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the history of clan tempest
clan tempest was formed by layla and jakeem tempest...the firsts. their mother sought true immortality. to do so she needed the spell that maya had tried in her own search for immortality, beleiving she knew how to make it succeed where maya had failed. she searched for years for it and finally she found the book that contained it.
the spell needed the blood of a dragon and the blood of two people close to the person performing the spell. maya had used two members of her tribe that she had been close to throughout her life. but hakeem and layla's mother thought she knew why maya had failed. the blood needed to be that of the closest relatives to the witch performing the spell. it meant that she had to sacrifice her two daughters. if the spell succeeded she would be truely immortal, two children would not make a difference.
but their father found out what his wife was trying to do. he tried to save them by making a vampire friend like him. hakeem did not beleive his father, nor did layla but she hated him for making up such a story about their mother. despite fighting the vampire friend, she was not strong enough and both of them were changed.
the spell itself required human blood to be mixed with dragon blood and placed upon the mother's skin. but since they were now made vampires the spell would never work. their mother slit both their wrists, letting the blood drip into a bowl all ready filled with dragons blood which had taken her a long time to collect. angry when she found the spell did not work, she ran, afraid of what would happen to her for killing both her children. leaving them for dead, she had knocked the bowl of their blood and dragon blood over. as they lay, remaining alive and healing, the mixture of blood seeped into their wounds and skin.
as the two siblings healed and began their lifes as vampires, they became aware of their growing powers.
in mind...and in body...
their original witch blood had mixed with the vampire blood when they were changed. as they lay healing after their mother's attempt at the spell, the dragon blood had also mixed with their blood.
they became strong witches, finding that they could control an element. as they grew stronger, they ran away, afraid of what their tribe would do when they found out what had happened to them.
as they hid from hunters, they found they could choose two animals where the dragon blood had mixed with their own. but their blood was diluted and so, unlike a dragon, they were limited to only two forms. a bird and an animal. as they travelled they each grew to part of their heritage.
layla grew to her vampiric instincts, finding that her mind powers were increased. while hakeem grew towards his witch and shapeshifter heritage, taking time in choosing his animal form. while hakeem stayed in one place, layla went out exploring after dissapearing after a blizzard. she soon found out the night world had grown bigger and she became involved with a vampire lord.
it was this involvement that lead to her death and the discovery that Tempests never truly died, they returned like an Old Soul. for a century and a half later, a girl with the powers of a tempest was born to a normal lamia family. layla. once reunited with her brother, layla remembered her past life and what can killed her.
a copper tipped wooden dagger.
a vampire hunter without honour, had thought she was a vampire after seeing her with the vampire lord. the copper tip was only there so that the weapon could be used against humans as well. but instead it had been what had killed her...it was their weakness. like wood for vampires, silver for shapeshifters and iron for witches.
copper was what killed a tempest. unfortunately the night world found out about the tempests increased powers. they were a threat and now that their weakness was known, they could be stopped.
kisses of lethe...
the hunters were to be the beginning of the tempests downfall and in the battle that commenced many tempests were lost.
but now it is over and they are safe...or are they?
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