Kings of Awakening Vampires and Purebloods (9 page)

Albedo looked astonished, thinking how completely unique her ability was. Much different than what Vincent had.

A smile crept onto his face, “That was incredible! Amazing! I didn’t know you could do that,” said Albedo. 

“We already know you have the power of the Elder, Albedo. I can hardly wait to see your abilities,” said Sonia.

They both had a look of sadness on their face.

“Before I go I want you to try something. Try and use the power of the Elder to sense my presence, Albedo.”

              He concentrated but nothing happened again.

“Just what I thought. We’ll work on that when I come back,” said Sonia.

He nodded with excitement.

Sonia wrapped her arms around Albedo and hugged him. She put the mask on her face.

“About your training gears, don’t ever take them off until I tell you too, is that clear?”

“I have to leave this thing on? What if I need to shower?”

“You’re a Pureblood Albedo; our bodies don’t produce bad odor. But if you’re discontent about not taking a shower, just go in the ocean. It washes really easy.”

Albedo nodded in understanding, he had to accept it.

“And one more thing,” she handed him a small box.

He opened it and inside was an old red mask and a black robe. The mask had a couple cracks on it; even the robe was so old that it started losing its color.

“Is that what I think it is!” said Albedo; he could have cared less how it looked.

“It doesn’t mean you’re a member of the Black Reapers yet; it means if something happen here in Inferno and King Victor’s men can’t reach here on time, you have to protect this place.”
I don’t know why but the king insisted that I gave it to him. What are you hoping to gain from teaching him? It’s as if you’re preparing him for something that’s coming.
“Oh, one more thing Albedo, you know how I refer to the Elder as a power.”

“Yes, why is that?” He was always curious about that.

“It’s because a power is something that you gain and ability is something that you are born it. They’re two different things in a way.”

Albedo seemed a bit confused. “I think I get it.”

“Good, now it’s time for me to take my leave.”

Albedo watched her leave after a sad goodbye.

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I
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was early in the morning and the servant walked in the dark hallway of King Victor’s castle to reach the throne room. She walked in the throne room and set the table with fine china and gorgeous silverware.  She then began to place the delicious food for breakfast. She looked a bit nervous walking in the presence of Sonia. She had admired Sonia for how she always sat with her legs crossed very lady-like. How beautiful she was.

              Sonia sat there drinking her tea, looking bored as always. She missed Albedo already, she miss training with him, talking to him. Today she had on a blue dress with a matching boots that covered her ankles. She took a piece of bread and dipped it delicately in her tea, just soaking the bread a bit. She hates when her bread gets too wet, then it’d surely be dumped in the trash.

“Would you like more tea Ms---Sonia?” said the servant with extreme nervousness.

              Sonia slowly lifted her head more and looked into her eyes for the first time. She saw the nervousness they had, how her cheeks were red and her body trembling. “Yes, please.”

Sonia held up her cup and the servant poured more tea for her, her clumsy hand started shaking even more. She had never been this close to Sonia before; unaware that she was pouring the tea on Sonia’s beautiful blue dress.

“Oh Ms. Sonia, forgive me. I’m not worthy to be in your presence!” said the servant with embarrassment. She quickly grabbed a rag and gave it to Sonia, bowing her head in shame.

“You must be more careful next time, you almost gave me a second degree burn,” said Sonia with a relaxing tone.

The servant broke down and started crying. Sonia quickly touched her shoulder.

“What’s the matter? Why are you nervous around me?” asked Sonia.

“It’s because I love you Ms Sonia, your beauty is unparalleled by anyone. You’re a Pureblood and I am a mere vampire. A mere servant and nothing more, I live to serve you and I honor you for that, Ms Sonia.” It wasn’t that she was in love with Sonia, she admire her very much.

Sonia was a bit surprised, “What your name, you must be new?” 

The servant wiped the tears off her face. “My name?” asked the servant.

“Yes I want to know your name,” said Sonia with a warm smile.

“It’s… Magi, milady,” she now looked more content.

“What a beautiful name, Magi. How about you and I become friends? I know how hard it is to be new around here.”

She started to cry again. This time it was a happy cry.

***

Th
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throne’s door opened and Angelione walked in. He looked across the room to find Sonia comforting a servant, which he did not care for. He sat on the opposite side of the table and opened his book. He looked to his right to see Sonia walking towards the table and the servant leaving the room. Sonia sat there and stared at the cover of his book, the same book with the “Black Dagger” on it.

“Well good morning to you,” said Sonia.

Angelione poured himself a small amount of juice and asked, “What was that all about?”

Sonia smiled
, “It was nothing, just making a new friend.”

Angelione had long white pants and a white shirt, a red jacket and a matching red scarf around his neck.

“Aren’t you going to ask me about Albedo?” asked Sonia.

Angelione took his eyes off his book. “You don’t have to tell me anything you don’t want to.”

“Well aren’t you no fun.” She briefed him on Albedo’s progress. “So tell me Angelione, how’s your pupil coming along?” asked Sonia as she stuffed cake in her mouth. It was not proper etiquette for her to eat this much amount of cake, but she did not care. She missed her sweets! The cake tasted good, it had strawberry around the edges. Sonia had always wanted to learn how to make sweets like that, but she was just too busy.

“They’re coming along just fine, but they still have much to learn. They need to stop being so hasty and have patience,” said Angelione.

“I wonder, where do you think the King is sending us this time?” 

Angelione himself had wondered that. “Not where, but after whom is he sending us this time. Sonia, Vincent broke into Inferno just to be defeated. No humans were bitten; in fact it’s as if nothing happened. I just can’t help but wonder why?”

Sonia stretched her legs. “It’s no secret that both Aleister and the Numeral Society are getting more active. Those two are considered the biggest threat to the Six High Kings, Angelione,” she leaned forward. “If we can bring Vincent to his knees, we can do the same to Aleister.” 

A man walked in the room and told them the king was on his way.
             

The King walked in and without hesitation Sonia and Angelione bowed to him. The King had a presence about him that commands attention, fear and respect. Those were the qualities a King needed to be great in the eyes of his people.

“Good, you’re both here,” said King Victor. He sat with his cheek rested on his fist as he sat on his throne. 

“May we ask…what is the mission.” inquired Angelione hesitantly. He was more curious about the mission and wanted to know what it was.

Sonia however had Albedo on her mind, she wondered how he will do without her;
he’s completely useless by himself
.

King Victor showed them a picture of one of the most wanted Purebloods in Nacune, with a bounty of a billion gold.

“But, that’s…” Sonia was now keener about the mission than about thinking of Albedo. She and Angelione looked at the picture carefully.

“Yes, I know. It’s Aleister; he’s wanted by all the monarchs,” said the King.

              Sonia held the picture and studied it. It was a picture of a man, about the same age as Albedo. He had long white hair. This young man had evil in his eyes. The colors of his eyes were different from each other. A chill went through Sonia’s body. She had remembered Albedo had mentioned someone who looks like him when he had his nightmare.
It can’t be him, it’s just impossible,
thought Sonia.
Long white hair, red and blue eyes, it can’t be him
, she continued on thinking.

“Aleister is known for being an outlaw. All six of us High Kings have tried to capture him, but none of our men know of his where about,” said the king.

“So you do intend on going after him,” said Angelione.

“This is the first picture we have in almost forty years,” said the King earnestly. The King showed them an older picture of Aleister, which about every warrior throughout Nacune has. In the old one he had short red hair instead of long white.

“My lord,” said Sonia with a shaky voice. “They say that he’s one of them, one of the five Kings of Awakening!” She trembled and embraced herself fearfully.

Angelione felt the wind rushing through the windows, as if death itself had come. “Those

are just rumors that started a long time ago. The five Kings of Awakening are sealed away. I refuse to believe that Aleister is one of them.” 

The King tightened his grip, wondering if the world was ready for their returns.

The five Kings of Awakening are known to be the most powerful Purebloods to ever breathe.  For fifty thousand years they had been sealed away, but they had promised their returns one day.

“What made you decide to go after him now? The other five High Kings have given up on finding him?” asked Angelione.

“His activities have been increasing lately. If he’s truly one of them, then he must know the others will awaken soon too. If we can manage to slay just one of them, then we’ll have a chance against the rest,” said the King.

The last time the five Kings of Awakening took control of this world they brought chaos with them. All who denied them were hung; their abilities and power were to be reckoned with.

“This is our chance to bring him in. Our chance is now. The others have not awakened yet, they’re still sealed away!” said the King enthusiastically.

“But even if he’s alone, he’s still very strong. A King once sent five hundred bounty hunters after him, in less than one day, all were killed,” she pauses. “It will not be easy for us to catch him,” said Sonia with unease.

King Victor knew the risk of sending them after Aleister, but this was a chance he was going to take. “Aleister was spotted in Odeon, King Henry’s kingdom,” said King Victor.

King Henry was also a High King.  The previous High King of Atnius was Victor’s father who had been at war with King Henry for almost three hundred years. After King Victor’s father died, Victor became King and convinced the other High Kings to join forces with him to prepare for the return
of the five Kings of Awakening. Knowing this, King Henry had no choice but to join the alliance. The other Kings had threatened him to join or their alliance will march for war against him along side King Victor. Keeping the Kings of Awakening from returning to this world was crucial.

The King said,
“I asked King Henry permission to let you in his cities to search for Aleister. He has agreed as part of the alliance.”

“King Henry is not known for being nice, I wonder why he would let us in,” asked Sonia. She was concerned about Henry’s generosity and sincerity. She had every right to be, the man was known for being sinister.

The King called to them, “Angelione, Sonia, I wish you a safe return.”   

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A
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Sonia and Angelione were leaving the castle, two young men approached them on the bridge. It was Dante alongside another young man. They both looked infuriated.

“Master Angelione, Master Sonia, going somewhere?” said Dante with suspicion.

Angelione responded, “Dante, Axil, it’s you two.”

Next to Dante was Angelione’s other pupil Axil. Axil was different from Dante; he had dark skin and short silver hair and silver eyes. Part of his hair was pulled back in a ponytail with the top of his hair loose. Sonia always thought the two of them were very alike. Both were about Albedo’s age. Axil was a bit taller than both.

“Master Angelione, we’re tired of training. When are we going to go on a real mission?” asked Dante with impatience in his voice.

“When the time is right,” said Angelione.

“All we do is train, I think we’re ready for a real mission,” said Axil. 

Sonia watched them pleading with their master, she wanted to burst out laughing. “I remember when the two of you started training here, and now you’re all grown up.”