Cloud's POV:
I couldn't tell which way was up. I felt like I was falling fast and the water felt like rushing wind. Leon? Leon? Where am I? Where are you? It was silent and I was too scared to open my eyes.
. . .I didn't want to see my life ending. I didn't want to imagine what the vampires could be doing to Leon now. I felt like I was floating suddenly. As if the falling suddenly made me rise and stay. Did I hit the bottom? I forced my eyes open.
To my amazement, Leon had me in his arms and he was hovering in the air. His eyes were cautious and alert. We were flying. I smiled and I realized my body was numb from the cold air. How high up were we….? "Cloud. Don't look down." Leon commanded. It's not like his words did anything. It was just as bad as reverse psychology.
My eyes peered downward. " AHHHHH!" I screamed and Leon held me tighter. We must have been almost as high as an airplane. I saw clouds and I didn't belong up here with them. Damn my hippie parents for giving me this name! I'm afraid of heights!
Gah why can't I have a normal name?! My face nuzzled in his chest and I felt like a demented baby doll in his Gothic arms. "I think I'm going to…" I paused as my mind went into fainting mode. Damn my squeamish ways!
"Cloud. Just open your eyes." Leon said with a tone that reminded me of a mother with an immense headache. I was silent and my eyes were closed tight like a stubborn child. Shit. . .he is gorgeous in his boxers and he is going to go crazy with my heartbeat racing like a demon horse. "Leon…I'm scared." I mumbled. I felt his chest move as he laughed and said, "I'm not going to drop you…but I could like this-"
He let go of me and I fell like a bowling ball through the clouds that dampened my pale skin. "LEOOOON!" I yelled and I opened my eyes. He swooped down and grabbed me with ease. "But I don't think I will do that." Leon smirked and I smacked his chest.
My hand hurt from his hard vampire chest but it was still worth hitting him. "That wasn't funny." I hissed at him and Leon's eyes are optimistic like he is human again; but his dark violette rings under his eyes defined his vampire face.
"Cloud…You know I will never let you fall." Leon assured me and his breath was close to my ear. I was silent because I could tell he was controlling himself. He doesn't know how much I want to be a. . .vampire.
I want to live with him forever and be as strong as him. I want to be a vampire so he won't have to worry if he hurts me. . .but I know that if he bites me that the other vampires will come after him. Just like what happened with William Lamport. . .I don't want Leon to get hurt. . .
Leon looked down at me and his smile made my heart go crazy. "I need to make up for that nightmare I let you have. . .I'll give you a good 'dream' now so you will forget about that nightmare." He said and I was a little confused. "Ever dream about flying?" He asked me and I merely nodded.
"Here…I'll show you." He said as he carefully held my hand and let go of the rest of me. I was holding his strong hand and it was like those lullaby-like fairytales I saw as a child. When I couldn't sleep at night, my mother would read me stories and show me the pictures. It was like I was holding hands with a Gothic Peter Pan. I smiled at Leon and I laughed lightly at the feeling of being weightless.
He looked back at me with careful eyes. . .You're not human. . . but you're not a monster. . .You're my dark angel. Leon smiled back at me and I felt my heart flutter. His gleaming pearly smile and the happiness in his face.
It was a perfect picture. Some would look at his smile right now and say Aww to try to conceal their inner thoughts of Oh my god! Sexy! Other people would just say their inner thoughts immediately. Me. . .well even though Leon can't read my thoughts now, he can probably tell that I'm mentally drooling over him.
"Do you dare to look down?" Leon asked and he caught my robin egg eyes. I felt embarrassed. I am afraid of blood and heights. I'll never be able to stay with Leon. "Um…" I stuttered and he grinned at me.
"Don't worry. . .I got you." Leon said to me and his fingers tied with mine carefully. His eyes flashed like he was fighting the lustful heartbeat radiating from my close wrist. "Leon…I don't want you to feel uncomfortable…" I told him and his face composed itself to a natural state.
"I'm fine, Cloud. I know how to control myself…" He said and he smiled at me warmly. I knew what he was thinking. I could see the encouraging look in his eyes. "Go on. Take a look." Leon spoke so softly. I dared my eyes to avert away from his face as he drifted forward in the foggy sky. It seemed like stray cotton shreds now as the fog became translucent with the grey sky.
I've never been this high up before. I probably would have if I saved money for a plane trip to somewhere sunny but this was better then any vacation. My eyes looked down and I saw the beauty of Winchester.
The mountains of the valley toward with sloped peaks and the forest's pines looked so miniature and quaint. I began to notice the entanglement of familiar scents. Dog wood, wet leaves, crisp air, moist dew . . . and Leon's sweet rainy floral scent.
It felt so strange inside me. It's like I was the one who couldn't control myself . . . my thoughts. I couldn't help but imagine if he didn't need to be so careful. If he was a mortal like me or if I was a . . .vampire like him. Two vampires or two mortals.
That's the only way we could be together without worrying. How long could we keep this up? If he could just bite me then. . .we would have nothing to worry about anymore. If only he would bite me. . .then we could do everything. . .
"Cloud?" Leon asked and I snapped out of my deep thoughts. I was probably blushing because he was grinning again. "Just because I can read your thoughts or sense your emotions or see your dreams, doesn't mean that you can ignore me and have clandestine conversations with yourself in your head now, love. I don't like being disregarded." Leon spoke to me.
"Sorry…" My voice drifted off as I found myself with Leon almost ten feet above the ground. He landed with me softly and he took his hand away from mine almost immediately. The veins in my hand felt as if they just defrosted. Warmth was back to me again. Except the warmth kept growing hotter.
Now that we were down on land together I got a full view of Leon's body. I was glad my mouth was as tight as a money safe or I probably would have had logorrhea. Probably some excessive mash up of gibberish and 'Nnnnnyahh' and possibly a little dash of groping urges.
Leon keenly raised an eyebrow at me and I suddenly froze. No no please don't happen. I could feel the blood rushing to my head and there was a tingle in my nose. Having a nosebleed in front of a vampire is a death wish and I would like to not be ripped up in pieces. . .I would like to be bitten but I'm afraid that I'll be shredded in a million tiny Cloud pieces. . .Oh crap.
A deep growl vibrated in his chest and his eyes turned pitch black. For a mere second I saw my life flash before me. Now I knew what people meant how everything seems to go in slow motion right before you die.
The forest was still and the wind suddenly stopped cooling my hot skin. Leon opened his mouth and his predator fangs grew to a treacherous length. The demon blood snake ran out calmly through my nose and Leon's eyes blazed with the killing spice burning inside him.
I couldn't even speak but my tears seemed to do all the talking. I silently cried as Leon's ripping growl hissed out from his precious ready mouth. My hands prickled with icy sensations. Leon's eyes were pitch black and I stumbled backwards over a branch.
I was vulnerable on the ground. Similar to one of those cheesy Godzilla movies with the screaming person on the ground, with their hand foolishly over their face to try to block attacks; even though a mere hand would never block off a monster. I was that fool. Except there was no screaming my lips.
Leon stalked toward me and his fierce eyes met with my teary ones. The dark god growled softly like a lion and his smile was different now. . .it's as if he was a different person. His vampire instincts were flowing through his blue blood and he didn't see me for anything but a snack.
The blood stained my face and my tears didn't stop. Leon grabbed me by the shirt collar and yanked me up. My neck whipped back and I heard a loud snap. It didn't matter if my neck just broke because I would never need it when I am in dead mortal confetti.
I closed my eyes shut as he opened up his mouth. I heard his fangs when his hungry mouth opened. It was like pulling a sword out of its sheath and my body was the victim of this sinister knight. Tears streamed down my face.
I remembered his beautiful words: "I need to make up for that nightmare I let you have. . .I'll give you a good 'dream' now so you will forget about that nightmare." It was no longer beautiful. Now it was just a nightmare. And I wanted no part of this madness anymore.
All I wanted was to be in his arms while he smiles. . .his safe, cold arms. This wasn't a dream. This was my death wish that I didn't want. My crimson blood. . .his pearly fangs. This was our goodbye.
