Cora's Pov That hiss didn't sound too good.... "Who the hell are you?" I heard Jayden ask again. A growl was heard. Who was that? I tip toed out of the bathroom and went quietly down the hall. I stopped at the edge of the wall and poked my head out to see who it was. Unluckily, Jayden was covering him. "W-Who are you?" I heard Scarlett ask stammering. I know he's charming and everything, but Jayden, MOVE! I could tell that Scarlett was freaking out. I could hear the sound of her high heels moving along Jayden's wooden floor. She was probably ready to escape and leave Jayden there. And I was right... Scarlett shrieked and tried to run for the door. I heard Jayden shout out her name, trying to warn her. The mysterious animal, or whatever it was, lunged for her and tackled her to the ground. I watched in fear as I saw the back of the mysterious creature on top of Scarlett, sniffing her neck roughly. She shook with fear as she laid there helpless. Jayden suddenly grabbed the mysterious creature by its collar and pulled it off of Scarlett. I only saw a little of the creatures face, but that didn't help much. I wanted to go help Jayden and Scarlett... But I coudn't let Jayden see me. This isn't the way everything is supposed to go..! I was supposed to bite him, suck his blood, put his blood in the vile, and return back to hell. Why did everything turn out like this? I'm supposed to be back right now.. I heard Scarlett's high heels clacking against the floor, and I heard loud crashing.. Then I heard a painful grunt from Jayden. I turned quickly to see what was wrong. The creature had thrown Jayden all the way across the room! Jayden tried to get back up, but he... M-My stomach started to hurt.... It felt as if I was stabbed or something... What is this?? I looked at Jayden and... there was blood coming from his stomach!! Without thinking of the consequences, ignoring my pain, I dashed towards the creature and jumped on its back. I wrapped my arms around its neck and leaned back, choking it. I screamed with energy as my grip around its neck tightened. The creature was gasping for air as Jayden and Scarlett called out my name in shock. My arms unlocked and I jumped off the creature, ready to punch it in its face, if it had one. I clenched my fist, ready to bring all my anger and force on this creature. It cracked its neck and stood there angrily. I stood behind it, waiting for it to make its move. I was just about to jump on it again, when the back of its cloak suddenly ripped. A pair of humongous, red wings grew out on its back, and I saw its nails growing longer. The thing growled as it lifted its head up, facing the ceiling as its features grew. I looked over to Scarlett and Jayden. She was trying to help him up as he held his stomach painfully. They were both staring at the creature in front of me as it continued growing vampire features. When it was done, even I was afraid of it. I knew it was a vampire, but I didn't know it'd be so much bigger than me. It turned around angrily and faced me. And then suddenly...... My fists unclenched weakly. All the anger I had from it hurting Jayden was gone.. I stared into its eyes, drowning with confusion and shock. "Cain..?" I asked softly, almost breaking out into tears. "Cora..?" he asked in return. I covered my mouth with shock as the tears rolled down my face. How could this happen?? C-Cain as a v-vampire??? How did he get here? How did he become a vampire?? What's happening?? Cain walked over to me slowly. His features were growing back into the human ones. He grabbed my hands. "Get your hands off of her!!" Jayden shouted angrily as soon as our hands touched. I looked past Cain's shoulders and saw Jayden standing there, panting painfully from the wound on his stomach. I could tell that he was trying to come over to me, but he was too weak. I looked back at Cain and noticed his gaze on our hands. I watched him stare at our hands as I felt a tear drop on my right hand. He looked up at me. "It's been so long..." he said as he looked into my eyes.
[Flashback] "Cain!" Little Cora called out to Little Cain. Cain turned around and smiled at the sight of Cora. She smiled and ran over to him. He pulled her into a hug and twisted both of them around. Cora let out screams of happiness as she held onto Cain's neck. He finally stopped spinning them around and fell to the ground, pretending to be dead. Cora chuckled and got down with him, laying beside him. "Wakee up." she shook his arm. Cain opened his eyes and looked at her. "We'll always be like this, right?" she asked in an innocent tone that made Cain smile. "Forever.." he replied as he stroked her hair softly. Cora smiled and cuddled deeper into his arms. They stayed like that for a good minute, until Cain's mother came screaming. "Cain!!" she screamed out to him. Both Cain and Cora got up. They spotted his mother and ran to her halfway, meeting her at the other half. "Mom, what is it?" he asked his mother worriedly. "Come," she gathered both of them by her and threw purple dust on top of the three of them. Fsssssshhh! HwaJae opened her eyes and noticed that they teleported to Cain's home. His mother started running down the hall, and they followed. When they ran into a room full of adult devils and workers, Cora stopped in the back as Cain and his mother ran to the front of the crowd. "Dad!!" Cain shouted out as he fell to the ground with his father. Cora moved to get a better view, since she was so small. When she was in the front, she gasped at the sight. "U-Uncle!!" she cried as she got down next to Cain and his mother. His father was rotting very quickly. He was stabbed in the heart by a human being..! Cain cried, trying to wake his father up. It was no use. His father was already gone. Everyone stood there, crying, cursing the human being that did this. ----- "W-Will you be okay?" Cain's mother asked him very worriedly. "Yes, I will, Mom.." he answered, not sounding too certain. His mother pulled him into her and hugged him tightly. Tears rolled down her cheeks quickly as she closed her eyes and cried. "I don't want you to do this, Cain.." she said in between her sobs. "I have to. It's the only way.." he told her, trying to not cry. His mother pulled away from the hug and wiped her tears. She tried to force out a smile, but more tears kept falling down. She tried to give her son courage, but her sobs kept interrupting her words. "Madame, Cora is here to say goodbye." a worker said from behind them. Cain looked and saw Cora standing there with the worker. She walked towards him as his mother and the worker left the potion room. "Where are you going?" she asked with tears in her eyes. He tried to smile, and he succeeded, but not too well. "Somewhere very beautiful.." he lied. "W-Where is that..?" she asked, tears rolling down. "I-I don't know, Cora... But, d-don't worry about me. I'll be fine." "W-Will you come back?" "Of course.. I'll always return to you. I said we'd be like this forever, didn't I?" "I just don't want you to leave, Cain. Can't you stay? Can't you stay here instead of going to a beautiful place? What is there at the beautiful place that is important? Your father is decaying. You can't go to a beautiful place at this kind of time, Cain. We must save your father.." "That beautiful place is where the object to save my father is, Cora." More tears rolled down her face. She didn't want him to go.. "H-How long will you be gone..?" she asked, trying to keep her sobs in. "I don't know. But I'll be back very soon." he lied again. She ran into his arms and held him tightly. She thought he was coming back soon, but he knew there wasn't a chance of that happening. ---- "Come here in the middle, sweety." Lady Ikydis and her husband instructed. Cain followed their orders and proceeded to the middle of the circle. The same circle where Cora stood when she was sent on the quest. "Here you go." Lady Ikydis handed Cain a brown vile. He took it and inhaled deeply. Lady Ikyds' husband gave him a bottle of potion. The color was different from the color of the potion Cora had to drink. Cora was just about to shout out goodbye to Cain, when he started drinking the potion quickly. When the last drop fell into his mouth, fire began roaring from the floor around him. Everyone backed up and watched. Cora cried with fear. What was happening to her Cain? He glanced at her one last time. Boom! Her Cain was gone... [Flashback is over]
"H-How did you--" I couldn't even talk. I was so shocked and confused. "I was sent here by Lady Ikydis..." Cain told me. "To give you this..." He reached into his ripped cloak and pulled out a vile. The same color as the one that broke. I looked at him. "She sent you here to give me a new one..?" He nodded. I couldn't believe it. She sent my childhood friend/crush here to give me a new vile??? That was the only reason she sent him here?? What if something happens and he ends up getting hurt here in the Human World--?? "Hey!! Get away from her!!" Jayden interrupted with an angry tone. Cain turned around angrily and looked at both Scarlett and Jayden. I stood behind Cain, crying. I didn't know who to choose... Cain was the one I cared for most when I was still small.... He was the one that loved me, the one that cherished me... He was my hero... How could I choose Jayden over him? But, at the same time, how could I choose him over Jayden..? Scarlett screamed angrily and dashed towards Cain. He caught her by her neck and pulled her off the ground with one hand. His wings began to grow again, and he hissed into her ear. Cain was losing control as a vampire, and I couldn't even do anything. I stood there in shock, watching him hurt Scarlett. I had no intention of stopping him, but I didn't want to stand there and do nothing either... Scarlett screamed painfully. I looked and saw Cain biting her neck, blood dripping from his lips. Jayden stood there in shock. Cain dropped Scarlett to the floor. She lied there helplessly. Her eyes were closing slowly... Cain began walking towards Jayden. I watched him, frozen. I didn't know what to do. Should I stop him or should I help Jayden?? I could see Jayden. He was trying to get away from Cain, but he was so weak. I could feel the pain in his stomach... It made me weak also.. Who should I choose? What should I do? Cain ran to Jayden and caught him by his shirt. He slowly lifted Jayden up, ready to bite him any second. He was losing control. Why am I not stopping him??? J-Jayden... Jayden... There is nothign to say about him... There is nothing.. He hasn't done anything for me. He only made fun of me by trying to get me into sexual activities with him. He made me wear the most disgusting clothes ever. He made me scared, the first one to do that.. There is absolutely no reason to save Jayden... Cain... Cain... He was my crush. My childhood friend. The one that I trusted. The one that loved me.. "C-Cora..!" Jayden shouted in pain as Cain rose him higher off the ground to match his height. Cain was the one that loved me... He was the one that my parents trusted me being with. The one I wanted to marry. The one that promised he'd come back to me. The one that said we'd be happy forever... Jayden didn't do or say any of this... Cain rose his chin up, sniffing Jayden's neck. He was ready to bite Jayden.. I closed my eyes tightly and cried silently, not knowing who to choose. Cain was my hero... He is a devil, not a human... Devils shouldn't turn their backs on each other. Jayden is a human, a nobody to the devils down in hell. I am one of those devils down in hell. Jayden is a nobody to me..! He is nobody! Worthless! He shouldn't be saved..! I opened my eyes quickly. But Cain is the past. Jayden is now. I ran towards Cain, ready to protect Jayden with all my strength.