Author: Aries Sythax
You can contact me at Aries_the_Vampyro@yahoo.com.
Disclaimer: All characters belong to the WB Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, except for Aries and the few selected characters from her past… No infringement is intended to anyone.
Aries: Chapter 9
As Spike fell silent, Dracula disappeared.
Hell! I lost the one girl I ever truly loved. Now I find out that Dracula has a connection to Aries. He's going to make an even greater connection to her and I can't do a thing to stop it… I could try to warn her but…hell she won't listen to me now. She probably hates me and more than likely would stake me if I came near her. What is more important, staying like I am or preventing her from getting sucked on by Dracula?
"Damn it she's more important!" Spike yelled out without realizing he had.
God, I wonder if Sydney will take me back. I never thought of that.
Aries was far from the cemetery by then. The tears had dried up and she couldn't cry anymore. She was heading for Riley's place. Aries figured she could crash at Riley's for a couple of weeks and then head back to Los Angeles; back to Sydney and home. How, was something else she hadn't figured out yet either.
"A young girl, especially a beautiful one, shouldn't be out by herself. A girl alone in Sunnydale, the Hell mouth, not a good thing." A dark figure was saying as he came up behind Aries.
"I know the dangers of the Hell mouth. I'm not like the normal people of Sunnydale, I know."
Aries turned to face the figure that had come up behind her. He was tall, pale skinned, with jet black shoulder length hair that had been pulled back, and he had dark eyes, eyes that were almost black. He was memorable. His looks and the sound of his voice hypnotized Aries. Aries wanted to ask who he was but when she opened her mouth no words came out. She knew he was a vampire though. Aries felt some kind of connection, like she knew him but she had never seen him before in her whole life.
Dracula could sense how confused Aries was and decided not to spring everything on her at once. He would hold back on telling Aries about their connection.
"It's all right," he began, "Don't worry about understanding this. All will be revealed in due time."
"Please! I want to know now. I feel there is a connection between the two of us, but I do not know you."
Dracula smiled. "All in due time. All in due time, trust me. When you learn to trust me then you will find out about our connection. Let me walk you home."
"I guess you can. I am staying a block away."
When they reached the door after a silent walk, they both looked and went on their way.
God, that was weird. I felt like I knew him… Who is he? What was that sound!?
To be continued…
