Chapter Two Who said relationships were easy?

In the morning Maoriven woke to find Dianusy naked in his arms. He thought for a moment and suddenly remembered last night. He sighed and shifted into a more comfortable position. With his moment Dianusy woke. "Sorry" he whispered.

"I don't mind!" she said and lent forward to embrace him. Maoriven breathed in her perfume. Their kiss was long and passionate. "I'll get breakfast" she whispered in his ear. She hopped out of bed, pulled on a deep purple robe, and slipped out the door, leaving Maoriven to his thoughts. He knew it was wrong to have a relationship with Dianusy and he knew his love was probably crying at night, thinking him dead. So why the hell was he so sure about this? He shouldn't even be on this ship and where was Hadsust? He sighed and was about to get out of bed when Dianusy returned holding a tray that smelled delicious. "I hope this is to your liking" She said setting it down beside him. He was very hungry and it smelled delicious but he had to ask her. "What about you?"

"I have no hunger" She said mysteriously. Maoriven was too hungry to worry about it and the smell of breakfast was overwhelming. "Mmmmmm!" he said biting into a sausage. "You like my cooking?" Dianusy smiled.

"Mmm m mmmmmm mm mm mmmmmm" He replied.

"I'm terribly sorry, I don't speak sausage, please repeat in English" She laughed. Maoriven cleared his throat. "Yes I think it is delicious" He said, giving her a warm smile. "Well, if you don't mind, I have to be somewhere" And with a swish of her robe she disappeared. "No, Wait! Dianusy!" He called, but she didn't return. "Damn!" He cursed. Ohh well, there were only a few clouds in the sky…..

Damarius woke to find himself in a dark forbidding cavern. "Hello?" He asked the dark wall. Damarius wasn't usually scared but this was defiantly freaking him out. "Is anyone there?" No reply. Gathering up some courage he hopped out of bed. It was dark outside. He opened the cabin door, it swing open with a loud creek. Suddenly everything was quiet, and that's when he saw it, its eyes where like hollows, its teeth where like razors, and it was coming for him! "HELP!!!" He shouted. But no help came, instead another monster appeared, and another. Suddenly one talked. "Looks like we have a new donor!" It hissed. Then, it pounced and Damarius knew no more.

When Damarius woke up, he was in a small cabin. It seemed to be for him as there where no possessions except his own. "Where the hell am I?" He asked the cupboard, but of course, there was no reply. He got up and searched the room. There was nothing suspicious but he was still unsure. Then he heard a noise outside the door. He walked the length of the room and flung it open. There was no-one there. Puzzled, he went to close it again, but suddenly the light caught something written on the door, on a brass plate. He lent forward to read it. DONOR. Something about that word stirred up unease in Damarius but he couldn't think why. Then he heard a voice, someone was coming! He quickly ran back to his bed and pretended to be asleep.

Maoriven hurried along the corridor, he wasn't sure of the exact location of Damarius but he was sure to find it eventually. He paused as he heard a noise in one of the rooms. He decided to check it out. Maoriven stopped to read the sign on the door. It said DONOR. Curious but unafraid, he stepped inside. At first all was dark but eventually his eyes grew accustomed to the lack of light. "Hello?" he asked. Suddenly there was movement in the far corner, where the bed was. "Damarius?" Maoriven asked timidly.

"Maoriven…….Maoriven Danuronst, is it really you? Oh my god, I've been scared out my wits. There was a……… a…….vampire…. .i..It…..said…I…w...a.was …a...d.o… nor…."He stammered.

"Calm down, and what the hell? There is no such thing as a vampire!" Maoriven exclaimed. "I….i…s..saw..it!" Damarius said, now his best friend thought he was crazy!

"Look, come back to Dianusy's cabin with me, and then you aren't alone" He said no more, but began leading the way back to the cabin. Both men said nothing on the way back but it was clear that Maoriven thought Damarius belonged in a psycho ward.

"Who is Dianusy?" Damarius asked still a bit shaken by the past few days.

"She's this really nice woman that saved me, when I was drowning" He answered

"Listen, if I where you, I wouldn't trust her!"

"Excuse me? Are you jealous?"

"NO! Wait….. You're having a relationship with a vampire!?"

"She isn't a vampire!"

"HOW DO YOU KNOW??? I JUST HAD THREE THIRSTING FOR MY BLOOD AND YOU THINK ITS ALL RIGHT TO MAKE LOVE WITH ONE?"

"SHE ISN'T A BLOODY VAMPIRE JUST STAY OUT OF THIS!"

"Who isn't a vampire?" Came a purring voice

"Don't bother Dianusy..." Maoriven said with a sigh "Damarius was just leaving" He hinted but his friend had already cut in. "Hello, you must be the vampire that had sex with my friend who is in love with somebody else!!! Pleased to meet you!" He shouted and escaped out the door. "Is that true?" Dianusy asked.

Maoriven was silent.

"Well if you'll excuse my, this is my bed chamber and in want you out of it!" She practically screamed in her ear. "Sorry" He said "I'm really sorry" and slipped out the door.