Chapter 1 - Golden Eyes

My eyes flung open,

still adjusting to the dark

and then I saw it ---

or rather, I saw them.

 

Gold-Orange and

filled with thirst,

yet, I saw life,

humanity. . .

 

Instincts told me

to run far away,

but those eyes

held my gaze.

 

Hostile, yet caring

Dangerous,yet safe

They were human,

yet they weren't.

 

They stared into me

in bewilderment,

as I sat still, calm,

content, and unafraid.

 

They seemed troubled,

as if deciding on my fate,

life or death, but somehow,

deciding the right answer.

 

I was amazed,

not scared or

frieghtened, I

knew the end.

 

I was going to die,

For this was the cycle,

He is the hunter,

I am the prey.

 

That is how it has to

be, there is no other

way, Even those eyes

told me my end.

 

So this is how I go,

killed by a creature

I can't even see,

killed by golden eyes.

 

I felt something

on my wrist as

the eyes continued

to stare at me.

 

They were in awe,

wondering how I'd

react, supprised,

I was still calm.

 

The touch felt so

gentle, I was forgetting

what they were,

for just an instant.

 

But that was all

the beautiful

golden eyes

could want.

 

The hand still held me,

sending electricity up

my spine, connecting us,

single mind, single body.

 

And then it happened,

what I'd been waiting

for all along, the eyes

went in for the kill.

 

I'd expected pain,

but as I felt cold

against my neck,

pleasure filled me.

 

I looked inside his

mind, it was so open,

I could almost find

who he was, truely.

 

But he knew my

intentions, telling

me cruely to get

out of his head.

 

Then, it was over,

and the eyes were,

gone, leaving me alone,

I felt so empty.

 

Like a piece was

missing, and I

couldn't find it,

staring into darkness.

 

Bewilderment,

Anger,  Awe,

was it all a

hallucination?

 

I sat staring where

the golden eyes had

been, Now just the

pitch black darkness.

 

And now I was

scared, because

I might never find

hime again.

 

My head, spinning,

as I sat on the

corner of my bed,

I couldn't believe.

 

It wasn't possible,

It didn't exist,

He didn't exist,

He couldn't exist.

 

I knew what he was,

I had seen him clearly,

I had felt his mind,

Yet I couldn't believe.

 

Slowly light returned

as I sat, unmoving,

watching nothing,

thinking nothing.

 

Soon, the whole room

was light up, I could

smell bacon downstairs,

but I couldn't move.

 

I don't think I

could have even

if i tried, he left

me rooted to the spot.

 

I could still feel

the tingling sensation

I felt on my neck,

his cool mouth. . .

 

For two days I was gone,

My body was there but,

my mind was very far away,

Thinking and wondering.

 

Every breath I took

Filled me with agony,

leaving my crying

for the golden eyes.

 

What was wrong with me?

Mom was so worried, I

wouldn't respond to

anything she could do.

 

She called the doctor,

he didn't do anything,

She called my friends,

They couldn't help.

 

Three nights later,

I heard the sound

again, pulling me back

into my body again.

 

I slowly turned

my head to see

the golden eyes

staring back at me.

 

I saw a flicker as

he lit a candle,

setting it on down

on my dresser.

 

I looked up at hime

and gasped at what I

saw, he was gorgous,

more so than anyone.

 

The candle light was

flickering off his light

brown hair, that just

reached behind his ears.

 

He touched my face,

moving a strand of hair

and sending my mind

spinning again.

 

Then, he spoke to

me. There's something I

probably should tell you

about my kind. . .

 

And he launched into

his story. I belong

to the lumeiscence,

home to many creatures. . .

 

I am a vampyre,

but there are also the

animal-changers and

the witches there too. . .

 

It's not really a place,

It's more of a society

of people hiding from

the outside world. . .

 

The humans are dangerous,

they have killed before,

almost wiping out the

witches altogether. . .

 

Until w went into

hiding, and there's

something else. . .

The reason I'm here. . .

 

Soulmates --- And then

he was gone, and the

candle went out, as

my door opened slowly.

 

* * * * *

 

You are going to school

tomorrow. No arguments.

Mom said to me, but

I wasn't listening, agian.

 

What did it all mean?

Why would he tell me

a secret that would

get us both killed?

 

But I knew the answer,

he had told it to me,

Soulmates, But what

did that mean?

 

And then his cool voice

spoke in my mind,

I'll be back,  but for

now, you're safe.

 

I got up off my bed

and cursed as i stepped

on something, picking it

up, it was a gold ring.

 

It was beautiful, with

a deep red ruby cut

into a heart, surrounded

by golden topaz.

 

They were the color

of his eyes, and they

shimmered just like

golden-orange eyes.

 

For some reason

I can't explain, I

slid the ring onto

my middle finger.

 

It was a perfect

fit, and yet,

somehow I knew

'it would be.

 

With that, I walked

downstairs and out

the door toward the

school I'd never see.

 

I knew somewhere

down deep that this

was the last time I'd

go there, forever.

 

And I was going to be exactly right. . .