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Where the Sun Does Shine

Slowly, amethyst eyes opened and took in the scene before them. Pale arms were wrapped possessively around his waist and he could feel a cold body pressed against his bare back. 'We're always cold. I wonder what it'd feel like to be warm again… just once more.'

With painstakingly slow movements I extract myself from the restraining presence of my master. Even though it is 2:00 P.M., and therefore still light outside, I can walk around freely because I am one of the few Day Walkers, meaning exactly what the name implies, that I can traverse the sunlit world without being burnt to wispy ashes.

I glide, with the utmost stealth, out of the bedroom and down a hall to a set of stairs. Instead of elegantly stepping down the long spiral I choose to sit sideways on the intricate, yet smooth, railing and slide my way to the bottom. Upon arriving at the end of my 'joy-ride' I jump off and land squarely on the plush red carpet, nearly every thing in this place is red, or at least has some semblance of the bold color on its surface. I quickly stride down another, less used, hallway to a pair of old oak doors that announce the entrance to my sanctuary, the library. No one comes in here, aside from me, not even the Master of the house… or rather, castle. Once inside I close the doors swiftly and lock them, there's no need to do so, but I go through with the act just the same.

With my back to the doors, I glance around the room that is most familiar and comforting to me. On either side of me run two parallel walls that have built-in shelves, filled to the brim with books, starting from the floor and continuing orderly all the way up to the ceiling. A sliding ladder is pushed in a corner, waiting for the next time it will be used to select one of the thousands of books from the higher shelves. Directly before me stands a beautiful wall made completely of stained-glass, with intimate designs of ancient letters and long-forgotten creatures sprawled languidly across its expanse. The sun's brilliant rays filter through the creative display and throw a colorful map along the otherwise white floor, and in the center of it all sits a comfortable recliner, just waiting to be occupied by its owner… me.

I let the ever-present mask slide from my features and a broad grin take its place. My frigid heart swells as I stride around the room in search of that illusive book I've spent months searching for. And as I peruse the numerous books on the shelves I examine the long expanse of my life in my head.

Though I've been on this earth for 71 years I look 21 because of the interesting power of the Vampires. I wasn't always one of them, originally I was your ordinary care-free boy until that fateful day 50 years ago. I happened to be 16 at the time and naïve, the two seem to generally go hand-in-hand. I remember that a young man, or rather, what I thought was a young man, showed up one day at my family's home asking for a place to stay for a week or two. He had flame-ridden hair and clover-field eyes, and he looked to be about 23, which to my young eyes made him a god. I idolized him, I realize that now and want to laugh, if only I could reach back in time and smack myself around a bit… maybe this never would have happened to me… maybe they'd still be alive… maybe I'd still be alive. This existence I'm stuck in now isn't living, not by a long stretch of the imagination.

It was a full moon, typical cliché, and I was taken by him, my master. The suffocating heat was clutching at my skin and his cold presence was appetizingly sweet, maybe that's what got me. I had always been in a warm family, warm life, even the town I lived in was warm, so, maybe, that coldness felt refreshing, a change of pace if you will. I prefer not to remember the exact details of the exchange, but the Blood Contract was sealed without my ever being aware of what was really going on. To simplify the entire deal I will say that I was bitten and turned into one of the Lunars. The Lunars are a large group of vampires that were once human, but were turned by a Royal Vampire. After researching for years, I've had plenty to waste, I've finally come to a compressed theory on the whole vampires' workings. First, the Royal Vampires, of which there are very few left, are the original species. They were born vampires, born as those blood sucking monsters, without ever a dip in the day's sun, although a very rare few are what is known as the Day Walkers, I've already explained what those are. My Master happens to be one of the privileged, that's where I get the ability to stride through the daylight without any harm to myself. The Royals are the only ones that can turn humans into vampires, and the creatures that have been turned are known as the Lunars, who serve their Masters, or Sires, without any disobedience. There is an invisible, intangible, bond between a Master and his Servant that keeps the servant from ever lying to his Sire or disregarding any of his orders. I say this is a condensed version of the entire theory, but it is still quite complex and confusing. I have somehow stumbled across a way to break the seemingly unbreakable bond between myself and my Master, but I have not found quite enough information to suit my curiosity, and therefore I come here every spare minute I have and search for more material.

Vampire's Lover is the term for the creature that is supposed to dissolve the bond, but whether it is human, vampire, goblin, ghost, or something else entirely, I have no idea. I have heard of the Vampire's Lover before, it is quite an active topic among the Royals, but to everyone's knowledge it is just a legend. To the race of the Vamps the Vampire's Lover is a despicable vermin that will force the fall of the noble race because of its appalling ability to strip the Royals of their Servants by returning them to their human forms. Furthermore, the Vampire's Lover is rumored to be resistant to the Blood Contract, meaning that no matter how many times he/she is bitten they will not become one of the Lunar. I've found enough information to tell me what it does, but absolutely none on how to find it, but… I won't give up until I have the Lover in my hands and my teeth in their neck.

'Ran?'

My head snaps up as a voice enters my head and I look around franticly, afraid that I might have been caught. Although the bond between myself and Master allows us to talk to each other and tells him whether I'm lying or not, that's all it does. He can't read my thoughts, no matter how hard he tries… thankfully, but still an unwanted, obligated feeling of guilt rushes through me.

'Yes, Master?'

'Where are you?'

"The library, Master.'

'Ah… I want you up here immediately. I assume you had a good feed last night and are ready to get back to work?'

Whether I was ready or not didn't matter, I was to report to work anyway.

'Yes, Master.'

'Good, you know what to do… Nagi?'

I stop listening as he calls out for Nagi, his other Servant. Master Shuldig has many servants, but Nagi and I are his most treasured ones… the ones he uses for his midnight pleasures, or as is the case at the moment with Nagi, middle of the day pleasures. I grudgingly leave the library and head outside into the afternoon sun. The weather is pleasant, a strong sun smiling down at me and wrapping its rays around my cold form. I wish that I could feel its warm caresses, but being a creature-of-the-night restrains the warmth from ever reaching me, that is my punishment.

Sighing, I stride over to the castle's huge horse barns and begin cleaning out the stables. It's smelly work, and tiring too, but I'd much rather be doing this than spending the day inside with my predator of a master.

'I've got to find that Vampire's Lover!'

A/N: There, I finished with the second chapter, I hope you didn't have to wait too long. I can only write on weekends because of school, so you'll have to stick it out. I hope you liked it, and despite what you think Ran does not love Ken… yet, he doesn't even really know the guy. Just because he felt some things doesn't mean it was love, but… I guess you'll find that out for yourself later on… just keep reading! (grin) I hope I get to know you readers as much as I did the ones for my last story! They're so fun, I just love people who review, and it doesn't even have to always be about the story, you can tell me something about yourself instead!

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