As Good as Dead

by muzic-wolf

The world has changed. Vampires lurk in the shadows and are hunted my Shadow hunters. In the midst of a perfect society, there is chaos. Liliane has always had everything, except free-will. She is trapped in a world of greed and fake smiles. Will she ever escape? How can she possibly fall in love through all of this? Can vampires and humans ever find peace? Read and find out...

1. Prologue

A/N: My second Romeo and Juliet fanfic. Yaaaaay! Anyway, this is just an intro, but its important to the story, obviously. I know that its short but I hope you like it anyway.

*Year - 3015*

In the year 2055 scientists made a break though. A cure for cancer. They healed millions. But this cure came with a price... and it wasn't money. The cure gave you immortality. It gave them the ability to heal in seconds if injured. But it also gave them the thirst for human blood. They had created uncontrollable, thirst-driven vampires. Not long after, the cure was destroyed. But the "cure" remains in the blood of the vampires.

These vampires weren't like the ones you read about in stories. The only similar thing is that they did have fangs, but only when they fed. Other than that, the only thing that set them apart was their eyes. Bright purple with a ring of blood-red around it.

They didn't bite you to inject their venom. If they bite you, you were as good as dead, and you didn't need to drink their blood to become a vampire. In order for a vampire to change a human, they had to take their blood and inject it into the human. Once injected, the human became a vampire. The urge to kill is strong when they are first changed and once they make their first kill, there is no stopping them.

Many of the vampires fled to the shadows in the outskirts of town, fearing themselves. But others stayed. Their desire changed them into monsters. They lost all their humanity.

In a desperate attempt to save the human race, the government hired a special group of people to kill the vampires. Shadow hunters. The only thing that can kill a vampire is to slit their throat with a pure silver knife. Pure silver burns them

Over 90 decades later, it seems that all the vampires are dead. Society is thriving and the cure has been perfected, with no more side effects. Everything is... perfect. But the shadow hunters remain, always there, but never seen.

It has been said that there are some vampires who are seeking peace with the humans, but is it true. If so, could humans and vampires ever truly live in peace?

A/N: How was it? I hope you enjoyed my insight into the world of vampires. Anyway: review, favorite, and follow. Did I mention review? XD

~ muzic-wolf