BRAND NEW OATH| 1

KRIS'S POV

I had never felt like this before. It's like being drunk and high at the same time. I tried to focus while the ground shook beneath my feet. I was moving in slow mo- and it annoyed me so much. The tree was just a few feet from here, yet I can't seem to bring myself there. 

This linking thing is definitely getting on my nerves.

I was about to plant my face in the ground, when Tao helped me stand on my toes again. God. Why is everything spinning?

To add to that, everyone’s voices and emotions were messing with my head , so much, that it hurts.

I groaned when Tao dropped me into the ground. I stared at the tree of life.

One step. I am one step closer  to being with you Melissa.

But as if on cue, waves of thoughts, emotions, feeling  flooded my brain once again.

I don’t know who it was, or who they are but I definitely picked one strong emotion-too strong  that it stood up among the rest.

One of us, rather some of us do not want this.

It could have been me, it could have been anyone. It could have been everyone.

But I must not cave in.

I must not fail her.

This is our destiny.

I tried with all of my might to stand. Hell, I had to grab someone- which turned out to be LuHan to steady myself.

I am completing this ritual no matter what.

"Duizhang" My  eyes shot open the moment I heard Tao call me. Did I pass out? I groaned. Yep. I definitely did. There is only one explanation as why my back hurts and as to why am lying in this pile of dirt. 

Remembering my last thoughts before I out, I felt my jaw clench. 

This is our destiny.
I am completing this ritual no matter what.

As quickly as I can, I rose to my feet,  jumped, high enough to grab a study branch, split in in half and smirked.

"Ready to die yet?" I asked to one in particular. 

And with one swift move, I staked my chest. 

BLAZE'S POV

I remember being awakened by grunts and screams. I could sense that  they were coming from the distant end of the forest.  I would really want to deal with that later, because right now - I have to deal with my own mess.

What was I even thinking?
 I killed twenty people without even flinching. 
Oh God. I really did kill.

But I wasn't myself back then. Great defense lawyer. You know you are nothing but  yourself that night. 

Yes. I am myself that night. I am my bloodsucking monster self. 

I remember how blood oozed from from my victim's necks. I had killed two infants. .I wasn't even hungry then- I was just curious as to how they  would taste. I killed  the first baby as soon as I dry his err her? mom- heck I don't even know if that's a boy or a girl. Then I spotted another one. Without thinking twice I drank on him. What have I done? 

What have I become? 

Sure I wanted power. Sure I craved for authority. Sure I wanted-

I remember that night - the night where I saw mistress Melissa morph into her true self- a vampire. I had not felt fear. Instead I adored her. I adored how her fangs glistened in the moonlight. I adored how she gracefully tore the throat of her victim. 

I remember wanting this.

Oh... I WANTED THIS.

I don't know if could possibly hate myself more after that realization. I had chosen this. I wanted this. 

Which is funny, because right now, I would trade everything that I have  for anything. 

I would have dissed on my monster self more if my ears had not picked up that faint voice coming from the first person I ever cared about. 

XiuMin. My breath hitched as I heard him scream. He was hurt. He needs me.

And I am coming after him.