Quenchless Thirst

Chapter 5 ~ Secrets

"Dusk Cave is a place of Spirituality and Obscurity. It is said that the most evil criminals and the the most peculiar people were buried alive here as a deterrent to other criminals to stay away from Netherton, however in 1781 Netherton became crippled with criminals but approximately 60 years later they all disappeared."

This was written on a board outside of dusk cave, already i was trembling in fear but the thorn family were stood still as rocks, which gave me a sneaking suspicion they had been here before. Upon entering the cave 18 wall-mounted lanturns lit up as if by magic, suddenly the thorn family surrounded me. as we progressed into the cave the thorn family seemed to become even more on edge than before.

"Ahh, Guests"

My heart jumped into my throat and for a second, I was paralyzed with fearbut then quickly regained movement as Mark Thorn jolted and hit me in the stomach. In the middle of the room was a large round stone table, but there were no walls just coffins, we were in the netherton catacoms which were underneath the local church.

"Seth where is my Daughter?"

Seth? Who was Seth? and why were the Thorn family aware of him when i wasn't.

"Oh Victor, Even now you are as blunt as ever"

A tall Man appeared behind the stone table, he was dressed in white and was carrying a candle, which i found hard to believe otherwise i should have spotted him. He had short brown hair which was let down and looked as if it hadnt been washed in weeks.

"It seems rachel has commited a crime in the eyes of the council"

"As i remember, Seth, we did not belong to the council's law."

"You dont Victor, but we have spoken with the Faithe Council and they have agreed that for the crime to be forgotten the boy must complete the 7 trials of Rue and Vendetta under the eyes of you, Victor."

"He's not even a...."

I interupted Victor.

"Can somebody please tell me what is going on?!"

My shoutin echoed through the cave and then there was a defening silence

"Victor, Please tell me the boy knows what is going on?"

Victor said nothing and he just stopped breathing as i looked at him.

"Oh dear Victor, I Guess i should fill him in. Ooh what first? Ah ok. do you know who the thoen family are James??"

"Ordinary people who have just moved into town."

"Ordinary! No my son they are beings who first came to this town in 1801. They are Immortals James, Vampires. 1801 was twenty years into the reign of Daemons at netherton, not criminals, Daemons. In the next 40 years the Thorn Family became larger and soon joined the Faithe System and brought them to netherton to drive them Daemons into this very cave in 1841." 

"What?? Vampires, Daemons?? Surely you are joking, Right?"

"No James, He isn't." Stated Mr. Thorn.

"What are these 'Trials' anyway? if it gets Rachel free i'll do it."

If only i hadn't said those words, My life would have been the same as before and that was exactly why i said those words, because my life was boring and i was becoming compliacent towards my school work and towards everyone else. I wanted a challenge.

"The trials will be decided by the high court at sundown on saturday, but because these trials are meant for vampires we will have to edit them first."

As Victor pushed us towards the mouth of the cave i had just one question for Seth.

"What crime did Rachel commit exactly?"

"She fell in love with a Human."