Magus of the Ghag'Saron
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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(-:-) Flash back
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He watches as humans move before him. He smirks and walks into the sunlight. He heads towards the high school he's attending; he doesn't feel the weight on his back or any burning sensation on his skin. He might look to be fourteen years old, but he's a good five hundred years old and still going strong.
Vampire he may be, but his clan is Ghag'Saorn, or to translate it Sun God's Terror. Two ancient Vampire clans help spawn his almost extinct clan; they were Orqutra'Haro, or Light Dancers and Ghag'Haro, or Sun God's Light. Both clan are extinct magic users, how they created his clan is simple. One of either clan almost sucked dry human and the other clan was used turned the human into a vampire.
It happens when the leaders of two clans agree to start a new clan. It helps when the human fights during the drinking process; it makes the potential vampire even stronger. The subject of this process is then trained by leaders of the two clans, for both clans want to see which traits enter into the new clan. In time the vampire then moves out and turn other humans that have the right talents for the new clan. This new clan is given a name that both parent clan leaders agree on and in time the new clan creates a clan symbol.
He moves through the gate and into the building. He checks his timetable to see which class he has first thing this morning. It's the second semester of his first year at this school. He nods slightly and then heads for the library. He has a few books that need to be returned.
He climbs the stairs; he tries not to focus in on the beating hearts he can hear or on the smells surrounding him. He feed well last night off a child rapist. He had transformed the body into a large dog and left with the cloths. He had set them on fire within the hour. Nobody would care about a dead dog found in an alleyway, or why it doesn't have any blood either. If they found a dead human… well that's why he preys on the scum of humanity. Many will think those he killed fled or simply moved on.
He opens his backpack and hands over the books to the librarian on duty. He then moves between the shelves, looking for something new to read. He waves to those that greeted him and he lets a goofy smile rest on his face. Humans can be so easily fooled, it kind of makes him glad for in times pasted; most were always weary of strangers. He remembers times when Ryo and him had to kill a whole village to keep them quiet.
He frowns as his thoughts circle around his old friend. He knows that he's the last member of the Ghag'Saron clan, but he doesn't need Ryo to rub it in. He wonders if Ryo still steps out into the sun every now and then, he never removed the spells that will allow Ryo to move about during the daylight. Despite their current little spat, they were still best of friends. Also Ryo is the leader of his clan now, most of the older vampires of Fhqai'Zhqu, or Mind Charmers, couldn't be bothered to take up the mantle of leadership of the clan.
He hands over his student card and listen as the human scans the card. He watches as the books he picked out were also scanned. He packs them back into his backpack and heads to his first period class. Henry and Yolei stop him, they chat about how it's a bummer that a new semester has arrived. He then promises to have lunch with the pair and continues on his way.
He finds the class and waits for the teacher to arrive. He notices Alice; she's a Goth and smirks slightly as he remembers how some students whisper that she's some kind of vampire. He knows that she wasn't, for he can hear her heart beating and smell her too human scent.
He goes through his mental lists of spells. He's one of the strongest magic using vampires ever to be turned since the times when the Orqutra'Haro and Ghag'Haro roamed the land. He unknowingly had used magic when fighting the vampire that would in time turn him into a vampire. Just a small spark of magic, but it gave James time to reconsider his plans for him. He was to be diner, not a recruit. He was turned within five minutes of using that bit of magic. He trained for a total of fifty years in the art of magic, he even mastered the more difficult spells like the one that allows a vampire to walk in the light of day or to mimic body heat and heart beat. He even created one that would allow a vampire to tan.
He savours the memory of when he announced his creation of that spell, it was a minor one, but it did wonders to help vampires to look more human though. He snaps out of his thoughts as the teacher appeared. They filed into the classroom; he moves to claim a desk close to the door.
Then just as the bell rings, someone enters into the classroom. He takes a whiff and is shocked by what he smells. He eyes the red head teen before him. He can't believe it; this girl has the scent of a vampire mixed into her smell. He also knows which clan too; it's Ryo's. The girls huffs and hands a note over to the teacher.
The teen moves pass him and he watches as she takes a seat by one of the windows. 'She's half vampire, but how?' He thinks before turning around to watch the teacher begin class. He knows that half vampire's aren't unheard of, just rare. He plans to keep an eye on her.
He is given a sheet and writes his name on the page. Takato he writes on it and then passes behind him. He wonders just what else will pop up next.
(+-+-+Rika+-+-+)
She sits by the window and studies her classmates out of the corners of her eyes. She doesn't see why she needs to pose as a student; she could very easily be hunting Willis the blood magus right now instead of attending school.
Begin a half vampire gives her the benefits of good hearing, better then the humans around her as well as good night vision. She's kind of glad she doesn't have a keen scent of smell, she doesn't want to know what people ate for breakfast or if they had a shower or not. She has enough to deal with as she is.
'Stupid Travis. Why don't I just skip school? O yea, that's right. If I do, then Travis will hear of it. Then my spending funds will be cut off. Like I'll meet anyone here that's important.' She thinks as class continues. She can't wait for the bell to ring and she waits for the others to leave before exiting the room.
She blinks as a hand lands on her shoulder. She twists it and glares that the guy that dares touch her. She stares into a pair of reddish brown eyes. "Sorry about that, it's just I've never meet a halfling before. I'm Takato Ghag'Saron." The kid says. She freezes at the last part. She knows what's in front of her, but she can't figure out how. "You can't be…" She begins. "I am. Five centuries and counting." The vampire says. "But how?" She says in awe. The teen smiles and says, "I'm a magus, a really advance one. Meet me after school, don't worry I wouldn't bite." She watches as the teen-age vampire heads away from her.
She shakes her head and snorts. It's not as if she hasn't met any other vampires before, it's just that she never expected to find a vampire attending high school. This pipes her interest and she makes plans to meet the vampire.
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She finds the vampire sitting on a post, waiting for her. She notes the shadows he's casting and still can't believe her eyes. If he hadn't mentioned her being a half vampire, she wouldn't believe him. She moves towards him, taking her time.
"Hey. I don't believe I received your name." Takato says politely. "Rika." She says and then studies Takato up close. "I don't mean to sound rude, but I've never heard about your clan." She adds. She watches as Takato sighs as he runs a hand through his hair. "That's cause I'm the last surviving member. You see, the Scarlet Nights have hunted my clan off before the leaders finally banded together to annihilate them." Takato explains.
She nods, she remembers Travis telling her about that group of hunters. They had been a threat to those that were vampires and any kind of magical user. They didn't care about who got in their way, only to destroy those 'tainted' beings. They killed off a grand total of eight vampire clans, three wizard orders, five druid convents, and thirteen witch sisterhoods. It's said that the magic users that were affected made promises not to interfere with vampire affairs if they deal with the menacing group. That was over two hundred years ago and the promise is continues.
She nods her heads as she begins to understand. "Then why haven't you turned anyone?" She asks. Takato's eyes take a distant look and he says, "I don't feel any pressing need to." She gives him a funny look, for most vampires, their clans is their family and have great ties within their clan. She just assumed that vampires would be quick to reconstruct their diminished clan if they were the last remaining member.
Takato shakes him out of his mood and studies her. "So, what is it that you want?" Takato asks. "I'm looking for a blood magus by the name of Willis." She says and before she continues on with her reason, Takato's eyes flash at the mention of a blood magus. "Really? Haven't tasted one of them in fifty years. Need help?" Takato asks. She just stares and asks, "You seem eager to help. Why?" Takato gives her a predatory grin. "They're good drinking. Out of all the humans, their blood is more filling and very rich. Also their practices tend to make many hunters believe that vampires are the cause of those dead bodies drained of blood. Can't let one slip pass for most of those reason." Takato answers. She raises an eyebrow at this and then slowly nods as she sees what Takato means.
"So you'll help me on the condition you get to drink him clean?" She asks. Takato nods and she sighs. "Just how powerful are you?" She asks. "Powerful enough to cast spells that will allow me to go about in daylight." He replies. She admits, "I kind of wonder how you can. Must be some heck of powerful spells to let you do that." "They're real ancient spells that take a lot of power to caste, for two extinct vampire clans created them. If you want, I think I can give you a book on vampire history." Takato offers. "I didn't know that vampires have history books." She says. "Helps keep track of things with all the vampire kills that happen." Takato says.
They both looks up and Takato says, "Talk with you tomorrow. Good trail hunting, Rika. I'll see what I can find going through police records. Keep you informed when I find something, ok?" She nods and watches as Takato gets off the post and heads off. She heads towards the bus stop, she wonders if she should take Takato up on that offer.
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He moves into the nightclub ran by the Mind Charmers. He can smell a witch moving among the human crowds. He turns away and moves towards the bar. He smiles at Matt and asks, "Ryo?" Matt's eyes flicker and says, "Should be coming out of a meeting, Takato." He nods and asks, "How's TK?" Matt snorts and says, "Still trying to talk with Tai about his marriage with Kari. Davis is in town." He nods as Matt pores him a drink.
Odd as it is, Matt's little brother isn't a Mind Charmer. It happens sometimes when a member of a family is turned. Sometime another clan notices how strong the turned one is and begins to scout out the remaining siblings. If they believe that turning the sibling would be beneficial, they go about the process of turning the sibling. It's sometime creates a bit of a rift between the brothers, for the sibling tends to believe that it's the others fault for being transformed into a vampire.
TK had gotten over it within ten years, an amazing short amount of time. So while Matt's a Mind Charmer, TK's a Night Angel. Night Angels were kind of like the police of the vampire world. They got the name Angel stuck in their names by how most rescued humans see them. For Night Angels tend to put a stop to human slavery by vampires and a few other things.
Mind Charmers tend to be the ones who run nightclubs, form rock bands, and other entertaining things. They were laid back and have a love of life. They also tend to have large amounts of money at their disposal. Some due have empathy and telepathic abilities, but those talents weren't that strong.
He stirs his drink and takes a sip. He asks, "You're band is?" Matt smiles sheepishly. "Kind of disbanded until further notice. It seems that Nick's behaviour did it big this time." Matt admits. He smirks as he can guess at just what Matt meant by that. "Still just taking sips then?" He says. "That's Nick for you." Matt agrees.
He turns with drink in hand as he watches as a door opens. He notices Davis coming out and prays that Davis doesn't notice him. It's not that he didn't have anything against Davis or anything; it's just that the Brass Dragon is too boastful. He watches in relief as Davis heads out of the club without turning towards him.
His eyes flicker to the young man that comes out with Davis. He smiles as he notices that Ryo's still as good-looking as the last time he saw him. Ryo moves through the crowd slowly, for his best friend keeps on getting stopped every few minutes by beautiful women. Once Ryo spots him after the eighth time, Ryo begins to get annoyed with the ladies.
It takes a good thirty minutes for Ryo to cross the twenty-foot dance floor. He smirks as Ryo finally sits down beside him. "Takato! It's been what? Twenty years?" Ryo asks. He nods as he says, "Twenty three years, I think." Ryo smiles and guesses, "Fourteen?" He shrugs and says, "High school." Ryo nods and picks up the glass that Matt pored.
Ryo takes a sip as they turn around toward the bar. "So?" Ryo asks. He sighs and says, "Rika." "O." Ryo says and he can see that Ryo is uncomfortable. "How?" He asks. Ryo's eyes glaze over and begins after three minutes, "You remember Jeri?" He nods. "It seems that her brother Tori turned a pregnant woman who was three months along. The pregnancy was speed up in a single month and Jeri ended up contacting a wizard by the name of Travis to help out. Tori wanted to kill the child, but I heard about it just before I met up with Tori. I ended up killing Tori so he didn't hunt the babe down. Jeri was more concerned about the mother then the babe, so Travis asked Jeri if he could raise the kid. Jeri didn't mind and that's that." Ryo tells him.
He thinks this over as they take turns sipping their drinks. He sighs and says, "Blood Magus." He says simply. Ryo's expression darkens and says, "So it wasn't Genma. Try around the diva district. Bodies have been found around there." He nods his thanks as he places money on the counter. "Say hi to TK and them for me, ok?" He tells Matt. The blond nods as he scoops up the money.
He pauses to look over at Ryo. Then he continues on his way. He heads back to the apartment. He doesn't need to hunt tonight; he'll hopefully be drinking Blood Magus tomorrow night. He smiles, as he can almost taste the blood.
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He hands Rika a note before class starts and takes his seat once more by the door. He writes his name on the sheet of paper and passes it back. He can see Rika out of the corner of his eye as Rika looks at him. He smirks and begins to take notes. It's going to be a long day.
(+-+-+Rika+-+-+)
She doesn't know just what to think once she read the piece of paper from Takato. She can't believe that the hunt will end tonight, but it looks that way. She figures that Takato might have talked with other vampires to find out if they know of anything. 'I guess where there's one vampire, there are others, even if said vampire is last member of a extinct clan.' She muses as she leaves the school.
She has all of her stuff by a tree. She gets it and scans around for Takato. She spies him over by the parking lot, talking with some teens. Then she watches as the teens wave bye to Takato as they take off. She waits for a few minutes, then heads towards the vampire.
"Ready?" She asks. "You know how much energy it takes to maintain these spells?" Takato counters. "I'm going for a lot." She says. Takato nods and says, "It's healthy to have one kill a night." She's kind of stunned, for most vampires just need a kill once every two weeks to survive, but then how many vampires can stand sunlight touching them?
She motions for Takato to take the lead and he does. She has no trouble keeping track of him as they move through the crowds. It takes them a good two hours to make it to the district.
Takato sniffs the air and frowns. "I think I found a body." Takato tells her. She nods and they move towards an old subway station. She notices the body and moves over to check it out. She nods as she finds the area around the body dry. She looks up at Takato and finds that Takato is studying a pillar. He says something she sets the hairs on the back of her neck up and then slowly, the pillar begins to glow. Then more runes appear on the walls and other pillars.
Takato frowns and says, "There's two of them." She feels her blood chill at the thought of facing a pair of them. "We can take them, right?" She asks. "I know someone who's perfect to scout the way." Takato says as he pulls out a cell phone. She listens in as the phone stops ringing. "Hello, Davis?" Takato says into the phone.
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They wait for thirty minutes for this Davis to appear. "Takato!" A voice booms out and she blinks as Takato's lifted into the air by a man with maroon spiked hair. She blinks rapidly as at vampire's skin for its tan. "Nice to see you too, Davis. Thanks for coming." Takato says as the grown man puts Takato onto the ground. "Any time! I mean, how many time will I get the chance to feed off a Blood Magus?" Davis says. Takato smiles as he says, "More if this trend keeps becoming popular." Davis nods and then sniffs the air.
Davis turns and studies her. "Mind Charmer?" Davis asks. "Halfling." Takato explains. Davis smiles and says, "I'm Davis Tozrq'Dracus." "Rika." She says. She sends Takato a look and Takato says, "It means Brass Dragon. My clan is Sun God's Terror" "Charming names." She says. Takato shrugs at that. "Ready?" Takato asks. "Whatever." She answers.
"Always that charmer, huh Takato?" Davis says as they begin to move into the tunnel. Takato sighs and says, "It would be best if we travel in silences, Davis. They most likely have spells casted to register sound." This causes the vampire to remain quiet as they journey towards the left side of the tunnel. She wonders if Takato only said that to keep Davis quiet. She decides that it's none of her business as they stalk through the tunnel.
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He's relieved that Davis proves that he can walk around without chatting away in the quiet among them. As much as he would like to have Ryo by his side, he knew that Davis was better suited for this then Ryo. The Brass Dragon clan have tougher then most vampires and have a bit of an immunity to enemy magic when they set their minds to it.
Both Davis and him share a look as they begin to hear two heartbeats off in the distance. Davis moves quickly and he slows down as he motions for Rika to slow down. The half vampire gives him a puzzled look, but obeys. Davis begins to race quietly ahead and soon the taller vampire disappears up ahead.
He waits for ten minutes before nodding for them to speed up. He glides over the rubble with ease. He turns his head slightly and notices Rika struggling to keep up; he slows down a pace to give her time to catch up. As they draw closer, they can hear sounds of a struggle.
They find Davis snapping the neck of a guard as the other humans shoot at the vampire. He snorts and quickly moves among the group and casts a simple flash spell. It blinds the group and he quickly summons his sword. Within three minutes, the group of humans lay dead on the floor. He smirks as he shakes the blood off his blade. He scans the area and notices that Rika's disappeared.
Davis is already destroying vials of herb potions and blood. He sniffs out Rika's scent as he moves around the room. He grins, revealing his grown canine fangs. He whistles and takes off in the direction where Rika took. He hears Davis pacing him as they race through the tunnel.
He throws his sword into the blood crystal that the Blood Magus set up. This disrupts the energy flow and within a single minute, both Davis and him are biting down on to the jugular of a Blood Magus. He notes that Rika had an unreadable look on her face as she watches them feed. Then Rika began to move around the room, she then starts to toss around ponder over the books. He figures that Travis, Rika's guardian, supplied the desolation ponder. It destroys magical properties of spell books, redeeming them useless.
It takes a good fifteen minutes to drain all the blood out of the human in his jaws; he then drops the body onto the ground. He licks his lips and moves to retrieve his sword out of the crystal. He turns to see Davis also finish with his human. "Pick them up, please. I'll need them." He tells Davis. Davis nods and grabs his victim and then picks up his. He sends the sword back to his apartment.
Rika finishes going through the items in the room and follows them out of the workroom. Davis drops the bodies close to the other ones and he begins to cast the transformation spell. It takes a lot of magic to transform tall beings like humans into much smaller beings like rats and cats, but it's will be worth it, for people will find this place and it will be better if they find dead animals then humans. Less questions that way.
He says the last phase and the magic dances from him and over the bodies. Soon two bodies of cats lay before him along with the remaining bodies in the forms of rats. He nods and feels drained, but he's recovering quickly.
"Lets go." He says and Rika leads the way. He has plans of just heading back to his apartment and changing out of his smelly cloths. He feels like sleeping the rest of the night away.
(+-+-+Rika+-+-+)
She frowns as she remembers Travis's speech of her needing to know more about her heritage. She figures that her guardian is talking about her vampire one, for she's surrounded by her human heritage practically every minute of the day.
It's not that she had anything against Takato, she likes the vampire and it's just that she's not use to having someone who knows about what she is. She knows that Takato's older then what he looks like, but it's really fooling her, for he looks to be her age. It also doesn't help that he's good looking. 'Damn hormones!' She thinks as she falls onto the couch. She might not have known Takato for long, but she can hazard a guess about what he's like.
She stares into the ceiling of her apartment. She frowns and gets up off the couch. She grabs her jacket and heads out the door. She remembers the address of Henry's place and heads towards it. She had been invited to Henry's to just hang out. She locks the door before walking towards the elevators.
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She sits by Yolei and watches as Takato and Henry play the Nintendo game cube. She can't help but smirk as it looks like Takato's losing to Henry. "You know, other then me, Takato's sure keeps Henry guessing. You should see Henry ace the games at the arcade." Yolei says. "Really?" She asks. Yolei nods as the teen smiles. "Really. He has the top scores on most of the games. Sadly, the people who run the arcade keep resetting the high scores." Yolei tells her. She shakes her head.
Takato pulls out a victory at the last stretch of the game. "Yes!" Takato cries out. "One more!" Henry cries out. "Sorry, Heniod, but I got to get going. Try again tomorrow." Takato says. She gets up off the couch and follows Takato up the stairs. Henry walks them to the door. "See you at school, you two." Henry says before closing the door. "See ya Henry." They say at the same time.
They walk together and after a few minutes she pipes in, "I can't believe you kept losing to a human." Takato chuckles and says, "I was trying not to destroy the controller." She shakes her head and says, "You know, I'm going to be sticking around. It seems that my guardian wants me to learn more about my 'heritage.'" Takato nods thoughtfully and says, "I'll get you the books about the different vampire clans' history. That should entertain you for a few months." She makes a sour face and Takato chuckles. "You'll find that life around here isn't going to be as boring as you think it is. The Mind Charmers main body set up their territory in this city, I might even take you to visit the head of their clan." Takato says.
She's kind of surprise that Takato told her that, it's not often that a vampire would divulge such information. "You think they wouldn't try to make a meal out of me?" She asks. "You don't know?" Takato asks. "Know what?" She asks. "You're vampire clan, it's the Fhqai'Zhqu, or Mind Charmers." Takato tells her. She looks stunned at the news. "Then my mother…" Takato nods. "She's still around. I don't know if she's living in the city or not, but Ryo would know." Takato tells her. She doesn't know just what to think as they walk in silence. She never really gave much thought about which clan turned her mother, but now she knows.
The split up and take their different routes as they continue towards their apartments. She has a lot on her mind, and not just about the cute vampire with reddish brown eyes. She can now maybe meet her real mother, her link to the vampire world. She can think of a million questions to ask, though one stands out in her mind. "Why did you give me away?" She says softly out loud.
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He pauses before jumping the killer. He notices the bloody knife and a small plan comes to mind. He smirks and slips down the fire escape. He grabs the man from behind and quickly moves the hand with the knife to the guy's throat. "Don't make a sound." He orders. The man whimpers but complies. He drags the grown man deeper into the shadows.
Twenty minutes, he steps out into the street. He makes his way towards the nightclub. He has business with Ryo. He knows that it's a long time in coming, but they really need to talk. He pauses to look at the quarter moon. He cocks his head and then continues on his way.
To Readers:
Hope you like this short story. I might add other shorts about this world later when I get bored. Thanks for reading Magus of Ghag'Saron!