Hey everyone! This is a story I started writing a long, LONG time ago (like I posted the original story like literally a decade ago but my muses fell out of wanting to write on it after awhile *sweatdrop*). If anyone had read on my untitled Twilight story I had posted before, this is the same one. Except I'm going back and re-writing and updating some of it. Plus, I FINALLY thought of a name for the title! A reader once mentioned calling it Differences and Similarities. So thinking on that aspect but using similar titles as the Twilight series uses, this is what I came up with.
Anyway, enough of my chitchatting. Enjoy a somewhat revised/updated chapter.

Between Dusk and Dawn

-Chapter One-

"Come back here bastard," Selena growled in Makaian, the language of the race she belonged to as she followed her target she was pursuing at blinding speeds through the dense trees in the Olympic Peninsula. She was lucky it wasn't raining for the clouds actually had parted enough to let some of the deep black sky and silver orb of the moon to shine through briefly between the breaks.

"Only if you can catch me assassin," her target replied in Makaian as he jumped up into a tree and sneered looking back at her running after him before jumping down and returning to the blinding speeds only his kin were able to reach.

Selena snarled at how he was toying with her. She really hated to be toyed with and extremely hated it when she had to play chase with them. It was already bad enough she had to chase him through the rainiest place she could imagine that wasn't part of the tropics. It was rather cooler here and that also she disliked as well. She hated places that were too cold. But trying not to think of that and rather her target instead, she raced after him through the dense air, long raven black hair streaming out behind her as she swerved around and out of the way of the trees.

'Let me out and I'll finish him off quicker,' a darkly accented voice came from the back of her mind.

'Not now Raye,' Selena replied mentally back with a growl. She didn't want her darker half to have all the fun.

'You're no fun Selena,' she replied.

'Last I checked I wasn't meant to be,' Selena replied gaining speed and lessening the distance between her and her target. 'Now shut up and go back to sleep.'

'You'll need me,' she sneered in reply but Selena didn't answer so she fell quiet again.

Breaking through the trees into an open circle of meadow ahead, Selena saw her target standing there in the middle with his back turned to her; hands at his sides. She growled as she pulled out her sword from its sheath strapped to her right side.

"Give up yet?" she growled taking a step towards him in the pale moonlight coming down from another break in the clouds.

"Hardly," he replied turning to face her and smirked with one hand on his sheath and the other on the hilt of his sword. "Come and let's finish this so I can kill you."

"Not on your life," Selena growled as she rushed forward in her blinding speed bringing her katana up to attack.

"Hmph," he replied narrowing his deep brownish red eyes as she neared and pulled his katana out with blinding speed as well and sliced it through the air in level with her stomach.

Quickly dodging backwards from the swing before it were to hit her across the abdomen, Selena turned and ran at him again swinging her sword. He countered and brought his sword up quickly and the two clanged together with such force it made a loud ringing sound echo through the heavy air. Then with quick speed, each backed up and turned and lunged at each other again swinging their swords. He dodged Selena's attack just at the last moment and brought his sword up and slashed across her side through her long, black trench coat she wore over her black shirt and matching black pants.

Hissing in pain, Selena paused only a moment before turning and blocking his next attack with her sword as another loud clang rang through the air. This is why she wished she hadn't had to pursue him all the way to the human realm, and rather stay in her realm of Makai. It wasn't unusual to hear the clanging of metal once in awhile there when those like her went to take care of their targets. However humans didn't know or understand where the sound of such clanging would come from and start to wonder what was going on. She didn't need any of that right now even though they were miles away from the nearest town, Forks. As small as it was already she still didn't need any evidence that she or Vaelys, her target, had been nearby.

Shoving him backwards several feet with her strength, Selena rushed him quickly, swinging her sword and just barely grazed him with it. It was still enough to give him a nice small gash. He hissed in pain, running after her again, as he swung his sword once again. It landed a blow across her stomach making a gash to match the one on her side as he smirked. He didn't give her much time to react for he had already brought his sword to slash across the other side, running past quickly before turning and brought it up across her back diagonally from the lower left to the upper right side.

Giving a small yelp in pain at the sudden failing of her strength, Selena growled and sank to her knees, sword planted point down into the soft ground and leaned against it slightly.

'Let me out now!' Raye growled in anger at Selena getting hurt. 'Let me rip that bastard's heart out.'

'Not yet!' Selena replied mentally growling in frustration as she got to her feet and pulled her sword up and faced Vaelys, narrowing her deep but bright crimson red eyes. She knew that if she let Raye out, not only would she utterly destroy her target but she might want to have a bit of fun and that was hardly a good thing. Raye's fun consisted of killing anything and everything in her path when she was as pissed off as she was right now.

"Aw looks like you're weaker than I thought," Vaelys sneered before running at her again, swinging his sword in another attack. Selena blocked it as he pressed his blade against hers before he shoved her back a few feet. Then rushing at her, he kicked her in the side and she flew backwards several feet in the air before landing hard on the ground. He rushed her again and kicked her hard in the side once more knowing she was feeling it against her wounds as she gave a yelp in pain.

Selena was baffled by her sudden loss of strength. She had already had her fill of food, well rather blood, a couple of days ago. She knew that Makaian blood lasted much longer than human blood by a long shot. So why was she failing to fight him like she normally was able to do? She growled as he picked her up by the front of her shirt roughly, smirked, and let her go. It was only a small delay as he took a step backwards and brought his foot up, kicking her hard in the chest, and sent her flying backwards through the air.

Smirking, Vaelys watched as Selena flew through the air to the edge of the meadow and slam hard into one of the trees before sliding down towards the ground, blood smearing on the rough bark from her wounds. He sheathed his sword, running in a blur of speed up to her before she could get all the way to the ground. Grabbing her by the front of her shirt again, he pulled her away from the tree a couple of paces.

"You won't be needing this anymore," he said as he roughly pulled her trench coat off her and tossed it to the side where her sword had flown out of her hand. He reached to her side and pulled her sheath off her side as well and tossed it to the side.

"Bastard this ain't finished," she replied in a low growl but her strength seemed to be diminishing even more so she could hardly move. It didn't help with the loss of blood from her injuries either.

"Oh but it is," he replied pressing her back against the tree roughly and tilted her head to the side with one hand and leaned down so his cool lips brushed against her neck and she stiffened. "I wonder if your blood tastes as sweet as it smells." He gave a smirk as she tried to push him away but was too weak to effectively do so. Then he sank his fangs deep into her neck.

Selena couldn't move as the sudden sharp feeling of his fangs sank into her neck. She could hear Raye in the back of her mind screaming in rage of wanting to kill him and was attempting at pushing to the surface of her mind. But something held her back so she couldn't take over. Her strength gave out as he continued to drink away her blood and energy until she was so dizzy from the blood loss.

"Mmm. Just as sweet as it smells," Vaelys smirked softly as he pulled back from her neck. He brought her forward slightly before slamming her back against the tree again knocking the breath out of her and let go. Then he turned, picking up her sword and sheathed it again before grabbing her coat as well. "You won't be needing these anymore since you'll be dead soon from all that blood loss." He smirked, baring his fangs as his eyes glowed bright red from her blood he drank. "Thanks for the drink." With that he took a couple of steps backwards and disappeared in a black shimmer-like shadow.

Selena slid down to the ground against the tree to her knees and sat there unable to move as her head throbbed from getting slammed into the tree hard. Her other wounds throbbed in pain as well but she found herself unable to keep standing as he had picked up her things. Her mind was becoming fuzzy and despite finding herself going into unconsciousness, Raye's voice was silent instead of raging at the surface to be let out. By now she would've already taken over but there was nothing but silence. Only the wind picked up for a moment after Vaelys disappeared before darkness took over her mind and she fell into unconsciousness.


Well that's the chapter. It's fairly much the same as the other story but with a few things changed here and there. Please leave any comments and reviews as they are always welcome! *smiles*
And for any readers of my original story, I'm soooooo sorry I just upped and dropped it for all this time. *glares at the muses* Blame these little misfits over here not wanting to work on it at all. But this time I'm going to get them to follow through and finish it.
Anyway, I will work on getting the next chapter revised and post it as soon as possible! Thanks again for your patience!
Also, for those curious as to what Makaians are, I'll be explaining it in later chapters. Just got to wait until then. *grins*