New Life

"Hey wake up! Come on man! you're dead or what?" A boy kept pushing the boy that was lying on the ground motionless. He had been doing this for over an hour now and the motionless boy did not shake.

"If you don't wake up, I'll bite you!" the boy growled as sharp fangs began to appear in his mouth. He moved his head slowly to the neck of the boy that is lying motionless and opened his mouth to bite on it but suddenly the boy's eyes opened and they shone red.

"What the hell!" the boy with fangs sprang to his feet and stared down at the red-eyed boy. "You are finally awake but why are your eyes red? don't tell me.....a vampire! shit!"

"Where am I? I thought I was dead?" the boy who had just woken up asked in shock. He looked around him and then to the boy who was standing a length away from him, "Who are you? and how did I end up here?"

"Well my name is Miles and as for how you ended up here I do not know, I was just doing my thing when suddenly you appeared out of thin air, it's been an hour since your appearance but ever since then you didn't wake up until now," the boy named Miles replied.

"My name is Asher then, I remember being killed by that man after taking the red substance.....wait! did that red stuff bring me here after my death?" Asher asked in an alarmed tone. He subconsciously looked at his body and seeing the now-new look he could not help but gasp.

"What is that surprised look on your face?" Miles asked seeming not able to understand Asher.

"I drank up a red-coloured substance and then I was killed by a man, I'm just curious to know what that red substance is and if I was brought here by it. Hey, why do you have fangs in your mouth?" Asher suddenly asked the boy who immediately withdrew his fangs back.

"I'm a werewolf of course, and you...are a vampire," Miles blurted out and let out a light chuckle as he saw the horrific look on Asher's face. "What? you are shocked? your eyes are damn red and vamps are the ones with red bloody eyes."

"Does it explain why my skin is so smooth and better now? if that is the case then...but does that mean I'll live on blood?" Asher gulped at the thought of drinking blood every day to survive.

Miles chuckled lightly and walked towards Asher, he pointed to some dead animals by the corner. "This is what I was doing before your sudden appearance, I don't have to drink up people's blood to survive unless those who try to harm me."

There was a look of relief on Asher's face after listening to Miles' explanation. "Oh, thank heaves! but I can't imagine drinking the blood of those animals," he said with a look of disgust on his face.

"Then you can starve to death if you want," Miles replied shrugging his shoulders.

"Hmmm, by the way where is this place? I do not know a thing about here?" Asher asked looking around the strange environment.

"This is a forest where I hu..."

Asher used his hands to stop Miles from talking further, "I mean this whole place, the world entirely."

"Oh, well... the universe is divided into three parts, the mortal realm, the immortal realm and the demon realm. We are in the mortal realm, you can call our realm Riduis. Riduis inhabits both humans and creatures like us werewolves and vampires and some other creatures, do you now understand?"

"Yes, I think I do but the humans....do they know about our existence?" Asher asked.

"Well yes, but you know we have evil werewolves and vampires and evil humans as well...I don't need to explain further, you should know the rest," Miles replied while staring at Asher's confused look.

Asher was silent for some time before he began to talk again. "I understand....the evil humans who hunt creatures like us and evil creatures who prey on the innocents."

"Yes! I survive by feeding In animals and some evil humans, you should do the same. I bet you won't be able to survive here if you don't act immediately," Miles advised.

"I've heard you, but don't tell me you live in this place....." Asher said with a creased brow as he looked around the place covered in thick trees and bushes.

"hahaha, what do you take me for? a wild beast or what? I live in a house, do you want to come along?" Miles replied and asked with a laugh.

"Do you expect me to stay behind in a place like this? I'm coming with you," Asher replied.

"Tsk! then let's go," Miles said and began to lead the way with Asher following behind.

*****

After walking for an hour, they arrived at a large town with shops around and people walking around doing their daily things.

Asher looked at the people with furrowed brows as they stared back at him.

"Hey, why do they keep staring at me and why do I not see anyone with red eyes?" He asked as he could no longer keep silent.

"Because you are new around here I guess," Miles replied but the answer still didn't relieve Asher.

"Or is it because of my eyes?" Asher still asked.

"Wait a minute, that might be the case but don't worry about it. The people around here aren't troublesome so they won't make anything difficult for you, just don't get close enough to them," Miles replied.

Asher sighed and didn't say a word until they got to an apartment, Miles opened the door and they both went inside.

"Welcome to my humble home, I hope you make yourself comfortable around here," Miles said to Asher who was looking around the house. It wasn't all that impressive but it was a good place to stay, surely Miles loves cleanliness.

"Where would I be sleeping?" Asher suddenly asked, he had looked around the house but it was only a room, a kitchen, a bathroom and of course, a sitting room.

"With me...I mean in my room," Miles replied and took him to his bedroom.