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This is part of the story I am writing: The Dark Saint & the Golden Saint.
The first chapter is about the Golden Saint, so Chapter 2 is part 1 of The Dark Saint.
Chapter 2: Katheryne-Rebirth- June 20, 1908
Katheryne looked around her and saw nothing but darkness. She felt as though her eyes were not adjusting to the lack of light, they actually appeared to be adjusting backwards to her. She felt fear, pain, anguish, regret, loneliness, and nothingness. It seemed as though she would fade away into the abyss of nothingness that she was trapped in. The same abyss was within her heart, her darkened heart.
The pain that Katheryne felt became intense beyond comprehension as the darkness entered her body. The darkness was no longer shrouding her vision, but her mind instead. She began to run as she suddenly found herself in a clearing. She ran with all her speed into a forest. The full moon shone the color of blood. She was moving fast, much faster than any human could run. She leapt through the air as she came to a log in her way. When she landed, she heard the howling of wolves. She ran even faster than before, yet the wolves continued to catch up to her. Things quickly worsened after that. Katheryne’s foot was caught on a tree root sticking out of the ground and she tripped.
Katheryne rolled over and saw a wolf flying through the air at her, about to land on top of her. She saw the killer look in the wolf’s eyes and reached out with her hand. In an act of desperation, Katheryne caught the wolf by the throat and crushed the esophagus and trachea. He threw the wolf aside into a tree and rolled backwards to get on her feet. He saw that he was surrounded by wolves now and sighed. Her simple act of sighing hurt however. He suddenly realized that he had not taken a single breath since being shrouded by the darkness. Everything suddenly faded away.
Katheryne sat up in her bed. She wiped her eyes and yawned. He rolled out of bed and stood up. She was a decent sized girl. She stood at sixty inches tall and weighed one hundred twenty pounds, with a muscle toned body. She had long light blonde hair and had eyes that were amber colored. Her eyes were very unique and caused her to be an outcast. She was an adult living in the new state of Oklahoma. She had the job of building some of the new houses in the town of Rapid Falls. It was a very odd job for a girl, but she was only given the job because they were short handed. She put on some clothes and headed out the door. She was living in an orphan home. She had been an orphan since she was about eight years old.
Katheryne walked down the street towards the outskirts. As she arrived on the outskirts, she quickly found the house that she was building. The house was mostly finished, it just did not have a fourth wall or door yet. Katheryne quickly worked on finishing the house. The house took a few hours to finish. Katheryne felt good that she had actually accomplished something and she headed back to town. Katheryne was amazed when she saw that almost all of the buildings had been burned down.
She looked as far as he could, but at first he could see no trace of the culprits. Right about when Katheryne was going to give up looking, she saw a group of suspicious people leading some men, women, and children by gun point a far ways away. Katheryne quickly ran to the ruins of the orphan home that she lived at. She went in the back yard where a small shack was still standing. She took two revolvers from the shack and took off after everyone. Katheryne put them in her holsters on her waist after making sure they were loaded. She quickly took off running towards the area where she saw the people leading the residents of the town.
Katheryne slid to a halt when she arrived at the place where she had originally had seen them. It was too quiet for her tastes. Katheryne reached for her guns, but they were not there. “Oh no, this is not good.” she commented. “It could be worse. Oh wait, it already is worse than you realize.” said a hidden man with an elegant voice. “Who is that?” Katheryne asked. “That would be me. The name is Serrick Von Saisen.” explained the figure who just stepped before her eyes. The man who stood before her was holding Katheryne’s revolvers. He was wearing a black suit and looked as though one would expect a high class northerner to look.
Katheryne felt very confused. She had no idea on what to do. This area of Oklahoma did not see many men who looked like this other than those with political power. What concerned her the most however, was the fact that a man like this was involved in the kidnapping of the whole town. The worst part actually was that Katheryne was not even sure that all of the townspeople were still alive.
“What do you want with the townspeople?” asked Katheryne. “Me? I want to have a little fun, not to mention I am very… thirsty.” Serrick said full of malice. “What does that have to do with the townspeople?” asked Katheryne angrily. “It has everything to do with your townspeople. They were very tasty. It appears you are the last resident of that pathetic little town.” Serrick laughed. Katheryne was filled with confusion and hatred. She felt no love for any of the townspeople, but her great respect for life caused hate to spawn from the thought of a whole town being killed off.
Three men dressed exactly like Serrick showed up behind Katheryne. “Serrick, are you almost done here? We need to return to Vengeance before nightfall or Darren will have our hearts.” the middle one asked. “I am almost done here Loren. This girl is the last human from that town. I saw we just shatter every bone in her body and leave her to rot. After that, we can get to Vengeance. We still have six hours to get there, and it will only take three to arrive.” Serrick answered. “Okay, go ahead. Just remember, you are going to be the only one who harms her. It is your business not ours. I will hold the guns for you while you break her. Have fun.” Loren replied. Serrick nodded and threw Katheryne’s guns to Loren, who caught them.
Katheryne felt intense fear. She knew that it would be the day he would die. Of course the thought of dying that day was even worse to her than it would normally have been. It was the twentieth day of June in the ninth year of the twentieth century. It was actually her birthday. She was born in eighteen ninety-one, so he was now seventeen years of age. Katheryne sighed in mental pain and Serrick started moving at incredible speed and punched Katheryne in the stomach which caused her to fly through the air.
Katheryne hit the ground hard. When she hit the ground, the air was knocked out of her lungs. Loren and the two vampires at his sides turned around to look at Katheryne, but they found themselves looking at another vampire between them and Katheryne. The vampire looked more like a country boy than the other vampires. He wore boots, blue jeans, and a cotton t-shirt. He looked like any other person. His eyes were blue and his hair was blonde, nothing out of the ordinary. “Serrick Von Saisen, why do you persist to show how weak you are? Bullying mortals is no way to become powerful. Why do you not just fight me? I guarantee that against me, you would easily meet your match. I am Isaac of the line of Abrams by the way.” the new vampire asked. “I do not owe you any explanations. After all, you will need no knowledge of anything since you will die again today, you rotten filth of a vampire.” Serrick replied. The two vampires on the sides of Loren ran at Isaac and both threw a punch at Isaac.
The punches did not hit their mark. Isaac ducked faster than the vampires could track his movements. In his crouched position, he positioned his hands just right and hit each of the two attacking vampires in the chest with an open palm, which sent them flying a hundred yards away. Loren tried to hit him with a round house kick before he could realize what was going on. Isaac caught his foot with his write hand and slammed him into the ground behind him, then Isaac spun Loren around and around by his leg and released his grip, which threw Loren at Serrick.
Serrick sidestepped to miss being hit by Loren’s body. “Well, well, well, look what we have here. It seems you really are of the Abrams line. Very well, I shall fight you then.” Serrick spoke softly. “We will fight, but not here. Follow me if you wish to fight.” Isaac agreed and then ran past Serrick into some plains about five hundred yards away. The other vampires took off and followed him.
Katheryne stood up and walked to where Loren was slammed into the ground. Her guns were on the ground. “They said that the man who saved me was a vampire. If that is what they are as well, then my guns will not kill them. I do not understand though, I thought that vampires would burn to death in the sun. Well, I do not have holy water, any crosses, or any wooden stakes, so I must find a way to kill the one who hit me along with his three partners. Maybe I can do it with this.” Katheryne spoke to herself out loud as he pulled out a sharp hunting knife from his boot. She holstered her guns and she started to run towards the area where the vampires went.

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Katheryne stood at a ledge overlooking the plain where they were. She was only about ten feet above the plain, but she was not seen by any of the vampires. The sight before her eyes worried her however. Isaac was in a full nelson lock by Loren with the other two vampires keeping his arms and legs still, while Serrick stood before Isaac with a dagger. Serrick pulled his dagger back and plunged it towards the heart of Isaac. In an act of either bravery or stupidity, Katheryne jumped off the ledge and landed between Serrick and Isaac. The jump was perfectly timed and Katheryne stopped the dagger’s blade with her left hand. The force of the blade being stopped by her hand broke her hand. “Remember me? By the look on your face I can tell you do. You deserve death or at least pain. Die.” Katheryne said with a laugh trying to hide his pain and stabbed the hunting knife into Serrick’s heart. “Kid, twist the knife now!” Isaac commanded. As Katheryne did so, Serrick’s body turned to ash and fell to the ground. Katheryne sighed in pain.
“Kill the kid; I will try to restrain Isaac while you do it. We cannot allow the kid to keep living.” Loren commanded. Katheryne spun around, dropped the knife, and kicked it across the ground. With a smile Katheryne pulled one of his guns out and fired it towards Isaac. “Kid, you really do have bad aim. You dropped your knife by the way. Wait, where is that knife?” asked one of the vampires who then turned around to Isaac. “It is right here. That was a smart move kid. Shooting Loren in the shoulder weakened his grip, which allowed me to break free of his hold and get the knife that you kicked towards me, which I used to kill Loren. Oh and never forget that a human can kill a vampire, especially when you are focused on something else and when you have your back to them.” Isaac explained with a smile. The vampire in front of Katheryne spun around and Katheryne stabbed him in the heart with an identical knife to his first one and twisted it. The vampire fell into a pile of dust. “Two knives are always at my disposal. I keep one in each boot. I hope you burn in a lake of fire for all eternity.” Katheryne explained to the ashes. Katheryne was suddenly hit hard however.The other vampire had dodged the attack Isaac threw at him and had charged Katheryne. Upon hitting her, Katheryne stabbed him in the heart and twisted it within a split second. A split second was all she had, since the attack knocked Katheryne down hard. Katheryne slid across the ground about twenty feet. She could not feel her arm. “It seems my arm and my hand is broken. The blood loss is starting to get to me as well. I do not suppose you could help me, could you?” Katheryne asked Isaac. “There is a way, but it comes at a price. There are two options for you. First, let me tell you that I am very impressed. You woke up not knowing that vampire existed and now you have killed three vampires within a half hour. You also saved my life, which is the reason you are in this predicament. You have the potential for greatness. So I offer you a choice. Option one is that you die in honor right here. If you choose that, I will either let you bleed to death or I will put you out of your misery. The second option is that you join me and serve me a while. If you choose that, you will be allowed to be a free woman after your service. Joining me will result in you becoming a vampire. I will admit, I would normally never offer this choice, but you have earned it. If you regret the decision to become what I am, you can die another day. No matter what, you will die at least once, so choose now.” Isaac answered. “I cannot waste my potential, now can I?” Katheryne asked rhetorically. Isaac shook his head and brought out his fangs.

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Isaac bit into Katheryne’s neck and drew blood from her quickly. When a vampire feeds, they can control the nervous system of their meal. This allows them to create pleasure instead of pain, but doing so is only good when the vampire just wants a meal. When turning a human into a vampire, the more pain there is when the vampire takes in the human’s blood, the more powerful the vampire they become to start off. Isaac was not only letting Katheryne feel the pain of it, but he was increasing the pain. “If I do not break her mind, she will wield the power to surpass Alexander easily.” Isaac said in his mind. When Katheryne was on the verge of dying from blood loss, Isaac pulled back and bit into his own wrist. He pulled back from his own wrist and put it to Katheryne’s mouth as he retraced his fangs. “Drink now.” Isaac commanded and Katheryne listened. Katheryne drank four pints of Isaac’s blood before she breathed his last breath. “It is done. Her mind seems to of stayed intact. Now she will just be stuck in a very confusing state for a little while. All that is left is for his body to finish transforming. The only way she can do this of course is to stay awake while dying. At least she is in a state similar to day dreaming for now.” Isaac said right before he picked Katheryne up and took off with her.
Katheryne looked around her and saw nothing but darkness. She felt as though her eyes were not adjusting to the lack of light, they actually appeared to be adjusting backwards to her. She felt fear, pain, anguish, regret, loneliness, and nothingness. It seemed as though she would fade away into the abyss of nothingness that she was trapped in. The same abyss was within her heart, her darkened heart.
The pain that Katheryne felt became intense beyond comprehension as the darkness entered her body. The darkness was no longer shrouding her vision, but her mind instead. She began to run as she suddenly found herself in a clearing. She ran with all her speed into a forest. The full moon shone the color of blood. She was moving fast, much faster than any human could run. She leapt through the air as she came to a log in her way. When she landed, she heard the howling of wolves. She ran even faster than before, yet the wolves continued to catch up to her. Things quickly worsened after that. Katheryne’s foot was caught on a tree root sticking out of the ground and she tripped.
Katheryne rolled over and saw a wolf flying through the air at her, about to land on top of her. She saw the killer look in the wolf’s eyes and reached out with her hand. In an act of desperation, Katheryne caught the wolf by the throat and crushed the esophagus and trachea. He threw the wolf aside into a tree and rolled backwards to get on her feet. He saw that he was surrounded by wolves now and sighed. Her simple act of sighing hurt however. He suddenly realized that he had not taken a single breath since being shrouded by the darkness. She also realized this was the dream she had been having, but there was one difference. This time nothing faded away.
Katheryne jumped fifty feet straight up into the air. Her body felt light. She landed on the ground slowly with little sound. The only sound was the sound of the necks of two wolves snapping as she landed on them. Katheryne grabbed the corpses of the two dead wolves at her feet and spun extremely fast while holding each one of them by the tail. When the wolves attacked, the corpses she was spinning killed them. Katheryne then drained all of the corpses of blood with her fangs. She suddenly realized that she was a true vampire now. Katheryne drew a breath into her lungs and then exhaled. After a few minutes, she found she could do it without pain. So she took in some air so that she could speak. “What have I become? I know I should be disgusted with myself, but instead I am happy about it. I should hate what I am, yet I love what I am. I do not understand this at all.” Katheryne said to herself out loud. “That would be normal. No one can expect to understand everything. You are very confused. Of that, I am certain. You have gone from a normal human who respected life and had no knowledge of vampires to a blood thirsty vampire who feels no remorse for killing animals. I will admit one secret to you though. Animals are either hunted or are hunters. We are the greatest hunters. You will see things different when it comes to killings humans though. Trust me in that.” Isaac answered. Katheryne believed every word of that.
Katheryne walked up to Isaac and looked into his blue eyes. “How can one as vile as us look so innocent?” Katheryne asked. “Vampires are not as vile as you believe. Sure, the first four vampires you met were the lowest of low, but that was not caused by vampirism. The thing that makes many vampires like that is who they are trained by and how they are trained. Vampires are part human. The human part takes over usually, which is not good because of the fact that by nature, humans are greedy and only want power. I seek to help you to learn to control that side of yourself. One part cannot survive without the other, so you must obtain balance. Plus, you are the one who looks innocent. Your eyes are still an amber color and your hair is the same as mine.” Isaac answered. Katheryne let this all sink in. She was amazed at how much sense it made to her. “So is there anything that I should know about our kind?” Katheryne asked. Isaac laughed and replied with a few words, “There is much you need to know. Follow me.” Isaac and Katheryne left the forest and found themselves in a small little town surrounded by forests.
Katheryne followed Isaac closely through the town. They stopped at a library and went in. Katheryne was getting very confused. “Where is everyone? I have not seen any residents of this town since we entered it from the forest.” Katheryne asked. “You have made a very good observation. This city is known as Kaisenlas. It is a vampire city. The reason you have not seen anyone, is because we are the only two here. You are one of the only fifty people to ever set foot in this town. It is the secret haven of the Abrams line. The first of our line built this town after he trained his first fledgling. There have only been two vampires to be the ruler of this town. The first was the first of our line and the second and current ruler is my sire.” Isaac explained. “That is amazing. I really do not know anything about our kind after all. I did not realize I was this clueless.” Katheryne commented. “Come and sit with me. I shall remedy that problem.” Katheryne replied as he walked over to a table in the library and sat down.
“First of all, there is more information about us than I could explain in a week. While you were turning into a vampire, I sent a message to my sire. He will be here tomorrow and he will bring many more of our line. He will be the one to tell you the history of our line, the history of the race of vampires, and the history of the other races. In the meantime, I am to inform you of what vampires are. I will tell you what powers we have, what weaknesses we have, how we can die, how we become stronger, and a few other things. This is a discussion that I was supposed to give you before I sired you, but a long discussion while you bleed to death is never a good thing. So are you ready for this very important discussion?” Isaac asked. “Yes, I am ready.” Katheryne answered. He was truly excited. He woke up one morning completely ignorant of the existence of vampires and now he was one. Everything seemed so interesting. The greatest shock for her of all was the fact that her arm and hand had been healed as if they had never been damaged. The rate at which she could heal surprised her.
“Okay, well first I will tell you what stories about us are wrong. Sunlight does nothing other than cause sunburns on us easily and makes it where we cannot see well. Garlic smells bad, but rotten eggs smell worse. Holy water tastes like regular water and can not harm us in any way. Cross are as ineffective as dirt. We can cross running water. We do not need an invitation to enter a person’s residence; it is just rude to do so without one. We do cast a reflection in the mirror. We do not need to carry soil from our home with us either. Also, fire can hurt us, but it cannot really do enough damage. We do not sleep in coffins. Okay, that is all the stories I can think of that are wrong. Now it is time for the next part.” Isaac explained.

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“The next part is about our powers. As you no doubt know, we are very fast and strong. A vampire can move faster than a horse easily. We are strong enough to lift two large horses at the same time when we are first sired. We can also jump so high that it looks like we can fly. We have reflexes and agility beyond any living creature as well. It helps that vampires’ bodies weigh less because we do not require most of the organs we are born with, so our bodies actually get rid of the unneeded organs. We do not even have the ability to sleep, so we never tire. Our five senses are also heightened beyond that of any animal. Our minds are just as powerful as our bodies too. Our minds work faster and harder than those of a hundred humans put together. We can focus on many different things at the same time if we are trained right. The Abrams line actually specializes in the use of our minds. Using our minds, we can read the minds of the weak minded, we can manipulate the minds of the weak minded, we can feel the emotions of those around us, and we can use telepathy. We can use our mind to manipulate our bodies as well. This includes the manipulation of our healing abilities, which can make us heal outrageously faster than normal, and the manipulation of our body’s density, which can allow us to walk on water. We do have the ability to control the growth of our fingernails, toenails, and hair as well by using our minds. We can also use magic. Our magic allows us to transport our bodies whenever we want to. We can also use it to manipulate are auras. We can see and feel a person’s aura as well. Oh and by the way, an aura is a person’s or animal’s energy field. We all produce an energy field that comes from our mind, body, and spirit. That is our aura. We can actually attack with it as well. We can learn to use our magic to manipulate elements are even heal. If one has an affinity for magic, they can develop their abilities with it and have a very powerful asset. There are also rare instances where a vampire wields a unique power. The last vampire of our line to wield such a power was Caleb Abrams. Those unique powers actually are the only vampire powers that did not originate with the first of our kind. By the way, do not tell anyone I told you that. Okay, we are done with this part. Do you have any comments or questions?” Isaac asked. “I only have one comment and one question. My comment is that it is amazing how powerful we are. My question is simple. Why do we not rule the world?” Katheryne asked. “It was too boring last time for her. I will let you wait until tomorrow to find out what I mean. Okay, now I shall go over our weaknesses.” Isaac answered.“Vampires are powerful creatures, we always have been and we always will be. Every creature has a weakness however. Vampires’ greatest weakness is the sun. This is because it makes it hard to stay hidden, it burns us badly, it weakens some of our powers, and it makes it where we cannot see very well. You must remember that we have eyes that are light sensitive. There are a few very rare forms of poison that can also affect us. They are always non-lethal, but they can weaken us. Our only other weaknesses vary from vampire to vampire. Do you have any questions?” Isaac asked. “No, I understand all of what you talked about.” answered Katheryne. “Good, now we shall go on to talk about how we can die.” Isaac replied.
Katheryne was listening intently to every word Isaac spoke. Isaac truly did know a great deal about vampires. Every second that the conversation continued, Katheryne only grew more curious of the history of their kind. She had always loved history along with other academic subjects, but she had never found a teacher that she respected as much as Isaac. She had respected Isaac since she first saw him. It takes a special kind of man to save the life of someone you have never even met before. That is the kind of man that Katheryne saw Isaac as ever since the beginning.
“Vampires can die from a total of four ways. The most common way is the one that you are most familiar with, and that is the destruction of the heart. The second most common way that a vampire dies is from decapitation. The second rarest way is from sustaining too much damage for the body to withstand. The rarest way for a vampire to die is to run out of blood completely. Without blood, a vampire’s power will destroy them. Do not forget that ever.” Isaac explained. “I will not forget.” Katheryne promised. “Good, okay now it is time for everyone’s favorite part. This next part is about how you become more powerful.” Isaac told her with a smile.

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“Vampires are created with great power and are often considered unstoppable, but vampires can always become more powerful. It is a known fact that vampires become more powerful as they age. The number one way for vampires to grow in power is through age. The actual way they grow more powerful from age is due to practice. If you have a century to practice a single ability, you will easily master it. Another way they grow in power is by their diet. If they only feed on animals, they will be weaker than most vampires. If they only feed on the blood of an immortal race however, their powers would grow at an unprecedented rate. Just remember one thing; power is of no importance without control. Now I need to tell you a little about vampires that I have not yet mentioned.” Isaac explained.
“Unlike humans, vampires cannot reproduce others of their kind through a sexual act. A male vampire can indeed get a human, a witch, or a shape shifter pregnant, but it will never result in a vampire being born. Female vampires cannot bare children. An undead womb cannot nurture life. Also, humans may usually eat every day, but vampires can go several weeks without feeding usually. Vampires do not kill those that they feed on unless it is an animal or unless they lose control. If we killed every human we food on, the human race would die out due to the fact that we would be killing more of them than they are making. It is simple why they avoid killing in all actuality. Vampires are more human than most are willing to admit, so killing other humans is very hard on them. Some vampires hate their humanity so much however, that they change their names and how they dress in order to escape their past. They never seem to figure out the fact that they can never escape their past.” Isaac explained. “So we are similar in many ways to humans, yet different in as many ways?” Katheryne asked. “Yes, that is correct. Also, vampires have a very high metabolism which makes it where drugs are rendered ineffective. We are making good progress tonight, but there are still a few things that you need to know first.” Isaac answered.
“Vampires are considered the ultimate hunters. We have always been the ultimate hunters, but even the hunters are hunted sometimes. In this world, there are four other supernatural races. It is rare for there to be conflict between vampires and our brother race, the lycanthropes however. The main race that hunts us is the witches. They have considered us an enemy since before the humans began to record history. Witches are powerful and pose a threat to our kind. A vampire should never fight a witch without being trained to do so. Their brand of magic is a real pain to our kind. Overall, they are trained to kill our kind. If they had the physical abilities we have, they would have killed off the majority of our race years ago. They are about five times better physically in every way than a human their size. Vampires are much stronger though. We are more than two times better than witches in every way when it comes to a test of physical abilities. Although we are so much more powerful than humans, some humans can kill us. You have killed three vampires, so you understand that a human can succeed. There are some humans who wield magic equal to that of a witch however and can use it to kill us. It is rare, but humans are born with magic. Those humans are believed to be descended of witches. The other humans who wield magic have done so by making deals with the spirits of the dead, demons, and even angels. You will learn more about them tomorrow though.” Isaac explained.
“I had no idea that there was so much that I did not know. This is truly amazing.” Katheryne commented. “You are taking everything well. You are doing good kid. Oh, I do not even know your name. It is a good thing I noticed that before Alexander arrived. Okay kid, what is your name?” Isaac asked. “My name is Katheryne.” Katheryne replied. “Well greetings Katheryne of the line of Abrams. My name is Isaac Abrams. I have been a vampire for eighty-eight years. I was twenty five when Alexander turned me.” Isaac introduced himself. “It is nice to meet you Isaac Abrams. So you were eight years older that I am now when you were turned?” Katheryne asked. “Yes, that is correct. So Katheryne, do you have any family left, or did they die with the other residents of Rapid Falls?” Isaac asked. “As far as I know, I do not have any family left. I never knew my mother, she died during child birth. My father one the other hand, died nine years ago from a wolf attack. They never recovered his body, but one of his friends saw it happen. I have been an orphan since then. I never knew any other family members so I do not have any family.” Isaac answered. “Well that is actually good for you. As a vampire, you could never see your family again anyways. We must always remain hidden from the eyes of the world. Letting a human family get too close of a look at a vampire is never a good thing. There is another good thing; you do seem to handle the emptiness of their absence well at least.” Isaac explained. “I understand that. Well, the reason I seem to handle it well is because I have always been a loner. I was an outcast because of my eyes and when my father was alive, we never were close.” Katheryne explained.
“Everything will get better, I promise. As a vampire, you will begin to truly live. Death is the end for most, but it was only the beginning for us.” Isaac said with a smile. “I guess you are right. We were humans, but we conquered death. There is something I am curious about though. How am I supposed to act around other vampires?” Katheryne asked. “Well, you should always be yourself around other vampires. You must just remember to show the leader of a line or an older vampire great respect. You need to address them with the title Master or Mistress. I am Master Isaac to you. You do not need to call me Master Isaac unless we are around other vampires though. Always address Alexander, Celest, and Kyrie with the title however. As you know, Alexander is my sire. Celest and Kyrie are my older vampire sisters. They were sired many years before I was. Back on subject, one basic rule you should follow is to never embarrass another vampire unless you want a fight. If anyone asks, you can cause me embarrassment by explaining why I sired you though. I do not care who knows that. Other than that, you should fine.” Isaac explained. “So who all will be showing up tomorrow?” Katheryne asked. Isaac smiled.

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“As far as I know, Alexander, Celest, Kyrie, Star, and Cynthia will all be here. Star is Celest’s fledgling and Cynthia is Kyrie’s fledgling. Beware; Star and Cynthia think they are the most powerful vampires to be created in a long time.” Isaac answered. “Are they?” Katheryne asked. “No, they are powerful, but not as much as you are going to become with my help. I do not think they could best you in physical combat.” Isaac answered. “If you think it, I think it.” Katheryne replied. “Good. I do have a warning for you though. Alexander is not going to like you. He was angry when he found out that I turned a human into a vampire without his permission. He will no doubt try to find a way to tell you that you cannot be one of us. I will do what I can to ensure that you can be one of us though. He will most likely end up testing you. His tests are passable, but it always takes a great deal of work.” Isaac explained. “Okay, I understand.” Katheryne replied. She was a little scared of Alexander though. “Okay, there is only one thing that I want us to do now. I want to spar with you. It will show me your abilities and it will prepare you for your next fight. Follow me” Isaac told her. Isaac led Katheryne out of the library and went through the town. They stopped at a large building and entered it. “This is the gym. This is where we spar with each other and train.” Isaac explained as they entered a big room with not artificial floor and reinforced walls. “Here take this and prepare yourself.” Isaac commanded her as he tossed her a dagger.
Katheryne caught the dagger and parried the thrust that Isaac performed with her own dagger. Isaac tried to cut Katheryne, but she did a flip over Isaac’s head and stabbed him in the shoulder. Isaac swung his dagger at Katheryne again, but this time he managed to nick Katheryne with the tip of the blade. Katheryne hit her dagger against Isaac’s as hard as she could while Isaac tried to pull it back, which caused both daggers to go flying towards the wall. Isaac started to move towards the daggers, but Katheryne kicked him square in the back, which forced him to hit the ground hard. Isaac quickly stood up and faced Katheryne.
“Your fighting skills are impressive. I thought that you would not be able to keep up with me while I am going easy, yet you have managed to stab me and knock me down. It is time to take this up a notch.” Isaac stated. “That is agreed. Now we shall begin.” Katheryne agreed and did a back flip. Isaac and Katheryne begun to charge at each other with their arms pulled back.
As they met, Katheryne and Isaac threw two punches of enormous power. Their fists collided, and sent them both respectively into the walls behind them. Isaac stopped shortly before hitting the wall, but Katheryne did a back flip in the air and landed with her feet on the wall, which she used to kick herself off of before gravity caught up with her. Katheryne’s actions propelled her at Isaac. Katheryne did a flip as she neared Isaac, and tried to kick him into the wall, but Isaac countered. Isaac kicked the bottom or Katheryne’s feet and sent her flying across the room. Katheryne hit the ground hard. The battle continued for four hours, but neither Katheryne nor Isaac sustained very much damage. Katheryne could dodge most Isaac’s attacks and Isaac could counter almost all of Katheryne’s attacks. The fight was nearly evenly matched, but Katheryne was the one who lost. Her techniques were undeveloped while Isaac’s techniques were well developed. Katheryne understood why this was. She needed a teacher who could best her, not one who could was inferior to her.
Katheryne and Isaac walked up to each other in the center of the room and shook hands. “You did well Katheryne. You are a very skilled fighter. I will take great honor in helping you hone your skills.” Isaac complimented. “Thank you Isaac. You are a great deal more powerful than I first believed. I am honored to be the student of a powerful vampire such as you.” Katheryne replied in thanks. Katheryne truly was happy. “Okay Katheryne, go through that door back there and get changed. There are some new clothes for you back there. You need to look your best. Alexander will be here very soon.” Isaac explained as he pointed to a red door. Isaac grabbed a pair of clothes off the bench next to him and changed as well as soon as Katheryne was out of sight.
Katheryne walked to the table in the middle of the room she was now in. On the table was a pair of clothes unlike any she had ever seen. The clothes include a pair of boots with knife sheathes, a pair of socks, a pair of undergarments, a pair of jeans, a shirt with no sleeves, and a back knife sheathe. The reason the clothes were so different was that all of the clothes was black, which was a very rare color of clothing, and shirts without sleeves were rather rare around the area that Katheryne lived. She saw that there was a bath in the room, so she took a bath and then put all his new clothing on. The clothes fit her well. The jeans were baggy, but fit around her waist comfortably yet tight. The shirt hugged her body tightly, yet did not restrict her movements. The sheathes in her boots and on her back were almost unnoticeable by her. They felt natural to her. With a smile, Katheryne walked back into the room where she had sparred earlier and met Isaac again. Isaac looked impressed.
“You clean up well Katheryne. I do have a few presents for you though.” Isaac said as he pulled out two boot knives and a knife for his back sheathe. The knife was almost large enough to be a dagger, but it fit his sheathe well. “That you Isaac, they look very nice.” Katheryne thanked as he put the knives in their sheathes. The sheathe on his back locked the knife’s blade in it to prevent it from sliding out, but it allowed for quick removal. “It’s not a problem. We need to go to the library now though. Alexander will be here in a few moments. Come with me.” Isaac explained. They walked back to the library together happily. They were already becoming friends. They soon arrived.

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