Author's Note: Well this is my second fan fiction that I've posted here, though I'm still working on the other one. I got this idea spontaneously one night and just started writing. I do hope you like it! I think this one is going to come out to about 8 chapters, but you never know.
Oh, and one more thing, the characters in this story are vampires, but they can go out into sunlight, just a little change from the usual!
Disclaimer: Not my characters or anything, but my story!
Chapter One
On top of a vastly green hill, overlooking a large village town sat an enormous gothic mansion. The crimson bricks distinct below a midnight black roof, large glass windows glinted in the autumn sun along every story of the manor. This was the home of Crimson Dawn Vampire Clan's leader and his family. The Crimson Dawn's were one of the two most powerful vampire clans, and had been for over 10 centuries. The Yagami's were one of the eldest vampire families of their time, so naturally, they were the selected family to rule over the lands own by the clan.
The current leader was one Soichiro Yagami, but he was getting to the age where it was accustomed for the leader to pass on their power to their eldest child.
In one of the many drawing rooms of the mansion sat an 18 year old boy with clean cut, straight, light brown hair and piercing dark eyes. He sat, one hand under his chin, his elbow leaning against the arm rest of the comfy black velvet couch. He stared outside at the many maple trees set across the lawn, their branches nearly bare, waving in the light breeze.
He sighed and frowned as he waited impatiently for the arrival of his father. He looked out across the lawn to the village below, watching as two vampires strolled down the path, admiring the flowers in bloom.
The boy snorted with distaste. Happiness had never been a large part of his life. He always felt like he was only a tool, like a dog in a dog show, being led around on a leash and expected to be perfect with no fuss. He was suppose to be something to grow up and become the leader of the vampire clan, be married off to some wife of good blood, have children so that the line could continue, not mattering if he was happy all the while. It was a life he never truly wanted, but took to because he had no choice.
He was already engaged to a young, beautiful, vampires named Amane Misa, who his parents approved of even though she was a complete airhead. "She is willing to have many of your children" his mother would always tell him.
He had no feeling for the girl, and even disliked her a bit with her ditzy attitude and indecent attempts to seduce him. But he had no say in it, what did it matter to anyone else if he had to spend the rest of his life with her?
Suddenly, the door behind him opened and in walked a tall man with broad shoulders, graying dark hair, and a black mustache.
"Ah, Light, good to see you my dear boy," he said, smiling and striding over to meet his son and sitting down on the couch across from him.
"You called for me, father," said Light, not impolitely yet also not friendly.
"Ah, yes, well, you are growing up nicely and becoming a fine young man," Soichiro said, beaming at Light.
"Thank you," Light would have liked to have just said, 'get on with it, will you? I'm tired of all your bullshit. There was then an uncomfortable silence between them.
His dad seemed to realize that there was no beating around the bush because he then said, suddenly very business-like, "In one year, you will become of age, and take over this clan."
Light knew all of this, for he had been told it over and over again.
"As you probably know, things with the New Moon clan haven't been going so well, and we are both striving for power over these lands," Light knew this as well, the Crimson Dawns and the New Moons, the other largest vampire clan, had never gotten along.
"There is something you must do before you become leader though," his father continued. Light waited for him to say more. His father took a long sigh and finally said, "You are to kill the son of the current New Moon Clan's leader." Light's jaw dropped, he hadn't been expecting THAT.
"Why me? Why not send someone trained for something like that?" said Light coolly.
"Because you must show that you are strong enough to lead, not only this coven, but also both of the strongest clan's in Europe, if you were to kill him, it would show you can do practically anything, and you would have the throne for both clans," his father passed, took a deep breath again, the continued, "He is your only competition for this world and he is an easy target, if you overthrow him the path will be clear for you."
Oh course though Light bitterly he does not ask my opinion or include me in planning anything.
"How is he such an easy target?" asked Light, crossing his arms over his chest and looking stonily at his father.
"He has neither brothers nor sisters who could take up his spot if he were killed," his father said immediately, "and also," he sneered, "he seems like he could easily be seduced by someone like yourself."
Light suddenly jumped to his feet bewildered that he had heard such words uttered by his father.
"W-what?!" he said, dumbfounded, "You want me to seduce and murder some New Moon brat?!" he had never before lost his composure infront of either of his parents.
His father stood as well, their heights equal, and stared at his son.
"Yes," he said defiantly, as if that statement would decide it.
"B-but," Light spluttered, "you even said it yourself, he's a boy! Are you accusing me of being one of the unspeakables?!"
"Of course not! This is another reason why he is an easy target, he's a queer, one that isn't interested in women at all, he wouldn't know what hit him when you come along," said Soichiro admiringly to his son.
Light pursed his lips, trying to think of a good enough argument, did his father seriously expect him to stoop to the level of some-some weirdo?!
"But there's still Misa to consider," Light said, thanking whomever that she was good for something.
"The engagement will be extended, I'm sure she won't mind once she knows what it's all for. She would love to be the lead vampiress of two clans," his father smiled slyly as he saw comprehension working behind his son's face. He pushed a little further before Light could object and said, "Remember, if you refuse to do this, I can have you thrown out of this clan and disowned from this family, there is still you sister who could take up the thrown, and she already has a potential husband."
Great, not he's resorted to threats Light gritted his teeth, but finally, seeing no other way around it, said, "Alright then, I accept."
A few moments later, Light was closing the drawing room door behind him and set off down the corridor towards the human servants' room. His father had instructed him to tell get one of them to send a messenger bird to his cousin, Kiyomi.
The planwas for Light to go and live with Kiyomi Takada, his 20-something year old cousin. She lived alone on the outskirts of the New Moon village. He would stay with her while he came up with a plan for finding, seducing, and eventually killing who goes by the name 'L'. It would be much easy to get all of this done if he were in closer proximity to the opposing clan.
Light was just about to start up the stairs to the servant's room when he spotted someone coming down the stairs.
"Light," said a small woman with short brown hair and big brown eyes, like his own.
"Mother," he said, smiling slightly as she put her small hand on his cheek.
"So, your father has told you," she said sounding slightly downtrodden. Light nodded.
"I've just had a letter sent to Kiyomi, I explained everything to her," she said putting her hand down and interlace her fingers together.
"How did you know I'd say yes?" asked Light suddenly suspicious.
"I know your father," she said. Light nodded in understanding, then, "Do be careful," she didn't enjoy the thought of sending her only son off to enemy lands to murder someone.
"I will, don't worry about me," he said, trying to would encouraging. She smiled.
"There's something I'd like to show you," she beckoned to him and he followed her down the long corridor and through the doorway and into a small room flooded with sunlight. Being a vampire, the light didn't affect him the way the legends tell it, but it still made him feel uncomfortable sometimes. He much preferred the dark.
His mom closed the door as Light stepped into the room, looking around. He had never been in this room, even as long as he'd lived in this house. It was his mother's own private room, not even his father came in here.
It was small, yet with an air of comfort. With a stone fireplace, an antique wooden desk with several quills and rolls of parchment set on it, a comfortable looking armchair infront of the fireplace and several paintings hung on the walls. Light stood infront of the door, taking in the room as his mother busied herself with someone on the mantelpiece.
She took down a wooden box with elaborate designs on the side. Light watched as his mother sat down in the armchair and rifled delicately through the contents of it.
"Here it is," she said, drawing out something small that glinted in the sunlight.
Light walked foreword and kneeled beside the chair. His mother held out her hand where, sitting on her palm, was a small silver ring in the shape of a bat, the wings wrapping around to fit on a finger.
"Your father gave it to me after we were married, his mother had given it to him," she said wistfully, looking down at the little ring, "it's been passed down from other to son for generations, then the song will give it to someone they truly love," Light picked up the ring and turned it over in his fingers, watching the sun glint off of it and wink at him.
"Thank you mum," was all he could say. She kissed his forehead and smiled.
"Give it to the right person."
The next day was supposed to be the date of departure. He woke up early that morning to the sound of someone shouting and thundering up the stairs towards his room. Before he even had time to wrap his groggy mind around it, his bedroom door burst open and in a blur of blonde hair, someone landed hard on top of him.
"Wha-Misa?" he said tiredly as he looked up into the face of a round, childish looking girl with long wavy blonde hair and was wearing a short black dress and fishnets.
"Light!" she screeched in an annoying high pitched voice, "Light! They say you're going away and you won't be back for a while," she said this as if a while were the rest of her life.
Light sat up, rubbing his eyes, and pushed the girl gently off of him, she slid off of him and onto the bed covers and began to whine, "it isn't true, is it? You wouldn't leave Misa, would you?!"
"Yes, I am leaving, but I will be back," he said, wishing silently that he wasn't. She pouted, her lower lip jutting out.
"I'm sorry Misa, but I have it," Light said, getting out of the bed and heading towards his wardrobe.
"What if I came with you?!" she asked, perking up at the idea.
"No!" said Light sharply spinning around to look at her, "no, Misa, this is something I have to do alone, and it's to help our future anyway."
She clambered off the bed and scampered over to Light and put her arms around his neck, clinging to him as if her life depended on it, which Light was glad wasn't the case.
"You better not cheat on Misa while you're gone," she said, frowning again. Light had to restrain himself from rolling his eyes.
"Alright…now can you get out while I change?" he said, trying to pry her arms off of him.
"But we're almost married!" she said exasperatedly.
"But not yet," said Light, succeeding in pulling her off of him and taking a step back. She started to put again, but finally turned and left the room.
Light pulled open his wardrobe doors and took out a pair of tight black pants, a black tunic, and a pair of black boots. After pulling his ensemble on, he grabbed his cloak from the back of his chair by the door, thinking he probably wouldn't need it out in the autumn weather. He also grabbed his saddle bag and packed a couple of extra clothes and a blanket. Before he left his room, he slipped his mother's ring into his pocket, then set off downstairs.
He walked passed the dining hall and down the corridor leading to the kitchens, hoping to pack some food for the trip though it was only about a two day journey. He filled the rest of the space in his saddle bag with food that wouldn't spoil in the next couple of days.
He decided he better start to saddle up his horse, he would go say goodbye afterwards. But as he stepped outside under the shade of a large maple tree, he saw that his tall chestnut horse was already ready to go, its reins tied to a peg in the ground so it wouldn't run off. He walked up to the animal and stroked its neck, talking softly to it.
Just as he was untying the reins he heard the large oak doors to the mansion open behind him. He turned and saw his mother step out onto the top stone step and smile at him.
"I'll miss you," he said walking towards her and pulling her into an embrace. A tear ran down her face, but she put strong arms back around him.
"I will be back as soon as I can," he said into her hair.
"I know," she said trying to smile. Light looked up and saw Misa come running out the door and towards him. He let go of his mother and allowed Misa to hug him in a bone crushing embrace. He patted her lightly on the head as she pulled back. Tears were also running down her face. Light felt the bat ring lightly hit the side of his leg in his pocket.
"Bye Misa, I'll see you soon, bye mum," he put his foot in the stirrup and pulled himself onto the horse's back.
He took one last look at his mother, then Misa, and then looked up into the windows of the mansion.
His father was nowhere to be seen.
He turned his horse round and galloped off down the pathway and through the wrought iron gates. He continued a steady canter throughout the day, stopping every so often for a snack and to let his horse rest. Near nightfall, he stopped nearby a small forest, knowing he was at the edge of the Crimson Dawn's lands.
The next morning, he got up near dawn and started up his routine again after eating some cold breakfast and letting the horse off the reins to graze nearby.
It was only later that night that Light saw the first signs of a village. Following his father's directions, he turned west and followed a narrow dirt path, with trees on either side of it, up a small hill overlooking the village.
On top of the hill sat a little stone cottage, smoke coming up from the chimney on the other side. Its windows glistened from the flickering lights inside. He clambered off his horse once again, and led it over to a clump of trees where he tied it to a sturdy looking branch and walked over towards the door to the cottage. He knocked, the noise sounding strange in the near silence surrounding him. Before he had time to think twice about if this were the right house or not, the door was flung open and silhouetted by the light inside stood Kiyomi. Tall and pretty, with short dark hair and bright eyes, her face broke out into a smile.
"Light!" she said pulling him into an embrace, "It's great to see you," she let go of him and took in his appearance.
"You too," he said grinning at her. It had been a while since he'd seen his older cousin and she had been one of the few that he'd gotten along with relatively well.
"You've grown up well," she said grinning up at him, "Well come in, come in," she stood back to allow him to step into the warm, bright house.
But before he did, something caught his attention. He turned and saw what had caught his eye. An enormous gray and black, stone mansion stood at the top of the hill opposite where Light was standing, across the village. The New Moon Vampire Clan's mansion. He grimaced.
Author's Note: Well I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! I will be posting more soon, sorry this chapter was sorta a drag, it'll get better don't worry.