Lydia asked everyone to leave her alone for a while, except for Damien who still sat there by her side. He grasped her hand tightly and kissed them gently.
“You’ll be fine, I promise.” Lydia gave out a little smile and leaned against Damien’s shoulder.
“Thank you for being there for me, even though-” Lydia stared at the ground for a moment thinking about her newly made friends and how far they’ve gotten to the surface world and almost finding the last of the elements. “We made it this far.”
Lydia suddenly felt a sudden pull on her neck; she looked down to see the jewel glowing, again.
“Look.” She nudged Damien next to her.
“It’s glowing again.”
“Ya think?” The jewel started to pull her neck, tugging it strongly. “It’s pulling me, this had never happened to me before.”
“Maybe the element is closer than we thought it would be.”
“Yeah, probably.”
Damien still held Lydia’s arm and together, they disappeared in a bright yellow glow. They stood on black asphalt with the jewel still glowing.
“What happen?” Lydia asked nervously.
“I don’t know the jewel did something.” Damien paced around the unknown area until a shadow emerged from the air. A girl with wildly long hair, the color of burnt wood, she wore a long black skirt covered with a white ribbon surrounding her legs and a black top with large ribbons surrounding her chest, she wore a necklace in a shape of a crescent moon, her head was tilting and she smiled, a little wickedly. She walked closer and her mouth moved as if she was about to speak.
“You must be Damien Erebus, prince of the spirit realm I presume?”
Lydia still stood there, now frighten as ever she froze. The mark on her dress and the necklace, could she be? Lydia wondered and without thinking she charged aimlessly at the girl, but the girl’s hand stopped her and flung her against a wall, making a large dent. Lydia moaned as she slid slowly to the ground in pain.
“And you are Lydia Hykate? Am I right?” She laughed evilly as Damien rushed over to Lydia’s aid.
“What were you thinking?” Damien demanded.
“I’m sorry, her aura isn’t human nor is it good.” Lydia let out a weak mumble.
“What?” Damien felt a shock in his system. “Are you sure?” He took a glance back at the girl and stood up, his scythe appearing in his hand as he walked over to her. “Who are you?” He asked.
“Who am I, you ask?” She walked closer to him and her long fingernails touched Damien’s face. “I am Lunar Eclipse, heard of me?” Damien’s body suddenly froze and Lunar glance over to Lydia, still lying there on the ground. “You can stay there for a while, prince.” She kissed him softly on the cheek and walked over to Lydia.
“I think that belongs to me.”
Quickly she yanked the jewel off of Lydia’s neck and agony arises from her voice.Damnit. Lydia thought and with the last of her strength she placed her hand over Lunar’s heart and pushed her across the street. She could her Lunar’s scream from where she sat.
Lydia eyed over to Damien, still frozen there in the same spot. I’ll save you. She thought and tried to rush over as fast as she could, still limping from Lunar’s attacks, but when she could even get a chance to get near Damien, Lunar suddenly appeared again.
“You think you could hurt me that easily, pest?”She held Lydia by her neck and raised her above her head. What amazing strength. She thought and trying to struggled to get loose. She could feel Damien’s urged to get free. “Now hand me your soul!” Her strength weakened Lydia’s body and she movements loosen and then she became weaker as her soul surged out of her.
Lydia screamed in anguish as she could her soul being pulled out of her.Lydia fell to the ground and her eyes slowly opens to Lunar shocking eyes.
“I wouldn’t be doing that if I were you.” A voice appeared from behind Lydia spoke. She recognized the voice belonging to Ember. Ember quickly threw her kunai at Lunar, and lucky for her she finally bled. Lunar held her hand to the points where Ember struck her.
“Ugh, more elements!” She yelled. “You will die!”
“Oh no she won’t” Ivy whipped out her snake blade around Lunar’s waist and pulled her till the poison starts to spread.
“I can’t take this.” Lunar dissipated in the air with Lydia’s jewel still in her hands. “You’ll pay!” They could here her voice still hanging in the air around them.
“Lydia, are you okay?” A cool sensation washed over Lydia as the pain started to fade. She opened her eyes to see Aimee hovering above her. “Tell me how you’re feeling.”
“Thanks, Aimee. I’m better now.” Lydia quickly got up and scanned the area. “Damien? Where is he?” Worry struck her mind.
“Lydia, don’t move your injury may be minor but you should rest.” Aimee assured her.
As Lydia collapsed to the ground, tears suddenly fell from her eyes. Are you gone? She asked him in her mind, hoping he will answer. Yes, I’m don’t worry. The sound of his voice brought a smile to her face. She got up and turned around, bumping into someone with scrapes on his body. She looked up to see a happy vampire. She giggled happily and nuzzled in his arms.
“Thank the gods, you’re safe.” Lydia said.
“No, thank the gods you’re safe.” He kissed her on the head.
“C’mon you two stop kissing and let’s go home.” Lydia looked behind Damien’s shoulders to see an impatient Flare. They turned around, holding hands walking towards home.
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“How you guys know where to find us?” Lydia questioned the elements and she looked at Aimee who pointed to a blue plate in her palm.
“This here was a gift from the goddess, it’s basically a tracking device. Just an case we got separated somehow.” She gave a big grin. What Aimee held seem like a piece of blue glass. She said a few words in a language no one seems to understand and then a blue sphere emerged from the glass plate. “See the different color dots?” Lydia nodded. “You’re the purple one. Trying moving to another area.” Lydia moved away from the sphere a little and the purple dot moved too.
“What was really strange was how where you were wasn’t on the map. You were on a different plane.”
“Yeah, I was wondering why that place seemed so empty.” Lydia grinned.
“Thanks you guys.” Damien smiled and let out tired sigh. “Now I’m hungry, have a bit of a craving.”
“Uh oh, someone wants to hunt.” Ivy teased Damien and licked her lips.
“Hunt?” Damien hasn’t fed on humans since the day I’ve met him. I wonder about him sometimes, he is a vampire after all. “Now that you mention it, Ivy. Maybe I will go out for dinner.” Damien’s eyes changed colors to jet-black; the vampire inside him is ready to come out fully once again. He suddenly glared at Lydia who stood there confused about the current situation.
“What?” Lydia asked walking closer.
“Will you, Lydia go out to dinner with me?” Lydia giggled as a sign of a yes. A hunt for Lydia was rare. She always lived like a normal human, eating animal flesh not thriving on humans. It wasn’t natural for her, since her father left this world.
Lydia’s father was the strong leader of her clan, till that one dreadful day. The humans accused her father of killing a human family, he plead of innocents. The witnesses made of humans brought lawyers and so did we. One of them said they saw a body lying in an empty ally. A worker nearby saw a trail of blood leading to Lydia’s house. He followed it and witness a man in black fur covered in streams of blood. He screamed in horror and ran away hoping to turn him in to someone who would believe.
Lydia would stand there beside the entrance of the courthouse, tears flowing down her eyes. She was young and didn’t understand why the humans are doing this. She walked near the benches, but as she could walk any further her father followed human police officers in handcuffs.
“Death sentence.” Lydia gasped up to the horrible words she just heard.
“What? You can’t do this! You can’t take my father away!” Lydia screamed and dashed forward to her father. Then a force grabbed her arms, she turned to see her mother also in dismay. “Let me go, they’re going to kill father!”
“No, you mustn’t interfere with the humans.” Lydia mother’s voice was sweet and kind, and her words were always wise.
“But, they’re going to…” Lydia collapsed into tears. “Kill father.” She cried for a long time till a voice entered her mind. Don’t worry about me sweetheart. Be strong and don’t hate the humans for killing me, hate me for the carelessness of taking care of you. Lydia started to whimper and her tears turned into sobs and she stopped with red eyes of sadness and a heart of emptiness.
“Oh I forgot that you don’t hunt.” Damien wrapped his arms around Lydia and kissed her on the forehead.
“It’s okay, I’ll still go.” Lydia smiled. “Where you want to go?”
“If we can’t hunt, then how about New York?” Lydia looked at him, and her fangs took a little peek from underneath her lips. “I’ll take that as a yes.”
“Okay you two, have fun on your date.” Ivy’s voice rang in their ears with joy.
