Mad Science & Witchcraft

[The_Spectre]

August 17th

It seemed almost yesterday that I met, her eyes, her smile, her hair, her scent, it intoxicated me the moment I met her. Though the my family told me to stay away from her, I could not. As I time went on our loved blossomed until finally I asked for her hand in marriage, that was when she revealed her secret that she was... a witch, most would have run at hearing such news I was not one of them. I did not care what she was I loved her. We had gotten married, the fire in my heart continued to burn for her, how I miss those day we held each other at night, how we consummate our marriage continually, everything seemed perfect.

Until one day, she told me of a vision she had, that she would be discovered and that she would be killed. We had to make arrangement for everything for it would only be a matter of time before the town would come for her head, she told me to take her book the very book that taught her everything and go into hiding, I was reluctant, but in the end though the tears in both our eyes, we knew that our would be eternal and we would see each other once again. And so I left as I took one last look at the village seeing the light of the fiery stake that held my love.

Months later I moved to a new village, keeping my beloved's book in a special hiding place. I had spent the rest of my days reading studying various sciences the art of reanimation, the art of playing god, no.. defying him. Some how I felt that this would help me see my love again, however I lacked the resource to do so and so I must wait, and though I am in my winter years, I know that not even death will keep us apart.

Nathan Harker

"Now that's a love story" replied Joseph as closed the journal he found brushing his black hair from his dark brown eyes as he sat back, his white dress shirt tugging at him along with his black jeans. "better than that stupid Twilight book,". He stood up as he went to the lab table cleaning the test tube, "Oooh you a vampire, you're must have sensitive soul, let me suck your cock" he said mockingly as he rolled his eyes. Needless to say, he was in bad mood, he had every right to be. He was a aspiring scientist, not in conventional sense, more in the "It's alive!" sense, and assisting to Dr. Fretfort some amateur scientist who didn't know a spleen from a kidney. Joseph had dug a body last night for an experiment he was working on, he had done everything, he did the math, he gathered the body parts, hell he prepared and dressed the corpse for when it rose. All Dr. Fretfort was complain and now he was taking Joseph's work, making him clean the work lab while he ran the experiment. Joseph continued to clean when suddenly he heard a loud boom followed by a flicker of the light, immediately he made his way to the main lab.

The place was a mess, and some of the machine were charred. And right by the power switch was Dr. Fretfort, well what was left of him. Immediately Joseph saw the problem on the voltmeter "900, it's supposed to be 850" he said. Joseph calculated the power it would take to arise a corpse without killing one's self the doctor however chose to ignore that detail.

Aside from the doctor's skeleton, the experiment should have worked. He walked over to the cadaver table, the cast that held the corpse laid on the floor split in two. There, Joseph saw he, the experiment worked, the women had been given life, her flesh, her figure everything came as it did when she first lived, she was beautiful. A strange feeling came over Joseph as if her had seen her before, he had gotten her body from a village cemetery, she one of many convicted of being a witch. Suddenly her eyes opened and looked at Joseph, all he could do was see what she would say.

((I need one girl with good writing skills to play the witch (Nathan's wife). As some might have guessed Joseph is the reincarnation of Nathan, or which your character see automatically. The story is roughly, to retrieve her spell book, so she may restore Joseph memories of his former self, as well as some other thing I will reveal later on, if you're interested or have any questions, please PM me.

One more thing, yes I took a pot shot a Twilight, and yes I'm okay with that.))

[The_Spectre]

((bump))

[CandyLips]

I would love to take the position of your witch if you will let me.

[The_Spectre]

((you're more than welcome to, that is if want to have on two stories with the same person, which is fine with me))

[CandyLips]

If Lilavandra could scream she would of as her soul was ripped from the underworld below, she could see nothing but darkness as her soul moved into her earthy body from ages ago that was being reanimated on the scientist table. She could feel her dead and rotted flesh slowly rebuild its self and become alive once more. Her heart began to beat once more sending her life giving blood back through her shriveled vains to bring them back to life once more, her long curly brown hair grew from her head once more to hang off the table she lay on and her milky dead eyes open as they slowly returned the their brilliant green they had been when she was once alive. The last thing her body did before it grew still was her now velvet lips parted to gasp out for air to fill her lungs once more.

Her chest slowly rose and fell as she lay there in shock as to what had happened. She spent her undead life in the underworld trying to find every possible way to return to her earthy body and suddenly now that very thing had happened but it wasn't by anything she had done. Her centuries were spent thinking of only one thing, to return once more to her beloved and now she had that chance. Her green eyes moved around the room to figure out where she was and how she had come into this position in the first place. It was then that her eyes fell upon a man that stood at the side of the table looking down at her naked form as if waiting for her to do something. She was about to panic until she recognized something familiar in his eyes and in his very soul.

She sat up ever so slowly finding it hard to work her body after being a bodiless being for so long but she managed to do so and hold her self up with her arms bracing her weight. "Na..." She had a hard time speaking at first, she swallowed slowly trying to wet the dessert that was her throat and she tried once more. "Nathan...is...that you." Something inside of his soul responded to her, she didn't know if he himself felt it but she certainly did. "My love...ive finally found you." She said now as tear began to run down her soft cheeks, her love had succeeded where she had failed for so many years and she felt as if she had failed him for not coming back to him sooner.

She wanted to embrace him but as she looked at his body once more instead of his soul he could see confusion in him and it was then that she realized that this day had come too late. Her Nathan had died long ago and what stood before was his reincarnation but she wouldn't give up.

[The_Spectre]

She seemed so familiar to Joseph, it was something that he couldn't escape. But no matter how much his thought, he was drawing a blank. I broke his heart to see tears coming down her cheek, think he was her husband or something. Perhaps, a more sinister person would have taken that to their advantage, but while Joseph may have done thing that were considered "crazy" he had a conscious. "I think you have me confused with..." wait Nathan, as in the guy who wrote that journal? Joseph didn't know how to respond, was this his "love he was talking about?

"Wait here.." he said as he ran out the room to the other lab, grabbing the journal he was reading no to long ago "You mean this Nathan" he asked as he handed her the book. Joseph had found it in one of the abandoned cabins near the mansion while searching for thing, he took it along with a few clothes. He didn't know why he had taken the book out so many others, for some reason it seemed like it called to him. For a moment he looked over at the girl captivated by her beautiful body, then immediately looked down, not wanting her to notice him doing so. Almost like the first time he met her, over 150 years ago.

[CandyLips]

She let her tears slow as she calmed herself down, she reached up to wipe them from her eyes and cheeks. She was about apologize for being so emotional until he spoke, of course he wouldn't know who she was and it was stupid of her to think he would realize who she was just by looking at her. Nathan's memories of her had died when he had and they wouldn't go with his soul when he was reborn. She tired to speak once more but he told her to wait were she was, she wasn't planning on going any where and she wasn't too sure that she could even remember how to walk so with out help but just be stupid.

Lilavandra's eyes watched him as he returned to the lab room once more, he held an old book and handed it to her. She held it for a few moments running her fingers along the cover before she finally opened it, she realized who's handwriting it was right away and it almost cause her to cry once more but she held them back. She closed it holding it to her chest now as she hugged it for a few moments before she finally looked up at him in time to see him looking at her. It had been such a familiar look and she remembered the first time her and Nathan had met. He had been looking at her in the same manner looking away quickly so she wouldn't notice he was but just like back then she had.

"Yes this is the very Nathan i was speaking of. My lover and husband from years ago, i was taken from him and i promised that i would return some day..." She gave him a softly smile now, she felt a strange chill run down her spine and it was then that she realized that she was naked as the day she was born. She pulled her knees up to her chest trying to cover herself, he had already seen near about all of her but she was still a lady and not use to being so bare except for the nights she would dance naked in the moonlight.

[The_Spectre]

Joseph looked down, thinking he should have at least dressed her prior to her coming back, but he was on a schedule and had to work quickly. "I'm sorry" he said still looking down "I...wait here...aga.. again" He walked to the other side of the room, hitting pieces of the machines as he looked for him bag containing some of the clothes he found in the cabin, some of which had to have belong to her. From he read in Nathans journal he had accidentally taken some of her clothes when he left, keeping them safe, for when she returned.

After taking a quick stop at the refrigerator, he took the bag to the girl, still diverting his for her naked body, "I think some of these might be yours" he said nervously. He looked up at her, he didn't want her to think anything bad about him, but she was beautiful he couldn't help but look at her, for Joseph, it was weird. He then offered he a bottle of water "drink this...it'll hydrate you" he requested, she had been dead for years obviously she would need something to drink, an awkward silence fell upon them "I'm Joseph by the way" he said getting the courage to at least look into her emerald eyes "Out of curiosity.. how are you, can you walk?"

[CandyLips]

She gave him a soft smile to let him know it was alright as he apologized and once again he ran off but she watched him this time as he walked to the other side of the room. Now that she had a bit of time she took the opportunity to look around the room, it was a bit scary for her because of all the strange things that seemed to lit up as well as hum on their own as if they were alive. Things that looked that vines littered the roof above her and she felt so out of place in this time.

She turned her eyes back to him as she heard his footsteps coming closer once again, she reached out to take the bag from him and opened it surprised to see some of her dresses inside. Now she felt a bit better because it was something familiar to her but as he handed her the strange bottle of water she held a confused look on her face. She turned it around in her hands a few times and squished it surprised at how glass could be so flexible. She looked at the strange top were a cork would normally be and she tried to pull it off but instead parted of it popped up. She turned it upside down now jumping as water spilled on her lap and it didn't take her long to figure it out. She placed the nosle to her parted lips and squeezed it to have the water shoot into her mouth. She sucked the bottle dry not realizing how thirsty she was and she set to work pulling a dress up over her head pushing her arms through the sleeves.

"Its a pleasure to meet you Joseph, I am Lilavandra Harker but sure you knew that then." She gave him a smile as she pulled the dress down as far as she could with her sitting there on the table. "Umm...im not sure. Its been centuries since ive walked i don't know if i remember how."

[The_Spectre]

Joseph felt like an idiot, thinking he should have given her the water in a glass at the least, she was dead for hundreds of years, so even the simplest things would seem complicated. "Actually no, I mean I've read the journal, but Nathan never mentioned your name, I think he was afraid to" replied Joseph, he knew the stories of witch hunters, how they search places for any suspicions of witchcraft or anyone who could potentially be one, Nathan must have kept her anonymity to protect or at least as long as he could, but even then his entries after he death kept referring to her as his "love".

Joseph as she spoke about being unsure if she could walk, right there he knew what he had to do as he sighed and nodded. He put his hand on her legs massaging them to get the blood to circulate. Joseph had worked at funeral homes, morgues, even interned at a hospital for a month, he knew he had to get feeling in her left before she could remember to walk. He was gentle with her, moving her legs up and down then focusing on her toes moving them around as well. "Try moving your toes" he requested, looking back at her feet. "So what's it like to a be a witch?" he asked trying to make some conversation, but hoping he wasn't going to far.

[CandyLips]

Lilavandra have to hold her breath as he placed his hands on her legs, it had been a very long time since she had even been touched by another person let alone one she knew was Nathan, well at least him reincarnated. So the thoughts that traveled through her mind didn't make her feel all that guilty as he moved his hands over her cold legs and began to massage them. She could feel some of the feeling begin to return to them as well as some excitement that began to grow inside of her.

She nodded her head slowly as he told her to try and move her toes, she had to think about it for a few moments before they slowly began to move. A few moments later she began to move them like anyone else, "What its like to be a witch? Well it was different for several parts of my life. When i was young it was a very freeing experience, you could do what you wanted to with out any consequences but as i got older you had to be careful as to what you casted because it could be the spell that would have you life ended by fire." She paused for a moment as the memories of her being tied to a stake in the middle of the city filled her head, people screamed up at her throwing things at her and then came the feeling of the fire burning her flesh. She didn't remember screaming which had surprised the crowd and then were almost mesmerized as she just stood there looking down at them as she burned.

But now at the memory of the pain she began to scream out, she pulled her legs from his grasp pulling them up against her chest, she moved her hands over her ears and barred her head in her knees muffling her cries.

[The_Spectre]

Seeing Lilavandra able to move a bit was kind of exciting for Joseph and a bit of a relief. He was happy that he could help her, it almost felt rewarding helping her regain movement. The feel was sadly short lived as she went to explain how it was being a witch a her death. It was natural that he would feel bad about making her upset, but the guilt seemed more than it should have been as if he had a connection with her. He had the urge to put his arms around telling her not to be upset, but he couldn't. Instead, he took his hands and place the on her's taking them away from her ears as he looking her eyes.

Never had he had the need to press his lips to her's, but he fought the urge. "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, please don't cry " he said softly he tears feeling like tacks on his heart, why did he feel this way "If it's any consolation, the world has changed a lot since then". Joseph didn't know what to say after that, where would he start, the evolution and expansion of civilization, the changes in modern cultural, electricity it was a lot to tell her. He sighed as his hand still stayed on her's, "And even if your husband isn't here and regardless of what took place on that day, I'll make sure nothing happens to you, I promise" he didn't why he said that, he had only known Lilavandra for a few moment, and yet he had this feeling that he was determined to keep it.

[CandyLips]

Lilavandra could feel him move his hands to her's as the pain began to fade from her body, her cries slowly began to die away as he pulled them from her ears and she lifted her head to look up at him. She ran her cheek along her sleeve to whip the tears away, "I know the world has changed...its just the flood of memories was a bit too much for me. Being burned alive on a stake isn't a pain that you forget easy." she said to him with a soft smile and moved to link her fingers in his as he held her hands. Her smile brightened even more as he vowed to make sure nothing would happen to her and it reminded her so much of her Nathan. "Thank you Joseph."

"I think i want to try and walk now." She said changing the subject now, it wasn't something she enjoyed talking about and it only hurt her when she brought up the pain of the past. She turned her body now moving her legs so they hung over the edge of the tall table, she took her hands from his and out her arms. "Will you help me down?"

[The_Spectre]

Joseph nodded his head as Lilavandra thanked, he didn't why he felt a connection to her, after all she had only been alive for almost a hour so why would he feel this way, maybe he was just lonely. After all when people find out that your a "mad" scientist they don't really look upon you with praise, more or a criminal against human nature. At that point she was only one who didn't judge him, at least not now.

"Alright" said Joseph as he put his arm around Lilavandra in order to support her, smiling at her then looking down at her feet, while he was a bit shy to look at her, he did need to see her leg "Now move slowly, land on your heel and then toe, and then do it with the other leg, I'll hang on to you until you feel you're ready". He watched over her leg and then back to her, his heart racing as he held onto her "mind the charred skeleton" he said, referring to what was left of Dr. Fretfort "I know you don't want to dwell on the past" he began "but I could take you to Nathan house tomorrow if you'd like, I'd take you now but you need to regain walking and it's about to rain". It was a clear night so it seemed funny for Joseph to assume rain, but sure enough the sound of thunder came along with a light drizzle "happens after every experiment" he said.

[CandyLips]

Lilavandra tried not to blush as he moved his arm around her, it had been so long since someone else had touched her so she still wasn't use to the contact. She slowly moved forward letting one leg slip down and she landed on the cold ground as she told her too. Then came the next leg and she wavered a bit holding up her body weight but with his help she was able to stay up. She took one slow step first moving from heel to toe and then she moved the next let. She took a few more steps each one growing stronger then the last and it was then that she felt comfortable to talk at the same time. "I would love for you to take me to Nathan's house...i...i can see if he left anything else behind for me." It was then that she realized how she could get her Nathan back, her spell book held a very old spell that could bring the memories of a past life back to a reincarnated soul and she remembered giving it to him the night she was murdered.

A bright smile spread over her lips, she looked up at the charred skeleton and she lifted an arm pointing her finger at it. She traced a circle in the air while she muttered a few words and it a flash of like it looked as if nothing had happened besides for that fact that the scientist was no longer living.

[The_Spectre]

Joseph knew about magic, but he had never seen it before his eyes, then again he didn't know what is was Lilavandra did exactly. He didn't say anything, all he did was focus on her walking, she was making great progress, what would take people weeks or even years, she managed to do in almost minutes, he was impressed. He smiled at her for moment and then looked around the lab, needless to say everything was in shambles, the generators were charred the floor next to the work bench was in cluttered with glass and some of the light needed replacing. Joseph sighed and looked back at Lilavandra "If you want to rest there's a bedroom upstairs, I don't think he's going to use it anymore" he said pointing to skeleton, "Or if you want you can stay here while clean up"


It was going to take him all night to fix everything, though it wasn't something that bothered, there were time where he didn't sleep all that much, most scientist got used to it, or went crazy trying to. "So do you think you can walk?" he asked.

[CandyLips]

Lilavandra did stumble a bit but he was there to straighten her out and regain her balance. Soon she was moving away from him a bit to take a few steps on her own as he moved her through the rubble of the room. She turned her head up to look at him as he spoke to her once more, she gave him a soft smile as she thought over her options. She wanted to stay with him and maybe even help but if she used any more of her magic in her weak state she might just pass out. "I think i should go lay down...i'll be fine. I'm a fast learner." She said with as smile as she leaned forward and placed a soft kiss on his cheek. "Thank you Joseph..."

She took a step from him now carefully and she moved to the stairs taking one of them at a time holding onto the rail for support. Soon she disappeared through the dark door way at the top of the stairs and she made her way down the hallway to find the room. She pulled her dress up over her head with a sigh and decided to go through the dead scientist's drawers to find something more comfortable to sleep in. She found a simply white dress shirt that hung down to almost her knees, she buttoned it up and climbed onto the bed. It didn't take her long to fall asleep and for once since her death as she able to sleep in peace.

[The_Spectre]

When Lilavandra kissed Joseph's cheek, it felt right. It made his heart feel warm as if....well he didn't want to say. Chances are she still had her husband on her mind. He watched her as she went up stair making sure she made it up safely. He didn't blame for not sticking around, she was probably quite exhausted, plus the last thing she would want to do was hang around while he tended to everything in the lab. As soon as she closed to door, Joseph got to work.

The first thing was disposing of doctor's remain, he opened a tub of acid and dumped the skeleton inside, they would use the tub to dispose of old organ and fail experiments, Joseph himself rarely used it. After that, he spent all night replacing parts, sweeping broken glass, and all around making the lab look respectable. With it's current owner no more, the estate now belonged to him by default, not the best way to to get a lab, but Joseph took it. As day broke Joseph figured he should at least take a shower the smell of formaldehyde and blood was making him dizzy. He went up stairs to his room to get some clothes and then went into the restroom removing stripping down as he turned on the water and stepped in figuring it would be a matter of time before Lilavandra awoke.