When Night Falls

Chapter 1: A New Begginng

Years had passed, since then, Chaeyoung lived her life normally...for the most part.

It was only at night when her inner cravings came out.

It was all the support from her family - who were the only people she really trusted with her secret - that kept her going.

•

Chaeyoung lied down on her bed, thoughts running through her head.

She sighed heavily as it was already 11:46 p.m.

Smiling bitterly, she thought about the first night as...Blood Moon...

Flashback...

Chaeyoung opened her eyes wearily.

She sat up slowly, her head hurting badly, all the memories came flooding back.

She started crying, crying out of frustration, sadness, betrayal...

Her legs wobbled as she stood, looking around at her surroundings, she concluded that she was in the park.

Chae walked up to the nearest bench and sat down.

"CHAEYOUNG! CHAEYOUNG, WHERE ARE YOU?!"

Chaeyoung shot up, lightning fast, she felt her head started hurting again, but at this point she didn't care.

She ran, trying to locate the voice, it was becoming clearer and clearer.

Eventually, she rounded a corner, she bumped into a figure.

Chaeyoung winced in pain as her body collided with the concrete.

Looking up, she saw her mom!

"MOMMY!!" Chae shouted, crying from happiness.

She lunged towards her mother, who embraced her in a warm hug.

They both sat there, crying and hugging each other tightly.

Chae began to explain all the terrible events that had happened, her mom just listened, horrified.

Her mom just looked at Chaeng, tears streaming down her face, as she embraced her daughter in a warm hug, telling her everything was going to be okay.

Ever since that night, her parents had kept their promise, everything was alright.

Whenever it was 12, they always had fresh meat waiting outside her bedroom door.

Every time she would transform, Chae always found extra clothes for her to wear afterwards.

It was hard to adjust, but she eventually did, it wasn't fun, nor got any less bearable, but she got through it.

Chaeyoung just had to live her life...as Blood Moon.

Present time...

Sighing, Chae got out from bed and stared at the moon, she howled.

Feeling the pressure rising up, she closed her eyes and got ready for the tranformation.

When she opened her eyes, everything became a light shade of red.

She was hungry, as Chaeng held her about up high, she could smell the raw meat.

There was always a small human part of her during this time that felt guilty, but alas there was nothing she could do...

Opening her door, she saw the fresh meat, Chaeyoung felt drool come out of her mouth as she approached the meat.

After taking a big inhale of the smell before devouring it.

Chae lied back down in bed after the meal, still feeling disgusted by herself.

She felt hot tears stream down her face as she tried to get some sleep.

This was her life now...

•

As the sun shone through her window, and into her room, Chaeyoung slowly opened her eyes.

Remembering last night, she closed her eyes and groaned in frustration.

She eventually got up and made her way downstairs.

"Morning, sweetheart." Her mom said cheerfully.

"Morning, mom." Chae said, smiling brightly.

"Hey, no ''Good Morning'' for me too?" Her dad said, pouting.

Chuckling, Chae ran towards her dad and gave him a big hug, "Morning, dad."

After eating breakfast and doing her normal routine, Chaeyoung decided to take a run.

Saying her goodbyes and grabbing water, she went off.

Chae loved the feeling of the wind against her face as she ran through the neighbourhood.

She enjoyed it a little too much, Chae was too busy admiring mother nature that she didn't notice someone infront of her.

"AHH!" "Ack!"

Chaeyoung cringed as she felt her body collide with the concrete.

Getting up slowly, she saw the figure she bumped into was a girl about her age.

"Goodness, I'm so sorry, I should've payed attention to where I was going" Chae said, helping the stranger up.

"Ah, no worries, just be careful next time" Said the girl, looking up at Chaeyoung and flashing a gummy smile.

"M-My heart...c-can't handle such beauty" Chae just stood there, frozen in her spot.

She quickly snapped out of it and introduced herself, "Ah yes, um, my name is Son Chaeyoung by the way...and you are...?"

"Oh, my name is Myoui Mina."