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Chapter 2: The New Blood

Destiny Islands – 11:00pm

It was getting late, and the only ones still up were the adults, and a few mischievous teens, notably Sora and pals. He, Tidus and Leon were sitting around playing videogames while Aerith kept contemplating how to get the kids to go to bed (Tidus' parents had disappeared a long time ago mysteriously and were never found, so Aerith and Leon, who had moved onto Destiny Islands around that time, took care of him), remembering that even though they were nearly adults (Except Leon, who IS an adult), they were still under 18, and had to do as they were told.

"Alright, you three, break it up. Sora, I'm not kidding now, go home. And no, you can't sleepover again. Now get ready and go, if you know what I mean."

By that she meant just leave, after all he lived a couple of seconds away from Tidus, but she knew Sora definitely preferred being around friends. Tidus and Sora had gotten to be very close friends in the past few years as they had been spending a lot of time together. While the bond they shared was nowhere near as strong as the bond Sora, Kairi and Riku all shared, their friendship was strong enough. The main reason was because Sora hung round with him more now that Riku went to work, and Kairi in college (She didn't disappear as long as the others), and when Tidus' parents went missing, Riku told him to look to Sora for comfort. And he didn't disappoint. They were almost like 3 brothers.

(P.S. Riku and Sora live together, and Sora's parents live on the other side of the island.)

Sora opened the front door and made his presence known.

"Riku! I'm back-!" Sora suddenly remembered that it was late at night, approaching midnight, and Riku might be in bed. He kept his mouth shut as he crept up to Riku's room… and found nothing. Riku wasn't there. But he had left a note. By the look of it, he meant to put it on the front door.

'Sora, I'm working late tonight. In case you don't sleep over at a friend's house, I left some food in the oven for you. If it's past 10:00, then it's probably cold and inedible by now. Sorry.

-Riku'

"Dammit, Riku, I could have easily made my own food. I'm 17."

Sora felt sleep taking over as he tried to make his way up the stairs. He slumped down on his bed, and without bothering to change clothes (Except kick off his shoes), he quickly falls asleep, but not without turning out the light.

Nearby, a hooded figure watched Sora through the window very carefully. He whispered to himself;

"Target is asleep. Let's do this."

"Got It." Another replied. But no-one else heard it. It was loud enough to be heard, but it was silent enough to fall on deaf ears.

Slowly, the unknown person walked towards the window. He stood for a few seconds before he finally walked right through it, like it wasn't there. He looked at Sora, and smiled, a pair of fangs gleaming in the moonlight.

Tidus, in the adjacent house, had yet to fall asleep, and decided to go outside to the balcony. He looked out at the moon and gave that childish smile he always did, and uttered,

"Goodnight Sora." He said it quietly in case others were asleep. But as he turned to look at Sora's house, he noticed a cloaked, hooded person standing in Sora's room. At first, he thought it was Sora, trying to freak him out, as he knew Tidus had a balcony overlooking their back gardens, but it wasn't Sora. This guy was much taller than Sora ever was.

Tidus' eyes turned to the Sora, who was asleep, and vulnerable to attack.

"Oh crap!" Tidus ran out his door to get to Sora.

But the person was on top of Sora now, still avoiding awaking the child.

Tidus dashed towards his front door, until Leon's voice stopped him.

"And just where do you think you're going?" Leon asked.

"No time to talk, I saw some hooded guy in Sora's room!"

"Oh come on, am I really gonna fall for that?"

"Please, I'm not kidding! I think Sora might be in trouble!" Leon was about to retort, but he saw Tidus' face, and realised Tidus was very serious.

"If you're lying, then you are definitely grounded. I'll get my Gunblade, and you go make sure there really is someone there."

Almost immediately, Tidus ran towards Sora's front door and realised it was left open. He ran up to Sora's bedroom and kicked open the door, to find that the hooded figure had been waiting for him, with Sora, somehow still asleep, in his grasp.

"Well, this is unexpected. An Interference." He said mockingly, but Tidus wasn't afraid.

"Let him go."

"And what can you do, ya little pipsqueak? You couldn't harm me if you wanted to."

"That won't stop me from trying!" Tidus pulled out his weapon and gave the person a smack around the head with it. But he was unaffected by it. "What the… that was a direct hit!"

"We are not… your kind of people. We're not weak and useless." He laughed, putting Tidus in an even bigger mood. Tidus hadn't noticed Sora beginning to stir, but the hooded figure was aware. "Whoops, looks like he's awake." Sora quickly came into realisation about what was happening, and tried to break free, but he couldn't get out of the seemingly iron grip of this unknown figure.

"Hey! Lemme go, damn it!"

"Oh I'll let you go… to hell!"

Suddenly, and abruptly, he bit down on Sora's neck, causing Sora to squeal for a split second, and then abruptly go silent. His eyes went wide, visibly showing intense pain as the man sucked his lifeblood from him. Tidus was too frightened to say anything but a muttering, nearly silent.

"What… what are you…"

He didn't speak.

"It can't be… vampires… they don't… exist…"

The vampire continued to suck on Sora's neck wound. Tidus noticed Sora's eyes were beginning to turn grey, slowly but visibly.

Suddenly, Leon burst through the bedroom door.

"Let him go, you vermin!" Leon shouted. Seeing that the vampire didn't react, he slashed at him. The vampire stood his ground, thinking he could take it, but he forgot the Gunblade was made of silver, and let out an ear-piercing scream, dropping Sora to the ground, who immediately grasped his wound, trying to stop the bleeding. But before anyone could react, the vampire grabbed Sora and jumped out through the window, this time smashing it because of what he had in tow. The vampire misinterpreted the jump, however, and fell down to the ground below.

"Sora!" Leon shouted. "Come on! They're round the back!" Tidus looked like he was gonna jump down, but Leon stopped him. "No, Tidus, it's too far down. You'll only hurt yourself."

"But what about-" He complained, but was quickly cut off by Leon.

"Maybe that freak broke Sora's fall." Leon din't say another word.

Unfortunately, Leon was wrong in his guess. Sora had taken more of the fall than his attacker had, and he was unable to move, not only because the guy was on top of him, but because he still felt like he was getting weaker by the second. He probably had a concussion, but he soon noticed that the attacker had an open wound. It wasn't bad, but the blood was dripping onto Sora face. He tried to move away from it, but it just seemed to never end. But when his tongue caught the blood, he suddenly felt a shock to his head. Nothing had hit him, but it felt like he had been in a head-on car crash. It tasted so weird.

But at the same time… it tasted like nothing he'd ever tasted before.

Sora suddenly felt an urge to taste more of this blood. He wasn't sure what he was doing, but he slowly lifted his head up to the wound, and then he dug his teeth into it, and began to suck the blood from the vampire. Sora quickly came to his senses, and threw his head back (which wasn't a smart idea as he was close enough to the concrete, but it didn't matter) and tried to spit out the blood, but the deed was done, he had just drank blood.

"What… what am I?" Sora ran his tongue along his upper teeth and discovered fangs. Not fake plastic ones people used at Halloween, real sharp ones. So sharp Sora cut his tongue lightly on one.

"No way. I'm a vampire? But they don't exist!" He shoved the vampire off him, but suddenly, he reacted and grabbed Sora by the throat.

"Way to fall right into my trap. Welcome to the family." He stood up like the wound was nothing.

"See ya around, bro." He threw Sora to the dumpster (literally) and ran off.

"Ungh…" Sora tried to stand.

"Hey Sora! You alright?" He heard a distant voice that sounded like Leon shout.

"Sora?!" Tidus shouted as they ran toward him. Tidus and Leon went to check on him.

"Don't try to move, Sora. You've just had a nasty fall. We'll carry you." Leon reassured him as they picked him up. Sora looked at Leon's neck. So easy… he wouldn't feel a thing…

Sora shook his head, trying to get those thoughts out of his head.

Suddenly, he felt a massive pain in his heart. It made him want to scream, but he could only moan in pain as he fell out of consciousness. What Sora didn't know was that his heart had just stopped beating.

It had stopped beating for good.

End Chapter

So, there you go. I might have time to write the next chapter tomorrow, but no guarantees, so wait and see. R&R please.