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The Leo Key - Prologue By FireDreamer (firedreamer@worldnet.att.net) Chante squinted at the noonday sun coming through his window and fumbled for the edge of the shade. After several attempts he finally succeeded in pulling the shade down and he let go of it with a sigh. Only to have it go all the way to the top with a loud crashing noise. "DAMNIT! Stupid shade..." He stood up on the bed and yanked the shade down once more, this time holding it in place. "Having trouble looking at sunlight 'Chante?" "You know I've never been the same since that Priestess bitch did her number on me." He threw a pillow at the man standing in the corner of his room. "What th'hell you do to get in here this time? Pick the damned lock with a magic spell?" "Teleportation. You know your mommy would be horrified to hear such language out of you." "My mommy isn't here right now." Chante smirked and threw a shirt from the floor at the man on the other side of his room. It was easy enough to dodge the flying shirt. "No, she is not, is she? Well, anyway. It seems your mourning is bothering my master." "Look...Lyris, I know your master is sensitive to emotions..but I want to see HIM lose a lover that was so close to him as....as she was to me and not experience SOME sort of sorrow." "I cannot speak for my master about that. He said to give you this." Lyris placed a box on the floor. "There are instructions inside and give me some peace." He recited. "He was very annoyed when he finally said that. I hope whatever he gave you does stop this nonsense." "It's only sex after all." Lyris turned on his heel and faded away. Chante left the box on the floor for a week and a half before he bothered touching it, making certain to annoy the old bastard upstairs that called himself a sorcerer for awhile. He really didn't mind living in this pathetic hole in the mountain face that the idiot sorcerer, Valerin decided was cosy. The last two hundred years had been particularly rough on Chante. Being a perfect human-vampire mix had made him a target for some nasty people. One of them being a priestess of a rather strange cult that had wanted his power. She had attempted multiple blood transfusions, but Cleo rescued him before any serious damage. Cleo. Sweet innocent Cleophina. The innocence of her smile still shone in his mind even now. A few months ago she had taken an assassin's dart for him. And though they tried to reverse the poison, it was too late by the time they found a cure. The adorable little elf girl had been his first love, and Chante was damned if he was going to forget her after a few months. Still, some peace did seem like a good idea. He sat down on the floor and opened the box. Inside was a pretty, expensive looking key and a note. He read the note out loud. Dearest Chante, You are driving us all insane. Take this key. Follow the directions on the back of this note and leave us in peace for awhile, please. Signed, Your dear friend Valerin" Sei-Kou turned the volume on the tv a notch higher, nearly to what would be called earbleed level, and sang along softly with the simple melody of the song. The earphones he had plugged into the tv made it seem even louder. In the few seconds between songs he heard a noise that jarred him out of the nearly trancelike state of singing. Another voice. "Hello? Is anyone here?" Sei pulled off the earphones and listened a second more. "Anyone?" The voice was all the way at the door. He placed his earphones on top of the tv and walked out of his room to see who would be asking such a silly thing. He got a good look at the man standing bewildered at the doorway, before the man noticed him. Long brown hair that looked like it had last been cut with a dull pair of scissors and beads and trinkets running through it. Beaded bracelets adorned his arms and jingled slightly with his every movement. Sei gasped when the man's eyes met his. The irises were so pale in his eyes as to nearly not be there at first glance. No one could possibly look that perfect. For one, he was too tall. At least his height, though it was hard to tell from the distance and the long flowing clothes the man wore which made telling what he was wearing for shoes impossible. "Hello. Do you live here?" "Yes I do. I'm Sei-Kou, are you my new master?" Sei smiled cheerfully at the man and stared at him waiting for an answer. What came out of the man's mouth floored him. "Master?"
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