Luz learned something about the Blood Moon, there was a small period that she would be completely sane and under control before her feral instincts would take over. This was only an hour before the moon took her over, so she needed to be quick. She was currently preparing everything she'll need for the ritual.
"Hey."
Luz looked up and saw Lucia leaning against her door frame.
"I don't have the time right now, Lucia." Luz said, "I need to get this ritual done, then I need to get to the meeting place with the Brood."
"Listen, if you think I'm going to let you do this by yourself, then you're insane." Lucia said, "This is my mom too."
"Lucia-"
"Luz, you don't understand, I need this just as much as you do." Lucia said, "I need this."
Luz looked at the ground.
"Okay, come help me."
Luz and Lucia went to finish preparing the ritual. In another part of the Isles, the rest of the Brood was getting ready to move to the meeting place. Boscha and Willow were walking through the woods, ready to get to the meeting place.
"Are you nervous?" Boscha asked.
"Yeah, this is pretty worrying." Willow said.
"Hey, why don't we hunt a little, take our minds off it for a minute. My instincts are getting anxious." Boscha said, leaning against her, "Come on, my little rose petal, I smell an injured animal about a mile away."
"How can I refuse my beautiful girlfriend?" Willow asked, "Lead the way."
The two ran towards the smell, finding a corpse on the ground.
"This is weird, it's dead but there's no sign of it being attacked by anything." Willow said, "I don't smell any type of disease, I... wait a second."
Willow leaned over and poked it. It wasn't an animal, it was a bag of blood inside of a hollowed out animal corpse.
"It's a trap!" Willow said.
There was a smoke bomb that was thrown at them and it went off. The smoke made them dizzy, Willow knew the smell of the smoke, she did an entire report on the berry a few months ago before she was turned. It was made from Demon Berries, rumored to produce a sent that can weaken a vampire. Willow and Boscha felt their arms get tied up and a gag in their mouths so they can't bite anything. They were dragged out of the woods and thrown into a cage. The cage bars, covered with holy water, burned them if they tried to get out. In another part of the Isles, Skara was getting ready to go, she wasn't in her house, she was actually in Max's cave.
"Stay safe." Max said.
"I will." Skara said, as Max grabbed her hands.
He moved one hand up to cup her cheek and they leaned close and kissed. They separated and looked at each other.
"I'll turn you tomorrow, the last thing I want is your first night as a vampire during the Blood Moon." Skara said, "I'll be back soon."
Skara sprinted out of the cave, not wanting to stop as she'll get distracted. Her instincts were getting harder to control. She sprinted and ended up tripping over something. She notices a tripwire that she tripped over. Skara didn't have time to register it before a small cage, barely big enough to hold a bird fell on her, she tried to knock it off, but her hand burned. She saw a person walk up to her and inject something into her, which weakened her to the point that she could barely open her mouth. At Blight Manor, it was less subtle. They kicked the doors open and immobilized Edrica and Alador with numbing spells. They splashed holy water on Emira and Amity, burning them and then tying them up and gagging them. Easily managing to get them out of the manor, while leaving the two males helpless to do anything until the spell wears off.
Fun fact about Holy Water in this, it's natural to the Boiling Isles, filled with minerals that are naturally toxic to vampires. Completely different than Holy Water in the Human Realm. It's called Holy Water because it was discovered by a witch named Holle Clawthorne, which has changed over time to Holy. Follow, Favorite, and Review for more.