Title: After Dark

Rating: M for Lemon

My Summary: "You can't do that!" I screamed, I stepped back, tripped over a tomb stone and hit the dirt. I opened my eyes and saw that he was kneeling over me, His dark warm eyes had turned red. I then had fear, fear that I'd fallen for a monster.

Original Summary: The death note can not kill what is already dead. L is a vampire and has nothing to lose and he wants Light. How long will Light be able to resist L before he surrenders. Immorality comes as a price; it will cost him his justice for the Death Note cannot be used by the undead.

Rant: Ok so I randomly checked one of my reviewers profiles to see if they had any excellently written stories. I happened to check by Black-Dranzer-1119 and stumbled across the story ideas she had up for people who wanted to use them. I saw it so and I had a whole grip of ideas for it so yeah!
Chapter Two: Century Apples

"Where should we go to know?"' My mom had stopped the car and pulled out a map of the town and all its current attractions.

"Let's stop by the playground!" Sayu said with an overly eager voice…kids got to love them.

"Light you don't mind stopping at the playground?"

"No…" We pulled up to a huge grassy park with stone benches, metal jungle-gyms, steel slides and thick chained swing sets. It looked more like a military training ground then a playground for kids.

Mom began pushing Sayu on the swing, while I sat on the bench and watched them laugh.

"You know Centuries ago there used to be and old weapon shed right here.." I jumped, where did he come from!? The voice came out old and raspy.

"Royal family's used to train their knights here… Their soldiers won many wars and conquered many that's why Saint Camelot's so big…" My eyes widened.

"So this was a military training ground!? Is it safe for the kids!?"

"The safest of all… Never will they break …" I turned to the old voice speaking to me. He had a heavy coat on with a thick dark hood that didn't allow me to see his face. His hands were shaking as he spoke he seemed scared.

"They killed many innocent people their blood shed was known throughout the country…"

"Then…?" I heard a high pitched giggle and the low screech of chains shifting back and forth.

"One day the people rebelled against the royal families and burned them dead and their wretched castle. They say their blood lust was so great they lived on after their deaths and became immortal feasting on generation after generation…."

"Where did you hear this?" I had so many questions!? Is he talking about vampires!? Or a past family of ghosts!? Or even zombies!? After last night I'll believe just about any mythical creature! I flinched as I felt the warmth of his tongue sweeping across my vein. If this story is true I could be in danger! I ran my thumb across the sensitive tube on my wrist.

"At night if you look north to the moon, right pass those trees in the clearing you can see their castle right between those two hills…" He pointed a shaky finger past the trees, I had to squint my eyes to see the two hills in the clearing.

"Dad are you going around scaring people again!?" A blonde woman said as she took the mans hood off revealing an old liver spotted face. I unconsciously released a held breath. Good he was human..

"Please forgive my father, you know what they say the older they get the crazier they talk!" She was thoroughly embarrassed.

"Light we're leaving come on!"

"See for yourself if you don't believe me!" The old man spewed as he was roughly dragged away.

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I picked at my lunch and glared at the plate. If what that old man said was true I'd be in danger… I stared at the beads of salt on the fries and flicked the cut potatoes aimlessly across my plate.

"Light me and your father or going to check out the museum you stay here and watch Sayu." I didn't give her and answer she didn't need one. Dad was home from work early, he needed a break more people have come up missing and it's starting to stress him out.

"Light do you want your fries?" Sayu had ketchup on her cheeks and chin.

"No here, and wipe your face?" I handed her my napkin and went upstairs but not before throwing a "Don't do anything stupid!" behind my back.

This has got to be sorted out now!

I went to my bed and picked up the letter and scribbled quickly on the back of it.

No I'm not waiting till tonight I NEED to talk to you!

I folded the letter then tossed it out the window. If he could make words magically appear and tap into peoples dreams I figured he could magically receive this letter! I waited impatiently for him to come.

"So demanding." Cold air hit my ear, it was him.

"Must you always appear behind me!? I twisted around to see a slightly pained expression on his flawless face; his eyes were squinting. What's his problem!? Then it clicked I walked over to my light switch and pushed the switch down slightly for a dimmer light.

"It's no fun from the front." His eyes relaxed and he sat on my bed.

"I have a lot of questions and I don't know where to start!?"

"Hello Light."

"Why do you always say that!? Was it like a vampire thing? Or do they say that before they attack you and suck your blood!? What if he captures me and uses me as his family's human refrigerator!?

"Is it not normal to greet someone with hello before addressing them?" He had a point there.

"Hello then..."

"Hello Light, I'm Lawliet." I gave him a funny look.

"Your pulse has changed, are you worried about something?" I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms.

"Actually yes."

"Care to tell I can't read your thoughts." Oh…I thought he could. How to sum this up…

"Can you explain to me about you and your family?

"Yes I can but sit down next to me first." I slowly sat down next to him.

"Are you still scared of me? What can I do to prove to you that I won't hurt you?" He looked at me with his dark lifeless eyes and I quickly shifted my gaze to the ground.

"Just tell me what I want to know!" I don't want to start shaking again; I mean being next to a vampire would keep anyone on their toes. And I don't want to faint I've never fainted in my life until last night. I can't decide whether it was fear or sleep exhaustion.

"Not until you trust me."

"Fine I trust you!" I spat out vigorously.

"You can't trust someone your afraid to make eye contact with." My eyes slowly lifted to meet up with his.

"Now is this big scary vampire so big and scary?" He smiled showing the long canines that made me shiver.

"Just tell me already." He took my arm again and my heart raced as his cold fingers caressed the bare flesh.

"Alright, I used to live in this house alone with my family before they got sick and died. Then my uncle took me to move in with him..." He ran his nose up and down my arm while sniffing.

"You know smelling people is weird!" I tried not to laugh at the tickling sensation.

"But you smell really good!" He stopped sniffing and let go of my arm.

"Where'd you move?"

"Saint Camelot Castle to be exact; my uncle and I lived there for two years. I used to love to ride horses and watch the knights fight. I would sneak into the kitchen and eat all of the cook's sweets and get beaten every time for it."

If he lived there for two years then where did he go afterwards?

"You said you lived there for two years after that then what?"

"I died. In the fire the whole castle burned." I knew that much…

"The castle was burned and you died then you all just turned into vampires?"

"It's not that simple Light you don't just die and by some random chance you become immortal."

"Then how?" I truly was curious.

"I can't tell you. Let's just say we did a lot of bad things in the past and we had some unfinished business within this world…" His tone came out cold and his lifeless eyes became darker. My body stiffened and I knew I was probably turning as pale as a sheet of paper.

He reached over and placed both of his hands on my shoulders.
"Light. There. Is. Nothing. To. Be. Afraid. Of!" I stayed as stiff as a bored and couldn't do anything other than stare into his face.

Suddenly I was surrounded by the scent of roses and earth, I felt warm in his cold arms as they encircled around me.

"I won't ever bite you if that's what your afraid of not if you don't want me to."

"That's part of it…" I forcefully pushed him off me.

"I've been meaning to ask you what's so special about that book." His face became serious well more serious than t already was as he spoke.

"Humans cannot read it but vampires cannot share its contents." I felt a chill run up my spine as he spoke.

"I'll explain it to you simply. Take a sweet apple that only dreamed of growing and becoming ripe until it was good enough to get eaten. But instead it gets smashed and." An apple materialized into his hands."

What's he talking about?

"In a way it's like the kingdom all we ever wanted was it to grow and stay strong so the people could rest and be safe; but instead we got burned."

"I get it..."

"Is it wrong for that apple to stay?"

"I guess not." His head whipped around and he stared at the door.

"A child is coming."

"What!?" The door swung open and Sayu stood at the doorway with a frustrated look on her face.

"Light I can't find my doll-"

"I know where it is." Lawliet pulled the doll out from behind his back. He didn't even know what the doll looked like! He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pressed the side of his cold face against mine. I gave him a sideways glare.

"Light who's he?"

Sorry for the short chapter I'm in a bit of trouble and I can't update. Review!