Annabelle La'Crain - The Prophecy

Chapter 7 - Trail Of Blood Tavern

Annabelle and Harry had been riding for hours when suddenly Annabelle pulled to a halt out front of the hut of the same vampire that had told them the prophecy about Annabelle. Annabelle dismounted Nightshade and stormed towards the hut, her sword drawn. She entered the hut and went straight for the vampire, holding her sword at his neck, "You have two choices, either you tell me how to get to the Order Of The Blood Raiyn, and how I kill them all, or I will cut your head off, right here, right now." Annabelle growled at him, pushing her blade closer to his throat. "I don't know how to get to the order" the vampire said, "Okay" Annabelle said, raising her blade, "Wait! Wait!" He yelped, fearing for his life, Annabelle sighed and lowered her sword, looking at him expectantly, "So..." Annabelle said. "So," He said explaining, "I don't know how to get to the leader of the order, but I can tell you where to find his right hand man." "Well" Annabelle said, slowly sheathing her sword. "His name is Delvid, you'll find him in the Trail Of Blood Tavern. He'll lead you to their leader, but he won't give up the location easy" The vampire said, relaxing at the fact that Annabelle's sword was now sheathed. "You let me worry about getting the information out of him" Annabelle said coldly, leaving the hut. "Fate has been set into motion" He said after she had left, "What do you mean" Harry asked, they hadn't even noticed him there in the heat of all that was going on. "She's going after the leader of the order, that's how it begins." He said. "Harry!" Annabelle yelled from outside on Nightshade. Harry went to leave, but before he got out of the door, the vampire said, "Protect her, she needs you" Harry simply nodded, before walking over to Twilight and mounting her, riding off behind Annabelle. "To the Tavern then" Harry said to Annabelle, she simply nodded her head.

The sun had set and the moon was high in the sky, the stars shining bright, by the time Annabelle and Harry had reached the Trail Of Blood Tavern. The sign on the front of the tavern had the name written in human blood, and the front steps had old blood spattered on them. Annabelle and Harry dismounted their horses, leaving them in the stables next to the tavern. They then entered the tavern, "Be careful" Harry whispered to Annabelle as they entered, "You too" she whispered back. Inside the tavern were many vampires and humans, in every dark corner was a vampire, or three, feeding off of their human date, or meal. Annabelle approached the bar and said, "I'm looking for a vamp, goes by the name of Delvid." The bartender scoffed at Annabelle and "He runs this joint, you wanna find him, do it yourself, it's your funeral" "Actually it's yours" Annabelle said, grabbing the hideous bartender by her hair and slamming her head into the bench. She was knocked clean out, and now all attention was on Annabelle, "Now that I have your attention," she said, looking around at each vamp and human, "who want to tell me where I can find Delvid" Suddenly a vampire was on his and next to Annabelle with his blade next to her throat, "Delvid doesn't like being disturbed, so be on your way, before I slice your pretty little throat and drink from it" He said, his disgusting breath wafting into Annabelle's face. "I wouldn't do that if I were you" Harry said, appearing silently and swiftly behind the vamp, holding a stake at his back. "Okay, okay" he said, lowering his blade from Annabelle, only to suddenly raise it again and turn to stab Harry. Annabelle reacted quickly, grabbing the vampire by the back of his shirt, pulling him back and throwing him onto the bench, she then pulled her own stake, and stabbing him right in the heart, his body thrashed, but then turned blue and he died. "So, is there anyone else that wants to test me, or do you want to tell me where I can find Delvid?" Annabelle asked, eyeing each and every person in the tavern. Most of the humans squealed and tried to run out, which got them killed by the vampires that had been feeding on them. Suddenly one vampire at the back spoke up, "We tell you where he is, and he will kill us" fear wrung clear in his voice, "Oh, I promise, you don't tell me where he is, and with what I'll do to you, you'll wish I had killed you." Annabelle said, her voice absent of all emotion. A few of the vampires nearest the door piped up and said, "We'd rather die than tell you where is" In hearing that, Annabelle pulled out her crossbow and fired at the vampires in one swift movement. The arrow she had fired split into three arrows and pierced all three of them in the heart. Now there were only a few vampires still alive in the tavern.

Annabelle tried to convince them to tell her, but as they wouldn't, she decided that killing them should draw Delvid out anyway, and so she killed each and every last vampire in the tavern. The sun had started to rise, and so she and Harry decided to rest on one of the benches in the tavern, not long after, they had fallen asleep again.

By the time they woke up, the sun had set again, and it was night time. Annabelle and Harry began to prepare for their departure, Harry was outside saddling up the horses, and Annabelle was packing provisions from what was inside the tavern, when suddenly she felt hot breath on her neck, and a voice, "So I hear you've been looking for me."