A/N: Sorry for another God-dang prelude and stuff... XD This one will line up with chapter 4 better than chapter 3, though. I've got to build up to that. I wouldn't want my characters to meet in pitch-darkness XD lol. That'd be a little bit freaky...
Chapter 2: You Hurt Me Bad, Girl
In the dimming twilight, his target's familiar form was blurring into the rising night. He couldn't help but grin a touch, only because she was smiling, and even though he wasn't the one creating the happiness. In fact, he absolutely despised the person she was with. She was perfect and the one she was with was disgustingly flawed. Although he had a burning desire to be the one at her side, he remained distant, peering at her through worn and near useless binoculars.
Although if one looked in the dictionary for the word 'stalker' his picture would most likely be beneath the definition, it never crossed his mind that he was the epitome of a stalker. Even if he watched her every night… Even if he followed her home on occasion… Even if he lingered by her window until she shut the blinds, watching and waiting for the perfect moment to strike and take her from her perceived perfection to show her the true meaning of 'perfect'.
And he promised himself, as the sun graced her slender and beautiful frame one last time before slipping into infinity, that he would be the one to create that single, irrevocable scratch in the armor of her perfection.
Ace… soon you'll play that card, but for now, stick to the research involving Plan B… Although, failure will not happen, its always good to have back-up…
He made the decision to return early that night. No following his target home that evening. He blew a kiss to his damsel in 'distress' and ran his fingers through his yellow quills, brushing the faint scent of the ocean from them.
"Soon, my sweet, I'll rescue you from your ugly dragon. And then, you shall be mine… forever mine…" He said softly as the last of the sea breeze floated across the beach and choked down his words.
As he turned his back and slid down the dune in perfect control, the night leapt upon him and swallowed his body in pure darkness.