Taker and Diana arrive at the town which is 5 Miles from the fortress. The town is called Bellmoral, it is a town that Taker often goes there because he is very respected there. It is a city that is inhabited by humans and very often Taker's men go here for a drink or a bite to eat. The city is always crowded with people, the shops are open, people are talking and laughing among themselves, the prostitutes are doing their work near the houses which look like brothels. Taker and Diana walk side by side as some people see Taker bowing. They entered a house that seemed to be a small brewery, they were greeted by a big mustachioed gentleman who bowed before speaking.
"Good evening Majesty, I'm happy to see you again, you want a table and I serve you as usual?" Asked the old gentleman who has a white shirt and a black apron, Taker nodded. "Obviously Greg" Said Taker looking at him, the old gentleman is looking at Diana, he's never seen this pretty girl here, he'll remember if he would, she has such beautiful eyes. "And you miss?" He asked, Diana holding Taker's arm firmly not being used to talking to strangers. "She'll eat whatever good you have in the kitchen." Taker said when he saw that Diana was taking too long to answer. They walk over to a table in the corner of the restaurant, Taker being gallant, he pulls out the chair for Diana, she smiles at him then thanks him and Taker sits down across from her.
"Are you a regular?" She asked the majesty who put her napkin on her lap, Taker looked at her put her elbows on the table, her hands joined. "Yes when I have time. I happen to pass here." He said simply, looking out the window, looking stressed. Diana sees the Majesty's anxiety, he bites his fingernails, looks away, as if he's a teenager on his first date with a girl. "Majesty, are you all right? I feel you are anxious." She asked politely, Taker looks at her and stops biting his nails, embarrassed that he's showing anxiety despite being the dark Undertaker, the most monstrous man in the Calaway family. "To tell you the truth, it's been a long time since I've been out with someone. And this is the first time I've been out with..." He paused to think about what he was going to say so as not to be in the judgment.
"...With someone who doesn't have the same abilities as me or Pat." He explained, the dishes are coming, for Taker it will be a big brisket of beef still very juicy while Diana it will be a salmon steak with salad. "I would like to know why we are different, I mean..physically..we are the same but what are the differences between you and us, the 'humans' as you call us?" She asked eating her salmon while Taker eats his piece of beef with his hands. "Well..we can understand our creatures and their thoughts, make ourselves understood. We have superpowers and we can sometimes react like our creatures." He explained honestly before drinking his drink, Diana rolled her eyes hearing all this while eating her dish.
"I mean...for example Markus when he attacks he tends to eat his enemies, me when I attack I could rip out an enemy's heart and eat it." He added quietly while eating his meat, not realizing that Diana had stopped eating due to his words, felt disgusted. Taker frowned wondering if everything was okay. "Are you okay? maybe I shouldn't have explained that to you when we were eating." He said in a soft voice, blamed himself as he pricked his meat with his fork. Diana is drinking then waves her hand at Taker and shakes her head no. "No Taker, it's okay, it's just...I didn't expect that." She said smiling trying to erase the feeling of shock in her heart, she never thought it was how different they were but Majesty seems like a nice man and a gentleman behind the authority of a Lord.
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The dinner ends and Taker and Diana walk out of the restaurant after he pays the restaurant owner for dinner. They head for the exit of the city to return slowly to the fortress, Diana's arm wrapped around Taker's muscular arm. They walk listening to nature, the birds, the owls, the sound of the water in the rivers, it's so peaceful. "Majesty, may I ask you a question?" She asked looking at him, he nodded still looking ahead. "Well..I wanted to know if everything they say about you is true?" She asked, having taken advantage of the opportunity to ask him, she had heard a lot of rumors about Taker over the years. Is he really dangerous as everyone thinks? "Yes it's all true.." He said after stopping to look her in the eyes, taking her hands reassuring her that she wasn't afraid of him.
"I am dangerous to everyone as well as my people and the humans on the full moon." He said watching the fear in her eyes start to appear. "I don't kill like my father did, it's just...a full moon..I'm not Taker..I..I'm a monster.." He said with difficulty not wanting to ruin this evening but not wanting to lie to her as well. "I...I need to sit down.." She said feeling her legs shaking before Taker carried her and put her on the edge of the river, sitting side by side of each other.
"So the rumors that you kill people on the full moon are true?" She asked in a shaky voice then looked up at the sky and luckily there was no full moon. "I was cursed by my father as you know and it's because of him that on the full moon, I turn into some kind of monster and I kill everyone." He explained in looking at the water of the river. "That's why even though I'm with Markus in a cave on a full moon night. I want you to stay in your house, don't wander outside or into the fortress." He said looking at her with authoritarian eyes. "I'll stay safe," she said smiling, appreciating that the Majesty was being honest about the rumors about him. Tonight, she saw another side of Majesty, she didn't see the bossy, cold Taker who had no emotion. She saw the man behind his title of Lord of the Castle. She saw emotions that were read on his face, smiles, laughter during dinner. Looks like Taker hadn't laughed or even cracked a real smile in a long time.
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They returned slowly to the fortress after having spent a beautiful evening, he brings her home. "Thank you for this evening Majesty." She said facing him in front of her house, smiling at him. Taker took her hands then kiss them before looking at her. "It was a pleasure. Good night" he said before leaving to go to bed. She looks at him with a smile leaving for the castle, still not believing that she spent an evening with Taker, the Lord of darkness.
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He opened the door of the castle, before going to bed, he goes to the room where he usually puts his dead before the ceremonies to see the body of his friend Pete. He sees him, lying down, in combat gear, he could still see the scars of his wounds on his neck and face. He touched his cold hands, a sword coiled through his hands, the symbol of Taker in the middle of his chest. "See you soon" He said to his dead friend.
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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...
