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in this chapter there will be a flashback, of which I'll underline the start and the end, since I'm not fond of italics (usually used for flashbacks)

WARNINGS: general darkness, a bit of blood (no graphic), slight non-con and mention of Mpreg

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It was the first of September and the first day of school at Albion University. The weather was still hot and sunny, reminding to the students, intent on heading to the entrance of the main building, the memories of the just ended summer, now seeming more distant than ever. They were all there: the older students, busy meeting with their peers, and the freshmen, recognizable by their disoriented air. Some of them already had the nose in a book, concerned about being behind with their studies, while others had not yet completely abandoned the typical high school attitude and thus were way too relaxed.

Part of the latter category was Cenred's group, composed of his minions Morgause, Catrina, Valiant and Sigan, and his boyfriend, Merlin. They were all sitting on the stairs leading to the main entrance of the building where classes were to be held, busy scrutinizing each and every student that was entering, in order to figure out who could be at their level and who would be the victims of their bullying for the next five years or so... Cenred would never lost his title of 'King', not in high school, not in college. Therefore, all his 'men' were helping him in establishing his dominance, all but Merlin, of course.

The brunet was sitting next to Cenred, with his boyfriend encircling his shoulders with his arm (in a clear sign of possessiveness) to let everyone in the campus see that Merlin was his and that there would be serious consequences if anyone dared to approach him if the growl on his face was to be taken seriously. But Merlin was not paying attention to all this, too lost in his own thoughts. He was quite disappointed by the turn the beginning of his university life was taking, for which he had worked so hard...

…and it was only the first day!

He had thought that this would be a new beginning, the beginning of a new adventure, the beginning of his future... but instead he was there, along with people who were behaving and that would continue to behave like teenagers, disinterested of the future, and already intent on being recognized as the school bullies. Merlin was so embarrassed to be there with them... he just wanted to go and talk to other students, new faces, with whom to share the fears, the uncertainties and the hopes of those moments.

'Perhaps I should break up with Cenred' Thought the brunet not for the first time. Despite the fact that Cenred had always been a kind and great boyfriend, Merlin was realizing that the boy beside him had no intention of changing, that he wanted to remain a teenager, dragging Merlin with him who, unlike him, wanted to grow up and explore the world… possibly with a great and mature man by his side.

His thoughts were interrupted by Cenred's "What the fuck?"

Merlin raised his head and looked at where Cenred was pointing. What had attracted the attention of his boyfriend and of all those present was a roaring and sparkling red Ferrari f430 Spider, which stopped in the parking lot a few steps from the stairs where the group was.

Everyone's attention was entirely concentrated on the beautiful car and it was as if a general gasp arose, when the car door opened and a leg wrapped in a black trouser made of silk and black shining leather shoes came out, leaning on the ground and followed by its owner.

So-called owner was actually a tall man, with muscles in the right places. His skin was white, but not in an unhealthy way, more in an ethereal one. His hair was so blond that was shining in the sunlight and was sexily dishevelled. Unfortunately, Ray Ban sunglasses were covering his eyes, but even so, he wasn't less handsome. He was wearing a precious black jacket over a tasteful button-down red shirt and black leather gloves.

Merlin frowned ... he had never seen this man before, who seemed almost like a celebrity or a royal. Who was he? And why was he staring at Merlin like that?

Cenred must have noticed the gazed too, because he tightened his hold on his boyfriend, as the mysterious man started to approach them with a sure and arrogant pace.

He stood up, and so did his friends, and settled in front of Merlin, when he saw the man approaching and still staring at his boyfriend ... he didn't like that look and felt slightly intimidated by his presence, even if he would never admit it to anyone!

The blond stopped one step away from them and smiled politely, a bit fake in Merlin's opinion, "Hi, guys... it's nice to see you again, especially you, Merlin. Did you have a good summer?"

His voice was silky, seductive and mesmerizing. It made more than one shiver run down Merlin's spine, who had goose bumps... On one hand, he felt the need to get closer and to offer his neck to the stranger; on the other hand, there was a voice in his head screaming RUN!

Very confused by those thoughts, Merlin could not answer, Cenred did for him with his usual rudeness.

"Who the fuck are you, dude? How do you know us? I've never seen you before!"

The man chuckled and took off his glasses, finally revealing his eyes, which, as Merlin had suspected, were breath-taking. They were as blue as the summer sky, but not as warm ... there was a certain coldness in them, that made them even more dazzling... hypnotizing everyone present.

"I'm hurt that you don't even remember the face of an old friend..."

Cenred was confused, but Merlin frowned... he had seen those eyes somewhere before.

He stepped forward from behind his boyfriend's back and crossed the penetrating gaze of the blond, whose pupils were dilating at seeing the brunet.

Merlin asked with an inquisitive voice and with his head slightly tilted, "Could it be that we've met somewhere before?"

The man's eyes softened a bit and his smile was far more sincere and warm when he turned to the brunet, "I would say so ... I followed your advice, Merlin ...wasn't it you who told me that it was a shame to hide my beautiful eyes behind thick glasses?"

Merlin gasped, wide-eyed, "ARTHUR?!"

Arthur smirked, very pleased to have impressed the love of his life, "Hello, Merlin"

"Pendragon? Arthur Pendragon?" Shouted Cenred in surprise, quite shock. He couldn't believe that he was the loser twig he had tormented for at least fifteen years. Now he was taller than him, had a surest, almost arrogant, air, was not afraid to look into his eyes and, even though he hated to admit it, was more charming than him ... What the hell happened to him during the summer? And the way he was looking at his Merlin…

"How?"

Arthur turned toward Cenred and lifted one side of his mouth, "Oh, you know…Sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and feel the need to change your life ... it's what I did and I will not stop until I have what I want ... no one will be able to stop me!"

The air around them filled with darkness that ran down their backs. Cenred swallowed, but tried to regain the upper hand he was used to have nevertheless. He smirked, "Well…this won't change anything…a few hours at the gym, some contact lenses and a nice dress cannot change what you have inside ... and we all know that deep down you're a loser and a coward, right, Artie?" Said the bully, placing a hand on the shoulder of blond. A chill of pure terror immediately pervaded him.

Arthur smirked and chuckled deeply, "You'll never know what is really in the heart of a man, Cenred ... and you'd better remember it"

He took the boy's hand, still resting on his shoulder, and squeezed it... almost breaking it with his inhuman strength.

Cenred's face contorted with pain, but he tried to keep from making noises ... he did not want to show weakness.

Arthur noticed it and continued to giggle. Then, he dropped his hand. He stepped forward to head towards the entrance of the school and when he passed Merlin, he leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "See you around, Merlin"

And the brunet had no doubts about it.

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Merlin's first day of college was coming to an end. Wishing to become a chemist, he had lessons on the opposite side of the university compared to Cenred and the rest of the group. He didn't mind it at all ... He could finally be alone and meet new people. And that was how he met Gwen, a wannabe nurse, her boyfriend Lancelot, a wannabe doctor and Freya, a future marine biologist, who studied in his same building, dedicated to scientific subjects... In a few hours, they had all become great friends.

However, he hadn't forgotten about Arthur. How could he? The surprise at seeing him so changed in that short time was still alive in him. On one hand, he was happy that the blond had improved so much, especially because this way he would no longer be subject to bullying, but on the other hand, Merlin would miss the shy Arthur, always ready to blush and stammer ... he had always found him cute… so different from the rest of the school boys...

The brunet sighed, as he walked toward his flat, not too far from the campus. He had decided not to stay in the dormitory of the campus, because he wanted a break from Cenred once in a while. Therefore, he had moved in one of the apartments above his uncle Gaius's pharmacy, next to his uncle's, knowing that Cenred would never dare to propose to live together there, because he was afraid of Gaius, who had never hidden his hate for his nephew's boyfriend.

And not for the first time that day, he was having the feeling of being watched.

It was a feeling that had accompanied him all day ... he had felt someone's gaze on his back, looking at him and followed him, as a wolf chasing the prey. But every time he had turned around to look for whoever was stalking him, he had found no one in particular, if not young students intent on enjoying their college day.

Gwen had suggested that perhaps this was just due to the excitement of the day and Lancelot (the noble knight he was) had even helped to look behind walls or bushes to reassure him, but there had been nothing. Although once, while he was washing his hands in the restroom, he had had the feeling that someone was approaching him from behind, as if a hand was stretched and coming closer to touch him... his body hair had stood up and his heart had begun to beat faster ... he had been cold... But when he had turned, there had been no one again... so he convinced himself that it was all an illusion. Still, he had occasionally seen Arthur around and the blond's eyes had always been on him.

He kept walking…he wasn't far from the flat not. The sun was setting... soon it would become dark.

The street was empty and once again he had the feeling of being followed and observed.

He stopped, took a deep breath and turned around slowly, the heartbeat in his ears...

... No one was there... despite the fact that for a moment he thought to have seen in the corner of his eye a shadow moving into a nearby alley.

Curious, Merlin approached and peered into the alley, completely enveloped by darkness.

"Who's there?"

No sounds…everything was silent.

Merlin swallowed ... he could feel the danger near. He took his cell phone from his jeans pocket and used its light to illuminate the alley a bit...

Nothing... only a few smelly bins.

He was about to point the phone up, when a black cat jumped out from behind a bin, hissing toward Merlin.

The brunet sighed in relief. He put the phone away and walked out of the alley, where he began to laugh at himself, "You really are an idiot, Merlin! Only a fool would believe that a shadow is following him"

He kept walking toward his apartment, unaware of the blond boy standing upside down on the higher part of the wall of the alley.

The cat hissed at Arthur, sensing his evilness, but when the vampire showed his fangs, the cat ran away, terrified.

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Later that night, Merlin had just finished unrolling the shirt of his pajamas to cover his belly, ready to go to sleep.

He laid down on the bed, turned off the light and soon fell asleep, not noticing the black figure standing on the roof of the house opposite his own, staring at him intensely.

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Arthur was standing on the roof of the house in front of Merlin's… the full moon behind him. He was dressed all in black: black leather trousers, a tight black shirt, a long black duster swaying around him because of the wind and black leather boots. From his position, he could clearly see, thanks to his powerful red eyes, Merlin's bedroom, who was asleep, oblivious of everything.

Oh, how he desired to take him away with him ... resisting him that morning, after having seen and smelled him again, had been very difficult ... almost impossible. But unfortunately, Arthur could not take him yet, because he still had to settle some business in order to be able to always keep his beloved with him, undisturbed ... Besides, he wanted to give Merlin the opportunity to accept Arthur's love on his own free will, before having to resort to 'force'.

Arthur's unfinished business mainly concerned the arrangement of the castle that he had inherited from Mordred, once got hold of his powers and his title, which would permanently accommodate Arthur, his 'bride' and their future children...

Yes, vampires could also impregnate men. It was an ability that Arthur had discovered, among other things, thanks to Mordred's memories…

[Flashback]

When Arthur woke up after the turning, he felt disoriented and a little sore. The rain was pattering on his face, but he didn't care, because suddenly all his senses were hit by a thousand of different feelings. He could hear every sound (the laughter in the neighbouring houses, the heartbeat of the people closest to him and even the beating of wings and antennae of the insects nearby), see the world as he had never seen it before (he could see the energy in the ground and in the air and see the path ahead) and perceive the vibrations and strength of each part of his new body.

Then, while he was still contemplating his new reality, confused, he was filled with memories that were not his own, but of the man who had attacked and bitten him. He saw images of the past lives of his predecessors, but above all, he understood ... he understood who he had become ... and it was at that moment that the darkness that he had always harboured in his heart and soul awakened.

He smirked evilly for the first time…his eyes shining red…

Now he knew that Mordred had been a vampire and so was he... and not any vampire: he was the Prince of Darkness, the son of the King, that's it, the Devil himself. He possessed unimaginable powers and every dark creature had to obey him.

Arthur laughed loudly, throwing his head back ... He was no longer a weak, cowardly loser ... now had the strength and the ability to do and have whatever he wanted ... and what he wanted was Merlin!

And he will have him ... he had no doubt about this!

He stood up and immediately noticed that he no longer had a hump, was taller, more muscular and when he touched his face, he could also note that it was devoid of any pimples and acne.

He stepped forward, crushing his glasses, previously fallen to the ground during Mordred's attack, and followed his new instincts and memories. He started to run, noticing the world around him becoming like a blur…that was how he found out he could run faster than light. Then he jumped – as his new nature was commanding him – and found out he could fly.

As he flew towards north, he explored Mordred's memories and knowledge, in order to learn what else he could do and about his new kind.

He learnt he could turn into a bat, insects and a wolf and into a black mist whenever he wanted. He had magical powers, similar to those that the traditional sorcerers of the past had. Therefore, he could move objects with his mind, command the elements and, of course, kill with black magic, but his most powerful power was definitely the mind control... In fact, he could manipulate and hypnotize the mind of mortals, so that they had to do whatever he said.

He also discovered the most important duty for a vampire: creating new vampires, in order to preserve their rare breed. There were two way to do so: by biting mortals and giving them your powers or by impregnating mortal women or men (the magic in the vampire's body allows them to have natural children with male humans too).

You probably may be asking yourself why there weren't thousands of vampires out there…well…it was because both ways had their own disadvantages. The one of the biting method was that the vampire would die after passing his powers to next one (as it had happened to Mordred); therefore, there weren't many vampires willing to do it…it usually only happened when one was already dying. On the other hand, the disadvantage of the impregnation was that it could only work if the vampire was truly in love with the chosen human and, given the fact that vampires usually didn't feel love or positive feelings, this event was even more rare of the biting thing.

However, Arthur wasn't worried about this…he LOVED Merlin with all his once beating heart, so he knew they would have hundreds of children together.

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He reached the heart of the forest that separated Ealdor (where his old high school was) and Camelot (where Albion University was). There, hidden from everyone, especially vampires' Hunters, stood a huge black medieval castle: the dwelling of the Prince of Darkness since ancient times. (Author's Note: image the castle as Camelot Castle of the show, but instead of it being white, here it is black and creepy)

A light fog surrounded it. The main entrance gate creaked and where once were the knights training camps, now stood a Gothic graveyard. In the sky above, bats, gargoyles, ravens and other evil creatures were flying, ecstatic for their Lord's return.

Arthur walked briskly through the castle, gloomy as the outside and full of cobwebs and lit candles, and walked towards the Throne Room. Once there, he saw his throne, black and skulls-encrusted. He moved between the two rows formed by the inhabitants of the castle - ghosts, goblins, werewolves and all sorts of filthy creatures - coming to greet their Master, and sat on the throne, sighing with satisfaction.

"As you may have guessed, I'm your new Lord. My name is Arthur Pendragon. My words are the Law now ... if you disobey me, the consequences will be very unpleasant ... obey me and I can assure you that we will have a lot fun." Said Arthur with a cold and evil voice, before the audience exploded in shouts of joy and applause; they already loved their new prince, much more wicked and dark of the previous one. "Now, where are the rest of my subjects?"

A little deformed hunchback, wearing a black hood, took a step forward, "Master, they are in the caves below the castle celebrating your coming and birth"

From Mordred's memories, Arthur knew that this was George, his personal servant, creepy like a snake, but loyal like a dog, and that many of his subjects liked to stay in the caves. They were dark, wet and full of hiding places where these creatures could hide. Not to mention the fact that there stood a huge thick metal door: the Gates of Hell, the Kingdom of Arthur's 'Father'.

"Very well. I have notice that this place is quite uncared for"

"Yes, Master Arthur. Old Master Mordred had never cared for the state of the castle…he was more concerned with more…frivolous activities"

"Oh, I know…but things are going to change now that I'm in charge. In fact, I order you to clean this castle from top to bottom. It must return to its former glory and homey for a human that I care about a lot ... I have chosen a 'bride', well a groom, and I'm not going to force him and our children to live in this sty!"

All the creatures present nodded with enthusiasm, over the moon at the idea that soon in the castle there would be children after so many centuries without. In fact, Prince Arthur would be the first prince of darkness to have biological children. All his predecessors had failed to have them, given that their hearts had been too consumed by evil to be able to love, and so they had been forced to bite their successors, when their time had come, one way or another.

Arthur smiled, "…In the meantime, I'll be in the dungeons since I'm a new-born vampire"

As such, Arthur needed to drink plenty of blood to satisfy his newfound thirst. Luckily for him, vampires had made a habit of 'storing' food in basements or in other hidden places, so as not to have to go out to hunt almost every night. That was because, since mortals had ceased to believe in the existence of vampires, even the Hunters had had to start working in secret, hidden, so as not to reveal to men the existence of those dark creatures. Consequently, vampires knew no more where and who the hunters were, making the searching for food much more dangerous.

Therefore, like a good vampire, Mordred had filled the dungeons of the castle with human beings, 'stored' away to be drunk slowly and in many months time... it was safer this way.

But unfortunately for his Maker, that night, while he was trying to abduct the last human to store, he had been found by a hunter, who shot him with silver bullets, the only material able to kill a vampire.

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Arthur went down in the dungeons, where he could hear the sobbing of his unfortunate victims and their delicious smell. He inhaled deeply, his fangs lengthened and his eyes glowed bloody red... he smirked and began to suck the young men and women in the cells dry, ignoring their screams.

When it was all over and silence reigned again, Arthur was covered in blood and had never felt so alive and full.

As he licked himself clean, the Prince made a note in his mind to go and capture other 'food' in the near future for himself and his future children, because vampire children drank their mother's blood only during their first two/three months of life. Then, they needed to drink more and more and to avoid killing the mother, it was customary to use other human beings to feed the little ones.

[End flashback]

Arthur shook his head after remembering how he had ended up there on the roof in that moment.

Even though he couldn't take Merlin yet (because the castle still wasn't ready), nothing could prevent him from following, staring and touching him in secret.

He jumped in the air, light as a feather, and opened Merlin's window with his mind. He landed on the floor of the room quietly and approached the bed where his love was sleeping, stopping at the foot of the bed.

He stood there for what seemed like hours without blinking, taking in his darling's beauty, longing to be with him.

Then, he took a step forward, sat down next to Merlin and started to caress his cheeks with his long and pale fingers, towered by pointy nails. The brunet wrinkled his face when he felt something cold touching him. He was about to open his eyes, when Arthur whispered, "Sleep, love"

An order that no mortal could disobey.

Merlin closed his eyes and fell asleep once again.

Arthur smiled down at him and started to kiss and lick his neck. Then, he opened his shirt, revealing his pink nipples that he also started to fondle, pinching them once in a while and causing Merlin to moan.

The blond moaned in return, "So hot…let me touch you some more…"

He moved down and down and stopped at his groin level. He lowered the brunet's pants until he freed his soft cock. He linked his lips, thinking 'So perfect', and took it in his mouth. He sucked it enthusiastically, up and down, and stroke Merlin's belly at the same time, over the moon at the thought that soon it will carry his children.

When Merlin was about to come, Arthur lightly bit his cock and sucked the blood – not much, but enough to memorize its flavour. This caused white stripes to erupt from the erect member of his Sleeping Beauty, who sighed satisfied.

Arthur smiled, "Delicious and so good, my love"

He cleaned and redressed him. Then, he kissed his forehead, cheeks and lips, engaging him in a passionate kiss.

"I love you, Merlin, and soon you will be MINE!"

The Prince turned into a black mist and flew away from the window.

what do you think?
Now that the describtions are over, there will be more action and kinky stuffs in the next chapters...

NEXT CHAPTER: Arthur makes his moved on Merlin and who'll Arthur capture first as his 'food'?