Back at the cabin, the others and I were around the dinning table again discussing what has just happened. Zane expressing her thoughts about how I should have waited, Lucy backing me up saying it was the right thing to do, my brother staying silent as he always would do back when we were getting grounded as kids, the others giving there two sense as well either on Zane's or Lucy's side. I was silent during all this only processing what had just happened and what was happening now. John stands up and shouts at everyone arguing.
"Enough all of you! We haven't heard from Daniel in a while. Daniel what do you have to say to all of this?"
I stand up and look at everyone before speaking. "You know what I think, do you really wanna know? For the last month that I have been here I have seen nothing but peace here in the woods. Your peace, your world, living without a care for the world or it's needs. Yet out there, what I saw tonight, what I've been hearing from stories that aren't told to me fully, I see nothing but pain and misery. Take a look at yourselves, you all have become what your not. Your woods are being used as a killing ground for those vampires, for them to kill their victims not yours theirs! I think its about time you all told me what went down here a year ago."
"What are you saying", asked Zane.
"Remember how I told you all that I was here researching you guys. What do you think brought me here? Let me refresh your memory. A year ago there was a event, an event that should have been the end of the Leyline energy. However that event caused more of that Leyline energy to expand. Shit was crazy, unbelievable I would say. The League was racing to find out what was that cause event. Hell they wanted to send Alpha Team to investigate. Luckily for my father he didn't want this to be a huge deal so he sent me. Tell me what the hell did you guys do cause at this point I'm finding nothing but lazy ass wolves and a huge vampire group that may or may not be in this town."
"Brother, you know I have nothing to do with this. Secondly father always has a plan remember that. Not everything he does is ever good."
"Damien enough, Daniel you know the truth?"
"Yeah, let me guess I'm not going to hear it am I?"
"No you are, sit down we'll tell you all about it."
"John, are you sure?"
"Yes Zane, and I need to have a chat with you later. Daniel you ready?" I nod my head as I sit down and get comfortable. "A year ago right? Well at that time it was just me, Katt and Vix, Julian, and Matt. A few months ago my wife passed so it was pretty hard for everyone mainly Julian. Anyways it was around this time when Lucy came onto the land. I felt her presence and decided to leave the others alone. Lucy and I greeted each other and started to talk about her past. I invited her in and a few days later she was part of the pack. That same day she was initiated was the same day Zane came."
"Ok John, what does this have to do with the event?"
"Shush, this part of the story is the good part" said Lucy, who was smiling with joy.
"Anyways few weeks go by and one night Julian decides to do one of his many town visits. Likes to hang out at the bar. He comes home and is greeted by a group of vampires. All try and jump him, all fail...except one. This one overpowered him. There was a reason for that though as she was not a vampire, but a succubus. She was able to charm him and soon-"
Julian, stands up and looks at John, who looks back at him and sits down. Julian looks at us all and speaks. "She was able to charm me alright. What should have been a one and done, became something more. I wanted more and she did too. At first it was something we would just do you know. If you know how a succubus feeds then I don't need to tell you about it. One day after we were done we talked for a while....and that's when we started to fall in love with each other."
"Yeah I remember, you son didn't come home for a few days."
"That's cause for those days she was my life, my everything, mon amour. When it was time for me to let the others greet her at first she was afraid and half of them wanted her head cut off. Then people got used to her and soon everyone loved her."
"Yet she caused a problem, a huge one" said Zane who stood up as well. Julian looks down and sits down, as if knowing what Zane was going to say next. "Like a vampire they drain you, and a succubus was no different. Julian was starting to show the effects of it. Something needed to be done."
"I'm guessing while this was happening more and more vampires started to show up" I asked.
"They started to show up in greater numbers, and they were far more than your average nest of them. More skilled, calculated, more controlled. Someone was leading them. Lucy, John, and Matt were dealing with them as best they can while me, Julian, and that succubus were trying to figure something out in order to save Julian."
"That succubus's name was Sally you bitch" said Julian.
"Yes, yes. Sally. Anyways one day Julian finds his mom's old notes and right before she died she found the forest nymphs who were told to help succubus's out and change them to a nymph only if said succubus wanted to change. Lucky for us Sally was ready for that. All was good. We had the books, the who what where when and why. Me, Julian, and Katt set off to the gate where the forest nymphs lay."
"Let me guess, it wasn't easy to find?"
"It was, but the hard part was to get it open. When it was we couldn't go in. The leader said that something evil was out there and that it needed to get taken care of and that the gate had a protection spell, a spell that only Julian's mom knew."
"She took that to her grave. My wife was always hiding something. It's how it was with her, how I found her after all. A story for another time."
"So how the hell did you guys find the spell to open it?"
"Julian knew these four women. Four vampire women who separated themselves from the chaos of that vampires. The reason why is because Julian's mom also mentioned them a few times in her writings. So naturally we went to investigate. What followed was us basically looking at four women who looked like they came straight out of that Resident Evil game just without the virus and full on vampires with class. We talks and they helped us out with the gate opening. By which I mean helping us killing off the other vampires."
"That didn't work did it?"
"No, cause soon the vampires caught wind of what we were doing" said Julian who stood up and took over the story. "We had to hurry and open that gate. Zane was the only mystic and basically had to have Katt help her do the spell breaking. The rest including my love helped defend them from the vampires looming in. It was a fierce battle. I almost got overwhelmed, my dad was going ballistic on ever living vampire like there was no tomorrow, Lucy too, my love was trying her best, and the other were just like me. Then as it seemed to be all over a huge white light followed by the Leyline's lines and such going everywhere as well. It exploded and all the remaining vampires fled."
"That was the event, how did it happened."
"I happened love" said Katt, holding my hand.
"Katt's questionable determination somehow opened that gate. When it opened and we were allowed in John, Matt, and Lucy obviously stand behind to protect it. Me, Julian, Sally, and Katt went in. Sally got accepted to be a nymph and is still in training, in return were allowed to visit once a year. This you already know."
"So in other words Katt has some untold power to open a nymph gate, that makes no sense."
"Well that's the thing, One moment me and Katt were struggling with the spell next thing I know Katt was a different person."
"Interesting. So why were we talking about this?"
"You wanted to know, there you go."
"No I mean...hold on...the notes, the vampires, those two fenir....."
"What are you getting at Daniel?"
"What you guys caused it triggered something far greater than ever. It's something that even an Elder can't explain...I need some time to think about this. Good talk everyone."
With that I left the dinning room. In confusion Zane asks "Umm so what do you think he was thinking about?"
"My brother may have a theory and I may agree with him. Brother hold on!" Damien follows me. The rest sit and stand there confused.