A storm with no warning drives SMG4, SMG3, Meggy, and Mario into a ruined chapel swallowed by ivy and rot. Inside, they discover a relic bound in chains-an obsidian shard pulsing with a heartbeat of its own. Against their pleas, SMG4 touches it. Black light explodes, piercing his chest. The storm ends, the relic vanishes, and though he insists he's unharmed, something inside him has changed. The hunger comes first. As SMG4 struggles with the vampiric urges twisting through his veins, his friends must decide if they can save him-or if he's already lost. Romance blooms dangerously in the shadows, fragile and forbidden, tangled with betrayal and aching loyalty. Each secret revealed leads them further into horror, where love itself becomes a curse. And when the truth finally shatters, only one thing is certain-this story will not end happily.

You are his soulmate - It couldn't be anyone BUT you. So why is he not YOURS? -------- An alternative version of my story "The Red String" where, instead of seeing SMG3 on the end of his own string, SMG4 ends up having his best friend on the other end. YOU SHOULD READ "The Red String" BEFORE READING THIS, OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT GET IT.

This is a collection of short stories based on the web series SMG4. Many of them will be ship-oriented, and I will take requests. Granted, the requests take a long time to make, but an author never shies away from a challenge. Unless it's an illegal ship, please none of those! Many of the first one shots will be SMG34, but other ships are on the way!

Mario and SMG4 take a trip to SMG3's cafe, then Mario gets into the weapons and finds a weird pink shotgun. ...Then things just escalate from there.