The Last Vampire on Earth ?? | OC x Lestat | Interview with the Vampire

The Request

"Do not try to change our story to fit your audiences tropes...at this point Lestat and i were friends- Nothing happened between us before Nicky's death. We both held lust for each other at times, don't misunderstand me, but we didn't love each other until later...After we happened we were unstoppable. I was just as infatuated with him as he was with me, but during 1781 you have to understand that Nicky ment the world to him.

Lestat had always been the obsessive vampire he is towards his companions- he made sure no one so much as thought something bad against me, if disrespect was done then he would have killed the person himself, but before Nicky's death he was different. Nicky was his first love and  Lestat had only just been turned when they met.

When he tur- when he lost Nicky, in 1786, it took him almost 50 years to get over it"

Daniel scribbles something down as he breaks the heavy eye contact i force him to hold with me as i explain to him, in no uncertain terms, that Lestat was not offering me the chance to whore myself out to him in exchange for turning me.

"Grab that" he says, referring to the way i had talked of Lestat and my relationship.

I almost miss the words as he swiftly moves the topic forward

"Let me get this straight, just so i'm not confusing anything here" He says "Because frankly i find it ridiculous that you expect me, and others, to believe that the two of you were nothing more then friends yet you said- and i quote- 'The ocean of solitude was drowning me and i hadn't even realised it. His outstretched hand was pulling me above the waves, giving me a glimmer of hope, and i would have been stupid to have not taken it.'-"

"-i get it" I say as i cut him off

"Do you not see how that sounds like you loved him? My ex Wife and i- we used to feel like that, willing to do anything for each other, to save each other- a lot of other people would agree that they have felt like that at one point. Do you not see how you loved him from the very start without even realising that you did? You were in love with Lestat de Lioncourt even before you knew it. A person doesn't just say things like that without loving the person they are talking about- Describing how much they mean to you brings about the realisation of love! It's ridiculous that you can even sit here and argue against it-"

"Enough!" I shout as i cut him off

I take a breath as i look him in the eyes. I can feel how my own have gone from light to dark in a matter of a few moments. I can't help but hope that it scares him.

"You can not blame me for making outside assessments- the whole point of this interview is-" He starts

"The whole point of this interview is so that i can finally be at peace!" I shout at him as i lean forward on the table which separates us both "I agreed to this so that i could set the record straight about Lestat de Lioncourt. I am only sat here, talking to you, so that i can- on record- deny the way that Louis de pointe du lac rubbed Lestat and my own names into the dirt and shit on them." I seethe

I see Rachel walk closer to our table and i hold up my hand as i catch my breath, trying to calm myself

"I am fine, child" I say as i plaster on a light smile and soften my voice as i look at her. "Please go and see how long it is until our meal is ready- i cannot concentrate on anything but anger when i am starved"

Rachel nods as she walks out of the room, apprehensively.

I tip the rest of my drink into my mouth before i look back at Daniel. The blood slides down my throat calming me and my thirst. I had not eaten in a while.

Daniel is sat, waiting for me to talk to him again, with his eyes calculating me.

"I apologise" I say, letting out a breath

He shakes his head "No it was my fault. I sometimes forget that the things you are telling me are actual events and not stories from a book i need to critique. It comes from doing this job for so long" He finishes

I give him a tight lipped smile as i nod

"And i sometimes let my theatrical background worm its way into my stories. Sometimes my descriptions come from how i feel looking back at the events rather then my actual feelings while in them... My description of Lestat pulling me out of an ocean was not how i felt about him back then" I explain as he nods, understandingly

"Lestat and i became companions on the promise that he would provide me a cheat card for death and that i would not leave him in return. We both had our issues- my cancer and his vampiric fear of being alone- we were both merely acting on self interest back then. We were two halves to the same coin before we became the coin itself." I finish with a slight smile

I sit back as i relax a little, my anger having buried itself once more and allowing me to continue on with the interview.

"If it would be alright, i would like to continue... i was just getting to one of the good bits" I say

Daniel gestures for me to continue and i clear my throat

"As i was saying...

Since the day Lestat and i had agreed to stay in each other's lives Lestat would appear in my art studio whenever he wanted company.

At the time i didn't question why he didn't go to Nicky, but back then i was simply glad to have another person to speak to without leaving my studio. I had trapped myself inside the walls of my apartment for so long, scared about trying to face a world that might not have understood my condition.

I hadn't left my apartment properly for all of a year, apart from the occasional trip out during the night in search for a vampire i had been misinformed about. But all of that changed one night in 1782 when Lestat appeared to me in my art studio not simply requesting a chat, like usual, but asking a request of me.

That night changed the both of us forever, changed the way we viewed each other and showed me what I had been missing while trapping myself inside..."