Woven Rings Of Destiny ( Continuation of The Family)

[Sweetp4u]

It had been years since I had seen everyone last. Joseph had gone his seperate ways after a violent war, it changed him. Maggie had fled for her own reasons, and Ray well I hadn't seen him either. But that would soon change, for I had found Ray, one of the Family. Soon it would be all set.

I stood on the shores, watching the violent storm whip the sea at it's whim. Lightening struck and thunder rolled voilently, matching my mood. I was so close to finding my answers, to ending this cursed life once and for all. Massachusetts hadn't changed much, infact time seemed to stand still here.

I glanced down at the rings I held in my hand. Gaelic, that was why it was never figured out before. An ancient language, and I would have never solved it's riddle if it hadn't been for an old woman I met in a small villiage in France. Journeying back across the ocean to find my way home was per her orders. But she did promise me I would cross the ocean again, many times over to meet this at a final end.

I was determined to see it done, myth or reality, the book was the key. I had the notical directions to this cavern hidden somewhere along the coast of spain. But inorder to achieve this goal I needed the one with me that I bought the rings that day.
Ray.

I had left my son in the safe care of his nanny and journied. Worn and tired, I held the rings in each seperate hand, fitting them together and turning ever so sligthly, Who would have thought It would come to this? Seeking a mythical book, a mythical bed of stone, and reversing a curse that has haunted many since the dawn of time.

It was worth it, I could not live forever with this sadness inside me, wanting to burst free and tear me asunder. A tear fell down my cheek and angrily I wiped it away, No I wouldn't give in to despair again. It had driven me from the family, from that protection many years ago. I would stand strong and proud and perhaps end this curse.



ooc: This is a branch off of a SRP thread many of us started, they know who they are, but it has room for new characters also
The above named characters of the past belong to others, so cant be taken over. Do you hope you enjoy this story.

 

[nightray]

Ray

I look out the window of my new home watching as the storm rage on thunder claps riddling the windows. I moved heir to be alone after all that had happened at neworlands. I lost two people that I loved more then I had ever loved any one before their. The first leaving me for one I thought of as a brother and the other I still don’t know why she left me after I had healed.

I walk up the winding stairs up to the top of the light house. I boot this old thing just for the hell of it it’s not necessary any more theirs a better one a mile down the cost now. I walk around the top of the stone tower trying to forget the pain of my life wondering why I even bother keeping my self alive any more. I stop putting my hands on the leg looking out over the sea letting the storm slam agenst me.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

I glanced up at the light house, treppidation washing through me.
"Here goes nothing.." I wasn't sure how Ray would receive me after all these years and how badly I had broken his heart... But it had to be done. If there was any hope of finding this book, She said I needed his knowledge to gain entry.
Walking up the steep bluff, I reached the door and hesitated once more. Dare I knock? I don't know why I felt the urge to flee instead of facing his knowing glances.
Facing those eyes once again, I thought a moment of Joseph.. I missed him dearly, but what was done was done. There was no turning back the hands of time, not even for Ray and I. Hopefully he would still see me as a friend and not an enemy.
I knocked three hard raps and stepped back, waiting. The wind ripped and flipped my hair around my cloaked form, I huddled tighter into the trench coat.

 

[nightray]

Ray

I hear a knock from below in-between thunder claps. I frown wondering if I should even bother going to see who it is. With out knowing why I spin on my heals and walk down the spiraling steppes. I stop at the bottom of the stairs my head tilted as water running off of me as I lesson for how ever it is. I frown some how I recognize the person a tickle in the back of my mined. I move to the door silently and open it.

My eye go wide as I see who it is feelings flood through me things that I had tried so hard to berry. I blink a few times before stepping aside not saying award not knowing what to say or if I even wanted to talk to her at all.

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph DeLonaye

His boots, old, moved through the thick mud as he trudged on. His slacks and the trenchcoat he was wearing were splattered in blood, along with the dress shirt he was wearing. All were black. The rain helped to clean them, his hair held against his head. The large bat on his shoulder made sounds into his ear, but his eyes, so far away, didn't care.

Maybe he should have killed Vlad when he had the chance. But he hadn't, and Vlad had risen up with an army that had devestated Cananda and most of the Western United States. Vampires were known, but people still beleived the old myths, making it easier for them to hide. He'd just been in a small town, everyone there had been one of them. He'd asked them the same question he asked them all, but none of them had seen her.

His sword, still holding some of their blood, had it's tip in the mud. After the war, when Vlad had gone back into hiding, dragging his army behind him, Joseph had gone, to try and find himself. It didn't take long to figure out he'd let himself behind. He'd tried to go back,...but she was gone. So he'd gone out, searching, refusing to give up.

Until today.

He could hear the ocean, and he fell to his knees, letting the hilt go as he raised his hands, covering his eyes as he cried. His life was over. Or, if it wasn't now, it would be soon. He could die, and is he didn't have her, he would. He'd searched for oh so long, and now, he knew he had failed. There was nothing left. He stood, sheathing his sword, and moved on.

"Death, I welcome you. Flow through my veins, and take from me my corrupted soul."

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

"Hello Ray, long time no see heh?" He stood aside, I assumed this was so I could get out of the storm. Stepping inside, I glanced around. Not very homey, but passable. I seen the pain in his eyes before he masked it over once again.
I felt an answering pain inside and knew his suffering was far worse than mine had ever been.
I turned to face him, holding out my hand. Cupped in the center held the two rings I had bought on tht one happy day years and years before.
"Remember these? I found the answer to the riddle and it leads to a longer journey. This old woman told me...I needed you.." I looked up at him once again, "To solve it, I needed you with me. I needed the Family whole once again. Our bond was strong and Prophecied A clan would solve this and free the damned from their living death." I was a little nervous, alot was counting on him cooperating and he had little faith to give me. Infact I wouldn't blame him for turning his back on me entirely. I had left him for a much stronger bond than he and I had. Breaking his heart once again, as I swore I wouldn't do.
So much for foresight in everything.
I sighed heavily, weary from my travels across the ocean and across this state.
"I need you to reach Merlyn's book, to find the alter. It is mentioned something about your home land and knowing it's location. That alter is a vital key as is the book... I won't waste time or both our energy with cream and cherries, Ray. This is important to me. I came to ask, and give you time to think about it. I am staying at the old Witches Inn in town." I turned walking to the still open door.
"You look like hell, but I am very glad to see you again.." I smiled a little and moved back out into the threatening storm brewing around me.
Clenching my coat around me, I felt the emptiness from his less than friendly reunion, but time would tell. I glanced up at the raining sky, grumbling under my breath and began my long walk back towards the Inn.
My thoughts a million miles away, I stopped short at the kneeling figure of a man on the beach. A familiar sensation rolled over me as I stumbled a moment to accept what i was seeing. Surely it was a joke or a hilucination of some kind.
"Joseph?"

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

Kneeling at the beach, he prayed silently as he prepared for what he was about to do. It had been centuries since he had last prayed, but he silently begged God to forgice him, not only for the sins of his life, but for the sin he was about to commit. Then, He heard it. A voice, the voice of an angel, the mere sound brought the tears again. He slowly turned, praying that it was real. That he would see that face again. And as he turned, he saw her. He saw her as he'd seen her so many times.

But this time, he knew, she wouldn't disappear. It was not longer the stray whisp of wanting, needing that burned in his brain. He felt a heaviness lift, his sould being freed from the torment of Hell where it had been locked away. He stood, his eyes searching hers, his relief filling his entire being. He moved to take a step forward, but pulled himself back. He didn't know how she felt towards him. He only knew how he felt.

"Aria? Is that,...is that you, at last?"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

"My god..." I was stunned speachless and a little amazed to see him standing before me after all these years. I was certain something terrible had happened to him long ago. Lord knows Vladamir was one sadistic creature.
He went to move towards me and halted in his steps, searching my face for answers to his unasked questions. What would I say here? I could rant and rave but it would get me no where. I sighed heavily, my nose cold from the rain as was my body.
"Yes, It's me Joseph." Now that sounded lame. I glanced around, unsure what to do here. I wanted so desperately to walk into his arms and relive all those missing years of our lives, and a small part of me wanted to kick his ass for being gone so long.
I moved forward a little, taking all of him in. He was splattered here and there with blood. His weapon still stained red, and his eyes looked defeated.
Inhaling deeply, I moved forward again, "You took your sweet time finding me.." Another step, and one more. I was standing before him, inches seperating us but it seemed like miles. Afraid to touch him for fear I would once again get that electrical charge and forgive him anything. My eyes darkened a little, not with spite or malice, but pain of unknowing all this time where and how he was.

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

He swallowed hard, looking deep into her eyes. afraid that once again he'd lose himself within them. Afraid that if he lost himself, she'd be angry, she'd leave. For her to leave now, when she was so close,...it was a fate worse than death. Tears continued to stream down his face, and he swallowed agin.

"I tried. Lord knows, I tried to find you sooner. Soon after I'd left, I'd known it was wrong. I tried so hard to find you, but you weren't there. I was always just a few steps behind you, until, oh Aria, I was so afraid I'd never see you again!"

He couldn't hold himself back. She was so close, promised so much. He threw his arms around her, hugging her close against himself as he sobbed. He knew then, that he would do anything to never leave he side again. 'Plase God,' he thought silently, 'don't have her reject me. Anything but that.'

 

[nightray]

Ray

I watch as she walks back out of the door the storm swallowing her. I feel anger and sorrow swirling up choking me. I slam the door behind her its frame shuddering from the impact. I walk back up the stairs desperately fighting my emions. I stand up at the top agene looking in to the raging storm witch matches my raging emions. I throw my head back and scream in to the uncaring night letting my emions out with my voice in to the wind to take away. My fist comes down hard on the stone railing.

I move suddenly grabbing a sword and moving in to the dance of death fighting my emotions back with my sword fighting the demons with in. I move fluidly and in a blur that no human could hope to fallow with there eyes. I circle around the old lamp that used to worn ships of danger as if I was trying to use it to bring me out of the storms with in as the storm with out rages on unrelenting matching my mood perfectly.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

I was blown away as he swarmed over me with his very intense hug. I let myself relax against him, my arms holding him tightly as that old familiar feeling washes over me once again.
Contentment, happiness and love.
Dammit! I wanted to be angry with him, I wanted to tell him he had to fix the wrong he did to me. I squeezed him back, smiling a little tenderly for a moment before stepping back away from him.

From my pocket I pulled out the wooden heart once carved for a special lady in my family.
"This is my heart, in bits and pieces right now.. “ Memories of us standing in my house, me handing him this and telling him all would be well. I handed it to him once again, and glanced up at his beloved face.
"Can you fix it?"

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

He gave her a grin, smiling through his tears as he watched her. He took the wooden heart into his hands, and nodded slowly. "I can try, my love, I can try. Will you let me try? I want so badly to fix it, to put things back, you, me, our son,....I'm so sorry, Aria. So sorry for everything I've done to you."

He looked at her. He wanted to take her in his arms, to hold her until time ended. He smiled, and leaned over, kissing her cheek. "I'd give you my heart, but you still have it."

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

I smiled, nodding my head, "Yes in time we can fix it can't we? Let's go to my Motel room and rest. I have a quest to accomplish here and alot to tell you." I took his hand firmly in mine and together we walked back to my room.
I introduced my husbad to the Motel owner and got an extra key.
"I was here to see Ray, needless to say he is not happy to see me at this moment, but according to the old woman, he is an important part of this journey." I opened the door and walked inside, throwing my coat over the chair that held my sword and daggers.
"You haven't seen your son since he was born.. Are you eager to see how the little terror has grown?" I laughed, a twinkle in my eye shining brightly. For I loved my son as deeply as I loved this man before me. I just wasn't going to admit that just yet. He fought in a pointless war when killing Vladamir would have been much much easier. I admit, a woman growing up in the 90's tended to get an attitude. It still shined brightly today, that attitude.

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

"Ray's here, too? I thought he was dead. And what old woman? And yes, my love, I would like nothing more than to see our little terror." He smiled, taking off his wet coat and sword, putting them away. "I missed you both so much. I hope the boy hasn't been too much of a trouble on you, has he?"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

"Ray is alive though he doesn't wish to be. I can see it in his eyes, but it doesn't matter. I have got the lead I need to find the 'mythical' Black Book of Merlyn. Lord knows it's a shot in the dark, but I am going to find it... As for our son, he grows like a weedy and has taken to commanding around his nanny. A natural born leader I think, or his daddy's genes?" I chuckled.
"I have to convince Ray to join me, the Old woman in France spoke of the Family gathering and each providing a piece to the puzzle. Each having a wisdom of knowledge that would aid in finding this book and this Alter of stone. The book is supposed to have the spell or whatever inside it's pages for ending our curse. Not our lives, but this curse of immortality. Go ahead and chuckle now and get it over with.." I stood with my arms folded under my breasts, just waiting for his mirth.

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

His eyes opened wide, and he looked at her. His mouth tried to move, to ask the obvious question, but instead, words he could barely remember slipped from his lips. "And Merlyn, having the knowledge of ages, wrote forth unto the Black Book that with which could turn back the hands of time, and undo that which had been done. Behold, for he cast forth the Book to the World of the living, and sitting in the Throne of Mortal Life, he withered and turned to dust."

He sat down, looking up at her, and then looked down, putting his palms against his eyes. "Are you telling me, that you're going to, you're going to get rid of our 'curse'? Do you have any Idea of the implications of what you're suggesting? Do you know what that would do to people as old as me and Ray? To take away the magical basis of our lives? I was in the Bloodguard, I saw the many writtings they had. They had hundreds of people searching for that book, the altar, the ingredients needed, and even then, they could only find one of the things they needed. I read some of the writtings they had, I heard what some of them said. How do you expect to find it, and if you do, do you understand what you're doing?"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

"Yes, and I do know that it wont change everyone. Only those who wish to change. It is also told Joseph, time will cease to go forever, but slow to the given hands of time. Meaning you won't age before my eyes and turn to dust, but from that moment on age to a normal life! See? It is worth a shot to find this book and that alter. I know it is dangerous and it is hard, but it's the answer to alot of vampires dreams. To just grow old and die normally. Who knows, perhaps it's all for nothing, but I think it is worth a shot to see isnt it? And that book in the wrong hands could be dangerous. Think of Vladamir with that book, we'd be in serious danger. These rings tell me how to get the book, Love. Exactly where the book rests.. What if other articles carry these same marks and instructions?! We have to get that book first.." I sat down on the bed, glancing at my hands, "It just seems the right thing to do." I glanced over at him for a second and then back at my hands, He was right about it though.
This was dangerous and many would appose.

 

[Lethe]

Felix

A nightclub in London. Garish, smoky, with loud rock music playing. The hunter moves through the crowd

"What? Of course, I'm not going to the party on Friday. Stupid little Gothchicks all thinking that black and pale-make-up is them. Don't be silly, darling"

The hunter pauses by a married couple. The man is drinking too much. He's been married five years to the woman and she's not exactly blooming. He beats her up most nights

"I know where I can get my hands on some good quality crack, you know? No shit; the real stuff"

Two young men, lovers, trying to enjoy their drinks while getting harrassed by the homophobic gang of skinheads standing over them

"Shut up. Please shut up. You're not making this any easier"

Felix moved through the crowd, half-eavesdropping on a dozen situations, taking stock of half a dozen situations, separate lives converging here, now. And one of those separate lives was about to be brought to an end, one of threads to be cut short.

He looked so young, between seventeen and nineteen, that he sometimes had trouble getting into those places. He was asked for a driver's license.

Felix did not possess a driver's license.

Eventually he located his prey, a girl with short, white-cropped hair and pale blue eyes, sitting brooding by herself at a table. She looked pure. Felix preferred to prey on the pure and the good. He was of the damned, and the only good he could do was as a mirror of villainy. Back home, in the...

Felix shrugged off the thought. He talked to the girl, asked her to dance, slowly following her in step through the song playing, green, predatory eyes so intent, so hungry on her face that she shivered and broke step without knowing why.

Afterwards, he took her outside, down an alley, and tore her throat open with his teeth. He suddenly felt enraged as he had not been for a long time, and thirsty beyond measure, carelessly spilling the girl's blood in his frenzy. He had to physically restrain himself from drinking too much; becoming torpid and slow from the bloating effect of too much blood. Even so Felix thirstily licked away any trace of the blood remaining on his lips.

He did not often fraternize with other vampires, so it was perhaps just coincidence -or a malign fate, that had him encounter another of the kindred the next night.

The vampire, after a short disbute over territory, became talkative.

'They say there's something moving'

He paused for the question, but Felix said nothing.

'They say... some say, that there's some sort of spell. They say that one of us somewhere has found... something. Something that will help us, you know, regain our true forms. Stop the urge to feed, let us be human again'

Felix said nothing, but his glare would have startled the other vampire, had he been paying attention as he should have done around Felix.

'Felix... do you think it could be true? Do you think there's a way?'. The other vampire was almost pleading with him

'No', said Felix coldly.

'But...', the vampire. Then he shrugged. 'I just hope Vladamir doesn't get his hands on it, if it truly exists. There'd be Hell to pay then'

But Felix was already gone, striding through the back-alleys. He would not allow this to take place. Damnation was their punishment. To interfere with that would be to defy God, blasphemy of the highest order.

When he found the ones who were contemplating this... then there really would be Hell to pay

 

[Lady Talia]

Talia

I quickly moved the bow over the strings of the violin as I sought to remix one of my favorite pieces of music. I closed my eyes and let the music flow through every vein in my body, caressing my soul.

In this trance of thought I hardly 'heard' Dante come into the room and snake his arms around me. I totally ignored his caress as I continued to play, slashing away at the tune.

"They has been many whispers in the vampire world this week" he said huskily.

I said nothing merely increased the tempo. I didn't really care to hear any gossip and not from Dante, a true play boy. He pulled away from me not too disappointed or surprised at my cold reception. he was quite handsome and deathly charming.

He st in the velvet arm chair and raised one booted foot to the knee of the other and smiled at me, with an impish smile. Forever beautiful i thought.

"About the Book Talia" he purred

And I do mean purred, his voice was tainted with a silkly timbre that made his speech slurred, in a nice way. After, that is how many of the girls her uses frist came under his trap.

That did not shock me, infact I had long knew of it. Dante did not know of my true age and therefore could not be expected to understand that my knowledge of the world far surpassed his or even Romal's own.

I felt a slight tremor run through my body then, my sweet Romal, how I missed him now, even after 200 years with out him.

I felt compelled to give Dante the reaction he expected.

"Oh, really" I gasped, trying to sound surprised, instead it came off sounding bittingly scarcastic . I looked into his amber eyes then, violin beneath my chin.

"You knew Talia" he said in a small voice, I declare for a vampire his age he was quite childish, but then to me he was a child.

I looked out the window at the growing darkness, the dim light cast a sheen across the water. The ocean breeze streamed in to caress me and as it did I felt the slight stirrings of hunger.

"Leave me please Dante," I said softly

And with out another word he left. I began to play again, one of my own composition, a Celtic chant that I had first played for my family 1400 years ago as a young child.

To this day I always remember what I said to my family before I begun.

"This is called 'Forgotten', it is a tune for all those who we have lost and have forgotten because of their absence; we no longer cry on the outside but our soul remembers, this is a song to help the heart to remember also"

As I played I remember all the happy time he and I had spent together, the pinics, the balls. and my tears flowed frely and were caught by the wind and swept away, my hair billowed about my cheeks against the strong wind as it gradually grew darker. The rain began to pelt and the tempest roared above making the sea heave and expel it's watery breaths up on the shore.Finally, as the song ended, I knew then I could feed.

As I walked down the beach moments later I immeadiantly felt the presence of an or many older vampires who had or where in the vincinity. The sand beneath my feet and i confirmed that they had indeed left, that however was no constellation

As I turned the corner I saw a young girl about to slit both of her wrists, her face was a maskof bruises and scars as was her body.

I walked up to her, and as I touched her she turned in shock.

"Let me take you out of your misery young one" and with that I sunk me teeth into her slender neck. The knife fell to the ground as her body began to go slightly limp in my arms. The tempest of the sea still roared around me, soaking my through and through(I only woke a night gown).

My body revelled in the taste of fresh blood, but my mind was strangely detached, I was only performing a needed task.

The hungry sea reached for my bare feet as i carried her boy into the shallow water. I would not carry her any farther than there but I knew the tide would carry her out and the legendary rip tides would bury her body under feet of sand and rocks until yers later.

That finished I slowly began to make my way back up to my monster of a house , the rain pelting on my cheeks like bullets. as I passed the serants house i happened to see Dante in a compromising position with my maid Rebecca.

Sighing at his amourous persuits as I fought against the wind, i realised that I wanted to become human again, and stop this neverending dark sleep.

I would have to talk to some of my friends I had not seen in years and learn more about the book.

I sat on the porch in the rain, not moving staring into the darkness.

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

"Oh, but it will affect everyone. And anything you were to learn about that books would be hundreds, if not thousands of years old. Hell, I'm near 2000 myself, one of the oldest, and even then, all I know are stories. Therefore, your source would twist language in ways we don't. The 'given hands of time' could age us to our true ages, killing us. But that's not what I'm worried about."

He shook his head, and sighed as he looked up at the far wall. "The Book doesn't just hold that spell. While it would be a terror for Vlad to have it, it would not be for that. Vlad would most likely destroy that spell. Vlad and I, before this, back in those days, we did a lot of research. Vlad was hunting for something, I was seeking direction. We learned a lot about Merlyn. The spell will change everyone. Merlyn knew a lot about vampires,....he was one. I could tell you the story of the Black Book. But you're to young to realize the implications of what you're doing. So were the Bloodguard. After that,...Vlad, he took up what he thought was right, I took up my own cause. I hid in the shadows, he prepared for the light. I resigned myself to what I was, he planned for what it once was. In the end, I fought for humanity, he fought for vampires. Even so,....that spell,....even Merlyn couldn't use its full power. Or we'd all be gone. Do you have any idea why he did that? Do you know the true story of vampires, our origins, why we are as we are? Hell, we even have a holy land, where God himself is said to have created us!"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

I placed the rings back onto my hand and glanced at Joseph long and hard.
"I am afraid I have found nothing of importance or definition to tell us exactly why we're here as we are. I haven't found anything on the book to even tell me a reason why Merlyn would hide this book, all I can assume is that the rest of the book is darker powers. Gathered that from the word "Black", it usually means the darker side of things. All I have found was the curse and the beginning, or assumed beginning. A boy had slain his brother and eaten his corpse. It is said God seen this and in his anger had turned him into what we are and cast him to the edges of earth to live enternity alone as his punishment. But the story I wrote on it was years ago and It is back in Orleans in my house. I dont recall all of it. All I do know is I found and bought these rings, found their meaning and intend on finding this book."

I sat a moment and thought about what the old woman in that small village had told me..

I had walked into this old herbal shop, looking around for something to remember this place by when an old woman came from the back and stopped in mid-stride.
"Give me your hand." She reached out and took my hand forcfully into her smaller hands. For a woman who appeared as old as she did, she sure did have a strong grasp.
"Come, This way." She didn't wait for me to agree with her, just jerked me along behind her. So walking as quickly as I could, I entered the storage room with her.
She studied my hand that held the two twined gold rings on it.
"You have a destiny written ages ago. I can not see the end, but I do see your family. Same as you, but parted by great distances." Her voice sounded very quiet.
"But my family is dead." I had stated, wondering if this was an act for the tourists?
"Not them my child, The others! You know whom I mean." She studied my hand, then took the two rings from my middle finger.
"These are the key to finding the book!" She took a pen and scribbled down numbers. I turned my head and glanced at the piece of paper, wondering just what she was up to? She turned the rings slowly in her hand and finished writing.
"You will need an old love, a dark friend. One who doesn't want to be with you." She looked up at me.
"You will need the Fair one, the one you gave your heart to." She moved around behind me then turned back, holding out her hand for mine.
"You will need a stranger, one you do not trust guide you." I put my hand in hers, feeling oddly confused.
"You will need your sister, for she understands more than any can see, which is you" She slid the rings onto my finger once again.
"And you will be hunted by those who oppose and by a darker enemy, three." I leaned against a box, wondering just what she was getting at, then some how i just knew what she meant.
"And in the end, when you have a choice to begin or to end.. It will come to you, sister of sight, the out come. Choose wisely Aria. The Black Book of Merlyn is nothing to take lightly, it is to be guarded by those willing to die to protect mankind."
"Hey? how did you know my name?" Now that was a stupid question, but it was all I could think of at the moment.
"I have to go child, do go and find your destiny.." I shook my head and walked out. Paper in hand of strange numbers and a head full of instructions to what?

"And if I hadn't ran into a captain I would have never guessed it was longitude and latitude, pinpointing a place on the coast of spain. So I have to gather, If I can figure out just who she said I needed other than you and Ray, we'll be setting off for spain?" I shrugged a little confused in all of this still. Even if we did manage to find the damned book, where was the alter?

 

[nightray]

Ray

I stop as suddenly as I had begun my blade standing strait out in front of me the rain washing over me as I stand still as a stat chow barley breathing faster then when started. With a sudden movement I sheath my sword and tern sharply moving down the stars closing the trap door behind me. I move down to the second floor thronging the sheathed sword on a table. I move to the bathroom shedding my wet clothes off as I go letting them fall on the floor in a sopping heap. I tern on the shower as hot as it will go and I step under the scolding water putting my hands on the wall to ether side of the shower head leaning agenst the wall as the steaming water wash over me letting my skin tern red.

I finely step back out of the shower as the water tern’s cold I grab a towel and start drying my self off. I wad up the towel and toss it in to a corner as I walk in to my room. I move to the center of the room and sit cross lagged on the floor. I rest my hands on my knees sitting strait as I close my eyes.

I letting my mind sink in to the darkness thinking of what Aria had to say the quest that we where to do to gather before she left me for the one I thought of as a brother. I curl my lip thinking “I don’t wont to be human agene this is my hell and I deserve every minute of it there is nothing that satin could do that would be wears then this life.

I begin to tremble as I think “But she doesn’t deserve what I did to her by changing her I should have never let my emotions clod my judgment. There is no sole mate for me there will never be any one for me in this life or any other.” I open my eyes ignoring the tears falling down my face. I blink as my eyes begin to go cold and emotionless as I wall up all of my emotions leaving only a cold void behind I feel my self shiver as it consumes me.

I stand my face hard as stone not giving any thing away I say under my breath “Never agene I will never let any one in agene. I’ll help but don’t expect me to open up agene to any one.” I walk over to my bed and I lay down closing my eyes and letting the comforting darkness embraces me taking me away form the pain of the waking world.

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

He lay back on the bed in the room, staring up at the ceiling. "That's bullshit. Vampires weren't always like we were. Back in the day, they were different. The weren't as strong or as fast, but they killed by taking a single drop of blood, and that fed them. They couldn't turn humans, but could heal any wound with a single drop of their blood. They didn't think of themselves like vampires today do. They were known as carrion eaters, because they preyed on the dying, and lived more closely around places where wars were being faught. Merlyn, one of the four of those kind who had the gift, the long dead art of magic, he turned us into what we are now so we wouldn't have to kill to feed. I say we find the book and destroy it."

He silently watched her, his mind leaving the book. It really didn't matter anyway, if she did use the spell. There would be those who would try and stop them. There would be those who would help them. "I'm glad I found you again. To tell you the truth, a regular life, with you, it wouldn't be that bad. Aria,....I love you. You know that, right?"

 

[Sweetp4u]

Aria

"Population control...." Random thoughts scattered my mind, but I thought about it.
"It doesn't matter either way, The book needs to be found and taken care of either way. The old woman said I would need the Family to find it, each I guess holds a clue or knowledge to getting this done? Perhaps the Alter is where the book needs destroyed? I am uncertain exactly, it takes time to research all of this, and time I am afraid is ticking down. Others ARE aware I am after this book."
"Yes I know you love me and I love you too.. Nothing will change that fact. It's been that way since that first night between us. But if this book holds anything remotely powerful in it, you can bet your ass Vladamir will be looking for it also." I crawled on the bed and laid down beside him, "And that we can't let happen."

 

[The GrandMage]

Joseph

He put an arm around her, holding her clsoe as he stared at the ceiling. "Yes, my love, we are population control. Look what happen after the Bloodguard killed so many of us, the population is nearly out of control. But because of the effects of Merlyn's spell, things are different, and we have to work harder to keep balance. The war with Vlad took many lives, because we have different ideas of how to control. You see, my darling, we are the hunters, but we must also be the prey, so humanity doesn't dwindle to nothing. That's why Merlyn didn't use the full power of the spell. The others of his kind were taking power over humanity, banding vampires together. He used the spell to upset that, and keep the balance. I think I'm on this quest because I, of all the vampires left in the world, besides possibly Vlad, know the most about our kind, and the times the Book and that spell were in. Others will try for the book. Some to stop the spell, others to use it. Vlad himself,....I think he'd probably try to reverse the spell, given the chance."