Pagan Witch Hunts.

Introduction

       It started about six generations ago, when the witch hunts began. And till this day they go on. Any man who conjured up the ability to harness magic, clearly had it out for him. But in many cases, people were born with the ability to use magic, and it just came to them, naturally. Lucas and I, for instance. We were born with abilities to use the energy from the natural world around us. Many see us as warlocks. We are brothers. Twins. It's a bit complicated to map out our roots all the way back to the first generation, but we certainly have the access to the fourth.

      Our great grandfather, Robin, was a great tactician. He played tricks and deceived people to get his way through life, a hypnotist. He then had a son. Marth. He didn't show the signs of magic capabilities, but this all changed after He had a son. Yu was his name. My father.

      Yu was known as the "wild card". He had the ability to summon familiars. Unlike most tamers, who could only summon one demon or a flimilar, Yu had the ability to summon any demon, anytime.

      Lucas an I are a pair of blondes, with a Feminine appearance. Lucas has more of a golden blonde, while I have a grayish-blonde. I get the hair color from my dad. Lucas is seven minutes older than me, and three inches taller. He and i are left handed, He is more gifted in the dark arts than I. He is definitely a warlock. He does several dozen types of spell techniques. He is especially good when it comes to drawing the magic circles.

      I on the other hand, can only do simple protection spells, and summon only one familiar. (which is literally a puffin with a bow-tie, and the ability to talk) I am more educated with killing vampires, werewolves, and zombies. (The only thing is, zombies are only around if a Necromancer is in the area. So if you kill it once, it's bound to come back, or simply not die in the first place..)

      Then there are the cousins; Himiko, Gundham, Abel, Michael, and Lucifer.

      Himiko is the only female in our family (that we know of) to have the magic trait. She does alot of card magic, and often gets high off of her abilities. She has short, red hair, and always insists on wearing a wizards hat. She is currently sixteen years old and lives in Britanika.

      Gundham somehow has the ability to talk to animals. This is one of the rarest abilities to be granted. He speaks fluently in rodent, and is especially good with household animals. He is also pretty good at summoning spells. Surprisingly, his is only seventeen. He went through a weird rebellious face, and bleached a few whites streets into his raven-black hair. For some reason, he always wears a purple scarf. He never takes the thing off.

      Able is a strange guy. He is 31, and Gundham's older brother. Only Gundham has an idea what he is up to these days in society. Unlike gundham, Abel is a Blonde man, and can't talk to animals even if he tried. Instead, he prefers the relationship with technology. A techno wizard.

     Michel is a half breed. He only has half the abilities of the rest of his family. Many think that he became depressed and committed suicide. Others think that he was caught in a Witch hunt, and burned. Point is; he is missing, and no one knows why.

      Finally Lucifer. Also known as "Louie", Lucifer is allot like me in his own way. A vampire hunter, nineteen years old, and pretty good at protecting things. The thing is; he has mastered the art of flight. Because if his name, and the fact that he often has large black wings sprouting from his back, people think that he is a fallen angel or the Devil himself. People fear him, which is often a good thing.

        For the most part, the only things that all of my family and i have in common, is that we all possess magic abilities, we are Pagans and that our last names are "Bondevik". Then again, that is only half of us.

      Lately, The name Bondevik has been a prise winner. And it's not the good kind where we win the lottery or something, but it's the kind where there has been a bounty on out heads.

      These days in society, people are ignorant and always pay attention to what the media wants. They don't open their eyes and look at the real world. For this world, nothing seems real, and thus why people are hunting down witches. Because they contredict reality and change it easily.

      The true evil is the vampires, Necromancers and wolves that roam around. The government likes those to keep people afraid, thus keeping them under power. And the people that are blamed for the beinge, are the Pagans. Why? None of us really know.

        We live in northern Ireland. The year is 3120. We call this time the Rifts. For some reason the United kingdom has isolated itself from the rest of the world. The only way in or out is through Wales. Wales has turned into a steam punk pirates of the caribbean. England itself is an industrial work haven. Factories everywhere, really polluted atmosphere, and barely any animals. Cars have been replaced with weak bodied- robotic-skeleton horses. I won't dog their looks though, they are quite a sight to behold.

      In northern Ireland, people have become aggressive towards one another, and the only way to get your way across to people is to yell at them, threaten them, or simply punch them in the face. Bar fight capital of the world.

       Finally, Scotland. They succeeded from the UK, and are now just a bunch of berserk mad men that go around bounty hunting. Lucas and I are more-less Gypsies. We travel at will with our two horses. Lucas has a large white Shetland horse breed, with brown and red spots all over. Monika is what he named her. My horse Kaede (kai-ay-dee) is a bronze horse of the same breed with a cream-colored mane.

      Everything we own can fit in a few large saddle bags, and backpacks. Except me, I have about seven pairs of boots, that I have to strap to the side of the saddle, constantly.

     We are low-profit bounty hunters. People can recrute us we go hunt down something of a dark force, much like an exorcist, then we get paid.