Prey turn Hunter, Hunter turn Prey

Several dark shadows lay outside a home in 1816 London, England. The shadows watch the people residing inside the house very closely as if they are hunting the occupants.

Inside the house unaware of the danger lurking right outside of the door a mother is getting a small child ready for bed. "Mommy are vampires real?" The little girl says in a small musical voice. She has a mass of ruby red hair and emerald green eyes. Her mother sits down on the bed beside her. She has brown hair and green eyes.

"My little Carlotta Victoria, where do you get these ideas of yours?" Her mother asks.

From Jason." Carlotta says her voice full of fear. Jason was a distant cousin of hers that the family thinks of as the black sheep.

You should know better than to listen to him. Vampires are just the creation of men whom have nothing else to do with their time. Now go to sleep my little Carlotta Victoria and dream nothing but sweet dreams." Her mother says like she always did when she put her to bed. Her mother leaves the room and walks down the stairs. She enters a room. Her father with red hair and green eyes is sitting in front of a fire smoking a pipe. "Jason has been telling Carlotta scary things again."

Do not worry dear he will not do anything, he is not even in London." Her father says. Just as her mother sits in front of the window it crashes in and the shadows jump in. One of them has black hair and emerald green eyes. "Jason."

Well well well. Hello." Jason says opening his mouth up wide and shows his fangs before he digs them in to Carlotta’s mothers throat. The other shadows grab her father and hold him down while another jumps in the window. He has black hair and ice blue eyes; he stands about six feet tall.

Well done Jason. Well done." The man says walking over to the man being held down.

I thought you would like this master." Jason says after he stops feeding off of Carlotta’s mother. He quickly resumes feeding.

Please what ever you do, don’t hurt my little girl." Carlotta’s father says.

Now why would I want to make a promise like that?" The man says. "Just so you know, my name is Alexander. Just so you know who is killing you." He says as he pulls back the mans head and reveals his throat. He then dives at it and sinks his teeth in to his neck.

Carlotta jumps up in her bed when she hears the glass breaking and the screams coming from her living room. She quickly gets out of bed and rushes to the door. She opens the door, walks down the hall and peers in to the living room. She sees Jason and three strange men in the living room. Jason is bending over her mother’s neck and one of the strange men over her fathers. One of the other strange men closest to her takes her fathers arm, opens his mouth revealing fangs, and sinks it in to his arm. The other does the same to her mother. Carlotta moving by unknown instincts moves out of the room to the nearest table, she grabs one of the legs of the table and yanks it with all her strength, which she has notice has doubled. It comes free with a snap, she then walks back to the living room and plunges the leg in to the heart of the man closest to her. She looks up as he cries out in pain; suddenly a world of knowledge has come to her of what she has to do.

Alexander, Jason and the other man all look up quickly to find a small child with her hands around a stick in the heart of one of their kind. Jason looks in to Carlotta’s eyes and does not see the innocent little baby in them now. But they now have the glow, the look of age and intelligence. The other man jumps up to go at the girl. She yanks the table leg out of the one man and plunges it in to the other mans heart. She is now covered in blood as she pulls it out of the other man.

Carlotta, what are you doing you are going to get yourself hurt playing with that sharp object. Come here and give it to me, it is me Jason your cousin." Jason says holding his hand out to her trying to draw her to him.

I don’t think so, I know what you are and I know what I have to do." Carlotta says in her small musical voice. Alexander stops his movement behind her at the sound of her voice. He could listen to the mature version of that voice all night. He smiles, he could grab her now suppress the urge to hunt and kill his kind before the trainers find out by the vibrations she is giving off. Carlotta quickly twirls around, her hair moving as a cape.

Allow me to introduce myself, I am Alexander." He says bowing.

Good now I have a name to call you after I destroy you." Carlotta says as she starts to plunge the table leg to his heart. His left hand darts quickly to grab it and pick the small child up.

You have spirit. I like that, there are not many whom would do something like this. Many hunters have come up to me to try and destroy me. None of them have ever succeeded." Alexander says as his right hand pulls the small child to him. "You will grow up to be a great beauty, what a waste it would be to let it wither and die." He says looking in to the child’s eyes; Carlotta turns her head as if being commanded to do it. Alexander opens his mouth and gently digs his fangs in to her soft tender throat. He drinks a small amount when a fiery arrow hits his right arm. He quickly drops the girl grabbing the arrow with his left hand and pulls it out. He looks out the window and finds a man standing with a cross bow in his hands, the man has brown hair and brown eyes, he stands about 5’7". "Andrew."

Back away from the girl Alex." The man says after quickly reloading the cross bow and aiming it at Alexander’s heart.

You have not won, hunter. But I have marked her mine with my bite. This one I will keep as my bride." Alexander says and he and Jason rush to the back of the house. Andrew ignores them as he jumps through the window in to the house and surveys the damage. Two vampires have been killed and the parents did not do it. He looks at the little girl as he kneels down and takes her in to his lap to examine the bite marks. Alexander was right she will be marked for life. God she is nothing more than a baby, he judges her age to be about 6. Her powers for hunting have arisen at such an early age is not unheard of. Her family was endangered so she did what she had to. He thinks as the girl stirs in his arms.

Can you move?" He asks her. She nods and sits up.

Who are you?" She asks her voice small and full of music. He knows now why Alexander wants her.

My name is Andrew. What is your name? Do you know what happened?" He asks her.

Carlotta Victoria. They killed my mommy and daddy." She says her face full of sadness.

But you killed two of them. Do you know what you are?" He asks knowing the answer. She shakes her head no. "You are a hunter. A vampire hunter, only those with special alibis can really hunt them down. You are one of them." He says as two cops come to the window.

What happened here?" One of them asks.

These two men killed my mommy and daddy. They were going to take everything we got till my uncle came and stopped them." Carlotta says hugging the man next to her.

I am going to get some things and take her to my home." Andrew says looking the two cops in the eyes.

Yes of course sir. Good night." They both say as if they were finishing a conversation with Andrew.

Come lets get some of your things." Andrew says helping Carlotta up. She sees the table leg and grabs it. Andrew sees this and does nothing to stop her. He quickly packs her clothes, then some other things and they walk in to the night hand in hand.

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