In the far future where the style of the Victorian era has returned, the creatures of nightmares and legends have come out into the open and are living amongst us. This story will be of one particular Vampire. She goes by Marie. She has an aristocratic nature with fiery scarlet hair which is slightly wavy that reaches well below the small of her back. Her skin is not as pale as most of her kind but is still fair. Her eye color is the most interesting thing about her. It is similar to the midnight sun. She is one of the most elaborate of her clan, The Shikon Clan. The clan consists of many different creatures not limited to Vampires. The clan is very private but not very secretive about what they are, you can find a member at any time and any place. But that does not mean that they are unorganized. It is set up in a monarchy, it follows Queen, King, Lady, Sir, Knights, Subordinates, and ghouls. The King and Queen aren't married or related. It is simply a power title. It is the same with the Lady and Sir, they are the apprentices of the Queen and King. The Knights make up the rest of the head table. The subordinates answer to the knights and the knights answer to the Lady and Sir. They are the main two who speak directly to the King and Queen. The ghouls are basically the slaves of the monarchy. They were humans who were too weak to turn completely
The story opens up to a popular club named Maxi. It is popular amongst the night crowd. Marie enters the club scouting for prey. One the ground floor amongst the flashing lights she finds no one of her taste. She gracefully makes her way up the industrial staircase to the V.I.P lounge. She is recognized by the bouncer and waved inside. She sits at the bar and orders a red lotus. She takes her drink and moves to pay when a young man pays for her. He looks to be around 22, maybe a "famous" rapper. While he was busy paying she took her time studying him. He wore flashy jewelry and his white t-shirt glowed under the black lights. He then turned to Marie and flashed her a cocky grin she then noticed his shiny grill. She frowned, he was defiantly not her objective or even her type. He was too young to fit the description and too flashy to be wealthy. She turned and faded into the crowd of flashing lights and people. She walked to a small table with her drink and glances around the club. As she does she notices a man he appeared to be in his late 30's. He wore an expensive tailored suit. The jacket was folded over the back of his chair and that allowed her to notice that he kept himself in shape. On his table he had an almost untouched bottle of Sangiovese red wine. She smile to herself, she had found her target. She crossed her legs and gazed at him. It didn't take long for him to notice her, he gave her a wink and she smiled in return, though not enough for him to see her fangs. He then waved a waitress over. Marie looked away and found interest in the flashing lights. The waitress came to his table dressed in black latex kimono dress, it was short and she wore blue heeled sandals. She leaned down her sky blue hair falling over her shoulders. She took the glass he offered her, sat it on a tray and brought it to Marie. The waitress smiled as she approached her table her fangs shining. She leaned to whisper in Marie's ear. " He will not be an easy target Marie the Queen has given you this assignment directly, the clan could use his fortune and I know you could to. "Don't vworry dahling he vwill be mine in a weeks time". Marie said as she walked over to his table wine in hand. She sat at his table and they flirted for hours. At closing he gave her his business card for them to have a date on a later day. He offered her a lift home in his Royce but she declined. Just seconds after he left the waitress and another knight appeared behind her. She turned to them as in moments they were at the Shikon's Estate. The two knights waited by the door as Marie entered the Queens chambers. She bowed and told her of her progress on her assignment. The Queen smiled at this as she was pleased. " I knew you were the best for this mission, Hell you are best for everything my dear. Which is why you are my apprentice. His fortune would be a very nice addition to ours it would pay for the remodeling I have plans for…I hear windows and gardens are in this century, she said musing to herself. Marie shook her head at this smiling. As you can see the Queen before she assembled her own clan was a member of the Toreador clan, they were known as some of the most beautiful and glamorous of the Kindred, their main focus was of the Arts, that includes fashion fine art music and so and so. So she always remodels the clans estate to current fads. Her name is Angelique Valentine but most just call her Queen. But the King , Dimitri Murik, is very different he is from the Lasombra clan they were known as staying in the traditionalist noblemen ideals. He can be seen in his robes he has worn since the 1800's. " Marie I know you have plans of your own estate as well, the millions you will receive from his fortune will help that greatly.