The King's Curse

Training in session

Today I was informed that I was going to be trained I don't know why but they say it is for a greater good, whatever the hell that means to them. To me it means that I can escape.

I walk on to this open field and my instructors are standing in a line. There are 4 of them in total, they are all male which catches my interest immediately, why is a female being trained by males. 

"Good morning Lara," said the green-eyed one>

"I thought vampires don't go out in sunlight," I said 

They laughed and began the training. They told me to start with stretching out first and we did this for 15 minutes then they told me to do 100 push ups  which I was upset by and was ready to quit by the 20th one but they kept on pushing me on to do all at the end I collapsed on to the ground panting at the end of all100 push-ups. It did not end there, after that, I had to do 50 crunches and 50 sit-ups talk about extreme. You may think it ended there but no I had to run around the training ground 5 times and mind you that ground was not small it is huge almost the size of two football fields.

 At the end of that intense workout, Gabe one of the instructors took me to the stables to pick a horse. I chose a white stallion and named her "Pegasus". I then was dressed in my riding gear which felt so weird at first and then got onto Pegasus and slowly tried to make her go the right way back on to the training grounds but she was still giving me trouble and Gabe did not even bother to help he just watched with a humored expression on his face. 

After 20 wasted minutes, I got Pegasus out the stables and on to the training grounds and realized that there were obstacles on the and markings on the field now.

"Hey Lara, try to finish the course in 2 minutes," Gabe said I looked at him like he grew a second head.

"Your time starts now," he said 

I kicked Pegasus on the side on instinct she approached the first obstacle which was a low bar so I slowly tug on her ropes and she jumps. But I was thrown off.

10 minutes later

I failed the course but we moved inside where we started with my sword fighting skills which were not bad because I enjoyed fencing as a child. Let just say James was impressed, he is my sword fighting instructor.

The rest of the day was spent perfecting my strength and endurance to pain. Which included me having to run on a treadmill for 1 and a half hours non stop. While I mapped out the area and planned my escape routes.

Whatever they are preparing me for better be good because I am so sore I can barely move. 

I was walking to the shooting range when I started to feel light headed and my vision was covered with these red spots and before I knew it I fell on to the floor and clutched my abdomen in pain, screaming on the top of my lungs.

Eddy, Jake, James, and Gabe rush to my side and try to communicate with me but I can't hear what they are saying I lie there trying again to communicate but all that passed my lips were screams.

Jake disappeared for two seconds and came back with what seemed like a transparent medical bag with a red fluid in it, blood.

He brought it close to my lips and I bit into it but it was not as tasty as I expected it to be instead it tasted bitter and as much as I tried to drink it I couldn't I spat it out which caused the boys to go stiff.

"Why did you spit it out?" Gabe asked. He looked so worried and then I remembered, his face his fangs Gabe was the one who made me a vampire. I look at him with fear and anger and backed away until he stopped me.

"No, I won't hurt you, you are basically my daughter," Gabe said and somehow I calmed down and he rubbed my wrist and then Jacke came back with a cup of blood and handed it to me and I drank it but this time it tasted so good I wanted more. When I looked up at them they stared at me shocked.

"What's wrong?" I asked panicked

"Y..you..just drank my blood and you enjoyed it," Jake asked confused.

"Wait that was your blood but it tasted so good and you are a vampire, right?" I asked also confused

"Gabe, what have you done? YOU BROUGHT THE ENIMIE HOME!" Jake screamed furiously.

"I know," Gabe answered sighed while rubbing my arm in a soothing manner. 

"YOU KNEW AND YOU STILL BROUGHT HER HOME WITH YOU AND LET US GET FAMILIAR WITH HER!" Jake screamed grabbing Gabe by his neck.

I suddenly felt protective over him and pushed him of Gabe onto a wall and grabbed his neck, He was very shocked and tried to fight me off, however, I was stronger and stayed still not fazed by his attacks.

Gabe grabbed my arm and I turned my attention to him but still kept a rough hold on Jacke.

"Let him go he meant no harm," Gabe said softly.

I let Jake go and timidly apologized. Out of shear obligation, it really awkward.

 After everything settled down Eddy announced

"Well, we have no choice but to go into war as soon as possible Lara you must finish your shooting and go to the library James will help you read some books, I will send someone to go declare war." 

"WAR?!" I asked in shock. But I was ignored.

Over the next week or two I was trying to get answers from Jake who I learnt is about 160 years old and is Gabrielle's oldest turn but I got no answers. 

I did however get very close to Jake unintentionally I blame Stockholm syndrome because I had started to view Jake as my brother and Gabe as a pseudo father.

We were reading in the library on a Friday night.

Gabe had gone off to bed and Jake Eddy, James and I were in the library put books in order and I was closing the accounting books and ensuring all the checks were burned which was a taak weirdly assigned to me.

"Hey Eddy why are we burning the checks I mean I know that they are useless now but none of the ones you told me to burn have been entered in to any of the journals." I asked him.

He looked at me as if he was going to say something but only shrugged and continued with his tasks.

Everything seemed to be in place peaceful and we but I could not shake the feeling of dread as if something bad would happen.

At 3 am a guard rushed into the library where we all were and screamed

"THEY ARE HERE! THEY ARE HERE!" he looked so terrified but before anyone could ask him anything he drops to the ground with an arrow in his back. 

Then... 

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