"At the beginning of God's creation. He created light on the first day and the sky on the second. The dry lands, seas, plants, and trees on the third day. The sun, moon, and stars in the fourth, the creatures that swim and fly on the fifth, and on the sixth day, animals that live on the land were created— than humans.
The seventh day was considered special, that's when God rested after all the work he's done.
That's the first Genesis for you.
The second Genesis was about Adam and Eve, familiar ain't it? Eve was created from one of Adam's ribs to provide company and help to him.
They were given the task to look after the place that God created for them."
"Yay!"
I smiled and looked over the children, sitting in their assigned seats.
"Don't celebrate yet, I have more. Want to hear it?" I asked them, and they all nodded, booming with excitement.
"YES!!!!" They answered in chorus. I winched and glared at them. Realizing their mistakes, they all bowed their heads down.
"Observe silence, I'll rip all your tongues out if I end up going deaf here."
Covering their mouths, they silently nod.
"Okay! Let's continue."
She spares them one last glance before continuing with my story.
"Before Eve was created, there was Lilith. Unlike Eve, she refused to submit to Adam. They were created at the same time, why should she bow down to him? Why should she be second to him? They are both equal, no one is less than the other."
She glanced at the children, and they were all listening attentively. Feeling pleased, she resumed.
"Adam wants power over her, when he could no longer take her stubbornness, he deceived her into thinking that he completely agrees with her and will start treating each other equally. After they reconciled, Adam gave her a black apple and it startled her.
After God created them, he told them that they could eat any fruit from the Garden of Eden, except— the produce of one tree. The tree's trunk, leaves, and fruits were black. To exile Lilith from the Garden of Eden— their home. Adam plucked one black apple.
She dare not accept the apple, Adam was nervous since his plan might fail. He then told her,
the "I asked the father for this one fruit, he gave me permission to pluck it and give it to you. If you truly love me and want to be with me forever, you'll accept it."
Lilith was confused about whether she should believe him or not, she looked at the face of the man before her, and replied.
"Don't you want to be the first in everything? I'm giving you one last chance to be the first, since you are the man, you should take the first bite and I'll be the second one to bite it."
Adam was nervous, he doesn't know what will happen once he takes a bite from the apple, but feeling her suspicion he reluctantly took a bite.
Surprisingly, nothing happened. They both felt at ease, so Lilith took the apple from Adam's hand and bit it as well.
God was watching them knowing what was happening. He went down to the Garden of Eden and visited them.
When Adam and Lilith saw God coming down from the heavens, they were scared as hell. Adam wanted to retrieve the apple from Lilith, but she won't give it to him.
"What are you doing?" She asked, confused by his actions. Before Adam could answer, God was already standing in front of them.
Acting naive, God smiled at them.
"What's happening? I came to visit and see how both of you are doing." Lilith bowed down, and Adam followed.
"Greetings father, we're doing well." God smiled at her and looked at Adam.
He was startled when God looked at him. Extremely nervous, he immediately went to his knees and cried.
"I-i tried to stop her from plucking the produce of the forbidden tree, but she won't listen, father." God saw that in the palm of there was, there was a black apple. Lilith was shocked and nervously looked at God.
"pluck plucked it, he gave it to me saying that you permitted him." She glanced at Adam, hurt.
"Were you lying?"
Adam dare not look at her and kept his eyes on the ground.
"Adam, is this true?" God asked. And Adam answered.
"She's lying father, she wants to exile me from the garden."
God looks at him and confessed what he had seen from above.
"I know everything, why are lying to me son?" He asked Adam.
Adam's eyes shook and his forehead hit the ground. "Please forgive me, father, I was desperate," he asked for forgiveness, and God forgave him. Knowing that Adam and Lilith don't get along with each other, God took one of his ribs and created Eve. Lilith was taken and sent into the black forest.
"Lilith, although you were deceived by Adam. I shall grant you this forest, protect it and this world. This world isn't like the one you were from, this is the world I created alongside the Garden of Eden. Everyone here is extraordinary, you shall not be the same anymore."
Confused, she asked.
"What do you mean father?"
"When someone pure-hearted takes a bite from the produce of the sacred tree, the person shall be granted power and throne. You are now the ruler of this realm, your body is changing as we speak. When that change is done, I shall call you the Queen of darkness, when the sun is resting, you shall watch everyone in my place."
Just then, her heart stopped pumping and her blood flow was cut off. She collapsed to the ground lifeless—"
She heard gasps from the little audience.
"When she awoke, God was already gone. And a group of strange creatures was surrounding her— it was the forest's fairies. She was shocked when she saw her skin, it was pale white, and she felt strange. Her heart wasn't as it was and she was not breathing.
Before she goes mad, a voice spoke in her head, it was the voice of God. "Don't be afraid my child, you're now one with the tree of life. You shall not die as long as you're soul is intact.
On your behalf, I created a man befitting for you. He is away, but when he passes my tests and finds you, you'll heart shall beat once again."
"The end."
Closing the book, she looked over the children. 'Why are they so quiet?' she asked herself.
"What? You don't like it?" She asked them. They shook their heads.
"You like it?" They all nodded.
Feeling annoyed by their behavior, she said. "Can you all please use your voice?"
A brave little girl spoke first. "You told us not to make a sound."
"Ohh~ my bad, you can all speak now. But not too loud."
One of those who asked who was breathing heavily earlier even forgot to breathe and almost turned purple. The children then asked questions.
"When will Lilith meet the person God told her about?"
"Don't know." She answered.
"What happened to Adam and Eve?"
"They had lots of kids, and their kids had lots of kids. They even overpopulated the planet once."
"Where is Eve now?" The brave little girl asked, but before she could answer, the classroom's door squeaked open and a petite girl went in.
"BIG SISTER!" They all squealed in excitement. Crystal who's the princess's assistant hushed them with her index finger, looking over to the princess who was covering her ears while glaring at the children, she smiled sheepishly.
The children who just remembered that they need to be quiet glanced at the princess and sat properly.
Crystal walked towards the princess and whispered in her ears. The princess nodded and looked at the children.
"Story time's over, I know you want my company, but I have to leave now." She bid her farewell to the children.
The children's faces had mixed emotions, but it was written all over their faces that they don't want her company.
"Kids, what do you do when someone is leaving?" Crystal asked the children.
The children stood up and bid their farewell.
"Goodbye princess Amaris, thank you for spending time with us." They said respectfully and bowed down.
Without smiling, the princess stood up and walked towards the door, Crystal opened the door for her. Before stepping out of the room, she glanced over the children one last time.
Walking in the school's hallway, she and crystal were talking.
"Did it disappear? Do you think it escaped or was stolen?" The princess asked.
"The facility was heavily guarded, even a fly can't get passed the facility's walls. Not to mention the guard's sharp eyesight, every time I go there. It feels like they can even see through my soul." The princess let out a little laugh.
"What the hell are you saying? That's hilarious, we better get there as soon as possible. I want to see what it can do."
"But are we going? The emperor locked all the passageway." Crystal asked worriedly. The princess dismissed her question.
"We won't stay long, I just want to see it firsthand." She is curious about this clone since this is the only one his father kept in a vaulted room in the laboratory's deepest basement.
Crystal stopped convincing her since once Princess Amaris sets her mind to something, it'll be hard to change it.
Just as she finished speaking, they arrived at the school's entrance/exit. Where the school's staff and headmaster are waiting for them.
The headmaster is the first one to approach her. He stopped five steps away in front of her which made her stop in her tracks.
"Thank you for visiting us and spending time with the children, your highness." The headmaster then bowed down, and the school's staff followed after. While saying their thanks.
"It's my pleasure, it's sad that I have to leave this early." The headmaster nodded and is grinning from ear to ear.
"Let me escort you to your car." He offered, and the princess nodded in reply. Leading the way, they head out of the school's exit/entrance to the princess's luxurious car waiting for them at the school's entrance.
The headmaster bid one last goodbye and thank you before the car door closed and the car sped off l, exiting the school grounds.
Mon Clarissa Academy is founded by the Crimson family— the Capital City's imperial family. Students here are orphans, they study and live here. Only a few selected individuals are accepted to work in the Imperial palace after they've graduated, and others are allowed to live their lives the way they want after graduating as long as they contribute in any way to society, and will always be ready to serve when called by the royal family.
Unlike any other school, Mon Clarissa Academy teaches martial arts, aside from academic subjects. The school's goal is to produce top-tier individuals who are well diverse in terms of academics, and martial arts, and has a good personality and a sense of responsibility to the real world.
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Arriving at the highly advanced technological laboratory, where scientist tests the limit of new technology partnered with superpowers from other kinds of beings. The things they create inside aren't simply robots, in the past ten years, they've been trying to successfully create a clone, more powerful than anyone could imagine and a living/ breathing weapon. Genes were combined and inserted unto a genetically modified egg.
A few hours ago, the laboratory was functioning as usual but alarms from the vault room alarmed everyone, no one is allowed to go down there without the emperor's permission. Its system seems to be malfunctioning and they can't access the machine containing the person inside. A minute passed by and the power of the entire facility was gone. When the power went back on, the alarm stopped and everything went back to normal. When the emperor was informed by the chief scientist, it was already too late. When they went down there to check personally, the machine is still working, but the glass covering it was shattered into pieces onto the cement floor.
The emperor had no choice but to close down every entrance/exit within the laboratory. And have everyone prepared for any disaster that might happen and also sent his men to search the interior and exterior of the facility.
The car entrance couldn't be used for passage at the moment to prevent anyone from exiting the premises. Before you could see the laboratory, there are tall mountains around the area. And a big, thick, cement wall surrounds the ten-football stadium-sized area, where the laboratory's main building is placed at the center.
There's only one way to go in and out of the facility's sturdy wall. Before arriving at the wall's entrance/exit. You need to pass the half-mile-long tunnel connected to the highway that's only known to the people who work at the laboratory.
The princess's black luxurious car came to a stop a few blocks away from the tunnel that's heavily guarded and filled with surveillance cameras.
The driver's seat is empty since the car can drive itself. Sitting In the shotgun seat, Crystal turned to the backseat where the princess is seated and asked again. "I don't feel too good your highness, should we just go back?"
"No, we're already here. What's the point of turning back?"
Crystal sighed and was about to exit the vehicle and open the car door for her, but the princess intercepted.
"Just stay here if you don't feel well, I'll just find him and take a peek. I'll be back immediately."
Thinking for a moment, she shakes her head. "Nah! I'm supposed to be with you at all times." She answered. Amaris raised her right brows, "I'm not asking you, it's an order. Just stay here and guard my baby instead." the term 'Baby' is her car's pet name.
"But—okay. Please be careful your highness." Crystal answered instead of arguing when she saw her eyes. Amaris rolled her eyes as if saying 'Of course. Without saying goodbye, she opened the car's door from the back seat and stepped outside.
She closed her eyes for a moment and felt the cold breeze blowing past her, her hair tousled to her side. Taking a deep breath, she smiled before walking into the forest. Amaris Crimson, the youngest daughter of the current reigning vampire monarch emperor and empress. Unlike everyone in her family, although she can move swiftly and is a bit stronger than the strongest human alive, she doesn't have any special abilities that vary from durability, mentality, and agility. When a vampire turns eighteen, they age slower than average and they'll have to attend the coming of age ceremony.
They will be called one by one to stand at the podium where their wrist will be slit and their blood would drip and be absorbed into the holy stone basin. The powers they get are dependent on the type of blood they have. After their blood is absorbed, the basin would glow and they'll feel the power within them being released. When they go to bed after, they'll wake up as a new person, with no beating heart and pale skin, and with a special ability. to humans it's death, but for them—it's like being born once again.
The princess was the last one to be called, she was excited at first, but after the holy stone basin lit up, she still hadn't felt anything. She became impatient and things turned gruesome, everyone couldn't even utter a word at the princess whose white dress is now covered in blood. Before the night is over, they are as good as a human. They can still be killed. When she lost consciousness, her siblings rushed to her sides scared that she had died.
Everyone was relieved when she woke up the next day, although she has completely become a vampire, she still doesn't have any special ability. She refused to speak a word with everyone, instead, she spent her time with a bunch of metals and wires. The emperor saw her potential and brought her to the laboratory. As time passed, she started socializing again, but they could never bring back the sweet little girl they once had. She became a whole new person.
After passing the forest, she finally saw the wall separating her and the laboratory. She looked on both sides, after making sure that there was no one in sight. She stretched her arms and was about to climb the wall by hand when she heard someone shouting, just as she was about to turn her head to look who it is, someone bumped her and both of them fell to the ground.
Her eyes were closed from the shock, as she recovered and slowly opened her eyes to see who dared to bump at her. The face that welcomed her was of a handsome man who was directly looking at her face with his eyes wide open, his face was just an inch from her face.
'An angel' The man ridiculously thought when he saw the face of the person he just bumped into. He was cut off from his trance when his face is unexpectedly pushed away by her right hand.
Stumbling back, he landed on the ground, butt first. He winced in pain at how harsh he was pushed and looked at Amaris who just stood up and is dusting off her clothes.
'A barbaric angel', the man had a change of heart. She glared at him after she was done cleaning herself, and he gulped.
"Who the hell are you? How did you get here?" This place is miles away from any residential area, looking at his casual attire. He's surely not working at the laboratory.
He stood up without answering her and patted his clothes. When he looked back at her, she was still glaring at him—more annoyed than before.
'Should I just kill him?' She thought it would be bad if this man in front of her tattletale about this place to anyone.
"M-my name is—", he slowly spoke and looked upward as if thinking about what his name was as if he doesn't know it as well.
Amaris was getting impatient, she decided it would be best if she'd just kill him in this instance. She extended her right hand and a triangle device comes off into her palm. Holding the device, it recognized her fingerprint and it turned into a dagger.
She swiftly appeared in front of him, and he looks at her, startled. Their eyes met for a second until he looks down and saw the dagger that shimmered for a bit. His eyes bulge as he looks back up at her, whose eyes shifted from him to his back.
*AMARIS*
I was about to kill the idiot when I heard hurried footsteps coming our way. It would be bad if we were both discovered, my father wouldn't like it.
Grabbing his right arm, I pulled him away along with me behind a random big tree.
"Wha—" I hushed with the dagger still in my hand. He seem to understand what I meant and shut the hell up. I listened attentively to our surroundings and a few seconds after, they were exactly where we were standing before.
"Are you sure you heard something here?" The other guard asked his comrade. "I'm sure." He replied before scanning the surroundings once again.
I looked back at him, just to see him looking at me. He didn't even bother to look away when I already caught him. I raised my brows to scare him off, only then did he realize I was looking at him and looked away.
Looking at him, he seems to be normal.
'His eyes are a shade of light brown, he's skin color is average and fair. His lips are—'
What am I doing? I could hear his heart beating faintly, isn't he nervous?
Is he sick? What's wrong with this idiot?
I was busy analyzing him that I failed to notice him looking at me again. And the nerve— his brows are arched as if questioning me what I'm doing.
"I hear something." The guard who heard us earlier stated. What's with his ears? I'd love to rip it off his head. Why is his hearing so sensitive? Damn it.
The guards guarding this place are not all vampires, some of them are human or other beings of low birth.
I looked around to find something that can distract them. The idiot then started tugging my clothes, I turned to him and glared, just to see him pointing upwards.
He seems scared about something, so I followed suit and saw a large snake hovering over us. It's looking directly at the idiot, should I just escape and leave him for the snake to feast in?
This is frustrating, I should have listened to Crystal and gone home instead.