Razial One Half
Chapter 1- A Curse Worse than Death
Kain is an icon among the vampires, and the worst nightmare of all humans. But few know him as well as I do. I Am Razial: his first born lieutenant. Over a millennium had gone past since I and my brethren were conceived. Kain's contempt for humanity drove him to create the ultimate vampiric empire. I and my brethren were partially responsible for its success. And as the millennium of Kain went by, we found that we would eventually change and become more. Er. Divine. However, not all was grand. When it came time for my evolution, I found I had surpassed my master, and developed wings! I was truly honored, but Kain became jealous. At that day, I had found my change had brought me a new gift. Agony. Kain ordered my own brethren to beat me down, and break every bone in my body if they found it necessary. This, however, was merely the beginning of my torture. For Kain had more in store for me than just to be left a bloody heap of my former self. Rahab drug me by my arms as the rest of my clan followed Kain to the location of my ultimate punishment. It seemed like an eternity of agony had gone by, and now came the final chapter in my suffering. We stopped at a ledge. At the bottom of this ledge was a lake that glimmered a brilliant dark green in the moonlight. I recognized this sight right away, and realized what that maniacal fiend had in mind. This location was known by just about every vampire in existence as the Lake of the Dead. Human or vampire alike, once you fell into the lake of the dead, your life would be nothing more than agony. And the fact vampires are immortal made my up coming torment that much more dreadful. I struggled to break free, but it was useless. Especially since Rahab wasn't the only one holding me at the moment. Kain simply walked over to me, and gave me a glare that told me he had no regrets of what came next. "Any last words?" He asked. "I'll get you for this you coward!" I shouted. "Hmm, not likely. Throw him in." Those that were restraining me from tearing into Kain like a rabid wolverine walked up to the edge, and hurled me over! I screamed bloody murder as I plummitted to my eternal damnation, only to find that nothing was happening to me. I didn't feel as if my limbs were being torn from my body, I didn't feel like needles were jammed in my eyes, heck, the only discomfort I faced was the fact the water was freezing. "Well now," I thought, "This is strange. Could the legendary lake of the dead be nothing more than a myth? Maybe it's just a figure of speech from some form of human history." Needless to say I was thankful, maybe even surprised that all this talk about being thrown into eternal torment was nothing but an old wive's tale. Well, I certainly didn't see a point to just floating around here like some winged flounder. I climbed out of the river, and felt the chill of the midnight breeze as I tried to forget how god forsaken cold I was. I tried to warm myself up, but when I wrapped my arms around myself, I noticed I had gotten a little bigger in the chestal area than I was used to. "That's odd." I thought. "Oh well, must be a side effect from all that water." I crouched, and then leaped forward in an attempt to fly, only to realize my wings were missing! I plunged face first back into the lake, and had to fish myself right back out again. "That lake must've done more to me than I thought." I said to myself. At that moment, I realized my voice sounded much different than it usually did. It sounded more high in tone, and more feminine than it usually did. "What's going on here?! My voice is different!" As if the goddess of convenience weren't smiling down on me enough, the sun just so happened to rise, and light the shores with it's golden light. Now I truly had a better look at what happened to me. I walked over to the supposed lake of the dead, and looked into the greenish blue water. There, I saw not my reflection, but the reflection of a human! Her eyes were a beautiful sapphire blue, and her hair was a brilliant brownish blonde color. Her skin was tanned, and perfect in every way possible. At that time, I realized that the woman I was looking at right now was none other than myself! It was safe to say this came as a shocker to me. Here I was expecting death, and instead, I was reincarnated into this wonderful human girl. Fate was on my side, or at least it was for the moment. Before anything else could be discovered, A man of Chinese descent walked up to me, and sighed heavily. "Too bad." He said. "You fall in spring of drowned girl. Very tragic story behind that spring. Girl fall in there fifteen hundred years ago, and drowned." "What does that have to do with me becoming a woman?" I demanded. "Come with me." He said. "I tell you everything you need to know."
The Chinese man took me to his home. There, he put some water in a kettle, and warmed it up. As he did this, he explained the situation. "You see," he said, "You fall into lake of drowned girl. Girl fall in there very long time ago, and drown. But her spirit stay in lake, and possess whoever falls into lake to become woman. Maybe not exactly like woman who fall into lake, maybe more like a female version of yourself. I never saw drowned girl, I wouldn't know. But you should be lucky. Curse is only temporary. Hot water bring you back to normal. However, cold water bring you back to cursed form." He grabbed the kettle and dumped it on me. To be honest, it was a little too hot for comfort, but it DID bring me back to my normal form. "Uh," he said, looking at my winged vampiric form for the first time, "Then again, maybe curse is more of a blessing for you." "Trust me," I told him, "It's no lake of the dead, but it's just as bad knowing I have to avoid cold water from now on." Oh now, being cursed isn't all bad. I know plenty of people who live normal lives after getting cursed." "And by normal, you mean what exactly?" He remained silent. "That's what I thought." I said. "I best get going. I have a little business to take care of." I started out the door, but for some reason, he dumped cold water all over me! I returned to my cursed form, and I wasn't very happy about it. "Trust me," He said, "You thank me later." I could've beaten him senseless right then and there, but my grudge wasn't with some human I never even met. My grudge was with Kain. I only had one goal in mind now. To kill Kain and my brethren once and for all. However, I had a feeling this curse of mine was going to get in the way. And unfortunately for me, there was no way to get rid of it.
Chapter 1- A Curse Worse than Death
Kain is an icon among the vampires, and the worst nightmare of all humans. But few know him as well as I do. I Am Razial: his first born lieutenant. Over a millennium had gone past since I and my brethren were conceived. Kain's contempt for humanity drove him to create the ultimate vampiric empire. I and my brethren were partially responsible for its success. And as the millennium of Kain went by, we found that we would eventually change and become more. Er. Divine. However, not all was grand. When it came time for my evolution, I found I had surpassed my master, and developed wings! I was truly honored, but Kain became jealous. At that day, I had found my change had brought me a new gift. Agony. Kain ordered my own brethren to beat me down, and break every bone in my body if they found it necessary. This, however, was merely the beginning of my torture. For Kain had more in store for me than just to be left a bloody heap of my former self. Rahab drug me by my arms as the rest of my clan followed Kain to the location of my ultimate punishment. It seemed like an eternity of agony had gone by, and now came the final chapter in my suffering. We stopped at a ledge. At the bottom of this ledge was a lake that glimmered a brilliant dark green in the moonlight. I recognized this sight right away, and realized what that maniacal fiend had in mind. This location was known by just about every vampire in existence as the Lake of the Dead. Human or vampire alike, once you fell into the lake of the dead, your life would be nothing more than agony. And the fact vampires are immortal made my up coming torment that much more dreadful. I struggled to break free, but it was useless. Especially since Rahab wasn't the only one holding me at the moment. Kain simply walked over to me, and gave me a glare that told me he had no regrets of what came next. "Any last words?" He asked. "I'll get you for this you coward!" I shouted. "Hmm, not likely. Throw him in." Those that were restraining me from tearing into Kain like a rabid wolverine walked up to the edge, and hurled me over! I screamed bloody murder as I plummitted to my eternal damnation, only to find that nothing was happening to me. I didn't feel as if my limbs were being torn from my body, I didn't feel like needles were jammed in my eyes, heck, the only discomfort I faced was the fact the water was freezing. "Well now," I thought, "This is strange. Could the legendary lake of the dead be nothing more than a myth? Maybe it's just a figure of speech from some form of human history." Needless to say I was thankful, maybe even surprised that all this talk about being thrown into eternal torment was nothing but an old wive's tale. Well, I certainly didn't see a point to just floating around here like some winged flounder. I climbed out of the river, and felt the chill of the midnight breeze as I tried to forget how god forsaken cold I was. I tried to warm myself up, but when I wrapped my arms around myself, I noticed I had gotten a little bigger in the chestal area than I was used to. "That's odd." I thought. "Oh well, must be a side effect from all that water." I crouched, and then leaped forward in an attempt to fly, only to realize my wings were missing! I plunged face first back into the lake, and had to fish myself right back out again. "That lake must've done more to me than I thought." I said to myself. At that moment, I realized my voice sounded much different than it usually did. It sounded more high in tone, and more feminine than it usually did. "What's going on here?! My voice is different!" As if the goddess of convenience weren't smiling down on me enough, the sun just so happened to rise, and light the shores with it's golden light. Now I truly had a better look at what happened to me. I walked over to the supposed lake of the dead, and looked into the greenish blue water. There, I saw not my reflection, but the reflection of a human! Her eyes were a beautiful sapphire blue, and her hair was a brilliant brownish blonde color. Her skin was tanned, and perfect in every way possible. At that time, I realized that the woman I was looking at right now was none other than myself! It was safe to say this came as a shocker to me. Here I was expecting death, and instead, I was reincarnated into this wonderful human girl. Fate was on my side, or at least it was for the moment. Before anything else could be discovered, A man of Chinese descent walked up to me, and sighed heavily. "Too bad." He said. "You fall in spring of drowned girl. Very tragic story behind that spring. Girl fall in there fifteen hundred years ago, and drowned." "What does that have to do with me becoming a woman?" I demanded. "Come with me." He said. "I tell you everything you need to know."
The Chinese man took me to his home. There, he put some water in a kettle, and warmed it up. As he did this, he explained the situation. "You see," he said, "You fall into lake of drowned girl. Girl fall in there very long time ago, and drown. But her spirit stay in lake, and possess whoever falls into lake to become woman. Maybe not exactly like woman who fall into lake, maybe more like a female version of yourself. I never saw drowned girl, I wouldn't know. But you should be lucky. Curse is only temporary. Hot water bring you back to normal. However, cold water bring you back to cursed form." He grabbed the kettle and dumped it on me. To be honest, it was a little too hot for comfort, but it DID bring me back to my normal form. "Uh," he said, looking at my winged vampiric form for the first time, "Then again, maybe curse is more of a blessing for you." "Trust me," I told him, "It's no lake of the dead, but it's just as bad knowing I have to avoid cold water from now on." Oh now, being cursed isn't all bad. I know plenty of people who live normal lives after getting cursed." "And by normal, you mean what exactly?" He remained silent. "That's what I thought." I said. "I best get going. I have a little business to take care of." I started out the door, but for some reason, he dumped cold water all over me! I returned to my cursed form, and I wasn't very happy about it. "Trust me," He said, "You thank me later." I could've beaten him senseless right then and there, but my grudge wasn't with some human I never even met. My grudge was with Kain. I only had one goal in mind now. To kill Kain and my brethren once and for all. However, I had a feeling this curse of mine was going to get in the way. And unfortunately for me, there was no way to get rid of it.
