new beginings for a tortured soul chapter 1
First off if you dislike blood, magic, murder please turn away now. This chapter of the story doesn't contain sexual events in any way so if that is what you are wanting to read look somewhere else.
Aside from all of that this is my first story and the first chapter of my series. I hope you like it and if you have any comments or opinions please state your mind.
Chapter 1
end to an old way of life
The sun had just risen just a few hours before when the wife of the king of Pernith felt the growl of hunger from her swollen womb. All along her husband slept the day away in his favorite chair.
Talya: "hey Venus." nudging her sleeping husband to wake up.
Venuse: "ya?" Finally waking from his pleasant dream on his favorite chair. "what's wrong dear?" was all he could ask as he looked up into the blue/gray eyes of his thirty year old wife.
Talya: "can you get me some things from the market dear?"
Venuse: "sure but couldn't one of the bloodleters get you what you want"? rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
Talya: "the bloodleters are all busy so I couldn't ask them." "I'm sorry for asking but I promise you that I'll make it up to you later." giving Venuse a wicked grin.
Venuse: "ok ill do it but you know as well as I do that the sun makes me weak since I am a vampire." "although I think ill enjoy what you have in mind", almost laughing as he spoke. "now then my love what are you wanting at the market?"
Talya: "I was having some cravings for some Artilas apples, pears, and maybe some aster nut bread", scratching the left side of her head as she tried to figure out what her cravings were telling her.
Venuse: "mmm sounds good , maybe ill pick some up for myself as well", he said as he remembered the wonderful taste. Which was like honey and red lickerish, in a French bread form. He continued to revel in the memories of its taste until Talya woke him.
Talya: "hey don't go all brainless on me", giving Venuse a good shake as he daydreamed.
Venuse: " oh ha ha sorry ha about that.". "well I guess I better head out but before I do." Venuse slowly wrapped his arms around his loving wife, Talya, pulling her into a passionate embrace. Their two mouths met and invoked each other's oral touch. Their tongues writhed into one another searching for the roots of each others soul. For many minutes they stayed in their oral dance and reluctantly broke so that Venuse could fulfill his lovers request.
Venuse: "I guess I better get going." "I'll be back in a bit my lovely wife."
Talya: "thank you Venuse!"
Venuse got up and headed to the large oak doors that were at the front of the castle, saying goodbye to his wife and bloodleters. His hands delicately touch the small dragon head carvings that were the handles, giving them a soft push. They doors slowly opened forming a small crack between the two great monoliths. The crack enlarged and he was hit by a blast of light emanating from crack , almost blinding his nocturnal eyes. "damn its bright out" he screeched to himself as he slowly recovered from the shock of day, again setting his mind on the task at hand. With a slight push the doors swing open way to the full view of his kingdom. He stepped out and marveled at what he saw before him, seeing the beautifully crafted stone streets and houses. He closed the doors behind him and began his walk to the local market about a half mile away.
Along his walk he was met by two loyal citizens. One of the citizens being a young woman in her late teens and only about five foot tall with long flowing silver hair. The other was a young man in his early twenties and about five foot seven. He was of average build but had a very noticeable deformity, his left arm was made of a transparent mater similar to glass but with a slight blue glow.
Venuse: " is that you Girden Trower?" Remembering how he helped a young man years ago, by creating a crystilis replica of his former arm that he lost to a wolf attack.
Girden: "Master Venuse?" he asked as he saw the sight of his healer and king. "it is such a great honor to see you again my lord, I cant thank you enough for how you helped me when I was eight."
Venuse: "do not worry about it, it is what any good person would have done if they had my powers". "if you don't mind me asking, who is the lovely young lady standing next to you"?
Girden: "ah this is my girlfriend Natily"
Natily: "hello my lord how are you to day?"
Venuse: "I am doing pretty good today aside from the fact that I am out in the sun". chuckling lightly at the thought of a vampire walking in the daylight to get fruit.
Girden: "If you don't mind me asking my lord why are you out in the sun today?"
Venuse: "well my wife got some cravings for some things and I was the only one able to available."
Both citizens : "oh."
Venuse: "well if you don't mind me asking, what are you two up to today?"
Natily: "well we were just heading back to my house to.....giggle... umm."
Girden: "Natily don't tell him about that!"
Venuse: "ok ok I get the idea you don't need to say any more." "I guess I better get going and I hope you two have a good evening", slightly chuckling as he spoke.
Both citizens: "I think we will and don't stay out in the sun to long my lord". smiling at each other as they waved goodbye to Venuse.
He had been walking for about ten minutes and had just gotten to the market strip where he saw great crowds of people buying and selling different types of food. Unfortunately because of the size of the market it took him a good time to find a vender with Artilas apples and pears since they were rare in this part of Galven. It was just about 10 minutes later that he found the vender he was looking for and the fruit his wife wanted as well. Venuse made his way to the vender when he was struck by a voice from his wife through there mental bound that they formed on their wedding night. " Venuse"! she cried out through their mental bond but it didn't stop there, Venuse was struck again by images of what his wife saw. Through her eyes he saw five men cloaked in bear fur killing his bloodleters ,Virga and Donolese. With small maces, four of the five men continuously beat upon the two bloodleters, their screams of pain fading away as their blood splattered the walls. The fifth of the group slowly headed towards Talya, laughing while licked his lips. "I'm going to enjoy killing you, you unholy bitch ha hah a!" the man said as he drew a dagger, stained red by years of use, from his belt as he proceeded towards Talya. He was enshrouded by an evil aura and his face disfigured by great scars in the form of chartic symbols. The most noticeable were the ones on the left side of his face forming the chartic word for purging. He then put away his toying with the woman and rushed towards Talya with a speed equal to that of an possessed wolf. Talya sent Venuse one last message. "Venuse you must get away as fast as you can or these men are going to kill you"! as she spoke the last words, she turned her head to look back but only saw the glint of the blade as it sliced through her throat. "I love you Ve..."! but her mind had already begun to drift from existence. Venuse saw the images in his mind slowly fade into nothing. At first it was the color that faded, leaving only light and dark shapes but soon even the shapes disappeared leaving only light and dark tunnel that led to the after life. It was then that Venuse saw the light and dark tunnel fade away leaving only black. Venuse fell to his knees knowing now that his beloved was gone from this world. Tears began streaming from his eyes causing his vision to waver and distort. He tilted back his head as he let out a great scream "TALYA...(his voice fading to a whisper)...talya...tal..huhhhuhhhh "! tears continued to fall from his eyes as he placed his head in his hands "Talya, my child, Virga, Donolese," anger began to stir in him as he whispered with clenched fists " I promise Talya I will get revenge for you, our child, and our friends"! Venuse slowly rose from his knees and saw the light from the sun still raining down upon the world. He realized that he wouldn't be able to do a thing until night fall. "damn it" he said as he realized that he was powerless to do a thing and that he is vulnerable to attack.
Female Citizen 1: "what is wrong my lord?!"
Female Citizen 2: "what has happened?!" .
Venuse: with his voice wavering and his eyes a crimson red he said, "your queen, my child and my friends have just been murdered!"
Citizens: "that cant be", tears and disbelief slowly forming in their eyes.
Venuse: "it is true but at this time I cant do a thing because of the daylight." "who here will aid me now in my time of need?" "I will need someone to help me to a place of safety until nightfall and to guard me as I rest for what is to come."
A couple minutes passed and a man from the back of the newly formed crowd stepped forward.
Male Citizen: I will help you my lord and I pledge myself to you. Anything you ask I will do.
Venuse looked over this twig like man seeing his sickly body shake as he spoke. He could not believe that the only one to help him would be one, in such a bad shape. He stood six foot tall but looked as though he weighed no more then a hundred pounds and his bones shone through his skin which was a yellowish pale. His arms were covered with small blisters and blackish/blue bruises. All the while his eyes were a pastel gray, making it seem as though he was blind but wasn't.
Venuse: "thank you but please tell me your name?"
Male citizen: "ah... my name is Mozoze Enfaynuy sir."
Venuse: "well then Mozoze it is time we head out, do you think you will be all right?" he asked with a little pity for the man.
Mozoze: "I believe I can make it my lord", breathing hard at the shear effect it took to speak.
They both made their way to the west, leaving the kingdom of Pernith, to the forest of Mout. But they had to take small breaks for the sickly man every so often because he would loose his breath. They came to a small clearing of pine trees and stopped. Venuse asked the man if he was alright and he simply nodded with a shaky head. "good then I think this place will do for now." Venuse said and bit the tip of his tongue, causing a stream of blood to run down his lower lip. "dayo veaso cotovairnus en fraveeza" Venuse said and a great mystical energy soon flowed from his mouth stemming from the blood running from his tongue and forming a barrier around the trees with in thirty foot radius of where he stood. The trees that were hit by the energy soon changed to pure red energy and started converging into one another forming a single great monolith of wood. The great monolith began to twist and shrink forming a single story cottage for them to stay in.
Mozoze: "how did you do that?" he asked as he fell to ground from the brilliance of the energies.
Venuse: "I used a form of sorcery called blood magic, unfortunately because of the sunlight my powers are greatly decreased." "The only reason that spell worked is because the trees agreed to form a shelter for us."
Mozoze: "but I thought blood magic gave whomever uses it the power to command something to change?"
Venuse: "yes and no, when vampires are in a weakened state we are only able to use blood magic to ask the natural and the unnatural to change not command it."
Mozoze: "oh. But what do you mean by the natural and unnatural?" His face showing a bit of confusion.
Venuse: "the natural are those things that don't have the magic energies within them unlocked or that haven't been altered by magic, like you for a example but those things that have the magic within them unlocked or that are imbued with magic, they are called the unnatural." "I if you didn't know am a unnatural because I am a vampire."
Mozoze: " ah but I am an unnatural."
Venuse: "Mozoze do you mind telling me why you appear to be so sickly?" "I don't mean to be disrespectful but you look really bad and it is really making me worry."
Mozoze: "I don't mind sir but ill need to sit down before I tell you because I'm feeling a little light head from the strain." Mozoze plops down into the chair that formed from the walls of the trees. "ok I am ready my lord", he said with a great sigh of relief. "I come from a kingdom from the west of here known as Dolvenoo. It was a kingdom of filth, sex and poverty. When I was there a great plague washed through the small kingdom, causing many to die and many to be on the verge of death. The plague was known as Smatra and it affected the brains of its victims. It slowly ate away the brain of it's victim witling them to nothing. That was until an unknown came to the kingdom and started trying to heal the plague ridden but even though he got rid of the plague the cure had its own problems. What you see before you is the cure, although me and the others are alive and have our minds, and bodies, we were changed as an affect. Now known this, the cure may look like a illness itself but it isn't. The fact is, is that he couldn't actually cure the disease but he was able to transform it and make it to were it cant be contracted or kill it's victim. Although it doesn't kill us it makes our bodies weak and disfigures us for the rest of our lives. It was after I was healed that I left to find a better life and maybe find a cure for the cure. That is why I came to your kingdom my lord, so that I might be able to be cured by you but please know that that wasn't the reason for why I helped you. I helped you because you needed help and no one else would."
Venuse: "I see, well then I do know one cure that would get rid of your affliction but I don't know you well enough as of now to give it to you. But, I promise that I will cure you after all of this for helping me."
Mozoze: "tha. Cough. nk... you...cough.. Cough." he said weakly as the effects of talking so much at once started to take hold of his body. His body started to convulse as he desperately tried to get air, causing him to hunch over and grasp his knees with his hands in a vice like grip. His knuckles turned white from the pressure of his grip as he began to make sounds of heavy breath. "hhhhhhuuuuu........uuuuhhhh", sweat poured from his somewhat purple face as air finally made its way into his shattered body. "I'm huuu uuhh gona hhuu need hhuu uuhh to hhuu rest hhuu uuhh now hhuu uuhh". the purple in his face fading away to the yellowish/pale.
Venuse: "ok, don't worry about it we both have time to rest."
eight hours went by and night finally came, pushing away the last rays of the sun. Venuse's full power gradually returned giving back his strength, magic and enchanted mortality. He then proceeded outside to cast another spell, again he bit the tip of his tongue "venya" he said with a breath of fresh night air. Instantly Venuse began to glow a deep red, his back started forming two black mounds on his back where his shoulder blades touch his spine. The two mounds then elongated and ripped through his clothes to form two large bat like wings.
Venuse: "ok Mozoze it is time to get back to my kingdom and I am going to need you to climb onto my back so I can take flight."
Mozoze: "I...ok my lord but what happens if I fall?" Mozoze slowly climbed onto the back of his king rapping his arms around his neck and his legs around his waist. "ok my lord I think I am ready to go." slightly grimacing at the thought of falling.
Venuse: "you know Mozoze there is nothing to fear since I am no longer in a weakened state and even if you did fall I would be able to catch you before you fell a single foot." "Ok I am going to jump now so hold on tight but don't strangle me ok." Chuckling as he spoke.
Venuse jumped straight up one hundred feet just past the treetops and then began flapping his newly formed wings. He then made his way back to his castle and kingdom, heading off towards the east. For several minutes they flew until they reached a small cobble stone clearing just in front of Venuse's castle where they saw a hundred of the kingdom's citizens circled around five bear fur cloaked men chained to a single metal pole. Venuse landed and told Mozoze that he could get off.
Citizen 1: "hello my lord, we were able to capture the murderers for you and have been waiting for your arrival".
Venuse: "thank you very much all of you." "Now then as for you five what do you have to say for your actions because what you say now will be the last things you ever utter?"
Murderer 1: "I have nothing to say to you demon other than that those retched humans had no right to live as well as you, vomit from Satan's crap." "whhaap" Venuse's fist fell upon the murderer's face with a speed only a unnatural could produce. A gush of blood came from his broken nose. "gaarrgh" was all the murderer could say as he felt the pain from the blow to his face. Venuse withdrew his fist from the now bloodied face and began to speak.
Venuse: "you're calling me a demon, Vises, when you have slaughtered the lives of the innocent." "Hahanah those scum were never innocent since they were with an ungodly creature such as yourself." murderer 1 said as he lick the blood from his lips. "No I am not the demon, if anything you are the demon you vile little beast and now it is time for your judgment Vises." "Citizens of Pernith these men have sinned in the eyes of god and broken one of my laws." "They have killed your queen ,my friends, and my child and now they must face their punishment!"
Venuse raised two fingers from his right hand to his mouth and bit into them. "I shall get you Venuse, I swear it nahahaha!" vises said as he looked upon his executioner. Blood began to flow freely from the new wounds as he began a spell ."fyona masae" with the last word still echoing from his mouth his fingers began to glow reddish black. "this is your punishment" Venuse's hand fell upon the murder's neck causing his head to fall to the ground as torrents of blood sprayed out onto Venuse's silk and cotton cloak. He then moved onto the other four, asking them their last words and then beheading them until all were dead.
Venuse: "may god have mercy on your tainted souls." "citizens of Pernith as of today I shall no longer be your king, my dear friends, because I don't want to live where I will be reminded of these deaths." "I know that there are many that don't want me to leave but I must do this." "But, do not fret, you shall have a king and he shall be as just as me, I promise you that." Venuse turned his head to face Mozoze "come here Mozoze."
Mozoze: "yes my lord?" Shaking lightly from the power within his kings voice.
Venuse: "I have chosen you to be king but I need to make sure of your heart." "Please raise your wrist so that I may drink of your blood." "don't worry it shall not hurt or damage you."
Mozoze: "ok my lord I trust you." He slowly raised his wrist and Venuse in turn grabbed his arm. Venuse sank his fangs into his wrist and sucked at his life juices. Venuse slowly withdraws from the mans arm, swallowing the blood in his mouth as he does so, leaving not a single trace of damage to the skin. "did you use blood magic or something?" Mozoze asked in a confused expression .
Venuse: "good guess." "You see it isn't just my blood I can use in blood magic but others as well."
Mozoze: "but you didn't say a spell?" still confused
Venuse: "some spells don't need to be spoken." chuckling lightly at the man's ignorance.
Mozoze: oh!"
It was about a minute later that all the knowledge from the blood entered into Venuse's mind filling him with memories, loves, pleasures, and pains.
Venuse: "I see now that that your heart is good and so from now on you shall be king." "Not only that but I see with in you the desire to be a vampire." "If you so wish to be a vampire you must drink of my blood but I tell you now if you do you will experience everything I have experienced both good and bad." "Do you still wish to be a vampire with that in mind?"
Mozoze: "Yes I do sir."
Venuse then took his index finger from his left hand and sliced his own wrist, forming a small pool of blood within the wound.
Venuse: "ok Mozoze drink up but I will tell you this, the blood a vampire sometimes has a revolting taste to those not accustomed to it."
Mozoze gently placed his mouth on the cut and sucked. The blood hit his tongue and he was over taken by the flavor. The blood had a taste that would make most choke, for it tasted as though metal and human flesh had been boiled in the remains of a corpse's skull. It even had a rotten flesh smell causing it to sink deep into his brain and make him think of vomit. He quickly swallowed making sure not to vomit from fear of having to taste it once more. "ugh that was the worst tasting thing I have ever tasted," Mozoze said with a grimace on his face.
Mozoze: "not to be disrespectful my lord but I don't feel any different. Am I supposed to do something?"
Venuse: "it takes a little while to become apart of you and you don't have to call me your lord anymore since I am not king."
Mozoze: "Oh ya." still trying to get the taste of the vampire blood out of his mind and mouth.
A minute passed and Mozoze was hit by the effects. He quickly fell to his knees crying as he went through the deaths of Talya and the others. His body began to change as well, once the yellowish pale skin he had faded to a pinkish white and the blisters that covered his arms slowly withered away returning his skin to normal. Mozoze looked himself over and saw that his body was cured.
Mozoze: "I'M CURED.. I'm cured.. Oh thank you my lord," tears formed in his eyes from the shear happiness that he felt. He slowly got back to his feet and hugged Venuse while whispering something in his ear. "I understand everything now my... I mean Venuse , thank you very much my brother of the blood." "I hope you can find peace where you are going ." "when you find the four basic needs; friends, family, happiness and love once again, please come visit me my dear friend."
Venuse: whispering back "I will my friend I promise." a single tear fell from his eye as he new that the future would be brighter than today. "I am sorry every one but it is time for me to go and ill need every one to back up so I can take flight." The people of the area moved back but still wished that their true king wouldn't leave. "Thank you all," he said as he leaped three hundred feet into the air.
Now only but a dot in the sky the citizens of the kingdom waved goodbye to their old king as he flew to the north where he once lived. With greatly improved speed he flew to the north, eventually seeing the tip of the great spire of his old castle, appearing over the horizon. It was 75 yrs before that he made the castle that he now returned to, to find a place of peace from the world. The great castle was a piece of art, showing great form and flow. It consisted of a single sphere in the center of four cone columns that spiraled into each other forming a single spire, giving the castle the appears of five trees interweaving their bodies in a loving embrace. Venuse landed and began to look at what he had once created so long ago, losing his mind to the daydream. As Venuse gazed at his ancient creation he almost forgot about why he had came but that soon faded as the memories of him bringing Talya here once before came to his mind. "Talya" He lowered his head in remembrance of his lost love and found the front doors. The doors were made of copper and pine with carvings of dragon heads in the corners. Along with the carvings there were inscriptions on the doors in the old Vermish tongue. With a squeak and a lot of resistance he pushed opened the front doors, and made his way through his castle to the chamber of shadows, a room he created long ago with in his castle for a place of safety. At once he heard the familiar sounds of the shifting walls and shadows conversing to themselves. He was greeted by the walls and shadows when he opened the door to the room.
Shadows and walls: "hheelloo Vveennuussee ggllaadd ttoo sseeee yyoouu bbaacckk," each whisper like echo echoing off the walls of the room, forming a single loud voice.
Venuse: "I have come back to find a place to slumber away the years and hopefully find peace within myself." "I don't feel like talking about what has happened and I shall be going to sleep as of this time." "Please, dear shadows watch over my body and my castle as I slumber."
Shadows and walls at once: "ookk ssiirr wwee shall ddoo aass yoouu aasskk." still forming the echo voice.
Venuse gentle lowered himself onto his knees as he whispered "goodbye my love, may our souls meet once more in a different time in a different place." He laid himself down onto the floor and took on his place of rest until a later time.
side notes
bloodleters- people that give there blood to a vampire willingly, these people usualy are for the most part of an enchanted nature because they drink the urine of their master vampire. when a creature drinks the urine of a vampire they gain eternal youth, immunity to disease and quick healing. there are also other ways of getting enchanted by a vampire, like the eating of his or her poop or swallowing of his spit but that is for later.