Black Crimson

Chapter IV "Origin"

It had been a week since Armand Foulrot's death and nobody had missed him. During one of my hunts, I stumbled upon a garden on the beautiful Eliza Du Ferdinand. She was British and of noble birth. Her garden was on a high rise platform that extended out. It had the most amazing view of the moon. I went there most nights, alone. Since my birth to darkness and our becoming one me and Crimson grew apart. We did not talk as much and we would hunt alone. I do not blame her, and she does not blame me. I think this is part of Vampire nature. We are born to be alone.

I could only visit the garden at night, but what a sight it was. I climbed over the stone wall and dropped down. I ran my hands across the Lavender, and the smelll from the impala Lily's was intoxicating. There was a small pond towards the end, which was filled with a manner of small fish and the little frogs jumped in and out. I would visit this garden most nights and I would never see the same thing twice. The daffodils, shone bright as if they were the only link I had to the day light, they where my favourite. At the head of the garden was the house. I would watch the maids and servants running around at night. I never killed anybody from here. The lady Eliza would come to her balcony and look out at the moonlight. I was obsessed with her face. Other than Crimson, I had never seen anything more beautiful. Crimson wasn't human, Eliza was. Her balcony looked over the garden and I could read her thoughts from a mile away, and I could see her face was full of boredom.

She needed excitement, like a child needs its mother and like i needed blood. I would watch her from the shadows and sometimes I would move so fast that she wouldn't notice me standing behind her. That brown silky hair, the sweet purfume she wore, the white dressing gown she wore for bed. She would sometimes feel my presence and turn around but her mortal eyes where no match for my Vampire legs and I would vanish into the night.

The hotel manager at the De La Reine was a giant of a man, I forget his name but I used to call him "Piggy". He was a sly looking creature that cared more about money than he did his own son, who from my fading memory would runaway with his male lover. Piggy would always be very blunt with me. I walked down into the lobby, everytime I would enter every woman would look at me. They wanted me. I strolled through looking very sharp. My suit was dashing, my hair clean and my face clean shaven. I walked across the lobby to the door when I heard "Charles, Charles" I turned around too see Piggy running towards me. His fat legs rubbed together and it was almost funny. He got to me out after a while and he put his chubby hands on his chubby legs and breathed in through his chubby throat.

"Who was that young lady you brought back to your room last night?" he asked still finding his breath. The lady was my dinner, and I had killed her and then dragged her body through the streets and hid it in an alley way.

"Ahh, the woman she was a friend I met at the theatre why?" I replied. I was very calm and cool compared to him who was so frightened of me that he would sometimes think to walk away mid conversation. Although he never did. I admired him for his bravery.

"She did not leave your room, I wondered if she was still upstairs" He coughed loudly. I patted his back with my cold hand and he seamed to move further away when I did this.

"She did leave my good sir, about one hour after she came. I wanted to teach her how to dance, but she was too embarassed to do it infront of everybody so my room seamed the perfect place, is that a problem?"

"I did not see her leave" He said, his heart racing so fast I could of danced to the beat.

"What are you implying? That she is still in my room." I spoke harshly. He went to say something but I interupted him.

"Maybe she is dead, maybe I killed her, maybe she is lying in an alley way, or maybe you didn't see her leave because you wasn't at the front desk when she did leave. I walked her to the door I turned back around and you was nowhere to be seen. So please check my room if you want to" He was speechless.