A Taste You Can't Escape

~15~

The water was a comfortable temperature from the previous day's heat, it was a peaceful swim, although long, no one got tired and if they did it wasn't said most likely because the beauty of the underwater world was enough to distract from the fatigue.

A few hours pass and sure enough your estimation was right when the five of you made it to the beach it was sunrise, Amdis was resting a few feet away from where you beached.

Y/N: Hey, big guy!

You smile and his ears perk up before running over to you and nudging you in a loving manner.

Y/N: Sorry it took so long, Amdis.

You kneel down before petting him a bit. You never actually had a chance to pet him his fur was surprisingly soft for a hell hound. As if he could read your thoughts, James buds in and explained why.

James: Hell hound's fur reflects how they feel if they're comfortable and happy it's going to be the softest fur you've ever felt, on defense, it gets more coarse to protect its skin better, and on the offense, it's literally impenetrable and becomes armor to protect itself.

Y/N: Makes sense. You hungry big guy?

Amdis barks a little saying he is and out of nowhere a big pile of fresh fish appears.

Y/N: There ya go honey.

Amdis rushes and jumps right in the middle of the pile of fish. He pops his head out of the pile with what looks like a smile before grabbing a big bunch of fish in his mouth.

Elijah: You sure he's gonna eat all that?

Y/N: Yeah, He teleported and sat here for 4 hours waiting for us, he was good and didn't chase humans. Not all of that is just to fill his stomach. It's his treat.

Elijah: You really are a soft vampire.

Y/N: Yeah? so?

Elijah: You're the first I've come across who has as big of a heart as you do. It just surprises me.

Y/N: What do you classify as a strong vampire, Elijah?

Elijah: One who shows how much power they hold within them, and demands respect.

Y/N: Hmm, why?

 Elijah: So others know not to mess with them.

Y/N: Mhm, where has that thought process gotten you with me? No other vampire except newborns know not to mess with me, and I don't go around wielding my abilities. Do you classify me as weak because I have emotion?

Elijah rubs the back of his neck as a flustered blush creeps to his face.

Elijah: Heh

He chuckles nervously while James and Henry just snicker, silently mocking his immaturity.

Y/N: It's honestly whatever, I'm not here to please you or anyone else except for myself, so think what you wish. It all comes down to perspective and morals.

Elijah: Can I ask a personal question?

Y/N: No.

Elijah: Too bad, I'm gonna ask anyway because I'm curious and the question has been eating me alive since I found out. What happened to your cult? Why are you the only one left?

You freeze.

James: Elijah!

Elijah: What? I'm just wondering.

James: What makes you think she's going to tell you?

Rose: What did he ask?

James: He asked what happened to Y/N's cult and why she's the only one left.

Rose glares at Elijah.

Elijah: What?

She remains silently glaring at him before walking up to him.

Rose: Why do you want to know?

Elijah: I- I am just curious.

Henry: No one else has EVER asked her that question, what makes you feel entitled to ask?

Elijah: Well someone has to ask.

Amdis heads over to you and looks at you with worry as a few tears fall from your face causing you to wipe them away and sniffle before regaining your composure.

Elijah: A-are you crying?

You turn to face him.

Y/N: So what if I am? You don't know the shit I've been through in my life.

Elijah: That's why I asked genius. How old are you anyway?

Y/N: 400 years.

Elijah: Gotcha. Now, answer my question.

Henry: Elijah, don't force her, you selfish asshole.

Elijah: Excuse me!?

His voice begins to rise.

Y/N: No, it's fine, I need to tell someone anyways. You only know it from legends...

~Flashback 400 years ago~

You were born in the violent midst of a war between the rebels and your cult. At the time, your cult was the biggest and most feared in the whole world. No one dared to go against the 4500 higher-tiered vampires, except, of course, the rebels. They had tons of vampire militia that they captured over the years and went against your cult. The rebels, however, had underlying motives aside from the main one at hand, sending the vampires back to hell, or hell on earth at least. The rebels set the forest, of which your cult house resided, on fire, and left it to do its job. You'd think it was just fire and you all would've been able to survive, but there was something different about this fire. There was hidden magic within it, magic that no one had access too, except the rebels. The fire was only the start of the whole thing. One night your parents and you were sitting behind a fire thinking about what the rebel's next move was gonna be. The two were so focused on what COULD happen, they didn't realize what WAS happening. 5 rebels secretly entered the house searching every nook and cranny for the three of you. You were in your mother's arms as she was singing to you, soothing your mind while the flames from the fire were hypnotizing everyone. You remained looking up at your mother, but the next thing you see is this thing appearing behind her and before you knew it your mother got beheaded right before your eyes.

Father: What do you want?

You hear your father say and you turn your head to him just as a saber slices him in half. That's when your first ability was revealed. Emotions welled inside you and you cry out at the top of your lungs. The guy nearest to you got the worst of it. His head blew up. Quite literally, the side of your face got covered in splatters of blood. The other guy witnessed it all leaving him mortified before he escaped so he wasn't the next victim of your supernatural powers. He ended up being killed by other rebels because he didn't want to be apart of the rebellion anymore and the head rebels didn't want any information being leaked. To keep everything covert.

~Back to the present~

Elijah and James were shocked by the story.

Elijah: How did you survive your childhood?

Y/N: Still to this day I'm not sure how I did, but I did. I learned everything by myself, found out everything myself. Sometimes being of the higher vampires living is pretty easy most the time. So now that you know what happened, any more questions? Any observations you'd like to voice? Anything you want to admit?

Elijah remains silent.

Y/N: Mhm, so don't ever imply that I'm weak just because I have emotion.

Elijah: You're right...

he trails off and you get surprised.

Y/N: I'm sorry? I didn't hear you, would you like to repeat what you said?

He just glares at you and you laugh.

Y/N: I'm just giving you shit, let's continue this journey though. Amdis?!

Amdis runs up to you and sits in front of you.

Y/N: There you are. Let's go. We need to find us a vampire that knows this country.