Forgotten Memories: Part III
by Ryoken
As I continued to hurriedly bring Sious to the village, a light appeared over Sious again. It blinded me only for a second for it disappeared again. When I looked back down at her, her wounds and blood were completely gone! I wondered how it possibly could have happened, knowing the only person who could answer me was Kain. Still unconscious as she was, I picked her up in my arms and carried her the rest of the way to the village, doing the best I could to avoid being seen by the vampire hunters of this age.
I reached the village with no further trouble and laid her down upon the street. I hoped some passerby would recognize her and help her back home, as I hadn't the slightest idea where she could live. But suddenly, I felt displacement there and my vision blurred. Visions swept by me in my mind and it stopped on what seemed to be a memory from my human life. My vision now normal, I opened them to see something incredible. The village was bustling with humans, doing whatever it was that they did during the day. And then I saw him. It clearly couldn't be anyone else, as he was with my mother. It was myself, as a young child. I reached out him, hoping to touch be able to touch him. But my hand vainly went through him. Apparently, they couldn't see me at all. Then the sky grew dark and the humans screamed and ran through the village, into their homes. I watched as my mother and myself ran into one of the many houses. I followed suite, and saw her telling me something with words that I was unable to hear. She hid me in a closet just as the door was broken down. In came one of the demons I battled before and swiftly grabbed her up, taking her outside. I followed and watched, horror stricken as they gruesomely murdered her. My rage swelled up and at that moment I would give anything at the chance to save her from them. Then the memory disappeared. I now knew where she lived, but I did not wish to take her to the place where she would be so cruelly murdered. Against my rage, I took her up from the street and returned her to her home. As I exited the village, even more questions swelled up in me.
"No matter how much you want to, Raziel, you must leave her to her fate. It would cause a fatal paradox to this world." It was Kain.
"Why?? Why did they kill her? She had all ready bore her son, why did they not go after me instead?"
"They would have, but she would not tell them where you were. She gave her life to protect you, Raziel. They could not fit in that house to search it themselves, and by the time they came back with "smaller" recruits, you were already being taken to the growing Sarafan stronghold, and out of their reach. She knew by then why she had been taken to Janos's retreat and why she had been spared."
"That symbol on her arm, it's the same as-"
"Yes, Raziel. I decided that it would be ironic and yet somewhat protective for your clan if I declared that as your symbol. You saw the light emitted from her. The balance guardian at this time, Ariel, who has yet to be murdered, bestowed those powers upon Sious for her protection until your birth. Although it does protect her, it does not give her immortality. That's why she still needed some protection. The symbol was placed on her arm by a more human-like vampire when she was still young. The villagers thought she would surely become a vampire, but the light shone before them, healing herself and leaving only the mark that the vampire had given her."
"This is all so much to bear. Why are you telling me all of this?"
"Because you have the right to know, Raziel. It is all part of your history and destiny, it is important you know it all so that it is not repeated again." Kain disappeared, leaving me with the question of where I should journey to next. And as if someone had heard my question, another memory began to form. I was no longer in the village, but at what appeared to be the Sarafan stronghold five years from now. Before me was a vast chapel, myself and others, whom I assumed to be a few of my brethren, were listening to words of a man with a staff. I could tell from his figure that this was Time Streamer, Moebius. I could only watch as the old man spoke to us, since I could not hear his words. I guessed he was incriminating the vampires for killing my mother, and perhaps the parents of my brothers as well. So this was how and why I came to be a Sarafan warrior priest. Suddenly, I could hear Moebius's words. When he appeared to be looking upon me, my brothers and I seemed to freeze in place.
"I see you have found a memory or two from your past, Raziel."
"Silence, old man. I know that you are a devious old snake, and I shant fall for your tricks."
"And who has told you so? Kain, the one who bestowed his unasked for 'gift', the one who then killed you as a vampire? I am only here to assist you."
"Oh, really, old man? I do recall asking for your assistance. In fact, I believe I don't even need you."
"Do you really think so, Raziel? I suppose I'll just send you away into the forest to be slain by the vampires the inherit this land then if you have no need of me."
"What?! You wouldn't dare do that, Time Streamer. It would create a fatal paradox."
"Perhaps. I guess there is one way to find out, now, isn't there?" He knew I wouldn't take the chance of sentencing my former self to death.
"No, wait Moebius. What is it you want from me?"
"Simply for you to kill Kain. This is all I ask of you." Moebius appeared to return to my memory and it began to fade. I was then faced with a moral dilemma: kill Kain and keep my young self and my destiny safe, or leave Kain alive, destroying myself and perhaps creating a fatal paradox in the process. Kain was no threat to me, nor did Nosgoth seem to be able to be restored by his death, and he appeared to want to help me. He also held the answers to questions I hadn't the chance to ask.
End of part III
With Raziel's childhood fate in his own hands, his dilemma could change the fate of Nosgoth forever. Next time: Raziel chooses his path. A path which he set himself...
by Ryoken
As I continued to hurriedly bring Sious to the village, a light appeared over Sious again. It blinded me only for a second for it disappeared again. When I looked back down at her, her wounds and blood were completely gone! I wondered how it possibly could have happened, knowing the only person who could answer me was Kain. Still unconscious as she was, I picked her up in my arms and carried her the rest of the way to the village, doing the best I could to avoid being seen by the vampire hunters of this age.
I reached the village with no further trouble and laid her down upon the street. I hoped some passerby would recognize her and help her back home, as I hadn't the slightest idea where she could live. But suddenly, I felt displacement there and my vision blurred. Visions swept by me in my mind and it stopped on what seemed to be a memory from my human life. My vision now normal, I opened them to see something incredible. The village was bustling with humans, doing whatever it was that they did during the day. And then I saw him. It clearly couldn't be anyone else, as he was with my mother. It was myself, as a young child. I reached out him, hoping to touch be able to touch him. But my hand vainly went through him. Apparently, they couldn't see me at all. Then the sky grew dark and the humans screamed and ran through the village, into their homes. I watched as my mother and myself ran into one of the many houses. I followed suite, and saw her telling me something with words that I was unable to hear. She hid me in a closet just as the door was broken down. In came one of the demons I battled before and swiftly grabbed her up, taking her outside. I followed and watched, horror stricken as they gruesomely murdered her. My rage swelled up and at that moment I would give anything at the chance to save her from them. Then the memory disappeared. I now knew where she lived, but I did not wish to take her to the place where she would be so cruelly murdered. Against my rage, I took her up from the street and returned her to her home. As I exited the village, even more questions swelled up in me.
"No matter how much you want to, Raziel, you must leave her to her fate. It would cause a fatal paradox to this world." It was Kain.
"Why?? Why did they kill her? She had all ready bore her son, why did they not go after me instead?"
"They would have, but she would not tell them where you were. She gave her life to protect you, Raziel. They could not fit in that house to search it themselves, and by the time they came back with "smaller" recruits, you were already being taken to the growing Sarafan stronghold, and out of their reach. She knew by then why she had been taken to Janos's retreat and why she had been spared."
"That symbol on her arm, it's the same as-"
"Yes, Raziel. I decided that it would be ironic and yet somewhat protective for your clan if I declared that as your symbol. You saw the light emitted from her. The balance guardian at this time, Ariel, who has yet to be murdered, bestowed those powers upon Sious for her protection until your birth. Although it does protect her, it does not give her immortality. That's why she still needed some protection. The symbol was placed on her arm by a more human-like vampire when she was still young. The villagers thought she would surely become a vampire, but the light shone before them, healing herself and leaving only the mark that the vampire had given her."
"This is all so much to bear. Why are you telling me all of this?"
"Because you have the right to know, Raziel. It is all part of your history and destiny, it is important you know it all so that it is not repeated again." Kain disappeared, leaving me with the question of where I should journey to next. And as if someone had heard my question, another memory began to form. I was no longer in the village, but at what appeared to be the Sarafan stronghold five years from now. Before me was a vast chapel, myself and others, whom I assumed to be a few of my brethren, were listening to words of a man with a staff. I could tell from his figure that this was Time Streamer, Moebius. I could only watch as the old man spoke to us, since I could not hear his words. I guessed he was incriminating the vampires for killing my mother, and perhaps the parents of my brothers as well. So this was how and why I came to be a Sarafan warrior priest. Suddenly, I could hear Moebius's words. When he appeared to be looking upon me, my brothers and I seemed to freeze in place.
"I see you have found a memory or two from your past, Raziel."
"Silence, old man. I know that you are a devious old snake, and I shant fall for your tricks."
"And who has told you so? Kain, the one who bestowed his unasked for 'gift', the one who then killed you as a vampire? I am only here to assist you."
"Oh, really, old man? I do recall asking for your assistance. In fact, I believe I don't even need you."
"Do you really think so, Raziel? I suppose I'll just send you away into the forest to be slain by the vampires the inherit this land then if you have no need of me."
"What?! You wouldn't dare do that, Time Streamer. It would create a fatal paradox."
"Perhaps. I guess there is one way to find out, now, isn't there?" He knew I wouldn't take the chance of sentencing my former self to death.
"No, wait Moebius. What is it you want from me?"
"Simply for you to kill Kain. This is all I ask of you." Moebius appeared to return to my memory and it began to fade. I was then faced with a moral dilemma: kill Kain and keep my young self and my destiny safe, or leave Kain alive, destroying myself and perhaps creating a fatal paradox in the process. Kain was no threat to me, nor did Nosgoth seem to be able to be restored by his death, and he appeared to want to help me. He also held the answers to questions I hadn't the chance to ask.
End of part III
With Raziel's childhood fate in his own hands, his dilemma could change the fate of Nosgoth forever. Next time: Raziel chooses his path. A path which he set himself...