Stories For A Rainy Day

"You're My Hero"

The young child ran through the woods, his lungs burning from the lack of oxygen, a faint whimper escaping him every so often. His body and lungs screamed for him to stop, but to stop would mean his death. Death's sweet silent embrace was tempting but not what the child wanted. He ran until he collapsed deep in the woods and leaned his back against a tree as he tried to calm himself. He had been running for a while now, alternating between running, walking and hiding. Rogue vampires had broken into his house and killed his parents. His father had warned them about the vampires attacking the next town over and had it already planed out that they were going to get Sage out of the house if there were an attack. They had discussed the plan just an hour before the attack. Sage slipped out of the house through the basement, his brunette hair pulled away from his face in a ponytail, his dark green eyes showing fear and panic. He warned everyone that he could but no one seemed to listen, running as the sound of screams echoed in his ears. He had ran until he collapsed. Sage didn't hear the approaching vampires until it was too late. One stepped on a branch directly beside him just to get his attention and when the buy went to run the vampire grabbed him. He was sure his young life was over as he screamed and tried to get away from the rogue that held him tightly.

The raven vampire had taken to hunting the rogues as they were becoming more of an issue. He never liked hunting his own kind, but he was left with no choice when they were killing innocent people. He had gotten word of a rogue attack just outside of town and slipped away from his house silently tracking them. The male's head turned towards the sound of a child's scream and quickly took off towards it. The vampire slid to a stop and grabbed the rogue throwing him to the ground and stood between the other vampire and the child. as Sage got up with a whimper and hid further in the woods.

The child had no idea who had saved him but he was grateful none the less as he ran deeper into the woods holding his injured arm. He dropped behind a tree and shook from a mix of pain and fear, keeping his dark gaze lowered until he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder. His dark green gaze met the pale lavender one of the male in front of him, quickly realizing the other was a vampire as well but showed no fear of him. "Th-thank you for helping me sir..."

The vampire nodded and gently moved the boy's hand so he could see the wound. "You can call me Jay and what happened to your family?"

Sage looked down and let the male examine the wound. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Sage and my parents and most of our town were wiped out by rogues."

Jay growled faintly then stopped and healed the claw marks on his arm. "You weren't bitten were you?"

"No just scratched." Sage looked at where the wound was then up at the male before hugging him tightly. "Thank you so much."

The raven blinked a few times and returned the hug. "You're welcome but may I ask you something?" He tipped the boy's face up to meet his gaze. "You're not afraid of me?"

The boy smiled and shook his head no. "Why should I be?"

"I'm the same thing that killed your parents. I'm a monster."

"No you're not. You're my hero."

A soft smile crossed the vampire's lips as the boy slipped his arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. He gently picked the boy up and carried him back to the house so he could rest.