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Chapter 2

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It's not like you,

To say sorry.

I was waiting on a different story.

This time I'm mistaken,

For handing you heart worth breaking

And I've been wrong,

I've been down,

To the bottom of every bottle.

These five words, in my head,

Scream "Are we having fun yet?"

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"Are you scared of the snow?" Asked someone at the back of the cavern where Kani had ducked to get out of the snow.

"Yeah." Kani replied.

As Kani turned around, he could see nothing but darkness at the back of the cavern, but a feeling inside of him said that it was a bad thing to do so. But still, curiousity killed the cat, and he had nothing to lose in finding out who was behind him, even if it killed him...

"Who are you?" He asked, trying to pick out a figure from the shadow- blackness.

"Not who you think I am. You expect me to want to kill you, because I'm hiding from the snow too." The figure spoke.

"Run, Kani. Run!" Screamed inside his mind, but being arrogant, and not wanting to get cold, Kani decided to ask the figure something...

"Who are you?" Kani asked again.

"Are you sure you won't tell?" The figure asked, almost toying with Kani's mind.

"Why, should I?" Kani replied, testing the patience of whoever chose to remain hidden.

At that moment, the snow suddenly stopped, and a trio of people entered the cavern, which had only held Kani, and this unknown voice.

"There he is! Get him! Hold him down!" Shouted the newcomers.

Kani felt several pairs of hands upon him. He wanted to move, really wanted to throw off the people, and kill all of them. But he couldn't, the strength that he could manage was only enough for a small cry.

"No.........."

Kani's cry fell upon deaf ears. He saw the faintest glimmer of enlarged canines and smelt the aroma of freshly spilt blood in the air. These were Vampires, and they wanted him. He could feel the cold air on his assailant's breath, and how it was drawing nearer, almost compelling him to realise all of his fears, just like how some animals feed. His attacker wanted him to know fear, true fear. And he was feeling it. Every...

Last...

Second...

As the Vampire's teeth touched on Kani's neck, he felt a release of his fears, and built up anger. And as the deadly points broke the skin and tore into his artery, he felt a euphoric release. Almost like he'd finally become something. But he didn't feel like that for long. As his life slipped away slowly in the embrace of the feeding Vampire, he knew that he would end up as one of them. One of the creatures of the night. He might actually be free...

(It's great listening to Fithos, Lusec, Wecos, Vinosec (You know, the FF8 gothic choir song) whilst writing a graphic bit about Vampiric turning. ^_^)

As the last seconds of his mortal life fell away, Kani heard the first voice say something.

"You're going to make a good Outsider. Kani." Declared the voice, the owner drawing into the moonlight. But too late for Kani to notice who the person was. It wouldn't have mattered anyway. He couldn't see properly, and what life there was for him was approaching fast.

About an hour later

Kani awoke hungry. Not a physical hunger, but more of an unnatural hunger. Like he craved something. He knew exactly what he wanted, but wasn't sure of how to get it.

Looking around the area where he regained consciousness, it seemed like he was in some kind of a feeding room. At least he wasn't alone in his struggle.

A woman entered the room. Strikingly beautiful, with the curves to match, the woman seemed unafraid of Kani, and what he'd become.

"You're awake, I see." The woman said to the still confused Kani.

"Yes. Have you gone through this too?" He asked, as his answer.

"We all have. Every one of us. Apart from one, you'll meet him now."

The woman beckoned Kani to stand up, and follow her out of the room. After a small walk to the next chamber, in which there was a man who was chained up to the far wall. The smell of blood that come as the woman opened the heavy vault door was overwhelming. As he walked into the room, the woman followed him in and held the man's head to one side, quite violently.

"This is your first meal, Kani." The woman said, as he walked up to the chained man.

"What do I do?" Kani asked, as he had never fed upon a person before.

"Just bite into his neck, and drink what flows. Make sure you get it all, we don't want another mouth to feed." Came the reply, from the emotionless woman.

"Ok then. Here I go." Kani said, to motivate himself.

As he sunk his teeth into his meal's neck, he felt the same feeling of euphoria that overcame him as he was being turned, but this time it seemed to satiate his thirst too, as the blood flowed from the man's neck. Feeling full, Kani removed himself from the man's open-wounded neck, and the woman kissed him, to get the taste of the first meal from him. After she pulled away, she finished off the man, and returned to Kani with a mouthful of blood. As they kissed, she slowly let the blood in her mouth drain down Kani's throat.

When her mouth was empty, she muttered five words...

"Are we having fun yet?"