I trailed far behind Agmaer, his form moving slow in the heavy armor he was wearing. I was annoyed that he already had on the uniform of the Dawnguard and a crossbow that he probably didn't know how to use. I was frustrated and tired from the long walk here. Sadly, I knew that I would have to follow him wherever he went. However far he went.
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Chapter 4: Death to Sleeping Beauty and the Small Issue.
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I couldn't believe it took him three days to reach this rundown place. The house was burning and I raised an eyebrow at the mess. There were dead dogs, that didn't look like dogs at all. They had huge, deadly teeth and looked deader than anything. I knew they were already dead, but the smoke was warm and these were fresh bodies. I shut my eyes and followed the heavy footprints that Agmaer had left, going up a hill. I rubbed my head and felt the pain beginning to start behind my eyes. Knowing that there was trouble up ahead, I drank the rest of the elixir that I stole before.
I climbed up the snow rather quickly and found a small cave entrance. This did not look safe. "Hopefully Agmaer isn't dead," I muttered and grabbed the torch on the ground and continued to move into the dark cave. The smell of rotting wood and dust filled my nostrils and I sneezed. A huge room was before me and I noticed that there were three dead vampires surrounding a familiar man. I knelt down and looked into his face and gasped. This was the vigilant at the Dawnguard. I covered my mouth and then looked towards a small tower. There were two dead vampires and another one of those creepy dogs. I shuddered and touched the vampire's face in curiosity. It began to crumble and I jumped back, leaving nothing but dust. I grabbed the axe from the dust and spun it around in my hands.
I walked into the tower and found a random lever. I pulled it and watched the gate up in the front close. "Alright, so Agmaer made it this far…" I mumbled and pulled it again, grabbing the two health potions on the floor and then jumped down the stairs. I jogged towards the gate and began to turn around a corner, when my neck began to throb. I stopped and placed my cold fingers on it. There were two bumps, two bite marks. Gasping, I threw off my bag and began to search through it, grabbing potions at the random. I had already drank the last disease potion.
"No, no, no, no…" I whispered and thought of how long I had. "It's been three days…oh god it can happen anytime now…shit!" I whispered and looked at my hands. They didn't seem all too bad, I wasn't overly pale. "Okay, I have about two hours…SHIT!" I held my head in my hands. "What am I going to do, what am I going to do!" I got up and ran back. "Dawnstar isn't that far from here, there could be an alchemist…but Agmaer might not be able…WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!?" I screamed and bit my lip. I threw up my hands and ran farther into the cave.
I had passed a couple dead bodies, but soon I was staring as Agmaer was trying to push away a vampire who looked very strong.
"Die mortal!" he hissed. Agmaer groaned and began to slowly lower from the strength of the opponent. I shut my eyes, knowing that he wasn't going to make it without help. I sprinted at the vampire, tackling the red eyed beast. Agmaer shouted in surprise and I grabbed my axe and slammed it down on the vampire's face. It screamed, but I held it back for the next two seconds, until it died. I got up and wiped the blood off of my clothing, growling in annoyance.
"Hey, I remember you! What are you doing here?" he asked and I took him in. He was scratched from bottom to top, he had a black eye and a bite mark on his wrist. I walked up to him and threw a bottle of healing.
"That will take care of the wounds, I think that you might need to pray at some shrine or get a potion for those…why are you looking at me like that?" I asked and he blinked and pulled out his crossbow.
"No wonder he didn't let you in! You're a vampire!" his shouted and shot the bow. I jumped to the side and it grazed my forehead. He began to reload and I backed up, raising my hands.
"What the hell are you talking about?" I hissed, holding my head. My blood was starting to leak through my fingers. He snarled. "By the gods, Agmaer I am human!" I cried and he stopped.
He shook his head, "Then why are your eyes red!"
I stopped and stared at him. He was giving me a worried glance and I shook. "N…no, they can't be…" I ran to a nearby puddle and screamed. Not two, but only one eye was bright red. I touched my face and opened my mouth slowly. There was small fangs and I began to shake nervously. I looked at the other side of my face and it was the same as it usually was. "Okay, alright…so all I need to do is get to a shrine and get my disease healed. R-right? Because I am not one yet…right?" I asked and Agmaer continued to look at me like I had three heads. I ducked down and shut my eyes. Why did this have to happen to me? What luck was this? The irony that I wanted to kill vampires and I became one.
I was panicking. I needed a priest, someone to help me with this. I couldn't be immortal! I was only sixteen! I grabbed the sword that belonged to the vampire and turned back towards Agmaer. First we deal with this, then we deal with me. I began to walk away and I heard him follow in my steps. My brown eye, it was gone. I dropped my eyes to the floor, but heard something that would make me smile. I grabbed my new sword touched it to my forehead. This was revenge, the blood on the sword flashed and I knew this was going to be even better than before. I took one step and stopped when my eyes lifted to the area around me. I felt my jaw drop.
"Vampires," Agmaer hissed and I smiled. His face told me that he was freaked and I stopped, looking back at the room before me. I growled when I saw the two vampires below me. "We should take them by surprise," he whispered farther away and I smirked. I was never a team player.
"Are you that was wise, Lokil?" someone asked below. In a flash I jumped down and landed with my feet on the vampire's shoulders. She gasped and I stuck a sword in her neck with a gruesome smile on my face. I looked up at Agmaer who was staring at me in horror. What was his problem?
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What the hell is she doing? Agmaer grabbed his hair and watched in disgust as the teenager ripped apart the vampires below. She was crazy, and even without that glowing red eye, she would have been terrifying. The whole time she had a cruel smile on her face and she was a flurry of terrifying attacks. Her hair was billowing everywhere, blood stain streaks going through it. She wasn't the nervous girl from before. Now she was a weapon of mass destruction. Her blue eye was glowing as bright as her red one, maybe even brighter and with her new teeth, she seemed to be scaring the vampire before her.
Agmaer tried to shoot at the vampire, but he missed again. Snow was flipping and dodging gracefully, and as Agmaer began to finally understand her style, she suddenly seemed to stop. Her head cocked to the side and the vampire stopped too. The vampire's eyes were scanning her and Agmaer raised his crossbow and shot. It was slow, and he watched the bolt fly and then her hand struck out. It caught the arrow and cracked it. Agmaer gasped and Snow ran at the vampire, her sword swinging faster than anything he had ever seen. He watched as she used the head of the bolt to attack.
Agmaer was beginning to fear the sixteen year old. When he first saw her, she was cute, but now this was who she was. Terrifying and an animal. Her eyes described her being. He shivered again and shut his eyes. Her laughter was making the hair on his neck stand on in. This was like another person. By the end, there were three bodies around her, and she had not one scratch. But the thing that made him even more nervous, was that her red eye was gone when she was battling, she had two icy blue ones. They were both glowing and he shivered. They glowed to a point of making a trail whenever she moved.
As she finished the battle, her eyes dimmed and the red one appeared again. What was she?
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Agmaer ran behind me and he seemed more quiet than usual. "Agmaer, I know I look weird, but what is keeping you so quiet?" I asked and he coughed loudly.
"Oh…nothing," he lied obviously and I growled.
"Listen, I may not be all that smart with people," I pointed at his chest and he took a step back, "but I can tell a liar and," I looked away. "Never mind," I muttered and walked to the middle of the floor under me. A blood soaked button glowed in the middle and I touched my finger to my lip. I studied the button and sighed. I wonder if something bad will happen if I push it…
"What are you doing?" Agmaer yelled as I laid my hand gently on the button. I pushed down and a spike struck out and I gasped. I shut my eyes and watched the blood fall down the stone pillar. I held my hand to my chest and shut my eyes. Agmaer brushed past me and I looked up. Purple lights were flying all around me and I stared at them. This was crazy. Was my head wound beginning to make me insane? I touched the light and smiled, this was crazy. I forgot about my wound and looked around. I noticed silver pillars spread randomly around me.
"What is the point of these things?" Agmaer asked and he pushed one, sending it flying towards me. I heard a click and the light shone and continued down some kind of path. I smiled to myself. Maybe not so random. I began to push them towards where the light ended and Agmaer watched me with curiosity. The light continued down a path until finally the lights all connected. The ground began to shake and I stumbled as the crack I was stepping on opened and shifted. I felt myself lose my balance and was about to hit the floor awkwardly. Agmaer ran up and caught me. My hands were laid on his chest and he nodded at me.
"Are you alright?" he asked and I nodded. I felt my cheeks burn and I looked away. His eyes trailed to my left eye and he let go of me. What was that? I blinked and touched my left eye, the red one, and sighed. This really sucked! I walked towards the huge stone.
"I wonder what the vampires want with this hunk of rock," I asked myself and kicked it. Agmaer walked beside me and touched his chin in concentration and I bit my lip. What was he thinking? I walked around the stone until I noticed something that looked somewhat like an opening. I touched it and it moved barely.
"Wait, slide it…" he moved beside me and his brows were furrowed in concentration. "Slide it down. Ready," he looked down at me and I nodded. "One, two…three!" and we heaved on it. The stone began to lower and we continued. After we got half way, it moved by itself. I smiled and we backed up. Agmaer whistled. "Damn," he muttered and I cocked my head to the side.
A woman was leaning there and as she began to fall, Agmaer caught her, as he had caught me seconds ago. Ouch. Her head cocked up and then she shook him off. She stared at the ground and whispered, "Who are you?" Agmaer scratched the back of his head and I saw him blushing. I looked to her and she was rubbing her eyes tiredly.
"We're from the Dawnguard," he told her and she looked up.
"I-I don't recognize that name-," I couldn't hear her. My whole body was vibrating and I felt my legs shake. Agmaer began questioning her and I touched my sword. My fingers were twitching. I couldn't stop. I drew my sword and snarled. Her eyes were flashing before me. Red, hunger, red...
"Vampire," I hissed and Agmaer stopped and turned around.
"Snow what are you doing?" he yelled and I jumped. I tried to stop myself, but I couldn't and I grabbed onto her throat. She choked and punched my gut. I didn't feel it. I grabbed my sword and began to swing, when Agmaer jumped in the way. I gasped and dropped the sword. I fell to the ground. He began to ask the vampire if she was alright and I shook violently. What was that? Couldn't I control myself?
Agmaer moved away and I saw her again, the red eyes triggered another rage and I barrelled at her. She growled and I tackled her to the floor. The woman punched my face, hard. I spat to the side and head butted her and she threw me off her. Agmaer grabbed my arms and I shook more than usual.
"Stop, stop it, Snow. She isn't an enemy," he replied and I shook my head. Her punch had brought tears to my eyes.
"I can't Agmaer. I can't stop…" I pushed him off and tripped his legs. He fell to the floor and the woman pulled out a dagger.
"Don't come near me," she ordered and I ran at her. As she swung, I ducked and kicked the back of her knee. She fell and I grabbed her dagger easily and brought it to her neck. She elbowed me and ducked. Her fingers spread apart and red light appeared from her fingertips. I felt the familiar sensation of my energy draining and I coughed and tried to run at her.
Agmaer tackled me and held me to the ground. He put his hand over my eyes and whispered in my ear, "Calm down. Honestly, can't you control yourself? You are acting more like a vampire than she is," he whispered and I growled. But, since I couldn't see, I felt fine and nodded. He gently lifted his hand and I looked to the floor. As long as I didn't look at her, I would be fine.
"Sorry about that," he said and I went to wave his apology away when someone else answered.
"It's fine," the woman said and I clenched my fists. Always great when someone would rather have a conversation with a stranger than me. I began to bite my tongue and brushed past Agmaer and the vampire. When we had exited through the door back there, it shut behind us. No going back that way.
"Where are you going?" Agmaer called and I rolled my eyes.
"Getting away from you two lovers," I called over my shoulder and I heard the woman scoff behind me. Whatever, I don't care about vampire lovers. I noticed two statues of what looked like some odd bat. What were these things? I touched the face of one of them and something tremored. The stone burst open and I fell back.
"Snow!" Agmaer called and I growled in annoyance. He can leave me alone. I know how to take care of myself. I went for my sword, but it had fallen out of my hands back when I fought vampire-bitch. I looked down and bit my lip. This was going to be hard. The huge beast roared and jumped at me. I screamed and ducked, then latched onto the thing's back. I held onto its horn and the beast shook back and forth. I shouted and finally it threw me off, along with the horn. It growled and charged. I scrambled to the side and it ran into a pillar. Looking at the horn, I shrugged and, with as much force as I could, drove it into the back of its head. It stopped and kneeled down.
I grabbed the small head and turned. It fell to the ground and I huffed and turned around. Nose to nose with another one, I squeaked, its breath was heavy. It lifted its clawed hand and wacked me into a railing. I saw it charge at me. "Shit," I whispered and shut my eyes. I leaned back and began to fall, feeling wind pass by my face. I opened my eyes and saw a crossbow bolt slam into the beast's neck. An ice spike rammed into the face and a fireball ended the life. Gee, thanks for killing it after I fell.
I hit water and forced myself not to gasp. Wow, this totally took the cake on being left out to the extremes. My eyes followed Agmaer, who was staying close to the vampire chick. I treaded the water and watched them both, looking at the vampire's bottom half of her face. I didn't want to make a scene and lose control at the sight of her eyes. What did Agmaer see in her? What, because she is pretty she is so much better than me? Wait, what am I saying? Who cares? Not me, when did I start feeling jealous over a vampire?
"When you became one," I muttered sadly and swam under the water. I saw bodies under the water, but I didn't register them. I was too busy being pissed off and annoyed at Agmaer. I shook my head again. Angry for what? Who cared what Agmaer wanted to do, I just want to get out of here.
That thought made me stop. Get out of here. I looked around and noticed that I've been under for about a minute or so. I stopped and waited. I counted to thirty, knowing that I would have to go to the surface soon. What the hell is happening? I looked around and felt no strain on my throat or lungs. Alright, this is awesome and terrifying at the same time.
I swam up and then did I feel the smallest strain in my lungs. That was weird.
"Snow! Where are you?" Agmaer yelled and I climbed onto a ledge and stared at Agmaer. What an asshole. He can go off with the girl for all I cared. If I was a vampire, I knew who I had to see to fix being one.
I walked towards them and stared at Agmaer's back and shook my head. What was wrong with me? I touched his shoulder and he jumped. "Let's go," I told them and he watched me with a smile on his face. I rolled my shoulders and the vampire made a comment about the correct direction. Instead of waiting for them, I felt the need to move faster. I ran up ahead with nothing but a horn of a bat statue.
I saw a lever and heard the sound of a pair of feet running. The other one must have been rather quiet. "Snow! You can't go running off like that!" Agmaer called and I stopped. When he entered the room, I had a foot on the lever. I kicked it over and I heard the sound of metal crashing. Turning, I was looking at an undead corpse. I had seen a couple of these and they definitely freaked me out. I watched it pull out a long sword. I gulped and tiptoed up to it. It breathed heavily and I was inches from it. Agmaer sucked in a breath. I smiled and grabbed the sword from its cold and gross hands. The corpse stumbled back.
Now I had a sword. I weighed it in my hand, understanding a proper style to use. I brought it in front of me and grinned at the beast. It turned its head at me and I beckoned the corpse closer. It charged and I grabbed its shoulders and propelled myself off of them. It began to turn around in circles, trying to find me. This one was mine. My sword began to come closer to its head, when the whole body flew to the side and slumped against the side of a wall. The sword hit the ground and I felt my hand tremor. What the hell was that?
I saw the vampire lower her hands and I turned to the corpse and saw it had a huge spike in it. I shut my eyes and threw the sword to the ground. "That would have been such a good…damn," I walked to the gate and Agmaer tried to run and catch me. That could have been the best kill yet. A new trick and that bitch had to use her damn magic to put my day even more in the dump. What have I ever done to her? Who is she to walk on top of everyone like she is royalty? I turned around and glowered at her. Look at her, acting all regal and proper. How much I would enjoy tearing out those precious little eyes of hers. Whatever. Once I am done here and Agmaer finishes his business with her, whatever business that could be.
I couldn't think of a real reason he was sparing her. Maybe I had tuned out while I was trying to kill her. That would probably be it. I thought hard on what they were talking about, but my mind came up blank. What is with this? I touched the corrupted eye and furrowed my brows in thought. I haven't ever lost control this badly. Was it this eye? Had it made me more aggressive? I hope not. I want to be in control of myself. I have always been oddly skilled when facing a vampire, like something clicks and I know how to kill it instantly.
When it comes to fighting anything but a vampire, I am on my own. I don't freeze up or not know what to do, I just am not as good when facing the living.
"Hey, maybe you should rest a little," Agmaer told me and I jumped. When did he get here? I turned around and faced him head on.
"A minute ago you tried to kill me, and-," I protested. Wait, he tried to kill me because I was a vampire, but when he saw her he… "Wow, you are one shallow guy," I told him and turned around on my heel. He can go screw her over for all I cared. I cared a lot. I shook my head and walked away and that was when I smelt it. The smell of death. More corpses and skeletons walked about and I smiled. I charged in and tackled a skeleton, a very bad choice. We tumbled down the stairs, my hair nearly catching fire from the flames in the middle. I kicked off the fragile skull and grabbed the bow.
"Here we go!" I laughed and slung the quiver over my shoulder. Three arrows were let loose and hit all the targets. The last corpse I hit kept moving. "Okaaaay," I stretched the word out and shot another one at the corpse. It continued to walk up to me and I stared at it in shock. Nope, this is not good. After quite enough dodging, an arrow slammed into the dead man's chest and he stumbled. I grabbed a sword and swung as hard as I could, lobbing off the head of the dead man. It flew into the fire and I stared at it for a moment.
"I told you not to go charging off!" Agmaer growled and I shrugged. I had no nasty comeback. I probably never will. Either way, I was feeling a lot better. I ran my fingers through my hair and noticed the vampire. She was looking around the place in awe and I rolled my eyes. Who was this vampire anyway? I guess I wouldn't be all too surprised when I found out she was a pretty princess, in essence.
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Alright, that is the ending towards this chapter. I also want to ask the same question as usual. Please review? It'd be really awesome! I will be doing some story on Snow and her back ground and why this is all happening, blah. You'll see in the nest chapters!