Taker, Pat and their men return to Araneolus Shire after destroying Mendal's camp. Taker carries the lifeless body of his friend Pete who wraps it in a sheet, Pete's death will not be in vain, Taker has promised that he will take revenge for his death. He gave the body to one of his soldiers to prepare the body for tomorrow, two soldiers asked Taker what they do with the prisoners and Taker told him to put them in the dungeon.
Taker opens the doors of the large room where Markus is to get him out. He rides on his creature's back and Markus walks slowly out of the castle, everyone down on one knee saluting the creature. Markus sees that there are people who are unknown to the spider. Strangers? Markus asks why these strangers are here. "They are allies, they have scorpions as creatures, they are with us." He explained to his creature, they go outside the fortress and Markus sees scorpions, Pat cleans his creature. "Hey Pat!" Taker yelled loud enough that he could hear from afar, Pat turns around and sees Taker on a wounded spider. "I'm coming back Asgoth, don't move." Said Pat to his creature before walking slowly towards Taker and this spider, the spider has a chelicere and a missing leg as well as two broken legs and he remained upright. "I present to you Markus, my creature who was injured by Orok during the attack on my fortress." Said Taker looking at Pat who has his eyes lit up by Markus who looks gigantic.
"Delighted Markus." Said Pat bowing, Taker gets off his creature's back to see Pat's creature. "So it's yours?" Asked Taker looking at the scorpion, it has green legs and the tip of its tail is white, the rest of the body is black. "Yes it's Asgoth" Said Pat looking proudly at his creature, Taker is impressed by Asgoth who looks calm towards strangers. He looks where Markus was but frowns when Markus has disappeared, he looks around looking for him. "Damn Markus.." He says, Pat looks behind him and also sees that Markus is missing, they walk through the forest looking for Markus. Pat looks down and then pats Taker on the shoulder, pointing at him with his head on the ground, footprints and footprints of a creature as if he's been following someone. They follow the tracks until arriving at a kind of wheat fields, they could see Markus in the distance with a blond woman who holds a basket. It's Diana. Taker thought.
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They walk towards them, Pat is impressed by the beauty of this woman, she has magnificent blonde hair, a magnificent smile when she smiled when she realized that Markus was following her then her purple eyes when she surrendered realized that Taker was walking in the distance with a yellow-eyed man. As soon as they get near Diana and Markus, Taker glares at his creature. "Don't leave without my permission, you're injured!" He says to Markus who hides his eyes with his front paws.
"Oh nice to meet you Pat, I'm Diana Fox." She says smiling at Pat who kisses her hand. Something bothers Taker seeing Pat do this to him, he doesn't know what it is, this feeling of hatred to see this, why it bothers him so much. "What are you doing away from the fortress? Asked Taker looking at Diana, trying to forget that feeling of annoyance at what he had just seen. "I wanted to take wheat to make bread" she said simply to the Majesty who did not look happy to be outside the fortress.
"It's okay Taker, I'm staying with her." Said Pat smiling, patting Taker on the shoulder before accompanying Diana to get some wheat. Taker's fist begins to clench, wanting to rest it against his ally's cheek. How does he dare ? thought Taker. Markus nudges his master slightly to get his attention. Are you okay? Markus asks his master who looks tense, Taker looks at Markus then turns back to Pat and Diana. "I'm fine.." He said going to Markus's side then he mounted on the back of his creature in the direction of the fortress.
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Taker returned to the fortress alone after walking Markus back to his burrow. He entered the castle, oblivious to anyone bowing in his path. Betty sees her son heading for the stairs, he seems preoccupied with something, he doesn't look at anyone, not even a look at his mother. She begins to follow him to his room. She knocked on the door before entering her son's room, Taker lying in bed, on his stomach, his head in his pillows. She sits on the bed next to her son, rubbing her hand against his broad back. "Are you okay honey?" Betty asked seeing that her son didn't look well, Taker looked at his mother then buried his head in the pillows.
"Why do I feel hatred, anger when someone like Pat, touches women in my village?" He asked his mother, she frowned at her son's question, why is he asking this? For years, she had to relearn her son to feel his emotions such as anger, pain, regret, explaining to him every feeling he felt. There's only one thing that Taker doesn't have anymore, he couldn't feel it anymore, this feeling even his mother hasn't heard I love you from her son since what happened with his father. Does he finally feel that strong feeling what is love? "What you feel is Jealousy, my son." she asked her son, who looked at her again, resting his head against his forearms. "Jealousy..." He repeated to his mother looking at her not understanding what she knew. She puts her hands together, considering the words she might say to him. "Jealousy is a feeling of anger you get when someone has what you want or...the person you want is with someone else." Betty said quietly, Taker straightened up and sat down next to her and thinks.
"Pat is with Diana in the field...I want to..." He confessed, getting a little angry but calming down. He wants to kill him. He has his head down, his hands clasped, his elbows on his knees. She looked at him sadly knowing that he might never be able to understand how he feels, he is attracted to a human without realizing it. She put her hand gently on his knee before looking at him as he looked at her. "You know, what you feel is a normal feeling when deep inside you want to have this girl.." She said calmly to her son who got up and went to look out the window, looking at the people.
"I don't want to have this girl.." he says lowering his head as he exhales then turns around enough to look at his mother. He knows what his mother is going to tell him but he knows that he can never feel the slightest love for anyone, even for his mother. And even if he felt something for this human, he would have done everything so that she wouldn't get attached to him...because...he's a monster. No one can love him and he cannot love anyone. "I don't think I have that feeling mum, I think I'm intrigued by her. She has something that appeals to me but I can't figure out what." He said turning his attention back to the window, she gets up and walks over to where her son is standing, she wraps her hands around her son's arm looking out the window as well.
"Why don't you take some time with her? and maybe you'll be what you feel" she suggested to her son who chuckled. "Oh! and how ? I'm a freak, you think a person would want to hang out with... OUCH!! He cried, running his hand over her arm, she looks more dangerous than him when she's angry. "Never say that again!" she warns him before hitting him again, he looks at her, she looks pained that he said that. He takes his mother in his arms and hugs her. "Sorry mom." He said sincerely, she smiled giving him a hug. She knows that deep down her son has the feeling of love hidden by his curse, she can feel that her son even if he never shows it, he loves her.
Despite her son's curse, Betty knows Taker isn't that bad. She doesn't want him to think he's a monster, his father is one for cursing the fruit of their love.
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Diana is back home after spending time with Pat, he seems very nice, he is elegant with his smile and his sense of humor. But she noticed that he makes a lot of jokes to flirt, she has never had a relationship in her life and this kind of behavior scares her. She's not ready to be with a boy yet, she just lost her father but she had a good time with Pat, that's what she appreciates. She hears someone knocking on her door, she finishes cooking and goes to open it, she is surprised to see Taker in front of the door, normally he teleports without asking to enter.
"Oh Majesty what a surprise!" She said smiling at him, she lets him in, he doesn't seem very happy, maybe still annoyed that she left the fortress. "I would like to ask you something." Said Taker walking through the house then turns to the one still near the open door. "I didn't thank you properly when you saved my creature, I want to invite you to dinner tonight." He says, Diana is surprised by Majesty's proposal, she smiles at him. "Oh..That would be an honor." She says, Taker heads for the front door, exiting the house before turning around enough to look at her. "I'll pick you up at your house." he said before heading towards the castle.
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(Book 1) The malediction of the Undertaker
FantasyUndertaker was a little boy who loved to train with his father to become the next Lord of Darkness. Many years later, His father discovered a prophecy who made him insane and he punished his own son by cursing him. will Taker be able to break it or...
