Kings of Awakening Vampires and Purebloods (6 page)

He answered, “Yes.”

 Later that night, Albedo was in his room staring at the red moon. The sight always put his mind at ease; the connection he felt with the moon was strong. He doesn’t know why but he felt connected to it somehow. The moon was beautiful enough to make any one want to touch it.

Albedo’s father entering the room speaking, “Hey son, I heard what happened with your mother, want to talk about it?”

“No. it’s fine,” responded Albedo. It was always weird being in the same room with his father, his father was big and burly, a giant compared to slim Albedo. “What’s there to talk about, you are my father and she is my mother. And that’s all I need to know.”

              He smiled. Joshua came closer to Albedo and rubbed his hair. He left the room and Albedo rested his eyes to sleep.

A
few days had passed now since Albedo last seen Sonia, and yet again, he was late for school. His teacher, Mrs. Marty was not too pleased.

Mrs. Marty said loud and sarcastically, “Late again Mr. Albedo, you haven’t shown up for school for a
few days now.”

              How could he have shown up for school, with all the excitement and turmoil that had been going on in his life? At home neither of his parents nor him had said a word about him being a vampire; their normal routine was the same. It’s as if nothing had really changed. He said nothing as the other students glared profusely at him.   How come he gets to come to school late or doesn’t show up at all? Other students would surely get into deep trouble if they tried it. Mrs. Marty took another one of her deep breaths; she bit the inside of her lips with anger. She walked in front of the class and asked them diligently for their attention.

“We have a new student class,” she said eagerly.

It was always fun to have a new student; they were rare in Inferno. People, who live in any of the four hemispheres of inferno, usually had no reason to move.

“I wonder who it is?” wondered a student.

Mrs. Marty opened the door, a girl walked in. All the boy’s eyes popped and their jaws dropped to the floor. A beautiful girl with long black hair and red eyes walked in.

Sonia
! Thought Albedo happily.

She walked in and Albedo’s heart started to beat fast again. This was the first time Albedo truly saw her, she had olive skin, beautiful long legs, and beautiful lips. She had on a beautiful red dress. If Albedo could describe perfection this was it. The dress move elegantly around her body,
it glistened under the dimmed lights almost making it sparkle like the stars in the sky. With a red umbrella resting on her shoulder, matching from head to toe even her shoes was red. It had been raining all morning. She folded the umbrella. Each move she made the students would follow, her beauty would make any man fall to their knees.

              She introduced herself to the class. “Hi, my name is Sonia, I moved here a couple days ago with my parents.”

Of course Albedo knew she was lying, lies on top of lies she started feeding the class. Each lie was fed and eaten without a second thought. Other than Albedo no one knew Sonia’s true identity.

“Where you would like to sit Ms. Sonia, I would advise not to seat next to that one over there.” Referring to Albedo of course, “I know! How about sitting right next to Gregory, he’s a good boy!”

If this was her way to fix Gregory up with Sonia she sure wasn’t trying to hide it.

              Gregory pushed his friend out of his chair to make an available seat for her.

              Sonia looked around and smiled at Albedo as their eyes locked with each other. “I think I would like to seat next to him,” She said with a warm smile.

              Mrs. Marty and the rest of the class were disappointed that she chose to sit by Albedo.

“Mr. Albedo!” she shouted with an angry voice. 

“Yes ma’am,” Albedo whispered timidly.

              “Do Ms. Sonia a favor and don’t bother her, is that clear? Class will be starting in a few minutes so behave.” 

Sonia sat next to him and shook Albedo’s hand like they were meeting for the first time. Albedo was still a bit surprised to see her here, especially next to him.

“Hi Albedo!” she said quietly, which made the others hate Albedo even more now.

He asked her what happened, did King Victor approved of his staying, and she started to

explain what happened.

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Afte
r
Sonia took Vincent to the Furness, she had met with King Victor. She made her way to see him. The guards could not help but to stare at her, almost forgetting that they have a job to do. She was just breath-taking to look at.

“Is the king ready to see me?” she asked one of the guards.

The man could feel his heart making music; he gulped and almost swallowed his tongue before answering. She was used to this kind of stare, which of course did not bother her a

bit.

“Yes he is my lady.”

She walked inside the throne room.

“My lord Victor, the mission is complete.” She went on to tell Victor about Albedo.

              “I see,” said Victor curiously.

A warrior by the name of Angelione was also in the room. He was the other Black Reaper, her partner. He sat there observing all the
information. He pushed the glasses up on his nose to stop them from sliding and those always seemed to fall off his face. He sat silently and emotionlessly. He had black fiery spiky hair, blue eyes, standing seven feet tall. He sat in a royal posture embracing his sword, arms wrapped around it like a python.  A dull deep blue scarf around his neck, a white shirt with a few diamond-like buttons, a loose pure white and sapphire colored tunic on; he had an angelic but treacherous presence.

“His power is starting to surface,” said King Victor as he stared at the red moon. “That boy is not ordinary, so I must ask you to train him for me.”

Sonia and Angelione were now curious.

“Who is he? Why are you so interested in him?” inquired Angelione.

“He will be the one to change this world, just like his father Dragan did,” said King Victor. He left the room after only a few words, leaving Sonia and Angelione bewildered.

Dragan’s son
? “What did he mean by that,” said Angelione.

“You should have seen him, Angelione. He wielded the power of the Elder at such a young age,” said Sonia.

“Impossible, he hasn’t even reached the millennium anniversary,” said Angelione as Sonia explains more to him.
I guess I can’t be surprised can I. Last time I checked our king mastered the power of the Elder also at such a young age also
.

“Wait, I didn’t know Dragan had a son?” asked Sonia surprisingly, after realizing what the King had said.

“Yes, it’s true.”
It’s been so long since I saw master Dragan. I’m not really surprise that his son already wield the Elder at such a young age, just as you did.

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“H
e
wants me to stay here and train you for a few months. He’s willing to let you stay, but only if you let me be your master,” said Sonia.

Albedo agreed and began to get excited. At the end of the school day she continued teaching Albedo about Vampires and Purebloods, about their true strength. There was much he was still ignorant about.

“When we Purebloods fight many battles or train our bodies, our abilities become stronger. Not all Purebloods are born with abilities; some possess our strength and our speed only. But just because they don’t have abilities don’t mean we stronger than they are physically. Vampires however have no abilities at all; they’re weaker than we are. The vampires are in the bloodline of the Purebloods, a half-bread of the humans and us, they are not true blood.”  

As Albedo walked with Sonia, she was striking, the wind caressed her hair and she floated beside him like and angel, he was utterly mesmerized.  Albedo learned more about vampires and Purebloods. His interest in the power of the Elder grew.

“The power of the Elder is considered one of the strongest powers a Pureblood can wield. You can sense your opponent and get and instant premonition of their presence and emotion in which case someone who controls to the power of the Elder to its full extent cannot be caught off guard. For example, he can sense a man moving his hand before his sword strikes his flesh. Albedo, when you sensed Vincent following you, or when you helped me fight him, it was by pure consciousness you awakened the power of the Elder. Our lives were in danger and it erupted out of you. Your power has yet to mature enough for you to grasp its full potential,” explained Sonia.

He seems to understand more and more.

“A Pureblood like me cannot be defeated by a vampire. I’m stronger and faster than them, not to be boastful or validate my abilities.”

Although she had a smile upon her face.

I wonder how someone like me got to wield this
ability
, thought Albedo. 

“Ok, let’s try something. Try and use the Elder to sense my presence,” said Sonia.

Albedo tried but no luck, he felt nothing. Sonia was right. He did sense the power by sheer luck and circumstance. 

Just what I thought
, thought Sonia. “Alright Albedo, enough explanations, it’s time for performance training, give me showmanship,” said Sonia with a voice of gratification.

  The first part of the training she wanted to do was a physical training, his frail body would not stand a chance against a true warrior. The thought of turning him into a warrior was electrifying for her; she grew with joy in her heart. She loves to train new Purebloods, she thought of their abilities as diamond in the rough. With good care and some polishing, she could make them shine.

“For your training, you have to start at the bottom. Training starts now!” said Sonia jubilance. 

Albedo’s eyes lit up, he was ready to start his training. He can already imagine how strong he’s going to become.

She looked back at him and asked him an unexpected question. “Do you have a motivation? What do you want to protect?”

Albedo looked at her with a determined face; he gave her an unexpected answer. “I want to stop Vampires and Purebloods like Vincent; to protect the weak from the wicked.”

She smiled and thought.
He might be a Black Reaper one day if his actions are as strong and true as his words
. The passion in his eyes was strong; his determination to help others was inspiring.

Sonia
was much older than he was, Albedo being around sixteen years old. She had told him her real age, which was fifty-nine. However, she had the resemblance of an eighteen year old. Vampires and Purebloods could live for thousands of years; age was irrelevant to them. Their beauty lasted longer than a human; she was still considered to be a young adult.

“Alright then, let’s get started.”

The first part of training consisted of him performing laps from school to home and back.  She wanted him to run all the way up the mountain and come back, to build his stamina.

Albedo looked hesitant.

“What’s wrong, you don’t think you can do it,” she mocked.

“It’s impossible,” he replied.

              “Yes for a human, but you need to stop thinking like a human, now go!”

Albedo was filled with doubt and uncertainty, but eventually started running.  As he started to run, he felt the same energy when he fled from Vincent. As he climbed the mountain, tiredness was the last thing on his mind. The wind rushing across his face induced an exuberant and reviving feeling.  After a long run, he returned from the mountain with a renewed sense of self-esteem.  He was running faster than he ever had before. He came down the mountain to see Sonia’s face with thrill.

Albedo couldn’t believe he just ran up the mountain and back.
This energy, where is it coming from?

“Impressive, now we do it the hard way,” She had a heavy bag with her; in it was heavy gear.

“What is this?” Albedo asked.

She explained to him this is training gear that the king’s guard used to train.

“It’d be easy,” said Albedo confidently. “What’s a little extra weight? I’m feeling good right now, this strength and energy is taking over me!”

The training gear
s were nothing but regular clothes. He grabbed the one that goes on his legs, and realized how heavy it was. 

“Each one is three hundred pounds, if we’re going to increase your strength fast this is the best way,” said Sonia.

Albedo struggled to put them on and asked, “Are you sure these are only three hundred pounds?”

She quickly assisted
him with the gear. The clothes were so massive that Albedo felt as if gravity was working against him. As much as he wanted to be manly for her, it was just too heavy.