Thank you all so much for the reviews and I really like the ideas of different parings and the thought of a war between the vampires and werewolves did cross my mind. Any way I think I will continue to develop the characters and add more about the vampire colony then work into the parings before really throwing in a huge plot, it gives me time to think.
Anyway hope you keep on reading and enjoying!
--Emberlee—
Mel scampered up and her eyes went straight to the floor as she muttered sorry. She only looked up once she realized that two hands were still griping her arms. When she looked up her eyes met the dark green eyes of Zol. His face was void of emotion. He let go of one of her arms then pulled her up the stairs.
"Come on, we can't wait forever." Mel nodded and kept pace with him before tarring her arm out of his hand. He looked back at her with a small frown on his face then turned around unfazed and continued to walk away. Mel followed and tried to put on her shoes at the same time.
They walked up all of the flights of stairs and all of the vampires she saw before were gone. When they got back to the main level they went through a set of double doors at the top of the stairs. Zol opened one of the doors and motioned for her to go in.
Mel walked in to see a large dining room with a long table and the Lord sitting at the other end. Lyz sat to his left and Zol went and sat next to her, the only other place setting was to the right of The Lord. Mel walked over and sat down. Lyz had her hair up in a simple bun, and a silver dress that hugged her body and stopped at mid thigh. It was held up by two straps over each shoulder. Mel took this time to look at Zol when he was looking at the Lord. He was wearing a silky silver collared shirt and a pair of black dress pants.
Mel then looked at the lord to see him wearing a Blood red silky shirt like Zol's and a pair of black pants. His hair was brushed back with two small sections falling down each side of his face. His eyes remained on hers for quite some time before he finally spoke.
"I have decided that why you stay here you should be trained so if the time comes you can defend yourself." Just after he finished various servants that could have been humans, or vampires, Mel couldn't tell, came in and put down all of the food and poured all of them a glass of red Wine, for the Lord they used a different bottle and Mel assumed it was Blood.
"Yes, I was thinking that you could just select a couple of weapons that we can help you master and give you the basic knowledge of other weapons, and teach you the basics of different hand to hand combat. What would you be interested in learning?" The Lord turned his chair slightly towards her. Mel took a sip of her wine then answered, "Well, I'm not sure what they are called but the double daggers, and a broad sword, would I perhaps be able to fight vampires?"
The Lord threw his head back laughing, "Very well, of course you can and feel free to be aggressive, but only after I am sure you can handle the spar. Other than that you chose two very good weapons. Lyz here is a master of the whip, and various types of guns along with a double headed axe, but Zol here is a master of the double daggers, and all kinds of knives and swords.
"You and Zol will train every morning staring tomorrow, I can trust him to start you off with hand to hand combat then introduce you to each weapon and give you time to work with them."
Mel nodded and turned to look at Zol. His eyes locked with hers and again he had no emotion. Lyz spoke up and interrupted their starring contest, "I can't wait after you get real good we should spar, my whip against your swords! Zol can beat me most of the time but a new opponent would be amazing!"
Mel smiled at Lyz's excitement and couldn't help but be excited as well. The rest of the meal went by fairly quickly every one was silent and continued to eat. Every once and a while Lyz would ask Mel questions about her life such as when her birthday was. Mel spent the rest of the night laughing with Lyz while the Lord and Zol talked to each other.
When they were finished eating Lyz grabbed her arm and dragged her back to her room. "Oh, that was so much fun I hope every meal is like that one. Don't you?" Mel nodded and opened her door, "Yea, I had fun." Lyz let go of her arm., "Tomorrow I will wake you up and then take you to Zol to start your training, then you will have to find your way after that, I have to go run an errand for The lord so I will be gone for a few days."
Mel nodded then gave Lyz a hug, "Okay, have a good night, see you in the morning."
--Morning—
Mel woke up to someone knocking on her door repeatedly when she opened it she was tackled to the ground by Lyz. "Come on my brother isn't very patient." Mel ran to her closet after Lyz. Lyz came out within a millisecond holing up a pair of white pants and a matching shirt. Mel put them on as fast as she could and just before she got the shirt all the way on Lyz wrapped a belt around her. The belt was also white.
Lyz grabbed hold of the belt and dragged Mel up the stairs then on the second floor down she pulled through tons of hall ways. "Well here is the training room." Lyz pushed Mel through a wooden door then shut it. Mel turned her head to look around. The room had a cement floor with old grey padding around the walls. In the middle of the floor Zol sat with his legs crossed. Mel walked over to him and stood next to him, "Um, I'm here?" Zol opened his eyes then rolled them before standing up.
Anyone could see he was a little annoyed. Mel stood a few yards from him watching as he slowly stretched. "Stretch." Mel jumped at the sound of his voice then began to mimic his movements. After the never ending stretching. Zol brought up his leg in a swift kicking motion. Mel watched him do it over and over till she decided to give it a try. She brought her leg up and back down then smiled in pride.
Her smile disappeared when she saw the look on Zol's face. "What's wrong?"Zol shock his head and walked up behind her. "Do it again." Mel did it again but this time Zol's hands stayed on her lower calf as he guided her through the movements. Mel cringed when her leg went higher than she thought it would. "Again." Zol had her do the kick twenty more times with him guiding her before he stepped back. Mel almost fell to the floor without his support. The training had just started and she was exhausted. "Again." Zol crossed his arms and watched as Mel, breathing heavily, brought her leg up and then back down in a swift kick.
"Better." The rest of the day was the same he would show her a new move, watch her do it then guide her movements till she could do it on her own. By the end of it Mel didn't think she would be able to lift her leg to walk out of the room.
"Okay those are the basics, from now on every day you will do each of those ten times perfectly then we will move on to harder moves." Mel nodded even though she barely heard him over the pounding of her heart. Mel couched then tried to stand up straight and her legs gave out and she went down to her knees. "Wow, I'm tired." Mel managed to say between deep breaths of air going in and out of her lungs.
Zol walked dup behind her and grabbed her and pulled her up. The world spun around Mel as he put her arm over his shoulders and walked her out of the room. The halls were crowded with vampires starring at Mel. Mel heard them all whisper about her before Zol barked out orders for them to leave. Her rapid heart rate must have been sensed. Zol walked Mel to her room then laid her down on the bed.
"Same time tomorrow, don't be late." Mel nodded then rolled over and went to sleep.
