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Raine Greggory

Its early evening, and I am about to arise from my slumber. The night is damp and the cobblestone streets were wet, promoting a weak but foul stench. I was hungry, and must feed. Townspeople were all around, making a discreet kill, impossible. Ducking in & out of alleyways, dodging mortals by hiding in their shadows, my focus was slightly disabled. Heading to my favorite hunting-ground, I selected a poorly constructed, dimly-lit cottage down a back alley in the redlight district of the French Quarters. From the confines of the shadows I viewed a couple inside, rationing half-eaten & rotten food. They were poor, and racked with disease from lack of fresh fruits & vegetables. I pondered what a favor I would be doing each of them by freeing them from their pathetic state. So I entered quietly. Paralyzing his wife with fear, I made my move on him first. Slowly seducing him, licking his lips...giving him a moments pleasure, before releasing him from his pain. As for her, I just fed while she lay unconscious. I had no desire to indulge in a any fetish tonight.

The kill was quick, before the blood could chill...
I sat arrogantly with my prey, for I had satisfied my craving for blood. Suddenly, a crying disturbed my feast....an infant's crying. Panic swept through my body. A strange feeling it was, but I kept walking towards the sound. Finally, in the very back of the cottage, tucked safely away, was a baby. Their baby, the slain couple. My head began to hurt, as I sat staring at this strange thing, more strange than me, I thought. I couldn't get out of my head what I had done. I was unfocused, I slipped. Now I must right this wrong...

I took this child to raise, as a way to punish myself, for what I had done. Guilt overwelmed me for the first time in my vampiric life. That evening I watched her. A content child was she, unbeknownst the horror of her own demise. Big, innocent, blue eyes glancing up at me, unafraid. Crazy mortal thoughts ran wild in my head. Thoughts of when I was mortal and my own losses. I had not allowed myself to feel anything since the moment I transferred into the eternal darkness. I had not grieved entirely the loss of my own baby in my mortal life. But now this baby has come into my life, things will be forever changed. Somewhere deep within my mind & heart I felt this would somehow compensate my loss so long ago. So, I gave the baby a new name....Raine Greggory. Raine because everything changes after a refreshing rain, and Greggory for the last name of my maker. So she became Raine Greggory, my mortal child. I felt at its best I could have a guardian at least. I taught her how to defend & protect herself from adversaries. I educated her beyond the realm of any high-ranking schooling, private, public or abroad. I taught her several languages as well. I wanted her to have the power of lots of knowledge & be able to have all choices spread out before her in life. If she knew of everything then she would most likely make a very wise choice in life. I often wished I had that privilege.

Alone...

I choose to walk alone, my coven, scattered throughout, in the present day. My journal entries explains our coven's rise to power, the downfall, and our desent into hell.....
My identity cannot transcend time, although what I am does. Standing here, I am faced yet again with the burden of change. Most always, I am ready for it...this time I grow tired.
I feel at home in my skin again. The last time I felt like that was when I first became a vampire. I enjoyed what I was & how I had to live. But over time I learned I had to draw the line somewhere. I had to learn to exist in a world I could not conquer. For without the mortals, I could not exist.

Weak and exhausted from my journey, I feel determined to fight the fatigue & tell you the story of my life. Twisted & completely beyond recognition it began to get interesting only in the last few years. I recall meeting my blood twins, and how I judged them harshly at first. I did it so I could tell which one I would get along with best. Brian & I had a fantastic relationship, however it took Richard & I many years to work towards anything closely resembling a relationship. Brian & I often teased Richard, for having too much emotion. The two of us were so evil & proud. Davidson thought the two of us as immature & childlike, often scolding us to grow up. He kept us from carrying on too much with Richard. I guess he knew then Richard was different & would always be. And he let him too. We behaved like a family.

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We had to change scenery alot. The first place we inhabited was called The Gravity. An underground techno club, loaded with society's outcasts. We moved into bars like vultures, taking over & quickly becoming the center of the bar's attention every weekend. The crowd took notice to what we would wear, therefore trendsetting, and adding to the drama. We were mystified by the mortals. We enjoyed the high-energy atmosphere, accompanied by the dark & gothic mortals that frequented the club. Not long after running the place, did it all have to come to an end. Mortals began starting trouble, it became harder to behave ourselves. Like I said, we changed scenery alot.

I missed the excitement of our relationships. There used to be a hum of positive energy flowing through us, when we were together. We were young, beautiful, & had the city at our feet. We were popular at clubs, always got attention wherever we went. If our drop dead gorgeous looks didn't, Brian did. And anyway possible, he loved it. He fed off it as much as he did blood. When his band was local, the paper published an article about his stage performance, & how religous followers were protesting his performance. Soley based on hearsay, the protestors believed he tore heads off of baby-dolls. He was quoted as saying, "Never without dolly's permission....~L~" It was all so hilarious to us. Mortals, we thought and laughed maniacally.

I would often stray from the coven on occasions. They would be so self-absorbed they never noticed much. I found comfort in another vampire. He was a loner type, ventured from place to place. He was sexy, smart & daring, things I truly liked in another. We became close friends and grew fond of one another over time. The bond we shared was unlike any except one. I could honestly compare the intensity of this relationship with that of mine & my maker's, Davidson. His name was Rand Battist. We shared something so wonderful it has taken me years just to write about it. I have never experienced another soul on this level ever.

Continue to fill yourself in on my characters....

Jason Roderick

One rainy night Brian & Jessica, with Richard in tow, went to an underground club for a night of fun! Once there, the three divided into just two, Richard always disappeared to the computer rooms for chat. Brian & I would romp around the bar, irritating the crowd or making little diversions. We always had fun making trouble. We never were that bad I thought. But Richard would always hide from us, as if he was not one of us.

But this one night I saw a sweet, innocent looking guy at the bar. I told Brian I bet I could transform him into a wild beast of a young man. He laughed saying I could not, mocking my ego! We laughed together, we were so devious! But I kept talking about this with him. I knew there was a hungry, wild side to this seemingly innocent timid young man. I told Brian I was the one that could unleash it. I saw a hampered soul trapped in his mortal body, just waiting to be set free. That is where I thought I came in.

Brian wasn't shocked at all that I approached the young man. Over a period of time we got to know him. I told him one night exactly what I was, and gave him the choice, I had grown that fond of him. He could stay with me and be beautiful, for eternity, or because he knew my secret, he knew he would be my very next buffet. I told him I hd my own secrets, but, would undoubtedly share my knowledge, teach and provide for him. He just had to stay with us, the small coven we had built. His eyes lit up like fire, I saw how the darkness tempted him. I felt within me, I was right. He wanted this, he wanted to be free. He was chained to society and I could free him.
So I did.

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