The Vampire Chronicles

Chapter 16

Ever since the kidnapping Michael had been acting mysterious. We were often called into coven meetings. Michael being our coven leader was always reminding us of safety precautions and what not. No matter where we went the boy were there with us. We had to plan our move soon because knowing Damien and Philip they were already planning theirs. I began to notice Michael reading a lot of books. He meditated more and I could of sworn I heard him praying or doing a ritual. If anyone was shaken up about all of this it was him.

It was 3 a.m and I had woken up for no reason. I got up and walked to the kitchen to grab something to drink. I had a glass of blood wine and sat on the couch. Apparently I had gotten enough sleep and I was wide awake. I sat there thinking of what Damien was going to do next. He seemed so obsessed with Cyndy and I. He payed so little attention to Amber and Cynthia, But why? I began thinking something was diffrent about Cyndy and I. I broke out of my thoughts when I heard footsteps coming towards me. I looked over and there was Sam just getting something to drink. "Something the matter?" He asked. "Oh, uh. No, I just woke up and i'm not tired so I guess i'm awake haha." I told him. He looked at me weird and walked away. I didn't want to think about this bullshit with Damien and the fact that Cyndy and I seemed to be prime targets. So I turned on the t.v and watched Toonami.

Cyndy was having the same troubles as me and was also wide awake at 3:30 a.m. She looked around and Michael wasn't next to her. "Ugh. Again?" She thought to herself. She walked into the living room area and there sat Michael. "Michael. This has to stop, You need sleep." She said sitting next to him. "If I sleep. They get you again." Michael said coldly. "We are on a tour bus. They aren't on this tour bus. You need to relax and get some sleep. Conserve your energy for when shit actually does happen." Cyndy told him. "Fine. But i'm sleeping here on the couch." Michael said as he laid down. Cyndy sighed and handing him a blanket. He curled up and fell asleep instantly. Cyndy began to drift into her own thoughts and she dozed into space. Her mind flashed back to when we were kidnapped. She began to think of why we seemed to be diffrent. "No wonder. We are the strongest. We are the primary threat to them. How I don't know but it makes sense!" She thought to herself. "Cyndy?" A voice said. "Huh? What?" She said snapping out of her thoughts. Cynthia had walked in and sat next to her when she was out of it. "Is everything okay?" Cynthia asked. "Well no. Brandy and I are the primse targets because something about us threatens Philip and Damien." Cyndy said blankly. "Well you do have like a ancient vampire boyfriend who is incredibly strong." Cynthia pointed out. "Well yeah, But what about Brandy?" Cyndy asked confused. "I remember Brandy telling me about bringing peace between her and her demons or something like that when she explained some vampire stuff to me." Amber added walking in the room. "That's why her eyes were black and not red. She is more powerful because she has two sources. Her darker side she unleashed and her inner vampire." Cyndy said catching on. "You have the ancient vampire abilities in you and she has her own inner self working with her. No wonder you guys are so powerful." Cynthia said laughing a bit. Cyndy looked over at Michael. "But will it be enough to stop Damien and Philip?" Cyndy thought.

The next day we were called into another meeting. I sat on the stage and looked watched Michael take center. I was looking through a book I found earlier that Michael left of the VE! tour bus. I opened the page that was bookmarked and read the first few lines. As I kept reading it talked about an ancient coven. The most powerful coven ever known to man and mythology. I closed the book and tuned into Michael's little speech. Right when I tuned in he had finished up. "So that's your plan Michael?" I asked him. "What are you talking about?" He looked over at me confused. "You're planning to re-create the Coven of Raine." I stood up and showed him the book. "Coven of Raine? Isn't that the most powerful and dangerous coven like ever?" Aaron said curiously. Michael nodded at him and took the book from my hands. "Do you mean like the rain falling from the sky?" Cynthia said looking at us weird. "No. Raine as in the Vampire goddess." I said explaining. "Michael. Explain. Now." Cyndy said standing up. "I was going to tell you but looks like Brandy already figured it out. Yes I want to re-create the Coven of Raine." Michael said.  "How exactly do we do that?" Amber asked. "We already sort of did. We just haven't done the ritual yet." Michael told us. "Ritual? For what?" Dj asked really confused. "To invoke the goddess and ask for her help. Once the goddess is invoked in the ritual and agrees to help us. If she agrees, Then we will have officialy re-created the coven." Michael told us. "And if she doesn't agree?" Dj asked nervously. "She can either close the circle and let us walk away. Or she can kill us. She is a vampire after all." I told them. "How are we like any of the orginial members?" Cyndy asked Michael. "Well i'm most like the original coven leader. Actually if you must know. The orginial coven leader was my father." Michael said. We all looked down for a moment and paid our respects. "Cyndy you are most like Chi. Also known as my mother. Strong hearted and good willed. Short tempered and stubborn. Kind and loving, and protective of the family." Michael told her. Cyndy smiled and hugged him. "Dj and Aaron and like Nathan and Steven. Quiet most of the time but when messed with or threatend extremly powerful. Kind hearted fellows who are mostly care-free and would do anything for the family." Michael looked at them. "Cynthia and Amber and most like Elizabeth and Crystal. The lovers of Nathan and Steven. Quick tempered and crazy. Extremly powerful when in the face of danger. Loving and caring and all about friends and family." Michael explained to them. "Ben is most like Blake. Care-free and always looking for ways to have fun. Always looking out for the family. Not shown often but when in the face of danger very powerful and quite feared by most." Michael told Ben. Ben smiled and laughed. Michael turned to me and opened his mouth. I put my hand up and stopped him. "I'm most like Amaaya. Always struggling with inner demons and held everything in. Once at peace with herself many feared her for she had another force working with her. Short tempered and independent. Kind and loving and would sacrifice her own life for the sake of the coven." I said to them. They starred at me with wide eyes. "What? I read some of that book." I told them. "Well there you go. That is our plan to take down Damien and Philip." Cyndy said. "We still have the ritual fruitcake." Cynthia said to her. "Which needs to be done soon I take it." Amber added. "We do the ritual saturday night. Night of the full moon." Michael told us. We all nodded in agreement. "Meeting dismissed." Michael said walking off stage with Cyndy.

Later that night we all took the time to list things we would need for the ritual. Everyone also took the time to do research on the Coven of Raine. Everyone was probably uneasy about the rejection of the goddess and the chance of being killed. For the next two days Michael would pull Cynthia and Amber aside to give tips to get stronger and adapt to their vampire abilities. Saturday grew closer and we had everything was going according to plan. I looked out the window and at the night sky. I sent a silent prayer to Raine and walked off to bed. One of the biggest tests of the coven was closing in fast. We all had one thing in our minds. "I hope we are strong enough to make it through no matter what happens." I thought to myself before closing my eyes and drifting off to sleep.