Prologue

A thick autumn fog covered the forest, and slowly danced along the ankles of the tow cloaked figures are they walked along the narrow, and almost hidden, road. The first figure stopped and listened to the sounds that filled the forest. With the stopping it caused the other figure to do the same and slowly the first pulled a pocket-watch like invention and the other nodded while looking at the invention with great wonder. Soon a blood freezing sound came from the invention, but neither figure seemed to hear the noise, that was because the sound was made for the ears of a creature that was very much not human. Though, if one did not have the invention they would never be able to find the creature for it looked so much like a human.

"There, stop the watch and follow me!"

The two figures ran, causing the fog to flee, towards the deeper part of the forest and slowed when they saw a figure cloaked in black lying face down in the grass. Slowly the figure with the pocket-watch bent down by the creature and slowly lifted up the lip to show a pair of fangs. Yes, they had found the creature in which they were looking for, and under the hoods of the two figure's cloaks came devilish smiles, and glinting eyes.

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"What do ya think will 'appen if you touch it?" A drunken male asked another man who sat next to him. "I wouldn't if I was you, I 'eard that these things 'ave a 'orrible bite." The other man said, and soon they both started to laugh. The sounds of their laughter caused the creature's eyes to open slowly, they were a bright ice blue which seemed like a great contrast to the pale skin and dark hair. When the creature saw the men he tried to lunge for them, but the chains that were around his wrists and legs held him back. At the sounds of the chains moving the two men stopped laughing.

"You think that those chains will hold 'im?" The first drunken man asked.

"I would sure 'ope so, they are are covered in vervain-which is said to weaken the vampire." The other man said, looking square into the eyes of the vampire before showing the other man a wooden stake laced in vervain. He then opened the cell door and staked the vampire and then closed the cell door before walking back to his friend. The two looked at the vampire and began to laugh.

"I tell ya if 'e every acts up you do that, and it teaches 'im to learn 'is place." The second man said, as he stopped laughing.

"Don't tell the princess, you know as well as I that she loves creatures." The first man told his friend and they both looked at the vampire for a long while before laughing as they left the dungeon.

/

Princess Elena, who liked to just be called Elena, sat in her room by the window. Her eyes looked out at the world that was below, each person walking looked nothing more than tiny ants. To Elena they were her subjects that would one day serve her, which scared the girl.

"Did you hear they caught a creature!"

The voice nearly caused Elena to jump, her chest was heavy as her heart rang hard against her ribcage as she turned from her window to see who had spoken to her. It had been her best friend, who happened to be a witch, Bonnie.

"Is it real, or did someone bring a normal man only for my Father's money?" Elena asked Bonnie, the dark skinned girl, whose green eyes made known that she was different, looked to her friend with a sly grin.

"I would not of come to tell you if it weren't true!"

Elena stood from her seat by the window, she slowly smoothed her crimson dress, and lowered it a tad more so that her breasts were more exposed than before, and then she smiled up at her best friend.

"I'm ready!"

Bonnie lightly bit her lip, she knew very well that creature was a vampire, and that Elena would be hurt if she went by it. She also knew that the guards would not allow her to go anywhere near it because of the danger the creature had, but as Elena's best friend she knew the girl would do anything to see it, she adored creatures. This was different however, this one wanted nothing more than blood, and it did not care who's blood it drank, it just took.

"How about tomorrow?"

"Why, Bonnie?"

"Because, the creature is a vampire..."