Hey guys! This is a new series of one-shots set in different AUs. I wanted to try something different with the ShinRan pairing and I hope this works. Please sit back, drink some tea, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Detective Conan or their characters

Chapter 1: Horror

How the sweet fruity aroma of Ran's perfume juxtaposed the glistening wetness of her cheeks as she looked in horror at Shinichi. She was tired. More than tired, she was... sad. Just sad. That's what she was. She didn't know who she was anymore so now she would just be just-sad-Ran. The girl looked to her left to see Ai with her menacing pistols at ready, Sonoko with her eyes wide in shock and cross in hand, and Shinichi.

Oh dear Shinichi. She couldn't look him right in the eyes. She didn't know how to feel about him anymore after he had deducted what he believed was the most hardest truth to come about. The case... yes... the case itself was simple, it was the truth that was hard to take in, process, accept.

"Ran... You're not real..." he took a deep breath before continuing, "You're just a empty vessel that looks like the Ran I knew and loved. They changed you, Ran. They, those bastards, they took you and turned you into a murderer, a blood sucking murderer."

They had all gathered there for what Shinichi had told Ran to be their last Christmas party before he revealed the truth of the recent deaths in Beika Park. Everyone was there. The detective boys, Sonoko, Haibara, even Inspector Megure and his police unit. They were there to celebrate the festive season. Ran had not expected this to have been a trap set up by the detective she loved.

Ran's fists clenched, horrified at what Shinichi had said. "What are you saying Shinichi? Is this a joke? It's me! It is me!"

Shinichi shook his head, teeth clenched as he looked at her sadly, "You know that's not true. I've been denying it myself for weeks now."

"Please Shinichi, stop this nonsense. No matter how you look at it, that's Ran," Sonoko jumped in to defend her best friend.

"The vampires. They changed her. That's just a living corpse with Ran's memories." The words pierced Ran with every syllable. "Ran you're not heryou are a vampire.

And deep deep deep down, Ran really did know. Those nightmares of her and her blood soaked hands, face and teeth were not just images played out by her imagination. She knew it, deep down. Just chose not to accept it. Maybe if she suppressed those bad thoughts, she would become just Ran again. But no. Once hunger for human blood exceeded its limits, she would not be able to control herself. She would just wake up the next day, crimson soaked but beautiful, next to Shinichi in their bed, memories of the previous night all but gone.

And deep deep deep down, Shinichi really did know. Waking up next to her to find her beauty covered in red, never had his favourite colour taunted him so much. He shook it the obvious, remembering her strong sense of justice of never taking a life, and trying not to remember the recent news headlines of vampire outbreaks. He knew though, deep down. Just chose not to accept it. Not until it was too late, and he had caught her drifting off that night yes drifting with her long canine teeth and blank expressionless eyes. He had to confront the truth, the truth that had always been his friend that had now turned into his bitter enemy. Ah, no wonder she avoided the sunlight. His normally analytical mind had been hindered by his affection for Ran. But this was not Ran. It was a vampire. She It was not alive.

In the moonlight streaming from the large windows of the room, Ran's tears took over her. She trembled as she stood on the floor, alone, no one wanting to approach her or make a move. She clutched her hands and she shook until her teeth extended into the dreaded canines. Her eyes didn't turn red, no, they turned more orange, reminding Shinichi of a setting sunset shimmering its last rays before it set.

What now? Was he supposed to kill her, no not kill. She was no longer alive anyways. It was wrong and selfish of him to think, but perhaps he should not have revealed the truth. How much more harm would it have done? Even if one vampire had been captured, there would still be many others. He internally cursed at himself for thinking such thoughts. This was what was to be done. This was not Ran. Yet how could it resemble her so much...

Suddenly, Ran started convulsing as she was lifted up by a supernatural force. Her eyes rolled back and her arms flew behind and she opened her mouth in a silent scream. Haibara raised her weapon up, ready to shoot if necessary. Shinichi looked desperately at her, conflicted, and he caught a moment when she regained consciousness, just for a few seconds. In those few seconds, she looked at him serenely and smiled, before extending a wooden pencil and crashing it to the empty void that contained her heart.

He shouted, running to her. Why? Why did she do that? He took her in his arms, as she lost focus. "I let them take over me for a few months didn't I?" She laughed bitterly, "But I took me back."

"Shh, don't talk."

"I'm already dead, Shinichi. But now I'm dying as me. And I'll say what I didn't get to say before to you personally. I love you..." She squeezed his hand with her last amount of energy left and lay still, leaving Shinichi to crumple.

For the past few month, she had been a vampire, and though, subconsciously, he really did know, the vampire still contained the memories, dreams and aspirations of the woman that had become his wife.

I hope you enjoyed!