Prologue

Darkness – it always had an air of charm. Its slithering aura was more than enough to send chills to even the bravest of souls. But still, there were beings who were forced to live in the darkness and get accustomed to it as light was too powerful for them and would indeed crush them at molecular level. What would it like to be to live with those 'cursed' existences? He had always wondered and this thought made him shiver with excitement. A Being with tremendous power at his/her disposal - it seemed like too good and cool to be true.

He had caring parents, a good sister and loving friends - still why? Why was he attracted towards darkness? Was he evil at heart or was he a monster deep inside whose animalistic desire only craved destruction and blood?

Little did he realise that his life would take such a U-turn when he went for that fateful school trip. His moments of being a human were subjected to a count-down, the minute his best friend unlocked that coffin and let out the monster trapped inside. Not only was his friend drained as a whole, the monster massacred the whole of their bunch and was still craving for blood.

Finally, its eyes latched on him. "You will be my final dessert", it growled and rushed at him. He came to know what fear was for the first time in his life. He heard the chattering of his teeth and bones and closed his eyes awaiting the inevitable. But the fangs never landed on him for it stopped short at a strange marking on his lower arm.

Like someone who had received a shock, the monster jumped backwards and its glance pierced his soul. After a while, it said, "what is a pure-blood doing amidst humans who are its food?"

He was irritated at the derogatory remark and though he was shivering, he gathered his courage and replied back, "if you leave me now, I promise that I will get stronger in due course of time and fight with you on equal grounds. I will show you that humans are not to be under-estimated in any respect even though I am not sure whether I will be able to survive."

"Very interesting perspective, boy and I would love to see it." The creature laughed thunderously which made it look even more menacing. In two leaps, it reached the boy and sent a beam of light from its palm towards him. The beam circled the boy's neck and adorned it as a necklace.

"This noose will tighten as the days go by and if you do not come on the day that you have promised and offer yourself willingly as food to me, you will die from being drained. That is my curse." The creature roared. It brushed its greenish white mane, stretched its huge wings and flew away. The boy could not help but stare at the distant speck disappearing in the horizon.

Meanwhile, a beautiful lady was resting in her chamber and was glancing at the portrait of a young man in her room.

"Natsu, do you even remember me? How long are you going to keep me waiting? If you do not return by this full moon, I will have to select another soul-mate. I would rather starve myself to death than offering myself to another. So, please do return within a week, Natsu." She sobbed.

"Lucy, are you even ready for the ball?" She heard her Aunt's voice from the door. She wiped her tears and went on to get ready. Little did she know that a pair of dark hawk-like eyes were watching her union with Natsu….

"Jellal, Acnologia's assistant, Zirconis has been freed from his shackles and has woken up from his centuries of slumber. You know what will happen if it gathers four of its comrades and locates the 'cursed' prince, right? The elderly person spoke with a firm voice though he was shaking inside.

"The world will be driven to apocalypse." The tall azure-haired continued after a brief pause with conviction in his eyes. "I take it that you want me to locate the 'cursed' prince and execute him before he reach his full power."

"It is not that simple. We want you to find and execute all his kin and their soul-mates, so that no one remains to carry forward the legacy." Hyberion's firm voice echoed in the huge hall.

The man called Jellal nodded and he knew why the task was given to him. He was one of the most powerful with an undefeated record. His eyes gleamed with battle-lust as it had been a while…

"Erza, how long are you taking to serve the guests? " An elderly lady was yelling at a beautiful girl with red hair.

"You should be grateful to us for even giving you a job as you are the daughter of a murderer. Who knows when you are going to kill us? I don't even feel safe around you. How many times should I remind you to dye your hair black? God, that awful hair reminds me of your origins." The innkeeper lady thundered.

Erza knew all this before. So, she did not cry. She knew it was her fate to be like that until her death as she did not deserve to be loved. That was until she ran into a powerful vampire who turned her world topsy-turvy…..