STRAWBERRY CUPCAKE AWARDS - 3RD PLACE & BEST TITLE. A lightweight tale about a vampire that needs a special blood match to maintain immortality and the young high school girl who fits the bill but proves more of a nuisance than a boon.

Days after the accident in Duncan's castle, the flux continues to grow and expand throughout the world. Duncan and Kim were lucky enough to escape with their lives using Duncan's spaceship. Now isolated and alone, Kim is unconscious, and Duncan continues to make contact with Lewis and everyone else. But as time continues, the flux continues to grow...Will Duncan be able to find his friends and solve the problem with the flux, or is this one problem that a scientist like him can't solve....

Jordan had always only wanted to serve His Lady Ianite. He followed every order to the best of his abilities, tried to keep the balance, and just tried to serve his goddess as best he could. But one day, Ianite gives him a strange task involving.. The Taint. Now the balance has been broken by the ones made to keep it and Jordan isn't sure where his loyalties truly lie anymore.