The Darker Side: Short Stories

by L. D. Hutchinson

  He nodded then put a finger on the gaming systems, "I say we should take them, we can buy a TV or something somehow and we can play them there." He smiled a little at me "Make it our new hangout."

  "Right, you get them then I gotta get the rest of my clothes packed." I said turning and picking up my only suitcase. He shrugged unplugging cords and beginning to wrap them up as he grabbed systems and piling them before disappearing and returning about a moment later with a box putting them in it along with the games.

  I started grabbing clothes, nothing major really, a T-shirt here, a tank top there a hoody, a few pairs of jeans, one skirt in case of needing formality, but then I grabbed my only dress for that same possibility as well. I grabbed two pairs of heels then my other pair of high tops and shoved them in as well before closing the suitcase as much as I could.

  After I shifted going through my drawers and grabbing my smaller items I knew I'd need them as well, especially my nightclothes and other small pieces. Once done with that I turned and looked at Greg who just finished putting the last game in the box and turned his attention to me smiling weakly, my room was barren other than the sheets on my bed, and the rugs here and there as well as the TV and dressers.

  "I'll get the box, get your suitcase and we'll head down."

  I nodded and did as he said, everything went quick as my mom packed things in her car and drove us to his house, his muscles tensed in his entire body as we pulled up to the small trailer that he had lived in, he hated me going in really I was only ever in once, but this time, there were no excuses I was going in with him regardless of whatever it was.

  We walked in to see his father laid across a beat up old sofa with beer cans all over the floor by him, and a vodka bottle in his hand as he sat up glaring towards Greg and me before giggling in his own frightening manner.

  "Bring home a girlfriend this time? About time you dumb bastard, I was beginning to think you were a faggot." he said before looking at me and licking his lips "She's a cute one; I bet she'd like me more than you though."

  I stared at him in disgust before Greg’s mother walked by, his father slapping her on her behind as she walked over holding a butcher's knife in her hand pointing it towards him.

  "You! What are you fucking doing back here?" She screeched almost sounding disgusted "I ought to break every bone in your damn body for skipping school, and who is she? Some tramp?" She spat.

  Greg's eyes narrowed as I put my hand on his own, it lifted and coiled around my body pulling me towards him as he backed up turning towards his room "Don't you ignore me Gregory Paul!" She screamed "I will kick you and that filthy slut's ass out of my dammed house!"

  Greg shoved me into a room slamming the door shut as he walked over by a mattress that laid on the ground, dirty clothes loitered the wooden floor as well as wrappers from various things, a guitar sat in the back corner and I knew then it was his room, I had never seen it until then.

  "I'm sorry about her." He said shoving things into a sack he was holding "No actually I’m sorry about both of them."

  "Don't worry about it Greg."

  "No, Mickey you don't deserve it, now you see why I never wanted you to come here."

  I walked over picking up his guitar gingerly before finding a case for it and unzipping it to slide it in, "No, Greg I know how your parents are, I'm not going to judge you for what they say towards me, you know this."

  He watched me intently as I zipped the guitar case up and picked it up, he pulled a few strings on the sack and smiled a strained smile my way "I know, come on I think we can run past them before they start again."

  We ran out of his room and towards the door opening it and running out just as his mother began to scream at us again, we jumped in my mother’s car after putting his things in and she began talking to us about coming up to see us both when permitted, and that she'd be a phone call away when either of us truly needed someone to talk to, she had tears brimming in her eyes that I could see and she looked at me for a moment before telling me that no matter what she'd love me.

  She couldn't help but babble on about all of it and I understood, her only child, her daughter had to be sent away to a school that only allowed the students to see one another because they were so different, not all of us had the same gifts.

  From what I heard, one school had a boy suddenly turn into a tiger in the hall and nearly attack a teacher, and there was a girl that had caused things to move, it wasn't exactly like the X-Men or anything, the school wasn't Xavier's school for gifted kids or anything either, but we had powers, there were no denying that fact.

  We pulled up to the school and pulled into the gates as they opened when the car stopped I caught the glimpse of a woman and man walking towards us as if they knew, we all got out of the car slowly me starring at the building it was a Victorian house.

  It wasn't that big but when you looked in the back there was a good thirty acres or more of land that sat with buildings all over it.

  "Gregory Hart and MichKayla Kenton?" I looked at the woman she had long braided red hair and was wearing a deep blue business suit, she was smiling to the two of us as we nodded, I looked at Greg and he looked at me with the same expression of fear.

  "Welcome, we've been expecting you; we'll get your things, and Mrs. Kenton I presume? We have to take your daughter inside now, I hope you understand." the man said he had a head of full brown hair and bright green eyes, he was in a black dress shirt and a pair of dark blue jeans, he seemed younger than her.

  "Yes, I understand, take care baby, call me when you get settled in and Greg, you talk to me too, I want to hear how it's going for the both of you." My mother said hugging me one final time before we were taken in by the man and woman.

  'This would be our new homes for a while... what possibly could go wrong..?' I thought.

  Fury Within

  I let out a sigh, watching as the crystal clear waters washed up onto the sandy beach where I stood, the warm golden brown sand covering my feet and letting me feel as if I were human once more, only that lifetime had been gone for so long I wasn't sure if it truly was what humanity felt like anymore.

  I walked up towards a flat rock that jutted out from the sandy ground, directly on the edge of the waters; my feet hit the cold wet flat rock as I continued to move forward to the very tip, looking down into the reflective surface of the waters.

  A pale skinned man stared up at me, his clear bright blue eyes piercing into my own with a hardness I didn't recognize, his lips drew back into a thin white line, and his sandy blond hair hung loosely around his face, and was definitely in need of a cut.

  A dark shadow was noticeable around his face and it finally had struck me that this was what I had been reduced to. I snarled at my reflection, letting my foot strike out to cause a ripple before I sped away from the waters, my hand balled up into a tight fist, my nails pressed into the sensitive flesh of my palm as a small growl spread through my body.

  I finally reached as far as I wanted to walk and collapsed underneath a porch, making sure I would be safe from the sun’s rays when it finally came up, a long drawn out sigh escaped my lips as I thought back slowly to what had begun all this.. I remembered her quiet well... almost too well really.

  "Jayson, you've got to be kidding." She sighed looking at me with that look, I always had thought it was cute, she'd arch one of her eyebrows and scrunch up her little nose a bit, and her hand would always be placed on her hip, even though I knew she was trying to look intimidating all I could do was smile at her.

  "What?" I asked looking at her slowly; I felt the smile turning into a bit of a smirk as I cocked my head to the side slowly in a questionable manner.

  "Don't you 'What?' me! You know we've got to be at that dinner soon." she looked almost tired and sadly at me, her brown eyes swimming with worry as she walked up to me "This one time, can you please do this for me?"

  I took her hand in mine smiling down at her before pressing my lips to the creamy smooth skin of h
er forehead and once more onto the top of her caramel colored clad head of hair "Of course, I was getting ready to, don't fret."

  I pulled away from her smiling towards her before walking towards the closet beginning to search for my own formal wear.

  "For being a Prince, sometimes you act like a peasant." I heard her laugh behind me as I grabbed clothes and spun on my heel to face her.

  "You know I can't help it." I smiled before going off to get changed, I knew this would be boring, but it was the least of my worries at this point in time.

  I sighed letting the memory seep back, or what I had left of it anyways, the most I could remember was changing but into what I couldn't say, but her.. I remember her outfit like she was standing in front of me at that very moment wearing it.

  The black corset held her stomach in, white detailing slid up the sides of it before reaching her supple breasts cleavage, and the smooth creamy skin caught my eyes.

  Soon i looked up and saw her perfectly shaped lips that naturally held a rosy red color to them, she smiled slowly and walked over to me, the deep black and white skirt dragging across the floor as she moved, I wasn't sure how she even did it, especially in those heels.

  "Jayson, you look amazing, if we hurry we can get there and say I got sick so we can leave early." She murmured letting her lips just barely graze over my lips.

  "Mm sounds like a deal to me." I smiled, taking her arm in mine I lead her out of the room and to the doors to leave, we headed out and once there we reached the carriages and left.

  Honestly, I could say that was all I really remembered other than nodding as the men spoke, and the glares I received from Sir Brackston, he never did want me with Aura, he was deeply jealous, and always spoke ill of me.

  Tonight though, that didn't matter, tonight I was going to make her my bride once we were home, and I was going to take her as mine if she said yes.

  Tonight would be the night I made it all official, of course though I did ask her father’s blessing, and her mothers, both of which agreed all too eagerly.

  When we got home I couldn't pull the smile from my lips, she was all too shocked to be having me take her home as well, I could tell, but none the less she eagerly went with me, and let out a small gasp as we moved inside of the mansion, I knew she'd only seen the outside before and I was thrilled to have her inside with me.

  Her red hair brushed her neck as she moved and her smile never once faltered from her face, I took her to the middle of the room and looked down at her smiling softly.

  "Aura... I know this isn't the most grandest of places to really ask this of you but, I couldn't wait." I shoved my hand into the coat pocket feeling the ring against my fingers, i plucked it out and got down onto one knee in front of her, her green eyes turned into huge round orbs and she just stared at me "Will you, Aura Renee' Clearwater, marry me?"

  "Oh Jayson!" She let out looking at me "Oh, yes!"

  I smiled sliding the ring onto her finger, looking at the matching emerald that was surrounded by small diamonds.

  As I stood up she wrapped her arms around me tightly, pressing her lips onto mine for a long sweet kiss, before pulling back enough to murmur against them.

  "I love you, I love you Jayson." She looked at me; happiness danced in her beautiful eyes "I cannot wait to be your bride."

  "We won’t wait; we'll marry tomorrow and spend the night together today." I said kissing her deeply and roughly, letting my lips crush onto hers moving in the same arrhythmia pattern hers were moving in, before I took her hand leading her up the staircase towards my bedroom, I could feel her tense up for a moment beside me as she walked in then it eased away.

  I turned and I towered over her, my hand cupping her cheek feeling the creamy smooth skin underneath my fingertips, watching in awe as it began to get a soft pink tint to it, her eyes burned into mine with the same fiery passion I felt that moment and I leaned forward crushing my lips against her own sweet lips tasting her intoxicating flavor as I kissed her.

  She let out a small groan as I closed the space between our bodies, the luxurious heat building between our bodies was enough to drive me mad and I let out a soft but well heard growl, my hands wandered down to the back of her corset that was what kept my hands from touching her like I had wanted to, frustrated with it I ripped it open and in return heard her gasp against my lips.

  Within a few seconds I had her stark naked in front of me, running both hands down towards her thighs, i wrapped my fingers underneath them and lifted her up into my arms quickly never letting my lips leave hers once.

  She shifted underneath the weight of my body and I felt her hands gripping and pulling at the restricting clothes I wore, her nails slid up my abdomen as she yanked off my shirt, her hands then moving to pull at my pants and rip them from my body, felt the muscles in my stomach tense up as her moved her hands back down it, moving farther and farther down, until she took hold of me, a groan fell from my lips as I stared down at her.

  She leaned up and kissed me feverishly as if she was drinking me into her body, I smiled into the kiss and let it go for another moment before I moved myself down her body slowly, kissing and tasting every square inch, learning the curves of her body, I leaned down and took extra care of her breasts before I slid farther down her, feeling her muscles tense as I kept going farther.

  My hands worked their way up her thighs and teased her as I watched her reactions, I couldn't handle watching her like this and made my way back up, letting her take hold of me again in her warm soft hands, jerking for a moment before I pushed her away and lined myself up with her.

  I began to slowly press myself inside of her, taking my time to make sure I wasn't harming her, a moan fell from her lips and soon she was grabbing my arm and wrapping one of hers around my neck pulling me down on top of her more and whispering into my ear.

  "Move, faster."

  I looked at her and nodded beginning to thrust my hips back and forth moving in and out of her warm body, a groan fell from my lips as I heard her moan, soon I gained more momentum and moved even faster doing what she had wanted, sweet moans fell from her lips and I ground mine against hers kissing her roughly as we stayed intertwined in our dance until neither one of us could take it anymore.

  We fell asleep afterwards, I held her in my arms for the first time since I had met her, and slept more soundly then, than I ever would again, even if that sleep only had lasted for a few hours.

  I was jerked from my sleep later that night from a thud downstairs, I looked at Aura who was still fast asleep and pulled myself from the bed slowly.

  I pulled on a pair of loose pants and left the room in search of the noise, downstairs the door had been busted open and splintered wood sat along the hall way.

  I quickly knew there was an intruder and took off to find him, or let him find me as it had happened.

  Sir Brackston, he had entered my house and grabbed hold of me before I could even move, I was pinned against the wall and his eyes glowed an eerie shade of red, he smiled slowly showing pointed teeth before he leaned forward.

  "Little Jayson, all alone, no one to save you what to do?"

  "You're a bastard...” I growled pushing him back, it didn't take a fool to realize what he was there were enough stories around town to figure it out, I needed pointed silver and i needed it fast.

  "Tsk, Tsk." He sighed "What do you think you're doing?"

  "Killing you." I managed before running off, I had a wall display down the hall, there was a sword made of pure silver and I knew it, I was just a step away from it when he grabbed me and threw me into the ground.

  "Because of you! I had to kill her!" He roared "Now you'll die too."

  I stared up at him and struggled to move away, he tore into my arm with his teeth, i let out a scream as eh began to drink from me and stopped before I was dazed only to smack at me, knocking me into the wall "Now, you'll pay, oh trust me, you will."

  I reached up grabbing the sword; it fell off into my hand only for
a moment before clattering onto the floor.

  He bit into my neck this time and with what strength I had left, I plunged the sword into his chest through his heart, just as I slipped into oblivion.

  When I awoke my house was ablaze and I was weak on the ground outside, a boy hovered over my staring at me for a long moment before taking off.

  That was the night when I lost not only my life, but my fiancée, my entire reason for even caring about myself and I learned to worry for others and no one else.

  I swore to keep others safe, but where had that left me? Alone... Destroyed and ruined.

  I looked at my hands and let out a bit of a scream before I watched the sun begin to rise, I knew I was a mess, but I also knew I was a hunter, a predator of the night, and I always would be.

  Not more than a moment after the sun had risen i felt the vibrations of my phone and flipped it open answering it quickly.

  "Hello?"

  "Fury, we've got a job for you, Preston High school. There's a Witch, Warlock and his brother who is a werewolf now, and two vampyres."

  "What are their names?"

  "Wyinter Lucas, Gabriel and Lucifer Mathers, Kasper, the new recruit of ours, he’s been there watching them and Roger Rupertson, I'm going to send out Vayne to get and go with you, be careful and bring them back soon."

  "As you wish."

  I closed the phone and waited for the car to pull up, feeling my fangs sliding in and out of my gums in hunger, all the more annoyance I needed was for Vayne to decide to start bickering with me.

  Baiser De La Mort: A Reapers Beginning

  It’s almost too clichéd to think about now, the girl falls in love with the boy, who in return falls for someone else, the girl becomes heart broken and that is that.

  But, when you look at it closer, it wasn’t that simple, that clichéd, that easy to understand. It went farther than just that, the hurt went farther than it should have, and the love never really disappeared, but given the circumstances, I guess it was better this way.