The Curse of the Blood Moon: The Beginning of Darkness

Chapter Twelve: The Price of Innocence

     Draven listens to Victoria's heart beat and finds that it's normal. "Victoria?" he calls to her worried. She does not respond, but continues to sleep. "What happened?" As Draven tries to find out what's wrong with her, Victoria rests. "What's happening?" she looks down at her body and Draven, not knowing what's happening.

     Slowly, she floats further and further away from her body. The young witch begins to panic until she sees a cord. "It's connecting me to my body." Seeing that she is tethered to her body makes her feel a little better and she relaxes, letting her spirit float further away. Soon, she is outside of the castle.

     Once outside, she stops. "Where do I want to go? Avistus!" Almost as soon as she says the angel's name, her spirit is whisked away at a dizzying pace. After a few minutes, she is in a house. It's small, quaint and cozy. She sees a lady, the lady that was with Avistus before, sitting on the couch. Her hair is beautifully blonde and her face shows a few lines. Her eyes are a crystal blue and she is thin.

     "No wonder Avistus likes her, she's so elegant and beautiful." She floats over to the lady and asks where Avistus is at, but gets no response. "She can't see me. If she can't, then he probably can't either." Her thoughts are interrupted when Avistus walks through the door. She flies towards him as fast as she can, but he can't see her either.

     "Milany, have you picked up anything?" He asks the woman sitting on the couch. "No, not a thing." He walks over to her and kisses her softly. "If we can't find her, we can never be together again." "Avistus, if I have to, I will follow you into hell." "Don't say that Milany, I never want you to experience that."

     Victoria had come to terms with the fact that she and Avistus would never be together and that he had a companion. But seeing the intimacy between the two is too much for her. Tears fill her eyes. She is imprisoned, confused, unsure of her path and alone. "Learn to be lonely," Draven's words ring through her ears.

     "I don't want to be lonely. Maybe I should just kill myself? I mean, Avistus would be saved, Draven wouldn't be her blood slave and Schon wouldn't have any more power. It seemed like nothing good would come of her existing, only sadness. Victoria tries to make her way back to her body, but can't remember which way she came.

     "She tries thinking of where she wants to go, but nothing happens. Instinctively, she pulls on the cord attached to her spirit and it rushes her back to her body like a sling shot. Her spirit lands into her body hard, causing her to jolt, and Draven begins to worry. "Victoria?" Her eyes shoot open and she gasps loudly for air.

     "What happened? Are you okay?" She looks over at the worried Draven and sighs. "As okay as I can be. I think I've heard of this..I had an out of body experience." "You what?!" "I saw Avistus and tried to contact him but..he couldn't see me." He can see the tears trying to fight their way to the surface and questions her further.

     "Something more than that happened..." "He has a girlfriend, which I already accepted, but to see them together." Draven says no more and stands up. "You should be going to dinner. Schon will wonder." She nods her head and calms herself as Draven leaves. "Why should I care about Avistus anyway? He's never cared about me. I'm being stupid." Telling herself this works like a charm, as it always has, and she makes her way to dinner.

     Never really being out of her room since she was sent there, Victoria isn't sure which way to go. Never the less, she makes a left and keeps walking. Eventually, she ends up at the entrance and feels some relief. The butler stands by the door like a statue and she asks him where to go.