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The legend used in this chapter is not completely real. I apologize to the tribes mentioned for using your culture to feed into my fictional piece. I adopted the original piece written by Catherene NightPoe posted on www (.) vampiricstudies (.) com / nativeamer (.) html
I did, however, tweak it here and there to make it fit my story, mixing it along with several other myths regarding dark spirits and demons surrounding Native American folklore, other mystical stories, Hollywood flare and lots - and lots - of fiction from my own pretty little head.
I hope the end result is something that comes to please you.
Remember the warnings in prior chapters, and as usual, disclaimer stands.
Enjoy!
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Chapter Ten:
knowledge is power
power is legend
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After Billy's and Charlie's arrival, they all went to the island to verify that the apparitions had in fact been their two lost friends. Three hours they found themselves at the Uley home.
Brokenheartedly, they listened to the witness accounts of the shamed pack members and the two blushing imprints, Old Quil sat at the table in the kitchen to do research, ignoring the rants and screams that followed; notes, journals and ancient scrolls in hand.
Billy sat quietly as Charlie unloaded his anger on to the pack, calling them liars. That there was no way his daughter had become a bloodsucking monster.
"She was prepared and buried in consecrated ground! For goodness sakes! Your son too? Billy! Help me out here!" Charlie begged.
"Charlie...listen to me. You need to get a hold of yourself, old man. Bella wouldn't want you to stress yourself into an early grave." Billy tried to reason with him.
"I KNEW IT!" Old Quil screamed as be barreled in from the kitchen, "I found the legend that covers some of what you have gone through."
"Speak up then!" Paul said standing from his seat, only to be pushed down by Emily.
"you keep seated and eat your food!" She mother-hened him.
"Well, the information I have is a condensed combination of legends. To my knowledge the basis for these myths are deeply rooted in the religious lore and Shamanism of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, Cayese, Makah and Quileute Nations." The old man began, the girls made themselves comfortable as the pack -Leah included – Placed themselves by each window, watching the forest as he continued, "The legends seem to agree, that there was once a brave, powerful Medicine Healer who was kind and ruled his tribe with love. His brother was the Chief of the Ten Tribes. The Medicine Man loved a maiden named Laughing Sky. He and his love were wed and they lived among their people in peace and harmony with all. But Laughing Sky was thought to be barren and brought forth no children.
One day the Medicine Man, in his anguish for the lack of a son, raised his head and challenged the Great Spirit. He declared that he would no longer obey their teachings if he where not given a son.
But the Great Spirit was deaf to his plea and listened not.
As the days passed, Laughing Sky grew older, and the end of her child bearing time drew nigh. In desperation, the Medicine Man turned to the more negative spirits for aid in making Laughing Sky fertile.
He did things forbidden, and one sad day opened a portal by the use of magick, through which entered a dark spirit named Jumlin.
Jumlin was a strong and dominant negative spirit who sought life in the living dimension of the Earth and tricked the Medicine Man to bring him forth. He promised in payment for bringing him out of the Spirit Realm into the world that he would bestow the Medicine Man with many healthy sons and daughters to enrich his later years.
Jumlin promised the Medicine Man that Laughing Sky would bring forth to bare a beautiful and healthy son nine months after the Medicine Man granted Jumlin's desire to be brought from the Realm of Spirit Shadows into the Living World.
The Medicine Man complied.
Even though to do so was forbidden, the Medicine Man brought the Spirit of Jumlin into the world.
But Jumlin had fooled the great Medicine Man. Jumlin had shielded much of his power and once across the Divide, he possessed the Medicine Man, going into his heart, mind and body, killing the medicine man with in the body. Jumblin then wore the body as if it was his own, and returned to the tribe.
Jumlin was a hard and cruel spirit, dominant and hungry. He fed on blood of living things. First the animals of the forest, then the horses and finally on the men of the tribe.
As the Medicine Man, Jumlin had power and control of the people. He first selected the strongest of Braves to feed upon, and in his hunger and blood lust fed from them unto their deaths.
The Medicine Man's brother, the Chief, and his people now, lived in fear. As Jumblin continued, his physical and mental powers grew stronger until none dared to resist him.
The stronger he became the more he took advantage of those weaker. Then one day he stopped feeding from the males and went into the female population of his village, doing as ever he liked or willed with their minds and bodies as he fed.
Unlike with the animals and brave males of the tribe, he found that he could satisfy himself fully with the women...He didn't have to kill them in one feed. As a matter of fact, he was able to feed upon them many, many times before their bodies gave. The women spoke of these encounters as pleasurable dreams of sorts. They recalled he liked to use and spill their blood along with singing chants of unknown words.
The male braves had similar encounters, but denied as to being touched in the same matter.
In the spring, those who did not die became with child, and so there where many new births in the village. All healthy, robust children, both male and female.
These grew slightly faster than prior children until they hit puberty. These children regarded the other members of the tribe with the same disdain and cruelty as their father. Also using others to feed using the same method his father learned, praying on the vulnerability of the mortals of the tribe, their sexual appetite filled.
The braves, young and old alike - even though terrified, hated their Medicine Man more as he and his offspring did as they pleased not only to them but to their wives and daughters, sisters and nieces.
As the days grew into summer, Jumlin's as well as his offspring's appetites increased. He was now unstoppably strong in all ways and became even more negative.
All lived in dreadful fear as men women and well as the began to die due to Jumlin's and his children's cruelty and feeding.
As fall approached the men of the tribe could stand it no more, and despite their fears, they sent two messengers to a nearby tribe to consult their medicine man. The messengers returned with the knowledge that their Medicine Man was no longer he whom they had known, but the evil Spirit Jumlin.
They understood that for now, no more could he be killed as a mortal man is killed. So, they send many of their braves to be trained and learn the ancient methods for his destruction.
Upon their arrival, after several months, they found Jumlin's spouse large with child...and very ill. She lived to bring forth into the world Jumlin's child, one foretold to carry one obscure spirit such as that of his father's, who was to be called Laughing Bear.
Soon after giving birth, Laughing Sky fell into Child Bed Fever while the braves banded together in a plot to destroy Jumlin, but he was aware of it at once.
That night, he killed Laughing Sky and drained her of her blood, and did the same to the leader of the young braves as the warrior slept.
Jumlin took his son, several of the other children and their mothers, and escaped in the dead of night. He first gave the women, and then his female children and finally the male, to several braves in various villages to buy their protection for a time as he made his way across the plains.
After a time only he and Laughing Bear rode together. Laughing Bear soon grew to be as cruel and indulgent as his father.
Several months hence, they came to yet another village where they stopped to rest. As Laughing Bear slept, Jumlin went abroad into the night as was his want. This time his feeding was more vicious than ever and his victim of choice was the chief's eldest daughter.
As Jumlin, deep in a lust feeding frenzy, partook of her, he was discovered by her father and three of the Hunters who had been following them all these months. Jumlin was killed, or actually destroyed, by the magick knowledge of the Hunters, but Laughing Bear escaped.
It is said that Jumblin's demon offspring was hunted and destroyed, but most escaped.
There are many legends about these creatures, depending to which village or tribe you acquire your information from.
The Lakota say they went in search of better feeding grounds.
The Cheyenne say they found a way to return to the spirit world where their father came from, awaiting for the right vessel to use in vengeance. Sworn return and feed upon the living.
In the tribes surrounding this area, the Cayese, Makah and the Quileute, it is said that Laughing Bear and his brothers and sisters, begot by Jumlin, are still living to this day. In a dark ghostly form...possessing the deceased, breeding with humans, and their own kind, in hopes to produce the first race of Inheritors.
They are said to be not only physically powerful, but have certain...powers...which they use to fool and weaken their victims into submission. This way they can carry on with their dark desires. They live eternally and are negative in nature. They seduce the mostly the opposite sex, but are not known to turn down same sex partners, attacking them during slumber and feed upon their life energy through their lust.
In all the legends one thing is the same. That there is only one way to killed them. This knowledge is passed down from tribe to tribe in legend and folklore.
Only one tribe claims to have a cure, a way to return the possessed to their original state. The Chemakum Tribe. Its done is steps...and is told to be a trial of times. Dangerous even. Like everything that deals with the magicks usually is." He said, taking a pause. We were lost in thought, taking in the information he had just given us as he continued to read in silence. Till he grunted disapprovingly, "...here is the small sprint. There's never been a need to prove this theory, or even a found subject for an opportunity to attempt to try..."
"I would give myself away in pieces! If only a snowball's chance in hell, for my daughter to live the life she deserves." Charlie expressesn with conviction.
"So...WE are all in agreement here."Sam said walking towards the center of the room, loking at all present as ti verify their commitment.
Once satisfied, he begins lining the needed requirements to carry out this crazy idea, "we will need a place to keep them captive. Not only to cure them, but also to keep them away from possibly harming any others."
"My wife's parents left us a cabin deep in the woods." Billy volunteered.
"um...Billy...If they are as strong as the legend describes...a wooden structure will simply not do." Sam voiced nervously.
"The Cullen's Place." Embry said, surprising everyone, "Its concrete and its complete with a basement. Plus, its far away from the road." He stops, lifting his eyes to lock sights with a wide eyed Charlie, "they owe us. The least they could do is help us restrain them till we get them back to normal."
"I will start to charter a composition of the ingredients for the first step...to get them lucid." Old Quil said.
"So we have a plan. To set the trap..." Sam began, we all came closet to him as we began to brainstorm the next phase of the plan.
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