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"Your time is coming to an end Your kind must face existence You cannot survive You must die That is the rule of nature!"
-D (while talking to Carmilla)
It was a dark, cold, dreary night as the mist began to settle in the village of Valyn as villagers slowly began to drift into their dreams for the remainder of the night. But yet not all were sleeping, a group of men paced swiftly in the night as if waiting for some kind of sign in the middle of the dead night. The mist began to thicken when finally the men started talking.
"Are you sure we're doing the right thing?" a man with light brown hair said as he watched his friend move incessantly in front of him.
He was tired but he didn't want his friend to know. He knew he needed him but this was taking far too long.
"Where is he?" his friend kept muttering to himself.
"Maybe we should just let her go," another voice whispered.
"NO!"
Silence fell among the group as a deep plung of death filled the air with its smell of decay. It was two years since that chilling day when news went through the village that Lyn, the sister of Drit had vanished into the night. Ever since that day nothing seemed the same. Drit tried with all his might to save her but yet he find a single trace of her. Rumours swept the village and talks of how the beautiful, most precious girl of all of Valyn might have been abducted by vampires. She was precious and still is in the eyes of all who knew her. She was afterall part of a family that seemed like royalty throughout the village.
Now she was gone but Drit never gave up hope that his sister might yet still be alive.
Out of the shadows, a man that had a cross around his neck and stood broad walked carefully towards the awaiting group. They stared at him as he got closer. It was him. This was the one man who could help them find her. If he couldn't do it then no man could. At least no all human being that they wished to call within this dark hour.
Drit began to converse with the arriver in a hushed voice as if the dead could hear him. The stranger nodded and looked at the others in recognition. He was a vampire hunter. Ethan is his name. He would be the one to lead them. Silence fell on the group again as Drit looked deep into the night as the moon shined so ever brightly above them. It glowed the forest that lay before them. The forest that would only lead them to one place- into the castle of the damned.
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A shadow moved quickly about the castle as the clicking of its boots pressed hard down on the floor. For a while it seemed at the least it had been watching the humans in the village below him silently as they prepared their things to travel. It smiled slightly as it sighted a familar face within the group.
"Ethan."
He is such a fool. Fools, they all are. When will they learn. Yet they are human but that does not forgive their stupidity. Do these hunters really believe they would try to enter my land, my territory and get away with it? If they do then they are probably more stupd then I would have thought. Maybe I should give them the benefit of the doubt besides they did call Ethan.
The shadowed dark brown eyes pierced the night as it stood by a tall statue and for a moment more, it smiled only to reveal a set on fangs that shined due to the moonlight.
"Maybe I could have some fun. Come out, come out, wherever you are."
He stood there for a while watching and listenning to all the nightly noises when suddenly the door to his castle creeked open. He watched as a beautiful young girl with ebony long hair that gallantly flipped through the air as she walked closer to him. She stood there for a moment and smiled.
"Lyn."
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D rode swiftly within the night without stopping. His horse began to tire but he moved it ever so swiftly as dawn approached.
"Slow down," Lefthand told him. "You know, you need some work. Where are you taking us in the first place?"
"A grave."
"Oh now that's rich," Lefthand responded before D tightened his grip onto his reigns.
D paused for a second as he looked before him. He had never been here before but yet it seemed familar. A forest lay in front of him. It was dark and desolate, he had never seen anything like it before. He loosened his grip to his reigns.
"Why did you stop?" Lefthand asked before it saw what D was looking and for once it was speechless.
"What do you know of this place?" D asked.
Lefthand was abot to answer when it looked closer at the forest and where it led to. I can't believe it, it still exists? He still lives! This can't be! D must leave, before its too late!
D looked downward at his hand and looked at it in question. The one time I actually want him to talk and he doesn't say a word. He then turned his gaze to the forest. Something's in there. But what is it? His eyes studied the forest which finally led to a castle near the mountain's side. HIs eyes narrowed.
"D," an unknown voice spoke within the sky.
D looked around but found nothing. He was alone but where did that voice come from? He looked once more at Lefthand, no it did not sound like him. It was a woman. He stood there questioningly before finally making his decision: He would enter the forest.
As he entered someone else's presence filled the air. He turned around but found nothing. Strange, I could have sworn I felt something.
Three days slowly pass and yet not a sound could be heard. The twisted trees seemed lifeless and darkness reigned. No one talked, Lefthand had not even said a word to D as he moved deeper into the forest. The only thing that D knew for sure was that there was something about all of this that was unsettling. The sense of being watched never left him, it was the same feeling that took him when he entered these damned woods. This couldn't get any worse.
Then he looked into the deep dark sky and sighed. Great, there's going to be a storm.
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Ethan looked around as the hunters found a place to rest. They had been traveling non-stop but yet it seemed as if they were going in circles. Barely anyone spoke but one of them broke the silence.
"What do you know about these woods, sir?" a man named Liam asked curiously as he observed Ethan.
Ethan turned around and saw the interest in Liam's eyes. "What do you mean?"
"I mean well, are the tales true?"
With this question asked, Ethan went silent as he was pondering the question. "Nothing is what it seems."
"I hope she's all right," Drit said out loud while looking up at their destination.
Everyone turned and looked at him with sadness. They knew he would never give up looking for her and they also knew that if she was dead then he would avenge her death. It was as simple as that but yet it was complicated. He was no hunter. He, single-handedly, cannot track down his sister, nevertheless find her killer. But what if she would changed? No one could bare to bring that up with him. He had so much hope that she was still human even if it was probably false in the end. Everyone knew if a vampire had abducted her then it would be most likely that she was either changed or dead.
He won't stop looking for her until he knows the truth or he dies finding her, Liam thought silently with sadness. Liam was knew what Drit was going through. He had lost a loved one to a vampire once and Drit was there to help him, for they were best friends afterall. Best friends till the end.
The trees began to sway and the rain began to drop lightly to the ground as everyone went into their huts for shelter. This was going to be one long night.
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The shadow moved swiftly around his castle as he heard the fall of the rain outside. He was debating on what to do about his 'visitors'. What should I do? Should I lead them here? Should I just kill them? Should I just drive them off? There are too many choices, too many indeed. He became so preoccupied with his thoughts that he didn't notice another in a corner.
"Jerelin."
With this said Jerelin turned around to face the voice. "Yes?"
"He is coming."
Jerelin smiled as he heard this news, finally.
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As D came deeper and deeper into the forest, the more lost he felt. He didn't like that feeling one bit. This day couldn't get any worse. But the thought came too soon as rain began to fall.
"Damn it."
His horse neighed in response and D looked at him. "At least someone is talking to me."
An eerie silence filled the air and the horse started to trot forward as if being beckoned to come faster. This is strange. The horse began to move more swiftly as the rain began to fall harder. Every step it took brought the castle closer to them. With one swift move, the horse stopped in front of two great black door with gargoyle statues on either sides of them. It was the castle.
As D was looking at it, he decided to get off his horse to get a better look. Lefthand was about to say something as the horse began to run away from them as if being told to.
"Shit."
D stood there contemplating what to do when the two great doors began to open in front of him.
"D, do not enter. Come on, D just listen to me this one time," Lefthand urged but to no avail.
D silently entered the castle and became full alert.
"We're going to die. We're going to die. We're going to die," Lefthand kept mumling.
"Be quiet."
D looked around the hallway in which he entered and was about to turn around to go find his horse when suddenly the doors slammed shut. A deadly silence filled the air as D just stared at the doors. The silence was broken when some form of clicking in the hallway finally reached D. D looked around once more and began aware of a shadow coming closer to him.
Click. Click. The footfalls of the shadow became louder.Abruptly, it stopped. D stood there in silence.
"Welcome, Hunter."
"I am sorry I have disturbed you, sir," D answered.
Click. Click. Click. "Disturb, no just tell me what are you doing in my land, hunter?"
"I not indend sir, to be trespassing I was merely on my way to see someone," D lightly responded as he tried to get a better look at what was talking to him.
The shadow stopped and a look of recognition went across its face. "So you're the dunpeal hunter."
D became aware the it was circling him. "Yes."
"You're the one that killed Carmilla?"
D, who was now fully alert, tried to figure out what to say. "Yes. Did you know her, sir?"
"She was my aunt."
"I am sorry for your loss," D lied, he didn't have a single regret in killing that vampire or any other.
"I'm not."
For some reason this answer disturbed D. He just said she is his aunt and he didn't even care that she is dead. Doesn't he have family values?
"Well, I am sorry for disturbing you sir and I do not wish to do so further. So if you don't mind I should go and find my horse and be gone from your land," D insisted, this thng was giving him the creeps.
"I'm afraid I cannot let you leave, hunter."
"Sir, if you know my name please use it,"D said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
It smiled which revealed a set of fangs. So it is a vampire. "D, you have entered my realm and your horse will not come without being called."
Great what a predicament I'm in now. So my horse was called away?
"Sir, I was merely going to see a friend, will you not let me go?" D pleaded with a hint of annoynce in his voice.
The vampire looked like it might consider what was just said then turned around. "No."
Lightning crashed behind them which lighted the ground to some extent, revealing the vampire in front of D.
"I'm afraid you are going to have to stay here until I decided to let you go."
"Sir-" D started and then looked at the door behind him.
"Those doors will only open to my command, hunter. Follow me."
D reluctantly started following him and then took notice to the lack of any form of light around him. Does anyone believe in light in this place?
"I do not like light."
D looked at him, did he just read my thoughts?
They went through hallway after hallway until finally they reached a door. When it opened it revealed a small room with a bed and some human necessities. What kind of vampire was he dealing with?
"I'll have someone bring you some light." With that he slammed the door shut and D threw himself on the bed with a sigh.
"I told you not to enter," Lefthand muttered.
"At least we're not in the rain, or did you want to get fried from that lightning outside?"
A/N: ******************* means change in POV/characters. so how did you guys like it. This is based off of my friend and I's RPG and she's helping me with this. This took me a while to write. Any criticism or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
"Your time is coming to an end Your kind must face existence You cannot survive You must die That is the rule of nature!"
-D (while talking to Carmilla)
It was a dark, cold, dreary night as the mist began to settle in the village of Valyn as villagers slowly began to drift into their dreams for the remainder of the night. But yet not all were sleeping, a group of men paced swiftly in the night as if waiting for some kind of sign in the middle of the dead night. The mist began to thicken when finally the men started talking.
"Are you sure we're doing the right thing?" a man with light brown hair said as he watched his friend move incessantly in front of him.
He was tired but he didn't want his friend to know. He knew he needed him but this was taking far too long.
"Where is he?" his friend kept muttering to himself.
"Maybe we should just let her go," another voice whispered.
"NO!"
Silence fell among the group as a deep plung of death filled the air with its smell of decay. It was two years since that chilling day when news went through the village that Lyn, the sister of Drit had vanished into the night. Ever since that day nothing seemed the same. Drit tried with all his might to save her but yet he find a single trace of her. Rumours swept the village and talks of how the beautiful, most precious girl of all of Valyn might have been abducted by vampires. She was precious and still is in the eyes of all who knew her. She was afterall part of a family that seemed like royalty throughout the village.
Now she was gone but Drit never gave up hope that his sister might yet still be alive.
Out of the shadows, a man that had a cross around his neck and stood broad walked carefully towards the awaiting group. They stared at him as he got closer. It was him. This was the one man who could help them find her. If he couldn't do it then no man could. At least no all human being that they wished to call within this dark hour.
Drit began to converse with the arriver in a hushed voice as if the dead could hear him. The stranger nodded and looked at the others in recognition. He was a vampire hunter. Ethan is his name. He would be the one to lead them. Silence fell on the group again as Drit looked deep into the night as the moon shined so ever brightly above them. It glowed the forest that lay before them. The forest that would only lead them to one place- into the castle of the damned.
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A shadow moved quickly about the castle as the clicking of its boots pressed hard down on the floor. For a while it seemed at the least it had been watching the humans in the village below him silently as they prepared their things to travel. It smiled slightly as it sighted a familar face within the group.
"Ethan."
He is such a fool. Fools, they all are. When will they learn. Yet they are human but that does not forgive their stupidity. Do these hunters really believe they would try to enter my land, my territory and get away with it? If they do then they are probably more stupd then I would have thought. Maybe I should give them the benefit of the doubt besides they did call Ethan.
The shadowed dark brown eyes pierced the night as it stood by a tall statue and for a moment more, it smiled only to reveal a set on fangs that shined due to the moonlight.
"Maybe I could have some fun. Come out, come out, wherever you are."
He stood there for a while watching and listenning to all the nightly noises when suddenly the door to his castle creeked open. He watched as a beautiful young girl with ebony long hair that gallantly flipped through the air as she walked closer to him. She stood there for a moment and smiled.
"Lyn."
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D rode swiftly within the night without stopping. His horse began to tire but he moved it ever so swiftly as dawn approached.
"Slow down," Lefthand told him. "You know, you need some work. Where are you taking us in the first place?"
"A grave."
"Oh now that's rich," Lefthand responded before D tightened his grip onto his reigns.
D paused for a second as he looked before him. He had never been here before but yet it seemed familar. A forest lay in front of him. It was dark and desolate, he had never seen anything like it before. He loosened his grip to his reigns.
"Why did you stop?" Lefthand asked before it saw what D was looking and for once it was speechless.
"What do you know of this place?" D asked.
Lefthand was abot to answer when it looked closer at the forest and where it led to. I can't believe it, it still exists? He still lives! This can't be! D must leave, before its too late!
D looked downward at his hand and looked at it in question. The one time I actually want him to talk and he doesn't say a word. He then turned his gaze to the forest. Something's in there. But what is it? His eyes studied the forest which finally led to a castle near the mountain's side. HIs eyes narrowed.
"D," an unknown voice spoke within the sky.
D looked around but found nothing. He was alone but where did that voice come from? He looked once more at Lefthand, no it did not sound like him. It was a woman. He stood there questioningly before finally making his decision: He would enter the forest.
As he entered someone else's presence filled the air. He turned around but found nothing. Strange, I could have sworn I felt something.
Three days slowly pass and yet not a sound could be heard. The twisted trees seemed lifeless and darkness reigned. No one talked, Lefthand had not even said a word to D as he moved deeper into the forest. The only thing that D knew for sure was that there was something about all of this that was unsettling. The sense of being watched never left him, it was the same feeling that took him when he entered these damned woods. This couldn't get any worse.
Then he looked into the deep dark sky and sighed. Great, there's going to be a storm.
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Ethan looked around as the hunters found a place to rest. They had been traveling non-stop but yet it seemed as if they were going in circles. Barely anyone spoke but one of them broke the silence.
"What do you know about these woods, sir?" a man named Liam asked curiously as he observed Ethan.
Ethan turned around and saw the interest in Liam's eyes. "What do you mean?"
"I mean well, are the tales true?"
With this question asked, Ethan went silent as he was pondering the question. "Nothing is what it seems."
"I hope she's all right," Drit said out loud while looking up at their destination.
Everyone turned and looked at him with sadness. They knew he would never give up looking for her and they also knew that if she was dead then he would avenge her death. It was as simple as that but yet it was complicated. He was no hunter. He, single-handedly, cannot track down his sister, nevertheless find her killer. But what if she would changed? No one could bare to bring that up with him. He had so much hope that she was still human even if it was probably false in the end. Everyone knew if a vampire had abducted her then it would be most likely that she was either changed or dead.
He won't stop looking for her until he knows the truth or he dies finding her, Liam thought silently with sadness. Liam was knew what Drit was going through. He had lost a loved one to a vampire once and Drit was there to help him, for they were best friends afterall. Best friends till the end.
The trees began to sway and the rain began to drop lightly to the ground as everyone went into their huts for shelter. This was going to be one long night.
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The shadow moved swiftly around his castle as he heard the fall of the rain outside. He was debating on what to do about his 'visitors'. What should I do? Should I lead them here? Should I just kill them? Should I just drive them off? There are too many choices, too many indeed. He became so preoccupied with his thoughts that he didn't notice another in a corner.
"Jerelin."
With this said Jerelin turned around to face the voice. "Yes?"
"He is coming."
Jerelin smiled as he heard this news, finally.
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As D came deeper and deeper into the forest, the more lost he felt. He didn't like that feeling one bit. This day couldn't get any worse. But the thought came too soon as rain began to fall.
"Damn it."
His horse neighed in response and D looked at him. "At least someone is talking to me."
An eerie silence filled the air and the horse started to trot forward as if being beckoned to come faster. This is strange. The horse began to move more swiftly as the rain began to fall harder. Every step it took brought the castle closer to them. With one swift move, the horse stopped in front of two great black door with gargoyle statues on either sides of them. It was the castle.
As D was looking at it, he decided to get off his horse to get a better look. Lefthand was about to say something as the horse began to run away from them as if being told to.
"Shit."
D stood there contemplating what to do when the two great doors began to open in front of him.
"D, do not enter. Come on, D just listen to me this one time," Lefthand urged but to no avail.
D silently entered the castle and became full alert.
"We're going to die. We're going to die. We're going to die," Lefthand kept mumling.
"Be quiet."
D looked around the hallway in which he entered and was about to turn around to go find his horse when suddenly the doors slammed shut. A deadly silence filled the air as D just stared at the doors. The silence was broken when some form of clicking in the hallway finally reached D. D looked around once more and began aware of a shadow coming closer to him.
Click. Click. The footfalls of the shadow became louder.Abruptly, it stopped. D stood there in silence.
"Welcome, Hunter."
"I am sorry I have disturbed you, sir," D answered.
Click. Click. Click. "Disturb, no just tell me what are you doing in my land, hunter?"
"I not indend sir, to be trespassing I was merely on my way to see someone," D lightly responded as he tried to get a better look at what was talking to him.
The shadow stopped and a look of recognition went across its face. "So you're the dunpeal hunter."
D became aware the it was circling him. "Yes."
"You're the one that killed Carmilla?"
D, who was now fully alert, tried to figure out what to say. "Yes. Did you know her, sir?"
"She was my aunt."
"I am sorry for your loss," D lied, he didn't have a single regret in killing that vampire or any other.
"I'm not."
For some reason this answer disturbed D. He just said she is his aunt and he didn't even care that she is dead. Doesn't he have family values?
"Well, I am sorry for disturbing you sir and I do not wish to do so further. So if you don't mind I should go and find my horse and be gone from your land," D insisted, this thng was giving him the creeps.
"I'm afraid I cannot let you leave, hunter."
"Sir, if you know my name please use it,"D said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
It smiled which revealed a set of fangs. So it is a vampire. "D, you have entered my realm and your horse will not come without being called."
Great what a predicament I'm in now. So my horse was called away?
"Sir, I was merely going to see a friend, will you not let me go?" D pleaded with a hint of annoynce in his voice.
The vampire looked like it might consider what was just said then turned around. "No."
Lightning crashed behind them which lighted the ground to some extent, revealing the vampire in front of D.
"I'm afraid you are going to have to stay here until I decided to let you go."
"Sir-" D started and then looked at the door behind him.
"Those doors will only open to my command, hunter. Follow me."
D reluctantly started following him and then took notice to the lack of any form of light around him. Does anyone believe in light in this place?
"I do not like light."
D looked at him, did he just read my thoughts?
They went through hallway after hallway until finally they reached a door. When it opened it revealed a small room with a bed and some human necessities. What kind of vampire was he dealing with?
"I'll have someone bring you some light." With that he slammed the door shut and D threw himself on the bed with a sigh.
"I told you not to enter," Lefthand muttered.
"At least we're not in the rain, or did you want to get fried from that lightning outside?"
A/N: ******************* means change in POV/characters. so how did you guys like it. This is based off of my friend and I's RPG and she's helping me with this. This took me a while to write. Any criticism or suggestions are greatly appreciated.