Oblivion's Light

Chapter 1 Vampire Heart

A fiery urge pulsed through his veins; it was time to feed again. The adrenaline pumped through his veins and his canines ached with need, he must find a victim soon. He waited in the shadows of the dark alley for potential prey. Then, there it was, his opportunity for a meal, she had short brown hair, and large blue eyes. She was about fourteen and wearing a dainty pink dress, she was carrying a bag filled with some sort of food, and she seemed to be lost and scared. Perfect timing…As she walked past him he glided from the shadows, his silver hair gleaming in the moonlight, his aquamarine eyes glowing eerily. Riku began to follow her as she wandered around in the dark helplessly. The girl froze momentarily and slowly turned her head around, looking rather scared, searching for possible stalkers. Seeing nothing, she turned around and began walking again. She could have sworn, from the hairs rising on the back of her neck, that someone was following her. Riku smirked as she turned her head back around, and dropped his glamour; humans were so easy to fool. She began hurrying forward, more eager to get to wherever she was going; she felt as though eyes were burning into the back of her head. As the nervous child rounded the next corner into another alley, Riku began to smile, this was the climax, and he would have his meal. He turned the corner right after her, but he was puzzled; she was nowhere to be seen. He stopped for a moment and looked around; there was a flight of stairs right next to the corner. Of course, Riku sighed, No human could get away from me like that. He began quietly climbing the stairs in search of his prey, smiling the whole way. This seemed to be an apartment building, as he climbed the stairs he passed up red doors with gold numbers hanging in the center. Just up ahead he heard voices, one was his prey, the other….was a boy. Damn, I can't get them both without creating a stir, Riku looked around the corner in search of the two voices. As he thought, his prey was talking to a boy, but the boy captivated Riku, it was a sort of light emanating from him. This boy seemed to be about seventeen, his hair was brown and spiked out at odd angles, his eyes were dark blue and innocent, his skin was soft and creamy, and such a wonderful scent rose from him. Riku could practically taste him, but somehow he couldn't bring himself to think of ever hurting this beautiful creature, never would he want to put a mark on his perfect skin. Riku had forgotten all about his prey, he could care less about her at the moment.

"Hi Sora, I came to visit you! I just thought you might be lonely. I even made you dinner; I thought maybe we could eat it together!" She said happily. He would never be lonely with me, Riku thought, but just after he thought that he was appalled, what am I thinking?! He's a mortal!

"Thanks Kairi, but you really didn't have to do this you know" Sora smiled apologetically, taking the food from her hands.

"It's not a matter of me having to do it, it's because I wanted to! I really care about you Sora." She smiled and blushed sheepishly. She then hugged Sora.

"Thank you Kairi, you don't know how much this means to me" and he hugged her back. Riku was fuming, how dare she touch such perfection! She would have had her hands cut off if she were in my coven, just for that! "I've been having such a hard time lately; it is friends like you that help me get through it all"

"Sora there's something I want to tell you" She blushed and suddenly became shy. Oh no, Riku thought, surprised, please don't tell me she's about to do what I think she's going to do. There is no way in hell I'm going to let her!

"What is it Kairi?" Sora asked innocently, completely oblivious to what she was about to say.

"Sora I-" she started, but a rather large house cat came screaming through at that very moment. "Eeep!" Kairi squeaked. After a moment both Kairi and Sora calmed down from the shock, Sora looked at his watch.

"Oh! Kairi it's getting really late, you've gotta get home!" Sora exclaimed.

"You're right! I lost complete track of time! Can I use your phone to call my mother? I got this strange feeling someone was following me on the way here, and I would rather have her come pick me up" Kairi asked sweetly.

"Of course you can, just hold on a minute I'll go get it" Sora said and retreated back into his apartment. This left Kairi all alone, Riku would have taken her right then and there, but he didn't want to hurt the poor brunette in any way, even if that meant not killing that poor excuse for a girl. Right now he really wanted to rip her throat out, but he resisted. Before too long Sora was back outside with a white cordless phone in his hand. "Here you go! Call away!"

About fifteen minutes later Kairi's mother pulled up and Kairi waved goodbye to Sora. After she drove off, Sora yawned and retreated back into his apartment. Damn, Riku thought, disappointed by losing sight of the spiky haired brunette, why is he so captivating? I'll just have to study him some more. Riku walked back down the stairs and found the other side of the building where all the windows to the corresponding apartments stood. Which one is his? Riku looked around, there it is! Strangely enough Sora's window was the only one currently lit. Riku began to float upward toward the young brunette's room and stopped just one fire escape below it. He did not want to be seen floating up to his window, he didn't want to scare Sora, he wanted to observe. He climbed up the little steps on the fire escape, put up his glamour so Sora could not see him, and sat on the little metal balcony watching him. There wasn't much to little Sora's apartment, just a bed with no frame lying in a corner, a worn out little white dresser with the paint peeling from it, and a few clothes lying on the floor. The kitchen was rather small, it looked as though it could only fit one person inside. Riku felt pity for Sora, this was no real way to live. Riku wanted to help him so badly, never in three hundred years have I felt such pity for a human, not since I was one. He watched as Sora unpacked the dinner Kairi had prepared for him and began to eat it quietly at his shabby little table. Seeing this tore Riku apart, and enticed him that much more.

Sora finished eating, got up, and washed Kairi's dishes. He yawned and looked at his watch, it was half past ten. I need to rest, Sora thought. Sora removed his watch, then his shirt; he plopped down on his bed and stared up at the ceiling for a while. Things will get better, I know they will, Sora thought.

Riku watched him from the window, he's even more beautiful than I thought, and he's soft but nicely toned. I can't help but stare. Riku ogled Sora for a while longer, soaking in his beauty.

For some odd reason, Sora felt as though he was being watched. He looked out the window leading to the fire escape, he couldn't really see anyone. The air around it seemed to blur a little though; Even though Sora could not really see them, he felt as if someone were there. Sora got up from his bed and opened his window; he stuck his spiky head outside.

"Who are you? I can't really see you but I know you're there! Come out!" Sora yelled. How can this be? Can he see through my glamour? That's impossible!! Sora reached out to his invisible form as if to grab him. Riku easily dodged this feeble attempt, and Sora just looked harder for any sign of movement.

Finally giving up, Sora pulled his head back inside, I'm just seeing things that's all. Great! Just what I need, I'm hallucinating. I don't have enough money to buy medication. I just need to take it easier from now on. Wait, who am I kidding? I can't take it easy, Sora thought grudgingly. Sora turned out the light, walked back to his bed and plopped down. He looked to his right at a picture of his brother. In the picture it was a bright sunny day, a younger, more innocent, Sora sat next to a younger blonde child whose hair was almost as spiky as his older sibling's. They both sat smiling in a field of green grass with mud all over their hands and faces. Sora smiled faintly, I miss you brother, wherever you went. Sora wrapped himself in his blankets and slowly nodded off to sleep.

Riku watched for a moment longer, to make sure the brunette was asleep, and then quietly opened the window. He crawled through, and stopped to look around the room in its moonlit state. Even a place like this could look wonderful in the moonlight. Riku walked over to Sora's bed and stood there, looming over him for a time. Then, all of a sudden, the hunger gripped him once again. Oh no! I forgot all about this! I can't let this happen, not here, not with him so defenseless! He looked down at Sora, he was so enticing, I can't do this to him. Riku laid his hands on Sora, as soon as he touched him his chest throbbed painfully. What was that? Riku put his hand against his chest; there was a slow rhythmic beat. My heart?! His chest was now aching from the beating of his unused heart. How could this be? Suddenly his hunger had disappeared. He felt warm as if he had just newly fed; he hadn't felt this energetic in decades. The platinum haired vampire looked down curiously at Sora, Interesting…Riku laid his hand on Sora's forehead using his power to help keep Sora asleep. He picked Sora up from the bed and went out the window. He stood on the balcony for a moment and covered both himself and Sora in glamour, and then jumped off the balcony. They floated slowly down to the ground and Riku smirked and he ran off into the night with Sora in his arms.