Chapter 1: Malefic Vision

"Light of my life, I've come to see you"

Ahri beamed at the sight of Ethan entering through the door. The young man had captivated her heart and soul. She had met him while visiting his art gallery held in Demacia, while she was touring there. From their first conversation, she knew they were meant to be together. Time would only confirm that feeling.

Ahri felt his loving embrace, as he passionately left a trail of kisses on her neck, while her body trembled in pleasure.

"I crave your touch, truly, but we cannot indulge today, my love."

Ahri's words were sincere, he could tell, yet they still stung sharp.

"Another bad day for essence harvesting?"

"I'm afraid so. I haven't killed enough on the rift. My summoner isn't being himself lately. This is the third week already."

Ahri let herself feel his embrace a little longer before lowering her arms back away from him.

"I don't care. I want you now."

Before she could protest, he sealed her lips with a kiss, melting their tongues together. Igniting her desire, she forgot all about the world, and lost all grasp on logic. Perhaps the essence she had harvested from the rift was enough for safety, she thought.

They moved slowly to the bedroom, his hands unraveled her white robes, letting them fall on the ground. She couldn't resist his touch, burying her hands into his thick chestnut hair while his tongue caressed hers.

He shoved her onto the bed and started shedding his clothes. Her body sank into the soft mattress. Ethan's hands moved underneath her, caressing her back, and holding grasp of her entire body. He slowly pushed her body up, and gently pressing it to his own as he left a trail of kisses on her neck, moving down to her plentiful breasts, his teeth slowly sank in her tender flesh as his tongue grazed her nipple. Ahri moaned in pleasure, he knew what she wanted.

He moved back up one last time to seal her lips with a kiss, before moving down. She stopped him for a moment, holding his head to burn his face into her memory.

He let her stare for a moment before he grinned. "Are you done feasting your eyes?"

"God, how can I resist you anymore" Her expression gave away her melting heart.

She felt his warm breath slowly moving down her body. Every breath that tickled her skin brought her a little closer to euphoria, before his tongue touched her clitoris, forcing a scream of pleasure out of her throat. Her hands sank into his hair, grabbing it as if holding on for dear life, her body trembled with ecstasy as he devoured her, until she reached her limit. She arced her back, lifting her body into the air while she felt like she would come out of her skin.

"That was marvelous." Her tone was full of malevolence.

She had lost herself in delirious pleasure that she no longer was herself. Her primal nature took over.

As her body burned with pleasure, Ahri's primal nature was the only thing dictating her action. She was unable to think, she was only able to feel, and she felt hunger, she wanted the sweet life essence. She used her charm, and all the love in Ethan's eyes faded. He frantically penetrated her and moved like a mindless beast, without technique, and without any form of genuine interaction. By the end of it, he was dried to a husk.

The scene around Ahri started to fade. The room, changed and she found herself walking an unfamiliar road. Dead trees, carved to resemble tormented faces scattered on both sides, all facing towards her. The voice echoed once more, sending a chill down her spine.

Ahri, I am waiting for you…find me.

It was Ethan, the man whom she had just killed.

I thirst for your love…

Confused, she had no choice but to move down the road. The feeling of someone watching her was overwhelming. She kept glancing behind her, yet there was nothing but darkness. She was trembling with fear, the more she walked, the more frightening the trees became. As she moved forward, the feeling of being watched became more and more powerful, until she could no longer take it. Ahri stopped.

Ahri...are you abandoning me?

The voice had a creepy tone to it this time. A little distorted from what Ethan would sound like. She knew whatever called for her was not her dead lover…not in his human nature, at least. Screams started to rise from behind her, she glanced back to see the ground faltering, breaking into pieces and falling into oblivion, swallowing the road and the trees into an endless bottom, quickly gaining on her. Ahri started running, but the ground was faltering much faster than she could run, it eventually caught up to her.

Ahri fell down, and for the first time she paid attention to the sky. It was completely dark, not one star appeared in it. The sky then ripped open, only to reveal two gigantic eyes, glowing red as if they were windows in the pits of hell. Jagged teeth distorted into the scariest smile she had ever witnessed. Such massive monstrosity filling the sky and staring directly at her, as if looking into her soul. She had never experienced such fear…Was she in hell?

Fear overwhelmed her as two claws surged towards her and impaled her body. Pain washed over her. As she closed her eyes, the pain subsided. She opened her eyes to find herself standing in front of a pool of water, the dead body of Ethan floated face down on the surface of the water.

The echo returned.

Ahri, light of my world…Did you miss me?

There was not a shred of humanity in that voice anymore. Ahri panicked, she took a step back but her back hit an invisible wall. she was trapped with him.

Is this how you return my love? You Monster!

The voice was now plain demonic.

She looked at the corpse in horror while the head started to turn, as it completed the 180 degrees turn, the same hellish eyes that gazed upon her from the sky, the same teeth were on her lover's face. The corpse floated and the claws touched her cheeks. She screamed in agony, then opened her eyes to see the ceiling of her room. It was another nightmare. This time, she couldn't move despite being awake. She could feel a heavy breath on her neck. As she rolled her eyes to her right, it was the demonic Ethan there, smiling, drooling.

He inched closer to her, his breath smelled of sulfur. With a virulent chuckle, he buried his jagged teeth into her neck, her body was violently shaken with pain. The moment she moved, everything vanished. She was hallucinating.

Ahri sighed in frustration. "Hallucinations, too. Is that another blight I have to live with?"

The league of legends have blinded her to her dark past. She had grown complacent to the way it allowed her to siphon essence without murder and deception. For the longest time, she didn't need her powers of seduction, and had forgotten what it felt to siphon essence through sex. Until she met Ethan. She was smitten by him, hopelessly in love. She was never a danger to him as long as she siphoned enough essence through the institute of war, then she wouldn't need to take away his. Until that fateful day, where her world broke apart under his captivating vigor. It had been a month since she had killed him. It haunted her dreams every lonely night, and seemed to go from bad to worse. She didn't know for how long she could endure such suffering without going insane. She had truly loved him, and now she had to live with the fact that he died in her arms.

Every lonely night reminded her yet again that she was a monster that shouldn't be loved. She wanted to forget, she wished for the first time that she had remained a fox. There had to be a way to let go of the pain.

Her summoner might be able to help, or perhaps Malzahar could help her, although she feared he would ask her allegiance in exchange. He had attempted to recruit her before.

Then a thought crossed her head.

Malzahar…are these malefic visions his doing? She would find out today.

Ahri went to her closet and grabbed a towel. She had a long day waiting, and she needed a hot shower to clear her head.

Ahhhhriiiiii...I will find you!

She could swear the whisper was real and not just in the back of her head.