan but it made up for it in speed and intelligence. Michael was able to transform faster and fight better the more they started to blend.
Till one night he could no longer feel them trying to fight the other one. In fact all he felt was one being. The Hybrid. It did not 'speak' to him as the vampire and lycan had separately but rather was... Him. It was hard to explain. The hybrid mind was still his mind but it was more instinctive and stronger. It didn't place thoughts but rather feelings. After a few days of this perfectly blended mind he knew that he did want Selene and that he was willing to wait till the end of time if need be. To the hybrid mind she was already his though and it wanted her though it too seemed willing to wait.
He woke up sensing the beginnings of dawn. They had been in the safe house for about half an hour and Selene had volunteered to keep watch until dawn so he could get some rest. She was not aware of the vigil he kept over her every day while she slept. The hybrid demanded he protect her. Even if she was able to face sunlight now.
"Selene?" He asked seeing her slouched over by the window, deep in thought as usual.
She half turned her head to look at him and went back to looking at the sky which was growing lighter. It was a large window and he walked over and stood beside her watching the sun slowly rise.
"I haven't watched the sun rise without fear in over six hundred years." She said.
"I haven't paid enough attention to it over the last few years. Doctors are almost nocturnal anyways." He said just now realizing the irony that he of all people would become a lycan-vampire.
"I never realized it before but I've missed it. It has brought back some human memories. Good ones."
"Like the time you and your sister went riding horses before dawn and stopped by the creek to watch the sunrise?"
"How do you know about that" She asked her head snapping up in surprise.
"Memories. Lucian s are more dominant and frequent but a few of yours slip through. I saw what happened the night you turned"
She looked away and he could see the pain etched across her features.
"I felt your pain too. It's really stuck with you hasn't it?"
"Yes"
"You don't need to forget them Selene but you don't need to mourn them any longer. Remember the good times and sometimes it hurts less."
"How would you know?" She asked cold fury rising in her voice.
"Samantha" He said shrugging.
She was silent for a moment. "I'm sorry. I forgot you'd lost someone you loved."
"I was too. You know what though? I think I've moved on. I'll always love Samantha but I don't mourn her like I used to. The question is, can you do the same?"
"When did you become so wise?
"About three or four days ago. The vampire and lycan part of my mind have sort of... Blended."
She nodded. "Your scent changed. Just slightly" He had explained to her what it was like at first. The clouds had started turning red and orange and the sun was peeking over the horizon.
"I think I can, move on." She said and sighed.
"Remember them during the happy times and forget the bad times."
"Easier said then done"
He hesitated for a second and then rested a hand on her shoulder "But it can be done. If you are willing to let them go"
She didn't pull away from him like he had expected.
"I think I can." She smiled slightly. "Thank you"
He didn't move his hand and she didn't tell him to. Inside the hybrid was rejoicing at this one small step.
The sun rose and Michael noticed Selene's eyes lit up like Michael had never seen. For once a true smile appeared on her face and Michael smiled. It may take awhile but slowly Selene was starting to come around. He could wait until she was ready to accept the feelings he knew she had for him.
Selene sighed and gently removed his hand and crawled onto the bed. Michael sighed. It was nice while it lasted.
"Michael" She said from the bed. "Why do you watch me every day? Don't think I haven't noticed"
He wasn't even sure himself. The hybrid part of his mind just demanded he do so. Lucian's memories had given him a little insight though. "It's in my nature now. lycans were the daylight guardians of the vampires and it was that way for so long it became instinct."
She was silent and he could tell she was thinking.
"and..."
"And?"
"I...well... erm... I care about you."
She was silent. He feared he had just ruined anything his patience had gotten him with her but when he looked at her her look like the one when she was going to become withdrawn. It was just thoughtful and she seemed to be considering something.
"I..." She started then stopped. "Never mind"
"No. What were you going to say?"
"Nothing"
"Tell me."
"no."
"Fine. I won't be nosey"
She curled up and after a few moments her breathing changed and he knew she was asleep. One small victory for Michael and one giant victory for the Hybrid. He would wait. She wouldn't be able to hide behind her icy exterior for much longer.
