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Moonshine

By: Lost-Remembrance

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"What you feel is what you are, and what you are is beautiful…"
–Goo Goo Dolls, Slide

Chapter Five:

She was wide awake, her body refusing to sleep. After she learned of wearing Heero Yuy's deceased mother's clothing, she couldn't help but wonder, and worry possibly about the teen's mysterious past. Most of legends in her world, but she couldn't help but be curious, after all…here she was, living a dream she had held since a small child.

Under the leafy canopy above her, stars sparkled as they twinkled and winked at her up in the velvet blanket the sky consisted of. It was beautiful, more beautiful than anything in the world. She sighed in content.

And then she heard a rustling of leaves in the haven under the security of the yuy clan, or what was left of it. She had a confused and questioning look upon her face as she leaned up and tilted her head in the direction of the sound. It was amazing how talented the faeries and magick creatures of the world were, able to create homes in the wood. She frowned and tried to stare into the darkness of the night.

Nothing but shadows playing off the walls of her dimming candle reached her eyes and she frowned again. Perhaps her mind was playing tricks on her, or a faerie or Pixie?

Blood red eyes stared at her and fangs gleeming ivory glittering with fresh salivia stood out in the darkness that seemed to stretch for eternity. The moon was long gone as well as many of the partiers.

Relena saw the…creature take a step towards her and a scream errupted from her throat…

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Prussian eyes snapped open, body jerking up on reflex from the bed as sheets fell off his torso, falling to the floor. He turned towards where the mortal maiden, Relena was housed for the time being.

Did he hear her scream?

A shiver ran up his spine and he reached for his sword, unsheathing it before stopping midway. A hand was on his shoulder, a cool one with a strong grip.

The Prince's eyes narrowed and he turned to face icy blue ones glitting in the darkness, irises streaked with some crimson splotches mixed in with the cool color. White bangs hung over them slightly.

Heero glared and growled, yanking free of the grasp, cursing himself for not sensing the man earlier. No...not man, vampire. "Zechs." Heero bit out angrily.

"Heero." Zechs replied just as cooly, stepping out from the shadows and grinning to show two gleaming fangs.

"Aren't your brides waiting for you? Why are you here?" The vampire didn't stop grinning.

"It was a shame, really," He seemed angry for the moment as he fixed his gaze on Heero once more, "that one of my Brides was caught off guard by one of your hunters, Chang Wufei I believe?"

Heero didn't reply for a moment, "She tried to kill Meiling."

"Tried." Zechs bit out, reaching a hand forward to run a finger down Heero's cheek before the boy jerked out of his grasps.

"What do you want?"

"I'm here to settle a couple of things." Swords clashed instantly and Zechs pulled back first, melting back into the shadow's as Relena screamed once more.

Heero jerked his head in her direction and dashed off, cool air hitting his bare chest as he ran through the wood and vine made cooridors.

Relena was in the corner of the room, glaring at a vampire which was in blood-sucking mode at the moment with a silver candlestick in her hand. The Vampire sported a rather large bruise on the forehead and Heero almost caught himself laughing at the girl's spirit. Almost that is.

Heero walked into the room with an air of calmness. He had dealt with the darker of the Magick race before, but never had they dared to enter his dwelling. Moon glittered off him, radiating from his body as he remained cool and calculating.

"Heero?" Relena whispered, looking at Heero as she absentmindely nursed the slash mark on her cheek that was slightly red, yet shallow. The bleeding had already stopped, but it was enough to entice the vampire.

"Move, my quarry is not with you tonight." All knew not to get in the way of Zechs, king of the Vampires, or Heero Yuy and the other mystic rulers.

"I think not." He raised his sword and jabbed it quickly through the vampire's torso, where the heart was pulsing with negative energy.

A flow of his energy flooded through the sword into the screaming vampire, the light radiating from the blade turning the dark creature into dust.

He turned to Relena who stared at the pile of dust that had once been a man. Her eyes were wide as she looked up at him, not quite sure as to what that person had been, or if it had indeed been a man.

"What was that?" She whispered into the silence.

"That was a vampire." Heero replied stocily, his gaze hard. "Not all things in this world are good, Relena."

TBC