The Winds Of Change: By Lucian Raidijiu
Trinity Blood A Dark Year (The Raise of The Ark)
Chapter #1 Before The MeetingIn Albion things were calm since Ester took her place on her family's throne. But the state of the world was still the same since it's been 13 years since Abel forced Cain out of Albion; no one has seen Abel or Cain in some time. Esther hoped that Abel was ok. She as well was worried for the vampire she fall in love with Ion Fortuna grandson of Queen Seth Nightroad's right hand woman Mirka Fortuna who along with Asta was in the Vatican, "Lady Esther, are you ready to board the Tristan XVI?" Virgil asked in his calm voice
Esther turned and looked at her adviser Virgil, she knew he was a vampire and the leader of the Ghetto along with his sister Vanessa. "Yes Virgil I am and please how many times do I have to say just call me Esther you're my friend first then my adviser, I've asked for 13 years now."
Virgil smiled and looked at Esther "Very well Lad... Esther." And he turned to let Esther walk by so he may take his side by her.
Esther walked and opened her door and walked out and saw Mary and Vanessa waiting for her
Vanessa smiled and hugged Esther "Good luck in the Vatican Esther, please tell Caterina & Alessandro I say hello"
Mary smiled and bowed her head "May god smile and bless you with a speedy travel and keep you safe my lady" she said
Esther smiled "Thank you both of you I will be safe, I shall return in 4 weeks." And she walked out of the room with Virgil by her side
Vanessa looked at her brother "So you nervous about leaving the Ghetto in charge to me aren't you?" she said jokingly
Virgil frowned "Sister please, I will only say this once do not do any thing rash, we have finally got the terans to accept us fully in the city since I built a Lapis Lazuli Wall around Albion."
Mary chuckled "Virgil now come on, Nessa is getting better and it's all thanks to her spending time with the pope, and that's cause she loves Him right Nessa?" Mary nudged Vanessa in the ribs playfully.
Vanessa's face turned red "Why do I have to take this abuse from you two about that little thing." She said while sighing
Virgil smiled and followed Esther to the ship
Outside the people of Albion gathered to send their Queen off and wish her well and kids hugged and gave Esther flowers, women smiled and cried & men waved and said "god speed and god bless"
Esther smiled her famous smile and shed a happy tear "My family, people of Albion I'll pray for you to be safe as I'm away, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your gifts and prayers, I promise not as your Queen but as your friend I will return to you all safe." And she waved and blew a kiss to the crowed and walked up the ramp of the Vatican's new airship The Tristan XVI that was built for the kingdom of Albion as the Queen's personal ship, the ship had only 4 pilots and the rest of the crew was guards from the Albion army hand picked by Virgil and Mary. The bar and restaurant inside was run by 2 people from town picked by Vanessa.
Once Virgil got on the ramp he smiled as he saw Esther's dream made real here in his city vampires and humans standing side by side as one race that wasn't divided in two. He rose his voice "Friends I shall watch our Queen with my life, be safe and wait for us." He smiled and waved to them and then to his sister and friend Mary
The ramp lifted and closed and the ship's engines came to life and the ship's rockets fired and lifted the ship up and it shot across the sky heading to the Vatican
Inside Esther smile "Virgil I never thought you'd say something to our people, I'm happy you did." She smiled brightly and walked to the table and sat down Virgil couldn't help but feel like there was something coming and it would only get worse when whatever it was got here
In side the Vatican Cardinal Caterina was walking around her room "Professor why do you have to be so rash with your experiments all the time, if it is not explosions, it's weird high pitched sounds or god can only take a guess what else!" she said coldly
Wordsworth frowned and took a puff from his pipe "Come now Caterina don't be that way. I'm just making new weapons and tools for the world's safety. I know that Abel is after Cain, but Cain may attack again someday and we have to be able to defend ourselves we don't want another Albion." He said hoping this would calm her down.
Caterina looked at her friend "I'm sorry Walter, I'm just nervous The Empress and Esther are both coming today so I'm edgy and nervous." She said while sitting in her chair in front of her cherry wood disk
Father Havel looked at Caterina "I'm sure things will go smoothly since Mirka Fotuna has replaced Your brother as the first Vampire Cardinal and Pope's 2nd hand adviser."
Leon walked in and closed the door "oh I'm not interrupting something am I Lady Caterina?"
Caterina smiled "No Leon I called you cause I want you & Asta to be waiting for Seth & Esther at the ship dock they should be here at the same time in 3 hours so please make sure you aren't doing anything you shouldn't and be late I can't send anyone if your late." She said
Leon winked and smiled "Caterina dear your tiered and stressed don't worry today I'm free for anything you need, so you relax and try and rest. I'll go to the dock now and wait there till they arrive I'll be a statue and not move for anything not even a fly."
Havel laughed "Now this I would have to see and have fun with" he said in a low tune to Caterina
Caterina smiled and laughed
Wordsworth laughed as well "well Dandelion have fun not moving." And walked by Leon and patted his arm and opened the door and closed it behind him.
Leon smiled again "Alrighty Caterina I'll be at the dock if you need me before they get here call me on the comm." Leon walked and opened the door and closed it
Havel smiled "I'm going to have fun seeing if he will follow his word. So Caterina what's really on your mind to make you so nervous?" Havel asked
Caterina frowned "I heard from Abel for the fist time last night in 13 years Havel he said Cain has gone into hiding and can't be located and Von Kampfer is still alive somehow and He and Ion are going to be coming here to see Seth, Esther & Alessandro."
Havel's face showed shock "But he was on the airship when The Iron maiden and Kate blew it up 13 years ago."
"I know Havel, I'm worried about all of this the timing of everything is weird even Abel and Ion agree it's just to closely tied together."
Knocks on the door made them both jump outside Father Petro's voice came "My lady sister Kate wish's for you and Havel to meet her in her room."
Petro had left the Inquisitorial Department and joined the AX 12 years ago while Paula stayed to make it a better Department of the Vatican since Francesco's arrest for trying to make the pope a martyr 13 years ago with the incident in Albion. That Department now answered to Caterina through the pope.
Petro walked away from Caterina's doors and walked out into the garden and smiled "What a truly beautiful day today is." Petro's black vestments flapped in the air. His maul Screamer was stripped to his back and his armor was worn under his Black priest's vestment. He was glad he joined the AX and happy his sister Paula stayed and made the Inquisitorial Department into what it is now. He walked through the garden and thought to himself "I wonder if Ion & Father Abel is ok, 13 years and no response." He let the thought go and got up and walked back to his room.
Wordsworth entered his room and lab, and took his vestment off and rested his cane next to it and pulled his blue prints out and started working on a new pair of guns for Father Tres Iques. "Hmm if I remodel this part and replace it with this, these guns should be able to fire more bullets at faster and longer range."
A knock came to his door, "Master it's Hugue may I enter?"
Walter turned and walked over and unlocked the door "ok its unlocked Hugue come in, what can I do for you today?"
Father Watteau walked in and placed his sword against the wall and sat down "I just need to hide from Sister Lisa's advance's they are getting worse with each passing day."
Walter laughed "And how is your arms my friend are they still giving you pains?" Walter asked
Hugue flexed his arms and said, "They are doing better since you upgraded them Master." Hugue rested his head against the chair
Walter smiled, "Hugue think maybe you could help me with this remodel for Tres?"
Hugue got up and took his robes off and unbuttoned his shirt 3 buttons and said, "Sure, I'm here and have time." And walked over to the table and grabbed the screwdriver and looked at the blueprints
Caterina and Havel walked out of her office and locked the doors and made their way to Sister Kate's room.
Havel wondered, "Cate what could Kate want us to see, and in person of all things since her accident many years ago we rarely see her in person."
Caterina knew better then anyone other then Abel why no one saw Kate in person. Back when Caterina was still in college with Kate, Walter & Havel. A vampire attacked Kate and raped her and scared her body and face and made it so no one could look at Kate by face any more and know it was her. Since then Kate has studied medicine in hopes of healing her scarred body. "I don't know Havel but I'm sure we will find out soon." She said
They walked to Kate's room, which was not to far from Caterina's office, and knocked on the door, Havel said, "Sister Kate we are here, you wished to see us."
The door opened and Kate stood smiling
Caterina's mouth dropped "Kate, your face! You did it!"
Kate laughed and hugged her friend "Yes thanks to believe it or not Walter's weird bubbly thing that makes screeching sounds." She said with a laugh
Caterina frowned "Here I scolded him for that thing, if I had known he was helping you I wouldn't have done that." She sighed
Havel as well hugged Sister Kate "Glad to see you again Kate."
Kate cried tears of joy on her friend's arms, "I wish everyone and Noelle was here."
At the ship dock Leon pulled his necklace out and opened it and flipped it open and looked at his little girl "Oh I wish I could find a cure for you sweetheart." He flipped it closed and watched the sun as it was getting ready to set
Sister Paula walked out of her office and looked and saw her brother Petro walking towards her "Ah Petro I was just getting ready to see Mirka, what do you need dear brother?" she asked
Petro smiled "Paula are things ready over here for the Queen and Empress's arrival?" He said
Paula smiled "Yes very thing is ready from the rooms they will be staying in to the guards that will protect them while here in Rome." And she turned and walked with Petro.
Tres was sitting inside the pope's private quarters "Father Tres where is my ring, you know the one Abel gave me?" Alessandro said from the other room
Tres was not human he as android, "I found it, Holiness." He said in his cold tune
Alessandro was panting and walked up and grabbed the cross signet ring his friend Father Nightroad gave him many years ago. "Thank you Father Tres." He said
Tres looked at the pope and asked "Holiness are you ok, you are breathing well past the normal number of breath's a human takes?" He asked
Alessandro laughed "Father I'm alright just out of breath from looking all over the room trying to find my ring I'm ok trust me."
Tres just stared "Very well Holiness, just tell me if you need anything." Tres said and sat back down
Walter & Hugue were almost done with Tres's remodel request. Hugue sighed, "Must say I'd never thought I'd see the day when Tres would actually ask for his weapons to be remodeled like this."
Walter nodded while using his gunpowder to make special rounds for the bullets Tres would use. And the wind blew and some gunpowder fall on the floor next to the metal pot that was boiling for tea. And it went off
Caterina heard the boom and frowned "Again… some things never change around here."
The 3 of them walked to Wordsworth's room and saw the room's door was open and black smoke was coming out of it.
Hugue was on the ground covered in soot and black smoke stain's while Walter was still in the chair finishing up the bullets
Caterina looked in and said "Sword Dancer are you ok?"
Havel shook his head "Professor you at it again?"
Kate knew when he was like this there was only one thing to do to get him to respond and acknowledge you were there she walked up behind him and yelled "William Walter Wordsworth stop what you are doing this instant and make sure Father Watteau Is ok RIGHT NOW!!!"
Caterina, Havel & Hugue all stared at Kate with expressions that ranged from holding laughter, hoping she didn't scare him that he blew up the place again & relief that they never had this side of Kate on their case's
Walter jumped "ah Kate don't do that when I'm making mark 25 bullets"
Kate frowned and placed her hands on her hips
Petro and Paula, Tres and Alessandro had heard the boom and popped their heads in and saw the fight. Everyone was holding back a laugh save Tres who didn't understand what laughter was
Kate looked behind her and said "WHAT, if you wish to be next stay there and keep staring!" even the pope himself quickly lost his humor in this show and ran with Petro and Paula while Tres stood watching "I don't follow be next for what exactly? Sister Kate?" He asked
Kate turned her body and walked up and kicked Tres in the groin and remembered he was a machine "Be thankful you don't have one" and walked back
Caterina blinked and chuckled "Kate, are sure you aren't being just a little too uhm you?" she said with laughter
Hugue got up and laughed "Sister Kate I do believe this is are first meeting in person in some time" and walked up and gave Kate a hug and kissed her.
Kate lost all anger and hugged Hugue back "Thank you for helping Walter fix me." And kissed Hugue back
Caterina never knew Hugue and Kate had a thing for each other "May I ask something Kate, Hugue. Have you tow been into each other for a while?" she grinned
Kate looked "Yes Caterina we have why do you think Hugue ignores the other Sister's here."
Hugue smiled and hugged Kate.
Walter sighed a breathe of relief and said "Tres I'm done with your guns and I just finished making you 1000 mark 25 bullets understand that these explode on contact so make sure your target is not to close to you as we will have to be fixing you up if that should happen." And got up and picked up the two machine handguns and walked over to Tres and pulled Tres's sleeves up and attached them on to Tres's hand holster's and handed Tres the box of bullets
Tres looked and aimed his hands out and the guns slid out faster then his old models and aimed the empty guns at the wall "this will do. Your work Professor is supreme," and Tres tuned and walked out.
In The Empire's airship Seth smiled, as she stared at Rome's beauty "350 years since I last stepped on to Rome's ground it has gotten more and more beautiful no wonder Abel you love it here" she leaned on the airship's window still
Seth smiled in 30 minutes her ship and Esther's would land
Outside the gates of the Vatican Ion Fortuna walked next to Abel Nightroad, Ion had gotten taller in the past 13 years of fighting and chasing after Cain Nightroad. "Tovaras We are finally here, you really think Cain or Kampfer will attack tonight?"
Abel sighed and looked at his friend "Yes Ion I do, because this the first time The pope, the empress and The Queen of Albion have met in one place at the same time so if Cain wants to start a world war what better way then to kill all 3 of the leader's which will sow the seed's of anger, rage, fear & soon death in the hearts of the people and then they will blame one a another and soon world wide war." Abel said
Ion frowned :If he is here we will have not just you Abel but Crusnik 03 as well. Ion sighed Abel is there a way for me to become a Crusnik as well? He asked Ion had wanted to ask since 10 years ago but never had the time to ask till now
Abel looked back at Ion "Yes there is but, the process is very tricky and hard to do but it is still possible in this day and age as I have the knowledge as does Seth & Cain."
Ion looked "Abel you know what I'm asking this for."
Abel knew full well "Yes Ion I do and I'm going to think about it and tell you my answer soon, is that ok with you my friend?"
Ion smiled his half smile "Yes it is Tovaras"
Abel said without looking "You have to know though it will be different for you since you're a vampire and not a human if you were still human then it'd be easier." Abel said. This other then Seth, Cain & the AX had Abel been around one person for as long as 13 years, He was fond of Ion's company and him covering his back, Abel never thought though Ion would want to be a Crusnik but it was understandable he's see me in my form so many times now in the past 13 years.
Above them Esther's ship flew by on it's way to the docks
Meanwhile in a graveyard the ground shook and it busted open Cain Nightroad stepped on to the frozen ground "So it's time finally and thanks to fighting you Abel that last time I was able to taste your blood, now that my body is fixed and I Know how to bring the Ark back it's only going to be a matter of time." He said calmly
"My lord your finally awake." Isaac Fernando Von Kampfer stood holding with his cigarette in hand and arms crossed smiling darkly
"Isaac so you lived the airship's explosion." Cain said
"Yes my lord but at a great cost" he turned his face and where the skin should have healed it hadn't it was bone his long hair covered it well.
Cain turned "I will heal it my friend but first we must ready ourselves All 3 are here and so is Ion and Abel."
Isaac looked "Ion is mine, your brother is as always yours to fight my lord Cain." Isaac said darkly
(I hope this is a good start for now I did this in the car today 11/22/09 on my way home, but now that it is done. I realized something a friend said to me CrazyNinjaPenguin, Writing 4 storys at once really is taxing so for now I'm going to write FFVII and FFX more and this and Rule will be a slow work in progress so please don't be mad. I truly hope you liked this start of My Trinity Blood Story if you want to ask any questions about why or how I thought of this feel free to send me an email or PM, I don't bite much. Anyway I truly hope you all enjoy my works and be all means let me know if there's something I can do to make them better. Enjoy reading it. Again I'll be adding to this slowly though. Signed ~Lucian~)