So. . . hot. . ..
Can't. . . .breathe. . ..
Fire is surrounding me from all sides, the smoke making it near impossible to breathe. I am trapped on my bed, the flames preventing me from escaping. Then, a light at the end of the tunnel. A soft, blue light is hovering beyond the flames. It radiates a cool breeze that I can feel from inside this inferno.
I must get to it.
I leap out of bed and make a run for it. The flames engulfed me, my body literally on fire and my insides screaming in agony. I tried to scream, but no sound came out. The light is teasing me. I can feel its cool air brushing against my cheeks as it hovers above me, watching me burn.
Falling to my knees, I begin to cough uncontrollably. The cool air grows colder momentarily as a chain lashes out of the orb and catches my right wrist. The chain repelled the fire on my arm and made me shiver with its powerful effect.
Although the chain prevented the flames from touching my wrist, it did not help the rest of me. In fact, it presented a worse problem considering I was now chained to this floating orb and could not move as the flames crept even closer to me.
I trashed about, yanking my arm with hopes of freedom, with no avail. Then, another chain shot out and captured my other wrist. AT this point, I entered insanity and pulled, yanked, trashed, and cried. Pressure is being applied by some invisible force to my chest. But, as the pressure increases, the distance between me and the blue orb decreases. Its practically touching my head now. . ..
So close. . .
I close my eyes in anticipation.
Almost there. . . .
The orb brushes against my forehead softly, gently.
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My eyes shoot open with the most pleasurable sensation. It takes my eyes a while to adjust to my surroundings. It is only when they did adjust that I realized that Edgeworth was above me, straddling my waist and pinning my arms above me. I open my mouth to yell and begin struggling against his grasp.
"Shush, Little One," he cooed softly, "that was quite the violent dream you had there. Rest a bit, calm yourself."
Wait, what? 'Little One'? Where the bloody hell did that come from? "My name is not 'Little One' and I will not cease my struggles until you get off of me!"
Edgeworth sighed above me and got off to sit at the other end of the bed. His silver locks weren't pulled back in a ribbon this morning and he was wearing his usually attire of black dress pants, classic long sleeved white shirt, a vest with a Victorian-like pattern, and a white ruffle cravat.
I sat up and rubbed my wrists where the chains had been. "What a bloody weird dream. . ." I mumbled more to myself then to Edgeworth.
"That was your first dream, right?" he turned to me and smiled weakly.
"It was actually quite frightening," I answered truthfully. Wait, why am I telling him this? A Malfoy doesn't admit his weaknesses! I shook it off. I can't take back my words. "What do you mean by my 'first dream'? I've had dreams before this, you know."
"Yes, but this is your first dream as an accepted mate of destiny. Your body and mind have accepted fate and have succumbed to their vampire instincts, although it seems that your mind is only accepting it at the moment."
"What does destiny have to do with this?" I wasn't a firm believer in predetermined fate, but I would like to know what the hell he was talking about.
"All vampire mates are preselected by destiny before they were even born. They are the perfect match for their vampire, a perfect lover. When a vampire and a mate finally come across each other, the mate's and the vampire's body and mind Begin to change. For example, our skin will become very sensitive and the slightest touch will cause either extreme pain or pleasure. This, thankfully, only takes effect when we touch each other, skin to skin, and not when others touch us. Our senses will also be heightened, yours more drastically then mine. And while I become more connected to the culture of the first vampires, you begin to crave my touch and the taste of blood although you won't be able to drink it before you are turned." he paused for a moment and ran his fingers through his hair. "In your dream, you were surrounded by fire, were you not?"
The question caught me off guard, "Uhm. . .what? Oh yeah. . .I was. . ."
"Vampire mates are sensitive to the sun and heat. This is actually quite ironic because the first vampires were the---"
"Wait, wait," I wave my hands to stop him. "I'm British. My parents are British. My fair skin is genetic, not destined."
"Mere coincidence. Most fair skinned people do not avoid the sun because they feel like they're being pierced by hot needles."
My eyes narrowed, "What do you mean?"
"You don't like warm weather because you feel like you are being lit on fire. You prefer the cold since you can go out and play in the snow and it feels as warm as spring."
My breathing hitched. How'd he know?
He smiled and nodded his head, "A vampire mate will literally burn for its vampire until he or she is turned. When he or she is changed, the body will cool drastically which is what gave into the rumor that vampires had cold skin because they were walking death. This also brings up touch cravings. You will be craving to touch the coldest thing you know when you begin to have extreme hot flashes over the next couple of months. Ice will do nothing for you, although it is colder then me. You can put off satisfying your urges as long as you want, but you will eventually succumb. Now, if you excuse me, I have to go surrender to my own instincts. Stay here, I'll be back soon." He grabbed his cloak and dashed out the door.
"Bloody hell"
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I lay in bed, my mind swirling in confusion. Its only October and all of this is happening? Just this summer I was the same ol' Draco Malfoy, rich, smart, and the man that had half of the hearts in Hogwarts in his grasp. Now, I am a vampire's mate. Its not even like I had a choice! To top it all off, fucking destiny makes my 'soul mate' a man!
Destiny be damned.
I can't sit still anymore. I pace around the room and grow claustrophobic in the confined space. I need to get out. Defying Edgeworth's orders, I leave the room and make my way outside.
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The breeze off the lake feels heavenly.
Heaven.
Is there such a thing for vampires? What about a hell? A purgatory? Where will I go when I die? Maybe I'll be reincarnated. But I'm not Hindu or Buddhist and I doubt vampires are either. I wonder if vampires pray to God. I really don't think it would affect me much if they didn't. I've never been the religious type anyway. My parents taught me to believe in God, but their God was Voldemort. I do not bow down before anyone. Heh, maybe becoming a vampire can enlighten me.
That's when something in my mind clicked. Could Edgeworth be making this all up, just as I had feared? I know I have my suspicions, but maybe he's just insane. Always a possibility. Perhaps I'm just falling into a gay predator's trap. Merline, I'm so confused!
"What's the matter Malfoy? You miss your boyfriend?"
Fuck, its the stupid weasel. Ever since I began sharing a room with Edgeworth, people have assumed that we have been 'going at it'. Edgeworth has heard these rumors, I know he has, but he ignores them. Probably thinks that its eventually going to become true. "What do you want, Weasley?" I groan, annoyed.
"Leave Ron out of this!" Potter, you bloody golden boy! He was the one who approached me! Stop trying to protect the guilty.
"Go away before I hex you to the point where the Dark Lord would cringe."
"What's with the sour mood? Edgeworth's been ignoring you?"
"Fuck off, Potter."
"Your mom."
A shiver ran down my spine. It suddenly got a lot colder.
"Mr. Potter! Twenty points from Gryffindor for bothering another student and insulting his mother." Edgeworth walked to my side, clearly angry.
Harry sneered, "Your lover won't always be here to protect you, Malfoy."
"Go!" Edgeworth roared to the trio and they ran off into the castle. "I thought I told you to stay in the room," he was now smiling gently, his mood a total 180. "Let's go back now, alright?"
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"What happened here?" I gaped at the sudden change our room has taken.
There were now numerous tapestries, statues, and jade masks hanging on the once bare walls. Where'd he get all of this? Must have cost him a fortune. Hell, that was real jadeite!
"I was just doing what I felt like I had to do," he said as he glided past me, his cloak rippling behind him.
"What do you mean?" All of these things looked so familiar. I known I've seen them somewhere before. . . .
"This," he said, spinning around to face me, "is what I meant by following instincts to become closer to our ancestors." My puzzled look must have said it all for he continued to explain. "The very first vampires are what you have come to know as the Maya."
Of course! I remember seeing things like this when I went to Belize with my father for one of his business trips. But something is wrong with this picture. ..
"But you're white." I can be very blunt when I want to.
"Draco, that was rather racist of you." he shook his head in disappointment. "Did I ever say 'my ancestors'? No, I said 'our ancestors', the vampire's ancestors." Edgeworth walked to the love seat and sat down. I followed and sat on the chair to the left. "The gods created this world so that men would have a place to live. Our purpose was to worship and feed the gods with our hearts. They created the world first, then plants and animals, and finally men.
At first, man was made of clay. These men were horribly disfigured, spoke nonsense, and could not reproduce and therefore destroyed by the gods in form of a flood. Then, man was made of wood. Wooden men did not have souls and could not revere the gods so they were destroyed by a rainfall of burning resin.
The gods were having trouble finding a suitable material to make man out of. Wishing to help, the animals told the gods that ants would enter a rock and re-emerge with corn.
After a few attempts, Chaak (the god of rain) split the rock with a thunderbolt and extracted the corn and man was created. This was the last creation of man and was so successful that they still continue to live today. We know this all happened because the gods created a special and experimental type of man between the second and third creations. They were powerful, immortal, and could see into the future. But, they had some glitches. They had very little soul, which made them cold to the touch. They had enough soul, however, to perform rituals and pay their respects to the gods. But, because their blood was poisonous to the gods, they could not offer sacrifice and lived their lives as messengers of the gods.
Their power made them seem magical to the clans they became involved with and the people made them priests and shamans. The gods spoke directly to this breed of man and rarely to anyone else. The gods forbade them from ever becoming a clan leader in fear that they would get. . .how should I say this. . .. fat heads. One day, one priest accepted the role as clan leader and their entire breed was punished for it.
Kinich Ahau, the sun god, cursed them to forever be sensitive to the sun's rays. Ix Chel, the goddess of the moon and fertility, cursed them so they would never have children. Ah Puch, the god of death and the underworld, took away their immortality and gave them a maximum lifespan of 800 years. These people were also foretold when the Mayan civilization would come to an end and were forbidden to stop it.
In the end, the civilizations were taken over by the Europeans and the shamans and priests went into hiding. They became their own clan and called themselves 'los vampiros' or, the vampires."
"Did vampires always drink blood? How'd they figure out that they had to blood others to continue their breed?" I was always the type who would thirst for knowledge.
Edgeworth let out a laugh, "I'm so happy you are interested in this!" He was smiling a genuine smile. "Their power needed fuel. The same fuel that was fed to the gods, blood. As for your other question, the goddess Ix Chel watches over all her children. She went behind the other gods' backs and gave them the power to continue their breed. It would only work if the vampire loved the human very much and undergo some rituals or if a human was on the verge of death. The first became so popular and common that it had caused the population to triple. Ix Chel didn't want or expect this so she talked with Destiny and together, they created vampire mates. Eventually, vampires mated with Europeans and then all over the world. That, Draco answers your earlier question as why I am white. Anymore questions? None? Good. Do you now accept your role as my mate?"
I looked into the flickering flames in the fireplace then back to Edgeworth. "No. Well, maybe. I'm not sure.. . I'm really confused and the proof you have presented can still be proved as coincidence."
He chuckled, "You always need to be confident, don't you? You always need to be 100 percent sure of something before you make your move. I like that."
Edgeworth is a handsome, brilliant man. I can't deny that. But, I still do not accept this 'fate'. I do not want to become his mate. . .do I?
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Holy Saint Francis! An update!
yea, this chapter was a good history lesson. the creations of the world stories was really believed by the Maya. The gods were real too. I just used their history and molded it to do my bidding. fufufu X3
Sweete Mist asked this question: so if touch can cause them either intense pain or pleasure... which happens when?
well, if they mean to hurt each other, it causes extreme pain. if they want to seduce, it causes pleasure. it all depends what their intentions are. so if they're really mad at each other, its like a duel to the death and if they want to love, its like INSTANT ORGASM. :DD
i think this is the longest chap i've ever written. i think i deserve a reward for that -hint hint-
For the love of Kukulcan, R&R!
oh and how'd you like the golden trio bashing? there's probably gonna be some Dumbledick bashing too. And for all you slash lovers out there, the slash will be coming VERY SOON! stay tuned plz :D