The rise of the flamed bird

Joseph Ashmore

The land of the half dead was a wasteland. No trees grew here , no life thrived all that lived were the half dead , Bernard saw many of the half dead people running after their bullock mindlessly, he knew from the facts he saw that the land of the half dead had truly been abandoned by the other kingdoms.

The King's palace looked like a shack with no one guarding it. Mark knocked on the door and yelled " It is me my sire , your faithful Mark."

The door creaked open and a very handsome man stood there right there in front of them. Bernard studied his features carefully he had a beautiful face with deep set blue eyes , auburn hair , a straight nose and a scar running from his eyebrows to his mouth. He was what Bernard would call fierce and a headstrong leader.

" Hello little man ! I am Joseph. Come in." said Joseph.

They walked into the shack which was very small and not fitting for a king.

" Now you might be thinking little one about all this mess you have been seeing right now. Why are we ruined beyond repair? Why were you attacked ? Why was your father named a traitor?"

"My dear child you are in for a big shock it is better if you listen to the entire story comfortably." said Joseph

Bernard said nothing and proceeded to take a seat , as Mark and Joseph made themselves comfortable into their designated seats.

" It all started about 1000 years ago the wolves , the witches and the vampires used to live in harmony at that time , peace remained and a council of a witch , a werewolf and a vampire used to rule the entirety of the lands. The vampires had always been power thirsty and had made several attempts to take control of all lands which had been in vain. The werewolves were growing up extremely restless regarding the behavior of the vampires and their restlessness was proved true when  the werewolf alpha was murdered under mysterious circumstances , the alliance between the three was broken and the kingdoms separated and were forced to be under war , the werewolves though powerful occasionally lost their sanity and their power to think when under extreme emotions the vampires used to take this to their advantage and slowly the kingdom of werewolves was getting diminished to nothingness but not all hope was lost for them , the kingdom of men had always showed their undying support to the kingdom of werewolves and the new alpha of werewolves had been married to the princess of the kingdom of the men . The child she bore had the control of emotions which the werewolves required along with his werewolf traits he even though still a child had acquired greater benefits from his human traits , the vampires saw that . The king of the vampires had a vision that saw to the future and it had always been thought that the vampires had no ways to procreate and a vampire could only be made if a mortal died with elder vampire's blood in his system . The King knew that but he thought what if this werewolf child could be the cure for all the vampires . What if this child's human counterpart could be turned unlike the normal werewolves?
He knew he would have to undergo through a war to take that child and he knew that the vampires would not be very supportive of it . So he sought the help of the witches ; the queen of the witches was immortal and even older than the king and his sired ones . She had always been evil , nosy and madly in love with the vampire king . The King knew it but he never reciprocated any similar feelings , he knew he would have to bear with the witch for many years to get his hands on this child , but he was ready for it the witch queen and the vampire king got married . Years passed , but everyone felt the overwhelming tension between the kingdom of Vampires and the kingdom of the mortals. 

Until on a dreadful day the vampire king took over the forces of  the witches by killing off his spouse . The war for the global domination began! It was unlike anything that had been seen before the mortals and the werewolves fought with all their might but it was all in vain. The kingdom of the mortals had been destroyed and the werewolves had been diminished to very few living members. The half werewolf child had now turned out into a beautiful young woman , Lady Frey she was married off to the vampire king , Marshall 's son Erik. The young women was defiant but  Erik was kind , unlike his father and the same kindness was the reason for his death. Erik and  Frey had twins ,  both of them were part vampires and werewolves and seeing his dream come true the vampire king asked Erik to give his sons to him to which Erik did not oblige , leading to his death via sorcery. Lady Frey was locked up in a prison and never saw the light for the rest of her days. The twins grew up to be very different from each other.

Under the influence of their grandfather one grew up to be menace while the other one was a pious ruler. Aksel the menace sought to the vampires and the witches and kept them under the leash , his grandfather gave him his blood which made him the unchallenged king of the vampires and the witches. While Arne took the remining werewolves in following the legacy of his maternal heritage. 

Many decades have passed but the onslaught still continues. It has been said that there is a forgotten kingdom that lies beyond the seas that we have encountered. "

" So we don't know what is beyond these lands do we?" asked Bernard 

" No , the vampires can't cross the borders and the mortals and the werewolves are far too much less in numbers to do anything at this point. Us half breeds have been trying to discover these unchartered territories, but all those who have left have never returned." said Joseph

" But that is all you need to know for now little one ,you are far too young and untrained to go on this perilous journey , Mark please take Bernard to his new home !"

"Let's go little one " said Mark "Let's sort you out !"