Nightwalker Fan Fiction ❯ Equilibrium ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

Disclaimer: NightWalker and all its characters do not belong to me.

Warnings: CainxShido, yaoi, blood, angst, violence, gore.

Spoiler Warning: For the whole series. It's probably best if you've already seen it. I make a couple references to episodes.

Authors note: I am working with heavy and random influence from many vampire authors. Humor me here. Vampiric power stops growing at age 500; those whose power continues to grow become Masters. The really old Masters (Cain in this case) are not supposed to make vampires anymore because the new ones would inherit a lot of their Master's power and be extremely powerful to begin with instead of gradually.

 

 

Equilibrium

By: Lotus-chan

 

Prologue

 

Many pairs of slitted amber eyes stared up at the window from the street outside. Hiding amongst the shadows in the alleys and the darkness of night, the creatures stared at the window where glances of a desk, chair, and lavender hair could be seen. They glared ominously and a small one at the back turned to another in the group, “is this truly the one?”

 

The eyes of the small one's Master flashed with anger in response and their leader turned to him, “of course he is! Now, be silent or he will sense your presence. Despite his foolishness he is much more powerful than he seems. Bring attention to yourselves and he would slaughter the lot of you if he so desired!”

 

Cat-like amber eyes glared at their leader from his far right, “assuming he knew why we were here.” The female who'd just spoken looked back at the window, suddenly speaking with much more age and authority than she had before, “We don't know if the rumors are true yet and before we can act, we need to know for sure. It is not within my nature to get killed because I was misinformed and if he is as defiant as the rumors say then this… `Shido' is capable of anything.”

 

The leader's eyes softened slightly when she spoke. “You are hardly one to speak of being killed by a vampire as weak as he. You are much more powerful than you admit to being.”

 

She laughed, “Suddenly he is weak?”

 

He grinned, “Weak to you, Callista.”

 

The shadows trembled with her amusement. “Age is nothing anymore. There really is no telling how powerful he is after being made by such an old Master… no matter how strong or weak he feels from here.”

 

She walked over to him and the shadows moved around her body as if they were alive. Swaying around her in an aura of power she created simply for the benefit of the young ones and stilling only when she stopped next to their leader and hooked herself on his arm. “What about you, Collin? Is he more powerful than you?”

 

He snorted, “I do not know why I tolerate your behavior.” He glanced back up at the window and Callista grinned behind her shadows. Everyone knew why he `tolerated' her behavior but no one valued their eternity so little as to speak it out loud.

 

Collin was her Maker, but every vampire in his coven suspected that Callista had grown more powerful than their Master after reaching her 500 years. He indulged her in almost everything she wished and some said he feared her. They knew that if she were ever to challenge him, Collin was finished. The only thing that kept up the charade was the fact that they had been lovers ever since she died.

 

Callista glanced up at the window again as the lights went out. “How is it you are so certain this one is Shido, my love?” Collin's eyes narrowed and his aura of power flickered, pulling the ghostly blackened shadows from Callista's body and onto his face. The Shadows plunged it into a darkness so thick that his amber eyes glowed with their own light.

 

“I can smell Cain's stench on him from here.”

 

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Terms Used:

Maker: A vampire who has made another vampire.

Master: Rather generic. Can be either your Maker, the leader of a coven, or a 500+ year old vampire whose power hasn't stopped increasing. (I.e. Cain)