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I have adjusted and made small changes to each of the chapters so far to correct a few errors that were pointed out to me. Thank you to all that have read this story and chapter 7 will be up asap.
The floating sensation ceased, and I assumed that I was in paradise. A woman stepped out above for me; she was amazingly beautiful, with long golden hair cascading down her back in gentle curls, and shocking, electric blue eyes, like huge lakes.
"Darren," she said, her voice sounding like music.
"Who are you?" I asked him.
"I hope you don't mind, but I stopped you on your way to paradise."
"Not at all," I answered the beautiful woman who I assumed to be a goddess.
"Look, I'm fairly new to this, but I've been informed that I have a responsibility to my new people. I've just become god of the vampires."
I gasped audibly, even though she had said it as if her car had just broken down.
She laughed a silvery liquid to sound in response to my shock.
"Gods do not stay with one people eternally Darren. We move on. There wasn't really a god of vampires before, but I took a little too much interest in what Desmond Tiny was doing to you as a people."
I laughed gently. That I could understand.
"So my problem is that I don't really know what I'm doing. I need eyes on the ground, someone who knows me. I want you to go back down to help introduce me, if you don't mind. You are a prince, so people will listen to you."
"So when will I die?" I asked.
"When you are killed, or when you die of old age. This is not a temporary thing, Darren, if I restore you, it will be for life."
I thought of what it would be like to go back, to see Harkat and Debbie again. Another face popped into my head. I would have to go back to Vampire Mountain without my trusted adviser, my master. I didn't want to go back to how it was, just without him.
The goddess of must've had access to my thoughts;
"Of course I will bring Larten Crepsley back as well." She said.
I could no longer see any downside to this and so had no choice but to agree.
"Deal." I agreed.
"Thank you, Darren Shan." She said as darkness enclosed me and I was suddenly falling.
I woke up to bright sunlight coming in through the window. I was in a bed somewhere, but I wasn't sure where. Just then, Debbie came bustling into the room, toast in one hand and the other holding her mobile to her ear.
"Darren," she exclaimed as she saw me looking at her," you're awake!"
"What happened?" I asked, very confused.
"We found you washed up beside another man halfway down the river."
"Who was the other man?" I asked, hardly daring to hope.
Debbie didn't reply but drew back the velvet black drape halfway across the room.
On another bed lay Mr. Crepsley. I almost jumped out of bed but a sharp pain in my stomach prevented it.
"He hasn't woken up yet," Debbie said softly, but it's only been a day. We hope he'll wake tonight."
I nodded slowly to show that I understood. Then, laying my head on the pillow, I fell back into a deep sleep.