I know what you're gonna say: "Dammit, not another GW vampire 'fic!! This is an idea from 3 years ago. Believe me, I was hesitant to put this up, as I was afraid someone had this idea. So I go to ff.net and DAMN!!! So many vampire fics!! I skimmed ALL of them, and thankfully, none are like this (I hope). Anyway don't sue me, I have no money. And this takes place in an alternate universe, where Duo and Quatre are related. Enjoy! ^_^
Dark of Night
Chapter 1
"C'mon! We need to get away from this crowd!!"
Quatre Raberba Winner sighed, trying in vain to lift his heavy trunk. He had everything he owned in there.
Duo Maxwell looked around, a wide grin on his face. He turned to his cousin, who was still trying to lift the trunk. "Use some muscle!!"
"It's too heavy!!" Quatre complained. He gave up and started dragging it on the ground.
"You're the one who packed so much."
"And YOU'RE the one who decided to go on a trip around the world!!"
"What else are we gonna do with the money grandma gave us in her will?"
Quatre stopped. A pained look crossed his face, and Duo gave himself a mental kick. Their grandmother had been their only living relative. After she died, neither could stand staying in that empty house without her. So Duo came to the conclusion that they should travel with the money they were given. There was nothing else to spend it on.
"Let's get to a carriage," said Duo, trying to drop the subject.
Quatre nodded, the light coming back into his eyes. "Yes. I'm tired, and need some rest."
"WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!" Duo screamed, hanging out the carriage window.
"Duo!! Stop that!!!" said Quatre.
"Why?!"
"Act civilized!!"
"I never do!! Why should I start now?!"
"Just get in here!!!"
Duo sat back down and pulled out a pad of paper and a quill pen. "Okay, we've been to London, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, and Warsaw. Now we're in Romania. After here will be Moscow, Beijing, Kyoto..."
Quatre stared out the window, barely hearing Duo's words. After their grandmother died, he felt so empty. Not completely empty, thanks to Duo, but empty. Like a kitten, lost from its mother.
Why did you have to die and leave us, Grandmother? He thought sadly. When my parents died and my aunt and uncle, you took care of us. Now we're all alone in the world. We have each other, but we need more than that. Much more...
Suddenly, the carriage stopped. Duo stuck his head out the window. "What is it?"
"This is as far as I go," said the coachman.
"WHAT?! The town is two miles away!!!!"
"That town is cursed. I won't go as far as this."
"You mean we have to WALK?!"
"Either that, or ride on back."
"Fuck you!! We didn't pay fifty bucks for you to stop two miles away!!!"
Minutes later, Duo and Quatre stood on the dirt path with their things. The carriage was riding away.
"Asshole!!!!!" roared Duo, and he threw a rock at the carriage.
Quatre sighed and reached for his trunk. "Let's go."
"I know...cheap son of a bitch..."
"Duo!!"
"What?!"
1 hour later...
Quatre gasped for air as they reached the town. It was bustling with activity.
"Thank God!!" heaved Duo. "We made it."
"We need to find an inn," said Quatre. "I really need to sit down."
"Shit, me too!! C'mon, let's go!!"
The two look through the busy people, trying to find any inns. Quatre found himself admiring the cloudless sky.
"I'm just glad it didn't rain. If it did, then..." his voice trailed off as his eyes settled on something in the distance.
A dark castle. Dark cloud surrounded it, and it looked like anything but happy.
Duo also saw the castle. "Damn, who lives there? Some noble?"
"I dunno." Quatre looked at the people around them. They seemed oblivious to the castle.
"Let's ask." Duo grabbed a man who was passing by. His eyes were strangely narrowed, but they were full of cold amusement. "Hey, who lives there?" he pointed to the castle.
The man followed his finger. "The sky? God does."
"No, I mean the castle."
"Castle?" a strange emotion flickered in his eyes for a moment, then they returned to their normal state. "I know not what you mean. I see no castle."
Quatre looked at the man, then at the castle. "How couldn't you? I can clearly see it. Very dark, with dreary clouds around it."
"I don't see a thing. Now, if you'll excuse me..."
Duo let go of him. He turned to Quatre. "What's going on?"
"Do you two need a place to stay?" asked someone. They turned to see a young woman. "I have rooms."
"Oh thank God!!!" cried Duo. He grabbed his things. "C'mon, Quatre!!"
Quatre grabbed his trunk. "Um, thank you Miss..."
"Dorothy Catalonia."
"Miss Dorothy."
Soon, they were settled into their rooms. Dorothy invited them into her parlor to have tea. Quatre was very polite, while Duo munched on the lemon tarts.
"So, you two have seen the castle," said Dorothy as she sipped her tea.
"Yesh," said Duo, his mouth full of lemon tarts.
"We have," said Quatre. "I've seen many noble castles, but none as disturbing as that."
"You mentioned that your grandmother had noble lineage. Did she live in a castle?"
"No. She had a large mansion on the coast of Maine." Quatre sighed sadly and put down his teacup. He forced a smile. "Don't mind me, I just miss her."
"Understandable." Dorothy reached for the platter that held the lemon tarts to find to empty. She shot Duo a look, who tried to look innocent. "I shall get more." She took the platter and walked out.
"She seems nice," said Duo.
"I guess so," said Quatre, sipping his tea.
"So...she your type?"
"Duo!!" Quatre set down his teacup. "She isn't!!! In fact..." he stopped himself before he said it. He couldn't tell Duo THAT...
Dorothy walked in, carrying more lemon tarts. "You know, that castle isn't what it seems."
"What do you mean?" asked Quatre.
Dorothy sat down, and set down the platter. "It's cursed."
Duo nearly choked on the lemon tart. "C-cursed?!?!"
"Yes...it does harbor nobles. But these nobles are from times in which you wouldn't know."
Quatre sat there, confused. Then he tried to come to a conclusion. "Oh, I see. They have a bloodline spanning from centuries ago."
"That's not what I meant. You know the Renaissance, the Dark Ages, and the Enlightenment? They were alive to see them."
"Damn, they must be too old for comfort," said Duo.
"Yes, they're old. But none of them look a day past twenty."
"WHAT?!?!" cried Duo.
"How can that be?!" demanded Quatre.
"Because they are immortal. Vampires."
Quatre slowly mouthed 'vampires'. He shivered slightly.
Duo shook his head. "Okay, enough games!! You're scaring my cousin!!"
"It's the truth," said Dorothy. "Vampires, witches, werewolves, shapeshifters, zombies, ghouls...they are real."
"This isn't funny."
"Am I laughing? It is serious bad luck for a human to see that castle. Serious."
Quatre downed his tea like he was drinking alcohol. He tried not to be scared. "How do you know all this?"
Dorothy stood. She pushed the cuff of her dress away from one of her wrists. A strange marking was on it. "This is the mark of familiars. I was a human familiar to those vampires. But once I was done serving my duties, they allowed me to leave, as that was my wish."
Duo's jaw dropped. "Y-you..."
"Now do you believe me?" she reset the cuff and started to walk from the room. "I only have one thing to say for you...pray that they don't know you two know." Then she left.
The two sat there, not saying anything. Then Duo forced out a laugh. "HA!! She had me there for a second!! That was a pretty scary story, huh?"
Quatre sat silent, his thoughts hanging on her every word. Vampires...
That evening...
The sky darkened, as it became night. The halls to the castle looked empty before. But now its inhabitants were awake.
In the main room, there were seats facing the front. They were on a slope, and at the top were two seats for the heads of the castle. There were soft murmurs as the vampires entered the room, climbing the stairs on the slope to get to their respective seats.
Zechs Marquise took one of the seats at the top. He surveyed his fellow vampires as his lady, Lucrezia Noin, took the seat next to him.
There were lots of seats, and at one point in time all were filled. But humans grew strong, and killed most of their clan. Two rows down from the top, another couple seated themselves.
Wufei Chang looked around the dimly lighted room, his face set with a stern expression. Beside him, Sally Po was tying his slightly long strands of hair into knots and he didn't notice.
In the row below them, the remaining three vampires seated themselves. Heero Yuy sat on the far side, his expression neutral. Trowa Barton seated himself near the center, his half-sister, Catherine Bloom, sat next to him.
Since they were all assembled, Zechs decided to start things off.
"How fares everyone this evening?" he asked.
Everyone answered mutually. Suddenly, a human familiar entered the room and knelt in front of the rows.
"Franz, what is it?" asked Heero, his obvious dislike for the human present in his voice.
Franz held a cold grin as he stood up. "I have good news. Two humans saw the castle."
"Really?" said Noin. "Just two? I would hate if it were a large group."
"No, milady. Just two."
Wufei sighed. "Two? If it's women, I won't take any part in the 'fun'."
Sally rolled her eyes. "You and your trivial ideals..."
"They aren't trivial, woman!!"
Catherine sighed. "Here we go again..."
"Just show us the image you got," said Trowa. "We haven't got all evening."
"As you wish, milord," said Franz. He took his pin off his jacket and walked to the glowing sphere nearby. He put it in, and an image shown.
For three minutes, all that was seen was the townspeople, who couldn't see through the spell put up. The castle was invisible to their eyes.
There was a slight shaking, and a young man's voice spoke up. "Hey, who lives there?" there was more movement as Franz turned, and a young man with a long brown braid and cobalt blue eyes appeared. He pointed to the sky, and Franz turned. The image portrayed what the townspeople saw; a blue sky.
Franz spoke. "The sky? God does."
Sally bit back a laugh from the pun Franz had said.
"No, I mean the castle."
There was murmuring amongst the vampires. The boy with the braid saw it.
"Castle? I know not what you mean. I see no castle."
"How couldn't you?" a new face appeared. Another young man, but this one had short platinum blond hair and sapphire blue eyes. "I can clearly see it. Very dark, with dreary clouds around it."
The boy with blond hair saw it.
"I don't see a thing," said Franz. "Now, if you'll excuse me..." the image ended.
"They're staying at Dorothy's inn," said Franz.
"And they're so cute too," said Catherine. "It's such a shame. They must be from out of town."
"I agree," said Sally. "Travelers, I guess. A little young..."
Zechs sighed. "It has been a while since we had some fun, hasn't it?"
"Yes," said Noin. "It has been a while."
"Well, I think a little fun won't hurt us."
Catherine laughed softly. "A little fun...this should be fun, huh Trowa?" she turned to her brother, but his eyes were fixed on the sphere. "Trowa?"
He didn't answer her. Catherine looked down the row to see Heero was also looking at the sphere.
What's wrong with them? She wondered.
Sally giggled and stood, pulling Wufei up with her. "It is a nice time to go for a stroll! And Wu-chan definitely needs it. Being cooped in a castle can wear someone down."
"Don't baby me woman!!!!" snapped Wufei.
"So it's decided," said Zechs. "Tonight, those boys will be our prey."
Wow, I'm glad I got this up!! Don't fret, there's more to come as I plan on making this looooooong!! Please R&R this fanfic, and tell me what you think!! No flames, okay? ^_^
Dark of Night
Chapter 1
"C'mon! We need to get away from this crowd!!"
Quatre Raberba Winner sighed, trying in vain to lift his heavy trunk. He had everything he owned in there.
Duo Maxwell looked around, a wide grin on his face. He turned to his cousin, who was still trying to lift the trunk. "Use some muscle!!"
"It's too heavy!!" Quatre complained. He gave up and started dragging it on the ground.
"You're the one who packed so much."
"And YOU'RE the one who decided to go on a trip around the world!!"
"What else are we gonna do with the money grandma gave us in her will?"
Quatre stopped. A pained look crossed his face, and Duo gave himself a mental kick. Their grandmother had been their only living relative. After she died, neither could stand staying in that empty house without her. So Duo came to the conclusion that they should travel with the money they were given. There was nothing else to spend it on.
"Let's get to a carriage," said Duo, trying to drop the subject.
Quatre nodded, the light coming back into his eyes. "Yes. I'm tired, and need some rest."
"WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!" Duo screamed, hanging out the carriage window.
"Duo!! Stop that!!!" said Quatre.
"Why?!"
"Act civilized!!"
"I never do!! Why should I start now?!"
"Just get in here!!!"
Duo sat back down and pulled out a pad of paper and a quill pen. "Okay, we've been to London, Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, and Warsaw. Now we're in Romania. After here will be Moscow, Beijing, Kyoto..."
Quatre stared out the window, barely hearing Duo's words. After their grandmother died, he felt so empty. Not completely empty, thanks to Duo, but empty. Like a kitten, lost from its mother.
Why did you have to die and leave us, Grandmother? He thought sadly. When my parents died and my aunt and uncle, you took care of us. Now we're all alone in the world. We have each other, but we need more than that. Much more...
Suddenly, the carriage stopped. Duo stuck his head out the window. "What is it?"
"This is as far as I go," said the coachman.
"WHAT?! The town is two miles away!!!!"
"That town is cursed. I won't go as far as this."
"You mean we have to WALK?!"
"Either that, or ride on back."
"Fuck you!! We didn't pay fifty bucks for you to stop two miles away!!!"
Minutes later, Duo and Quatre stood on the dirt path with their things. The carriage was riding away.
"Asshole!!!!!" roared Duo, and he threw a rock at the carriage.
Quatre sighed and reached for his trunk. "Let's go."
"I know...cheap son of a bitch..."
"Duo!!"
"What?!"
1 hour later...
Quatre gasped for air as they reached the town. It was bustling with activity.
"Thank God!!" heaved Duo. "We made it."
"We need to find an inn," said Quatre. "I really need to sit down."
"Shit, me too!! C'mon, let's go!!"
The two look through the busy people, trying to find any inns. Quatre found himself admiring the cloudless sky.
"I'm just glad it didn't rain. If it did, then..." his voice trailed off as his eyes settled on something in the distance.
A dark castle. Dark cloud surrounded it, and it looked like anything but happy.
Duo also saw the castle. "Damn, who lives there? Some noble?"
"I dunno." Quatre looked at the people around them. They seemed oblivious to the castle.
"Let's ask." Duo grabbed a man who was passing by. His eyes were strangely narrowed, but they were full of cold amusement. "Hey, who lives there?" he pointed to the castle.
The man followed his finger. "The sky? God does."
"No, I mean the castle."
"Castle?" a strange emotion flickered in his eyes for a moment, then they returned to their normal state. "I know not what you mean. I see no castle."
Quatre looked at the man, then at the castle. "How couldn't you? I can clearly see it. Very dark, with dreary clouds around it."
"I don't see a thing. Now, if you'll excuse me..."
Duo let go of him. He turned to Quatre. "What's going on?"
"Do you two need a place to stay?" asked someone. They turned to see a young woman. "I have rooms."
"Oh thank God!!!" cried Duo. He grabbed his things. "C'mon, Quatre!!"
Quatre grabbed his trunk. "Um, thank you Miss..."
"Dorothy Catalonia."
"Miss Dorothy."
Soon, they were settled into their rooms. Dorothy invited them into her parlor to have tea. Quatre was very polite, while Duo munched on the lemon tarts.
"So, you two have seen the castle," said Dorothy as she sipped her tea.
"Yesh," said Duo, his mouth full of lemon tarts.
"We have," said Quatre. "I've seen many noble castles, but none as disturbing as that."
"You mentioned that your grandmother had noble lineage. Did she live in a castle?"
"No. She had a large mansion on the coast of Maine." Quatre sighed sadly and put down his teacup. He forced a smile. "Don't mind me, I just miss her."
"Understandable." Dorothy reached for the platter that held the lemon tarts to find to empty. She shot Duo a look, who tried to look innocent. "I shall get more." She took the platter and walked out.
"She seems nice," said Duo.
"I guess so," said Quatre, sipping his tea.
"So...she your type?"
"Duo!!" Quatre set down his teacup. "She isn't!!! In fact..." he stopped himself before he said it. He couldn't tell Duo THAT...
Dorothy walked in, carrying more lemon tarts. "You know, that castle isn't what it seems."
"What do you mean?" asked Quatre.
Dorothy sat down, and set down the platter. "It's cursed."
Duo nearly choked on the lemon tart. "C-cursed?!?!"
"Yes...it does harbor nobles. But these nobles are from times in which you wouldn't know."
Quatre sat there, confused. Then he tried to come to a conclusion. "Oh, I see. They have a bloodline spanning from centuries ago."
"That's not what I meant. You know the Renaissance, the Dark Ages, and the Enlightenment? They were alive to see them."
"Damn, they must be too old for comfort," said Duo.
"Yes, they're old. But none of them look a day past twenty."
"WHAT?!?!" cried Duo.
"How can that be?!" demanded Quatre.
"Because they are immortal. Vampires."
Quatre slowly mouthed 'vampires'. He shivered slightly.
Duo shook his head. "Okay, enough games!! You're scaring my cousin!!"
"It's the truth," said Dorothy. "Vampires, witches, werewolves, shapeshifters, zombies, ghouls...they are real."
"This isn't funny."
"Am I laughing? It is serious bad luck for a human to see that castle. Serious."
Quatre downed his tea like he was drinking alcohol. He tried not to be scared. "How do you know all this?"
Dorothy stood. She pushed the cuff of her dress away from one of her wrists. A strange marking was on it. "This is the mark of familiars. I was a human familiar to those vampires. But once I was done serving my duties, they allowed me to leave, as that was my wish."
Duo's jaw dropped. "Y-you..."
"Now do you believe me?" she reset the cuff and started to walk from the room. "I only have one thing to say for you...pray that they don't know you two know." Then she left.
The two sat there, not saying anything. Then Duo forced out a laugh. "HA!! She had me there for a second!! That was a pretty scary story, huh?"
Quatre sat silent, his thoughts hanging on her every word. Vampires...
That evening...
The sky darkened, as it became night. The halls to the castle looked empty before. But now its inhabitants were awake.
In the main room, there were seats facing the front. They were on a slope, and at the top were two seats for the heads of the castle. There were soft murmurs as the vampires entered the room, climbing the stairs on the slope to get to their respective seats.
Zechs Marquise took one of the seats at the top. He surveyed his fellow vampires as his lady, Lucrezia Noin, took the seat next to him.
There were lots of seats, and at one point in time all were filled. But humans grew strong, and killed most of their clan. Two rows down from the top, another couple seated themselves.
Wufei Chang looked around the dimly lighted room, his face set with a stern expression. Beside him, Sally Po was tying his slightly long strands of hair into knots and he didn't notice.
In the row below them, the remaining three vampires seated themselves. Heero Yuy sat on the far side, his expression neutral. Trowa Barton seated himself near the center, his half-sister, Catherine Bloom, sat next to him.
Since they were all assembled, Zechs decided to start things off.
"How fares everyone this evening?" he asked.
Everyone answered mutually. Suddenly, a human familiar entered the room and knelt in front of the rows.
"Franz, what is it?" asked Heero, his obvious dislike for the human present in his voice.
Franz held a cold grin as he stood up. "I have good news. Two humans saw the castle."
"Really?" said Noin. "Just two? I would hate if it were a large group."
"No, milady. Just two."
Wufei sighed. "Two? If it's women, I won't take any part in the 'fun'."
Sally rolled her eyes. "You and your trivial ideals..."
"They aren't trivial, woman!!"
Catherine sighed. "Here we go again..."
"Just show us the image you got," said Trowa. "We haven't got all evening."
"As you wish, milord," said Franz. He took his pin off his jacket and walked to the glowing sphere nearby. He put it in, and an image shown.
For three minutes, all that was seen was the townspeople, who couldn't see through the spell put up. The castle was invisible to their eyes.
There was a slight shaking, and a young man's voice spoke up. "Hey, who lives there?" there was more movement as Franz turned, and a young man with a long brown braid and cobalt blue eyes appeared. He pointed to the sky, and Franz turned. The image portrayed what the townspeople saw; a blue sky.
Franz spoke. "The sky? God does."
Sally bit back a laugh from the pun Franz had said.
"No, I mean the castle."
There was murmuring amongst the vampires. The boy with the braid saw it.
"Castle? I know not what you mean. I see no castle."
"How couldn't you?" a new face appeared. Another young man, but this one had short platinum blond hair and sapphire blue eyes. "I can clearly see it. Very dark, with dreary clouds around it."
The boy with blond hair saw it.
"I don't see a thing," said Franz. "Now, if you'll excuse me..." the image ended.
"They're staying at Dorothy's inn," said Franz.
"And they're so cute too," said Catherine. "It's such a shame. They must be from out of town."
"I agree," said Sally. "Travelers, I guess. A little young..."
Zechs sighed. "It has been a while since we had some fun, hasn't it?"
"Yes," said Noin. "It has been a while."
"Well, I think a little fun won't hurt us."
Catherine laughed softly. "A little fun...this should be fun, huh Trowa?" she turned to her brother, but his eyes were fixed on the sphere. "Trowa?"
He didn't answer her. Catherine looked down the row to see Heero was also looking at the sphere.
What's wrong with them? She wondered.
Sally giggled and stood, pulling Wufei up with her. "It is a nice time to go for a stroll! And Wu-chan definitely needs it. Being cooped in a castle can wear someone down."
"Don't baby me woman!!!!" snapped Wufei.
"So it's decided," said Zechs. "Tonight, those boys will be our prey."
Wow, I'm glad I got this up!! Don't fret, there's more to come as I plan on making this looooooong!! Please R&R this fanfic, and tell me what you think!! No flames, okay? ^_^
