A/N: Ok, so this is my second chapter. I hope you like it. If you find any typos I must've skipped, please tell me. I hope you liked the last one. And by the way, they talk in ancient greek, but I write in english of course. Just so you know it ;)
Italics are thoughts, flashbacks or in some cases sound effects.
Caius POV
Greece – Before 1300 B.C
After some days, that felt like they were never going to end, the pain finally seemed to ease. But only a little bit. After a while the pain disappeared from my fingertips. Relief flooded me. Maybe I'm not going to be in pain for the rest of the eternity.
I felt my fingers twitch. My whole body had been in so much pain I couldn't even feel it anymore. It had been itching to move. Now I could finally feel my fingers again. Slowly, almost teasingly, the pain disappeared from my toes, arms, legs, shoulders, thighs, stomach, neck and finally my head.
I felt so peaceful now. Nothing could stop me from being happy. The pain was gone and I had never felt freer. I had won over the devil himself and he had now given up on torturing me. I just hoped that I didn't get my hopes up for nothing. I hoped he didn't come back.
I could even hear my own heartbeats. So peaceful was I, that no sound in the world could disturb me. But something didn't sound quite right about it. It was like it was stuttering. And suddenly it was speeding up like crazy. What was wrong with it?
Thud – Thud Thud – Thud Thud Thud Thud - Thud Thud Thud Thud Thud Thud - Thud
And almost as soon as it had started, it stopped. The pain I hadn't realized was there, disappeared and I felt whole again. Recovered. Wait, my heart stopped?! What in the world!? Why did my heart stop? Was I dead?
My eyes shot open. The first thing I saw was a crystal clear, blue sky. Was I in the heaven? Have the gods decided to give mercy to me? But then I discovered that I was surrounded by trees. So I couldn't be in heaven, I don't think they have trees there. And apparently I laid on the ground. But there was something different, everything was so much sharper and brighter. There was something else that were different. I saw a colour I had never seen before!
I could see every little detail on the trees and on the leaves. Everything smelled much stronger. I even knew where the smells came from. I could even hear some sort of herbivore eating some leaves somewhere in the forest. I could also feel the presence of someone else. It looked like all my senses was sharpened. And also my thinking was much faster, because all this happened in some few seconds.
Wait, there was someone else here?! I could feel the person stare at me. I quickly raised to my feet. I did it so fast, and so elegant. What had happened to me?
Then I saw him, the pale man. He was the one who had inflicted all that pain to me! I instinctively crouched down. Why did I do that? I had just done it automatically. Like it was some sort of sixth sense. Maybe it was. I snarled at him. I was shocked at how loud I had done it, and how it sounded. That wasn't me. That must've been him. But I knew it had been me. I had felt the vibrations in my chest.
He looked at me. And with my increased eyesight I could now see that he had red eyes. Blood red eyes. I had not seen that the other day. He was pale. His skin was as white as marble. He smelled fantastic. Like he had bathed in roses. He had chocolate brown hair. He had a thin beard and his hair went almost down to his shoulders.
"What have you done with me," I asked him angrily. He was the one who had gotten me into this mess in the first place. I knew I really couldn't fault anyone but myself. But it felt good thinking this was his fault and only his.
I was shocked at my voice. This wasn't me. It didn't sound like me. It couldn't be me. It was impossible. But the words came out of my mouth. So it had to be my voice.
"Relax, I am not going to hurt you," he said in a relaxed voice. I slowly and warily got up from my crouch. I still eyed him suspiciously. He had already pained me more than anyone could fathom. How did I know I could trust him?
"I am really sorry that you had to experience that pain," he continued on. How could he have any idea of what pain I had been in?
"But you are the one who got yourself into it," he said. What?! He meant that I was the one who had gotten myself into that pain? He was the one who bit me! And as far as I could remember, I had begged him to kill me, but he had not given me mercy. No, he had instead watched me burn.
"What have you done to me," I demanded to know. He still hadn't answered me.
"It's a long story," he said.
"I have time," I countered.
And then he laughed, like he had just heard the funniest thing in the world. A normal person would have been red in their whole face of laughing so hard. But he seemed to always be pale.
"WHAT?!" I yelled, getting annoyed. Why did he laugh at me?
"Oh, I am sorry, you don't understand why I laughed, but soon you will," he said after finally composing himself. What is that supposed to mean?
"Well, long story short..." he hesitated for a moment. "You are a vampire now," he finally said. What?! Is he serious? This had to be some kind of joke. I just stared blankly at him.I had heard stories about vampires. They were the living dead. They drank human blood. They were immortal. They were stronger and faster than humans. They were pale as snow. Pale as snow... He is pale as snow...
I gasped out loud.
"Are you serious? This isn't some kind of joke?" I asked after some minutes of trying to compose myself.
"I am completely serious," he said.
"Oh," was everything I was able to say. I couldn't comprehend it. A vampire? Then everything clicked. I put together two and two. Mysterious deaths. Pale man. Vanishing into thin air. Just that he didn't vanish, he ran away. Super speed. His eyes were red. Blood red. It had to be true, he was a vampire. A monster. And now I was a vampire too.
Suddenly I was angry at him. For turning me into a monster, for not asking for my permission first and for inflicting all that pain to me. I just wanted to kill him. But I should probably hear what he has to say first. He can have information I need.
"It's a long story," he had said.
"I have time," I had countered.
Now I understood why he had laughed. I had time. I was immortal. I had the whole eternity.
"I am going to explain everything for you," he said to me after a while.
"Ok, then you better start now," I said.
"Ok, when I bit you that day, I drank some of your blood, but not all, so that you could survive. When I bit you some of my venom came into your blood system. So after some days my venom reached your heart. After that you were done transforming and now you are a vampire. And well, as a vampire, you have to drink human blood," he said. Then he paused, looking for my reaction. I wasn't shocked, I had figured that out by now.
Each time he said the word blood my throat ached a little. Probably some natural vampire instinct. I just hoped it wasn't going to get worse.
"That's not going to be a problem," I said.
"If you say so... All your senses are much, much stronger, but you have probably figured out that by now," he said.
"And you have probably noticed my red eyes," he continued. It wasn't a question, but a statement.
"And well, you also have red eyes and pale skin." He seemed to be thinking.
"Come?" he suddenly asked. Why would I want to follow him? He seemed to be getting impatient though, so I decided to just do as he said. For now at least.
"Ok, where are we going?" I asked confused. He didn't answer though. He just turned around and ran away. How was I supposed to run that fast? But when I started to run I was running just as fast as him. If not faster. I knew I could run fast, but I didn't know I could run this fast.
He ran for some few minutes. But it would've taken a human many days to get this far. He took some turns and then he stopped. I almost crashed into him. I was still new at these things.
There was a big lake in front of us. It was a beautiful sight, the sunlight was reflected at the water surface and made the water look like it was glittering. Suddenly I noticed that the other vampire also was glittering in the sun. My eyes widened, he look majestic. How did he do that?
The other vampire saw that I was staring at him and chuckled.
"You know, you are sparkling too," he said to me, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. He seemed really amused. It wasn't my fault I didn't know how vampire anatomy worked! If he had explained better I would've known we could sparkle in the sun!
"Look at you reflection in the water," he continued.
I walked over to the edge of the lake and looked down in the water. I was met by two crimson red eyes. The person had snow white hair that reached him to the shoulders. His skin was very pale, almost translucent. The person's skin was sprakling in the sunlight. The person was me of course. To be honest, there wasn't any major difference. The only difference was my red eyes. I had always had pale skin. But now it was even paler. But to be honest I was much more handsome now. I didn't know why though. Maybe vampires just was prettier.
I turned back to the other vampire.
"Is there anything else I need to know before we part ways," I asked him. He seemed shocked.
"What, you can't leave me until your newborn year is done," he said. What? I can't leave him? Wait, what newborn year?
"I am not a newborn, I'm a grown up man," I scowled at him.
"Yes, I can see that you are a grown up man. But you are a vampire newborn. You were reborn as a vampire. In your first year as a vampire you will be a newborn. Newborns are stronger and faster than older vampires. After your first year the extra strength and speed will disappear however. And then you can leave if you want."
Now he was beginning to get annoying. No one said what I was going to do, except me! He couldn't just say I was going to stay with him! I didn't even know his name! My mind was starting to be clouded with anger and I wasn't conscious about my actions anymore.
Suddenly I was behind him and before I knew it I had beheaded him and tossed his head to the ground. How did I do that?! Why did I do that?! I was in total shock. Had I killed him? His head was no longer on his body, but he didn't bleed. Didn't vampires have blood? Did they only drink it? Well, that explained why my heart stopped. Should I try to heal him? Or should I leave him here to die?
On one side I needed his guidance in this new life. On the other, he was really annoying and I didn't like him. But I think I could figure out this new life on my own. So I decided to just let him lay here and die. And eventually rot. Did vampires rot? Or did they just die? I wondered. I had no idea.
Suddenly his fingers twitched. What the hell?! His fingers twitched! He isn't dead?! But I beheaded him! Suddenly his head began to slowly roll over to where his body lay. What the hell is going on?! I stepped on his head and stopped the head from rolling to his body. How did that happen? Heads don't usually move by themselves... They NEVER move by themselves!
I had to find a way to permanently kill him.
My memory from my human life was muddy and unfocused, but I remembered having a torch in my armor belt. I kicked the head into the lake. Then I took the torch up from my belt. I found two flint stones on the ground and then I lit the torch with them. I was careful to not hold the torch close to myself. Then I lit the other vampire's body.
He was very combustible. Are all vampires that combustible? Because then it is good I didn't touch the fire. I dropped the torch on to the other vampire's body.
I walked over to the lake again and looked into the depths of the lake. I could see his head laying on the bottom. I pulled slightly away from the edge before I dived into the lake. I swam down and took up the head. I then kicked from the ground and floated up to the surface. I threw the head into what was now a campfire.
It came purple smoke out of the campfire. And it smelled digusting. I climbed up from the lake. My clothes had now a layer of frost on them. Why did my clothes have a layer of frost on? Was it really that cold down in the water? Then I touched myself. I was freezing. I could not feel the coldness, but apparently my clothes could. Why was I so cold?Was it because I had no blood inside of me? Probably.
While I watched the other vampire burn, I got some kind of satisfaction of watching him die. It was a good feeling. I had finally gotten justice. He had tortured me, and now I finally got to inflict him some pain.
After his body was completely gone I made sure that the fire didn't spread.
Now I needed to drink some blood. Immediately. The burning ache in my throat was only getting worse. I ran as fast as I could toward the town.
A/N: So, what did you think about this chapter? Good or Bad? How could he just kill his creator without a second thought? :( Ok, I made him do it, haha. But I think he would've done it anyways without my help. Ok, so I don't really know if the creator would've demanded that he stayed with him, since the Volturi laws weren't made yet. But I just made it that way, so Caius had a "reason" to kill his creator. Review? :)
