Arriving at the beach without any other incidents. The group began to check the surroundings before eventually heading over to a rather empty but rocking area to keep privacy as they were going to attempt to practice magic.
Sharon did one last check as the light was dimming in the sky, it was thanks to the magical energy of the vampires that the world had barely any light, to begin with. Though it would still be bright enough for the purposes of magic.
Darien, Sharon and Lessly stood looking out at the sea before Sharon took a moment.
"Oh, I'm guessing you have lost your light magic right, Darien?"
She asked gently, as she knew it may be a somewhat sensitive nature to the man. Having lost everything else so far.
Lessly's eyes went wide, looking at both of them as she knew how rare light magic was. She had heard rumours about people wielding the higher tier magics though she decided to keep her mouth shut as she just leaned back and listened.
"From what I heard vampires learn magic from the clan they are a part of. Each clan has certain vampiric magic that makes them."
Darien simply nodded unsure though both Sharon and Lessly just nodded like it was a fact.
"Six vampire powers are around, though it will be easy to tell which clan someone is from simply by the powers they wield."
"Lessard, the clan that rules this area uses Manipulation, It's kind of like grabbing, tossing and throwing things without actually grabbing things."
Darien thought for a moment as he slowly tapped his chin. "What about the others then, what do they use?"
"Well, The Northern American vampire's Emblem use Mind magic, able to manipulate people's memories or minds in certain ways. Though it's just theory and rumour has it that if you mention it to them you could get into trouble."
"Asian Movant clan apparently use some sort of shadow or stealth-based magic, they are nearly invisible to see."
"Lovelock clan uses emotional manipulation magic, though most people know about it they really do not care. Apparently people are happy under their rule… though is it down to genuine care or manipulation."
"Giovanni clan uses transformation based magic. They can become bears, wolves, foxes and many other creatures. They can also do partial transformations as well but still gain extra strength."
"Lastly is the Vigil clan, they are peacekeeping forces between vampires and are usually the strongest. Though I have never seen or heard about the magic they can use as they are rare in themselves."
The group thought for a moment as Darien was confused, he was sure he saw ice magic, but he also knew this could be something like an Emblem mind manipulation tactic. He would have to be careful as if he was an Emblem he would need to head to America to find safety or to find his sire.
"We can try using magic, though I'm not really sure how vampire magic translates into all of this, maybe just try to cast magic as usual."
The next few hours were spent with similar results, Darien attempting to cast his magic without success, his mind trying to pull out the magic. Attempting to pull out the magic he had before was not working. He could feel it deep inside though it was like a dark cloud was smothering it.
It was like trying to push his hand through a solid block of coldness that just seemed to dislike the idea of him reaching it.
It began to grow dark as Darien just threw up his hands in frustration, blood flowing harder now as she began to feel a large amount of anger rising up in him, his fist slamming against a nearby rock as it shattered into pieces as he swore.
"Fuck, this is bullshit!"
He screamed out as the two girls stepped back in fear, it was not surprising to them as most newborn vampires had trouble controlling emotions and it would normally only get worse. Though after this outburst it seemed Darien calmed down rather quickly like his emotions were suppressed or smothered.
Though the sounds in the distance grew louder, the shattering sound caused a distant rumble as everyone froze, looking around at the rocks and cliffs nearby as shadows began to appear.
Mutated, disgusting and horrifying figures began to spring from the rocks and darkness as the light was already fading. The twisted bones and skin, jaws slightly aligned wrong as massive fangs stuck up. The dull glowing red eyes as hundreds of the creatures began to show themselves.
"Ghouls…"
Sharon whispered as her eyes went wide. She began to back up before she felt the water hit her heels, the sea slowly coming in as they were already surrounded.
"Lessly, you know water magic right?"
Lessly nodded her head as she pulled her hands up, water slowly forming in her hands, Sharon joining as she summoned powerful gusts of wind that started to kick upwind. Darien stood at the front as he raised his own hands, pulling them close as he would punch anything that dared to come close.
The howls grew louder as the twisted ghouls began to jump up and down like primitive apes, building up anger and rage as they stared at the latest meal with clear joy as they were going to enjoy feasting.
The situation felt grim to the three, though when a hulking monster began to pull itself over the cliff, the ghoul three times the size of the rest with a set of massive claws for hands as well as ahead of a bear began to scream out in anger, rage and clear hunger.
"Oh fuck, a Giovanni ghoul and a powerful one... " The group looked at this new threat with panic as they were stuck in the worst possible place.
"Next time, I'm picking the location we train at." Darien spoke gently to Sharon.