AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
I open the book and already on the first page I find a warning! A warning that the contents of this book are highly harmful and blah, blah, blah... I obviously ignore it and I turn to the next page. This is not an ordinary book that contains a preface, for example, so I will have to read it all...
"This spell is good, "Turn Someone Who Is From Good To Evil"." OK, let's go. Ingredients: 1 person's personal item, 1 live mouse tail, 1 chicken liver, rabid dog drool, broom and household garbage, and 1 live spider. Burn the rat's tail to ash. Make a bag sewn by yourself and put the ashes, half of the chicken liver, because the other half you have to eat raw, (so the person doesn't do you any harm or attack you, because she won't differentiate between people, places or occasions) add a few drops of the angry dog's saliva, (which is to drive the person crazy) sweep your house from the inside out, pick up the trash with your hands (not a shovel) and put some of that in too (to symbolize that you are involved) and after putting the spider press the bag killing it inside it. Then close the bag with black thread. Bury the bag with the person's belongings. The next day dig up and return the personal item. Before 24 hours after the return, the person will start to commit madness, insanity, evil...
As long as the bag is not unearthed, the person will no longer have peace!
"This is more like sorcery. Not the kind of spell I'm looking for and... This book got off to a bad start. Very weak. I expected more. I hope the other spells are better." My focus now is only on the titles, after all, they already say everything about...
"Wow! "His Own Kingdom"!" This one is much more interesting. I would even say, useful. I rip out the page and I save it for another time. I flip the pages faster and faster and...
"Dragon? That would also be very helpful. "How To Get Your Dragon"!" I read the necessary items and at the end of the reading, I am completely surprised. I'm speechless. Terrified and amazed at the same time. A range of possibilities opens up to me and I can't believe those fools had this amazing book, had access to unspeakable knowledge and great powers, being able to face me on equal terms and what did they do? They buried it deep and still inside a trunk. This is not naivety, but rather, stupidity. It doesn't only border on stupid, but rather, it's great stupid! Just like those mistakes people make and regret for the rest of their lives. And I bet they said: that's too much power for one person! Or, no human being is worthy of such powers. Not even a king. They are even to be congratulated for resisting the powers contained in this book. That's assuming they have read it. But the more likely they hid it from the world without having any knowledge of what was inside.
"Ah-ha! I found it! "Spell For Walking In Daylight"! Spell created especially for vampires! The Aurora Borealis spell is precisely performed at daybreak, where the green light of the Aurora will merge with the white light of the moon, in the exchange of night for day and this very powerful union of instants allied to the desire of the being in question, here, described as a vampire, will make his flesh no longer burn with the sun's rays, returning to almost being a human being again, only in this question, however, with a considerable difference: he'll not lose his powers!" Observation. The reading was too good. Of course there had to be some observation. I run my eyes intently over it.
"Oh! That's it?" I thought it was something I might think would be a problem. The observation is emphatic in saying that the "being in question" must fully trust the ritual, not caring "in any way" about being exposed to the limit of darkness with light, that is, of night turning into day. Because if any trace of doubt is found, the spell not only will not have the desired effect, it will not be valid and it will be as if he was caught voluntarily or unprepared by the sun and the outcome will be what is already known by everyone in the field, burning ardently, and those who don't know, as if with all sins being paid and felt on the skin in excruciating pain!
"Here we go!" I rip this sheet too, after all, it's the most important spell of all and then I burn the book. I can't allow this knowledge to be loose around, because on it contains spells that can be conjured against me or my kind or also create "certain things" that may be difficult or even impossible to overcome. Well... Then... His most important spells are already with me and burning it was undoubtedly the best option. Now they are protected! I transform into a bat and I fly behind the mountain/hiding place.
I arrive flying and from up here I can already see all my subjects that I brought in this endeavor. Valuable subjects. Loyal devotees that I wouldn't exchange for any other, although, this is a separate thought, a thought that came loose, because in our race, friendship or companionship is not very much worshiped, or rather, not worshiped at all, therefore, like this, it can say it's everyone for himself, although, we live together! The law of survival, I guess! Our continuity is worth more than any vampire's life, even mine, if it's in danger, however, I'll demand that if he/she sacrifices himself/herself it's me or more than one or two. After all, being the master has to do more than just give orders. I land already a vampire and I have more turmoil than order. More chaos than order. They are not newborns, which worries me about this boundless childishness. And it's not from now!
"Shut up!" They all obey me and form a line. I have read and reread the spell and there are no ingredients to use. Not common ones and not those absurd items that are very difficult to find. What is asked, in fact, is that others, and it doesn't say if they should be vampires, because humans wouldn't be, keep repeating it endlessly, and what's good is that they don't need to believe in anything to do it, but simply, do it, keep saying: walk at night, walk during the day! And the rest is up to me! I tell them what to say and guess what the answer is: yes, sir! The night's darkest when it is nearing its end. As if it stayed with anger at having to disappear. And I understand it. I'm like her. I would like to stay for a whole day, even if, a whole day seems little! I command them make a circle...
"Walking at night, walking during the day..." They start their part, which for me, was very little and easy, but the important thing's that it has its value and, it was also good, for them, not having to of a sacrifice. I was even surprised that this part was missing, but...
I close my eyes, although, I'm a vampire and that means devoid of life, of feelings, but still, I do my best to match that observation. And I also open my arms, this is my thing, with the intention of revealing myself, of giving myself away, of saying how much I am involved. I turn into a vampire! The eyes redden. Blood runs faster. I feel life pulsating in me. Canines grow. Power flows from me. The atmosphere is conducive to ritual. It seems that the universe conspires in my favor. Time passes...
"Walking at night, walking during the day..." Time passes and I remain focused not only on myself, but also, on the night itself. Focus is essential. What I want is essential. What I need to become is essential, because a life, even if it spans centuries and centuries, is very little time. I have a lot to accomplish, a lot to do, a lot to be terrified of, a lot to conquer, a lot to be feared, and consequently, hated, but it is for this and other reasons that I need to be able to walk in the light of day to have a better management of my existence. I can't be stopped. I can't be defeated. I can't be destroyed. I can't be removed.
"Walking at night, walking during the day..." It's starting! The moon shines elegantly with its silvery glow illuminating the whole place, as well as, it appears in the green light of the Aurora Borealis on the horizon looking like the work of a talented painter with his brush and it is so beautiful that it is difficult to describe to what I feel that, everyone was silent, as well as, they were surprised by the spectacle of nature. Legend says it that the Aurora Borealis is nothing more than a portal being opened, but the difficult thing, not impossible, as this word shouldn't exist in anyone's vocabulary, is to get through this gate, as well as, to find it. Not knowing whether it is in its beginning, in its middle or in its end. The stars collaborate with their presence, as if it were the touch of genius, a special participation in a moment that could well become a painting! It's possible to pay close attention, it's as if the two lights held hands, intertwined, united... To what I play the role that belongs to me and even if I didn't want to, it would be impossible not to focus on this wonderful environment and conducive to the spell happening, as well as, my inner desire wouldn't let it, yet also, I could be wrapped in any other atmosphere and still, I would be focused and behaving the same way.
"I can feel the spell taking effect!"
"Walk by night, walk during the day... Walk by night, walk during the day... Walk by night, walk during the day..." Not only did they sense that the spell was working, as they started talking almost as soon as I said, I can feel the spell taking effect! And I'm really feeling it! It's almost like the force I'm used to feeling every day, the vampire force, I feel it flow, but it's another sensation! I knew it would work. My confidence is unshakable. My desire is obstinate and consistent.
"Yes! Yes!" The more time passes, I feel it taking effect and transforming me in the way that not only the description of the effect says, but also, in the way that I have just remembered how it felt in my skin when I was a human being. The night is saying goodbye. Dawn is heralding a new day!
"Walk by night, walk during the day... Walk by night, walk during the day... Walk by night, walk during the day..." I order them to stop saying the sayings and run to the cave and, if they wish, they can safely look out from the darkness of the cave! Afraid of certain death if they remain and, I even realize how grateful they are for my order, they run away immediately, without the need to transform into bats, as the cave was right behind.
"Ahhh... Aahhh... Aaarrr... Wwwuuaarrrggg... What's going on!"
ALL THE VAMPIRES LOOK WITH DISTURB AT THE EVENT FROM A SAFE PLACE INDICATED BY AMBROSIUS, THE FIRST, AND, ALTHOUGH, THEY HAVE NO FEELINGS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEE THE CHAIN REACTION OF TERROR THAT AFFLICTS THEM. THE TALL VAMPIRE HEAD, WITH LONG STRAIGHT BLACK HAIR AND WITH A WIDOWER'S BEAK, BEAUTIFUL FACE THIN ON THE SIDE, DEEP ON THE CHEECHES, THIN NOSE, BROAD FOREHEAD, AN IMPOSING CHIN AND WITHOUT BEARD, MUSTACHE AND GOATEE STARTS TO CATCH ON FIRE. ON FIRE HE SCREAMS, ALTHOUGH, IN VAIN, HOWEVER, PERHAPS IT IS IN THE HOPE OF CHANGING THINGS, IN OTHER WORDS, OUT OF PURE REGRET, OR EVEN, AS THE OBSERVATION IN THE SPELL HAD EXPLAINED, THE BURNING IS DUE TO THE FACT OF ALL HIS SINS BEING PAID, ALL HIS DEBT PAID ON AN ACCOUNT WAITING FOR CENTURIES AND CENTURIES ACCUMULATING ALL TYPES OF EVIL ACTS AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, THE LAWS OF MEN WOULD BE ANALYZED, WHICH, IN FACT, IS NO NEWS, IN VIEW OF ITS NATURE. IT ENDS THAT WHOEVER HAS BEEN THE JUDGE, THE MOON OR THE AURORA BOREALS, JUDGED AND CONDEMNED HIM, EVEN IF THE AUDIENCE PRESENT HAS BEEN AGAINST. AFTER SECONDS OF INCESSENT SCREAMS WHICH COULD BE HEARD FROM THE CITY BELOW, BECAUSE THE ECHO TAKES CHARGE OF CARRYING THEM OUT, NOT SEEING ANY CHANGE IN THE SITUATION AND, OBVIOUSLY, WANTING ITS END, EVEN IF IT LEADS HIM TO IMPENDENT DEATH, WHICH IN ANY ASPECT IT WOULD BE A BLESSING, HE RETREATS LIKE A SOLDIER FLEEDING FROM HIS VICTORIOUS ENEMY, BUT WITHOUT THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL, WHICH HAS BEEN DENIED TO HIM WITHOUT HIM USING ANY ARTIFACT, MALICIOUS OR NOT, OR EVEN, TRUE WORDS, WHAT IN REAL, COULDN'T KNOW OR THEY WOULD KNOW AND DENY THEM ANYWAY. THE TRUTH NOW IS THAT THE VAMPIRE HEAD WAS DEAD! NO ONE DARE TO SAY, BUT IT WAS KNOWN BY ALL, EVEN IF NONE OF THEM BELIEVED IT. HE WAS LIKE A DEITY READY TO GUIDE THEM WHEREVER HE WANTED WITHOUT FEAR AND WHENEVER HE WANTED ALWAYS WITH INTELLIGENCE AND A PURPOSE. THE VAMPIRE HEAD IS DEAD! THE VAMPIRE KINGDOM IS EMPTY. THE VAMPIRE KINGDOM IS LEADERLESS. THE THRONE IS EMPTY.