The Human and the Vampire
Prologue
Disclaimer: I do not own Moonlight
Once upon a time, there was a man who lived in a shining castle. Although he was fairly rich, had two close friends and work he was devoted to, the man was not fully satisfied with his life. He longed for something more.
But then, one summer's night, he met a woman who was beautiful and elegant. Within days of their first meeting, he married her and made her his wife. On their wedding night, she gave him a red rose as a symbol of their eternal love.
It was only upon that night that the man discovered the horrifying truth of what his wife truly was. She was not human. She was a very dangerous and very old vampire—the first and last of her kind, and also a powerful sorceress.
She had planned to make her husband like herself so they could be together forever. But he was horrified and unwilling to become a monster. Heartbroken, but determined, he cast her out and forbid her to come near him or his friends again.
But she warned him not to be deceived by his own naivety. For revenge and love can change a person in many, many ways. But when he dismissed her again, she changed him and his friends into vampires and placed a powerful spell on the castle.
He tried to stop her, but it was too late. She was unwilling to return what she had taken and fled from the castle. Ashamed of what he now was, the man concealed himself within his castle with an enchanted mirror as his only window to the outside world.
But Coraline, was far from finished with her now ex-husband. Several years later, having gone mad with loneliness and unable to sire another, she stole a little girl and told him to come and they would be a family. Unable to bear the thought of a child being harmed in his name, he went out.
He rescued the little girl from Coraline and made sure no one would ever be harmed by her again. From that moment on, he watched over the little girl and protected her from harm, but remained in the shadows where she could not see him.
The rose Coraline had given him, was truly an enchanted rose which would until his eighty-fifth year. If he could learn to truly love another and earn her love in return, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a vampire for all time.
As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a vampire like him?
