Cursed To Be Vistani

Leran

Leran had gotten collected up with all the other Vastani cleaning. He was just quietly and submissively cleaning. He'd learn strahd probably wasn't the savior he'd hoped he was going to be. It wasn't his fault the vistani hadn't been persecuted under strahd. It wasn't fair to hurt them now out of revenge. It just made him feel no guilt for the Boravians. Whatever punishment they got they had it coming... That probably wasn't true. He knew not all of them were evil... He was struggling to know what was right and wrong anymore when yesterday it had been so clear to him.
And it just sorta crashed down on him that his dad was dead all over again. He'd been able to get through it before because he'd believed that if strahd could come back he could save them all. Sergei was right.... He was naive..He was afraid to meet strahd now. Afraid to see all his expectations and hopes fall through and fail to reach what he'd wanted Strahd to be.

Strahd looked bored again and sighed.

Elvira watched him “what?”

He paused and turned his back to the window and looked at her.

"Why are u trying to teach me what u think love is? " he paused and smirked "are u hoping u can get me to love u" he teased. He wanted to tease her to get a rise from her. He wanted to be distracted. He wanted to let Sergei have Tatyana but at the same time he could feel himself getting jealous again at Sergeis happiness which is what got him into this mess... Strahd was the one who saw the horrors of war. He's the hero of the story. He's the one who was the perfect son his father wanted. Where was his _&#+ing happy ever after? The Fairytales his mother told him were so deceptive. All he could see was that Sergei was happy and he was empty. This was why had he wanted Tatyana. He remembered now...

Elvira watched him and then smirked and leaned against the wall “Yup.” she said breaking him out of his thoughts. “You’ve figured me out.” She sighed dramatically

He paused and snorted. "Your only after me for my power" he sighed "woe is me"

“Who said anything about power?”she asked

"Am I just that beautiful then? " he retorted

She snorted “no. Your probably about a 6 out of 10. It’s more about the thrill

He laughed. A good hearty laugh. She was very different from any girl he'd yet encountered. "You like thrill?"

Elvira's smirk grew more pronounced “Sure. Sometimes. And I mean, getting together with a vampire. About as thrills as you can get, Very romantic. I bet a lot of love stories would be written with that plot. But they all end in tragedy”

Wanna know what's more thrilling than getting with a vampire? " he whispered. His eyes gleamed. This was gonna be a lot of fun

She raised an eyebrow

He was too close. He put his mouth to her ear. "Becoming one" he bit her neck

Elvira gasped and shoved him back, Or tried to.

He decided he really liked her. He over powered her. He was strong. He wasn't letting her get away with anything this time. Unlike where he had before.

Elvira gave up trying to hit him and tried to reach for one of her weapons

He closed his body against her stopping her from using her hands.

“No. Stop. Please” she gasped from pain And fear. She still struggled, but she was getting weaker. She struggled weakly. The pain from the bite started to become unbearable. She gasped and then let out a scream of pain.

He chuckled a bit. He was ENJOYING this. He drank all of her blood. Then at the very end put some of his own back into her body.

Elvira slowly went quiet. A second later she went limp in his arms after she died

He laid her on his bed and wiped the blood off of his mouth. Ahh. That felt good. He felt good again. He grinned. That had been fun. He picked her up and took her outside where he had a servant dig and bury her. He laid her to rest under a very thin layer of dirt. Strahd was in a GREAT mood. He walked past Sergei and Tatyana in the hallway and didn't even blink at them. It felt good not to be jealous over them rn.

Sergei glanced at Strahd. He watched him. “Wheres Elvira?”

"She'll be back tomorrow night." He waved. He looked preoccupied. He was looking for the Vistani who freed him. He gave up and sent Rahadin to find Leran. There were too many vistani here

Sergei frowned, but didn’t say anything. He wasn’t sure to believe him or not. Sergei saw Rahadin fetching Leran and bringing him to Strahd.

Strahd took Leran away. Leran looked really quiet and submissive which was different from the bright chipper kid he normally was.

Sergei let Irena get some sleep in his room. Someone had come and cleaned up the dust. He quietly left and locked the door from the inside. Just to protect her. But she could get out if she needed. He followed Strahd and Leran

Leran was in Strahd's throne room. They were talking

As sergie got closer to them her could hear what Leran was telling strahd.

Strahd was sitting on his throne listening to the young Vistana boy.

Leran continued "...and then the witch in the swamp told me to break the amulet of RavenKind." He fidgetted with his hands "and then you came back.. " he said shyly. If this had been before he'd had his image of Strahd dragged through the mud he probably would have been over joyed and ecstatic to see strahd. Now, he wasnt sure what to feel. He supposed if strahd favored the vistani again like he had before... That would at least be good. But maybe they should have just turned their back on this kingdom and left... But that felt like running away. And it wasn't just Barovia where the vistani were persecuted. They didn't nessissrily have the best of reputations in other places. But all clans were a little different so it was unfair to assume they were all the same. Leran became so lost within himself and his thoughts he actually forgot about strahd. Elvira wanted him to think before he leaped but thinking like this left him feeling to paralyzed to ever want to move again...