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When Tyer spied the small dot of light below her, she skilfully banked too one side, and then nose dived, transforming in mid air, with the same plume of black dust, landing on her feet in the knee high snow of the upper mountain, she crouched and hugged her back to a tree trunk, keeping out of the artificial light of the small hut, her eyes focused in on the cabin's occupants, four men, all looking fairly blurry eyed, playing poker at a rickety table.
"Hi" Eric's voice came from somewhere right next to her ear, Tyer's reflex action propelled her fist straight into his face, causing him to fall backward from his crouching position onto his butt, her eyes flashed red, then back to the calm blue.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?" Tyer whispered furiously, her teeth gritted, Eric's nose and cheek bones where shattered, but hastily healed, his face looked angry, but quickly changed back to the normal, bored look.
"You offered" Eric muttered, pulling himself from the snow and leaning the side of his chest against the same tree, looking over Tyer's head, "Besides, you know where to get a meal up here" Eric added dryly, as if she was an idiot, Tyer had been hoping that he'd have gone.
Tyer simply shrugged, then looked back to the four men, who were thankfully still engrossed in their game, this cabin must be a new extension to the ski resort that had slowly been engulfing the mountain. Tyer stood up flitting with her supernatural speed to a small bush that was closer to the hut, and then underneath the window closest to her. She popped her head up above the outside window sill, thankfully all of the men were now staring at the wide television, seeming to have abandoned their game when they noticed it was flickering with half picture and half white noise, Tyer could make out the headline.
'Vampires walking in the sun, is this the end of days?'
Tyer flicked her eyes back to the men, who still had not noticed her, she lowered her head, and sat back down in the deep snow, that was covering her whole body and half of her face it was so deep, but it didn't bother her, as it only melted when it touched her skin. As she sat back down she caught site of Eric out of the corner of her eye, right next to her, he stared straight at her.
"Do you have to do that?" Tyer whispered, Eric raised one eyebrow, as if to say, Do what? Tyer rolled her eyes, "You may want to get out of the way, I don't want to have to pick up your bits" Eric raised his other eyebrow, but obeyed, using his vamp speed to get clear of the cabin. Tyer ran back out far enough so that she wouldn't be seen transforming. Flying up high, she gauged exactly when she was high enough, turning quickly in the air, and facing towards the snow covered ground once again.
Eric watched from afar, also floating off the ground, only just managing to see through the blizzard, Eric couldn't quite make out exactly what Tyer looked like, but she definitely looked inhuman, her body glinted as if it was metal, the wings hand grown to compensate for her change in size, her large head appeared to elongate into a snout at the mouth, her whole body was almost completely white, making it even harder for Eric to follow her speeding form. As Tyer plummeted towards the ground, it finally clicked in Eric's head what she was doing, she was going to cause an avalanche, which explained her previous comment, not that Eric wouldn't be able to pick up his own bits if need be.
The ground rumbled as Tyer hit it, beginning to tumble down the mountain side, even the snowflakes in mid air appeared to quivered, as if terrified, Eric continued to trace the journey of the approaching snow, down to where it hit the cabin, and then continued down the mountain.
Once the atmosphere had again fallen into stillness, apart from the constant falling flakes, Eric flew nearer to the wreckage, noticing a small figure who was already digging down into the frozen pile up, Eric went to join her.
"What're you doing? They could be half way down the mountain for all you know" Eric stated flatly, obviously hinting that her method was not the best he had ever seen, Tyer ignored him, continuing to dig for a few more moments, before pulling the body of a broken hiker from the hole she had made, holding him by the back of his coat, she handed him to Eric.
"Yours" She said, not looking up at him, Eric took the man, standing slightly bemused as to how she could have found him under fifty feet of snow. Tyer quickly flitted to another portion of avalanche, beginning to dig again, this continued until all four men had been excavated, while Eric stood completely baffled by seeing another skill he apparently had no knowledge about. Tyer didn't look back at him, she simply disappeared in a swirl of black smoke, before reappearing in her other, larger form, before flipping the men into her mouth, swallowing two without even chewing and grabbing the last one in her mouth, before taking off back towards the cave. Eric, still carrying his own man, followed silently.
When Eric landed in the mouth of the cave, Tyer had already gone inside, he drained the man, kicking the body powerfully out into the blizzard, knowing he would be completely covered by morning, he retracted his fangs before entering.
Tyer was already back in her human form, climbing the wall that the very back of the cave, holding the man over her shoulder she disappeared into another cavern it seemed, only for a few seconds, jumping back down easily, throwing some clothes at Eric, they must have been the ones the man had been wearing.
"Since I doesn't seem that you're going anywhere" She added, as if it needed explanation, Eric made a frown, pretending to be hurt.
"Is there something wrong with my body?" Tyer looked at him, gauging his sincerity, then looking away when she realised it was non-existent, wandering to the side of the room to pick up a ragged looking dress off of the floor to cover herself too. "Why do you live up here?" Eric asked suddenly, still holding the clothes in his hands, Tyer looked at him once again, with the same look of wariness she had before, when he was inspecting her wings, she cleared her throat.
"Because I've seen how the humans treat supes, you just have to look at how they're now turning on vampires... plus-" Eric cut her off, shaking his head slowly.
"No, I mean, why this place exactly?" Tyer made a sort of 'oh' sound with her mouth, lying down on her side on the cold ground, looking at the cave wall in front of her.
"Because it's cold up here" she answered simply, Eric sat opposite her, trying to catch her gaze, but she appeared to stare through him, she hoped that her numbness would encourage him to leave. There were multiple other reasons why she chose to live high up in the mountains alone, but she thought it was better those go unsaid.
"Surely there are better places, one of the Poles? I hear Greenland is beautiful this time of year?" A tinge of sarcasm entering his voice at the end, which caused Tyer's eyes to flick up and meet his, with a pissed off look.
"You'd be surprised how inhabited the Poles are, research bases fucking everywhere, same for Greenland, besides, I do better where there's less oxygen, and this cave is perfect for me" Tyer closed her eyes, as if to say she didn't want to speak any more, Eric didn't take the hint.
"So you've lived up here for how long?" Eric pulled on the padded jacket and pants she had thrown at him, before sitting back down to look her in the face, interlacing his hands together in front of himself, she sighed, but didn't open her eyes, the very edges of her lips curling down slightly.
"A few months, maybe" Tyer replied after a long silence, still not opening her eyes, Eric's eyes never moved from her face, feeling that he should probably move on, but his inquisitive nature holding him back, making him want to stay and learn about this new and interesting species.
"You said you were of fae origin? Does that mean you are a Fairy? Or more of a cross breed?" Eric questioned after another, shorter pause, Tyer's eyes flicked open, looking straight into his face, a single red line ran across her eyes, through her pupil, and finished at the opposite side.
"I'm not a fucking fairy, those bastards don't even deserve to be alive, last I'd heard vampires had slaughtered them all, none are more deserving" Tyer sat up and moved back to the ice wall where Eric had first seen her, laying her back up against it, with a long, audible hiss, it began to melt against her skin. Eric noticed that he had struck a nerve, but still wanted to continue, he plunged in the deep end.
"Fairy's haven't died out, there are still quite a few, a know one, in fact" He neglected to mention that Sookie was half, it was hard to admit he even knew Sookie, after everything, that rejection still stung. Tyer's eyes locked onto his again, looking almost paralysed with fear, sparking moisture gathering on her bottom eye lids.
"You're sure? Is there any chance that they could be following you? Did you tell them where you were going at all?" He noticed that her hands were gripped into fists around the material she wore, all of these reactions must be related to her fear, of what? Fairies? Eric felt slightly awkward, and he stretched the back of his neck nervously.
"Well I'm sure that they're still alive, I've seen quite a few where I've been living for the past couple of years, the one I know, too, she couldn't really give a shit about me, so I'm sure she won't follow me, not after everything, I just left without a word, not even to my progeny, I felt like running was the best way for all of us, there was nothing left for me there, my influence tends to be toxic" Eric realised a bit to late that he was spilling his guts, even Tyer noticed that he appeared to be revealing all, something she knew was out of character for a vampire, she had one eye brow raised, her fear had dispersed.
"I hope for your sake that you're right, you'll be the first person to die if you're wrong" She shuffled onto her side, still facing him, laying her arm up against the ice now, causing another long hiss, Tyer looked down at the ground, nuzzling up against the surface with her body, like a cat rubbing against someone's leg.
"What's so terrifying about fairies?" He enquired, running his hand through his hair, then placing it under his chin to support it, he could feel dawn coming, he'd have to go to ground soon.
"They're monsters" She said simply, looking up to meet his gaze, she looked suddenly so fragile, where before she was ruthless and strong, this confused Eric to no end, and furtherer fuelled his interest. Eric made a action with his hands to try and encourage her to elaborate.
"How old are you Eric?" Tyer tilted her head to the side, examining his face and then down to his body, as if it was the first time she had bothered to take time to.
"Around one thousand years, why?" Eric answered quickly, trying to get as much information out of her before he really did need to rest, the sun threatening to peak over the horizon at any moment, though he was safe from it's rays inside the cave, he didn't much want to get the bleeds.
"I am almost six thousand years old, I was there the day the world was first born, and I was the fairy's slave for over two thousand years, my race was created as a plaything for the fairies, as they were only children, they needed entertainment, and a way to get high. We were used, created with fairy, vampire and a little wolf and shifter thrown in to allow shape changing, and I was the first, and now I am the last, all because of fairies, consider all you know to be a lie" Eric blinked, not knowing what to say, he simply scratched his chin, and broke eye contact, due to the feeling that the bright red colour in her eyes was starting to burn his, which he was sure was psychological. After a long pause, Tyer cleared her throat, and stood up.
"You should probably go to ground, before you get the bleeds" Tyer walked over to his makeshift coffin, pulling back the large, heavy blanket, and holding it up, waiting for him to get in. Eric sighed, stood up, and stepped down into the coffin, laying down, feeling conflicted, as the blanket began to come down, he felt he wanted to say something, if he could.
"Sorry" he coughed, finding it hard to show sympathy, but he felt it was necessary, Tyer lowered the blanket over his head, before replying.
"It's not your fault" she sighed, he could still see her silhouette.
"It doesn't have to be my fault to sympathize" Eric added quickly, his eyelids drooping.
Tyer simply nodded, pulling of the ragged dress that now clung to her with moisture, and throwing it to the ground, she headed for the cave entrance, intending to head down the mountain a little way, to check some things.
As Eric heard the familiar sound of a rustling dust as she transformed, and this the slow beat of her wings as she flew away from the cave, then he fell asleep, dead to the world.
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