. Darkness, eternal and everlasting. For so long as there is a light in the world, Darkness would forever be there to encroach upon it, to surround it greedily trying to smother it. Tonight a man and his lady friend walked through the city, their love like a beam of light in a dying world. Of course such a beautiful light attracts the most morbid of Darkness. Taking a wrong turn could never be so terrifying, especially when you find yourself face to face with a Vampire, the creatures of Darkness whom thrive in the night, and the creature hissed with a wicked smile as it began to move closer to those paralyzed in fear. With ever step the couple could hear their heart-beats hollow, and their breathing shallow out of the sheer terror. With ever step, a second upon the closjk of their lives, the seconds that announced their impending doom.
"Come now, cugino. Are you to tell me that there is no other prey you could find in this city?" A voice camre from behind the vampire, who snarled as it looked over it;s shoulder at it's "uninvited guest". Violet eyes flashed and a kind and warm smile upon the slightly black bearded young man as he stood there. His eyes closed and he opened his arms invitingly. "The birds are plentiful, there are enough stray cats to slake thy thirst. Why do you insist upon them cugino? I am disappointed." The voice called. The Vampire growled a little.
"I would run if I were you little human..."
"you think I am Human? Ah-oooh I see." The man said as he tapped the strange rose on his blaiser lapel. "You see I am not a human, I use this rose to mask my scent to those who are inclined ot smell the slight difference in me." He added.
"Then what the Hell are you?" The Vamprie asked, his lack of control over his growing hunger meeting powerful conflict with his curiosity. It wasn't until the kindly smiling man's eyes opened, reveling the violet color with the dark intentions. However once the vampire saw the eyes, it was over. Once he looked upon the violet eyes, he felt no more hunger, no more curiosity, only a lack of his own volition, and a desire to do as he was instructed. The Vampire found himself at the will of another.
"What am I? We are one of a kind, you and I." The man said a she approached the Vampire, revealing fangsof his own as he moved forward and sunk them into the vampire. The hunter had become the hunted, and with merciless haste the man had drained the vampire of his ichor and his own stored blood. The "man" ran his tongue across his teeth as his fangs returned to their normal human appearance. "Please be more careful children. Take roads by churches and find garlic perfume, my kind will leave you be." Without further warning the man seemed to explode into a swarm of bats that flew off into the night sky.
The bats reconverged upon the doorstep of the Xavier institute, and when they became one, they revealed none other than Vitalè Muraro, The Forsaken. Much unlike the rest of his kind, Vitalè refused to allow his vampirism to change him, he refused to spend his days trying to smother the light within the world. No, instead Vitalè spent his days hunting his kin and protecting the innocent, and he even used his lifetime of wisdom to try and instruct others, which is why he was here now at the Institute temporarily. He was here to apply to be a professor and to help protect the youngest generation.
Turning the knob Vitalè, walked into the foyer and made his way around the lower levels, eventually stalking the halls long enough that he happened upon a quaint little commons room, one with a fire still alight. He could faintly hear breathing, perhaps it was a student...they were not to be too active at this time, was something wrong? Quickly he fixed his clothing and silently walked into the room, his boots remaining silent upon the carpet as he walked around the couch, looking around aimlessly, trying not to alarm the person he spoke softly.
"A little early for classes, isn't it?" He asked, his thick Italian accent sure to come across as awkward. HE made his way to a seat next to the fire as he took it, he looked to the source of the breathing, with a smile on his face and his violet eyes fixated and focused.