Blazing Lights by Maya Lark

Chapter One

Night gripped the sky with the threat of never letting go, the hopeful new beginning of daybreak being hours away. Not that I could feel the sun bring warmth to my skin, at least not a pleasant warmth anymore. Ahead of me bright cheerful lights filled with boisterous joyful cries of excitement and laughter fill the empty void. Someone at the edge of the festival started vomiting profusely, probably from too much fun. I could smell the alcohol from here, yards away at the edge of the woods. Another drunken young man laughed at the puker who couldn't hold himself together, offering him a water.

"This is no longer your world my dear. This is all meaningless now. The longer you wallow in this pitiful filth, mourning what you believe to be a loss, the more time you waste away," He appeared silently behind me whispering in my ear, his hair and breath tickling me. I wished to follow my old instinct and jump as I would as a human but instead I drop to my knees, bowing below my master.

"I wish I could let go but something is tying me here," I murmured guiltily, my cheeks would be blushing "I can sense something. Something inside of me can't turn away."

I could feel his disappointment and how much he disliked me here. We both knew I wasn't yet stable, yet here I was, escaped because I was drawn to this place. Like a moth to a flame. The place had so much meaning to me, it wasn't too long ago and here these people are. Pretending I never existed, that I was never their friend. I started shaking in anger and fear of myself.

"I hate to see you like this, much like how I found you. Come home with me little one, you have much to learn," his voice was stern and I found myself shaking even more as I fought getting up. Tears welled in my eyes, in my head I could hear myself screaming for help "Look at them Master. They've forgotten me. What they did to me, they need to pay."

"In time, now isn't the time." He put his hand on my shoulder and I collapsed onto the dirt crying. "When is the time. It's never time and never fair to me. I'm broken thanks to them and they're there. I can smell them, I can smell the liquor. What if... what if they try to hurt another girl?" He sighs as he picks me up "They're not here. You only smell them from your memories. We're going home. You need to rest."

Just like that we were back home. He laid me in his bed, this time chaining me so I can't escape again. I didn't fight the chains, I knew I needed them, but I also knew they couldn't keep me here. That I would find a way and get out of these as well if I wanted to. Somehow sensing my thoughts Master chuckled and shook his head "Say my name little one." Shaking my head I refused his command, I refuse to play his little game. Leaning in closer, his lips to my ear, I squirm to no avail.

Every night he changes tactics to get me to say his name, every night I fail. I refuse to give in tonight, I will not let my pride fall for a third time in a day. He nibbles my ear, attempting to seduce me tonight. His light touch lights me ablaze and I can't decide if it's delicious or dastardly. I feel heavy, a haze has befallen me and I feel myself falling asleep. Not wishing to give in and let my pride fall, I give one last attempt to not obey, only to look into his glowing red eyes and mutter his name as I fall into his manufactured sleep.

"Alucard."