In a town filled with secrets, darkness and land which is known to have been a centre of massacres and sacrifices for ages, resides families with unknown of what's at stake.
Ever since the last massacre of vampires in 1842 where they were burned and staked, the town has been quite. And henceforth, generations came and go, rivers fill and dry whilst the sun still rose in the East and sets in the West.
"Are you hungry?" Asked Mark, who was Alice's father. A middle aged white man with bald head. He was driving a car which had packed all of Alice's things.
"I'm not Dad" Alice replied.
"But you haven't said a word since we..."
"I prefer silence"
"I know you didn't want to leave your mother, but..." He sturters a bit "It's going to be fun. You'll get friends in highschool and prom, sleepovers"
"Dad stop!"
Alice opened the window just to ignore her Dad. The gaze of trees moving backwards seemed to take her thoughts elsewhere, she was wearing tight blue jeans with a red loose hoodie, matching with black sneakers. She was a total highschool girl.
After they had passed a banner which was written "Welcome to Warlington" it only took them half an hour to finally make it to town. It was a beautiful day and the sun was shining, however that spring cold wind could be felt.
"Here we are..." Said Mark and Alice remained quiet as she kept looking at her Dad's house and the neighborhood. Mark took Alice's bag inside as Alice still wondered her way through the neighborhood but only to find nothing, it was so quiet.
"You still looking around?" He asked.
"Yeah"
"Okay, don't say up late. I'm making lunch"
"I don't eat lunch" Said Alice looking at her father as he was standing on the porch with his hands in his pockets. And just at that moment, Alice knew she has been so hard on him. So she took steps forward to him.
"I'm sorry Dad, I know I've..."
"It's okay Alice. New house, new neighborhood. I would freak out too!"
"I just... I never lived anywhere apart from Chicago"
"I know it can be difficult to adjust. From big city to..." Said Mark and then he took three deep breaths and then he said "To quietness"
Both of them chuckled softly, then he patted Alice's back and walked inside leaving Alice standing at the porch. At that moment she had a glance of her father's house which was just a normal suburb house painted white. It was her first time there and she was taken by almost everything she saw. Including the beautiful garden which was outside just near the porch.
"A Hazel?" She exclaimed after seeing a tree just nearby her Dad's house. Her love for nature and gardening just couldn't keep her away. She walked where the tree was and stood to have a look whilst it was so cold, she seemed to pay no mind.
"Some people believe hazelnuts give one wisdom and inspiration" Alice heard a male husky voice and she quickly turned back to see who it was. And there stood, Hawaii looking hot, sexy and wearing one of the most beautiful smile she has ever seen.
For a moment or so, Alice was lost inside that man's beauty. He had a bit of black hair falling on his forehead. He was tall, slim and looked like a fresh daisy with his skin as pale as winter. All she could do was look on until, he said "Are you okay?" and that shrugged her off quickly to the present moment.
"Yeah! I'm fine..."
"Well, I was referring to the Hazel you were just looking at"
Alice turned back to the tree again "It's yours?"
"No"
"Mmh-hmm"
"You must be new here. I've never came across this face..." He said and then moved closer to Alice, tightening their distance in such a way they were breathing on each other.
Hawaii was such a bad boy, or it's proper to say a "bad vampire" he was nine hundred years old and he's been around for quite sometime. He loves teasing and making girls blush upon his entrance and as Alice struggled with words on his presence, he was enjoying it. He savored every moment and embraced the silence which was between him and Alice at that particular moment, he almost went for a kiss when they heard a voice of Alice's father calling her.
"That must be my Dad" Said Alice struggling to look Hawaii in his eyes. Hawaii smiled and open up a way for her to pass through and as she walked away, he looked up to her. Before closing the door, Alice looked back and her eyes met with the fiery and sexy ones of Hawaii. Both of them smiled.
Hawaii looked around the neighborhood as if to see if someone was looking at them, but to find only silence. He quickly vanished from that house, to a modern tavern outside. It was slightly crowded and he made his way inside. On top of the door of that tavern, it was written "Warlington Bar"
The inside was just like outside. For noon, it was usual to see such small groups of people as many were working expect for some who made the bar their all time spot. A group of four was waiting for Hawaii and as soon as he arrived they all started paying attention to him.
"There he is..." Said Cullen
"Took you long enough!" Added Nina
"Guys, you wouldn't believe who I just saw" Hawaii said with excitement and as soon as he sat at the table, he called out to the bartender "Two beers for me"
"Coming right up!" The bartender responded and Hawaii turned his attention back to his friends.
The group was complete by that time. Cullen, Nina, Amiya and Hawaii all together. Nina was also a vampire who for centuries had been a very close friend to Hawaii, she was a girl with bit of twisty attitude but down to earth. She can be feisty and naughty if needed, but she always gets the work done.
And, Cullen was a werewolf and an alpha to his pack. He was taller than others and he had such magnificent thews. Of course, like his nature of reality he had such a temper.
Amiya was a witch. A Salem descendants who didn't know she was a witch until Nina and Hawaii arrived to town and helped her discover her talents. She had a beautiful brown skin and soft long black hair falling back.
"I saw her guys" Hawaii said
"Who?" Nina added
"The key to waking up Nazar"
"You mean the greatest witch and vampire to ever walked the earth? Why would you wanna wake him?" Amiya argued
"Listen Amiya, your ancestors are the ones who imprisoned Nazar. He's immortal, can't be killed and that's why they made sure to put him to sleep. But we..." Hawaii pointed at himself, Nina and Cullen. Then he continued "We need him!"
"To break the curse, I'll fill you in all the details later" Nina added.
The bartender brought two beers at the table and left. They stayed quiet for a moment when he was there and then, they looked at each other.
"If she has reappeared then it'll only mean one thing. He's close" Said Nina
"Who's close?" Cullen asked
"Nazar!"
"Oh! The big bad vampire witchy"
"He maybe a bad guy but it's only through him the curse can be broken. Hawaii and I came to town because we were told by witches that once Alice reappears again, then all hell will let lose"
"What do you mean let lose?" Amiya asked with a concern look on her face.
"Listen this may not be a good time to talk. Especially in here with all these ears..."
Nina peeps out few vampires sitting across a distance who appear to be very concentrated on their conversation, they were eavesdropping. As soon as they realize they were being followed, they all clear out the table and walk away. Cullen and Hawaii went on their way, while Nina and Amiya walked to Nina's car and they drove to her house.
Inside the car, Nina had a lot of questions concerning the plans that her friends have planned and who could that Alice be. And why was she suddenly important and mentioned as a "key". So she didn't wait a minute as soon as they reached Nina's house, she started investigating her.
Nina's house reside in a place which is a bit far from town, or as she likes to keep it far from prying eyes which may notice that she never gets old, and constantly feeding on blood bags. When they were at the kitchen, Amiya started asking questions.
"Who's this Alice?" She asked Nina
"I'll tell you...let me finish making this margarita"
"I'm sure you can multitask"
Nina sighs and then she says "So, this story goes back to thousands of years ago in ancient turkey. In that time known as Ottoman Empire. Lunara was a woman of wealth and power, however she got married to a local merchant..."
"Who happens to be Nazar?"
"No"
"But, his young brother. Nazar became so jealous of the success of his younger brother. So he went on and seduce Lunara while being engaged to the love of his wife Rasheeda. He used Lunara and took all her wealth, all her lands and every gold. Leaving her completely wretched and homeless"
"He's a bad man"
"Indeed he is" Said Nina with a bit of smile on her face and then she poured herself a glass of Margarita and some for Amiya.
They moved from the kitchen to the drawing room. The house was huge with big rooms and bathrooms, a library, garden and plus a backyard. Nina first lived in the house in 1813 when she was welcomed by its owner of that time, Mr and Mrs McKelvin who threw wild parties every night. Mr McKelvin was killed by vampires in a brothel, he was found naked and brought a shame to the whole town.
His wife, later died because of loneliness and depression. It's been abandoned ever since until Nina moved in and refurbished it.
"Lunara didn't want to go down without a fight. So, she gathered all the powerful witches from every coven. Summoning them into what she specified as matter of emergency"
"And they responded?" Amiya asked
"They were ought to!"
"Why?"
"Because she was the leader of all covens"
"Wait, so Lunara was a witch?"
"Not only a witch, the most powerful witch that has ever existed. She placed a curse upon Nazar which turned him into a vampire, he can only feed on blood to survive. And Involuntarily turning into a wolf during full moon.
"She turned him into a hybrid?"
"More like worse, you see hybrids may turn at will but Nazar died every time he was on transition. The pain was too much, he couldn't contain it hence he never became a wolf. Years and years he started biting and feeding on people, whoever was bitten two days later turned into a vampire and he created his own army, sired to him. Together, he invaded Lunara and her witches, killed them all and later buried Lunara alive. He believed the curse may have been buried alongside Lunara but it reversed, he couldn't make anymore vampires by biting them"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean he couldn't make any more, he didn't know how. The fear that Lunara might awake and find him weak led him to despair and that's where your ancestors, the Salem witches put him down"
"Okay"
"Then, comes Alice. She's not who she thinks she is, the omen was foretell by different seers many centuries ago"
"What omen?"
"Nazar will only awake when Lunara descendant reaches of age"
Amiya sips her margarita quietly and for sometime she doesn't say a word. That was heavy to take and even though she didn't feel like she's connected to it, somehow things weren't going to be as peaceful as they were before.
"Stay here! There's someone eavesdropping on us" Said Nina and she quickly stood up. Her hearing senses were heightened because of her vampirism genes.
She left Amiya sitting on the couch and miraculously vanish in speed. She found herself outside looking around and every ounce on her body told her that there was another vampire inside her house.
Her fangs were out and nose sniffing for any danger around. Then, a heavy sort of wind passed her and it almost took her down. "Show yourself!" She screamed and then a heavy smoke. After the smoke cleared, in front of her stood a male figure.
He was tall, sexy, short hair and his eyes were red. He was in a very expensive leather black jacket and black trouser, Nina trembled just at the sigh of him. She quickly turned back to run but this vampire was quick and before she could reach the door, he snapped her neck and killed her. Nina fell down. Amiya came out to see what was going on and she was shocked to see her best friend on the floor, dead.
"Hello Amiya. Nice to finally make an acquaintance. I was yearning of this time, you and I are going to have a chat" He said and took himself inside leaving Nina outside.