Chapter 2

Life in The Clan of Flame

I woke up in my medium sized room on my king sized bed. My mother loved me a lot so she spoiled me a lot too. I had a small dresser, a mini fridge, and a nightstand. My sheets were silk and felt very comfortable. It feels like your soul is drained when you lie down on them so you just want to fall asleep. My mother was the only other known Vampire in the entire clan. She had long black hair, blood red eyes, the greatest smile, and was about six feet tall. She was trained in martial arts and in weaponry so she's not the mom you would want to get angry... I got up out of my bed with only my black jeans and socks on and went over to my dresser to get my red short sleeved shirt out of the top drawer. I went over to my night stand and pulled my pentagram and chain out of a hidden compartment in the nightstand. I put it around my neck and slipped the pentagram under my shirt. I even grabbed my other chain and strapped it to the side of my pants. I had medium length black and red hair that went past my ears. I liked it in my eyes so I couldn't be read by anyone. I grabbed my black katana that I received from my father. He said that its name was "Luna" because it dealt with the moon and that the moon was the main symbol of the Kage family with in the Clan of Flame. In the clan of flame there were three families: The Kojikis, the third family and the chroniclers of the clan,The Kages, The warriors and scientists of the clan, and The Raidens, the nobles and leaders of the clan. I was a Kage so I was taught ever since I was fifteen by my father or that is what my mother told me, than I moved in with her. They live apart because my father is secretive and is a mad scientist. I was one of the only two known vampires in the clan and then there was my mother. We try to keep it a secret since our clan was at was with the vampire clan across the mountains. This is why we live in a dormant volcano; the only way in is the gate in the front or through the top. Houses spiraled around walkways of the edges of the volcano and the nobles houses were supported in the center of the top. The Kages lived near the middle and the Kojikis lived more near the bottom. The Kojikis had no martial arts training or weapons training, they had dark arcane arts for their protection. We, the Kages, had lava wielding, the only lava demon, martial arts training, and extensive weapon training. The Raidens had dark arts and weapon training and could use both simultaneously. After I got dressed I went down stairs and sat down on the couch and awaited for my mother. Her name was Raven. I think she said she got that name because of how evilly majestic she was. She came out wearing an apron ready to make breakfast. I supposed that it was 10:16 in the morning from the position of the sun. I was wrong, it was 10:15... My mother loves me because I think she feels I am the only one that shares her pain of being the only other vampire in the clan. Just one thing, my vampire power hasn't awakened yet... I heard more footsteps come from the end of the hall and saw my brother in his black kimono. My brother was also a vampire but he had awakened his power already. He was three years older than me and was in the militia. He asked if I would train with him for the upcoming tests that the militia has for him. "Sure I don't really mind. When?" I asked. "After breakfast of course." he replied. He was the only one that really saw dad a lot. He usually goes over there once or twice a week. He doesn't say what dad is doing over there but I can see that something is happening. "Breakfast's Ready!" Mom said. We both ran into the room and was greeted with eggs, bacon, pancakes and a tall, cold, glass of milk. My brother and I loved her cooking, we usually inhale the meals she gives us, no matter what they are. After Max and I got done with breakfast we sat there, bloated, and sleepy. But we had training to get to. Me and him both headed out the door when we heard mom shouting. We came back inside and saw that there was a letter for each of us. It was from the clan elder. Master Raiden hand wrote these, we both could tell. In short it told us that he wanted to see both of us immediately or as soon as possible. He hurried off to the top of center of the volcano where the elder's house was. It took us a little while because of all the people and the route that we had to take was a total of about a half mile... When we got there the large slate door opened before us and we walked in. We were approached by two men in black kimonos and katanas at there hips. "We are your escorts. Follow us please." they told us. They lead us into a large council-like meeting room. We were asked to sit down in two of the seats in the room. We picked the two that were closest to us and sat down. They were large chairs, but surprisingly comfortable. We waited for about fifteen minutes until the head of the Raiden family and the leader of the clan came out to us and sat down across from us. "Do you know why I have called you two here?" he asked us. We sat there for a moment thinking but only came up blank. "I have an open spot in our covert ops and out special ops teams. I was wondering if one of you, or both, would like to be apart of one of them." he told us. "I want to be in the covert ops. It is my specialty. I am great at infiltration and stealth." Max said. "Then you shall be on the covert ops squad. And What about you Flare?" he asked me. " I will take the special ops squad position." I replied. "Great, here are your rendezvous points with your squad captains. Please go their in the morning at 3:00. And don't be late, and don't let anybody else know that I called you here for this reason. Your parents already know not to talk about this to anybody but you." He said. "You can now return to your home." he said. We got up and left with the escorts right behind us leading us out the door. Max and I stayed silent for the trip home. When we got home we didn't say anything to mom we just went off to our rooms and shut the door behind us.