The following day, Nicholas arrived at the palace. "We really need a new cook now. I am starving." Said Carmen. "Then hire one." Said Nicholas walking off. "Wait! You had me worried last night where were you?" "With my woman. Please don't make it a habit to ask where I go I am not your husband." Said Nicholas. Walking away. Carmen stood there embarrassed. Nicholas sat in the office then began to finish off his work. Carmen joined him and finished off her work. Alex was busy recruiting more men to become warrior's. There existed a church in Gishon,they called The Zion. It was tall in structure, and had more than four hundred congregates. The Zion consisted of twenty five priest's ,all of them virgins and completely devoted to God. The church was located two hundred metres south from the royal palace and had been in existence for fifty years. Father Jonathan was the archbishop in the Zion church. He was responsible for the operation of the church. He also had prophetic power's.
That very same night, Nicholas went out on a hunt. He went to the Oak forest as he could smell a vampire nearby. He went further deep into the forest, he finally saw him. The vampire was wearing a brown coat with black loose trousers. His body was muscular, yet short. And he had black messy hair. He stood uprightly as he felt he was being watched. “Did you also come here to hunt?” The man asked. “Turn your gaze at me. I would like to see how ugly you truly are.” said Nicholas. The man chuckled, turning his gaze slowly to Nicholas. “Oh my bad, its the King.” said the man, sarcastically. “Yes it is the King who are you and why are you hunting in my country?” Nicholas began to take a better look at the man, he could recognise him. “Oh now I see you. Gilbert isnt it?” The King asked. “Yes it is your highness. I will clean this mess right away.” “No leave the mess. I will clean it. I saw you in Ishrat. You are one of Shiandra’s children, aren’t you?” The King asked. Gilbert smile
Meanwhile in Noracia. A crowd gathered outside the house of Kish eagerly awaiting the reveal of what was said to be a myth. “There are so many people outside our gates. Any clue as to what they want?” Prince Uzriel asked. “Ask her.” said Ingrid. “I only sent a message to one person. Perhaps two.” said Princess Ashah. “Did you tell them about the creature?” The prince asked. “Yes I did and they want to see it.” The prince scratched his head., with great annoyance. “I wanted to study it first!” he said, in a sharp tone. “Well you can always study it after. There is plenty of time.” said the Princess. “Please both of you have to calm yourselves. You might be young but you cannot behave as little children. The crowd is waiting. Lets show them the creature so that they can leave then you can study the creature as much as you want. Otherwise those people out there will force themselves in the palace and we cannot afford to see that happen.” Said Ingrid. The prince rolled his eyes,
"We have trained enough for today. Men you can take a rest now!" Alex commanded. The warrior's did as commanded. Alex went to his room, seeing that Nicholas was still in the office. "Financing the school might not prove challenging for the first three years but eventually we might face challenges unless of course we form an alliance with a wealthy country such as Noracia." Said Nicholas. "Then we should form an alliance now." Said Stephen. Nicholas smiled. "I am glad that you can see the big picture. I think we are done for the day." "And when will I get my wages?" Stephen asked. "You need money already? I thought you had everything you needed at the new house. There is food in the cabinets, enough ground to plant,enough space to put your chickens and never hunger." "But I need to be paid." Said Stephen"We are brothers. How could I not pay you? At the end of each week I will give you ten coins." "Thank you brother. I will be able to buy food now." Said Stephen, with a smile
Meanwhile in Aota. Carmen was sitting in her bedroom when she heard a knock on the door. She opened and saw that it was Alex. "Come in." She said. Alex entered, the Queen locked the door."I am not really here to stay. I thought I should pass a message" said Alex. "Out with it then." "I don't know if you've heard but it is said that King Nicholas caught another vampire,but this time he managed to kill it." "Nicholas did not tell me anything about that." "I think he did not want people to know, however Princess Ashah of the house of Kish, spoke boldly of the king's bravery. That he brought the creature to their country as soon as he had killed it." Said Alex. "Perhaps they promised him some wealth if he brought the creature to them ""I think so too. But what would he do with that wealth when he himself has wealth here." "Perhaps he wants to form an alliance with them. He really does care about growing this country." Alex chuckled. "Perhaps he is doing it for his image. We bo
Late evening Nicholas returned back to Aota. He went to his room and read a book, since he couldn't rest. Vampire's never sleep. That very same night Rita went to the Zion night meeting's. Father Jonathan welcomed all the prophet's in. They exchanged greetings. He stood at the poolpit and began to speak. "A day ago, I was visited by a female warrior who also happens to be a vampire." Said the Archbishop. The prophets looked at each other. "Did you manage to kill her?" Rita asked. "That was not necessary. As I was saying. The warrior told that before she became a vampire,she was a normal woman. But after she turned during the Gishon war under the ruling of King Abashef. She also told me that she wants to create an alliance with us as the church and destroy the witch that cursed Gishon in the first place. She wants to help us destroy Porter." The Archbishop explained. "Father do you think we should trust her, afterall she is still a vampire?" One of the prophet's asked, her name
“Carmen.” said King Cyrus, giving the Queen a hug. “My King.” Rita bowed. “Father this is Rita, Gideon’s sister. Do you remember her?” “Yes, I think I do.” “Rita is a prophet, she works with other prophets in fighting evil.” “I assume all prophets do.” said King Cyrus. “Father she knows about Shiandra, she knows what she is and she wants to destroy her.” “Is that so?” “Yes my lord. I know that woman and what she is capable of and I know that she is not resting. She is building an army and we need to stop her before it is too late.” “Lets go inside and speak about this properly.” said King Cyrus. Carmen and Rita followed King to the palace. “How long have you know that Shiandra is a witch?” The King asked. “My friends and I have known this for many years.” said Rita. “Friends?” “Father, this woman as well as other prophets have been working together for many years fighting evil creatures. They have formed a pact.” said Carmen. “Oh. That is something else. And where are
Father Jonathan welcomed them in. He introduced the Queen to the rest of the prophet's. "This is what I could get." Said the Queen."I hope it will be enough." added, giving the Archbishop a pouch filled with coins. "Thank you my lady. It will help." Said Father Jonathan. "Come let me give you a tour of the church and show you what we have found over the years." Said Rita. Carmen went with her."A few coins. She is a Queen yet she gives us a few coins." Said Kira. "This are not a few coins. This is money that will help with what we need. I don't know why you always have to complain about everything." Said the Archbishop. Suddenly the door opened wide. The prophet's drew out their swords , prepared to fight. Carla entered, her face became clearer as she removed the black hoody that was hiding her face. "Father you should remember to lock the doors " she said. The Archbishop smiled. "Lower your weapon's. She is the warrior I told you about." He said. The prophet did as told. C
Hours passed The prophet's as well as Ingrid,Theresa, Alex and Carmen all stood at the palace gate with King Cyrus and his army. Shiandra and her army of vampire's arrived, twenty five in total. They stood ten metres in front of the palace gate. "You call that an army?" King Cyrus mocked. "You should not laugh too soon. Attack!" Shiandra commanded. . The vampire's ran to the gate. Theresa formed a protective, transparent barrier to keep them from the prophets, Alex and everyone else from harm. Shiandra's vampire's could not get through. They pushed but could not enter. "This will not hold for long." Theresa shouted. The prophet's fired their arrows to distract the vampire's. King Cyrus's warrior's drew their swords to the distracted vampire's and striked them on their hearts,killing them. Five vampire's however managed to escape. Noracian warrior's as well as those of Aota came forth, Shiandra commanded the Aotan warrior's to attack first. King Cyrus commanded the Kineti warri
Carmen organised a chariot, they both left for Gishon to see father Jonathan at the Zion church. When they arrived, the Archbishop welcomed both of them. There was no congregant fortunately. "Father,I brought with me a guest. A desperate advisor from the house of Kish. She wants to help." Said the Queen. "I know who she is. Ingrid, the first woman in Noracia, who even as the circumstances did not favor her managed to become the first female advisor in Noracia. I know her history." "I am humbled. I did not know that I was known here " said Ingrid. "Ingrid would like to assist us with what we need, whether it be funding, whether it be creating more crossbows,she earnestly hopes to destroy Shiandra too." "I hear you well, but where is prince Uzriel. He needs to also be a part of us." Said the Archbishop"Prince Uzriel will not be joining us as I placed him in a safe place, a ship beneath the water. He can only come out when the war is over. As he and princess Ashah who unfortunately
Meanwhile Shiandra was at Noracia, in the form of Prince Uzriel. She had been observing the prince's movement's and noticed that he spend most of his time in his Science room, researching. She saw the greatest opportunity for immitating him. "Ingrid, I will be in the science room for some time. I would to show you what I have found. That is if you are not occupied." Said the prince. "I would be glad to. We can go." Ingrid and the prince went to the science room together. While Shiandra transformed into what looked like the prince himself. She commanded two of the warrior's that were standing guard at the palace gate to bring all the warrior's to the training ground as she wanted to speak to all of them."Men and women I come to you as your prince. And I asked that you take heed to my word's as what I have to say will be of great significance to all of you."said Shiandra. The witch took out the seed of persuasion from her pockets and began to chew it. She then continued to speak.
Morning arrived,Carmen took an early bath. The King prepared breakfast and they ate. "Will you continue with what you said last night?" The King asked. "Nicholas is our enemy, he works with Shiandra. He has to die." "Then hire a warrior. You have not killed a man in your life. Of you do this then you will have to live with it." "Father,I am well aware of the consequences that I will have to face for this. I know that killing a man is not the ideal thing to do. I also know that I will not hire anyone because I am not a normal simple being,I am a hybrid and I never miss my prey." Said the Queen. King Cyrus gave his daughter a warm hug. "I believe in you my child. Make sure you do not die." He said. Carmen simply smiled. She took a horse and rode to Aota. Killing Nicholas would have to be done during the day as vampire's were more vulnerable during the day than at night. Besides Nicholas was not even that strong as he was not feeding on human blood. Killing him with one strike t
Late evening, Carmen, Rita and King Cyrus all went to the Zion church in a chariot. Father Jonathan greeted them and so did the prophet's. Carla was not present at the meeting this time,however Theresa was. "We are gathered here tonight to speak about what we discovered in ishrat." Said the Archbishop. "Does Ishrat have demon's as well as hot lava?" Carmen asked. "It is the most ugliest place to be in. It does not have lava just red ugly soil." Said Kira. "Theresa advised us to rest, we did as she said. We then attacked Shiandra's vampire's unexpectedly unfortunately some managed to escape while most if them died." "What about Shiandra?" King Cyrus asked. "She was not in Ishrat. It was as if she knew we were coming " said Rita. "Are you saying that we might have someone helping her?" Carmen asked. "It is possible" said father Jonathan"I have been keeping an eye out on Shiandra's since we last attacked her children. Last night I saw King Nicholas carrying a human head, then en
The following morning Ingrid went to Princess Ashah's room only to find her body there laying on the ground with no head. She screamed. Prince Uzriel ran to her. “What is going on, why are you screaming?” He asked. Ingrid pointed to the ground, Prince Uzriel entered the room and moved closer till he saw a body on the ground. He covered his mouth in shock when he realised it was his sister. “No no!” he shouted. The prince knelt to the ground and began to weep. “Who did this?” He shouted. “I do not know, I found her in that condition when I entered just now.I will tell the guards to look around for any clues that the killer might have left.” said Ingrid, running out of the room. Prince Uzriel covered his sister’s body with a sheet then left the room. “Where are you going?” Ingrid asked. “The people need to know that their princess has been killed.” Said the prince. “I will send out letters to the royal families from the other countries that surround us.” said Ingrid. Princ
Meanwhile Carmen was in the office working herself tiressly. Shiandra came to her in the form of Creselda, while the real Creselda was in her room sleeping from the witch's spell. "My lady I know that I'm only just a cook here but can you please tell me about the school you are building." Said Creselda's lookalike. The Queen smiled. She was glad to see a servant showing interest in the school. "Take a seat." She said. Creselda pulled a chair and sat."What you need to know about the school is written on that paper." Said the Queen, giving Creselda an A4 paper with writings on it. "Is it truly possible that when I finish my studies I will get employment in positions that only men used to occupy?" "Yes it is possible. This is something I longed for many years ago." "Is it also possible that I can become a female warrior as well?" Creselda asked,looking intensely at the Queen. "You can become what you want. The laws are gradually changing, soon enough we will be a free country l
Meanwhile in Ishrat. "Is there any water here for us to bath?" Kira asked. "I don't know. I haven't really walked that long to see any water and I don't think it would be wise to use the water here." Said Carla. Theresa entered the room, the prophet's were all awake, but still laying in their beds. "There won't be any bathing until you leave Ishrat. The water here is poisonous and it's filled with evil. Drinking the water,is inviting demon's into your body. You will hear evil voices commanding you to do as they wish." Said Theresa. The prophet's began to whisper. "Is it safe for us to go to Shiandra's cave now?" The Archbishop asked. "They are tired during this time. They are stronger in the night time. We can go." Said Theresa. "She is telling the truth. Vampire's are weak during the day but strong during the night time. We might be able to defeat them." Said Carla. "Then we leave now." Said Father Jonathan waking up from his bed. The prophet's also woke up and carried their
Early in the morning Carmen took a horse and returned to Aota. It was a sunny Saturday morning and Alex had been waiting for the Queen to arrive. And when she entered the palace, he quickly ran to her from the sitting room where he had been waiting. "I thought I smelt you." Said Carmen. "You smelt me?" "I meant,I thought I heard you. Well I was hoping to you but I did not expect to see you this early." The Queen felt uncomfortable about telling people the things she felt and could hear from a distance. She was afterall the child of a hybrid. She knew much would be expected from her."We never speak as much as we used to." Said Alex with a frown on his face. "We never seem to rest. Our tasks never seem to end. But I am glad that you came. Your presence will always be appreciated." Alex smiled. "I'm very humbled to hear those words. I know that I may be just a friend but I wondered if you could be able to join me on my fishing activity. You won't have to hunt for any fish, I will