Chapter Three already! Sorry it took so long, I've been really busy lately!
Chapter Three
"Before I tell you about my life's story, I think that you should know a bit more about vampires. I already know that you know quite a bit," he added noticing the look of defiance that sprang into Miyako's gaze, "But I think that I should make sure that you know a few very important things."
"First, the proper term for a 'natural-born-vampire' would be 'pureblood'. Second, purebloods are immortal, almost nothing can kill them, and I'll get to that later. They age at a normal human rate until they turn nineteen, then, physically they don't- can't age anymore. They don't have to breathe, can't sleep, and don't eat 'human' food, it tastes really nasty to them. Thirdly, each one has the power to control something. Everybody's is different, no two control the same thing, examples include, the ability to control water, to ability to control fire, obvious ones like that but also harder ones to guess; time, wind, metal. Mine, as you know, is the ability to control shadows."
"So, I said that purebloods are almost indestructible. They can't drown, because they don't need to breathe, and jumping from high places isn't possible either. Animals, both wild and domestic, refuse to hurt up in any way, even if you provoke them. And normal 'vampire hunting' equipment doesn't do anything, either."
"There are only two ways a pureblood can die: One, they commit suicide, which rarely happens, or two they can be killed with a special sword. It has to destroy the heart completely. There are only about twenty such swords left in the world, and most are in museums labeled as, 'medieval swords', though a few are lost, deep in the ocean, buried under the earth. But I know that four people have them. Two are vampire, and the other two are humans, one is the hunter who killed my parents, and one is, you."
Miyako stared at Kage as he pulled out her sword from behind him; it had a blue blade with patterns running down in that reminded her of a waterfall. The edges of the blade were pure silver, and the handle was black, wrapped in gold ribbons that were frozen in place. The sheath was black patterned with gold.
He handed it to her, "I'm giving this back to you, but please don't try to kill me with it."
Miyako took the sword gently and propped it up against the bedside table. She looked up and noticed that Kage was holding another sword, but it was in its sheath.
The sheath was dark blue, and had silver patterns. Kage pulled the sword out, the blade itself was black with bright crimson patterns on it that made Miyako shiver, for some reason the patterns looked dangerous, and they reminded her of shadows. The handle was dark blue, and had frozen silver ribbons around it.
"This is one of the swords, I am lucky enough to have had success in tracking this one down, it was stolen from my father a long time ago, he was supposed to pass it on to me when I turned thirteen, it is tradition for pureblood vampires to pass down a precious family item when a child turns thirteen. But it was stolen, I managed to find this one a few month ago actually." he sheathed it once again sensing Miyako's discomfort. The other sword owned by a vampire belongs to somebody who I happen to know. And the other, as I said earlier, belongs to the hunter who killed my parents."
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