MOD: Hello everyone, so strange as this may be this is my first story
Gateway: Helllllooooo, it's OUR first joint story! Gezz, totally neglecting to mention me
MOD: Yeah, yeah whatever you have your own stories, I don't. so on with the info, sound good sis?
Gateway: *Pouts* doesn't matter you are going to do it anyways
MOD: Right moving on then so in honor of Halloween, We have decided to make an awesome Halloween story. A true vampire story.
Gateway: And when we say "true" we mean NOT some Twilight junk about vampires falling in love. No this will be more of betrayal, laws and deception and of course the occasional gory dismemberment,
MOD: But only enough as to keep it true to vampire.
Gateway: Right! The only thing that will be in this, that isn't part of a "true" vampire story is, a friendship that breaks some laws.
MOD: But it isn't that stupid human/vampire friendship, because let's be honest the only humans that a vampire would talk to, would end up lunch! Well after us ranting much ENJOY!
Gateway: Oops, forgot to mention this is just a little taste of the story and it will be the only chapter to be posted on my page, for the rest of the story you will have to go to MOD's page, but we are putting the first chapter up on mine too, so my readers will know.
MOD Can I get on with the story now?
Gateway: No you have to do the disclaimer first
MOD: Oh right
Gateway: What would you do without me
MOD: Not get hit so much, anyways neither Gateway nor myself own Beyblade, everything else though is so ours.
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Once upon a time, we were unstoppable. Once upon a time, we answered to no one. Once upon a time . . . we were friends. How the world changes, when death comes into play.
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The trees moved with the wind, bowing to the force of the unseen element. No one could know the truth, of the powers that shone through the world. They closed their eyes, blind to the world, to the unseen, to the unforeseeable. They don't believe in what can't be proven, the turn to science for their answers when the truth is science is a scam. All science is corrupted, because it all comes from one place, man.
They corrupted what was once pure, the tainted what was once undeniable. But the truth is, it works in our favor. People no longer believe the old tales, the myths of ghost and vampires. They think them to be stories, and in truth some of them are. But these stories have a source. It's amazing how gullible humans can be, when they don't want to believe in the truth. If something moves in the dark and you tell a human it was nothing, the believe it.
The mind, you see, is our ultimate tool. We don't have to do anything that they aren't willing to do themselves. We planted the seeds of doubt in their minds; they are the ones that let it grow.
Shadows moved, as they came to life in the fallen darkness. The shadow opened his eyes, bright crimson orbs that shown with a glint of amusement. He looked down at all the people, they were shapes and figures that came and faded as time moved on. He could hear every little sound, every little unnecessary comment they made to one another, every careless whisper they spoke behind one another back. It was pathetic how much they took for granted.
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The shadow looked down the ten stories to the ground bellow. People were talking and laughing in a park near by. The shadow breathed in, he could smell there blood even from way up here. They were completely unaware of how valuable that precious liquid was. He stuffed his hands into the pockets of his trench coat. He wanted to hunt them so bad, he wanted to teach them to guard what was important but he knew he wasn't allowed to do that, not yet at least.
As long as his grandfather was aligned with the hunters he would have to suffer through hunt-less nights. His name was Kai and he was one of the last ancients. He one won of the few vampires that had been bitten by the first vampire. Yes, he had lived that long, for years he had watched the world change. No one knew the real stories of the vampires and how they came to be. No one knew who it was that had created the line of soulless creatures everyone feared. Kai pushed his bangs back as he looked around. He could see a girl walking down an alleyway alone, how easy it would be to walk up behind her and suck out her life's liquid.
"You aren't as big and bad as you would like everyone to believe." Kai looked at the speaker with contempt. "We'll see if you still say that after I kill you." The other just laughed and walked away. "We'll see."
Kai shook his head. He had been having flashbacks far to often for his taste. Why couldn't he shake those memories? He jumped from his perch on top of the building and landed on the fire escape six floors down, walking down the rest of the way to avoid suspicion. He was due at a meeting in a few minutes, his stomach still growled with hunger. He grabbed a small vile that hung around his neck. The vile held blood, a few drops at most, but he wouldn't drink it, not if he didn't have to. The vile was a promise that Kai intended to keep, no matter what the cost.
He reached the bottom before a energy hit him full force, an energy he hadn't felt in almost 100 years, an energy that could bring an end to the Kripts plans for everything. "Not now, how can the LuceVex be here." He cursed under his breath. Running from the alleyway and angling himself towards the Kripts base. His stomach burned again as his hunger began to increases. All the ignorant humans that surrounded him only making it worse.
How easy it would be to just suck there blood dry, to leave them as shells, how he hated them. He would never understand what his grandfather found so enamoring about the worthless bags of flesh and blood. The only thing that had ever intrigued him, were the one thing he could never afford to be around. He desired to learn of the LuceVex. To learn of the immortals secrets, to understand what it meant to avenge those that had fallen. But it was a curiosity that could never be meet an thirst that could never be quinched.
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The woods were silent in the early hours of night. Bright amber eyes shone in the brilliant moonlight that filtered through the branches of the tree he sat in. He could feel the tug of his skin on his back. It was only slightly painful now, not like it had been the first time. He could still recall the first time, as if it had only been moments ago.
He looked through the branches as things settled in in place. The night was so beautiful, as were the nights creatures. His long black hair flew gently around him as the wind blew again. "What are you two doing now?" He thought out loud. He didn't mean to think about them, it had been over a hundred years since he had seen either of them. Still he found himself thinking about them. They had always intrigued him. He knew it was wrong for him to think about them, but he still thought of them. They were his friends and that was the problem. They had parted ways a hundred years ago in order to protect one another. They all knew they would most likely never meant again, but still it had been a promise. He fingered the pendent around his neck, two rings hung from the chain that he kept them tucked under his shirt.
"Stop being so stubborn and just drink it!" The amber eyed boy scolded. "I don't need your pity!" The other one shouted. The amber eyed boy grabbed his knife from his belt and put it to his hand. "What are you doing!" The amber eyed boy looked into his friends eyes. "Saving you." He made a long slit across the center of his palm and put it in front of his friends mouth. He knew his friend would cave sooner or later. The amber eyed boy knew his friend had caved as he felt a sharp pressure in his hand as he blood was sucked out. The amber eye boy smiled, he knew his friend hated this side of himself, but it was better then for him to die. "See? It's all gonna be alright, promise."
The amber eyed boy smiled at the memory, his hand falling tracing the line where the blade had pierced. A hundred years wasn't that long really, but it seemed like it. He felt the tug at his back again and looked around. Seeing the coast as clear he gave into the pull. The skin split apart, sending a slight pain through him, as his sleek silver wings emerged from his back. They snapped open, and he shook them once to get them loss.
He wanted to fly again, he wanted to return to the world he felt he had left. The trees were nice, but the sky was better. He pulled his long silver wings back to him, everything in him longed to take off into the night, to soar without any thoughts as he had so many times before. But he couldn't, not until his mission was complete. He saw his target walk into the park, he was standing with his girlfriend. A tall blonde that had more then once crossed the line. The amber eyed boy sighed, he didn't want to be doing this. He wanted to be flying and enjoying his never ending life, but he had a job to do just like everyone else.
He jumped from his branch gliding over the couples heads before landing on in front of them. The girl screamed and took off without a glance back. The blonde just stood, arms crossed with a very ticked look on his face. "What do you want?" The amber eyed boy landed in front of the blonde. His wings expanding to make himself look more intimidating, although with his cat like eyes and martial arts training, it was hardly ever necessary.
"You know what I want Miguel. You have crossed the LuceVex one to many times my dear friend." Miguel narrowed his eyes before they sprung open in recognition. "Rei? You are a messenger for the LuceVex now? I thought you off all people . . ." Migual trailed off as Rei pulled in his wings and looked up at the sky longingly. "I wish I had a choice in the matter my friend. Until the Vex decides otherwise though, I am bound to them, just as I am bound to the ground." Miguel's eyes widened. "You don't mean. . ." Rei nodded his head sadly. "I am afraid so. Until I prove to them I am loyal they have clipped my wings. Gliding is the closest I can get. So you see Miguel I really have no choice in this matter. You must face the LuceVex as I did, and accept whatever punishment they feel, it is for the best."
Miguel examined his friend closer. He couldn't understand why the LuceVex was so cruel at times, but it was obvious from the clear pain in the others eyes, that he was telling the truth. They had taken the younger's one last joy, and left him with nothing but a painful reminder on his own flesh. "They wont see you as a trader forever, over time it will fade." Miguel said, trying to reassure Rei. "Thank you, but I know the truth. As long as I bare the mark of a trader, they will never trust me. The truth is though, I don't regret what I did, and given the chance I would do it again, and a million times over. If that makes me a traitor to them, then that is what I am. I will not betray what I believe though." Miguel laughed at the others stubbornness, for a moment forgetting his own troubles.
'So mature yet so naïve. How can one live in only extremes my friend?' "Are you banished as well?" Miguel asked, the thought suddenly hitting him. He watched as Rei nodded, his eyes far off. "Yes, until I can regain my wings. I am banished. I have no way to get there anyways." Rei said the last part with a bitter laugh. Miguel smiled sadly at him. 'They wont do this to you forever, Rei. Just be patient.' Miguel looked to the clouds, his own wings emerging from his back. "Where are you staying?" Rei shrugged his shoulders looking up to the world above, to the world he had once been a part of. "Wherever I can. I have been staying in the cathedral on West end for now." Miguel brought his eyes back to his friend. He had known him before this mess had started. Before the LuceVex had even found him and awaken his power.
"You know about the trouble on west end, right?" He waited, when he got no answer he continued. "Rei, don't ruin your life again. Stay safe, alright?" Again he was meet with silence, he knew his words were in vain if they showed up again, but he couldn't live with himself if he didn't warn the younger. "Alright then, goodbye Liber Foi."[1] Rei smiled, pulling his silver wings in as Miguel took off. "Goodbye Vinco Calin."[1]
Rei didn't move as he watched his friend leave him, someday he would regain the LuceVex trust, and then he would return to where he belonged. In the sky, in the air, away from the earth and it's confining limitations. He meant what he said though, bearing the mark was something that he wouldn't have changed. He had saved his best friend and if given the chance he wouldn't have changed his choice.
He went over to the tree and pulled himself up onto its lowest branch, slowly moving his way up the side to higher branches. Once high enough, he pulled in his wings, letting the skin make an almost transparent cover over the slits on his back. His body had morphed sometime back to accommodate the addition of the wings, which made this insane grounding even more infuriating. Part of him wanted revenge on the LuceVex, and those that had grounded him, but the smarter half of him told him to let it go, to find a way around it.
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Red hair brushed over blue eyes, as the figure crouched low. A low growl emitting from his throat. He
pulled the hood tighter around his face, as a hunter ran by his hiding spot. "Damn, I could have sworn I saw that vamp go this way." One of the hunters said. "Maybe he didn't and you just got confused." The redhead could feel a hole burning its way through his stomach. To bad for the hunters.
The redhead lunged from the bushes he had allowed himself to disappear into. Landing on the one closest to him. He was an man in his prime, the redhead could see the blood pulse, as he dug his claws into the mans neck, his nails slitting the wind pipe and killing the man. The redhead then turned to the other hunter. He was younger, almost a child by comparison. The kid raised his gun, and the redhead crouched low. The kid looked at the redhead then to the dead body of the other hunter. Finally fear won out and the child bolted.
The redhead looked back to the hunter before liking off his fingers. "Got yourself a fresh kill hu Tala?" The one called Tala turned around to face hungry gray eyes. "Bryan, should have figured you would show up." Tala knelled down, swiping his hand over the wound and liking the blood from it. Bryan scuffed at the redhead. "You are way to refined in your feeding, did you know that Tala?" The redhead glared up at Bryan for a moment before making another swipe at the wound. "I rather be refined then a bloody pig like you and those other imbeciles we are forced to associate with."
Bryan keeled down, sinking his fangs into the bloody neckline of the hunter. "My point." Tala said, slightly disgusted. Bryan looked up, the blood running down his face. "If you don't like it why don't you just join those bloody Kripts." Tala shook his head as Bryan went back to feasting on his kill. "I don't join them because it would be a mess. Hiwatari still wants my head for poisoning his God-forsaken clan, and the Vex is to close to taking them down for my liking. Besides despite our little groups . . . downfalls I say we are keeping our hands clean of this stupid war pretty well."
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[1] The names that Miguel and Rei called one another, Liber Foi meaning 'Child faith' and Vinco Calin 'Master or teacher respect or admired' The names are a cross between Latin and French, Liber and Vinco being Latin words and Calin and Foi being French. We promise these names will be explained later
Alright well that was really short. But we really were just setting everything up and introducing the major players.
Things you will need to remember for this story
Vampires (There are two sides of Vampires)
Demons (Yes there will be Demons)
Angels (Well if there is Demons then why wouldn't there be angels)
Immortals (Avenging angels, not the same as angels)
The Kripts: Vampires big group lead by Voltaire Hiwatari
LuceVex: The Immortals society
Rebelion: The other Vampire group
Humans
This is all the things you will need to know for the entire story, everything else will spin from these things. Learn them well young grass hoppers.
Till next time (Even though we don't know when that will happen)
My Own Demise~GatewaysDiary