A/N: This is going to be hell. I have another FMA fanfic I'm working on but then I had a dream where Ed's a vampire and I just had to write it lest I forget in the future. We'll see how writing two fics at once works out.

This fanfic contains yaoi, is M for strong language and smut in later chapters, and is AU. It's written in Ed's P.o.V.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist and the characters they belong to Hiromu Arakawa. I only own the fanfic. The title of the song belongs to HIM.

Chapter 1: Monster

Monsters exist. I don't mean the kind that hides under a kid's bed or in their closet. I'm talking about vampires. You know, those blood-sucking monsters that come out at night the adults always warn children to watch out for and not to go outside at night or not to stay out late?

Yeah, I probably should have heeded that warning. But in my defense, my mother just died and I was grieving. All right, I was in denial.

It was just my little brother, Alphonse, our mom, and me. That bastard of a father of mine left us when I was three and Al was two and I hated him for abandoning us out of the blue like that. We did all right just the three of us for the next few years until mom caught an illness that was spreading around. I hoped and prayed for mom to get better, but she didn't. Her condition became worse. And that's where we were, Al, me, our friend, Winry Rockbell, and her grandmother, we all sat in the living room, waiting for the doctor to finish examining mom. The sun had almost set, casting the sky with the colors of twilight.

"It'll be okay, Al." I reassured my brother after I felt him give my hand a squeeze. "Mom will be okay." I squeezed his hand back and gave him a comforting smile.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the doctor finally descended the stairs. We watched with bated breaths for him to speak.

I watched as he turned towards Al and me and noted the sadness reflected in his eyes.

"I'm sorry."

Those two words paralyzed me and I heard a sob come from Al and Winry from the news. I was also aware of the doctor talking to Pinako softly.

"You're wrong . . ." I wasn't aware I spoke until everyone was looking at me.

"What was that Edward?" Pinako inquired.

"You're wrong. Mom's not dead." I repeated as I came out of my daze.

"It's normal for a child to be in denial after learning a family member has passed," said the doctor.

"I'm not in denial! Mom's not dead! She can't be!" I insisted.

"B-brother, please calm down." I heard Al say as he placed a hand on my arm.

"SHE'S NOT DEAD!"

"Edward, please. I know it's hard to accept thi— Edward stop! Don't leave the house!"

I ignore Pinako as I ran towards the door, flung it open, and ran out into the night. Tears obscured my vision as I ran. I knew I was in denial; I just didn't want to believe that mom is dead. I kept running until my legs gave out and I fell to my knees. I wiped at my falling tears as I blubbered like a baby. I stayed like that until there were no more tears and I sniffling and hiccupping.

"What's wrong little boy?" I heard a voice ask.

I sniffed once more and looked over my shoulder at a tall man I never seen before. I could make out some of his features in the moonlight, he wore a long trench coat, his hair was short and black, his eyes a shade of blue and his skin was pale. He smiled down at me, the smile looked friendly, but the hair at the back of my neck rose up from the strange man and his smile.

"Nothing," I sniffed.

"What's your name?" the man asked.

"Edward Elric." I said without thinking.

"Edward." the man purred, causing a shiver to run down my spine and I instantly regretted telling him my name.

I wanted to get away from the man right away. "I-I have to go." I stammered, getting to my feet.

"Would you like me to walk you home?" the man asked. "You can never be careful what might be . . . lurking about in the night."

A voice in my head screamed at me to run. "No, it's okay. I can get home on my own."

"I insist." the man said, his smile growing wider.

I watched as his lips pulled back from his teeth and I saw the fangs glint in the moonlight. The voice in my head urged me to run and I obeyed. I ran as fast as I could, but my . . . short legs were no match for the vampire's long ones, let alone his inhuman speed. I had barely taken a dozen steps when the vampire grabbed me and pulled me into his arms. I thrashed in his arms and kicked at him, but it didn't faze him, I opened my mouth to scream, however it became lodge in my throat as the vampire's sharp canine sank into my neck. Pain coarse through my entire body and I grew weak as the vampire drank my blood until I went limp in his arms. I was sure the vampire would keep drinking my blood and I was sure I going to die when the vampire pulled away and laid me on the ground. I breathe weakly as I stared up at the vampire through half-lidded eyes.

"You are so beautiful. I never seen anyone with golden hair and eyes before." the vampire said and I felt his fingers caress my cheek. "It would be a shame to watch your flawless beauty waste away as your grow old."

I watched helplessly as one of his fingernails grew long and sharp, he ran the nail along his wrist and I watched almost mesmerized as blood ran down his arm. He gripped my chin with his fingers, prying my mouth open, and tilted his cut arm. I felt his blood drip into my mouth, I could taste the metallic texture as it hit my taste buds and slide to the back of my throat. I choked and coughed some of the blood out, splattering my face, but swallowed the blood flowing into my mouth to keep from choking anymore.

The vampire pulled his bleeding arm away and waited until I swallowed the rest of the blood in my mouth before releasing my chin. Then the pain began. It started in my belly; it felt like someone set fire to my stomach, a whimper escaped me as the fire spread. My veins, my nerves, my whole body felt as if it was set ablaze and I clawed at the ground wanting it to end.

"Don't worry," croon the vampire as he stroked my cheek again. "the pain will end soon."

My eyes widen as fresh tears spilled from them and the scream previously frozen in my throat came pealing out as I arched my back from the pain as it consumed me. Then everything turned dark.

I hoped you all like the first chapter. See you in the second one.