I have all the old handwritten stories marked with tabs-pink for ones worth posting and yellow for ones that aren't worth the paper they're written on. This is the only pink tab left in the black notebook. What's going to happen to the other five yellow tab stories left in it-I don't know yet. They would take some major work before they are worth putting up. As for this one...I remember writing this one not long after the episode "Spellbound". This story is a direct result of what happens when a character gets mentioned in a series and never seen again. I just have to know some sort of back story even if I have to make it up myself. So this is my take on why Raven came into possession of Rorek's book that Malchior was trapped in.

Blood Lust-Part 1

He has used the book many times over the years to lure out unsuspecting sorceresses-they always made the best prey. It must be the magic in their blood he muses as he enters the Dark Rose Cafe. He looks around bemused as he wonders if this is the kind of place that young magic wielders frequent these days-or nights in his case. It has taken him quite sometime to locate this one. She is a powerful one indeed he realizes. He stops watching her sitting alone in a dark corner with a book in hand. There is more to her than just magic he realizes. He can smell the scent of her blood from all the way across the room. It is powerful-intoxicating-not entirely human. He is surprised that no one has tried to claim her in her short life. He desires more from this one than just food...he wants a companion and equal to help him rule the world. If she refuses there are ways to make her serve him. Finally he crosses the room and makes his way over to her.

Raven looks up annoyed as a shadow falls over her-the people here know to leave her alone. Especially when she has come here to get some peace from the immature teenage antics of her teammates. Just why she feels she has outgrown them over the last several years is beyond her. One look at the handsome man before her is enough to make her forget why she came here in the first place.

"You look lonely. I thought perhaps you might allow me to keep you company."

"Sure." Raven watches him almost entranced as he takes a seat. He seems almost familiar somehow with his long white hair and striking blue eyes.

"Is something wrong?"

"Oh-I'm sorry...I didn't mean to stare. Its just that you look so familiar."

"I would remember if I had met someone as beautiful as you."

Raven looks down-sure that she blushing. She finds herself wishing that she had left the hood of her cloak up.

"This is something that you have never been told before?"

"No."

"It is something that you should be told and often. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Rorek. I just moved to this city."

She knows that name from somewhere-but she can't quite place it. It is as if a fog has come over her mind blocking out all but the two of them. She tries to shake it off as she realizes that he is waiting for a reply. "My name is Raven."

"Such a dark and mysterious name. It suits you."

"So-Rorek-how do you like it here in Jump City?"

"I haven't seen that much of it yet. I was hoping to find some one willing to show me around."

Raven inexplicably finds herself quite taken by the young man's charms. "I could show you around."

"I would like that."

"When do want to do it?" She blushes fiercely from her poor choice in words.

"How about now? If you're free of course."

"I am...but there isn't much to see in the dark."

"I beg to differ. I love the night-I find it is the time when a city really comes to life." He stand up and holds out his hand. "Shall we?"

Raven takes Rorek's hand and lets him lead her out of the cafe.

I just love teasers. None of the chapters for this story are very long come to think of it. It was written back when I still wrote short stories.

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