Twilight
Prologue
Larva sighed as he resigned himself to sitting idly in a tree. Even though it was still spring, summer heat made things miserable and sticky. Larva mentally cursed his long black velvet robe. Thankfully, dusk was coming, and things would cool off somewhat.
"Poor little Larva, all hot and sweaty." A familiar voice taunted.
"Shall I cool him off?" a girl's voice asked.
"Go ahead. It'll be one less shinma to worry about." The first voice sneered. Larva leaped, just before the tree he'd been sitting in was impaled by ice.
"Reiha!" Larva thought, as more ice came at him, pinning his robe to the pavement. With a growl, Larva wriggled free of his robe, revealing that he had a gray tunic and black breeches and boots under it. A fraction of a second later, Miyu was by his side.
"Reiha! What do you think you're doing?" Miyu asked, as the ice maiden hovered over them, giving them both a malevolent glare.
"I'm trying to rid this world of the shinma, like you should be doing!" Reiha replied.
"What I do is none of your concern, Reiha!" Miyu snapped, as the sun started to set.
"Fascinating! So this is the infamous shinma Guardian!" a man's voice sneered, from the shadows.
"No…………….Not him! Not now! Miyu……………I must get her out of here!" Larva thought, as the owner of the voice appeared. With a desperate move, Larva grabbed Miyu and disappeared, leaving Reiha and the newcomer behind.
"Hmph. Seems that Larva's afraid of that other guy." Reiha's doll snickered, as the newcomer glanced up at them, making eye contact with Reiha. Even Reiha shuddered under cold gaze of the man. This was no ordinary man, nor was he a shinma.
"Who or what are you?" Reiha asked, quietly. The newcomer smiled, revealing a pair of sharp fangs.
"I am Cain. And I am a vampire." The man said, his very voice freezing the air around them.
"Cain………" Reiha murmured, transfixed by the vampire's eyes.
"Yes." Cain said, smiling when he saw that he had the ice maiden firmly in his power. Too late, Reiha's doll shouted in alarm, trying to get her to snap out of it, but nothing worked. It was too late for both of them.
