This is my first Dragon Knights Fanfic, and it will be about my favorite… Alfeegi… We just love him. This story is about how Alfeegi came to the dragon clan, my version of it.
talking from the other side of the magic mirror
"talking"
'thoughts'
Chapter 1
The Vampire !
Ruwalk cursed himself. Why hadn't he asked the red dragon officer to help him on this trip, al alone in Varlend the land of the vampires, he didn't care if it was a beautiful country, it was scary and he wanted to go home before he got his neck bitten and blood sucked out.
The red dragon officer, Juryh, had offered to send a dragon fighter or two, but Ruwalk had, stupid as he was, turned it down. It would have been best if Juryh had come himself, then he would feel safe.
Finely he could see the inn and started running.
"Welcome young sir" the innkeeper smiled.
"Eh, hi, I have a reservation. I'm from Dragoon, yellow dragon officer Ruwalk" Ruwalk said.
"Oh, so you're finely here. Yes, we have been waiting for you. Right this way sir, I'll show you to your room" the innkeeper said.
"Thank you" Ruwalk said.
"So, when will the rest come ?" the innkeeper asked.
"In two weeks" Ruwalk answered.
"Good. I didn't think you would come today, it's so late and here in Varlend it's not wise to be outside after the sun is down" the innkeeper.
"Well, this being the land of the vampires and all, I think that is a very wise rule" Ruwalk said and felt cold.
"That's what we meant to. Though we don't have much real vampires left in Varlend, we do have a lot of newblood vampires" the innkeeper said.
"Newblood ?" Ruwalk said.
"There are two kinds of vampires. The real ones, those who are pureblood and born a vampire are the first ones. There are not so many left of those. The newblood vampires are those who have been bitten and made into vampires by vampire blood, those are the weakest ones. It's the real ones who are the most powerful and dangerous, but they are a dying race. The vampire king, Barwhynn, is a newblood vampire. He got the throne by killing the previous queen, Lillith, a real one. The newbloods declared war upon the real ones and killed almost al of them, it's just a very few real ones left. At least the queen had respect for other races, but they say her mate, her lover, is still alive, the most powerful real vampire of them al, a magician vampire, a master of the moonlight magic and star magic. I'm not sure if you know this, but a real vampire is much more powerful than a high ranch demon" the innkeeper said.
"And how is this new ruler, this king ?" Ruwalk asked.
"A tyrant, he kills just for fun and steel al he can get his hands on that has magic and gold in it, greedy and terrible" the innkeeper said.
"I see" Ruwalk said.
This would be even harder then he thought.
"Thank you for your help, I will report this back to my lord" Ruwalk said.
"The human leader will surly speak to you tomorrow, but now, you should eat and drink. You must be very hungry. Oh, and one rule we have here. Do not open any windows during the night, just in case" the innkeeper said.
"I'll remember that" Ruwalk said.
Ruwalk glared at the human leader.
"I am sorry, I truly am, but I thought you knew that we do not intend to fight your war for you, we do simply offer our help and assistance" Ruwalk said.
"Sir, I don't think your lord understand how serious our situation is. We have fought and lost, they are immortal, and we're not. We have a pact… or we had a pact with the fairies" the human leader, Bern, said.
"What do you mean had ? They backed out ?" Ruwalk said.
"No, they were all killed. Varlend is not a big country, but we had four main races living here, the vampires, humans, fairies and dwarfs. Now four is reduced too one main, vampires, and not the real one. There are now more fairies left, you see those five dwarfs over there ?" Bern said pointing at five warrior dwarfs.
"Uh, yes" Ruwalk said.
"They're it, that's all that is left of the dwarfs in Varlend. And as for humans, what you see around you is what's left off us. Children, women, and old ones and very few warriors. I'm sorry to say this, but without your help we will all die, we have no army left" Bern said.
Ruwalk looked around in shock. This couldn't be it, dear gods, this couldn't be it.
"They're all dead ?" he said.
"Dwarfs and fairies are all dead, humans are either dead or made into vampires" Bern said.
"Oh my god, this is bad, this is terrible" Ruwalk said.
"Now you understand ? Do you see that we are doomed ? And if you think that Barwhynn will stop when he killed all of us, then you are very mistaken. He will spread to other countries and his army is growing. Vampires are different from demons, they can make humans and elves into vampires very easily. Al they have to do is such dry the victim and feed them with vampire blood before they die, and then you have a newblood vampire who will follow their creators orders no matter who or what they were before. Believe me, my wife is now one of them" Bern said.
"Who is this Barwhynn ?" Ruwalk asked.
"We do not know for sure if the legend is true, but what we do know is that he used to be the king of the humans here in Varlend 1000 years ago. They say that he fell in love with a beautiful woman with long blond hair and pink eyes. Everyone thought she was an elf, but the night he went out to speak to her and confess his love to her, she bit him and revealed her true form, a vampire. The legend says that with his dying breath, he manage to confess his love to her, and that she took pity on him and gave him some of her blood. And so the first newblood was born" Bern said.
"So the girl was a vampire princess ?" Ruwalk asked.
"No, Lillith have ruled over the vampires for 7000 years, with her lover. They say she couldn't have kids, but when she found out that a new race of vampires could be born this easily, she started to recruit, so to speak, humans and elves to become vampires. But there is a huge difference between the purebloods and the newbloods. The purebloods really are immortal, they can not die and their magic is very powerful. They can be out in daylight and they can live days without feeding. Of course they are almost impossible to kill, I have no idea how the newbloods did it. The newbloods on the other hand, is much weaker. They die in daylight, must feed every night, have very little magic and they don't give a fuck about other then their own kind" Bern said.
"I will report this to my lord. This change a great big deal of things" Ruwalk said.
"Thank you, we do need help, desperately" Bern said.
Ruwalk went to his room and picked up his magic mirror. Lykouleon had given him that so he could speak to the dragon lord personally.
Hello Ruwalk, we are all here now. Juryh wants to ask if your trip went well Lykouleons voice said.
So Ruwalk, did you get lost or meet a vampire ? Juryhs voice said teasing.
"Shut up, this is very important. My lord…" Ruwalk said.
Is something wrong Ruwalk ? Were you scared ? Juryh teased.
"My lord, Juryh, Shaki and Frollo. Save the jokes. My lord, the situation is much worse then we thought. A new race of vampires have taken control and wiped out the old one along with the elves and dwarfs here. This new race can make humans and elves into vampires. There are no armies left her. All that is left of the human race here is about 80 people, 60 of them are old ones, children and women. They don't have a chance to survive this, all that is left of the dwarfs are five male warriors" Ruwalk said.
What… that's it ? Are they all dead ? How many elves are there left ? Lykouleon asked.
"None, they are all wiped out, dead, not a single one left" Ruwalk left.
You mean to tell us that there are just 20 humans and five dwarfs left alive to fight the vampires ? What happened to the rest ? There were over 100 000 elves, 500 000 dwarfs and over 800 000 humans in Varlend Frollos voice said.
"Those humans who aren't dead have been made into vampires. However, the now dead elves discovered a way to stop the vampires to make more. A spell that made it impossible to turn them into a vampire. The last ones of the humans have been given that spell so their fighters won't be turned into vampires too. I'm sending that spell over to you, and my lord… this isn't just their war anymore, because when the vampires are done with Varlend, they will come for us next" Ruwalk said.
You're saying that Varlend is no more ? Lykouleon said.
"Let's just say that now, it truly is a country of vampires, cause there nothing else left but 80 humans and five dwarfs" Ruwalk said.
Gods… Lykouleon said.
The sun was going down and they knew that the vampires were close.
Two hours after sunset the alarm rang. The enemy was here, the vampires had come.
Ruwalk had invited Bern to talk to Lykouleon and the other officers when they heard the bells that where the alarm system.
What was that ? Lykouleon asked.
"May the gods have mercy upon us. They are here" Bern said.
"The vampires ? They come into town ?" Ruwalk said in shock.
"They know we are so much fewer then they are, they know we are doomed. This will be the final battle. I suggest you take out your sword, then you may live to se the day. These ones are easy to kill, you either cut their heads off or you pierce their heart with silver or wood. Here, a gift to you" Bern said and handed Ruwalk a silver sword.
"Thank you, it's beautiful" Ruwalk said.
"Goodbye Ruwalk, I wish I could say that we would meet again tomorrow morning, but I have my doubts" Bern said.
And then he walked out of the room.
"My lord… I have to fight, I hope I see you again tomorrow" Ruwalk said and hid the mirror.
Then he too walked out of the room, hearing Lykouleon scream his name.
He didn't think he would live to see the day, this was probably his last night alive.
"Where is Bern ?" Ruwalk yelled to one off the dwarfs.
"Dead sir, there are only nine humans left alive of the fighters. They are too many, they have entered the town" the dwarf yelled.
"By the gods, this is the end" Ruwalk said.
"Sir… look, there is someone coming" the dwarf said.
A figure dressed in red and green came against the battle, and the vampire froze.
"It's one of them, it's a vampire" the dwarf said.
"Why are they all stopping ?" Ruwalk wondered.
"The last one" a vampire hissed.
"This is where you who's not already dead or who's not a vampire run for your life" the figure said.
And with a sound that made it hurt like hell in their ears the figure screamed. All the vampires forgot all about the humans and turned against this figure.
Hundreds of vampires against one person. The figure had red eyes and pale skin. Ha was dressed in green pants, a loose dark aqua green blouse with a long blood red vest over. A red scarf was tied around his waist and he had a blood red turban on his head, his cloves and bots were red as well, but his cape was green. His eyes were glowing in the night.
"This is where you dirty blood die" he said.
And with one move he called out an order, and then white figures started to come closer.
These figures where not ghosts, but it was no doubt that they had been dead. These were skeletons with silver swords and wooden spears. Skeletons made alive by magic.
"Kill them all" he yelled.
There were so many of them, the skeletons were hundreds and thousands more then the vampires, and the vampires didn't stand a chance against someone like that.
Of course this wasn't all the vampires, but wellover halfoff them.
And finely the sun rose, and it was over, for now.
The skeletons were gone, but the one who had saved them was still there.
There were only 38 human left and 2 dwarfs, and Ruwalk of course. Twelve fighters left including the dwarfs and Ruwalk.
"Hello there, you came just in time. I'm Ruwalk, yellow dragon officer from Dragoon. We owe you our life. Who are you ?" Ruwalk said.
"He is a vampire, a pureblood" one of the dwarfs said.
"… that's queen Lilliths mate" an old human woman said.
The vampire smiled and long sharp teeth showed.
"I am the vampire queens lover, the last one left alive of the pureblood vampires. I do believe we have something in common, a common enemy, we should talk" the vampire said.
"You saved us, why ? You are a vampire too aren't you ?" Ruwalk said.
"Yes, my name is Alfeegi. Nice to meet you Ruwalk of the dragon clan" the vampire grinned.
TBC
Ok, that was the end of chapter one. Hope you like it. If you want updates R&R .
Hope my spelling is ok, I'm not English so I have some problems, but I think I got most of it right. Pleas R&R and tell me what you think, and ideas to what should happen next are also welcome, haven't written the next chapter yet.