Pureblood, come and find me!” she left.
***
Albed o stared outside of his window; the blood-rain was nothing like the normal rain. This one was red instead of white, thicker than the normal rain. All the humans throughout Inferno had their doors lock. They fear the blood-rain for some reason. They call it an abomination. Albedo’s parents were asleep in the next room.
“Me drinking blood, what am I a...” He slowly open the window, the smell of blood hit him like the cherry blossoms. He took a small amount from the tip of his finger and tasted it. For the first time in his life he tasted the blood-rain, it was nothing like he imagined. It tasted sweet and a bit bitter which add flavor to it. This isn’t so bad actually . “I need to find Sonia.”
He opened the window and wrapped himself in a thick slicker, then slid his feet into his tall galoshes. Going outside the door would be risky. His parents might hear him. He leaped from his window to the tree; from there he jumped to the next one. “Never knew I can jump this high,” he smiled with excitement. He rushed to the school. He tried to open the gate but it was locked. Why am I trying to open it when I can jump over it? He leaped over the gate and it felt good, this new source of strength felt good!
“Sonia, Sonia where are you?” shouted Albedo.
“Up here!” she replied.
He looked up to see her standing on the edge of the roof, her black cloak over her head to prevent her from getting wet.
“Okay, I can do this,” he said to himself, he jumped up and grabbed one of the edges of the window. From there he jumped up to the next one until he reached Sonia.
“I see you finally starting to think like a Pureblood.”
She looked miserable, all alone by herself on top of the roof.
“Sonia, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to insult you back there,” said Albedo with a sad face. He felt content after apologizing to her.
She extended her left arm out to him. “If you feel too proud to drink from the blood-rain,
drink from my blood,” said Sonia with a dull face. “I know it’s hard, coming from your world and stepping in to ours. I’m not mad because you think you insulted me Albedo, I’m mad because you’re not giving me the chance to turn you into something great. You can be the one the world need one day; you have so much strength inside of you, let me bring it out!” Sonia responded happily this time.
Albedo could now no longer control the urge for blood; the aroma was enticingly irresistible. Ever since tasting the blood-rain, he started feeling the urge for blood. He grabbed her hand gently and he felt his fangs coming out his mouth, with no hesitation he bit into her arm. Fangs, he had never thought about having fangs. He has now drunk the forbidden liquid. Her blood tasted so good! Better than the blood rain, warmer, sweeter, and not one bit bitter. After drinking so much of her blood he felt different.
“Albedo, you’re ok?” asked Sonia.
He felt dizzy from drinking the blood; he could feel it rushing inside of him.
“Sonia what’s happening?”
“It’s alright Albedo; your body is going through changes. Your body is unused to the blood, so it’s acting uncanny, it won’t last forever.” explained Sonia.
He fell into her arms. For the first time she saw his light red eyes, his short soft hair as she ran her fingers through it. She stared at him as he slowly fell asleep. The blood-rain picked up even harder now. The rain bounces of their clothes and onto the roof. As much as Sonia loved the blood-rain, she loved how it felt on her skin even more. When it touches her skin its warmness wraps itself around her like a blanket. She loved to stand in the rain and let it fall on her.
Albedo woke up a couple hours later in her lap. The rain had
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