Chapter 1 – The Embrace

A/N- Got this idea stuck in my head and it won't leave me alone omfg. So be patient on this one doing a ton of research because I want it to stay true to the source material. Alice help me get through this rabbit hole.

Eddward Vincent is a very bright student at PCU with a promising carrier in astronomy, with only a year left to go through in college he has already been offered a job at the KECK 1 telescope sight in Hawaii. A fact his parents were very proud of and bragged about to all their friends and colleagues at work and any social event they went to. Eddward had put in a lot of hours studying to get to where he was, which meant he didn't do a lot of the other college activities like going to parties or sports events. Most of his time was either spent in class or at the library researching his next thesis or doing his regular class assignments, he considered the loss of a social life a fair trade to be able to achieve his goal and gaze at the wonders of the heavens. Whatever was left of his time was spent at his part time job, a little coffee shop on the campus grounds where he worked the morning shift on the days he had afternoon classes. His boss was very understanding with his employees knowing you had to work with them, because of where he was located he knew he would get mostly college kids applying He dreaded finals more than the kids at the school, for it wasn't unusual for a employee to just up and quite without any notice due to the stress of their work load.

It was during finals week that we find our dear Mr. Vincent hard at work in the library preparing himself for his tests that week, meticulously going over all the material he was sure would be on the tests, doubly so for the material the professors had hinted might be included. Hours were spent that night hunched over a table reading and memorizing every detail, from the theories on black holes to the birth and death of stars and the life cycles of solar systems. Devouring it all like a hungry Gluttony from Full Metal Alchemist, not a shred of information went to waste. As he was nearing the end of one of the theories on how the earth's moon was formed Edd checked his phone to see the time, nearly midnight. "Damn it I forgot the library stays open 24 hours during finals." He scrambled to gather all his things and put them in his backpack, in a rush because he had to work early the next morning and by the time he got home and got ready for bed he would only have five hours to sleep that night. Exiting the building he started walking toward his dorm at a faster than usual pace trying to cut down the time so he could hopefully get a little more sleep, every minute would count tonight. Making it only one hundred feet from the library entrance before he thought he heard something in the bushes right outside the range of the street lights illumination. Pausing he looks in the direction of the noise hoping to spot whatever animal had caused it in order to reassure himself that there was nothing to worry about. No animal could be seen, the bushes didn't move the field looked empty not even the crickets were chirping.

He stood there for a good minute looking in the direction he had heard the noise but there was nothing. Taking a deep breath and letting it out again he chastised himself for being paranoid and continued his trek to his dorm. All the while as he walked the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end and he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. Quickening his pace to just under a jog, hoping that if someone was following him that he could put some distance between them but at the same time not look as though he was scared. Don't want the sharks smelling blood now do we, if only he could reach his dorms main door and unlock it he would be in relative safety. All the while as he quickly walked he perked up his ears trying to hear if anyone was walking behind him, but there was nothing, no sound of footsteps, but he couldn't shake this feeling of dread. Getting his keys ready as he was only a few hundred feet from the doors now he finds the key to the main entrance, once at the door he fumbles with the keys and drops them. "Fuck!" He reaches down and picks them up his heart racing as he fumbles to find the doors key again, finally getting it in the lock and turning it, opening up the door he enters and shuts the door behind him. Looking out the glass panel of the door he sees nothing there, no one following him, no animal no sign of life at all outside the building.

Breathing deeply trying to slow his heart, telling himself he was safe he was in the building no one could get in without drawing attention to themselves. He turns and heads toward the elevator pushing the up button, the doors slide open and he enters and reaches for the button for his floor. Keeping his eyes on the entrance doors as the elevator doors slide close, halfway expecting them to be ripped off their hinges and some evil force to come running in after him, he just could not shake this dread. Reaching his floor he watches the doors slide open petrified something would be waiting for him on the other side, a small amount of relief washed over him as there was nothing there but the wall on the other side of the hall. Taking the right he heads toward his room, not being as thankful now as he was at the beginning of the school year to have a private room. Opening the door the dread was still clutching his heart he flips the lights on to find an empty room, same as it was yesterday and the day before that, no mythical boogieman waiting for him in the corners of closets, he knows he checked. After his thorough investigation of his room which included under his bed he throws his book bag in the corner and sits down on his desk chair. Putting his face in his hands he takes a deep breath and lets it out several times. "You're being ridiculous there is nothing here. Calm down, it's all in your head." Finally able to get his heart to slow down a little but not totally able to get this feeling to leave him he heads to the bathroom and takes his clothes off. "A nice relaxing hot shower should do it. I'm just over worked from my schedule that's all."

Twenty minutes of washing and just standing under the hot water had done the trick, he felt the stress melt from his body and flush itself down the drain. His muscles relaxed and his mind went clear the dread that had been plaguing him since he left the library was now a thing of the past. He turns off the water and steps out drying himself off and getting dressed in his pajama's he brushes his teeth and exits the bathroom and walks toward his bed. Once he cleared the wall to his right an icy cold hand grabs him by the mouth and the other hand restrained his arms in a vice like grip. Eddward struggled against the attacker, but no matter how much he tried he was like a child fighting a bear for his life. His screams were silenced by the hand on his mouth and ultimately went silent when he felt the individual bring his mouth to his neck. The first thought that came to his mind was that he was about to get raped, that was quickly dismissed when he felt to sharp needle like teeth break the skin of his neck and the primal side of his mind scream the one word his logical side thought impossible, vampire. The individual pulled upon the wound with his mouth sending a tug to Eddward's heart, he could feel his heart beat increase as the creature continued to devour his life sustaining vita. Tug after tug more of his blood escaped his body and his heart began to slow down the room started to go blurry it was becoming harder and harder for him to remain conscious. His body went limp all his limbs feeling as though they were falling asleep, he feels the mouth remove itself from his neck and the arms release his now useless body, he falls and lands on the bed. His heart was barely beating his mind had grown foggy his senses had become dull, the urge to live was the only thing strong in his body.

A few seconds later he feels something warm and wet pressed against his lips, at first he didn't want any of it, but the vampire had forced a few drops in his mouth and his being snapped into action. He grabbed the wrist with his lifeless appendages and clamped his mouth on the flowing blood sucking hard upon it. His body was flooded by pure rapture he has never before felt such pleasure and was doubtful he would ever again have such and experience. Time seemed to slow down and stop, seconds seemed like an eternity as the waves of desire lust and need crashed against him sending him spiraling out of the existence he has known and down the rabbit hole of his new life. Before he knew it the source of ecstasy was removed from his lips and all his body could think was that he needed more. Looking up at the vampire who had created him, the creature had a smile on his face as though he had just had the best orgasm of his life. "Welcome my childer." He makes a motion with his hand for Edd to follow him, Edd tries to focus but the only thing on his mind is the hunger that is deep in his gut and the desire for that ecstasy once again. Getting off the bed he follows the man out of the room and across the hall, the man grabs the door knob of the room across from his own and with a slight push breaks the lock on the door with minimal effort or sound swinging it open. Edd was greeted with pitch black darkness but he could smell it, a wonderful aroma was coming from somewhere inside this room and his very being was driving him toward it. His mind knew what it was and didn't want to do it because he knew the person who lived here, but his body acted of its own will and walked over to the sleeping figure in the bed. He quickly sank his teeth into her flesh stifling her screams with his hand. He sucking greedily upon the wound he quickly exsanguinated her and her lifeless body lay motionless on the bed. Eddward's master manipulated the area to look like a murder where the murderer took and stored her blood in containers.

"Come we must get you to a safe place so you can continue your birth my childer." The older vampire said as he walked to the door and quickly toward the stairs Eddward followed him as best he could his mind still reeling from the pleasure the blood had elicited from him.

Edd started feeling pain course through his body as he hunched over and fell against the wall to his right. "What is happening to me?" It subsides and he is able to stand once again.

The elder vampire barely pays it any attention and continues to walk forward offhandedly calling back to Edd. "Your body is dying my childer, you are being reborn as a Cainite."

"A what?" Edd said puzzled by the terms this vampire was using.

"You're a smart one, you'll figure it out soon enough." The elder said as they exited the building. "Hurry we mustn't tarry, the world of night is a dangerous place for a childer such as yourself." Edd struggled with every step they made, and they were not going at an easy pace. It was either sink or swim for him now and Edd was going to be damned if he was going to sink. Once they made it to the house and entered Edd found himself in a place of study and learning, the walls were lined with books older then he could imagine, on each table stood the latest computers filled with the translations of the older texts for the newer generations that didn't know how to read them. The pain hits again and Edd doubles over barely able to walk at this point, the elder motions for younger vampire to come to him. "Take him up to one of the neonate dorms and help him with his transformation." The younger vampire made a small bow and did as he was instructed helping Edd up a staircase and down the hall into a decent sized room that had four beds in it and a door off to the left that connected to a bathroom. For the next couple of hours before sunrise Edd went through so much pain as his body got rid of all unwanted bodily fluid and waste and the flesh was changed into something more then it use to be. The metal shutters were closed over the window and Edd was laid down on one of the beds to greet the coming dawn and fall into an uneasy sleep.

A/N – Neonate is a term for a fledgling vampire. Childer is a term that a sire uses for their fledgling. Cainite is the vampire's term for themselves. Embrace is the vampire's term for the act of creating a fledgling.