Chapter 5
I opened my eyes and the first thing I see is complete blackness. No grass, trees, or sky, just...nothing. It's cold too, very cold. Where am I? I thought I was dead. I checked my throat for any blood but there wasn't any at all, it was completely fine. What is going on?
"Awake at last." Someone said in a deep masculine voice. I immediately turned around, ready to pounce, but there was no one there. It sounded so close. "I wouldn't attack if I were you." Then a black mist appeared in front of me and seconds later a wolf approached me. Something was different about him, the way he looked, it almost seemed unnatural. His whole body was jet black almost as if he's been bathed in shadow. But those eyes, they were glowing bright yellow looking right at me. They were entrancing, it made me want to walk torwards them, but something in me made me resist them. "Your will is strong, good. Looks like I chose the right wolf." I decided to speak up. "Where am I? Who are you?" I had so many questions to ask him. "My name is not important and you my friend are in my mind." Did he just say his mind? That's not possible. "Oh but it is possible Joseph, your experiencing it for yourself aren't you?" Did he just read my thoughts? And how does he know my name? "Yes I did and trust me, I know many things." He said with a smile. Okay, this is getting creepy.
There is one question that I really want to know. "What are you? I asked, interested in learning about who this wolf really is. "Ah, now that is the question I've been waiting for." Then without warning he disappeared in a puff of shadow and reappeared right in front of me, picked me up by the throat with one paw and threw me across the dark ground. "Now listen closely, if you ever speak of me to anyone I'll send you to the deepest depths of hell myself! Do you understand!" Wow, he is definitely not normal, disappearing in a black mist? Unnatural. The way he picked me up and threw me almost seemed like he was picking up a small insect. "Yes, I understand." I said as I got up feeling really sore from that sudden attack. He seemed satisfied. "Good, then allow me to answer your question." He sat down and motioned for me to sit as well. "They call me many names, blood drinker, monster, parasite, nightspawn, many other names. But there is only one name that I can give you that truly labels what I am. A vampire."
Vampire? I heard about these them, but they don't exist. They are evil creatures that parents tell their pups about explaining that if they don't behave they will be snatched in the middle of the night by them. They have been on good behavior ever since.
"This is where your wrong Joseph, we in fact do exist, but alas I am the last of my kind. There was only a small number of us, but they were fools and have gotten themselves killed because they were reckless, unlike me." This is incredible, I never believed that supernatural could exist. I wanted to learn more.
His voice started to rise. "They thought of us only in their dreams Joseph. They never believed we existed. But now, you are here to prove them wrong. You will become the ultimate predator and nothing will be able to stand in your way! You will make them learn the true meaning of fear, they will grovel at your paws begging for mercy!" Yes! I'm excited for this new power that I will possess, I will make them all suffer for what they did to me and my family!
The dark figure saw the excitement in my eyes and laughed. "Good! You are eager to learn, with my guidance you will become the most powerful vampire that has ever walked this earth!" This is a dream come true! I will bring destruction to my foes, wherever they hide!
I saw him close his eyes for a few moments and then opened them again looking at me with a smirk. "My blood is flowing within your veins as we speak, the transformation is almost complete. While we wait I will explain to you your new abilities."
I was sitting in front of him eagerly waiting for him to teach me. "I am ready to learn."
The vampire wolf nodded in satisfaction. "Good, let's get started. First and foremost, you are immortal, you will live for centuries and centuries never growing old, you will still look the way you are right now." My eyes widened. Immortality? So I can live forever? This is amazing.
"Now onto the abilities. There are two sets of abilities, physical, and shadow. I shall start with physical since it's more straightforward and simple. Your claws will become unnaturally razor sharp cutting into flesh and bone with superb ease. You can also choose to elongate them to increase their effectiveness and to cut off the limbs of any wolf unfortunate enough to come into contact with them. Your teeth will be longer and sharper while your fangs will double in size giving you an easy puncture to the neck. The nose and the ears will both have their range significantly increased. You can hear even the tiniest insect from many yards away. Should anyone be foolish enough to wound themselves, you can smell their blood from many miles away."
"Now onto the rest of your body. Your strength will increase to unimaginable amounts to where you can lift the heaviest bear without even breaking a sweat. Your speed will put event the fastest animal in the world to shame. Should you suffer any injuries inflicted on your body you need not worry anymore. The body will regenerate even the most fatal wounds in seconds, even a severed limb will take half an hour to regenerate. Oh, and one more thing, your eyes. If you focus on them enough you can revert them back to your normal color to make you look like yourself before becoming what you are now. Here take a look." I saw him blink once and then those yellow glowing eyes vanished only to be replaced by a pair of dark brown eyes. I was speechless, he didn't look like a vampire at all anymore just a normal looking wolf. Incredible.
"Now onto the shadow abilities. First and most powerful one is the ability to blend into you surroundings, you will become invisible to the naked eye and you can choose when to reveal yourself. But, should you come into any physical contact with someone, the cloak will break. Next, the very gaze in your eyes will mesmerize anyone. You can make them do your bidding and they will not be able to refuse. However, like you, should their will be strong enough they may be able to resist you. That is all for shadow abilities. There may not be a lot but trust me, these two powers alone are extremely powerful, that is however if you are not in the sun which I will explain next." I took a deep breath to soak in everything that I have just heard about the abilities. Just how strong can I actually become? All of this power, I could become a god.
The vampire frowned. "Careful Joseph, I wouldn't want you to be as reckless as all the others before you. I haven't even explained the most important thing you need to know, the weaknesses." I knew such power would come at a price. "Forgive me, I was beginning to feel too overconfident." I said looking down with my ears flattened.
In response he just waved his paw. "It's completely normal, I too was thinking of just the unimaginable power at first, but you need to learn that sometimes it's better to stick to the shadows. These weaknesses can mean the difference between life or your demise. Listen carefully, the most dangerous one is the dreadful sun itself. You can still walk in the daylight, but you and your abilities will become extremely weak. All your physical abilities will be unaffected, but your stamina will continue to deplete the more you use your abilities. Your healing regeneration will significantly decrease almost to that of a mortal. Try not have your head cut off during daylight, normally in darkness it would take a day to regenerate but out in the sun, your dead." I gulped in fear. This shouldn't be hard though, just stay way from the sun and not get decapitated, easy. "Second most dangerous weakness, fire. If there's even the smallest amount of it I expect you to keep a safe distance and hide until it dies out. If fire does manage to reach your body, it will spread quickly, burn you alive, and leave nothing but ashes as your remains." Great now I have something new to add to my list of fears, my other two were drowning, which I guess I don't need to worry about anymore since I'm dead. And the other, talking to girls. Whenever I tried to ask a girl to the moonlight howl I would just completely stutter and run to my den to hide for the rest of the night. Oh, looks like he is about to speak again.
"Next, your shadow abilities will be almost completely useless in the sunlight. You may cloak yourself but only for a few seconds and your mesmerize can be resisted from almost any creature. Now onto your thirst for blood, it can be a strength and a weakness. You don't need to eat or drink at all because blood will be your only need for sustenance. I mean you can still eat and drink like mortals, but if you don't drink blood for a whole day, you will die. Since your a... walking corpse now, your body will be as cold as ice, so I wouldn't let anyone touch you. That's why I never had a mate in all my years, I figured it would be too uncomfortable for them."
What? So this means I can't have a mate at all then. Well, I guess it's fine because I never wanted one in the first place.
"One more thing, since your undead, your shadow will no longer cast on your body anymore. So someone with a good eye will spot this and know something is wrong. Go up to any lake and you will no longer see your reflection. That is all the weaknesses you need to know so I do hope you were paying attention." He said looking at me with an evil glare. I nodded my head continuously in response.
"Before I let you go there is one more thing you must learn, your special power." My special power? This I need to know.
"Mine in case you haven't noticed is the power of illusion. I can read minds, make any mortal see images of what I want them to see in their heads as if they were looking at it in real life. I can also take them into my own mind as well just like what I am doing to you right now."
"So my unique power is specific to where only i can use it?" I wonder what it could be?
"Yes indeed, remember your moments of rage back to where your parents were assassinated?" I didn't want to think about my parents again, but I remembered that moment. It was all a red blur, I couldn't control what I was doing.
"Well now you can control it Joseph." The vampire added reading my mind again. "It's a rather very rare ability, I've only seen two other vampires with the same ability and there was only twenty of us. We decided not to infect others with this dark gift because it would've spiraled out of control and get us all killed. We tried to hide from the rest of the world, but we failed." He said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Enough of that, let me tell you what it's called. This power is called blood rage and it's the most feared ability than any other special power." The most feared? This piqued my interest.
"Once you are fueled with extreme rage, this power will allow you to resist the sun and use all of your abilities without worrying about the daylight. Your strength, speed, and agility will also greatly improve. But there is a catch though." Of course there is, I knew it wouldn't be too easy.
"The power will drastically change your face into a more monstrous form almost like... a bat. Your eyes will form a terrifying glowing crimson red and your voice will change its tone to sound more, demonic. But be warned, this power will last you until you calm down and sometimes it can make you perform actions you will deeply regret. When the power wares off I would suggest retreating to a dark area if your in the sunlight."
Moments later he got up and motioned for me to get up as well, he approached me and put a cold paw on my shoulder. "That's all you need to know, it's time Joseph. The transformation is complete. You will be given a second chance to avenge your family and spray the lands with your enemies blood." The vampire backed away while his body was vanishing into mist. "Go now Joseph and become the nightmare that they will come to know and fear for the rest of their pathetic lives. And know this, I will be watching with great interest." Then he vanished completely and I started feeling really light headed. I blacked out and let the cold darkness consume me.
Back in the forest
My dead body laid motionless on the soft dirt. The the wound on my neck and any other cuts on my body completely vanished.
Then, I opened my eyes, only they were not the green eyes that everyone knew and loved. They were the glowing yellow eyes of a deadly vampire filled with pure vengeance.
It's time for the hunt.
Present time It will STAY the present for the rest of the story now)
I was currently resting in a dark cave that I found not too long ago while the blazing sun bathed the lands. I closed my eyes and took the time to remember when I accepted this dark gift. Everything that the other vampire told me, I explained to Sarah but I didn't exaggerate it like he did I kept it short and simple, but I never mentioned the vampire I met to her. I did not want to upset the old and powerful wolf.
While I rested, I have taken the time to plan how to kill my last two targets, Marcus, and Victor. I currently do not know where Victor could've gone but I decided I'm going to ask around the northern pack tonight before I kill Marcus. Normally I would try to find Victor on my own because I hate asking others for help, in fact I just despise talking to them. I'm not the talkative type just like when I was mortal. However, asking will take less time and may point me in a direction to start my search. Hell, maybe my friend Dawn might help me find him, that is if she's there at all. Will she recognize me? Will I recognize her? We were only pups then.
All these thoughts about my friend make me eager to see her again. I bet she is really beautiful, that snow white fur that blends in with her slender body perfectly and those oceanic, cool blue eyes. I can just picture her in my mind right now. I'll just have to wait and see her.
I looked torwards the exit of the cave to see a red and yellow hue coloring the outside world. This can only mean one thing, the sun is setting. Soon, night will fall and I will continue my quest for vengeance. His blood will spill into my mouth, and I will mutilate the body so no one will be able to recognize him. Should any of them get in my way, my claws and fangs will be the last thing they ever see!
Tonight, Marcus will die!
