Adrien walked down the dark path. Ever since he was old enough to sneak out of the fortress he called home he did. There were not many chances but whenever there was a chance he took it. That was exactly what he did tonight. There was no evening photo shoot scheduled and Nathalie left early so he was virtually unsupervised in his room when he made his escape.
He was currently walking down a path in a park often used for his photo shoots lamenting his life. He wished he could go to school, he wished he had friends, he wished he could have a choice in his life. Little did he know his wishes were going to be answered in the most horrible way possible.
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For months the police had been chasing the notorious vampire serial killer, Hawkmoth. He had resurfaced after being underground for fifty years and was once again threatening Paris. Unfortunately, Adrien didn't know about Hawkmoth being back because of how cut off he was. Unfortunately, Adrien was his next target.
Adrien sensed something was wrong a second before he was taken to the ground by someone tackling him from behind. He had no time to comprehend what was going on until he was flipped onto his back and a man shoved his hand over his mouth. The man, who wore a silver mask, violently wrenched his head to the side and bit down on his neck.
Adrien felt his life being drained from him by the fangs that were sunk into his neck and he did the only thing he could think of, he bit down on the hand, hard. The fangs left his neck as the masked man hissed in pain. The man quickly recovered and bent over again to finish drinking the blood from the boy but before he could bite again a light swept over the scene. "Hey you there, stop! Police stop!" The man hissed again and sped away.
The officer ran up to the kid on the pathway and fell to her knees. "Kid, hey kid. Stay with me kid." The officer turned to speak into her radio. "I've got a vampire attack in the park requesting officers from the Creature Division and EMTs. Come on kid. Don't die on me." Those were the last words Adrien heard as his vision went dark.
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Officers from the Creature Division arrived on the scene to see a young female officer holding the body of a boy she tried to keep alive. It took thirty minutes for the officers to calm the female officer, Emilie Jordan, and set up the crime scene tape. The on scene medical examiner was about to put the young boy's, Adrien Agreste's, body into a body bag to be transported to the medical examiner's office when he suddenly sat up and his eyes flew open. "Shit!" The medical examiner exclaimed as he scrambled back.
The only vampire officer on scene turned to look at what the commotion was about only to share the sentiments of the medical examiner. He used his speed to rush over to the now panicking child. He grabbed the boy by his shoulders and turned the boy's head towards him. "Calm down. Just breathe slowly, in and out, there you go." He decided not to mention to the boy that it was no longer a requirement for him to breathe. "My name is Officer William D'Arc. What is your's?"
"Adrien Agreste."
"Okay, Adrien do you remember what happened tonight?"
"I snuck out of my house. I don't get to go out often so I sneak out every chance I get. I was walking in the park and then this man tackled me from behind. He was wearing a silver mask and he bit my neck. He was a vampire. I thought I was going to die so I bit his hand. I think I tasted blood and then the officer came and he ran. I remember her looking panicked and saying something then everything was black." William was impressed. Most turned vampires remembered very little of them being turned, he couldn't decide if it was a gift or a curse for the boy.
"Okay Adrien I need you to stay clam. What I'm going to tell you may make you feel angry or sad or just check out, but promise me you will remain calm. Can you do that?"
"Yes?" Adrien said unsure.
"Tonight at roughly 10:30pm you died and at 11:15pm you woke up in transition into being a vampire." William and his partner, a siren named Bethany, watched as what little light the boy had in his eyes after being attacked die. They calmly led the boy to their patrol car where they placed him in the back seat and took off to the same hospital that the ambulance had minutes before.
Adrien had no awareness of what was going on. His mind kept going over the words Officer William D'Arc had said. And at 11:15pm you woke up in transition into being a vampire. Adrien was vaguely aware of a nurse putting something that felt like a juice pouch into his hand and telling him to drink and he did. That was the scene his father arrived to see his son looking at nothing, absently drinking from a blood bag as if he were not aware of the world around him.