Sorry it has been so long but I as so many of us, have had exams! But now they are over and I have loads of time to do my stories! So hold on to your mice!
Xx Jez xx
And on with the story…
The Rise of the Darkness
9
A figure was running through the dark alleys. Confused and upset about how their love had just turned against them.
"I don't understand" they cried. Falling down in despair against the wall.
A shadow loomed over the weeping and perplexed character.
"Hey, what's wrong?" The voice rasped.
"You wouldn't begin to imagine." The figure snivelled.
"Try me."
So in the dark this person spilt their heart out to a stranger, one whom they couldn't see.
"Well I have a way in which I can help you understand. The person you speak of is from a special class. And in order to be with them you have to become part of that brand also." The smoky voice spoke up after hearing the tale.
"So do you wish to join?"
The figure stood up, and nodded.
"Good." With out knowledge of movement, the shadow lunged at the person.
And a scream went unknown and unheard throughout the night.
"Ciara! Are you coming?" Bonita bellowed up the grand stairs.
Ciara rolled off the end of the bed. She had been sitting there watching Damon get ready. She of course had gotten up before him and thus gave her time to watch him.
She lent against the door frame. He turned to look at her standing there. Her long inky hair falling perfectly around her. And her near dark eyes, bright and seductive, well not as seductive as herself.
He swooped over to her and kissed her. It was passionate and sumptuous. He liked the way she kissed. Her lips were full which was an added bonus.
Ciara had this wild sensation every time they touched, she loved it, and it enthralled her. They just couldn't get enough of each other and had to try and stop showing their affections in public!
"Ciara! Stop sucking Damon's face and get your arse down here!" Bonita cried, with frustration and irritation.
They detached, laughed, and then bounded down the stairs.
"Finally." Bonita sighed.
"Right lets go." Ciara said opening the grand doors and stepping out into the sunlight. "Did you find Lizzy?" she asked Bonita as they headed down the drive.
"Yeah, she said she didn't want to come. She wanted to spend time in the garden or something like that. And Fleta is working on things with Poppy and James and Thierry wants to spend some quality time with her."
There was a bit of silence as they headed out. Damon and Ciara were holding hands and Bonita was slightly ahead.
"So remind me again where we are going and why it is more important than you and me spending 'quality' time together?" Damon whispered to Ciara, so that Bonita wouldn't hear.
"We are going to the shops to meet Sasha, the witch that madam met at the ball. I don't trust him or like him. Neither does Lizzy or Fleta, so we were the obvious choice to go with her. We don't know anything about him. Only what she has told us. And he didn't give me a good impression at the ball. I'm just looking out for her, I don't want to see her get hurt… and I think I'll give him the benefit of the doubt." Ciara told him. "Then we are going to the park. Perfect place for some 'quality' time." Ciara flashed him a wicked smile.
"Oh there he is! Sasha!" Bonita said rushing off to meet him.
"Here we go." Ciara sighs, tightens her grip on Damon, and then smiles.
Elizabeth wandered through the side court yard slowly. She was taking her time to appreciate everything around her. She leaned on the fountain and slowly made ripples as she stroked the water gently with her finger tips.
She was looking into the archway of ivy and white roses. She thought she saw a shadow.
"Nah. There is nothing there girl! Get a grip. Oh great I'm talking to myself. First sign of insanity!" Elizabeth turned back to the fountain and started to sing. Lizzy loved to sing. It was one of the things that made her happy and she had a natural gift.
Delos was leaning out his window that over looked the side courtyard. He watched as his sibling wandered around and sat down by the fountain. But what got his attention was the beauty of her voice. She was probably the only Redfern who could sing like that. Well better than Ash anyway.
Maggie came up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"What you doing?" she asked him softly.
He didn't reply straight away. He was mesmerized by Elizabeth's voice.
Delos turned and pulled Maggie to his side. He put his arm around her as she hugged his side.
"Who's that singing?" she asked looking impressed.
"It's Lizzy." Delos told her looking down onto her.
"She is amazing." Maggie lent against Delos and closed her eyes.
"She sure is." He replied.
This time she couldn't ignore it. There was something there.
"who's there?" she asked.
No answer.
"Show yourself." She said as she slowly headed towards the roses.
"Oh" Fleta murmured in pain. It happened again. That horrible sensation that went through out her body, making her shudder and ache all over. Something was going on internally, but she didn't know what. She was a vampire and vampires don't get ill.
But as always it passed as quick as it struck. And soon she was jumping about being her usual hyper self.
She had wandered downstairs to find Thierry. He wanted to spend some time with her.
She found him in his office, no less, flicking through some papers.
He looked up as she bounded into the room.
"Little sister comes to disrupt the peace." She joked. And jumped into his lap.
He laughed at this and gave her a hug. She then jumped down and turned to him.
"So what do we have planned for our bonding today?" she questioned him in her cutest tone of voice.
"Well I thought we could…go for a walk."
"Oh no. I don't like walking? Would it be far?" she moaned.
Thierry laughed at this. "No just once around the side garden." He teased.
"Oh well that's ok then!"
And with that they headed out to the side garden and sat with their backs to the mansion and looked out down the slight hill to all the wonderful colours of the flowers, and the blossoms of some of the many trees that lined the high walls.
The shopping trip had been alright. Sasha was trying hard to get on Ciara and Damon's good side, but they just went along with it.
They headed to the park. It was the same place where many things had happened, but it was secluded and private, especially where they were.
They had chosen to sit next to the lake. They were shielded from the rest of the world by two weeping willows, a hill, and a decent sized hedge. No one would be able to see them.
They all started to chat and have a laugh and it wasn't long before Ciara and Damon gave in to temptation and started kissing and stuff.
Bonita and Sasha watched them for a while.
"They look like they are really in love." Sasha commented.
"It would seem so." Bonita agreed. "But with them, I don't know it seems to be deeper than love… they have this connection, and they can't get enough of it, or each other."
Bonita turned to look at Sasha. She looked deep into his dark eyes.
He smiled. "You are really pretty." He told her.
"Thanks." She smiled.
Sasha moved closer to her. He lent in. Bonita moved closer too. She tilted her head and closed her eyes.
They were getting closer; she could feel his warm breath on her, when suddenly she was knocked back.
Startled she looked at what had knocked her over. It was a German Shepherd.
Damon and Ciara broke free of each other when they heard Bonita give a slight scream. They saw a dog sitting in the middle of Bonita and Sasha.
However they both knew it wasn't a real dog. So did Sasha and Bonita.
"Alright. Who are you?" Bonita asked getting to her feet. The dog looked at her then started jumping around, looking like it wanted to play. It came over and licked her hand. She recoiled as if it had bitten her.
"Stop playing games. I know you are not a real dog." She said to it.
Sasha started to walk towards Bonita but the dog turned and looked at him. It growled, baring its teeth and advanced towards him.
Everyone was on their feet now and where behind the dog that was stalking towards Sasha.
"Sasha!" Bonita cried.
"Say the spell!" Ciara screamed.
Sasha muttered something under his breath just as the dog leapt through the air towards him. At the same time Damon rushed forward and jumped towards the dog that was now changing.
The dog landed on top of Sasha, but it was no longer a dog, and was hitting Sasha. Damon leapt onto it and pulled it off.
"Ben?" Bonita and Ciara said simultaneously.
Damon was holding on to a struggling Ben and Sasha was picking himself up off the floor.
"What the hell do you think your playing at?!" Bonita screamed at him.
"I told you I would do whatever it takes to have you back." He said as he tried to break free of Damon.
"So you're a shape shifter now. And how was this supposed to win Bonita back?" Ciara questioned.
Ben didn't reply.
"Well now you know what we are. But don't think that by telling people that will get me back. Because if you tell anyone what we really are, then the NightWorld council are going to kill you." Bonita threatened.
"Now, get out of my sight. And don't you ever try and hurt Sasha again."
And with that Damon threw him over the hedge.
Delos and Maggie watched as Elizabeth walked towards the arch. But something outside distracted them and they went to see what all the commotion was about.
Elizabeth was standing right in front of the arch. She hesitated before stepping through. As she walked cautiously through into the shade of the trees and the semi darkness she didn't see the shadow behind her until it was too late.
She felt a sharp pain in the back of her head and fell to the floor.
Delos returned to the window. He looked out and realised that Elizabeth was no longer in the courtyard. But he saw something which he couldn't quite make out in the gloom beyond the arch. So turned and headed out to see what was going on.
Thierry and Fleta were in hysterics. Fleta had just rolled down to the bottom of the hill and taken Thierry with her. They had had so much fun talking and messing about.
"Erm Thierry?" Hannah was standing there looking at them.
"Yes dear?"
"I don't mean to interrupt but there is a problem inside."
"What kind of problem?" Thierry asked getting to his feet.
"Well Ash is involved. Need I say more?" Hannah told him.
Thierry sighed. "I won't be a minute." He told Fleta. Then hurried off to see what was going on.
Fleta sat there twiddling her thumbs and looking up at the clouds. She didn't see the big dog come over.
Fleta got a fright when she felt something lick her hand. She sat up and saw a German Shepherd sitting by her.
"Hello." She said petting him. "Where did you come from?" Now Fleta was more naïve than the others so she didn't realise that it wasn't a real dog at all.
"You seem awfully familiar." She told him after a bit of playing.
That's when he made himself known and changed in front of her.
Fleta gasped. "Ben. What are you doing here?" she hissed.
"I just couldn't bear not seeing you. I needed someone to talk to." He said sitting down next to her.
"Why? What's happened?" She asked.
So Ben tells her of what happened. And how he has been feeling. And when he is finished he puts his hand on her knee and turns to her.
"Will you help me?"
She looks at him. "yeah, but I don't know how I can." She says. She is too kind hearted for her own good.
"Oh I knew I could count on you." He said moving his hand further up. "I knew I liked you best." He leaned over her and moved closer to her. "You would never treat me bad."
Fleta could see where this was going. She pushed him off her.
"No Ben. I could never do that to Bonita." She told him getting up. "I think you better go. Before Thierry gets back.
Looking hurt Ben skulks off. He turns back into his German Shepherd form and goes and hides in amongst the trees.
Fleta shakes her head. Unexpectedly that searing pain takes over her again. And this time its worse than ever and hits her like a tonne of bricks. Everything goes black.
Thierry returns after having to deal with yet another brawl. He sees Fleta fall to the ground.
"FLETA!" He screams as he rushes over to her. In one quick motion he sweeps her up and rushes inside, past Ciara and the others whom have just arrived back, past the people in the hall whom he has just sorted out. And past all the people on the stairs and corridor who came to watch. They all follow as Thierry places Fleta on her bed. He then starts giving orders for the doctor and for the witches to get to work.
Delos wanders out to the side courtyard. He normally likes watching the brawls and the different ways Thierry tries to deal with things, but this time something was wrong and he had to find out what it was.
He drifted around the corner and went and sat where Elizabeth had sat.
"Lizzy" he called after a moment or two of remembering her sitting there.
After no reply he got up and walked over to the arch.
"Lizzy?" he called as her stepped through the arch. That's when he smelt it.
Blood.
And it wasn't human blood it was vampires. He bent down over it. He could smell that it was familiar and he could taste it too. There was no doubt about it. It was Elizabeth's blood.
Delos got up and tore back to the mansion.
He went shooting in through the doors and up the stairs. He followed the sounds of the voices.
He charged into Fleta's room. Everyone turned to look at him. He looked from Thierry to Fleta and at all the faces.
"Delos? What's wrong?" Maggie asked him.
"It's Elizabeth. She's been kidnapped."
Elizabeth stirred.
She sat up and rubbed the back of her head. It was still sore. She tried to remember what had happened.
"Oh the bastard!" she swore as she figured out what must have happened.
She looked around.
She was in some sort of room. It looked more like an office. The kind you get in a warehouse. Except this one had a bed in the corner and the windows were barred.
Elizabeth got up and went over to the door, but as she guessed it was locked.
She sat back down on the bed.
The room was extremely dark and she could hardly see anything.
That's when she sensed the other presence.
Her vampire enhanced senses were kicking in again. And she knew that she wasn't alone in the room.
"Hello Lizzy." That calm and beautiful voice spoke next to her.
"Julian?"
Well there we go! Please tell me what you think! Thanks!
Xx Jez xx