We gather here, we line up, weepin' in a sunlit room

And if I'm on fire, you'll be made of ashes, too

Even on my worst day, did I deserve, babe

All the hell you gave me?

'Cause I loved you, I swear I loved you

'Til my dying day

-My tears ricochet

The world is a small place. A little tiny round place. tiny with small t-i-n-y. But for Zayn it always felt huge. Hollow and lonely. Being the only heir of Vampire king was no fun. Yes,he got everything he wanted except his freedom.

Vampires could reproduce, just like humans . There were some benefits like fast growth which led to the pregnancy period being shortened to 5 months. The Vampire child inherited the genes of their Vampire Parents and were believed to be more stronger as the time passed by because of stronger parents and combined powers.

As soon as Zayn was born , his father had kept him locked. Trainned him to be the next ruler but always oppressed him , and kept him under his control. Even though Zayn did have both the white and black magic like his father, he was forced to just use the white magic .

He knew why, even though his father wanted him to rule one day, that day was really far away and until then , he would never be able to take full control of his powers or freedom.

So now , while the Vampire king enjoyed his life and power ,Zayn and his other subordinates were to work harder and do all the work for him. It was not easy to to run half of the world while fighting forces like America and Germany.

There wasn't any ongoing war, per se. But there were always chances. Even though Vampires had Magic on their sides , they just couldn't do everything and erasing the whole human race would be foolish.

Who would work for them ? Who would be their slave if , all the humans were killed. Who would work in factories and companies to creat food and things for them ? So it was very much necessary for humans to survive.

That's why the Vampires let countries like America and Australia,live on their own will, until and unless they provided Vampires with everything they wanted.

It was really stressful for Zayn to intract with people. Vampires or humans it didn't matter. He hated both the races. Social interactions always felt awkward and stiff. He was used to being alone , and quiet for years. So now to interact with people was really hard for him, he could have gone for a few more years or decades without stepping out of his mansion , if he could.

But it was his father's order. He was being " lazy " and needed to step out and show his dominance. Everyone knew about his existence but had never seen him. Due to which some believed that his existence was just a rumour.

Only few knew about him , and they were either the royal vampires or presidents of other well known nations, who were introduced to Zayn in a way to show them or more like frighten them with the powers he held.

So now, when the Biggest Vampire Mafia ,which by the way was owned by his father himself was hosting their annual slave auction , it was the perfect opportunity to show the world his face.

A knock on the door broke Zayn's chain of thoughts.

"Ya ready ? The auction is about to begin. You have to welcome the guest and reveal your identity in the welcoming speech." Louis informed as he poked only his head inside.

Zayn didn't allow anyone to enter his room. Except his oldest and only caretaker , Marie. She was the only one who he trusted in his personal space except his few trusted friends. But even they weren't allowed to enter the chambers unless it was absolutely necessary or important.

Zayn sighed . Dusting off the imaginary dust over his suit. He was ready for this. Or maybe he was not. But well ,there was no way out anyway. "Be out in a minute. " he replied in his usual cold voice and taking a deep breath. Zayn would have to enter the auction with total five guards surrounding his including Louis his manager/ PA / guard.

It will be alright.

He just has to go out there , introduce himself and then hang around till the auction is complete. It won't be that hard, it will go all smoothly.

Or so be thought.

Cause even before he could reach the main hall, where the auction was held, he heard the noise of a screaming vampire. Followed by a fury of movements inside the Auction room.

Great. Just what he wanted.

Even though he wasn't part of the problem, his father would just blame it on him. No.

Nononononononononon.

He has to stop it . Whatever it is.

So be quickened his steps opening the auction door and immediately walking towards the source of noise.

It seemed as if 2 vampires got in a fight , seeing as the vampires were cheering for someone to beat the other. Vampires fighting each other was rare but not unheard off.

It was not appreciated and motivated but it has happened before and will happen in future too.

What Zayn didn't expect was , his mafia's vampire guards beating or more like kicking a small limp figure on the ground.

It curled something so vicious inside Zayn's stomach , bringing or more hurdling the long buried memories back up, knocking his chest with the sounds of almost whispery and barely audible gasps that left from the barely moving lump with each kick , but it felt as harsh as each merciless kick , breaking his ribs and making him breathless.

The change in air was too quick for anyone to notice admist the ongoing cheers and beating.

"STOP!!!!!"

Zayn growled , his hands fisted at his sides as he felt the magic slowly seeping through his hands and crowding around him like a protective layer. Yes, his magic was special, unique, it was more like another living soul and not just magic.

Zayn had such a deep connection with his magic that he didn't have to chant spells or move his hands, he could just think about it and his magic would do that thing.

So the next second a strong force pushed every single Vampire in the room 10 meters away from him. Except Louis and Surprisingly two humans . Zayn's magic was familiar to Louis, it knew that Louis was never a danger. What was suprising , is that not only the small boy but another shivering human girl were not harmed by his magic.

That meant his magic deeemed them safe enough. And his magic was never wrong.

His next actions were reckless and he would realize it later but at that moment he stepped forward , bending down to scoop up the small beaten human in his arms carefully, gently a complete contrast to his previous actions. The small human whimpered, curling in himself more. His head buried in his chest and arms covering his face completely. Trying to hide from whatever he was going to get.

But as soon as he Zayn lifted him up ,he tried to move before he went limp again, probably not having any more fight left in him.

In the next second his hands were falling down from his face , revealing the bruised and swollen small pale face with a head full of curly brown hair, eyes closed and one black , that resembled someone so much that the next second Zayn was closing his eyes and disappering in thin air . Louis running out of the door the next second.

Proving and showing his identity, or more solidifying his existence. Only the Vampire king had the ability to teleport . That's what everyone thought. Now they knew that he had a heir with the same abilities maybe more powerful as it almost took 10 more minutes even after Zayn disappeared for everyone to move.

The auction was cancelled or more like everyone just wanted to escape the place as soon as possible. Thoughts and words related to the entry of the mysterious force and rumuors being true. Questions related to what happened between the black smoke and white tendrils that covered the Vampire king's heir until he and both the human disappeared.

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Zayn carefully placed ,the small body on his bed, in his apartment, in his room. Not to mention the secret Apartment that only 6 people knew about. Not even his father knew about this place.

It was his escape , his safe place.

And no one has ever been here in this room except Zayn. So Zayn wasn't sure why his first instinct told him to come here. And even now why he didn't feel any anxiety or disgust seeing the small pale body on his dark black sheets. If anything, it made him feel relief.

He was okay. The boy will be okay. His chest is moving up and down. He is breathing . He has to be okay.

Zayn wasn't sure why was he trying to lie to himself.

He never did that. Not for a long time. He didn't believe in false hope. But this tiny creature was already making him do things.

He doesn't think, he can do anything anymore suprising than what he did until now. He will be proven wrong later but for now let's pretend and give comfort to him.

The Boy's breath was stuttered and shallow, his skin unnaturally cold and his face even when unconscious had this frown that showed that he was in pain.

Zayn didn't knew much about Human biology ,he didn't want to do something wrong and hurt the boy more. But he has to do something.

Liam. He needs Liam. Zayn quickly shoots a single text to Liam asking him to come back at his apartment with emergency supplies needed to treat the human as soon as possible.

He looks at the small creature resting on his bed. He looks pale , too pale and fragile. His one hand is resting on his stomach and other is down on his side, his hands curled in a half fist, just like a small child. Innocent and soft. Maybe he is really a small child.His curls were like a hallow ,surrounding his head . His lips parted , smudge with blood releasing from the cut on his lips.

How old was he ?

He looks so innocent. He didn't deserve this. Zayn rarely participated in the mafia business, specifically in human trafficking. He just couldn't handle the mistreatment towards humans. Even though he was brought up by the Vampire king himself , he was the total opposite of him . What was sad though that he had to hide his true side from everyone and everywhere.

The boy , whimpered , his both the hands coming to his chest and pressing there as if in pain. Zayn immediately moved closer his hands hovering over the boy but not touching him.

A lone tear, escaped the humans eyes , his hands clutching the front of his chest , before he was unconscious again, his hands limp and face blank.

The sound of doorbell, brought Zayn back to the reality as he scooped the tiny creature his arms and rushed out if his room, his grip only gentle on the boy.

He ordered his magic to open the door and soon Liam and louis were rushing in as he walked towards them.

" Do something. Right now !! His heartbeat is really slow !!" Zayn said as he looked at Liam sternly.

Liam and Louis were shocked to death , if anything but they both kept their mouths shut as Liam nodded his head before whispering " Lay him down"

Zayn immediately walked back in his room, mentally cursing himself of his foolish moves , but he just didn't want to move even a second away from the human. What if something happened when he was away ?

Liam walked right behind Zayn , stopping at the entrace of his bedroom. No one was allowed in the room. No one. It would be like sighing your own self to death by entering.

"Liam !! Treat him now" Zayn hissed as he softly placed the human back on the bed.

That's all the permission And warning Liam needed. Before he was moving in and starting the treatment.

He first kept his two suitcases on the table beside the bed before he slowly started the basic checkup. He checked the pulse and breathing . And then immediately touched The tiny chest , just a small press and the human broke into a coughing fit. Wheezing, coughing and gasping at the same time.

If that wasn't enough ,blood started pouring out of Human mouth along with each painful cough.

Liam , immediately filled some strange liquid in the syringe,before injecting it . The coughing subsided almost instantly and the human fell on bed again,limp nd motionless.

Liam cleaned the blood around ,his mouth before turning to Zayn.

"WHAT ?? Why are you standing like that ? Looking at me like an idioh !!! Do something!!! " Zayn barked , his eyes red with fury. Liam visibily flinched back but stood there .

"He won't make it. His is suffering from malnutrition. His body is already too weak and the beating has at least broke his 4 ribs. We never know when it will puncture his lungs. He needs extreme medical attention and even if we somehow give him that, his body is in no condition to take the weight of surgery. And this was just a small check up ,I am sure there is internal bleeding and more broken bones ."

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I got a new phone !!!!!!!

It feels so good to have something that I have earned from my hardwork. This phone literally costed me blood,sweat and tears .