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In the darkness shall thou kill
In the light shall thou laugh
To follow my every will
As now thou are my puppet
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In The Endless Darkness – Chapter 3
By: Alasse Fefalas
"He killed my mother..." Rina whispered softly.
Darren gasped and asked just as soft, "How? Why do you say that?"
"I say it because it's the truth... He killed my mother. When he turned into a vampire, he ran away to protect us, so that the vampaneze would not go after him. He said something to only my mother like his blooder was a legendary person who hunted the vampaneze so that they would not hurt innocent people or something.
"He left on my birthday... and came back on the same date the next year. He always came late and stayed on the first floor of the house. He never came up to my room to say 'Happy Birthday' or something... I always eavesdropped on them and heard my mother crying and my dad explaining her that it was necessary or something...
"He didn't directly kill her though... indirectly, by just coming back to the house every year... I hate him for that..." Rina trailed off and sighed.
"I'm sorry... How old are you, anyway? You look only fourteen or something..." Darren asked.
"I was blooded when I was nine, and am now 96 years old. I became a full vampire when I was 30... My physical age is 16. What about you?" Rina asked cheerfully.
"Well... I was blooded when I was twelve. I'm still a half- vampire. I'm Mr Crepsley's assistant. I'm twenty currently. Though I still look like a kid... Hey, when's your birthday anyway?"
Rina just smiled and pulled a bag from under her green cloak that she had taken off. (A/N: Freak cloak!!) She pulled a picture from it and showed it to Darren. Darren took the picture and looked at it.
"Nice, huh? Look behind it..." Rina told him.
Darren looked behind it and saw writing. He read out loud. "This is our family. We will never be apart. Happy Birthday Rina! ............ It's dated fifteenth June... Is that your birthdate?"
"...... Yeah..." Rina answered with a smile.
"Fifteenth June... isn't that... isn't that today?"
Rina smiled and said, "Aye."
"Happy Birthday then! Hey... don't go anywhere ok? I want you to meet someone!" Darren prattled as he got up from the floor.
"Eh? Who?"
"You'll see when I come back," Darren answered, winked and left, closing the door behind him.
Rina sighed and placed the picture back into her bag. Suddenly, a low growl came from behind her. She jumped up and turned. She came face to face with a red eyed and purple skinned person.
"You! How did you get in here?!" Rina exclaimed, backing away from the person.
"Thought you could get rid of me did you? I'm too smart for you! I found a tunnel that leads all the way here! If you hadn't lost me in those god forsaken tunnels, I would be long dead by now, killed by the guards. Thank you." The vampaneze grinned and pounced on Rina in the blink of an eye.
Before Rina could scream, the vampaneze gagged her. He grabbed her cloak on the floor, tearing it in two and took half of it and covered her mouth and the other piece bounding her hands behind her.
"Let's see what you can do now!" The vampaneze laughed sadistically.
Rina lashed out at the vampaneze with her legs as hard as she could and hit him at the knees. The vampaneze howled in pain and punched Rina in the stomach which sent her flying and hitting the hard floor. Rina winced. Blood was freely flowing down from her forehead where there was a deep cut. She had landed on a sharp rock and it had pierced her left arm. The vampaneze walked grinned evilly and picked her up by the gruff of her shirt.
He bent down to her ear and whispered, "Hear that? Footsteps coming this way... when they come in..."
He didn't have to say anymore. He drew out his sword and backed to the wall opposite the door and placed his sword at Rina's throat. Rina's eyes widened in fear and she tried to free herself but to no avail. The vampaneze's grip was too strong. Rina shut her eyes, fearing what will happen next.
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To be continued...
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A/N: Ok... this chapter is a bit short... but what can I say! I love cliff hangers!! So review please!!
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In the darkness shall thou kill
In the light shall thou laugh
To follow my every will
As now thou are my puppet
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