Dark Passion

Encounter

Raine was awoken by knocks at his door, he moved slowly in his bed staring at the door. He noticed movement of the door as he rose out of the bed and began walking towards the door .... He yelled in a tired voice, "Who is it?" ... but no one answered. Raine started to stare around at the surroundings remembering where he was. "Oh yeah! I am in a guest room in a castle and not in my old room back home." The reflection of the sun rays peeking through the curtains peered into eyes, hurting his eyes as he closed them and turned his face away from the sunlight. Raine groaned with displeasure because of the sunlight. He heard another knock at his door and he moved slowly across the room aching mixed with tiredness. Raine began speaking, "Yes! is anybody out there," but he still heard nothing from the other side of the door. He creeped closer to the door and touched the doorknob without opening the door, until a voice came from the other side and asked if he was awake. He answered the voice saying "yes".The voice sounded like a young girl's voice. Raine opened the door trying to see who it was. Upon opening the door he heard a grumpy voice force its way through. Standing in front of him was a young girl. Raine guessed she would be around seventeen years old or maybe a little younger. He looked at her staring for a moment noticing everything about her. She had short brown hair and green eyes and a creamy white skin, but there was also the guard from last night hanging his head through the doorway. The guard began to speak, "Well, good morning twit." Raine didn't acknowledge the guard by his greeting. He stares at the young girl and asked, "why up so early or is it time to be awake." The girl stared both him and the guard saying, "Yes it time to get up, also you get yourself ready to see the queen my lord."

"Well Thank You, Miss." He said to her. The girl looked at him and turned light pink and she spoke, "my name is Mariah my lord." Raine stared at her wondering why she was so red and spoke, "Nice to meet you, Lady Mariah." Mariah turned bright red. Raine asked her, "do you know where I can get clean up before breakfast?"

"Who are you talking to?" the jealous guard grunted in his deep angry voice. Raine looked at the guard and then back at Mariah and said, "actually both of you". The guard looks at him with range in his eyes. Raine yawned lightly and stared at the guard and spoke, "Don't worry, I'm not going after your sweetheart. Anyways, can someone tell me where I can get cleaned up because I'm starting to smell like a dead fish right now."

"The washroom is down the hall, well I think you need to hurry to get down there before it gets crowded by other smelly men!" said Mariah replying to his question. Raine spoke, "Thank you, Mariah..." The guard turned dark red with anger as Raine slowly moved past him and Mariah could not dare look at him in his eye. Raine walked and passed by many mysterious doors in the castle, hearing voices from every corner, some wishing good-morning while others in drunken voice with anger in it, but all the way he kept feeling a looming stare at his back.

He approached the washroom doors making sure there was no one inside before entering in it. It was huge in size and could accommodate many people at the same time. There were over twelve sections for bathing and hundreds of sinks and stools. Raine looked at himself in the mirror and stared at his image that looked nothing like his earlier self. His short black curls have now turned to long curls hanging below his shoulders on his back, His facial hair was now overgrown and covered his upper lips and turned on his chin across to his sideburns. It has grown in length to the tip of his chest. He stared at his image whispering to himself, "I look like a creeper." His pale ash skin left everything from his chest to his legs stand out in detail, His dark brown eyes were empty and had no emotions within them. He walked away from the mirror looking at his surroundings seeing the red and black hanging around the washrooms and planning out how he was going to get cleaned before everyone got in here. He began to shave and cut his hair and continued on this plan on how to do everything in the washroom. He stepped into the shower and washed his skin thoroughly, mixing soap with water and getting rid of the smell of fish on his skin. He took some time to clean himself up nicely and felt good as he ran his hand through his hair stepping out from the shower. He dried his body with a towel staring at himself was happy to get rid of his long hair and facial hair. He dried his face and looked back in the mirror once again and this time everything had changed expect his pale skin. Raine left the washroom and began to walk towards the throne room. On his way there he encountered different types of stares peering at him, more greetings than before as he kept walking he heard less angry voices and saw less drunkards wandering in the hall, but he kept wondering what was behind those mystery doors that were well guarded. He continued down the hall remembering every hallway and knowing his surroundings. Raine approached the throne room when he noticed the guard from earlier protecting the door. Raine asked, "Is the queen in the throne room?" The guard just stared at him with a shocked look on his face. Raine began to laugh and then asked him, "Is there something wrong or did you forget who I am already?"

The guard looked at him with the same anger in his eyes, "Well twit really you know how to change appearance as a person and the answer to your question is yes, the queen has been waiting for you."

Raine looked at the guard and laughed watching him turn deep rose red ready to attack Raine. Raine took a step and turned the throne doors, but slowly says, "Be careful you don't need to waste your strength on a little old me! Do you?" the guard looked away and opened the door of the throne room. Raine thanked him and continued to walk in the throne room. The rush of fresh blood drowned his nose and his fangs pierce into his flesh covering his mouth. He stared up at the ceiling, seeing newly fresh human bodies hanging from hooks that pierced into the human's flesh, Raine watched as the blood dripping down their from their flesh mixed into the pool of blood below them. Raine felt a gush of wind blowing against his cheeks, he turned toward the windows that were open and the gush of wind entering the room brought the scent of blood along with it.

The queen was standing at the window looking out of it. She saw him approaching her and said, " Good Morning Raine and how was your night?"

"It was good..." he replied, but it was a restless night for him with the smell of blood calling out to him. Never knowing what would become of him if even a drop of blood touched against his tongue. He ran his hand through his hair shaking the thoughts of blood out of his mind, then he looked at the queen and asked her, "Queen Jessica if I may ask, have you decided yet?" She looked at him and muttered, "Yes, I have thought about it, but I will not let you be a part of my army. I don't see you would fit in with them and we don't want anyone to find out who you really are. So I came up with another choice for you. You shall be my right hand man. To obey and protect me at any cost!" He looked at her for a moment thinking and then began to smile at her and then he spoke, "I gladly accept"

The queen smiled back at him and said, "Have you met Mariah? She will be looking after you until you're comfortable here and you start feeling like home here. Oh and have you met Mariah yet Raine?"

Raine said, "Yes, I had, she was nice and helpful to me today." "That's good to hear! Mariah is my best servant in the castle so if you need any help please don't be afraid to ask her." She said. Raine said "Ok, my queen"

The last question she asked him was if he had eaten yet Raine reply with a no. The queen put out her arm towards him and commanded, "Take as much as you need this would bind us together and also help you to walk in daylight easily than feeling the burns against your flesh." Raine obeyed and walked to his queen's arms and pressed his lips against her flesh as his fang pierced into her pale skin and blood started soaking his hungry tongue. As Raine slowly drank his queen's blood bidding herself to him he started feeling her power flowing into his veins. He started to think of how this country would be his new home. He just wondered what was waiting for him now in his new life and what awaited him in the future...