bound to the moonlight

bound to the moonlight -introduction

I sighed contently and spread my arms out running my tiny fingers through the sheepskin rug beneath me. The sheepskin tickled my bare legs. I sighed as I listened to the intense wind blow around us in the darkness. Normally I would be out in the darkness scampering around through the long grass and up trees and chasing sheep about but this was a bad storm and so my mother had forced me to stay in. I looked over at my family my mother was curled up in a chair with daddy who was running his fingers though her hair while she slept. I turned my eyes to my brothers as if sensing my gaze Matt looked up and stuck his tongue out at me playfully before he returned to his book. I pushed myself up and padded across the cold stone floor my bare toes making a light pitter pat noise. I wandered over to My eldest brother Michael who looked up at me smiling his dark eyes sparkling he reached up and gently stoked my hair. I nuzzled myself in past Michael's arm. He grabbed me around the waist and lifted me up onto his lap. I smiled and rested my cheek on his warm chest as Michael wrapped his arms around me and went back his drawing. I looked over at the picture it was a girl I don't know who but it was a nice drawing except she had very sad eyes. I sighed feeling content as I lay into my brother's chest as he hummed gently which was something he always did when he was drawing. I felt my eyes drift closed and I just lay listening to the comforting sound of Michaels heart beating under my ear. Suddenly my head snapped up I hadn't heard anything had I? Obviously I had as Michaels hands had tightened around me protectively as I swung my head around I saw my parents had both woken up and were sitting up tense their eyes locked on nothing. As were Matt and Martin, I swung my eyes around I could sense more than see something. Something was wrong.

"Michael?" I whispered wanting pleading my favourite brother to make me feel better.

"Des." He said tensely which made me flinch and turn around to look at him. "You go with Matt and Martin ok honey." I just frowned nor having a clue what he was talking about

"Dad What the hell do we do?" Matt asked urgency in his voice that I wasn't used to. "There's too many of them."

"Michael with me." My daddy said pushing himself up to his feet.

"Michael." I whispered as he wrapped his arms around me and pushed himself up to his feet holding me pressed into his chest I wrapped my limbs around him.

"Boys you take Des and your mother and you go." He hissed urgently "we'll hold them off. You get to the tunnels." even in my childlike state of innocence I knew I didn't like this as I felt Michael press his nose into my hair for a second as he wrapped his arms a little more tightly around me as he pressed a kiss to the top of my head.

"Matt." He snapped and picked me off his handing me to my brother I allowed Matt to take me but looked back at Michael who reached out his eyes sad and stroked my cheek.

"No I'm staying with you." My mother snapped.

"No your not." He snarled

"Like hell I'm going to hide in a hole and let them destroy our family." A crash made me fling myself into Matt's chest clinging tightly into his shirt. I saw a shape crash through the window. It instantly straightened up and I flinched as I inhaled the hideous smell. It was thick sweet and so heavy the scent seemed to cling into my throat making me want to gag as I saw the shape straighten up and it became a person. Until he turned to us his eyes lighting up as he opened his mouth wide and hissed at us. I screamed as his bright red eyes blazed and I could see his long sharp bright white fangs, a vampire.

"RUN." Michael screamed as he flung himself at the vampire pushing him back into the wall as my dad and mum suddenly shifted. Matt didn't need telling twice he hefted me into his arms and ran towards the basement Martin following as the whole of our house began to explode with noise as I heard smashing and crashing all around us, the house was exploding around us.