We woke up, the Count and I embraced. He was already awake, because vampires do not sleep. I smiled at him and then realized what had happened last night. At first I was angry, but then I realized it was my own fault for staying. I was just glad nothing had happened to Daena.
"Shall I wake her?" he asked.
"Let me do it. You might scare her to death," I said tiredly.
"Am I really that scary? I try not to be," he said while I was waking Daena. He sounded so innocent! As if he didn't know that being the Lord of seduction was wrong.! But was it really? Yes, it was, it had to be! But last night didn't seem bad……….
I was quiet as I got into my armor. I took out the next stone. It was pink and it was….
"Hey, Devistria, I don't think that's a real gem," Daena said.
However, when I touched it, it flashed.
"A glass shard. I wonder who the Jumi is." Said Dovula.
I followed the shard to a small clearing with what looked to be the remains of a small home in it's midst. I heard a familiar whistle, like a teapot. Suddenly Teapo stormed out.
"There ya are, Devistria! I 'ave meesed 'ou," he/she said. Then he took a good look at Count Dovula, in his black armor, and flowing, slightly tattered red cloak, so sexy.
"Arg! 'At are 'ou doin' wit dis guy?" he/she said in shock, taken aback.
I explained everything to him and gave him his shard. He didn't light up. Nor did the shard disappear.
"Iz it broken?" Teapo asked.
"I don't think so, hold on," I took back the gem and dropped it because it was burning hot.
"Why dija drop et?" He/she asked. He/she picked it back up and looked at it closely.
'Why, et mates me gem!" he/she said and put it up to the gem already on his/her chest. He/she then lit up pink and landed with the gem on her chest polished and shining.
"Well, Teapo, we have to go now, please find Duelle and send him my regards," said Daena. We said good-bye and left him/her. I pulled out the next gem. It was deep blue, with glimmers of light blue.
"That's Sodalite," said Dovula.
"Well, it says we have to go to Feig Snowfields," I said, and we set off. As we got there Daena was shivering non-stop.
"Here Daena," said Count Dovula, giving her his cloak.
"But you need it," she protested.
"I am a vampire. The cold does not bother me, and heat is a rare luxury," he explained.
"Thank you," she said, touched." Devistria, I don't think he's bad. I don't think he knows that seduction is bad," said Daena, voicing my thoughts. I sighed inwardly.
We marched through the snow coming to the Garden of Icicle Flowers. It was gorgeous but protected by Crystalle, the ice fairy.
"You can not go here!" she said fiercely.
I walked towards the Garden, ignoring her words. I dropped the shard to the snow.
"I said you can not go here! Don't make me use force!" Screamed the fairy. I dropped my weapon as well. Crystalle wound up as if to throw a ball at me. Some thing hard from the opposite direction hit me. I looked past me and saw blue flames, shooting past. Xaviar and Crystalle were having a raging battle. I looked to see who had rescued me and saw Count Dovula holding me to the ground.
"I'm not going to lose you that easily," he said, shocking me. I then realized that my weapon and shard was missing. I walked to a place where the snow was melted and saw the shard. I realized that Crystalle must be a Jumi, and picked up the shard and threw it at her.
She gave out a scream and floated to the ground. She touched her core and it flashed, then Dovula's and Daena's also flashed.
"I'm a Jumi?" she asked, completely calm.
"So it would seem," I quickly explained about the situation and asked why she was attacking us.
"Why, you were threatening the garden! No mortal is supposed to know where it lies!" She cried. Dovula walked to Crystalle and talked to her for a bit. She nodded and apologized.
"I didn't know that the garden hypnotizes people. All those lives because we misunderstood," she said sadly, floating to the ground.
"Well, most people who find it were looking for it so their greedy lives deserved to but destroyed,' I said to cheer her up.
"Well, it doesn't matter since none of you are mortal. Jumi are immortal, you know?" she said. "So are vampires," she added, looking not at Dovula, but at me. I gave Dovula a quizzical look and he looked away innocently.
"Well, we shall get you when we return," I said and pulled out the next stone which was purple.