Daniel Rayomonize looked sadly at the mountains where he had once called home. His existence without the guide ness of Prince Mikhail, had been a complete hell. Even though it been about a hundred years since his banishment, this was his first time back. He could clearly see, from the cave that was carved into the mountain, the few Carpathian children playing in the court yard. The moon shone thought a haze of purple and streaks of red and oranges. The evening was approaching fast and in a few minutes he would have to leave because the guards patrolled the mountains.
But still...
He had memories but that was it memories. Most of the traditional Carpathian ways, he hadn't been taught. He could excel at killing vampires, has a fantastic healing power that he used way to often and his telepathic skills were to far advanced but, he still hadn't found his life mate. He knew deep within his heart that not even a life mate could take away the years of loneliness that he had become all to familiar with.
Daniel's stark blue eyes took one more quick glance before he turned to shape shift into a bird and fly home. He felt...uneasy. There was something abnormal here, he thought, but his judgment was faulty with the lots of humans turn Carpathians thoughts seeping into his head. he turned slightly to watch the sun set, marvel at the beauty of it colors. Unlike most Carpathians, after three hundred years of life, he hadn't once stopped seeing colors or even if they started to fade, in fact oddly enough the had became vivid, brighter and much more jaw dropping.
Despite his grim state of mind, he wasn't going o leave here again with unhappy thought. This was where his mother die. the least he could do was try to remember how amazing she was. His head drooped, they let her die, he told himself angrily, it wasn't my fault.
Who was I kidding? Of course it was my fault, if only I was stronger, he thought sadly with a pain that tore at his heart, opening up a deep scar that he had tried to cover up without much success.
"Do all Carpathians looked this vulnerable when the are idly playing with their memories?" a voice hissed from behind him. He whirled around to see standing two inches away fro his previous spot, a vampire with the pure gleam of blood lust in his eyes. His eyes were crimson red and his breath smelled like sulfur. His hands looked like claws that looked sharp enough to slice though rock.
Silently Daniel cursed himself for letting the vampire get this close to him in the first place. Usually Vampires, Daniel knew, never came this close to a Carpathian, this only brought the promise of an ambush. He put himself in a fight stance before a good solid comeback came, "At least I have memories to idly play around with." He kept his hands now curled into tight fist to the side of him while he focused on the rocks above them.
"You aren't one of them?" the vampire asked formally pointing a claw at the house below them. The vampire summon a quick light strike that to his surprise Daniel just side stepped out of the way.
"No, I'm not," Daniel said with rancor at the vampire who in about two seconds was going to be under a pile of sharp rocks.
"You are a Carpathian. That can't be. Mikhail has never toss aside a Carpathian before, "the vampire muttered in a completely astonished look.
Those who hit him like a slap in the face. He wasn't just toss aside, but more like kicked to the curb by every Carpathian including his sister. Daniel sensed another vampire's presence in the cave. Had they come to capture unsuspecting Carpathian children? Or are they here to kill the prince? "Why are you here?" He asked suddenly fleeting aware of how unguarded the mountains were.
"My master commands it, For we are hungry," he answered looking at Daniel, he eyes going up and down. "I wonder, why did Mikhail banished you instead of ending you life?" The vampire raked a hand though his wind-blown hair before his gaze fasten to the side of him.
Daniel notice his gaze and couldn't help noticing, could resist the temptation of following it. The evening breezes ruffled his midnight black hair in a upward spiral before he wretched his sapphire eyes away from him. "I don't know." he muttered moving closer to the entrance that had become his rash exit.
His animal instincts took over as his picked up the scent of another vampire. He spun of his heel to find himself face to face, or in his case face to side, of a vampire army. He stared stunned as they obliterated the side of a house. He whirled around to see a smile of complete triumph in the vampire cold hearted grin.
"You shouldn't care, Carpathian. I read you thoughts, Daniel. They betrayed you," he hypnotically as move closer to him.
"They did betray me," Daniel affirmed swaying to a side, just like snake at a charmers mercy, his blue eyes had gone completely blank to him. Every last shred of control was cut lose away form him, the only thing that mattered was him surrendering to him, becoming his servant for eternity, and him a master to a Carpathian who possessed a handful of amazing power.
The only thing that ever matter, Daniel, is finding hope where there is none. Is finding faith when the world is against you. A great Carpathian, dear son, can withstand anything. However only you can ever deicide whether that matters to you.
Where had that thought come from? Daniel didn't care right now as he slammed a fist into the vampire's side causing the trance to be uplifted like a veil in the breezing nighttime sky. His summon the wind the slam the vampire against the cold stone wall.
He felt a chill as a hand shot form behind him causing him to be thrown against the cave wall. The rough walls pricked his back. He glanced up to see the other vampire, the one who had tried to make him dinner, next the master one.
"Forgive me master, " the vampire who had tried to make him imprisoned, cried on his knees, "I tired to get him but he attacked…"
"Excuses?" the master vampire asked with an eyebrow raised, "I should rip out your heart for failing me once again, however you did provide a distraction to this tainted Carpathian." He reached out and touched the vampire's shoulder, "You better not fail me again." He shove him out as he turned his attention back toward the Carpathian who was now standing up.
In the setting sun, his stark blue eyes held a promise of no mercy. His jet black hair was covered with a light sheen that came from water. He looked a lot like Daniel. Almost a splitting image. The master vampire smiled at his victory before turning his attention back the matter at hand. "Do you feel guilty?"
Daniel, for the longest time didn't say anything. His eyes weren't playing tricks on him, that master vampire looked a lot like his father. The master vampire turned so for the first time Daniel saw his whole face. There was a long scar that trailed down the side of his cheek. Only now his heart was plummeting to it darkest set of pain yet. He stared at the master vampire who had a energy sphere build up.
In a sad way it made sense, where that thought had come from. That was his father memory. How could he turn against his own kind? Or just like him, did they turn on him? He manage to find a spot in him that blame his father. It was his enemies that had killed his mother, and wrecked his life. Despite all that he was in a state of shock. His father never loved him. If he did would he had protecting him when they had came?
For a Carpathian you think like a vampire. Is it because of your childhood or is it something more recent? Like a life mate? The master vampire had only been in here for at least two minutes at the most and he already knew things about him.
What do you mean? He was confused. How could he think like a vampire, when he was always saving people especially Carpathians?
Your emotions are strong. They flow out and around you. I'm a master vampire, Danny, I sense things you'll normally miss. Interesting though, you haven't found a lifemate yet your emotions are stronger than a new born child's?
Daniel let out a breath, it came out as a hiss between his clench teeth. It was rare for a Carpathian not lose his or her emotions but not impossible. However how could he only think of only ripping out this master vampire's heart when he was telling him he could still feel how hurt someone is?
You were always a dark child, Danny. You as pure as the light that dazzle from the morning sun but you heart is a pitch black as the midnight hours of the night. Look around you, Daniel, the one time you come back this place falls apart. You bring destruction. Mikhail was right to banish you.
"Father?" Daniel asked in a soft voice. He could only stare at the vampire's cruel smile. His emotionless blue eyes that he had inherited. The last thought that had brought the vampire's smile, hurt him so badly that he could even think straight for a couple of moments.
"Good night, Daniel," his father told him as he was blasted back against the wall and fell into a sea of black stars.