*Thanks to Julian and Robert. Yes I have been told there were vampires in Middle Earth but decided since I know nothing about the LotR book series, the safest option would be to use Artistic Licence and completely ignore their existance. I know loyal LotR fans will be up in arms for me doing that, but I thought its best to not write about something I do not know than to hack my way through and possibly make a load of mistakes and upset people further. It would be nice to think people could respect my decision to do this and just read and enjoy this as a story, nothing more, then get all bent out of shape with me for totally ignoring what is a feature of the books.*
**To Rave : There are possibly 5 or so parts to this left. Thanks to Tony D I now have the final plot for this Trilogy and its a doosy! Shouldn't be much longer, I promise**
***Yay I shocked you all!! But I still have some twists up my sleeve.***
And now, on with the show...
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Xander and Goramarthien moved quickly throughout Middle Earth feeding and creating many new of their kind. Goramarthien loved the thrill of the hunt and the kill, even more than Xander. He finally understood the dark side of Angel and he enjoyed the high he got from the fear he would see on the faces of his victims. It was even better when he watched his new creations sleep then awaken like him. The sun had no effect on him and only a mild effect on Goramarthien, who now prefered to be called Mara. She didn't burst into flames, she was just very weak in the sunlight. He noticed however, that the Vampires sired by the him or Mara did smoulder in the sun's light. He came to the conclusion that the diluting of his pure Vampire blood weakened the tolerance to sunlight. As the siring continued through their ranks, the newer Vampires couldn't be out in the daylight at all. But at least he and Mara could continue their fun in all hours. They destroyed whole villages of humans and even some of Hobbits.
Always close behind them were Faith and Culromen. She had returned to her calling as Slayer only now she had a whole world to protect. Culromen tagged along much to her displeasure. She wanted to do this alone as she always had. Sure, in Sunnydale she'd had to work with Buffy and her groupies, but she had never liked that. It was always much more fun on her own. She didn't have to bother with the sensitivities of people like Buffy who thought she should just slay and move on. Faith always loved a good fight and being able to beat up on Vampires was one heck of a rush. Sometimes it was better than sex. She snuck a glance at Culromen. What would he be like? He certainly was handsome and she found him a huge turn on. Pity he was married and by all appearances, happily. Not that a little thing like a wife ever stopped her. She watched him as he tracked Xander's footprints through the woods outside a small Hobbit village. Her eyes lingered on his strong muscular thighs and slowly moved up to his lower lip. She had to force herself to stop her hand reaching out to trace over it. She felt for the first time in a long time the desire to touch someone tenderly, not with the violence of being a Slayer. He stirred feelings in her she'd long thought dead. It started as simple lust, but as she got to know him better on the search for Xander and Goramarthien and all the new Vampires they'd made, the more she felt her feelings of lust change. She was still cynical enough to know it wasn't love. But then, she didn't really know what love felt like. She had seen the love between Buffy and Angel, Oz and Willow, even Giles and the group, but what she felt was nothing like that. Maybe it was a crush she thought to herself.
"Shhh," Culromen suddenly whispered tearing into her thoughts.
"Huh?" Faith mumbled. "What's up?"
"They are still in the area," Culromen touched the ground where the footprints were.
"How can you tell?" Faith asked as she crouched down in the mud beside him.
"Just look behind you."
He pushed Faith down as he reached behind his back to grab his bow and an arrow from his quiver. He lined up the shot and let the arrow fly into the chest of one of the vampires that was slowly surrounding them. The shot hit to the left of the heart, not stopping the Vampire at all.
"You have to hit the heart," Faith yelled as she flew at the former Hobbits.
Culromen was amazed at the strength and skill of the girl. He'd never seen anyone fight quite like her. The way she quickly got the upper hand and soon had the Vampire/Hobbits in disarray was incredible. He didn't even see her stake them, just the shower of dust as she moved on to the next one. Soon he got the hang of it too. His arrows soon hit their mark in the hearts of the Vampires. It didn't take them long to slay them all.
"They have to be still in the area," Culromen said as he helped Faith up.
She took his hand and jumped up to her feet. She grabbed her hand away, embarrassed at the way the touch of his fingers made her skin tingle.
'Let's get moving then," she said.
They made their way into the village. Culromen had never seen as much wanton destruction as he saw in this formerly happy little village. Drained and dead bodies lay scattered all over the place. His heart wept as he looked down at the body of a child not much older than his Haeboriel. The waste of it all. Faith seemed untouched by it he noticed. It was almost as if this was what she had been expecting. He couldn't understand it all. The more he heard about the creatures, Vampires, the more he wanted to know. Why did they feed on blood? Why did Faith hunt them? When would it all stop?
Faith slowly walked through the village a few steps behind Culromen. She was used to the scenes left behind by Vampires, but it didn't mean she was desensitised to it. She just no longer showed it. There was no time to bury the dead. She watched as Culromen silently whispered over the bodies.
"How touching."
Both spun around to find Goramarthien standing watching them from the doorway of a house.
"Gora," Culromen gasped.
"Mara now," she replied as she walked out into the village square. "Nice of you to come to me. I was afraid I would have to come looking for you both."
"Why Gora?" Culromen didn't understand that this was no longer the sister he loved. She was now a monster.
"MARA!" she screamed at him. "But then, you never let me be myself did you Culromen? I always had to be the girl you wanted me to be, never the girl I wanted to be. Now I am, and I love it."
Faith watched in horror as more Vampires flooded out of the ruined houses and surrounded them. With them was Xander.
"Hello Slayer."
**To Rave : There are possibly 5 or so parts to this left. Thanks to Tony D I now have the final plot for this Trilogy and its a doosy! Shouldn't be much longer, I promise**
***Yay I shocked you all!! But I still have some twists up my sleeve.***
And now, on with the show...
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Xander and Goramarthien moved quickly throughout Middle Earth feeding and creating many new of their kind. Goramarthien loved the thrill of the hunt and the kill, even more than Xander. He finally understood the dark side of Angel and he enjoyed the high he got from the fear he would see on the faces of his victims. It was even better when he watched his new creations sleep then awaken like him. The sun had no effect on him and only a mild effect on Goramarthien, who now prefered to be called Mara. She didn't burst into flames, she was just very weak in the sunlight. He noticed however, that the Vampires sired by the him or Mara did smoulder in the sun's light. He came to the conclusion that the diluting of his pure Vampire blood weakened the tolerance to sunlight. As the siring continued through their ranks, the newer Vampires couldn't be out in the daylight at all. But at least he and Mara could continue their fun in all hours. They destroyed whole villages of humans and even some of Hobbits.
Always close behind them were Faith and Culromen. She had returned to her calling as Slayer only now she had a whole world to protect. Culromen tagged along much to her displeasure. She wanted to do this alone as she always had. Sure, in Sunnydale she'd had to work with Buffy and her groupies, but she had never liked that. It was always much more fun on her own. She didn't have to bother with the sensitivities of people like Buffy who thought she should just slay and move on. Faith always loved a good fight and being able to beat up on Vampires was one heck of a rush. Sometimes it was better than sex. She snuck a glance at Culromen. What would he be like? He certainly was handsome and she found him a huge turn on. Pity he was married and by all appearances, happily. Not that a little thing like a wife ever stopped her. She watched him as he tracked Xander's footprints through the woods outside a small Hobbit village. Her eyes lingered on his strong muscular thighs and slowly moved up to his lower lip. She had to force herself to stop her hand reaching out to trace over it. She felt for the first time in a long time the desire to touch someone tenderly, not with the violence of being a Slayer. He stirred feelings in her she'd long thought dead. It started as simple lust, but as she got to know him better on the search for Xander and Goramarthien and all the new Vampires they'd made, the more she felt her feelings of lust change. She was still cynical enough to know it wasn't love. But then, she didn't really know what love felt like. She had seen the love between Buffy and Angel, Oz and Willow, even Giles and the group, but what she felt was nothing like that. Maybe it was a crush she thought to herself.
"Shhh," Culromen suddenly whispered tearing into her thoughts.
"Huh?" Faith mumbled. "What's up?"
"They are still in the area," Culromen touched the ground where the footprints were.
"How can you tell?" Faith asked as she crouched down in the mud beside him.
"Just look behind you."
He pushed Faith down as he reached behind his back to grab his bow and an arrow from his quiver. He lined up the shot and let the arrow fly into the chest of one of the vampires that was slowly surrounding them. The shot hit to the left of the heart, not stopping the Vampire at all.
"You have to hit the heart," Faith yelled as she flew at the former Hobbits.
Culromen was amazed at the strength and skill of the girl. He'd never seen anyone fight quite like her. The way she quickly got the upper hand and soon had the Vampire/Hobbits in disarray was incredible. He didn't even see her stake them, just the shower of dust as she moved on to the next one. Soon he got the hang of it too. His arrows soon hit their mark in the hearts of the Vampires. It didn't take them long to slay them all.
"They have to be still in the area," Culromen said as he helped Faith up.
She took his hand and jumped up to her feet. She grabbed her hand away, embarrassed at the way the touch of his fingers made her skin tingle.
'Let's get moving then," she said.
They made their way into the village. Culromen had never seen as much wanton destruction as he saw in this formerly happy little village. Drained and dead bodies lay scattered all over the place. His heart wept as he looked down at the body of a child not much older than his Haeboriel. The waste of it all. Faith seemed untouched by it he noticed. It was almost as if this was what she had been expecting. He couldn't understand it all. The more he heard about the creatures, Vampires, the more he wanted to know. Why did they feed on blood? Why did Faith hunt them? When would it all stop?
Faith slowly walked through the village a few steps behind Culromen. She was used to the scenes left behind by Vampires, but it didn't mean she was desensitised to it. She just no longer showed it. There was no time to bury the dead. She watched as Culromen silently whispered over the bodies.
"How touching."
Both spun around to find Goramarthien standing watching them from the doorway of a house.
"Gora," Culromen gasped.
"Mara now," she replied as she walked out into the village square. "Nice of you to come to me. I was afraid I would have to come looking for you both."
"Why Gora?" Culromen didn't understand that this was no longer the sister he loved. She was now a monster.
"MARA!" she screamed at him. "But then, you never let me be myself did you Culromen? I always had to be the girl you wanted me to be, never the girl I wanted to be. Now I am, and I love it."
Faith watched in horror as more Vampires flooded out of the ruined houses and surrounded them. With them was Xander.
"Hello Slayer."