Oblivion's Light
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Chapter 2Rip out the Wings of a Butterfly
Riku soon arrived at his coven's current home. He was hoping that, perhaps, most of his coven was away feeding. Well, most of them were gone; being one of the most powerful vampires in his group he could easily sneak past them. The only bad thing about this would be that they would smell the sweet scent of Sora's blood and would attack like rabid dogs. For, if Riku, a three hundred and seventy-five year old vampire, would have such a strong reaction to him, the others would tear him apart. This was easily remedied, however. Being one of the higher ranking vampires, Riku got a room to himself instead of having to sleep in the basement with the others. (So if anyone tried to hunt the vampires while they slept the higher ranking ones would be able to stop them quickly). So Riku just rose to his window and entered through there. He laid Sora down on the one bed in the room. It was king sized with white sheets; sheer crimson drapes hung all around the bed. Sora looked so innocent and sweet lying there, unaware of his current position. Riku longed for such sweet innocence and naïveté, absolutely blissful and free from the cruelty of the real world. But eventually the world would crash down upon that sweet innocence and taint all that it touched. It truly hurt Riku to think such a thing could happen to him; that it had already happened to him. He was happy, at least, to know that Sora could sleep so pleasantly; with no nightmares to make him cry out in the night. I will make his life better, Riku thought, I will keep those nightmares away from those sapphire eyes of his. I'll give him anything he asks, even if it costs me my life. Riku stood there for a moment, then finally bent his head down and kissed Sora's forehead. Sweet dreams.
Riku walked out of his bedroom door, locking it behind him, and walked down the stairs. This manor had belonged to a rather wealthy family, a mother, father, and their only daughter. They had mysteriously disappeared about two-hundred years ago; however, they say that they still haunt this house. Typical humans, always coming up with some irrational story to scare their children.
As soon as Riku reached the bottom of the stairs he heard a high pitched squeak followed by, "Riku! You're back!" It was Isabella, the coven's little suck up. (Sorry, bad pun) She always followed Riku around like a love-struck puppy, wishing for her master to throw her a bone (Once again, bad pun). He knew the rest of the coven laughed behind his back about it, and it made him sick. If she doesn't stop soon I'm going to put that wench in her place. She pounced on Riku almost knocking him to the floor.
"Riku I'm so glad you made it back! What took so long? I thought maybe a hunter got you! I was so worried!" She whined and snuggled against his chest. Oh please, I know what you're after. You don't really care about me; you just want me to make sure you get what you want. Riku pushed Isabelle off violently and she fell to the floor with a nice thump. She looked up at him with a hurt face; her eyes misting with tears. Crocodile tears.
"Come now Isabelle you should know better than that, you are not supposed to touch me without permission" Riku smirked.
Isabelle smiled, "You're right that was foolish of me, I'm sorry Riku. Please forgive me" Ugh, I'd like nothing more than to behead you right now. Riku thought with disgust. She got up and dusted herself off, then turned to Riku and smiled. She was about to say something else when another vampire entered the room. He was tall, and dark skinned for a vampire. His hair was white and long; but his eyes, they were a freakish yellow color. This was Ansem, the coven's leader.
"Come now Isabelle, leave the poor boy alone. Don't you have something you should be doing?" Ansem asked calmly as he looked down on her condescendingly.
Isabelle thought for a moment, and then shook her head, "No I can't really think of anything I should be doing"
"Insolent child, I gave you the task of guarding the manor gates two hours ago!! And yet I find you in here shrugging off your duties so you may put your frivolous mind at ease?! Finish your duties!" Ansem yelled. With each word Isabelle shrank back in shame. She soon ran out the front door whimpering. Riku hated Ansem, but sometimes he really did serve a purpose for Riku.
Ansem turned to Riku, "So how are you doing my young prince?" Ansem smirked; he knew this little pet name of his would strike a nerve.
"Please do not call me that" Riku said with all the seriousness he could put in his voice.
Ansem smiled, "Oh Riku, do you hate me so much? Why, that I know of, I've never given you a reason to hate me," Yeah right, you've given me plenty of reasons to hate you. "Really Riku you should know better than to leave your mind wide open like that. You could get into real trouble with that spiteful mind of yours," Ansem smirked. Shit, I forgot, Riku knew that Ansem could read his mind at any given time unless he blocked him out. Guess he was just distracted by Sora.
"You still have much to learn my prince. Too bad you won't let me teach you" Ansem taunted.
"I am not your prince and I never was, nor will I ever be. I'll never let you so much as touch me!" Riku growled.
"Ha! Who ever said you had a choice in the matter? I will have you one of these days Riku, and you will be at my mercy," Ansem walked past Riku but stopped next to him and whispered in his ear, "Oh and one more thing. How is your little butterfly upstairs doing? Hm? You might to be careful; you know it's a crime to bring humans here without making them your servant. I may just have to rip his poor little wings off," and with that Ansem walked away laughing. Oh no! Please not Sora! Riku sprinted upstairs and unlocked the door just to find Sora sleeping quietly as ever. Riku checked his pulse to make sure he was still alive and to make sure there were no bite marks. Sora was perfectly fine, Ansem had only sensed him; never had he touched him. Riku sighed in relief, he was so worried. All over a little human, what was wrong with him? He looked down at Sora again and he couldn't help but get lost in his innocent beauty. So that's why; he represents the light I lost long ago. But somehow it's more than that, Riku leaned down, it's just so…he closed his eyes …right. Riku's lips pressed softly against Sora's and something clicked. It felt as though they began to blend; like their souls just began to pour out and swirl together. Touching, exploring, in perfect sync with each other through what seemed like an eternity. Riku finally drew back, what…what was that? Riku thought dreamily. I saw his memories, he looked back down at Sora, oh, Sora I'm so sorry…Riku placed his hand on Sora's forehead, may you forget all that has happened to you, and may you begin a new life full of happiness. A soft light emanated from Riku's hand on to Sora's forehead, he removed his hand and the light faded into Sora. Riku watched for a moment as Sora opened his cornflower blue eyes. "Who are you?"
