Moonlight

The full moon shined on the forest floor as Raisa, a beautiful fairy with long honey hair, blue eyes, light brown skin and freckles lining below her eyes was making her trek in the woods. She wore a pink ruffled crop top, a short ruby red skirt that represented a rose and was barefoot but had vines that lined her legs. Her fairy wings were a fluorescent pink color that shined under the full moon as she glided through the sleepy forest. Raisa ventured into the forest as the sounds of owls calling in the night and crickets chirping left her in a state of ease and relaxation. Raisa loved coming out at night because during that time, she would practice her craft in solitary to ensure that her magic would become stronger. She would also come out at night to replenish her powers at the Fairy Lagoon. When she reached the Fairy Lagoon, it was a bright baby blue that reflected the moonlight and glowed in a luminescent light.

Raisa knelt down to rinse her face when she heard a twig snapping behind her. She startled and got up quickly checking her surroundings. Nothing. She got up from her spot and went back into the woods to find a young man lying down underneath a tree, face down covered in scratches and had a 5 inch wound on his back that was covered in his own blood bleeding through his black ruffled top. Raisa’s eyes widen to the sight before her as she flew over to the man and tried to wake him up.

“Hey, wake up,” she called out.

The man coughed and lifted his head up from the ground looking up at Raisa with his exhausted cerulean blue eyes that was slightly covered by his long black hair as he reached out to her then collapsed. Raisa carefully carried the young man to the fairy lagoon and placed him down by the ledge of the lagoon.

Raisa slowly removed the man’s shirt revealing his bare torso and his wound on his stomach. Raisa flinched back from the sight of the wound as she cupped her hands, gathered a generous amount of water and poured it onto the man’s wound. The man winced a bit in pain as his wound began to heal, sealing it up and blood began to evaporate. Raisa raised her hands and a light blue aura surrounded her hands then she placed them down onto the man’s torso and a light blue aura surrounded where the man’s wound was and began to heal him. The man opened his eyes slowly looking over at Raisa who was still healing him.

“How beautiful,” he said in a tired tone.

Raisa looked down to see the man looking up at her until her face began to flush beat red. Raisa’s hands stopped glowing as she quickly drew her hands away looking away. The man tried to get up until he felt a sharp pain on his abdomen and fell back down groaning in pain. Raisa placed her hands on his shoulders keeping him down. “Don’t get up, you’re still healing,” Raisa warned.

“What happened? Where am I” the man asked grunting.

“The Fairy Lagoon,” Raisa replied, “You’re lucky to be alive. Who are you?”

“Cian, what’s your name?”

“Raisa.”

Cian got up slowly looking into Raisa’s eyes.

“Raisa, that’s a beautiful name,” he replied.

Raisa turned away blushing after hearing that compliment. Cian tilted his head to the side looking at Raisa smiling gently then leaned up towards her.

“Somehow, I remember you,” Cian said.

“How,” Raisa asked.

“I remember every night when I go into the forest to hunt, I always see a beautiful fairy out by the lagoon every night. When I first saw you under the moonlight, I never thought that I would fall in love with someone so beautiful.”

Raisa’s face turned red, “You think I’m beautiful?”

Suddenly, a scent began to flood his nose. What was that scent? It was something that he had never smelt before. The scent was very pleasant and caused his fangs to elongate as tried to resist his urge to bite Raisa.

“Are you okay,” Raisa asked in a worried tone.

Cian moved closer to Raisa holding her close to his chest as he punctured his fangs into Raisa’s neck. Raisa winced in pain as Cian began to drink from her. Raisa tried to cry out in pain but no sound could escape her mouth except for a few gasps. While Cian continued to feed from Raisa, Raisa suddenly began to feel her heart beating louder and skipping a beat as he held her close to his chest. Raisa wrapped her arms around Cian weakly holding him close to her. Cian released his grip from Raisa’s neck as he licked his lips of Raisa’s blood. Raisa looked at Cian who looked back at her with shock in his eyes seeing what he had done.

“I’m...I’m sorry,” he stuttered.

Raisa grabbed ahold of Cian’s hand stopping him from leaving.

“Don’t go,” Raisa cried, “Don’t go.”

Cian looked away feeling guilt in his subconscious then looked back at Raisa. He brushed Raisa’s hand away from his wrist, walked up to her, placed his hands on her cheeks then slowly leaned in, kissing her lips. Raisa’s eyes widen to what was happening then slowly closed her eyes wrapping her arms around his neck. She had never experienced this before, her mind started to race after Cian broke the kiss off. All Raisa could do was stare at him, her face blushing red, as Cian gently stroked Raisa’s hair. She was still in shock after what had happened to her but felt that she doesn’t want him to leave.

“I...I remember you too,” Raisa stuttered.

“How,” Cian asked in a curious tone.

“Every night I’ve always seen a man out in the forest under the moonlight and when I first saw you. I...I want to know who you are but...I never was able to. For the next couple of years I’ve watched you from a distance, hoping you would see me again, waiting…”

“For?”

“Waiting for you to notice me again…”

“I’ve always noticed you,” Cian smiled gently placing his hand on Raisa’s cheek.