The cure for vampirism

What if your life suddenly changed? If you had to avoid the sun and change your diet? A young woman explores an ancient tomb with her friend and her sister, but when they meet vampires, she gets a rare disease. And she seems to have other secrets, that may destroy her relationship to her sister and friend...

Chapter 1

"Where are we going?" I asked.
"I can't tell you. You'll see when we're there," he answered.
"I'm not afraid of anything, remember when we met that troll in the mountains? I..."
He interrupted me, "I am not going to tell you, Risaan. But I guess we'll find vampires in that tomb."

As he said that, he turned around and looked into my blue eyes. My neck began to itch.
My friend was a vampire himself. His real name is a secret for everyone. Even me. When we met at the Whiterun stables, he told me to call him Anonymus. I don't know how old he is either; he looks like a normal 30-year-old man, but he could be 300-year-old too.

He never told me how old he is, or that he's a vampire. But I don't need that. His skin is as pale as the snow and he has got golden eyes. I've never seen him outdoors during the day.

Anonymus is my best friend since 10 years. He knows almost everything about me.

I scratched my neck embarrassed and said:
"Alright, Anonymus. Let's go. Show me the way."
Before Anonymus turned around, he shot one more glare at me.

It was midnight and we could see the fullmoon. It shone brightly, clothing the lake I was staring at in silver and white. It was beautiful.

Suddenly I stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"I heard something," I answered and grabbed my sword.

"Hey! Wait for me!" a familiar voice shouted. A shadow was running up to us. Anonymus jumped in front of me and yelled:
"Halt! Who are you?"
The shadow stopped. I could just barely recognize the girl's face.
"Naomi! What are you doing here?" I asked her angrily.
Anonymus stepped away from me saying a short "Oh". Naomi walked up to us and I could now clearly see her face. She raised her eyebrows and said:
"Risaan, you really thought I would stay in Whiterun with Fekus while you're on an adventure? He's asleep now, so there's no need to worry about him. We will be at home by the time he wakes up."

When she said that I wanted to punch her. So I rather mumbled,
"Anonymus, this is my sister, Naomi. How did you find us?"
Naomi raised a brow. "I'm a companion!" she said, as if that would explain. I knew she was following me.
"A full member?" Anonymus asked, his eyes narrowing.
"Yes, since a few months," Naomi said, smiling.
I glared at my sister. She glared back.
"I hate when you do this!" I hissed. "Seriously, you're a companion, why don't you just go out with your own friends?"
"Oh! Not a bad idea! Next time I'm going to do that!" Naomi rolled her eyes while talking. "They didn't have any work for me, okay? And I'm telling you: If you send me back, I will head directly to the Inn. So, if you don't want your sister to get drunk, and ruin the family's name, then you'll let me come with you!"

I sighed.
"Alright. Then we should go on," I said and gazed at Anonymus. He shot me a look. It was one of those moments when I could read his mind. You really want to bring her with us? his eyes asked. I gazed back at him. Yes. was my answer. I hoped it was clear for him too. He sighed, shook his head and led us.

While he was leading us further into the wild, Naomi grabbed my shoulder and held me back for a few moments. When I wanted to shout at her, she whispered into my ear.
"Your friend is really handsome. Too bad he's a vampire."
Then she let me go and I shot and angry glare at her.

"We are here," Anonymus said. We were standing in front of an ancient tomb, which was actually looking like a castle. Well... for me, almost every old stone building looked the same. It didn't matter if it has been burned, deserted, destroyed, or attacked by a dragon, the building - or rather what was left of it - was either a castle-like tomb, or a tomb-like castle for me.

"Well, it's not what I expected. You didn't tell us we're coming to feed your kin." Naomi said.
She stood up and narrowed her eyes.
Anonymus only shrugged.
"I didn't know Risaan had a dog at home, either."
My sister bit her teeth together and growled.
"Please don't do anything you might regret later," I said hastily, and stepped between the two.
After all, maybe it really wasn't a good idea to bring Naomi with us. It was fullmoon, and my werewolf sister was arguing with my vampire friend.

"Anonymus, I guess we'll only need a few hours to clear the tomb. Until then, I ask both of you to stop quarrelling with each other," I said, shooting a lot of glares at Naomi. I didn't want the two to kill each other. And I could avoid that if I calmed the hot-headed one first.
"Fine!" Naomi growled. Anonymus nodded, though I could see that he didn't want to spend any more time with my sister.

"Naomi, have got your mace with you?" I asked. Naomi grabbed her weapon, but then she opened her mouth to say something.
"No, you can't use your werewolf powers, it's far too dangerous," I said before she could ask. My sister was about to protest when Anonymus impatiently asked,
"Can we go now?"

Naomi sighed, then narrowed her eyes. She sniffed the air.
"There is a vampire guarding in front of the entrace," she said.
Anonymus and I nodded and I readied my bow. Anonymus was a mage, so he readied his staff. My sister gave her mace a few swings, because she didn't use it since she was a werewolf.

We sneaked to the entrace. The vampire was sitting on a chair next to the gate. I grabbed an arrow, aimed at the vampire lady's throat. Before she could warn the other ones in the tomb, she was dead. We stalked further into the tomb.

We entered the first room. We didn't see anyone, but there were two more doors and we heard a voice say:
"Is someone there?"
I heard a quiet growl and the sound of a magic spell. The door in front of us opened and two women stepped out, a vampire and a zombie. The zombie swinged her axe at me, but I was able to roll to the side.

I had to be very fast. I grabbed three arrows, and shot all of them at the same time. I didn't aim good, and the zombie was still attacking me. She wanted to cut me in two pieces, and I was unable to dodge with my bow.

Then suddenly Anonymus grabbed the undead girl from backwards, pulling her away from me. Her axe hit the ground making a squeaking sound. Anonymus grabbed the zombie at her shoulders, her weapon flew away. Then he lifted her up and threw her against the wall.

It made a loud crack, and I saw a big hole. The zombie fell down without any life in her. Anonymus looked at me for a heartbeat, then he shot a lightning at the vampire who was attacking Naomi.

The vampire lady fell down, and Naomi moaned disappointed.
"I was just about to kill the bitch!" she shouted.
"We don't have time to argue! We have to get away from here as fast as we can!" I screamed.

I grabbed Naomi's shoulder and pulled her hard, just in time. A huge rock fell onto the place where she was standing a heartbeat ago. All three of us recognized fast what was happening.

The tomb's ceiling will fall on us if we didn't leave immediately. Naomi and I ran fast to the next room, Anonymus behind us. We could just barely jump into the next destination.

The rocks almost hit us. My heart was pounding faster than ever. Anonymus stood up first and he helped me up.
"Are you hurt?" he asked, and he looked strangely deep into my eyes.
"Um... I'm alright. I guess... Thanks for your help," I said, feeling totally embarassed.

"Hey! Help me! I'm hurt!" Naomi hissed, her voice full of pain.
I stepped away from Anonymus and investigated my sister. Her leg was badly wounded. I wanted to grab my satchel as I realized that I didn't have it.
"Oh no! I haven't got any potions!" I said, panic blinding my mind.
"We don't need potions to help her. You can help her too," Anonymus said.

I hesitated but I lay my hands onto my sister's wound. I looked at Anonymus for a moment. Then he lay his hands onto mine.
"You can do it," he said.
I nodded and began to heal my sister's wound with my spell. We sat there silnetly for a minute, or two, then Naomi moaned.
"It's gone. The pain is gone," she said, and I pulled my hands back. My shoulders relaxed when I saw that the wound was fully gone. Anonymus rested his hand on my shoulder and whispered into my ear.
"Told you," he said triumphantly.
I could only smile embarrassed in front of myself and feel blood rush to my cheek.
"Thanks, sis," Naomi said, and stood up. She looked around, and then added,
"You look real cute together, but I think we're trapped. Aaaand I think my mace is under the rocks..."

Anonymus and I stood up, still embarrassed. I looked around to investigate the new room. I pointed with my hand at a thin tunnel with stairs.
"Maybe there is another exit," I said hopefully.
"Maybe. But without my mace I'll be defenseless. Can I..." Naomi looked at me questioning.
"No. I have a weapon for you," I said firmly and grabbed two of my swords. I held both in front of Naomi and said,
"Choose. This one in my right hand is a greatsword. I think it's a bit slow, but strong. The other one is Fierce."
"Haven't you got another weapon?" she asked cheekily.
When I glared at her she chose Fierce.
"Sword of the Inferno?" she asked, examining the beautiful details of the weapon. She's fascinated by it, I thought.
"Yeah. Try not to loose it, OK?"
"Hmm, 'kay."

I pointed at the thin tunnel again.
"We should go now."