Chapter 3

Rendezvous

After I went off to my room I layed down on my bed thinking about who my captain was going to be like. I needed to take my mind off of it, but I couldn't. Then I heard a knocking at my bedroom door. My mom came through the door wanting to talk. She sat down beside me and stared at me. "Do you want to know why there is a clan elder, special and covert ops teams, and chroniclers in this clan?" she asked me. I nodded. "It is to prevent the downfall of the clan." she explained. "Downfall? I don't understand." I replied. "There is a prophecy that says: The one who wields both the sun and the moon, the one who has the body of lava and is ever alive who has been blood stained and scarred by war will be the down fall of this clan." she said. "One who wields the sun and moon?... It sounds like a supernatural being." I replied. "Not many people know the prophecy. The only reason I do is because of your father." she said. "But the people who do know it, think it is your father because he is the villages only lava demon. She explained, "He became like that two years after your brother." "But how is he a lava demon...I mean isn't that impossible?" I asked. "I don't know how he became like that. I don't think anyone does, but he is a scientist and spent most of his time in his lab, isolated from others." she explained. I wanted to talk to my father but I couldn't because my mom wouldn't let me. She said before that he had lost his mind, although he is the head of the militia I don't see him being crazy. She asked me if I wanted any dinner that evening, I said no and fell asleep without leaving my room that night.

The next morning I got dressed, sheathed my katana, and ran downstairs. I said good morning to my mom and ran out to my rendezvous point outside the volcano. I had never been out of the village so I was going to be kinda lost. Although it said that it was the only house out there and I could see it from the top of the volcano so I didn't have time finding it. It was an old ran down building with the clan's flame painted on the side. It had a training ground out back and a giant oak next to it. The oak was 7 feet in diameter and about 75 feet tall with a large canopy. I stared at the tree for a moment and then went up to the door. I went to knock on the door but right when I was about to the door opened. I went inside and was greeted by a dark slim silhouette in front of me. I saw the blood red eyes that resembled a vampire's and long black hair. "Who are you. State your name and purpose." it said. "My name is Flare, from the second family of the Clan of Flame, I am here to join the special ops squad." I said. Then the silhouette was raised from the figure and a beautiful young 16 year old vampire with long black hair that had silver highlights was standing in front of me. "The name is Selene. Selene Raiden." she said. " I had no idea that there was another vampire in the clan." I said. Her eyes widened a little bit. "You are a vampire too?" she asked. "Yes but-" I was interrupted by a bone crushing hug and crying. "I am so happy that I was paired with another vampire, I thought I was just going to get another human that was going to die on me!" she said. "Ca..Can...Cant Breath!." I was able to get that out and she dropped me to the ground. "Thanks for letting me go." I said. "Sorry. I got carried away. I thought I would have to spend the rest of my life with a human." she said. "Yea that would su....Wait a minute you said the rest of your life!" I exclaimed. "Yep. We do this until we die or move out of the clan." she explained. "So its like marriage..." I said. "I guess when you put it that way..." she said. I went down with a thud on the ground busting my face open and causing me to drown in my own blood. She picked me up and set me down on the couch and was mezmorized the smell of my blood. She put her hands on my shoulders and bit down hard into my neck causing me to wake up from my self-induced colma. "YEAAA-OOOOWWW!!" I screamed. She pulled back after about two minutes of drinking. She wiped her mouth on the back of her wrist. "That was refreshing." she said. "NOT FOR ME," I yelled, "Atleast give me a warning when you are going to do that." "I couldn't, you were out cold....And I...Uhhh.. Think it would have...woke you up!" she lied... "Right....." I said. Well I could tell this would be somewhat of a living hell for me for the next couple weeks. "You have to be sharing a room with me since it is only a one bedroom house." she said. I fell over on the couch and started foamin at the mouth at where I had to be sleeping. "What? Was it something I said?" she asked. I thought it might be ok, but the sun was starting to set. "Well I guess we have to start our training tomorrow." she said. She walked off upstairs leaving me there, on the couch, by myself. She came back in and stared at me. "Are you coming or not?" she asked. She seemed nice, so maybe she won't kill me... At least intentionally... I got up and followed her up to her bedroom and saw a king sized bed. It had black sheets that were more comfortable then my old sheets. I felt a little happier since the bed was so big. I took off my shoes and set them by the door. I walked over to the bed and saw a large window next to me with a perfect view of the full moon. I lied down in the bed and pulled the cover over me and quickly fell asleep.