Title: Angel's Kisses
Category: Book – Morganville Vampires
Character: Michael x Claire
Disclaimer: I'm not the brilliant mastermind of these characters.
I'm gonna skip a huge part of the book after the Danvers in this chapter.
Chapter 5: Painful Metamorphosis
Finally, Michael thought to himself. Finally, he will be free. He can never go back. As much as he hated it, he could only move forward. He was uncertain, afraid of what happens next. He knew Shane would hate him. What about Eve? What about Claire?
He knew Claire would somehow find a way to accept him. He knew that much about the girl. As much as she will fear, she will learn to accept him for what he has become and she would understand why he chose to turn. He needed to let her know. That was the only way for him.
Eve, who is now his girlfriend, who left home because she refused a vampire protecting her family, would she hate him? She accepted him as a half ghost, but if he's a vampire, would she… Somehow he can't bear to think further. But the greatest uncertainty in his heart was…how much will he change? Will he turn into an evil being just like the others? 'No!' He resigned himself. 'No, I will not. For the sake of my friends, for the sake of the ones I love. But what if I can't control myself?'
Amelia, the one who turned his grandfather, sat elegantly in front of him. Her expressions were one of grief and sadness. Unnerving as it is, his own grandfather stood by her chair as young as he could remember. He had told them his request and they were quite reluctant to perform the deed. He was scared but he was determined and so with a sigh, Amelie turned him.
However, she added another warning that he couldn't truly understand…until he was turned. Your relationship with the ones you love will change drastically.
He remembered pain as he changed and he endured it when he saw Amelie shouldering part of his pain. He thought of why he was doing this. In the midst of pain, he had forgotten. One by one faces appeared in this mind, a young man his age, a gothic girl and the one that lingered longer than the other two, younger than him and the other two, scenes flashed in his mind just as he died and became the undead.
When the process was finished, his throat burned. He sat up against what feels like wood and took in a desperate breath, naturally trying to scent the nearest source of food. He growled at the first repulsive smell that hit his nostril, garlic – unbearably repulsive to newborns like him. He crawled out of the room and into a less repulsive smelling room. He picked up a scent that made his mouth water.
Shane, Eve and Claire, their scent was soaked into the fabric of the couch. He took another deep breath as one particular scent threw his body in violent rage. It was worse than any newborns in the past and Amelie knew that one of those scents would be eternally endearing to her young fledgling.
There was a creak of the door and a waft of a sweet smell, which she identified as Claire, peaking out of her room of course. Out of the corner of her eyes she saw that Michael has picked up her scent and desire crossed his features. Somehow in his violent need, he was able to move about with patience. No sooner than a second her vampire senses caught all this, a door was yanked open and slammed against the wall, followed by a frantic voice calling the young fledgling's name.
"Michael!" the young woman, by the sound of it, called.
"Eve!" Claire called the young woman. 'Oh, the sweet voice,' Michael thought, committing the bell like voice into his memory.
"Claire, what happened?" Eve asked the younger girl, "Where's Michael?" Claire did not answer and it made Eve more frantic than she was.
"Eve, don't!" Claire called out as she ran after the older woman down the stairs.
"Sam!" Amelie barked out when she saw that Michael was ready to pounce just as the girls trotted down the stairs.
Michael being weak from hunger was struggling hopelessly against the older vampire, but it was still difficult to restraint him who was having a violent fit. Something in him broke when he made eye contact with one of the girls, the younger of the two, the one who had great faith in him, the one he had last saw and last spoke to (not counting Amelie and Sam) about his decision. He calmed a little but was still violently desperate to quench his thirst. Her blood would sate him.
"Be still," Amelie ordered him and that he did even his thirst still affect him greatly, "Help me up," she said tiredly and lifted her hand.
For a moment, no one moved, but Claire soon did what she asked. Eve was not as giving as she is as she tried to stop the young girl from going to the founder. Claire reassured her and went to help the vampire to the young fledgling side. It made Michael proud of her for her bravery. Eve was right. They are dangerous, not to be trusted, yet Claire did what she had to do by instinct. Amelie cut open a wound and fed Michael her thick ancient blood, enough to keep him calm.
Michael's eyes was always on Claire, as if he had seen her for the first time, but it was his desperation that caused him to forget who she really was to him. But he knew. It was his intense emotion for the girl that floored him. When he was sane enough to think as Michael Glass, not the vampire, his eyes that had turned back to its warmer hue, but hunger was still apparent in his eyes.
Amelie announced his birth to the new world, "Behold, the youngest vampire of the century,"
"That's it?" Michael asked.
Amelie nodded tiredly, "Come now, we must let you feed before you can settle down," she said, "You see now, why we were reluctant to turn you," But no sooner than that, Amelie rushed him out to feed. He followed her out, hesitating only to look at Claire in a silent plead to take care.
It seems she understood his unspoken words because she nodded to him with a small smile, "We'll be safe," she whispered to him. With his vampire ears he could catch her words as clear as she had said them out loud. With a smirk back at her, he turned to go with his maker and his grandfather, revering at his regained freedom.
Okay, so what do you guys think? I know, I know, it isn't exactly what the book writes, but then again I've changed it so much, so why not. And just to let you guys know, I've only read the first 3 books of this series, so I'm not quite sure to continue or give it up on this story... Nevertheless, I hope you've enjoy it.