Blood for Blood
by
Aphrodite818
Summary: Sequel to His Eyes are Blue. Faith de Silva is in a coma. Niki the Vampire Slayer is dead-isn't she? Whatever happens, for Magnus and Charity, it's blood for blood
Chapter One: Sleeping Beauty
Beep. Beep. Beep.
I listen to the heart monitor slowly click. Watched my best friend lying in a coma on a hospital bed. Life support was all that kept her from slipping away from us.
My name is Charity.
And I'm a vampiress.
Beta to the entire coven, in fact. Kind of ironic that my best friend, the one fighting for her life, was a vampire shifter.
Better than a slayer, I guess.
Yeah, we blood-suckers are real. But we aren't as ruthless as you think. Vampires can work with humans, be friends with humans...
And as Magnus showed us, love humans.
"I can't believe I caused this," My boss murmured. Meet Magnus, MAJOR hottie, vamp coven leader, and ex boyfriend of Faith.
Not that he wants to be her ex.
Not at all. Mag broke up with Faith because he wanted to protect her from himself. It was caused from a night where he got out of control and almost bit Faith.
Too bad neither of us knew we had to protect her from Slayers.
Niki the Vampire Slayer got Faith in this coma. Luckily, she's dead now.
Yeah, I had a bit to do with that.
"It's not your fault, Magnus," I murmured, "It's no one's fault. Things just... happen. We can't do anything about it."
"If I just had researched Niki, made sure that Faith was protected-" Magnus protested, but I cut him off.
"Magnus, ssh. Not. Your. Fault."
"Charity," He said, "I feel like I should be able to do something for her right now, help her-"
"No," I murmured, "All you can do now is love her."
Magnus and I were the only ones in Faith's room right now. Friends and family kind of took shifts, so she always had someone there.
I hate seeing her like this. Her normally dark Spanish skin was white as her sheets, her wavy black hair was dull. The green eyes that usualluy sparkled with energy were closed.
She was as different from her normal self as I now was. You see, before I was turned, I was a normal sports-loving teenage girl. Now I'm what most people would call a Goth(though I call it Vamp style) with died red hair and yellow eyes.
I watched as Magnus reached out and took Faith's hand in his. His sapphire blue eyes showed terirble sadness that I had never seen before.
"Hello?"
I jerked around, and Magnus quickly let go of Faith's hand. An old man stood in the doorway. I'd never seen him before, but he was probably that old preist...
"Who are you two?" He asked.
Magnus and I simply eyed his cross. Great.
"We're friends of Faith," I said simply after a moment.
"Really? I've never seen you before."
I glanced at Magnus. Vampires are known to be really smooth, but Magnus really had the upperhand on that.
"Sorry, Father," He said, "We're from out of town..."
The preist sat down next to Magnus. "I was the principal of Susannah's school. I still am."
"It's a terrible thing," I whispered. Magnus became silent. He seems like that lately. Just unaware of... everything.
"Do you need to talk about something?" The preist asked. From what I understand from Faith, he does that a lot. I'm not Catholic, so I wouldn't know.
"No, he doesn't," I supplied for Magnus, "He's not ready."
Magnus gave me a grateful glance, and I smiled weakly.
Things were so different.
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"What would Faith say if she saw you playing ping pong?" I asked Magnus, gazing around his well-furnished basement. A smile flickered on his lips. It was kinda sad that this was all he had to do, play ping pong with himself. I mean, he could be scoring the hottest babe in the universe with ease. Even for a vampire, he's hot...
"She would say," He mused, " 'Mag, you idiot, get out and do something already!' "
"Then why don't you?"
"Charity," He sighed, "I've only been with four women in my entire undead life. Lady Rowena. Niki. You," He grinned sheepishly, we don't really like to talk about our old relationship. "And Faith. And don't take this the wrong way, but-"
"Faith's the only one you've felt this way around."
"Yeah," He murmured, "And I push you all away. Lady Rowena... she left because I stopped spending time with her. Niki... even though I never really loved her, I still should gave told her. Then again, never mind, I hate her, she deserves it. You... I forced you to break up with me, Char. And God knows I did it with Faith."
I took his hand and squeezed it comfortingly.
"You did. But maybe it was the right thing..." I felt high on a rush of emotions rushing into me.
"Magnus..."
"Charity."
We looked at each other for a long moment.
And then I kissed him.
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MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What will happen. What do you prefer more, Magnus/Char or Faith/Mag. Only I know who will be paired up at the end...