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Post by Tobias Neverwells on Dec 27, 2008 23:33:09 GMT -5
It was weird still, finally being able to see the light of the moon again. Nothing compared to the light of the sun, but nevertheless, he was alive. Or as much as he was going to get. It was one thing, appreciating life as a witch, but to know it as a vampire, to have these heightened senses, the speed, strength, was something else entirely. Now he somewhat understood the threat to the others, being one of the enemy now.
He had already fed, using the techniques the Baron himself had taught him. As evil as he can be, the man was very intelligent, wise. He learned a lot about vampires within the last three years, became a soldier. Now he had only one more important goal in mind.
Tobias was told that the prince and his love were walking the forests tonight. It wouldn't be hard to snatch Serena from the other, he knew her ways, her distractions. All he had to do was play the one song that always drew her towards him. Raising the flute to his lips, he started to play the haunting tune, letting the mournful melody waft through the trees.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 27, 2008 23:42:43 GMT -5
Brone and Serena had just finished hunting together, and were just walking in the moonlight. Well, in the forest you couldn't see the moon, but they could see. Any other creature wouldn't have been able to see a thing. His hand had found hers silently. But they did not need to speak. There was nothing to say. It was a good silence. But it was broken by a sudden music wafting through the trees.
Brone's eyes darted around them. the sound was coming from their left and in front of them. It was a ways off, but with their hearing it was pretty loud to them. he looked at Serena out of the corner of his eyes, to see if she would speak. Who would play music in the forest? No vampire he knew, but he couldn't smell a witch or a human.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 27, 2008 23:49:25 GMT -5
It was just a walk underneath the moonlight. Ever since they told each other they loved one another, Serena thought it would be a good idea for them to just have time to themselves, around all of Brone's responsibilities. She never thought she would be able to feel this happy again, to be with someone she loved without hiding. Everything seemed to be going well.
That is, until she heard something on the wind. It was soft at first, but slowly snaked its way around her mind, ensnaring her. That song... No one knew of that song... The last time she had heard it was a few days before Tobias was killed... because he had written it for her. Her feet halted in their path and she turned her head towards the sound. Who was playing that song? No one knew of that song. Before she knew it, she was walking away from Brone, her hand leaving his, heading towards the sweet, dark sound.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 0:04:32 GMT -5
Brone watched Serena she seemed so lost in thought. And she pulled away, walking toward the sound and Brone caught her by the shoulder. What was wrong with her? Why this desire to leave his side? Had he done something? Did she know who was playing the music? He had never heard this song before in all his years alive.
"Serena, what's wrong with you?" Brone asked more harshly than he meant to. He turned her to face him, his face showing his feelings of confusion. "I mean, what's going on here?" His voice was softer, but her eye seemed so very far away and he was not quite sure what to make of all this. Serena had never looked this way, she had never looked like she didn't see him. She almost looked like she didn't know him, and that scared him. The prince tried not to show that fear in his face. Had he lost her?
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Post by Tobias Neverwells on Dec 28, 2008 0:07:38 GMT -5
Glancing up over the silver of his instrument, Tobias could see the silhouette of his woman start to move towards the trees in his direction. Just as I planned it... he thought to himself with a knowing grin. What he was waiting to see, as he saw her pause, was if her dear prince would keep her away. Serena's father didn't tell him many details about their relationship, but there was something going on between them. Her father called her a common whore, but that was something he ignored regardless.
Either way, he continued to play, just a little louder, perching himself on a boulder he had found. Made it easier to concentrate on his goal. Closing his eyes for a moment, a slight glow surrounded his body as he used his power to make the attraction stronger. He was determined to get her to come to him, and he wouldn't stop until she did.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 0:14:59 GMT -5
When Brone first grabbed her shoulder, she almost reached up to brush his hand away, too busy wondering where that sound came from. But the harshness in his voice jarred her from her revere, even if just for that moment. Blinking, she shook her head and looked up into her love's eyes. "Brone... That song..." She was going to tell him that no one but her witch knew of that song. She was going to tell him to take her away from there.
But that chance wasn't given to her. The music was being played louder and that far away look darkened her eyes and made her turn towards it again. "Tobias..." she whispered before materializing some feet away and going back to walking quickly towards the sound. If she had known about his power of persuasion, then she might have been able to fight it, to stay with Brone. But as she saw an oh-so-familiar silhouette in the moonlight, the control was almost completely his. "You were dead..." she whispered, not knowing he was like her now, and would have been able to hear her. The song spoke to her, telling her to go to him. While that song played, Brone was no where near her mind anymore.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 0:21:46 GMT -5
And Brone was alone.
The last thing he heard her say was the name of her dead lover.
He stood there for a moment, completely still. She had never done that before, leaving without saying anything. What about Tobais? He was dead. Killed long ago, wasn't that what she had said? He walked quickly toward the sound trying to pi point it's location. Trying to find out... He materialized to what he hoped was behind a tree. It was, and he peered around it and saw Serena looking up at a man on a rock, playing a flute. Brone was not sure what was going on or what he should think about it. But the man on the rock was a vampire, he could tell his own kind.
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Post by Tobias Neverwells on Dec 28, 2008 0:32:19 GMT -5
Finishing the last of the song, Tobias lowered the instrument from his lips as he looked down at his love, so beautiful in the dim light. Reaching out, his fingers grazed against her cheek, his body still glowing with his power. This was more than he could have hoped for. She was right here in his hands.
Serena was in shock. Tobias was actually alive, sitting there in front of her. But he didn't smell the same. He wasn't human. But he couldn't have been changed. He said he never would succumb to such a turn. "You died. I held you in my arms," she finally spoke up, closing her eyes as his fingers touched her. That was the same... But something wasn't right here...
"But now I'm here. And we can finally be together. Run away with me, Serena..." he murmured, standing up from the rock and holding out the flute from his body. Tendrils of darkness rose up and swallowed the flute before returning to the shadows and disappearing. Switching powers loosened his grip on her mind, but that was fine. There was no way she could not still love him.
But that slack on her mind was what made her take a step back, a hand to her head. She felt weird, slightly nauseous. Whatever was going on wasn't exactly helping things. "No... Tobias I can't. I'm sorry...." She took a step back from him, and then another, her eyes still wide in shock. This had to be a dream. He was dead. Killed, beaten. She was there. He breathed his last in her arms.
That didn't bode well with Tobias. He moved quickly after her, grabbing her by her arms. Without caring to look around him, he pulled her crushingly close and forced his mouth against hers, his grip tight as she started to struggle. But when his body started to glow again, her body went limp, and her hands just rested on his own arms as she started to kiss him back, persuading her that this was the right thing to do.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 0:40:48 GMT -5
Brone watched carefully, listening. Obviously he had some power Brone did not understand, a hypnotizing of some sort that was pulling Serena too him. He had been correct about the name Tobias, it was her dead love. Well, not so dead as it turned ut, so he was turned. Serena's words gave him a feeling of satisfaction, she loved him still, enough to back away from Tobais---or the new Tobias anyway. No one was completely the same after being turned, were they?
Then The witch, well, turned vampire, kissed her and Brone felt anger leap through him, he had to do something. But what was best? What was this man's power that Brone had never seen before. Had he as a witch had the power to persuade, did powers transfer like that? Then Serena seemed to relax into his arms, that hurt most of all, and Brone cat a pulted from his spot behind the tree and pulled Serena backwards from the witch, whom he could not think of as anything else. "I'd like to know what exactly is going on here." His voice was dark and even.
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Post by Tobias Neverwells on Dec 28, 2008 3:44:22 GMT -5
As she started to give in to his will, Tobias found that spark again. Yes, this was what he had waited three years for. To have the love of his life back in his arms once more. Her body was the same yet it was more filled out, curvier than her more adolescent side. The years had been very good to her and he missed her dearly. Perhaps becoming like her was just what was needed. His powers seemed to be amplified, easier to control in this form, where as a witch, it was a constant struggle to keep her beneath his thumb. It was like taking candy from a baby.
Then they were interrupted and Serena was taken from his grasp. The surprise made him take his hold off of her, blinking a moment before a slow, cocky smirk curved his lips. So the prince did have a spine. Good, very good. "Looks like I was getting a very nice homecoming kiss before you ruined it. I'll take back what is mine now. Thanks for keeping her warm." Walking towards them, he held out a hand towards Serena, his body gaining that glow once more. "Reina, mi amor. Time to go home with me."
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 4:00:43 GMT -5
Her mind was in a fog, one that made thinking rather hard. It was how she thought things were supposed to be when in love with someone. She remembered being this way while around Tobias most of the time, and she could never remember exactly what was going on. But this time was different, she could hear a voice telling her it was alright. This was right. As Toby kissed her, she felt herself kissing him back, even with her own mind protesting, her heart aching. Where was...
The fog disappeared as soon as she was pulled back, but an underlying mist was still there, blurring everything. But what was for sure was Brone's hold on her and the anger in his voice. What did she do? Did she really just kiss...Toby? He was too cocky, too.... vampirish. He wasn't the sweet, loving witch she once knew. So why was she so willing to listen to him? When he held out his hand to her, she could feel the fog starting to grow again, the voice telling her to go with him. But there was just too much wrong with this. And she loved Brone. "No... I'm staying with...Brone.... Get me out of here, Brone, please..." Each word was a struggle, going against Toby. Her eyes started to turn black again...
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 12:30:18 GMT -5
"She's not going anywhere with you," Brone spat the words out like bullets. He hadn't even let Serena reply, he had just pulled her back a few more steps. This Tobias was a strange creature indeed, and Brone was scared that he could not figure him out. Would the power of persuasion work on him too? He hoped not, his brain was strong enough to resist a bit, he hoped. But now this witch was a vampire, he would have to be torn apart., he would never just die, never leave.
Then Serena spoke, her body seemed to recognize him again, her words shaky, and his body was glowing again. It was that glow that controlled her, it had to be. Brone felt his heart tear though, maybe Serena was never his at all... But he did not wait for her to speak again. He materialized as far away as he could, to the forests edge,, and then, after winding an arm around her, he began striding back to the palace. No one, not even Tobias could get inside there without the guards ok.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 16:35:08 GMT -5
"She will be mine again! I will have her!" Tobias shouted after the prince before folding his arms. It was never this hard to get to Serena before. His power over her was still strong, but her heart wasn't in it. Somehow, that ignorant prince won her heart. As he turned and disappeared into the shadows, he knew his job would be much harder than he thought. He would have to claim her again, even if she would never love him.
When they materialized at the forest edge, out of Tobias' mental reach, the fog disappeared completely, mist and all, and Serena felt as if she awoke from a strange dream. They were walking again, Brone's arm wound protectively around her. The amount of power from whatever happened to her was enough to make her weak, and she reached up to cling to Brone as her feet faltered beneath her. Toby can't be alive or a vampire... "Brone... I don't feel well at all..." she murmured against his shoulder. It was slowly dawning on her that she really did just kiss someone that wasn't Brone, wasn't the one that she loved. And now she had to hope that he wasn't upset with her.
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Post by Brone Van Estra on Dec 28, 2008 20:03:10 GMT -5
Brone was quiet at first, looking at her from the corner of his eye, not hindered by the fact that she was tripping over her own feet. He said nothing as they trudged into the palace. Once alone, in his room, where they would not be over head, he laid her on the bed. Rest would make her feel better. "I think you need to start from the beginning." he said. "I never knew him as a witch, has he always been able to control your actions?" Had Serena ever truly been in love with him. "Or was that all a cover up for you to get back in his arms?" Was she in on some plot with ehr father? Had Tobais never died? Was he even ever a witch? Was this just a trick to ruin him?
Brone wanted her to say that she loved him, that she had not wanted to kiss Tobais, not of her own free will. But maybe that was a lie. Maybe this was a lie.
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Post by Serena De Lorme on Dec 28, 2008 20:29:35 GMT -5
A headache was forming, the light from even the candles starting to burn to look at. Once she was lain down, Serena curled up on her side some, closing her eyes to block out the light. Now this she remembered all too well, how she always felt after being with Toby for an entire night. It was from too much magic in her system, which she always thought was from her tasting his blood.
But when Brone asked her those questions, sounding as if she had betrayed him, it made her face the light, in order to look up at him. "I was always sick after being with him. The magic in his blood. He didn't want me killing animals so I would take a sip from him every night... I was always foggy...but I just blamed it on being in love and his magic... It was never this strong... I honestly didn't know..."
She sat up with a groan, but she was going to prove to him that she was telling the truth. "I was fighting it... I didn't want to kiss him. Please... I love you, not him... I thought he was dead. I saw him die." A shaky hand reached out for his own, trying to hold on to him.
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