General Cartography Part Two

To my loyal fans, I hate to tell you that this is only a four chapter story. I know this is a very late update, but the computer I original wrote this on didn't have the internet any longer and I didn't have any disks (omg, I almost wrote 'dicks') But for people who really, really love Kurda, you will cry at the end. It's my guarantee. I cried when I finished it. All of my Kurda loving friends who love Kurda almost more than I do, and also don't cry, were in tears. One thing I must say, Kurda and Lian do not have sex...or atleast any sex that's mentioned...Lol...But I have this feeling that I may have some younger viewers who may be a tad oblivious or pure, so I don't want to riddle their minds with explicit content and make them end up they way I am now. (Trust me, everyone calls me a nymphomaniac. But that's a little harsh. ::cries:: ) Anyways, you probably will cry a lot when you finish this. Also, there will be a sequel to this about Lian and Darren's meeting! And my final word about this story is, no story is complete without one creepy violent killing, and next chapter--probably the shortest, there is a killing so I give a warning in advance...Okay well, it's not that bad. Now, grab some popcorn or a flour tortilla with cream cheese (YUMMY!) and some pomegranate/tangerine juice and read!

Please excuse all typos, please review and include anything that's confusing! NO FLAMES PLEASE!

Chapter Two:

Kurda's and Lian's relationship deepened...Something Kurda was never planning on. He never wanted to be too involved with Lian in the first place. But he couldn't fight it. He loved this girl and it couldn't be avoided.

Lian wasn't planning on it either. She thought she was just allowing this mysterious vampire to stay at her house for a while. Lian never thought she'd get so attached to him. She wanted to spend so much time with him, she had her work hours shortened. She was a five to six worker, but her hours were changed to three-five. That way, she could sleep enough during the day so she could spend her nights with Kurda.

Lian went to her chiropractor on one of her days off, and she was told that her legs should be free to move properly again. What was miraculous was that fact they healed four months earlier than expected. When she told Kurda, he sad that the remedies he had been giving her were helping, that they sped up the healing process.

The two were becoming more and more intimate with each other. Almost every night they went out and others, they just sat around Lian's house for the night. They hadn't done anything too serious with each other, but when they thought about it during times of silence, the other knew what they were thinking, but never said a word.

" When are you leaving?" Lian asked one night. She had been dreading this question but she had to ask it.

"I'm not sure." Kurda said. "Four or five months, perhaps, maybe sooner...Possibly later."

"I see..." Lian replied. "You know, I like having you here."

"And I like being here." he said. "It makes me feel welcome."

"I guess you don't get much hospitality, right?" Lian asked in a half joked tone.

"I've had very little." Kurda said. He was quiet for a few minutes, then he finally spoke up. "I had a friend who was in love with a human. They were together for twenty-four years. But the human was getting older every year, when my friend was still in the same age. One day the human left, leaving only a note and card. My friend told me the way I should ever fall in love with a human is when they're willing to be blooded and not mind giving up their humanity."

"How do I know that this 'friend' isn't you?" Lian asked.

"Because my friend's name is Gavner Purl." Kurda said. "He's a great vampire, besides, he has more free time to see humans. All of my time is either dedicated to my soon be Prince duties or charting new maps."

"You never told me you were becoming one of those princes." Lian said. "Wait, if a girl vampire was going to become a prince, wouldn't she be called a princess?"

"Technically, but there has never been a single female vampire prince...princess, sorry." Kurda said. "It must be because there are so few females."

"Why?" Lian asked.

"Vampires cannot reproduce." Kurda said. "We really don't have the need for females. Other vampires consider them too delicate for our type of rugged life style Most female humans would actually prefer to be left alone."

"Vampires...can't reproduce?" she said dismally. "That's got to be horrible! How do you have kids then?"

"There aren't child vampires." Kurda said. "It's against our laws to blood a child. See, blooding others is how we make more vampires. It's crazy how some people think that there are baby vampires...Okay, well Paris was blooded as a toddler, but that was before the child blooding law was made." Lian curled up next to Kurda.

"If I said I wanted to be a vampire, would you blood me?" Lian asked closing her eyes.

"Are you willing to give up your humanity and the capability of seeing the sun?" Kurda asked sternly.

"As long as I can be with you." she mused.

"That would be mating." Kurda explained. "Vampires can mate for a session which is about twelve years, then they can separate, but after six or seven sessions, they will be forced apart, either to find a new mate or to go solo for twelve years, then they may get together again."

"I could deal with that, during those twelve years of separation, we could see each other in secret." Lian said.

"We'd be killed for that." Kurda said.

"Then, they like not the binding of love and kill us for doing so! We are to love at free will, not forced to love one in which we do not care for!" Lian chanted. Kurda laughed at her proclamation.

"Excellent speech." Kurda complimented. "I suggest you recite it when you're put over the stakes in the hall of death, maybe then, after you die, vampires will appreciate your words." Lian punched in a rough manner as she fell off the couch.

"Ouch..." she mumbled. "Damn that couch."

"Were you talking to me?" Kurda said from next to her on the floor. "If you were, I couldn't make out what you were saying." Lian got up staring and then pushed Kurda onto his back and pinned him down. She sat on top of him.

"I said 'Damn couch.' " She joked lying on him.

"Is that a problem?" he asked kissing her.

"It is, in a way." Lian said. "I hate that couch."

"That poor couch must feel insulted." Kurda teased. Lian started to twirl his hair in her fingers.

"I'll feel worse than that couch ever will, if you leave." Lian said kissing his nose.

"I'll try to stay as long as I can." he promised. "But that's not a guarantee. I may have to leave one night without your knowing."

"Then I'll come with you!" she said. "I don't care if I get older and you stay how you are now! I want to come!"

"You might get killed if I take you with me!" Kurda snapped. "My treaties are dangerous enough for vampires alone! You'd be signing your death warrant if I took you with me! I'm dealing with creatures that have no sympathy for humans!"

"You're working with other vampires." Lian said.

"They're not vampires! Well, they are, but different!" Kurda said. "They're called vampaneze and they always kill when they drink from humans! They don't like humans very much but they don't kill absentmindedly, they kill when they have to! If I took you with me, I'd probably loose you! The last I spoke with them, they were low on their supply of human blood. They would kill you on the spot if I took you!"

"Vampaneze?" Lian asked curiously. "Are they where most of the legends come from?"

"Some, but not all." Kurda said. "Lian, I don't want to risk your safety. I may be able to take you up to Vampire Mountain, but not to the vampaneze headquarters." Lian brushed some hair out of his face.

"Let's not talk about this now." she whispered. "It's too depressing. I wanna talk about what's now."

"I can settle for that." Kurda said smiling. "I enjoy talking with you." Lian closed her eyes and rolled off of Kurda.

"Can you imagine how much more we'll know each other by the time you have to leave?" she asked kissing his ear. Kurda found that his ears were ticklish so he let out a softened laugh. "What was that?"

"Ticklish." he laughed. "And yes, I can imagine."

"Do you ever miss being human?" Lian asked.

"I can hardly remember what it was like." he sighed. "But yes, I suppose I do miss it at times. It has always been a dream of mine to be a father, but now, I can never fulfill that dream." Lian pitied him, she wanted him to have the life he wanted but could never have. "But right now, my life is just fine. Being with you is all I need." Lian felt comforted by his words and snuggled up next to him. "I would chose you over fathering children any day."

Isn't there a way for you to be human again?" Lian asked. Kurda shook his head.

"No, sadly, vampirism is permanent, it cannot be reversed." Kurda replied. Lian rested her head on his chest.

"I want you to blood me." she sighed. "I can't stand the thought of not being where you are." Kurda took her hand in his.

"I could, but you're too pure to blood." Kurda said. "Some vampires go insane just days after having the blood enter their system. I'm afraid that will happen to you. A vampiress I know went partially mad after she had become a full vampire. It's most common for females to go insane. I'm too scared to blood you. Even if you didn't lose your sanity, you might change. My second assistant was the most cheerful human I had ever met, but as soon as that vampire blood entered him, he became a nasty little bastard."

"You're afraid that if you blood me that I won't love you anymore." Lian said. "That's devotion. Can't you just make me half, or something like that?"

Kurda picked up both of her hands and brought a finger from each hand to his mouth. Carefully, he bit through the flesh and allowed the blood to drip a moment. He licked one of the fingers and tasted the blood in his mouth.

"I'm quite glad you have good blood." he said.

He then cut open the tip of a finger on each of his hands with his teeth as well. Lian looked at Kurda and seemed to figure out what he was doing. Tears were slowly forming in the corners of his eyes. He was going to blood her.

"I'm only putting enough to satisfy you, nothing more, enough so you aren't fully what I am, and that you aren't fully human. You will not be half, or full, you will be in the range of one fourth to one third of a vampire." he said with his sad blue eyes fixed on her. "But you must understand, if you change at in a way I disapprove of, I will have you killed, but then, I will kill myself, I want you to stay as you are. If you can't then I will have it that you are, in my view: perfect, in death." Lian understood. She wanted to be who she was for Kurda, and only that.

Kurda and Lian pressed their fingertips together and his blood seemed to flow directly into Lian. She felt dizzy as soon as his blood crept up her right arm. It was moving quickly. Before she knew it, the blood had reached her chest. Then, a sharp stab hit her right in her heart, causing her right hand to go limp. She started to fall over, but Kurda caught her with his now free arm. The blood rushing through Lian started to drift back into Kurda's left arm. Kurda rested his head on her shoulder.

"You can take your hand off now." he said softly in her ear. Lian's left arm then fell limp as well. The blooding seemed to take everything out of her. "You're alright, Lian. When quarter blooding, it is natural for the one being blooded to pass out." Lian's closed eyes opened and smiled at him sweetly. She struggled to sit up but Kurda had her remain in position.

"Thank...you." she said closing her eyes again. Suddenly Kurda imagined the worst. Could the blooding have taken the last of her life out of her? Had he just killed her? Had he pushed Lian too far? He thought he had killed her.

"Lian!" he shouted. She gasped for breath and coughed. Kurda didn't know what to do. Lian was dying in his arms, an event that only happened in those dark fairytales he had mysteriously remembered from his childhood.

The vampire took a breath and kissed Lian for as long as he could, which was several minutes. The words slipping through his mind were simply: 'Do NOT die on me!'

After almost eight minutes, he thought it hopeless. He let off and started crying. Vampires who die right after blooding would neither go to Paradise or heaven. She was stranded on Earth as a wandering soul.

He sat crying for several minutes, assuming Lian was dead and that he was never going to hear her voice again. Then, a movement startled him. Lian who was still in his arms, had her head resting on his chest.

"Are you crying out of happiness, or sadness?" she asked. "Particularly I don't care. As long as you're willing to say it's alright and that we're both safe." Kurda held Lian tight to his chest.

"We're safe." he whispered. "And you haven't changed. You are the Lian I have gotten to know and love so well."