Eternal:
Summary: Her death had been the undoing of the Vampire King, and with his undoing came the fall of Vampire Kingdom. Without his Serenity, the young King surrendered his life to the unknown world of darkness. Alienated from his people, his beloved friends, and his devoted family. It has now been over four hundred years since her death, four hundred years of bleak nothingness…of years spent seeking death…Now their story begins anew, as their old love unites their shattered hearts.
Chapter 3: Twins
In central Romania, in the midst of the bustling city day, stood the renown Bran Castle, though many know it as Dracula's Castle.
The Castle which had been in the market since 1980s, is rumored to have been recently sold, to a rather peculiar individual. Or rather individuals.
The two young children, exact mirror images of each other, down to the empty glint in their eyes.
The two stared as their newly hired workers went about their business of furnishing the castle.
"What prompted the two of you to do this so suddenly. If you wanted a new place to live, you could have moved in with one of the others, or used one of our many other homes." The woman dressed in a white worthington sateen jacket with a black t-underneath took a seat on of the sofas the movers had brought in, she crossed her long legs, her she said exposed zipper skirt was short enough that her long slender legs were vividly exposed in their Bisou Bisou sandals.
"We do not do this at your expense Mina. But we are no longer children, though we might seem so. It is time that we take initiative and act on our own." The voice that responded might have been that of the female twin, but it was hard to tell, the two had spent ages together. Listening to only each other. They though, spoke and felt as one now.
"But how can you do that. You will raise suspicions and besides how will you support yourselves independently. Today the world would not accept…" The twins rose from their seats, both in unison, and moved towards the concerned blond haired goddess who reminded them so much of their own…no. Not those memories again.
"Mina, return to Malachite and know that we are well. The new world, these youngsters, they do not value the old ways, but they are useful in that they have people everywhere. We will manage." Mina stared at the two little angels with a sad look in her eyes. They were old souls, they all were. But the two twins looked as if they were no more than eight years.
They were not the children they were, nor the children they would have been had their mother been around to care for them.
The ache returned to her soul and punctured at her like a jagged blade. It seared her, scared her soul and left her wishing for death.
She missed them.
Her king, and his beloved.
She ached for them. For their loss, and for their children.
"Okay, but I will go to the Coven house and make sure that they look after you in my absence and that you don't raise suspicions." Mina rose to her feet, and pulled out a cell-phone. A smile crept its way to her face. Alas, how far mortals have come, of course with the aid of the supernatural that is. She could recall those days in the past when mankind was barely able to move about, let alone communicate on a global scale.
"Do not bother. We are going down to Coven-house Phoenix, we will handle the minor details of our living there." One of the twins, moved to the side table and picked up a phone.
"Why are you going to the US?" Mina asked the twin that was still standing in her presence. The other twin was now conversing with someone on the phone, speaking English.
"A favor." The twin replied going to a cabinet and retrieving a bottle of what seemed like wine.
The same twin retrieved three glasses filled them all, handed one to Mina, placed one on the table and took a sip on the glass at hand.
Mina swirled the red wine in her bottle, taking a whiff at it. She was not as prone to mortal nourishments as the twins were; of course there's the fact that she is fully vampire, where as they were part mortal.
She drank it anyway. Taking note of the slightly familiar taste of blood mixed in with the wine.
"To whom?" The twin who had a hold of the wine, stopped drinking long enough to stare at her.
Mina was not certain why, but she was doubtful that they would do anyone a favor. The two had forsaken the world many decades ago.
She was not certain, if they even knew the meaning of the word favor.
"Lord Drakon." The twin replied, placing the wine bottle down at the table.
Mina nodded, Lord Drakon, aka, their grandfather was the only person the twin had spoken to when they left. And rarely at that.
Mina had managed to find out what the twins had talked to him about, the old bat was rather difficult to deal with.
Apparently Rini and Endy had consulted their grandfather hoping to see if he could somehow sense their mother's presence. The realization made Mina feel that much worst. They had sought her out throughout those lonely years. They had sought their mother out.
"Well, when are you leaving. I can accompany you." Mina offered knowing they will most likely refuse.
"That will not be necessary. Everything has been already handled. Our flight leaves within the hour so we must be on our way, and we have already arranged for pick up. The Coven master Alec will be housing us during our stay." Mina wanted to object, but she knew better. In the past two hundred years she had been with the two of them, she had come to realize that when they make a decision, they make it with absolution.
Stubborn, much like their father.
"Okay. But call me and let me know you got there safely and everything is okay as soon as you get there." The two nodded their heads. With nothings else to take care of, Mina left making sure to leave the twins with all the information they would need to contact her.
She was not sure why, but the whole situation seemed rather suspicious to her. The Father of the Vampire species would not ask his own grandchildren, his only grandchildren for a favor.
Despite the man's hard cynical characteristic, he was deep down, a lot like any other grandfather. Far too dotting. There was something either he or the twins were not divulging and that something, she would have to find out.
Once in the car, Mina took out her phone, dialing her mansion in London.
"Hello." The silent feminine voice came across from the phone, Mina recognized the voice immediately as Malachite's assistant, his new secretary. The man changed secretaries so often it was hard to keep track of them all.
But it was necessary seeing as how he never ages, that little detail always causes some speculative brows to rise.
"Yes, its Mina, is Malachite within the vicinity?" There was a long pause, then the woman answered.
"He went into his office, said not to have anyone disturb him." Mina sighed, she always called the house phone first, then his office phone. But it seems as if she would need to call his private number again.
She was just in the process of hanging when...
"Mina, are you on your way?" A smile crept to her face. She couldn't wait to return to him, to be with him again.
"Yes. I spoke to them, they are not doing so well. Not as bad as before, but still…I can't tell the difference between them. That's how bad its gotten. They have a flight today headed for the United States, to Phoenix convene house as a favor to their grandfather. At least that is what I heard from them." Mina stated, as the car curved into the highway.
"Mina, Coven House Phoenix is involved in some rather shady business, they are the the most powerful coven house of the New Age, and they function by manipulating the old ways. Why would he send them there?" Mina sighed, having been dealing with the same confusion moments ago.
"I don't know, but I intend to find out. Book a flight for Cuba." Mina stated, she heard Malachite instruct his new secretary to book two flights for Cuba.
The call lasted until she got to the little private airline that had brought her to Romania in the first place. The plane was one of Malachite's oldest toys, though he rarely used it now. They had sold it to a businessman in Paris who does a lot of travel between there and Rome, and he allowed them to use it from time to time.
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