Second chapter! I was so surprised when I checked on my fanfic and found
that people were telling me to keep writing. Thank you so much for every
one that reviewed and I promise to update my fanfic as soon as possible.
Disclaimer: Don't tell me that I have to write this stupid note on every
chapter! I really don't own the characters of Blood Omen 2 or Soul Reaver
2. Some of the characters such as Alexandra, JoAnna, and Carla are my own
characters that I made up.
Realm of Dreams
Chapter 2
Alexandra sat at the table listening to her sister, while she swung the pendant that the vampires had given her, back and forth in front of her face. " You'll really like Josh. He's really nice," said JoAnna as she kept talking away. Alexandra had talked herself into at least meeting her sister's boyfriend, but was already regretting it. She had decided to meet him, say hi, and then run before her sister realized what had happened. It didn't look to be difficult with her sister daydreaming about her boyfriend.
I really hope this works, thought Alexandra as she stared at the pendant. The pendant looked pretty simple. It was a black lace string with a dark red marble trapped in a small wire mesh, shaped to look like a clawed hand. A sudden loud knock at the door nearly made Alexandra drop the pendant as it stopped swinging. Alexandra tucked the pendant into her pocket as her sister ran to the door. " He's here, He's here," she heard her sister yell from the hallway.
She's just like a little kid, thought Alexandra rolling her eyes in mock disbelief. A few seconds later JoAnna walked in closely followed by her boyfriend. " Josh this is my sister Alexandra. Alexandra this is Josh," said JoAnna. Alexandra sat silently for a while unbelieving. Josh looked like he was a senior the same as JoAnna, but very different. He had short spiked blond hair, which was colored red at the tips, a nose ring, and wore tight black leather jeans along with a black shirt. He had a tattoo on his left arm in the shape of a black snake that started at his wrist and traveled up his arm and a dog collar around his neck. Alexandra just sat there and stared for a while not letting any emotion show on her face.
He held out his hand. Alexandra reached out and shook his hand still silent. " I think your sister is a little intimidated by me," he said, his voice had a small accent to it that made him emphasize some of the words. JoAnna laughed, " trust me it takes a lot to scare my sister. She's just a little shocked at the moment."
Shocked is pretty much it, thought Alexandra as she looked over at her sister. She looked to be in her glory as she watched Josh. " Sorry," said Alexandra in apology to her rudeness towards this guy. " Aw, don't worry about it. A lot of people act that way when they first see me," he laughed. " See I told you ya had to meet him," said JoAnna smiling.
"Yeah, so now that I've met him I think I better get going. I'm meeting Cindy to go to the mall," lied Alexandra. " So soon. Well, have fun," said JoAnna. " Oh!" said JoAnna suddenly, " I'm supposed to tell you that mom won't be home until the end of the week. She's really busy." Alexandra nodded gratefully.
Good with mom busy at work for another week and JoAnna too busy with her boyfriend I should be able to go to Nosgoth without any difficulty, thought Alexandra as she walked upstairs saying that she needed to get some stuff before leaving.
She walked into her bedroom and locked the door. She had no idea if this would work, but she was willing to try. Taking the pendant out of her pocket she calmly slipped it around her neck not knowing exactly what to expect. She felt suddenly cold like as if someone had plunged her in ice water. She gasped in surprise at the sudden change just as the world began to blur around her. She could still see colors, but the once solid objects were now just blotches in the background. Around her the world seemed to move of its own accord. She heard a horrible whistling noise that was growing in sound. She was about to put her hands to ears when suddenly everything vanished. The noise, the colors, the cold. She was floating in complete darkness. There was no real ground under her feet. The darkness was everywhere and everything. " What the," she said her mind trying to register everything that had just happened.
" So you are willing to try and change destiny," said a voice. The voice seemed to come from everywhere. It seemed to be the very darkness that spoke. " Who are you," asked Alexandra uncertainly. " How humorous a mortal willing to help vampires," said the voice evading Alexandra's question. " I said, who are you," said Alexandra more forcefully. " For now my name is not important for you to know. I shall let you pass seeing as you are only a mere human. Let's see if you somehow manage to make it to Kain in time, but even if you do there is nothing you can do to stop this. I'm afraid that it is already too late..." said the voice fading into nothingness. Alexandra had the sudden feeling that she was falling.
She might have blinked, but when she opened her eyes next she found herself surrounded by a dense forest. She looked around finding only an endless array of trees. They pretty much hid the sky from view with their high branches, which seemingly connected together to form a kind of canopy. Even so Alexandra could still see the gray sky up above. There was no sunlight in this place and the trees only made it seem darker.
" Hello," came a soft voice from behind Alexandra. She spun around to come face to face with a girl not much older than her. " You don't look like you're from around here. My name is Carla," she said. Alexandra could see why Carla said that she wasn't from around here. While Carla wore a plain tan colored dress that reached down to her ankles and sandals that seemed to be made of scrap cloth, Alexandra wore blue jeans and a tank top covered by a light blue jacket. Not to mention the blue sneakers. Alexandra managed a weak smile. " Um... I don't mean to sound like a complete idiot, but where are we," she asked. " We're in Nosgoth of course. Ya gave me quite a shock. Ya just suddenly seemed to appear right in front of me," Carla said, " Anyway, why don't ya come with me back to the village before it gets too dark to see. Ya gotta be careful since vampires usually hunt at night."
Alexandra followed the girl through the forest the entire time thinking I made it to Nosgoth. It surprised Alexandra when she found herself standing before a giant gate. The village beyond the gate was totally surrounded by a ten-foot wall probably for protection against vampire attacks thought Alexandra. The village itself was pretty small and seemed to be more of a farm village. There was a huge garden that Alexandra could see was full of plants and vegetables. The houses were made of wood and stone and only one building in the farthest corner of the village seemed to be bigger then the others. Otherwise each house looked to have enough room to have a bedroom or two and a small kitchen.
" Welcome to Torune village," said Carla turning around to face Alexandra. " Hey, Carla," asked Alexandra suddenly remembering something, " Do you know what year it is or a date." Carla gave her a blank stare. " What is a year? What is a date," she asked in wonder. " Never mind. I'm just a little confused because I'm not from around here," said Alexandra defeated. " I'm sorry. Maybe the village elder will be able to help ya," said Carla turning back around she walked on through the village. Alexandra followed behind Carla not surprised by the staring villagers that wore plain clothes like Carla. They walked straight towards the biggest building in the village and entered.
They entered a rather dark room lit by candles and at the head of the house sitting cross legged on a small mat was an old man staring out at them. As they got closer and Alexandra saw the old man better she saw that he was blind. Carla went down on her knees before the elder. Alexandra astonished followed her lead. " Elder, please forgive our intrusion. I found a girl in the forest today who says that she has traveled from far away to get here," said Carla. " Yes I sense this girl sitting to your right Carla. She indeed has come from a far away place," said the elder. His voice still held a power to it that old age and blindness had not taken away from him.
" I was wondering if you could tell me about the vampire horde. I have been too far from any villages to get information on them," said Alexandra carefully putting together her lies. "The six vampire lieutenants have been moving to capture the villages around their strongholds and the vampire Kain is growing more restless with each passing year," explained the elder. So, thought Alexandra silently, Raziel has not yet been cast into the abyss so this time period is before Soul Reaver.
" Young one, I believe that you are here for a reason that you cannot speak of to me, but be warned that I do not wish any trouble to my village. We are lucky that Kain's vampire army has not yet set its sight on us. You are welcome to stay here tonight, but I warn you not to overstay your welcome," said the elder his tone taking on a dangerous note.
Alexandra and Carla left the elders home walking on towards what Alexandra believed to be Carla's home. " Please don't mind the village elder," said Carla, " Him and the villagers are scared to death that one of these Kain will come to attack us. The vampires are a fearsome bunch." " Hey, Carla if I were to tell you that I have to get to Kain what would you say," asked Alexandra as they walked. " I'd say you was crazy girl. By the way I still don't know your name," said Carla. " My name is Alexandra," she said. " Well, Alexandra if you really do need to get to Kain I know exactly where to find him and how to get there, but there's only one condition in me leadin' ya to him," Carla said an evil grin on her face. " Condition," she asked carefully. " Yep, Its nothin' much you just have to take me with ya to Kain," she said.
They stopped outside of one of the houses. " Do we have a deal," she asked. Alexandra was carefully thinking about what all could go wrong. All she needed to do to convince Kain of the time streaming problem was show him the pendant and tell him a little about Nosgoth's past that she knew that others could not know, but first she needed to get to Kain. She knew that he would most probably be at the pillars where he made his new empire, but she didn't know how exactly to get to the pillars. She would need someone to guide her there. " Its a deal," said Alexandra finally.
For the first time since her arrival in Nosgoth she wondered what she was getting herself into and wondered whether or not she would survive. She had played the video games and seen the power of a vampire, but what would it be like in real life? Could she really talk Kain into believing her story before he killed her? I shouldn't doubt myself, she thought finally as she entered Carla's home. It was small, but still big enough for two people. " Hey, Carla Where are your parents," asked Alexandra. " Dead. They died during a vampire attack four years ago. I've been livin' alone ever since then," said Carla emotionlessly. " I'm very sorry," said Alexandra. " Don't be. I hope ya don't mind sleepin' on the floor," she said as she gathered some small blankets and a small towel to use as a pillow.
"Anyways we'll go to the pillars tomorrow. That's where you'll find Kain," said Carla quietly as she walked off to go to bed. Man, I wonder how it got so late so soon when I left my world at about 11:00. It seems to already be pretty late. How strange, thought Alexandra as she laid down to sleep. JoAnna is probably worried sick. Well I can't do anything else for now I guess I better get some sleep.
Well finally the end of Chapter 2. I promise the next chapter will be much more interesting. This was just the beginning that I came up with for how Alexandra got to Nosgoth, but anyways reviews are always appreciated and I hope to get the next chapter up sometime soon. We'll just have to see if I can find some time with school and all, but otherwise I plan to have the next chapter up by Sunday.
Realm of Dreams
Chapter 2
Alexandra sat at the table listening to her sister, while she swung the pendant that the vampires had given her, back and forth in front of her face. " You'll really like Josh. He's really nice," said JoAnna as she kept talking away. Alexandra had talked herself into at least meeting her sister's boyfriend, but was already regretting it. She had decided to meet him, say hi, and then run before her sister realized what had happened. It didn't look to be difficult with her sister daydreaming about her boyfriend.
I really hope this works, thought Alexandra as she stared at the pendant. The pendant looked pretty simple. It was a black lace string with a dark red marble trapped in a small wire mesh, shaped to look like a clawed hand. A sudden loud knock at the door nearly made Alexandra drop the pendant as it stopped swinging. Alexandra tucked the pendant into her pocket as her sister ran to the door. " He's here, He's here," she heard her sister yell from the hallway.
She's just like a little kid, thought Alexandra rolling her eyes in mock disbelief. A few seconds later JoAnna walked in closely followed by her boyfriend. " Josh this is my sister Alexandra. Alexandra this is Josh," said JoAnna. Alexandra sat silently for a while unbelieving. Josh looked like he was a senior the same as JoAnna, but very different. He had short spiked blond hair, which was colored red at the tips, a nose ring, and wore tight black leather jeans along with a black shirt. He had a tattoo on his left arm in the shape of a black snake that started at his wrist and traveled up his arm and a dog collar around his neck. Alexandra just sat there and stared for a while not letting any emotion show on her face.
He held out his hand. Alexandra reached out and shook his hand still silent. " I think your sister is a little intimidated by me," he said, his voice had a small accent to it that made him emphasize some of the words. JoAnna laughed, " trust me it takes a lot to scare my sister. She's just a little shocked at the moment."
Shocked is pretty much it, thought Alexandra as she looked over at her sister. She looked to be in her glory as she watched Josh. " Sorry," said Alexandra in apology to her rudeness towards this guy. " Aw, don't worry about it. A lot of people act that way when they first see me," he laughed. " See I told you ya had to meet him," said JoAnna smiling.
"Yeah, so now that I've met him I think I better get going. I'm meeting Cindy to go to the mall," lied Alexandra. " So soon. Well, have fun," said JoAnna. " Oh!" said JoAnna suddenly, " I'm supposed to tell you that mom won't be home until the end of the week. She's really busy." Alexandra nodded gratefully.
Good with mom busy at work for another week and JoAnna too busy with her boyfriend I should be able to go to Nosgoth without any difficulty, thought Alexandra as she walked upstairs saying that she needed to get some stuff before leaving.
She walked into her bedroom and locked the door. She had no idea if this would work, but she was willing to try. Taking the pendant out of her pocket she calmly slipped it around her neck not knowing exactly what to expect. She felt suddenly cold like as if someone had plunged her in ice water. She gasped in surprise at the sudden change just as the world began to blur around her. She could still see colors, but the once solid objects were now just blotches in the background. Around her the world seemed to move of its own accord. She heard a horrible whistling noise that was growing in sound. She was about to put her hands to ears when suddenly everything vanished. The noise, the colors, the cold. She was floating in complete darkness. There was no real ground under her feet. The darkness was everywhere and everything. " What the," she said her mind trying to register everything that had just happened.
" So you are willing to try and change destiny," said a voice. The voice seemed to come from everywhere. It seemed to be the very darkness that spoke. " Who are you," asked Alexandra uncertainly. " How humorous a mortal willing to help vampires," said the voice evading Alexandra's question. " I said, who are you," said Alexandra more forcefully. " For now my name is not important for you to know. I shall let you pass seeing as you are only a mere human. Let's see if you somehow manage to make it to Kain in time, but even if you do there is nothing you can do to stop this. I'm afraid that it is already too late..." said the voice fading into nothingness. Alexandra had the sudden feeling that she was falling.
She might have blinked, but when she opened her eyes next she found herself surrounded by a dense forest. She looked around finding only an endless array of trees. They pretty much hid the sky from view with their high branches, which seemingly connected together to form a kind of canopy. Even so Alexandra could still see the gray sky up above. There was no sunlight in this place and the trees only made it seem darker.
" Hello," came a soft voice from behind Alexandra. She spun around to come face to face with a girl not much older than her. " You don't look like you're from around here. My name is Carla," she said. Alexandra could see why Carla said that she wasn't from around here. While Carla wore a plain tan colored dress that reached down to her ankles and sandals that seemed to be made of scrap cloth, Alexandra wore blue jeans and a tank top covered by a light blue jacket. Not to mention the blue sneakers. Alexandra managed a weak smile. " Um... I don't mean to sound like a complete idiot, but where are we," she asked. " We're in Nosgoth of course. Ya gave me quite a shock. Ya just suddenly seemed to appear right in front of me," Carla said, " Anyway, why don't ya come with me back to the village before it gets too dark to see. Ya gotta be careful since vampires usually hunt at night."
Alexandra followed the girl through the forest the entire time thinking I made it to Nosgoth. It surprised Alexandra when she found herself standing before a giant gate. The village beyond the gate was totally surrounded by a ten-foot wall probably for protection against vampire attacks thought Alexandra. The village itself was pretty small and seemed to be more of a farm village. There was a huge garden that Alexandra could see was full of plants and vegetables. The houses were made of wood and stone and only one building in the farthest corner of the village seemed to be bigger then the others. Otherwise each house looked to have enough room to have a bedroom or two and a small kitchen.
" Welcome to Torune village," said Carla turning around to face Alexandra. " Hey, Carla," asked Alexandra suddenly remembering something, " Do you know what year it is or a date." Carla gave her a blank stare. " What is a year? What is a date," she asked in wonder. " Never mind. I'm just a little confused because I'm not from around here," said Alexandra defeated. " I'm sorry. Maybe the village elder will be able to help ya," said Carla turning back around she walked on through the village. Alexandra followed behind Carla not surprised by the staring villagers that wore plain clothes like Carla. They walked straight towards the biggest building in the village and entered.
They entered a rather dark room lit by candles and at the head of the house sitting cross legged on a small mat was an old man staring out at them. As they got closer and Alexandra saw the old man better she saw that he was blind. Carla went down on her knees before the elder. Alexandra astonished followed her lead. " Elder, please forgive our intrusion. I found a girl in the forest today who says that she has traveled from far away to get here," said Carla. " Yes I sense this girl sitting to your right Carla. She indeed has come from a far away place," said the elder. His voice still held a power to it that old age and blindness had not taken away from him.
" I was wondering if you could tell me about the vampire horde. I have been too far from any villages to get information on them," said Alexandra carefully putting together her lies. "The six vampire lieutenants have been moving to capture the villages around their strongholds and the vampire Kain is growing more restless with each passing year," explained the elder. So, thought Alexandra silently, Raziel has not yet been cast into the abyss so this time period is before Soul Reaver.
" Young one, I believe that you are here for a reason that you cannot speak of to me, but be warned that I do not wish any trouble to my village. We are lucky that Kain's vampire army has not yet set its sight on us. You are welcome to stay here tonight, but I warn you not to overstay your welcome," said the elder his tone taking on a dangerous note.
Alexandra and Carla left the elders home walking on towards what Alexandra believed to be Carla's home. " Please don't mind the village elder," said Carla, " Him and the villagers are scared to death that one of these Kain will come to attack us. The vampires are a fearsome bunch." " Hey, Carla if I were to tell you that I have to get to Kain what would you say," asked Alexandra as they walked. " I'd say you was crazy girl. By the way I still don't know your name," said Carla. " My name is Alexandra," she said. " Well, Alexandra if you really do need to get to Kain I know exactly where to find him and how to get there, but there's only one condition in me leadin' ya to him," Carla said an evil grin on her face. " Condition," she asked carefully. " Yep, Its nothin' much you just have to take me with ya to Kain," she said.
They stopped outside of one of the houses. " Do we have a deal," she asked. Alexandra was carefully thinking about what all could go wrong. All she needed to do to convince Kain of the time streaming problem was show him the pendant and tell him a little about Nosgoth's past that she knew that others could not know, but first she needed to get to Kain. She knew that he would most probably be at the pillars where he made his new empire, but she didn't know how exactly to get to the pillars. She would need someone to guide her there. " Its a deal," said Alexandra finally.
For the first time since her arrival in Nosgoth she wondered what she was getting herself into and wondered whether or not she would survive. She had played the video games and seen the power of a vampire, but what would it be like in real life? Could she really talk Kain into believing her story before he killed her? I shouldn't doubt myself, she thought finally as she entered Carla's home. It was small, but still big enough for two people. " Hey, Carla Where are your parents," asked Alexandra. " Dead. They died during a vampire attack four years ago. I've been livin' alone ever since then," said Carla emotionlessly. " I'm very sorry," said Alexandra. " Don't be. I hope ya don't mind sleepin' on the floor," she said as she gathered some small blankets and a small towel to use as a pillow.
"Anyways we'll go to the pillars tomorrow. That's where you'll find Kain," said Carla quietly as she walked off to go to bed. Man, I wonder how it got so late so soon when I left my world at about 11:00. It seems to already be pretty late. How strange, thought Alexandra as she laid down to sleep. JoAnna is probably worried sick. Well I can't do anything else for now I guess I better get some sleep.
Well finally the end of Chapter 2. I promise the next chapter will be much more interesting. This was just the beginning that I came up with for how Alexandra got to Nosgoth, but anyways reviews are always appreciated and I hope to get the next chapter up sometime soon. We'll just have to see if I can find some time with school and all, but otherwise I plan to have the next chapter up by Sunday.