Hope in the Shadows

Laughter in the Dark

I got my first comment! *.* SPARKLE EYES!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yugioh Zexal or sparkle eyes. But I use both. *.*

In the last part of the story we learned that there are even more types of vampires. That and you should listen when one of them are talking to you or you will make them very mad. Back to the story!

After everything that happened the night before I tossed and turned for hours. Eventually, I was able to enter a light restless sleep plagued with the images of Yuma dying that night three years ago with no way for me to help him, followed by images of him now as a vampire. Why had all of this happened? Neither me or Yuma ever did anything wrong. At least not bad enough to have to endure all of this! After a couple hours of sleep which felt like centuries while having to go through that nightmare I finally woke up.

But when I woke up something didn't feel right, like there was someone in the room watching me. Don't ask me how because I don't really know myself, but somehow I just knew that it wasn't Yuma who was watching me this time. I slowly got up so that who ever was watching me didn't know that I was on to them. Once I sat up I tried pretending to stretch so that I could look around me without anyone getting wise. After a little while of fake stretching I still couldn't see who it was. But then I realized that I couldn't see anything really.

But that's impossible! Last night when I woke up and saw vampire Yuma for the first time the walls and ceiling glowed from the gems and artificial light. Did someone move me to a different room when I was sleeping without me realizing it? No that couldn't be because the slightest movement would have woken me from my light sleep. Did they drug me or do something else to my eyes so that I wouldn't be able to see my way out and try to escape? Suddenly I hear a laugh coming from some where deep within the darkness.

Judging from the sound of the laughter I was right to think that it wasn't Yuma. But then, who was it? Suddenly I hear someone say, " Why do you have such an odd expression? " The voice sounded emotionless and robotic, which I must admit sent shivers down my spine. To make matters worse the voice came from a different part of the room then where the laughter had come from. This meant that either whoever had laughed earlier was trying to mess with my head by moving around in the dark or there was more than one person in the room.

I was brought out of my thoughts by the sound of another voice responding " Honestly Astral how green can you be? He's obviously scared of the dark. Poor pathetic human. " I could just hear that ' your weaker than me ' smirk that's probably spread on his face right now. If I could see him I'd wipe that smirk right off with my face. My train of thought was interrupted by the sound of the robot, whose name was Astral apparently, responding to the other voice in the darkness.

" But Mist I am not wearing anything green. " I could clearly hear the sound of the person who laughed face palm to the other's response. As much as I hated to admit it I agreed with the other voice, Astral was green. Then I started thinking about what Astral said. He had called the other voice Mist. That's when realization hit me. The reason I couldn't see anything was because there was a thick black mist blocking out all of the light from the gems and ceiling.

" So you finally figured it out. " I twirled around hearing a voice behind me, of course I knew right away who it was. I mean how could I ever forget the sound of Yuma's voice, vampire or not. But one thing still disturbed me though. Had he been here with me the whole time without me even realizing it? And did this mean that Yuma knows the people in the dark? Before I can ask any questions Yuma is talking to the voices in the dark. " Hey Mist ya mind clearing things up in here? "

Suddenly the darkness start getting thinner and thinner as I watch the Mist being pulled toward where the laughter was coming from earlier. As I watched I could start to see the people who were talking earlier and as weird as it may sounds they looked exactly the same and like total opposites at the same time.

Astral had a slight build with very pale skin that almost seemed white, golden eyes, and light blue hair that was in a mohawk that bent forward slightly and showed off his dangling earrings. His expression showed no emotion except for a slight curiosity as he stared at me. I wonder if I was the first human he ever saw or something? Mist had the same build but had very dark skin, the same golden eyes, and although his hair was black it was in the same mohawk as Astral's that showed of a pair of the same dangling earrings. It looked like he was drawing the mist into his body, which I suppose is where his name comes from. The only look on his face was a huge smirk, which I totally called by the way.

I think Yuma saw my confusion because he said, " What? You want to know more about vampires don't you? Well they're here to help me explain. " So that's why they're here. Am I finally going to get the answers I've been waiting for?

AN: Nope! see you next time.