Kei
Swirling mist surrounded me in the darkened void I was standing within. I couldn't tell which way was front or back, and I had a fear that if I took a step in any direction I would fall into a bottomless pit. I was alone. I had no idea where I was, but I knew I was in a different dimension where Sho was not present and he would never be. I brushed a strand of stray hair from my face and sighed, registering the fact that my breath made no sound when it left my mouth. Once again, I looked around to survey my surroundings. All that was in this world was swirling mist and darkness. Perhaps I was locked within my own heart. That would make since, since a vampire's heart is black and cold and contains no emotions whatsoever. That's why I hadn't wanted to change Sho. His heart would become like this, and he would change from the lovable boy I used to know to a cold heartless monster as I am.
I wanted to cry out into the darkness, scream at it to give my Sho back his childish behavior. Don't make him like me, I wanted to beg. If there were some way I could change this, I would in a heartbeat, figuratively speaking of course. I wanted to just rush from this place and hold Sho in my arms. When he died, I had no idea what to do. I had no choice but to change him and make him like me, but now I regretted the decision. It was brash and not thought out and it took this place to make me realize that. Yet, once the process was completed, there was no way to reverse it. He would stay that way until he stepped into the sunlight, ending his life just as Luka had. Suddenly tears sprang to life in my eyes, and it took all my will power to hold them inside myself. Even if no one were around me, I would not show any signs of weakness.
This was my trial. This trial would test my strength and love for Sho. Whether I survived the pressures of my own heart would be determined by my strength. I began walking in a direction I guessed to be forward, keeping my eyes open for any clue as to how I could escape this Hell I had created over the past centuries. My footfalls made no sounds, almost as if they were not landing on solid ground. They must be landing on something solid; it's not possible to just walk on air. Although a vampire can fly, they can't go against the laws of nature and physics. A breeze-like mist slapped my face, sending a chill down my spine.
"Oh, Sho, when will I get to see you again?" I whispered into the void, and for once I actually heard this sound. "If this is what I must overcome to see you again, I will surpass it. Our love can't be destroyed that easily."
The mist stopped roiling, and it began clearing a path in front of me. Apparently I was supposed to follow this path to my test. I continued walking on the path. This time, my feet made an echoing sound and I awkwardly wondered why I was just now beginning to hear the most obvious things. The path continued on for some time, and I was starting to become exhausted from all the walking. My legs were about to give out before a blinding light finally revealed itself at the end of the path. I kept walking toward the light, and when I passed through the gate between the dark roiling mists and the brightly lit mysterious room, my eyes adjusted to find Son sitting on a well decorated chair. I could only assume that the chair was supposed to represent a throne of some sort. A gasp escaped me, and for the first time since I arrived in this world, I wished that I hadn't heard it. Apparently Son had heard it as well, seeing as a smirk began to form on his lips.
"Surprised, Kei?" He asked, situating himself in the chair to be more comfortable.
"Son, you're supposed to be dead. Sho killed you himself. I was there, I saw it with my own eyes," I almost yelled at him. I was flabbergasted; this was the last thing I expected to see.
"You don't know where you are yet, Kei?" He replied, standing up from his position on his "throne" and walking toward me. "Well then, let me tell you where you are. You're stuck in this prison that you and Sho, the man that I loved so much more than you, sent me to. You're in the Underworld, you're in Hell…"