Raised in the Shadows
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A/N: Yeah this chapter is kinda sad and stuff. And right now it's just Wantaco79. (Looks around.) I don't know where Gaaraxocfan is. I think she's visiting like a family friend. I'm feeling better but this chapter might not be as long or as planned out as the others but…enjoy I guess.
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Just as everyone was going to leave the room and walk to where the wedding would be Jet walked in. He was in his shrouded armor and looked ready to fight.
"Hey sorry to just barge in guys. I just wanna say congratulations Rain. I'm headed for a contract right now." He explained.
"Thank you, Jet. We were just on our way right now." Rain said.
"I thought you were supposed to leave for this contract an hour ago." Lucien said.
"Well excuse me, Isaac. I had to stock up on supplies." Jet said. Rain looked at Lucien with one eyebrow raised.
"Isaac?" She asked. Lucien groaned.
"Isaac is Lucien's first name." Vicente said. Rain shrugged.
"Well any way I'll see you all in about a week. See ya." Jet then quickly left the room and ran down the street.
"Well then, let's get going already. William should be waiting with the priest in the forest clearing." Kira said impatiently. Together the four of them left Rain's house and walked out of the city gates. They walked for a little while in the forest until they came to a beautiful clearing.
In the center of the clearing stood a nervous looking William and an elderly priest. William instantly smiled when he saw Rain. She looked beautiful in her white wedding dress. Rain and her little family walked over to William and the priest. Lucien stayed back a bit to lean against the tree. He was as far away as he could get from the priest with out seeming impolite or uncaring. Kira stood next to Rain with Vicente, who had his face hidden beneath a hood, standing behind her.
The priest began the ceremony. It was fairly traditional and simple. Rain thought it couldn't be more perfect. Throughout the whole ceremony Lucien felt nervous, like they were being watched. It wasn't quite sure what could be going on but he discretely reached into his left sleeve for a hidden silver short sword. Finally the priest got to the most important part.
"William, do you take this woman to be your wife?" He asked.
"I do." William said. He slipped a ring onto Rain's finger.
"Rain, do you take this man to be your husband?"
"I wouldn't be here if I didn't." She said, smiling. Rain placed a ring on William's finger. Vicente thought he heard a sound in the trees. He glanced at Lucien and knew the Speaker heard something too. Kira shivered.
"I now pronounce you husband and…" The priest was interrupted. The large beast charged out of the trees, growling and snarling. It charged a William, its jaws open and ready to bite.
"By the Nine, what is that!?" The priest shouted, stumbling back quickly. Before anyone else could move or even blink Vicente charged forward and knocked the beast away, into a tree. Kira and Lucien instantly pulled out swords.
"It's a werewolf." Vicente said in disbelief. Everyone looked at him.
"I thought they went extinct at least 100 years ago." Kira said.
"They still exist in Morrowind. It must have wandered here as a normal human and then transformed with the full moon." William said darkly. The werewolf charged back through the trees. This time it was headed for Vicente. Vicente quickly dodged the wolf's attack but it changed course and bit the priest. The elderly man screamed as he was dragged into the forest. A moment later there was silence.
"Oh my god." Rain whimpered. William put an arm around her. Vicente, Lucien and Kira formed a triangle around them with Vicente facing where the werewolf had last disappeared.
"Hey Vicente, do you have a weapon?" Lucien asked.
"I don't need one. Vampires are superior to werewolves." Vicente growled with his fangs bared and took an offensive stance. The wolf charged from the trees at Kira. She waited until the last second to step out of its way and slice at the beast. It howled in pain as a cut was made in its side. But it continued to charge. It went straight for William's leg.
William yelled when he felt the monster's teeth sink into his leg. The werewolf began to drag William away. It yelped when Vicente gripped its sides and threw it into a tree. William fell to the ground with a thud. The pain from his leg was incredible. He could feel something burning through his veins.
"William!" Rain quickly dropped to her knees beside him. The werewolf slowly got to its feet and snarled at Vicente. Vicente growled back, his red eyes glinting dangerously. Lucien moved to stand next to the vampire with his sword ready. Kira kneeled down on the other side of William.
"Stay back Rain. Let me try to heal his wound." Kira said, trying to calm her sister. Rain just sat there and sobbed, staring down at the bite marks in William's leg. Kira practically growled herself and went to work on William.
The werewolf lunged forward and Lucien. Lucien moved swiftly out of the way and sliced at its side. The werewolf dodged his sword and rammed into Lucien who fell to the ground. It bared its teeth, ready to sink them into Lucien's throat. Vicente growled again and knocked the beast away.
The werewolf stumbled back a bit but then rushed at Vicente. It sank its teeth into Vicente's arm. Vicente grunted and tried to his arm away while kicking at the monster. Suddenly there was a flash of blue light as someone cast a shock spell. The werewolf yelped and then fell limply to the ground.
Vicente panted and took a few steps backwards from the dead beast. Lucien stood up slowly.
"Did you cast that spell?" Lucien asked. Vicente shook his head. Kira was too busy trying to help William to cast it and Rain was in no state to do anything. Someone stepped out of the shadows.
"I cast the spell." A man said. He was a tall man with short brown hair. He had several silver weapons strapped to his back.
"Who the hell are you?" Lucien asked.
"My name is Malf, I'm a werewolf hunter. I've been tracking this beast for months out of Morrowind. I'm sorry he found you all." Malf said.
"Hey idiots, stop standing around and help me save William!" Kira yelled. The three men all rushed over to William. He was groaning faintly and rolling his head back and forth. Kira was attempting to heal the bite in his leg. Rain was sitting off to the side, sobbing.
"Well then, if you're a werewolf hunter Malf, what should we do about him?" Lucien asked.
"Well he should definitely be taken to a safer spot inside. I suggest giving him mandrake root to prevent him from becoming a werewolf himself. You should do the same sir." Malf said looking at Vicente.
"Oh don't worry about me. The werewolf's curse will have no effect on me. Kira and Lucien, do you two think you can get William to Rain's house? I'm afraid I can't move my left arm at the moment." Vicente said. Kira and Lucien nodded and started to pick up William who was now unconscious.
"I'll give you all a hand." Malf said. The three of them walked away slowly carrying William. Rain stayed on the ground. Vicente kneeled next to her, being very careful of his arm.
"Come on Rain. We need to go with them." Vicente said soothingly. Rain looked up at him.
"But William is…" She said blankly. She couldn't deal with what was happening.
"Lucien and Kira will take care of him. Don't you worry. But William will want you to be there when he wakes up later. You have to come with us." Vicente said. Rain nodded and stood up with Vicente's help. He placed his right arm around her shoulders and with his left arm held close to his body he led Rain back into town.
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"We should set him down in the guest room upstairs." Kira said, leading the way. She, Lucien and Malf set William down slowly on the bed.
"Do you have any healing potions and mandrake root?" Malf asked.
"Rain should have some in her alchemy room. I'll grab some. Lucien, go grab some bandages and a wet cloth." Kira said.
"I will stay here and watch over the boy." Malf said. Kira and Lucien left and returned shortly with the needed supplies.
"How else can we help?" Kira asked.
"You should go take care of yourself, Vicente and Rain." Lucien said.
"Lucien, I'm fine." Kira said.
"I know you're fine. But Vicente and Rain will need you. Plus I don't want you near werewolf venom while you're pregnant." Lucien said seriously. Lucien gave her a look that said "I'm the Black Hand Speaker, you're just the Silencer. Get going." Kira sighed and left.
I hate it when he gives me that look. Kira thought. She walked downstairs to find Vicente laying Rain down on the couch.
"Did she pass out?" Kira asked.
"I had to knock her unconscious. She shouldn't have to go through this." Vicente said.
"Come into the other room Vicente. I need to bandage your arm and any other injuries." Kira said. They walked into Rain's alchemy room. Vicente sat down on a chair and pulled off his bloody shirt while Kira looked through the cupboards for more bandages. When she turned around it was hard not to gasp.
She had honestly never seen Vicente with his shirt off before. Yes he was rather nice to look at but that's not what caught her eye. It was all the scars. There were several scars of all kinds on his chest and probably on his back too. One deep scar stood out. It looked as if he had been cut by a flame enchanted sword. And on his neck there was two little bite marks that had turned him into a vampire. Kira gulped and sat down next to him.
"Let me see your arm." She said. Vicente allowed Kira to bandage up his left arm. The bite marks were pretty deep and would definitely leave a series of nasty scars to add to Vicente's collection. While Kira bandaged his arm, Vicente turned away a bit so he would be more comfortable and she could work easier. Kira almost had to pry her eyes away so she could keep working.
"That's an interesting tattoo." She said, trying not to look at it. She had never imagined Vicente would have a tattoo. Vicente turned his head to look at the design on his upper arm. The tattoo was almost completely black. It started out looking like a series of flames winding around his elbow but it eventually took shape to look like a dragon head with blood red eyes.
"I had honestly forgotten about that. It's difficult to remember a tattoo when you can barely see yourself in the mirror." Vicente said.
"When did you get it?" Kira asked.
"I think I was 15 or 16 years old at the time." Vicente said after thinking for a moment.
"That's so unfair. I wanted a tattoo when I was 15 but you wouldn't let me get one." Kira said jealously.
"It's not my problem if I was intelligent enough to sneak past my parents to get a tattoo when you weren't." Vicente pointed out.
"Yes but you're parents weren't vampires. You have an unfair advantage when it comes to just about everything." Kira complained. Vicente laughed a bit. He started to cough violently and spit up some blood.
"Vicente, are you all right?" Kira asked worriedly.
"Yes, I'm fine. It's the werewolf venom. Vampires and werewolves are enemies in every sense. Even the werewolf cells will be attacked by my vampire cells." Vicente said when he was done coughing. Kira sighed and looked down.
"So you hate werewolves completely?" She asked.
"I don't hate them personally. But my instincts drive me to fight any werewolf. Is something wrong?" Vicente asked.
"When I was a little kid, before my parents adopted Rain, I had an older brother. His name was Erik. He was at least 10 or 11 years old. I remember one day when we were playing in the woods we were attacked. He was bitten by a werewolf. My parents kept it a secret from the town for months but the townspeople found out. They hunted him down during the full moon and killed him. He had never harmed anyone or did anything." Kira said darkly.
"I'm sorry Kira." Vicente said.
"After that whole incident, even though I was young, I still never feared anything like a vampire or werewolf again. I was able to see beyond the monster everyone else thinks they are." Kira shrugged. She finished bandaging his arm and stood up.
"I want you to drink a health potion before you do anything else." She said, looking through the cupboard again. She grabbed the potion she needed but knocked down another one. The glass broke and cut the palm of her hand.
"Damn." She said, looking at the blood drip. Vicente unwillingly gave a small growl and closed his eyes. He squeezed the edge of the table with his hand.
"Oh I'm sorry Vicente." Kira said, quickly bandaging the cut. Vicente stood up.
"I should go feed quickly. This battle took quite a lot out of me." He said.
"Will you be alright?" Kira asked. Vicente nodded and left quickly.
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"Oh no. This isn't good." Malf said, looking over William.
"What?" Lucien asked tiredly.
"He's definitely been infected. He'll be a werewolf." Malf said sadly.
"Well that's just fantastic. But other than that he'll live, right?" Lucien said.
"Yes. He didn't lose too much blood. But he will live a cursed life." Malf said. Lucien sighed.
"Do I need to stay up here any longer? I should check on everyone else." He said.
"That'd be fine. I will stay here until morning if none of you mind and then I'll be on my way. There's nothing else I can do." Malf said. Lucien nodded and walked downstairs. Rain was asleep on her couch and Kira was in the dining room staring at her hand.
"How is he?" Kira asked when Lucien sat down next to her.
"He'll live but he's a werewolf now. He and Rain will have to figure out what they'll do every full moon." Lucien sighed. He was very tired. Kira yawned and leaned against Lucien's chest.
"You should go up to the second guest room and sleep." Lucien said.
"I should wait until Vicente gets back so Rain has someone." Kira said.
"I doubt she'll wake up any time soon. Come on, we're going to bed." Lucien actually picked up Kira and carried her to the other guest room.
Vicente returned a little while later, still not wearing a shirt. At this point he no longer cared much. He was tired. This was the first time in decades that he actually wanted to sleep during the night but he was afraid to sleep. This incident reminded him too much of the past.
Every time he closed his eyes he could see the vampire that bit him. He could see his wife and daughter lying dead on the floor before him. He didn't want to sleep and remember that night again. But he was so tired. Vicente sighed and lay back on another couch across from Rain. He fell asleep minutes later.
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Rain sat up quickly, breathing hard. She closed her eyes and tried to tell herself it was all just a dream. She tried to tell herself that today was her wedding day, not last night. She opened her eyes again, hoping to be in her bedroom. She gasped at what she saw.
There on her couch was Vicente sleeping….without a shirt. He was pretty muscular. His chest was covered in scars and he had a tattoo on his arm. His left arm was bandaged up but still looked kind of bloody. He seemed to be having a nightmare.
Rain got up slowly and kneeled down next to Vicente. She shook him lightly. She needed someone to take her mind off what had happened.
"Vicente, wake up." She said, close to tears. The vampire mumbled a bit more before opening his eyes quickly.
"Oh Rain, are you alright?" He asked, sitting up.
"Please tell me last night didn't happen." She said desperately. Vicente looked at her sadly.
"I wish I could, Rain." He said. She started to sob and buried her face in Vicente's chest. He put his good arm around her.
"Shh, I think he's okay. I didn't get to ask Lucien last now how William was doing. Do you want to go check on him?" Vicente asked. Rain took a deep breath.
"Could you do it? I'm not ready to see him yet." She said. Vicente nodded and walked upstairs. He made it to William's room just as Lucien walked out of the door down the hall, also not wearing a shirt.
"You checking on William?" Lucien asked sleepily.
"Yes, how was he doing last night?" Vicente asked about to enter the room.
"I wouldn't go in there. He's a werewolf now. You'll want to attack him immediately." Lucien warned. Vicente quickly removed his hand from the doorknob.
"But he will live?" He asked. Lucien nodded. Kira, still half asleep, walked out into the hallway. She was somewhat in a daze. When she saw Lucien and Vicente standing there shirtless she couldn't come up with a logical explanation. Why are there two good looking guys standing shirtless in the hallway? Was her only thought for a moment. She shook her head and stretched, waking up a bit more.
"What are you two doing?" She asked.
"I was about to check on William." Vicente said.
"I'm hungry." Lucien said simply.
"You're always hungry." Kira pointed out. Lucien just shrugged. Malf walked out of William's room.
"Alright, I've got to leave." He said. He was so exhausted he didn't notice the obvious signs saying Vicente was a vampire.
"William will the fine, correct?" Vicente asked.
"Yes. Of course he's infected and he'll have a nasty scar but if he can keep it a secret he can live a more or less normal life. If you'll excuse me." Malf said. He walked downstairs and left.
"Well, I'll go tell Rain." Vicente said.
"Come one Kira let's go back to bed." Lucien said lazily.
"I thought you were hungry." She said.
"I'm always hungry. But I'm exhausted right now." He led Kira back into the room. Vicente walked downstairs to find Rain waiting nervously on the couch. He sat down next to her.
"Is he okay?" She asked.
"He will live but…he's been infected Rain. William is a werewolf now." Vicente explained slowly. Rain looked at him for a moment.
"Well that's fine. He'll still be alive. That's enough for me." She said happily. Vicente smiled at her.
"I'm happy for you Rain." He said.
"Are you okay, Vicente? You look exhausted." Rain said worriedly.
"My cells are fighting off werewolf venom. It's really wearing me down. I think everyone is tired still." He said.
"Well of course you're all tired. It's probably nine in the morning. You, Kira and Lucien are never awake at this time of day. I think we should both go back to sleep." Rain said. Vicente nodded. Rain went back over to her couch and laid down. Vicente was asleep after a few moments. But Rain was kept awake of what would happen during the next full moon…
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Okay, whoo…that was actually longer than I thought it would be.
But don't start feeling all happy right now.
There's still a lot more that can go wrong and since I enjoy messing stuff up things probably won't go well!
And thanks for all the reviews.
They did make me feel better.