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Post by honeychild on Mar 15, 2007 20:49:40 GMT -5
Waves gently crashed into the rocky cliffs of the island of Crete. The cry of the gulls filled the air, but almost two miles down the beach, they were barely heard by the figure, her long, dark green dress dancing around her, being blown this way and that by the wind, her wavy black hair doing the exact same, but her eyes were squinted against the wind, looking onto the horizon where the sun was just going down to sleep, the moon climbing up on the opposite side.
It took ten minutes for the sun to finally set, and another five for the girl to realize it, picked up her dress so it didn't drag on the floor, and run up the beach, nearly tripping a few times.
The scenery to where she was heading was beautiful to anyone who had never been there before, the sand turning gradually to dirt, then to grass, and to a small, hunting trail. Flowers were already in full bloom, the wild ones growing everywhere, including randomly scattered on the path she was taken.
Her bare feet pounded against the path, then onto the lush grass as she veered roughly to the right, and weaved through the trees, having to slow down a great deal so she didn't crash into one.
She soon reached the small house set in the middle of a large clearing in the forest, but someone was already waiting for her. Her father.
"Nyx! I'm glad you are here," he said cheerfully, his large belly hanging over his pants, his rough hand took her arm gently and guided her back to the house. Already she could tell something was wrong. And how right she was.
"Hello Papa..." she said uncomfortably and slowly, following him up the steps, onto the porch, and into the house, where the kitchen was lite up, a place for three...not the usual two.
"What's going o-?" she started to say, but was inturrupted as another man entered the room, his hands being wiped dry on his pants.
"Who is that?" she asked quickly, her eyes glaring from her father to the stranger. Not another one...she thought. Her father had been trying to get her to find a match, she had refused all, and will not say yes to anyone, no matter how much money they had unless she liked them back -which she wasn't planning on doing.
Her question made her father look around and falter, his words stuttering slightly, "W-well, I tho-" he hadn't even come close to finish his sentence before Nyx bolted to the door, jumped the three steps and kept running, not faltering.
I am not going to marry. No way.
She ran deeper into the forest, not looking where she was going, just making sure she didn't run into any trees.
Soon, she got tiered, very tired actually, her breathes coming in short gasps and she had to stop and leaned againt a tree, looking around, not realizing where she was, which was odd, as she knew every part of the this side of the island...
After a few minutes she got her breath back, and started walking back the way she had come from, or at least, the way she came from, but only got herself more lost.
Where the hell am I? she thought, wandering, her legs feeling like jelly and they would give out without a moments notice.
A twig snapped somewhere to the left, but she took no notice, but after it happened a few times, each time closer, and coming in from a few directions, she stopped, a chill setting into her spine.
"Hello?" she called out softly, but regretted it instantly, maybe it was someone with a weapon, looking for someone other than her, ready to kill.
What it actually was, was even worse than a hunter.
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Post by Francesca~*Pura Vida*~ on Mar 15, 2007 21:22:21 GMT -5
A dark shadows appeared in front of Nyx, but soon faltered and showed a human. Or what looked like a human. A human with fangs, and pale skin that shone out brightly in the night. She had a slight aura around her, and you could tell by her eyes that she wasn't about to let anyone in. There were horrors in her past that no one had yet experienced, and she wasn't about to tell anyone, either. She already did and it just ended up bad for her....
Her name was Clea, and she was a female Vampiress of the darkest kind.
"Hello Nyx. We've been waiting for you." She said in a mysteriously soft voice that made the hairs on the back of Nyx's neck stand up.
"Why? What do you want?" Nyx asked, still trying to catch her breath.
Clea walks closer to her to examine her, and calls out, "Rhea!" And another dark figure jumps out of a tree close by. Nyx gasps, but Clea is still calm.
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Post by Emily on Mar 15, 2007 21:33:22 GMT -5
As the shadow jumped down from the tree, it nimbly landed on her feet. She paused for a moment, taking in the scenery, yes thing's were going well after all.
"Nyx." Rhea paused, stepping forward in silence, her feet seeming to float over the ground, though it touched just briefly.
"Nyx," She repeated, "We've been waiting for you, indeed." She stepped close to the mortal, and bent close to her face, breathing in softly, then exhaling. "Clea, this is her alright. I can smell her blood...so understanding."
Rhea tilted her head, her icy blue eyes glowing in the dark, her dark brown hair hanging losly, glistening in the moon light.
"Bring her, and then we shall explain, here might not be so wise...as the forest is listening." She glanced up at the trees, and blinked once, turning back to Clea.
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Post by bellatrixscaresme on Mar 15, 2007 21:46:03 GMT -5
A tall, broad figure stood up over a small fire that was crackling away. He pulled his cloak on tighter over his body as the wind whipped his body icily. His long dark hair flowing slightly in the wind on his back. He strapped his sword and sheath back on his side and swung his bow over his shoulder and after dousing the fire he strode back off into the woods.
The man's name was Demetrius and he had been down by the river clensing his body and eating for the past few hours but had finished and heard voices suddenly in the woods so he was on his way to investigate it. He wasn't going to make his presence known by any means. He was a very excellent tracker and was just going to sit up in a tree and find out who these people now in his forest were...
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Post by geppeto on Mar 15, 2007 21:49:31 GMT -5
Very well follow us Nyx this isnt a very safe place to discuss the matter Rhea whispered as they hurried through the forest to find they're safe haven. Clea lets slow down a bit for the human to catch up. Rhea say as she slow to a stop but as she stopped a Large Figure swooped out of the tree and approached them slowly. The moonlight had shown the hidden figure He was a large chested Man with long black hair And was wearing a long Green trenchcoat with a visible scar across forehead. Who are you! they both say protection on they're thoughts Calm I Was sent here to help My Name is Hink. I hope i did well
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Post by Emily on Mar 15, 2007 22:06:00 GMT -5
Rhea looked over Hink eyes narrowed. "Oh? We've heard nothing of this..tell me why are you here to help? Did someone send you, because they did not think we could do it?" She pressed on, walking forward slowly, icy blue eyes glinting in irritation, not of the man being here, but of the possible reason.
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Post by geppeto on Mar 15, 2007 22:15:16 GMT -5
I was sent by the force the make up the universe and i was meditating and i heard your ruckus so i decided to help.
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Post by Emily on Mar 15, 2007 22:20:29 GMT -5
"Question is, are you helping the right person?" Rhea questioned him, irritation cleared, but now a look of mystery and wonder filled her eyes. "What-are you." She cooed, in her vampiress voice, the kind of voice she used when she wanted information, and wanted it now.
Rhea didn't take her eyes off of Hink, but she could hear the breathing of Nyx, and Clea. However, there was one more heart beating in the woods...
She looked up, head twisting in different directions, looking up at the trees, and into the darkness where shadows lurked. Rhea placed a finger on Hink's chest, and put another finger over her mouth to signal silence.
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Post by geppeto on Mar 15, 2007 22:26:05 GMT -5
What is it? hink says in a low whisper and stares where Rhea is looking.
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Post by Emily on Mar 15, 2007 22:30:30 GMT -5
Rhea took her finger away from Hicks mouth. "Yes, Hick we've better get home..mother will be worried, she did say she never wanted us in the woods." She closed her eyes, if who ever was out there saw her eyes...well it wouldn't be good. "Clea...somebody guide me to a home, we'll move on from there when it has passed."
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Post by bellatrixscaresme on Mar 15, 2007 22:32:16 GMT -5
Demetrius watched the four of them as they talked huddled together high up in a nearby tree. He had never seen these people before and from the looks of it, there were 3 girls and 1 male all relatively young looking. There was definitley something odd though about two of them, they looked eerily different.
He continued to sit there motionless and attentive as the night fell around them.
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Post by geppeto on Mar 15, 2007 22:35:07 GMT -5
"Well then lets go" Hink says in a lower whisper than before *Pulls out his staff from behind a nearby tree*
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Post by Emily on Mar 16, 2007 15:24:43 GMT -5
Getting out of here was one thing...but getting back home was a whole new story. They could not return, with something following them, and so they would either have to call it out, defeat it, or lose it.
Rhea stepped quickly, her eyes open now, head held high, and arms swaying slowly in a rythm with each step.
"Nyx, we have come to get you, because we need your help." Rhea cringed at the words. She'd never needed help before, was sure she didn't need help now...but it was true however that the vampire race was dying, and her father had given Clea and her the task of reviving it...how charming.
As generations passed, the vampire race had slowly dwindled, as battles started, females would answer the sweet call of fighting, and many would be killed, saving others. Now, only a few remained, and some were too old, which left Clea, Rhea, and hopefully Nyx soon.
"You will be a legened." Rhea continued, her thoughts fading. "Your name will be told in stories, of how you saved the vampire race." Human's always seemed to go for fame...selfish beings they were.
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Post by Francesca~*Pura Vida*~ on Mar 16, 2007 15:26:24 GMT -5
(it won't let me on msn! im gettin on imvu h/o) (Fwanny it won't let me on MSN either I didn't wanna make anotha post so I just edited yours:)--Emily)
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Post by Francesca~*Pura Vida*~ on Mar 16, 2007 15:58:47 GMT -5
(lmao nice lol).
"You're right, it's not safe here." Looks at Nyx, then around the forest, looking more scared by the second. "We'll just try to get out of here first, and if anythign comes to attack, we'll defeat them, no doubt."
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Post by Emily on Mar 16, 2007 16:09:22 GMT -5
Rhea smirked. They'd been tought agility, archery, swordsship, and so man yother ways of fighting since they were young, and at times it could be bad, as some vampires would become cocky, and be defeated by foolishness and not strength.
She looked up as the trees seemed to bow, whispering to others of their passing.
"I wish our father had more faith in us...though I suppose with us being the last chance of survival he would not take any chances." Rhea stopped, eyes narrowed. "A bright, and skilled hunter...though foolish as he has forgotten the woods tell no lies." She said, picking up a broken twig, and smelling it, the moving onto a tree at looking up at it, eyes flickering in annoyance, and excitment of a possible battle.
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Post by Francesca~*Pura Vida*~ on Mar 16, 2007 16:21:42 GMT -5
"True..." She breathes in as a slight breeze goes by. "This island is very nice...I've never been to Crete before. Never out of Kiparissía, eh, Rhea? Dad always kept us around there, with the local vampires...But now, with things so drastic, I guess he thinks it's okay." She shudders, even though the weather is somewhat warm today. "Let's go...."
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Post by Emily on Mar 16, 2007 16:43:11 GMT -5
"I've wondered to Phaistos the old palace, when I was young." Rhea states, face forward. "It was a place to think, to wonder, and to hide, though that has long sicne changed...the mortals have but built over it, destroying it's true form."
Rhea jumps, grabbing onto a branch of a tree, and pulls herself up weightlessly. She jumps across, and onto another tree, where she crouches.
"Nyx!" Someone shouts from far away, though Rhea can hear it as though the person is right next to her ear. She hears heavy footsteps, and the smell of blood churning, and a heart beating quickly.
"One of your kin is coming." Rhea says to Nyx, hissing softly.
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Post by Francesca~*Pura Vida*~ on Mar 16, 2007 18:29:23 GMT -5
She turns to Nyx angrily, and pulls her up the tree with Rhea and Hink. "Who is it?!" Clea asks Nyx furiously.
"I think it's...my father."
They hide as a middle-aged man comes down below, calling Nyx's name. Nyx starts to pant and makes her father look up in their direction. She stops immediately, seeing the look on Clea's face, which seems so mysterious and bright compared to any regular human. As soon as Nyx's father begins calling her name elsewhere, Clea slaps Nyx across the face. "What's wrong with you?! We could've gotten caught!" She looks at her sister. "She may be understanding but a complete idiot! We have to train her. Hard, and soon."
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Post by Emily on Mar 16, 2007 21:44:47 GMT -5
"Well, of course." Rhea smiled. "We already knew that...she is in fact a human." She didn't normally smile, in fact when she smiled it usually meant she was up to something, or was about to give grave news.
She turned to Nyx and her emotionless expression returned. "You-you are not important to us now, nor will you ever be if you betray us. We can live on, or find another. We chose you, however, because you are different from the others. You have the capability to except thing's that other's don't, and we need that right now."
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