Prologue:
A full moon hung in a beautiful star-filled sky, a black ocean studded with silvery starfish shining to cleanse the night of its dark intent. It didn't look beautiful to Sosuke or Claire. There was too much out there to make them realize what a beautiful night it was. Dew glistened off every plant. Magic seemed to cloud the air with a feeling of weightlessness. But it was also clouded with battle and hatred.
Claire, the queen of vampires, stood over an infant. She looked like a child elf. Her husband, Sosuke, stood looking out over the village. Their red eyes sparkled as the full moon light crawled through the safest room in the castle. The nursery.
Outside a glittering water fall cascaded into a deep pool. Vampires of every shape and size stepped down into its shimmering depths. They swam deep into the safe haven of the underwater air-pocketed cave.
“We should be heading there as well...” Sosuke said as he turned away from the window.
“As soon as Myst stops crying. She'll be such a beautiful girl when she gets older. Don't you think, so?” Claire said as she picked up the infant and held her close to her heart.
Alright, just make sure the infant doesn't breathe until we reach the bottom of the water once we are in.” Sosuke added as he recalled his wings into his pale back.
Claire sat down Myst and did the same. She also removed her crown and sat is gingerly down on her pillow. “It can stay there until we return.”
“If we return. Our survival in this attack isn't one-hundred percent...you know? Myst might never the light of the sun tomorrow. If those stupid elves have anything to do with it anyway...” Sosuke mumbled to himself as he looked at himself in the mirror. He looked mostly at the scars that played on his bare chest. He glanced at his unruly black hair before he let out a deep sigh.
“Die!” the work came from a female elf who now stood at their door with an already shot bow in her hands. The cord was still vibrating.
Sosuke let out a pained cry. Then stumbled backwards. He gripped the side. His other hand was too busy holding the gaping whole in his stomach where thick black blood slipped between his fingers. They were completely white. He looked like a ghost. His face was twisted in a grimace as he fell to his knees.
“Sosuke, no!” Claire shouted as she rushed to his side, barely able to see through the tears streaming out of her eyes. Her eyes darted to the elfin woman as she cradled Sosuke. “Monster! We did nothing to you! All you God-Forsaken elves are terrible! Leave here!”
Another elf walked in. His hair was brilliantly blond and thick. It was tousled, and it hung in his eyes. He was wearing baggy camouflage pants with a white tank top and different guns were strapped to his waist. “Shall I ace your King, Zoey?” He said as he held up a queen card. “You already took out the King.” He smiled as he held out the King Card and burned it between his fingers.
“Yeah, sure. Just stop playing with your cards and get it over with, Matt.” Zoey told him as she gestured towards him.
Fear shot through Claire. What if they killed the infant? Or her son. She felt her heart tug as she thought of them. Her words to Sosuke rebounded through her head.
“Goo!” the infant, Myst, smiled at the mobile above her head.
“Your one of those vampires who stole children from Earth! How dare you!” Matt shouted as she shot his hand gun. The shock of the slight magic drain from the bullet sent a hum through his limbs.
“Claire!” Sosuke stumbled. Blood dripped, thick and dark as night, down his lips.
“Sosuke, no! You mustn't die!” Pain slipped over her as quick as the wind as she fell to the ground next to him. “You have to protect, him. You have to-! Gah!”
“Matt! Grab the infant. We have to go!” Zoey hissed as she put her bow back up.
Matt slammed his foot down on Sosuke's head. “What's the child's name! Tell me!”
“Myst...” he pushed out as more blood curled out of him. He cringed when Matt moved his foot.
“Good,” Matt said as he ran to her side and out the door.
Claire put her hands on Sosuke's chest. His breathing was shaking and irregular. “Please, Sosuke...no...” Tears streamed her doll-like face as she licked at his wound.
“Take my heart essence. Put it in the crystal,” he stumbled as he coughed out bile, spit, and blood. His skin was sheet white and his eyes were getting dark. His whole body shook with the pain.
She nodded. She put a cold hand to Sosuke's bare chest and mumbled something inaudible. A green sphere just smaller then the crystal ball was pulled out of him. She whispered a few of the ancient words of life. It fused inside of the hollow crystal shell. Its hummed with life.
“May one day this reach Myst so she can meet you, Sosuke. Let her know her past.” Claire said as she breathed her last breath. It came out smooth and calm. Like a sigh. “Zero. Be safe. Guard your sister with your life.”
Soft pink light arose from her own chest and flew to the sky. The brightest one. Hundreds of globes of light filled the sky. High enough they looked like large multi-colored stars in the midnight sky.
Their world erupted in fire. Screams echoed as their makers life was put out forever.
*****
On Earth after the invasion, Zoey and Matt walked out of the orphanage, back to the hover car that would take them back to Vampire Hunter's Head Quarters. “I can't believe we found two little elfin children. Captured, and Myst wasn't even a week old. Rhys was about six months, though. They should never have been able to steal those two.” Zoey cursed as she punched the hood of the car.
“You're right, of coarse. But that's no reason to kill my poor car!” Matt sighed. “They probably thought they could get a good snack that they could lock up and come back to whenever they wanted.
14 years later.......
