Joana didn’t need any more explaining to understand why Marylin had chosen John. She missed her human life because she had a husband whom she was happy with; and it must have killed her when she found out that she would have to leave her husband and her family, and live as a lonely vampire for the rest of her life.Dana, upon reading her thoughts, said to her.“Marylin was never lonely here. She had me, Derick, Edmund and Hillary.”“I know she did, but you can’t replace the happiness you will feel when you have a family with that of being in a coven. You probably didn’t know what she had to go through, she had to leave everything she had behind to come and live in a strange world. The same thing you wanted me to do. But it’s never easy to make those kinds of decisions, to leave your loved ones behind. It’s like you’re dying, and you make them think you are dead, but you’re still alive, but you know you can never see them again.”“It’s one of the sacrifice
“Oh, hey Joana come in, you wanted to see me?” Dana said, placing the book on the bed upon seeing Joana at the entrance.Joana entered the room and walked towards where Dana sat.“Yes, I did,” she said. “I went to your room but you weren’t there. Derick told me where to find you.”“Sorry, sometimes I just get carried away and come here. This is the only part of the castle that reminds me of Marylin. It’s like I can still feel her presence here, you know.“We used to hang out here a lot. I would visit her here and she would always read me stuff from her diary.” Dana then picked up the book she was reading and gave it to Joana.“It’s a magic diary, it was given to her by a pixie,” she said. “It’s pages never wither and only the owner can read it. Try and see if you can.”Joana held the book to her eye and turned one of the pages open. There was nothing written there, just blank pages staring at her. Then suddenly, before her eyes, the words bega
Dear Diary,From the very first day I became a vampire, I hated my life and I always thought that God was punishing me for still choosing to work in the tavern even though he did not like it. I stayed in that empty cave alone with nowhere to go after leaving the town. During those lonely days it felt as if death would have been a better option, because there was nothing happy or interesting about life anymore. Until my sister, Dana found me. I call her my sister because from the very first day I met her, that is all she has been to me. She gave me a home with a nice big room, she gave me comfort, she gave me love, and she took me on so many wonderful adventures. It was on one of our adventures that I met a pixie who gave me this diary I am writing in today. I never thought I would be able to keep a diary, but it turns out that this is a magic diary whose pages never wither. The pixie says I can always come to collect another one if the pages ever run out, I know I’ll be doi
“Marylin’s room? But why?”“Well like what happened with the diary, we thought that if you stayed in her room and slept in her bed, maybe being in the same places she has been might help you remember something useful from your past life. Marylin spent a lot of time there writing. Maybe you might even have a flashback or something if you stayed in the same environment that she did. We don’t know if it will work, but we think it’s worth giving it a shot.”“Then let’s do it!” Joana said.“When would you like to move there?” Derick asked her.“Since you said we aren’t having any lessons today, how about right now?”“Ok then, get your things ready, Dana and I will have it cleaned for you then you can move your things there yourself. You’ll only need to move your clothes.”“No problem, thank you both very much!”“We’re glad we could help.”*** Dear Diary,As I write on this final page, I want to thank you for being a safe space fo
Dana and Joana had decided on the next step they would take. They would fly to London tomorrow night with Derick to meet with the wingless pixie in the enchanted forest. Joana had learnt quite a lot over the past weeks and was now ready to go on her first adventure. She hoped that they would be able to find the pixie, as Dana hadn’t visited the forest ever since she went there with Marylin.As soon as the sun set, they began their journey. They flew throughout the night, and when the sun began to rise again, they landed on the ground so they could drink some vamscren to help them continue the journey near the sun, as they did not want to stop until they got there. They flew for about two hours after taking some vamscren before they reached London.“We have arrived,” Dana said to her. “We will soon get to the forest.”They kept on flying for sometime until Dana landed in front of a large river. The other two did the same.“Why are we stopping here?” Joana
“What? Who said that? Please come forward, introduce yourself and tell us how you intend on removing the Odinbre,” the queen said, thinking it was a teeny-weeny pointed eared pixie that had spoken.Suddenly from behind the trees that stood behind the meeting point, three large vampires, Dana and her friends came out to meet the pixies. No one had noticed them standing there since, as everyone was in a panic situation over what was about to befall Pixieland. The crowd of pixies turned to see them as they came out from behind the trees.“Welcome,” the queen said. “I am glad that you are here. Please come forward, the enchanted forest has not had visitors in years. What group of mystical creatures do you belong, if I may ask?”“We are vampires,” Derick responded to her as they walked forward.“Oh, I see, then you will have no problem removing the tree, as I know very well that vampires are blessed with great strength and immortality. Thank you for offering to he
Derick flew high up in the air with the tree still in his hand and out of the enchanted forest, he dropped the tree into the large river where the forest lay and it fell inside with a large splash, and that was the end of the old Odinbre tree. He flew back into the forest to meet with the queen, Joana and Dana, who stood at the now empty spot where the Odinbre stood before.“We thank you once again for your help. We will begin planting a new tree here. It might not be as big as the Odinbre was and surely it will take years to grow, but we do not mind the wait as long as our land is now safe.“So, let us now find this pixie of yours.”They all sat down with the queen and Dana described everything to them, starting from the visit her and Marylin first had here to the point where they were looking for the second diary.“Ok then, so what you’re saying now is that this pixie does not have wings?”“Yes.”“Can I see the diary that she gave you?”Joana brought out
“An indicator? What is that?”“The name already tells you what it does. It’s a special kind of dust that lights up whenever it’s around my magic, new or old. We will test it on this diary now, and if it lights up, then it definitely will work for the second one.”“Well, is it right here with you now?” Joana asked.“No,” Mariana said. “I will go and get it from my house. It’s not far from here.”“Ok.”Mariana flew back to her house in Pixieland and within a matter of minutes, she came back with the indicator in a small jar which was kind of big for her to carry.“Bring out the diary,” she said to Joana.Joana brought out the diary and held it in her hand. Mariana held the jar near the indicator, and then the magic dust inside it began to glow.“There you see,” Mariana said, showing them. “It will work just the same way on the other diary. You can have it now.”She handed the indicator jar to Joana who then put it back in her bag along
Joana cuddled little baby Jennifer by the fireplace of the quarters she and Derick had moved into after getting married, she rocked her to sleep, singing her one of the lullaby songs grandma Jen used to sing to her when she was little.Being married to Derick, they still had their misunderstandings but now that they both shared a bed, they now had a place they where they could settle those little pending issues.After a few years of getting married, Joana was more than surprised to find out she was pregnant, she felt it was either the supreme council that just wanted to give her a gift, or the fact that she and Derick had had sex like a million times till the point she conceived, she didn’t care for whatever reason she became pregnant, all that mattered was that her little bundle of joy was right there in her arms, and had brought nothing but happiness into their lives ever since she came. She named her baby Jennifer, after her grandmother, because she kn
Six months later…Joana looked into the gift that the evergreen river had gifted her for her wedding day. It was a magic mirror that allowed her and any other vampire to see their reflection. She looked into it and saw how beautiful she looked in the magical flowery dress the pixies had made for her for her special day. This gift was truly a keeper and she sure would cherish it.“Are you ready to get married?” She heard a voice behind her. She turned to see Dana and Hillary in their bridesmaids dresses the pixies had made for them too. They went to get some flowers that she would hold to walk the alter, as if she didn’t have enough flowers on her dress already.“The more, the merrier,” Dana said.“You look stunning!” Hillary gasped, taking in the view of the beautiful white dress.“You two look amazing also, come and see yourselves in the mirror,” she showed the mirror, an
Back to the present…The news of Marylin’s suicide had the whole coven in silence for days. It killed the happy mood that had been brought about by Derick’s reappearance, and no one was able to eat or sleep during that period. Who would have thought that a story that everyone thought would be a happy ending, actually turned out to be a tragedy?Dana soiled her pillow with tears those nights while thinking, so her husband had lied? He announced to everyone that she died from a strange sickness, and yet couldn’t produce her body, she should have known something was up then. This was the most disheartening news she would ever take.John was truly a snake, she was even sure that he hadn’t bothered to go and look for her when he found out she was missing, he was a bigger bastard than Andrew, and she wished he were still alive so she could go and kill him herself.With all the bad news, she was still happy for Joana, she had
Marylin’s POV…I returned to John’s house after breaking the news of the sacrifice and me becoming human to the members of my coven, they were all distraught by the news but that didn’t make me change my decision. Besides, the supreme council had already said the action was irreversible once I performed the sacrifice, so even if they succeeded in convincing me to stay, it wouldn’t matter anymore. The only thing that gave them a little comfort was when I told them that it wasn’t going to be permanent; my 200th descendant would return as me again with only no memory of the life I’m living now, and would become a vampire on her 18th birthday. Dana promised to always send her messenger bat to watch over my descendants until it reached the 200th, so she would help her return to the castle when it was time. I didn’t care whatever she tried to do in order to bring me back to the coven, all she needed to know was that I was leaving them
Joana searched and searched but couldn’t find the river anywhere, she tried to remember where she saw her the last time she and Derick came here, but in that same place where she met the river, there was nothing there but empty land. She then realized that she probably couldn’t see the river because the river hadn’t called her, but that would mean she would have to pray. Her heart sank, she remembered how long it took for the river to respond the last time she prayed, and she wasn’t sure she had that much time now that her spirit was here. She then got on her knees and began to pray, hoping that the river would hear her and respond quickly, now that she was closer.She hadn’t even begun praying when the river called.“Hello Joana, welcome back. I see you brought your spirit body here this time around.”“Hello river, please I need your help. I am sorry for how I acted the last time; I need to find the one I lo
Back to the present…Reading about Marylin’s experience with the gem piece made Joana remember something important. She quickly dropped the book and hurried over to her bag where she had gathered her own set of ingredients. She emptied the contents in it and lo and behold, amongst the ingredients in her bag, the gem piece was there. She remembered that she didn’t put the pieces back in their normal positions on the five stones because of the pack of wolves she encountered after leaving the supreme council’s presence.If Derick had truly gone to the supreme council to take his life, he wouldn’t have been able to summon their presence without this gem piece she had in her hand. Realizing this made her heart skip a beat, if Derick was still alive, then where could he have possibly gone to? Where could he have been all this while?She rushed out of her room and went to meet Edmund in his quarters, Hillary and Dana had gone hunt
I didn’t waste time in going into their presence as the book told me all I needed to do. I flew to the heart of mother nature, united the gem pieces thereby summoning them and poured my heart out to them when I did. The leader of the supreme council; the one who sat in the middle, then spoke to me.“We have a solution to your problem, we can take away your immortality and make you a human so that you can be reunited with the one you love, but keep in mind that once you offer this sacrifice, your decision can not be changed. You will begin a new journey and you will bring back five ingredients; the first is waters from the evergreen river, tears from the black dragon, earth from the volcano of life, a speck of pixie dust from the enchanted forest, and finally your immortal blood.“All these ingredients are needed to make a sacrifice at the center of the heart, where you first summoned us. If your sacrifice is accepted, then you will becom
After that weekend at Johnnie’s parents’ house, I tried as much as possible to distance myself from his family, even though they began to visit him more regularly to find out if I had any witchery going on. They always came during weekends and sometimes during the weekdays, his mom and his aunt most especially. I knew the reason why they were coming; to check to find anything that would confirm their suspicions that I was a witch or that I had bewitched Johnnie so they could go and report to the king. They gave up when they couldn’t find anything after a few weeks.Alas I was finally free from his family, and now I could have more alone time with my Johnnie. More good things started happening to us as Johnnie, with the whole of his life savings, bought a small land in the town as he was tired of his job, and wanted to go into pig farming. We would both run the farm together, and I even agreed that I would help with night duties while he slept. He would b
After Dana’s visit I became more wary about what people said and thought about me, I never trusted anyone apart from my Johnnie, I managed the vamscren she gave me to make appearances in many parts of the town during the day. It worked, and after a while, all the witch rumors about me stopped, people just assumed that I was heliophobic or something.Johnnie decided that it was now time for me to meet his parents, we were going over to their house for dinner tonight. I was excited at the thought of going to meet them, I only hoped that the fact that I wouldn’t be able to eat anything wouldn’t pose as a problem.We went to their house in the evening after he came home from work. Their house wasn’t in the same neighborhood as Johnnie’s and in this area, there were entirely different faces, they lived in the outskirts of the town. I made sure to look my best before we left and soon, we reached the house. It was bigger than Johnnies and