Author: So sorry guys, I had to get this out of my head. I don't know how far I'll go with it, I don't really have a real plot line for it yet. We'll just have to see where this goes! ^_^
Black eyes stared hungrily at her from the shadows. " What do you want with me?" A short blue haired girl asked, watching the eyes with her own sea foam green ones. Fear raced through her body, quickening her pulse rate with each passing second.
She saw pale hand reach towards her, palm up. The girl saw his fingernails were painted black as he beckoned to her with her fingers. " Come, little one." She heard a cool deep voice say.
" Why?" The girl whispered trying to calm her nerves.
" I've been looking for you for a long time." She saw a set of dazzling white teeth flash at her as the being in-front of her grinned at her. The most noticeable of the teeth were the two exceptionally sharp canines. " You know exactly why."
Ai Newgate shot up on bed suddenly, gasping for breath. Cold sweat rolled down her face as she looked around her room hurriedly. " Stupid dreams…" She grumbled in annoyance, running her hand over her face. She around her room once more, taking in every feature, reassuring herself that the being in her dream wasn't there.
Ai groaned softly as she curled up under the thick warm covers of her bed. It'll be time to get up soon. She didn't want to, it was nice and warm and comfy in her bed right now. She formed a comfy little nest the fur lined blankets and pillows. The soft cotton of dressing gown slid gently across her body.
She looked around her room, taking in the fourteenth century decor and smiled. She loved her room. The black and blue flowing drapes, the beautiful black hardwood furniture, the soft rugs on the stone floors. She closed her eyes and savored the peace, everything was pleasant in her home at the moment.
That was until she closed her eyes and saw a pair of black eyes glinting back at her. Ai felt herself curl up into a ball and begin trembling. The dreams were an omen of sorts. Someone was coming for her…someone strong.
" AIIIIIII!" She jumped at the sound of one of her brothers outside her door. " IT'S TIME TO GET UP AND GREAT THE DAAAAAY!"
" Go away, Thatch." Ai mumbled knowing very well that he could hear her. " I want to sleep."
" But we need to get ready for the day!" The voice, Thatch, said eagerly.
" Thatch, you're a vampire, you're not supposed to be happy about daylight."
" Oh come on, Ai! You know very well that those are just superstitions that we tell to keep the simple humans from knowing the truth about us."
" You're a goof, now go away."
" Little sister, you're human. Which means you need sunlight to thrive. Now come out or I'll have to come in there."
" Go away, my bed is comfy." She said curling into her blankets.
" Sunlight and fresh air!"
" Go away, Thatch!" Ai said smiling into her pillows.
" Don't make me come in there!" Thatch said.
" Go. Away!" Ai retorted unfazed by his threat.
" You asked for it! I'm sending in the fiercest warrior we have!" Thatch yelled throwing open the door as a white blur darted past him. " STEFAN! ATTACK!"
" WOOF!"
" GYAH!" Ai squealed as a wet tongue licked her face happily. The white blur turned out to be a white terrier dog with a white mustache. " STEFAN! STOP! THAT TICKLES!"
" SICK HER, BOY! NO MERCY!"
" SHUT UP, THATCH! STEFAN, CEASE! DESIST! " Ai laughed as Stefan flopped on top on her, panting contently. " See! He likes me more!"
" Oh the betrayal!" Thatch said woundedly.
" Is she still in bed?" A lazy voice said. Thatch turned to see a man with a blonde mohawk standing behind him. " You had one job, Thatch."
" Shut it, Marco! You know how stubborn she is in the morning!"
" Oi! Get your skinny little butt up, twerp!" Marco said walking in and reaching for the blunette only to have Stefan growl at him.
" Hah! I have an adorably fluffy bodyguard!" Ai said with as much sass that she could muster.
" Know this, little sister, Stefan won't be able to protect you for long!" Marco said cheekily. " You'll eventually have to pee and that! That is when I'll get my vengeance!" Ai spat her tongue out at the blonde.
" Seriously, you guys are supposed to be vampires, go sleep or something!"
" It's breakfast time, twerp! Get your butt out of bed or you'll go hungry!"
" Breakfast?" Ai said hurriedly, shooting up in bed. She felt her stomach growl loudly making Stefan woof at her. " Let's go get something to eat before Vista and the others eat everything in sight, Stefan!"
" Woof!"
Lifting the dog hurriedly up into her arms Ai flung the blankets off her and darted bare foot out of the room.
" She's so easy to manipulate." Marco said grinning lazily.
" Food is a driving force for children her age."
" At least she's healthy in that sense." Thatch said. " Growing up in Coven of Vampires I was worried she might be a little odd with human customs."
" I wonder how she can possibly eat so much and still be that short." Marco laughed.
" What I'm curious about is how she can eat so much and not get fat." Thatch said walking down the corridor.
" Well she does train a lot so that's probably how she burns it all off."
" Either way, I pity the man that she marries." Marco said. " She'll either kick his ass or he'll starve from her eating all the food."
" Marriage? HAH! Pops is never going to allow her to get married!" Thatch said. " Well he might, but he's gonna have to prove he deserves her. If he fails…and hurts her, then we'll need a good place to hide the body."
" Geez boy, what am I going to do with you?" A tall man with shaggy black hair and a long mustache said. He glared down at a teen boy with shaggy black hair and freckles asleep in a king size bed. " Still abed at this hour. Waisting the day away, you could be doing something." He grabbed the blankets and jerked them backwards to reveal two girls, one a red head the other had pink hair, both naked and curled around the boy.
" Never mind…" The man said tossing the blankets back onto the boy. He walked out of the room, a slight blush on his cheeks. " I'd rather spend my day the way he is in all honesty."
" Roger!" A cheerful feminine voice said happily. The man looked up to see a beautiful woman with long curly strawberry blonde hair and freckles bounce up to him. She stood on her tip-toes and delivered a soft kiss on his cheek. " Good morning, love!"
" Rouge," Roger said calmly, wrapping an arm swiftly around her small waist. " You're awfully chipper this morning."
" Of course I am!" Rouge said happily. " It's our adorable boy's birthday! He's seventeen now! I can hardly believe it! It's seems like only yesterday he could fit right her!" She pointed to the crook of her arm, smiling in excitement.
" Yes, he definitely won't fit there anymore." Roger said nuzzling her neck gently. " How about we celebrate his birth by reenacting the night we made him?"
" Roger! Not right now!" Rouge giggled a pink blush appearing on her face. " I need to give him his birthday kiss!"
" It can wait, love."
" Oh no it can't! He's my baby and deserves a happy birthday kiss right when he wakes up!"
" Trust me, dear. He'll get his birthday kiss this morning…eventually…"
" What are you talking about?"
" Trust me when I say this, love. He'll be fine with you delaying that kiss a few hours." Roger said wrapping his other arm securely around her waist. " Me on the other hand…I may positively disintegrate if I don't get to taste those beautiful lips of yours."
BAM!
" Hands off, old man." A disgruntled male voice said. Rouge looked up to see the dark haired teen boy from earlier.
" Ace! My sweet baby boy!" Rouge said hugging the boy happily, kissing his on the cheek. " Happy Birthday!"
" Thank you, Mother." Ace said hugging her gently.
" Now!" Rouge said happily hugging her son lovingly. " Let us talk about you find your Bride."
" Mother please, not this again." Ace groaned. " I'm not looking for that."
" Oh baby, I just want you to be happy!" Rouge said patting his cheek gently.
" I'm perfectly content, Mother."
" Content is not happy, Ace." Rouge said hurriedly. " Finding your Bride is different the being content. An unexpected bliss falls over you when you find her."
" Mother, I am perfectly fine with how I am." Ace said politely, kissing her hand gently. " I'm in no hurry to find a mythical Bride."
" Brides are not mythical, Ace!" Rouge said sounding slightly offended. " I'm your father's Bride after all."
" This is true, I fell head over heels the moment I saw her." Roger said pulling Rouge into his arms securely. " Finding your Bride is something you'll know instantaneously. It'll feel like you've been slapped with a boulder and like you're drowning unanimously."
" I have no desire to be in that kind of pain." Ace said coolly.
" It's a pleasurable kind of pain." Roger said grinning eagerly. " One that you'll experience every time you see her."
" Then I really don't want to feel that ever."
" Trust me Mah boy, you'll enjoy it."
" I'll be fine never finding said Bride."