A New Watchdog

She ran.

Her breath came out in desperate spurts as the heels of her shoes hit the floor of the corridor. The house was old, far older than she was, and the dust particles in the air were choking her, swirling around in her throat and into her lungs with every breath she took. The girl slipped on the old wooden floor as she turned the corner, bracing herself briefly on the rotting wallpaper. Normally, she would have made a point of showing her disgust for such an environment, but commenting on the aesthetics of her surroundings was the least thing on her mind right then.

Running was at the forefront of her mind, and she did just that. She ran, the gloomy, musty surroundings swallowing her up the further into the maze of corridors she seemed to get. It was honestly suffocating, although she would take suffocating on darkness and dust over getting caught by a hungry vampire any day.

Ah, yes. The vampire...

Speaking of the bloodsucking leech that inhabited the old, decrepit husk of a building she had found herself in, the girl found herself screeching to a halt as a dark figure appeared in front of her. She swallowed, mismatched eyes flickering up the figure's tall, imposing form, until they settled on the glowing, bloody red eyes in the stranger's skull. The figure, a marble white male with an unattractively gaunt face and thin lips, smiled a smile that would have made the strongest men urinate right there on the spot. Saliva dripped from his inhumanly wide mouth, jagged fangs glistening wickedly.

"Found you, little girl," he cooed, licking his lips in lewd, perverted manner than made her skin crawl. He lifted a taloned finger, nail scraping over the pale, soft skin of the girl's cheek. She flinched, the red line left behind beading droplets of blood as the vampire raised the talon to his disgusting lips, grossly lengthy tongue laving over the liquid.

He hissed suddenly, spitting on the floor,"ACK! What is this? It's like acid..."

The previously emotionless girl smirked then, calmly running her thumb over the cut on her face as the creature in front of her, for the first time, looked wary.

"What kind of girl has blood like that?" He muttered, red eyes darting nervously around him as he backed away. He shook his head, expression hardening."No matter! There are other ways of killing a little pest like you..."

"I'm sure there are," the girl spoke for the first time, her voice detached, bored almost. She sighed, lifting her hand to nonchalantly study her nails, like she wasn't in the middle of a dark house with a bloodthirsty creature of the night threatening to kill her."Unfortunately for you, however, you won't be using any of them tonight."

She hummed thoughtfully,"Or ever again, for that matter."

"I...what?" The vampire snarled and surged forward, grabbing the girl's slender, delicate looking neck in one of his clawed hands and growling right in her face. She winced, his nails cutting into her poor skin once more and causing crimson liquid to stain her neck. Her heartbeat sped up a little, wariness showing on her face for the first time. Sensing this, the creature laughed cruelly, tightening his sharp grip to an even more painful degree."Ah, I know your type. All talk and no action. You may think you're funny, or brave for standing up to the big scary vampire, but at the end of the day all that smart little mouth of yours will get you is a snapped neck and a place at the bottom of the Thames."

He licked his lips in that lewd manner again, and she shivered,"If I'm in a good mood..."

"It looks like you've got me all figured out," the girl whispered, croaking slightly as his grip constricted her air way."And I never did get to find my sister...I-I'm so sorry Abby..."

"Don't worry, little lady," the vampire cooed, eyes glinting maliciously."Your Abby is safe and sound with the rest of my little blood bags."

"B-But I thought they were here..." the girl sobbed, her sapphire eyes filling with tears, her strong facade crumbling."I-I thought you w-were keeping them here..."

"What, and risk amateurs like you finding them?" The male snorted at her stupidity."No, don't be a fool. I keep them somewhere secret, where they won't be found by anyone..."

"But I looked everywhere!" She wailed, completely breaking down, to the creature's sadistic delight."Wh-Where is she!?"

The vampire barked out a harsh laugh,"Please! As if a stupid human bitch like you would know where the Theatre Des Vampires is!"

"What, really?" The girl blinked suddenly, her desperate sobbing disappearing as quickly as it had come. She groaned, sighing."Oh, of course they are! Why didn't I think of that? Come on Cyan, you can do better.."

"...Huh?" The vampire gaped, momentarily wrongfooted. The girl yawned, choking a little as she remembered that a taloned hand was still enclosed around her throat. She grimaced, the sticky feeling of the blood leaking from her cuts becoming uncomfortable now.

"Sebastian, could you possibly stop slinking about in the shadows and get this thing off me now?"

An amused chuckle echoed throughout the corridor, penetrating through the vampire's icy skin and making even a horrifying creature of the night quake in his boots. Suddenly, like he had always been there, the tall, impeccably dressed figure of a butler appeared out of the musty shadows. His wine coloured eyes focused on the scene in front of him, one dark brow arching.

"You do get yourself into some unfortunate situations, young mistress."

"I know, I know," she muttered, rolling her eyes."Could you just do it without the smart remarks? It's actually getting a bit uncomfortable..."

"What is this?" The vampire growled, clearly trying to cover up his fear with over the top outrage. He shook the blunette in his grasp violently, baring his dripping fangs."You think this dandy can help you? Nothing can help you, you stupid bitch! You're going to die! You hear me? I'm going to tear you apart and decorate these walls with your innards and WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME!?"

He lifted a taloned hand, fury burning deep in his terrifying red eyes as the girl giggled at him, ready to tear her mismatched eyes out.

A pale, gloved hand closed around the vampire's wrist, yanking it's arm upwards with a sickening crack. The creature squealed, letting go of the girl's bleeding neck as the butler swung it's body into the nearest wall like it was a ragdoll. The vampire collapsed into a broken pile, the fear clear on it's face as it stared up at the calmly nearing butler, visibly quivering at the sight of his glowing fuschia eyes.

"It is quite rude to hit a lady," the demon spoke, his voice one of mild disapproval as he easily hoisted the undead being up by it's neck, until it was choking and scratching wildly at his impeccable black tailcoat in an attempt to escape. Gloved hands squeezed around the vampire's white flesh, the butler's tongue clicking sternly."Your kind always did lack manners."

There was another sickening crack, this time from the vampire's neck, and the unlife left it's eyes. The butler dropped the corpse to the floor, dusting his hands off. He turned to the pale blunette, who was picking herself up off the floor. Cyan looked down at her shirt, eyebrows pulling together.

"I got blood on my shirt..."

The butler gripped her bloodstained collar, examining it with a chuckle,"I'm sure I can get that out, young mistress."

He tilted her chin up, exposing her bloodied neck. His thumb gently brushed against one of the cuts, making her wince. Cyan pursed her lips, pushing his hand away,"Don't. I'm fine."

"But the blood-"

"I'll heal," Cyan covered her neck stubbornly with her hair, turning on her heel to purposefully stride down the corridor."We have more important things to do that stand here fussing about me. Follow me."

Sebastian raised a brow, his eyes glowing once more as he watched the stubborn female walk away, smelling the demonic blood still seeping from the wounds on her neck and cheek with hidden irritation. However, his voice was as smooth and calm as ever when he answered her.

"Yes, my lady."


It's been a while guys, but I lost inspiration for a while. Some other stuff happened in my life as well, but I won't go into that. I'm not promising that updates will be regular or anything like that, but I'll try my best.

This was just an introductory chapter to Cyan's character and a little bit of Sebastian and Cyan's dynamic was here as well. The next chapter will focus more on their weird little relationship and will introduce some of the new members of the household.