Richard gazed deep into the red eyes of the evil that stood before him and all he saw was cold death. Little did he know it was his own? He tried his spell once more.
“Imbreeza Combusta”
Richard threw his hands straightforward directly towards the vampire’s chest. He was only 5 feet away from his foe. A loud crackle of lighten came down from the dark sky and the thunder quickly rolled in.
Rain began to fall. First one drop, then two drops and then three more. The storm had seemed to come out of nowhere.
Richard Looked in astonishment as the vampire took the full brunt of his most powerful spell and only his garment took on the damage. His white ruffled shirt first froze to a thick layer of ice, then it burst into flames.
…. Doubting himself and with his voice cracking with uncertainty Richard yielded
“Demon, you will fall on this night!”
“…Demon, I am no Demon…”
“I am a vampire, and the death of you old man…”
Richard looked upon the vampire with an amazing look of fear. For he now realized that he was not prepared for this foe.
The vampire looking at his quarry, and said “I am done playing with you, now I will finish you.”
The vampire opened his mouth as wide as he could and his fangs grew right before Richard’ eyes.
Then he raised his left hand and with one swipe of his hand, he knocked Richard across the room of the old dark castle………Richard landed on his back, as he rose his head up he began coughing up a few specks of blood. Wiping the blood form his white beard, and holding his right arm that was wounded from the fall he rose to his feet. Leaning to one side, he glanced down and saw an old dirty sack of some sort…
The vampire looked at him and said.
“…Oh that, that belonged to Malcolm, he was the Great Vampire Killer.”
Shaking his head with a smirk on his face.
Richard Started to think he remembers hearing about Malcolm, not 10 years ago did he disappear from the town. Richard gazed at the sack once again. It was covered with dust and seemed to be greenish in color. The sack was very old and worn. Richard grabbed the bag. The vampire said.
“ Old man what are you doing?”
Richard opened the bag hesitatingly, and looked up at the vampire then back at the bag once more. Richard stuck his hand in the bag and pulled out two wooden stakes. Unfortunately they had dried rotted with age. The vampire laughed yet again. Richard, Thinking to him is there anything that I can use to vanquish this great evil on this very night? He then reached in the bag searching around it franticly throwing out objects and he would come across them. He threw out a couple of crosses and some rosary bids. The vampire looked on the old man with humor.
“Old man rise to your feet and face me”
“Face me” as he yelled the vary walls of the castle shook violently.
“ You come into my castle in search of your grandson, instead you have met your demise.”
“ Come old man, join Malcolm in the catacombs of my castle!”
As Richard lifted himself up with the sack in one hand. He said to his foe
“Yes you are right, I am out matched.”
“ I am nothing more then a broken down spell binder”
“ I have no more magic left in these old hands of mine.”
Richard Looking at his hands raising them and waving them in the air as the words come spilling out of his mouth.
“But I will use every last breath in my old body to rid this earth of you on this night”
“Now, where is my grandson”?
The vampire looked at him and said
“I have no sympathy left for your kind”
“You just do not get it do you? “
“You are nothing more then cattle for us.”
‘And your grandson, you will get to see him in due time!”
Richard Grabbed the last cross from the bag and with his shaking weak arm stuck it in front of the vampire…With a wicked laugh he snatched up Richard and threw him in the air about 5 feet up. Richard fell through the wooden floor. He landed on the floor below. Richard Lay there for a second. The sack was dangling on one of the planks on the floor above where he had fallen. Richard looked up as he heard laughter from the broken section of the floor where he had fallen and heard a wicked laughter.
The vampire chattered
“ There is no escaping from my castle”
“Run from me as long as you can”
“There is hidden terror throughout this glorious place” “And you will find that some are not as personable as I am”
He also saw that the sack was leaking. He did not know that it was leaking the whole time that he was laying there. It had leaked all over him. It was holy water. Dripping on his chest and soaked his shirt and all over his hands.
Out of nowhere he heard a howl, and then a growl the sound was coming from behind him. He turned around and there was a long hallway other then the candles that were on the walls the hall way was very dark. The sound continued and became louder and louder. Richard Thought what could that sort of evil could this be? Out of the dark he saw two yellow eyes. The eyes came closer to him. He no longer saw heard the howling though.
”Who’s there” he yield out.
No response.
Then he saw the shape of a little girl. She had long curly hair and was wearing a gown that was torn and it had bloodstains on it. Once she saw Richard, she just stood there crying.
Richard Said hesitatingly, and whispering
“Little girl come here, and please move quickly”
Out of nowhere a huge black hairy wolf appeared standing on all fours growling and with his tongue hanging from his mouth. It stood right in back of the little girl.
Richard motioned to the girl. “Get down! Get down now!”
With out hesitation Richard struggled to stand straight up attempted to destroy the beast.
“Sigma umfuma”
As Richard watched the spell leave his hands it seemed different in some way. Much stronger, but how could this be? The spell was an orb blue in color with a gold in color grow around it. Richard held his hand straight out with his palm facing the downward and orb just in front of the hand. As the wolf leaped
“Sigma umfuma”
Only louder this time…
The orb headed straight towards the wolf and smacked him right in the face….
It knocked the wolf up against the wall of the hallway,
A loud cry was all you heard as the wolf crumbled into ashes right in front of them both.
Richard just could not understand how powerful his spell was. Never did it do so much damage.
The little girl walked over to him, after inspecting her he found that the blood was not hers. He asked her
“Are you hurt?”
The little shook her head as if to say no she was not hurt.
He then told her that it is ok, and that she is safe now.
Richard grabbed one of the candles and together they started walking towards the dark hallway.
They came to a door with a strange design on it. Richard did not know what to make of this strange looking thing. It protruded outward and was in the shape of a bat. There were markings as well and the markings appeared to be that of the scratch marks. To the right of them there was a lever.
Richard looked and said
“Typical”
He thought about it for a second and said to him should I pull on this lever? Then the little girl tugged on his pants and Richard standing there trying to figure out his next move said not now little one.
Richard again thinking out loud
“Now if I pull it then I can”…
Once again the little girl pulled on his pants….
Richard said
“Can’t you see I am trying to figure out…then before he could finish what he was saying,
The little girl dropped the candle then yield
“Bats”, “Bats”, “Bats”!!
Richard looked.
“What bats…where? Where?
Then from the opposite side came flying in a dozen or so bats.
Richard said, “Quickly get behind me”
She did and covered her eyes.
“mentima “ignatatious…” he shouted loudly Go back to the dark from where you came from.
From his hands he formed several tiny orbs and with a forward motion of his hand the orbs went fourth and find their targets as if they were like magnets. Each orb moving like the speed of light piercing the bat. And moving to the next one. Until each bat was destroyed. Richard began to realize that he magic has changed, why he was not sure…
Richard turned around and began to decide if he was going to pull on the lever then he heard a very odd sound squeaking but it seemed multiplied by 100. “Oh no!”
Before Richard could turn around the little girl pulled the lever.
Soon as the lever was pulled a switch was hit and the floor beneath them opened and so did the door. The floor slanted and they both were falling. The girl was in front of Richard as he held onto her tightly. The little girl just kept her hands over her eyes the entire time. They were falling and kept falling into the dark unknown and they could not see anything that was in front of them at all. Suddenly they came to a complete stop.
Thump!!…
It appeared to be a basement of the castle. Both of them just lay where they landed and did not move, or say a word.
They both just lay there very very still. Then Richard said to the little girl,
“ Child, are you ok”?
She looked at him and nodded her head as to say yes she was.
He then said “Come we have to keep moving”
“I do not know where that vampire is, but we need to find my grandson and get the heck out of here”
The little looked up at him when he said grandson, Richard quickly said
“Have you seen him”?
She nodded her head again.
Richard yelled “Where”?
“Can you take me to him?”
She nodded again. She grabbed Richard’s finger and they began walking throughout the basement.
Wondering around the basement the came to this one area that appeared to be some sort of prisons. They’re where rooms with bar, several on each side of them.
Richard asked her “ Child are you sure this is the right way?”
She nodded and they pressed on…
Looking around Richard said “My God” these are human bones in these cells…
The girl broke loose and ran ahead of Richard.
‘Child where are you going?”
Richard limped quickly to attempt to catch her. She went to the last cell and stood in front of it and pointed. Hoping to see his grandson Richard moved even faster and when he finally made it to where the little girl was standing he could not believe whom his eyes fell upon. It was a young man who was still alive. It looked like, like Malcolm.
“Malcolm”
Richard yelled!
The man in the cell who was chained up by his wrist raised his head up and muttered something that Richard could not quite make out. “I’ve got to get you out of this cell.”
“Imbreeza Combusta”
Richard yelled, the cell bars froze and then bust into flames and chattered. Richard and the little girl went over to Malcolm and Richard did the same spell on the chains that were on his wrist. Malcolm fell into Richard’s arms.
“Malcolm, are you ok?”
Smacking him on the face over and over. “Are you ok man”
Malcolm began to come around.
“Who…. who are you?
“I am Richard”
Malcolm, went over to the little girl,
kneeled down and said “thank you child”
He then raised up looking at Richard and said
“What are you doing here?”
Richard said “I am looking for my grandson, have you seen him?”
Malcolm looked up to Richard,
And said “yes, I have he is how I got in this cell in the first place.”
Richard said, “I do not understand, please take me to him”
Malcolm said, “Oh I will and you can help me kill him and his master the vampire that own this castle.”
Richard looked at Malcolm with anger…
”You will not lay a hand on my grandson!”
Malcolm looked at Richard and said, “ Do you not know what has happened here”
“Do you not know what has happened to your grandson?”
“He is not the same little child that you once knew”
“He has taken on a new form, I think you will not recognize him even when you see him.”
Richard said “Rubbish. I do not know what you are talking about.”
“Please help me find my grandson”
Malcolm told Richard that he will help him, and then he would understand what he is talking about.
Richard said “what about the child, we can not take her with us can we?”
We have to for she knows where the vampire’s coffin is. Said Malcolm.
Malcolm kneeled down and said to the little girl “ Can you please take us to the vampire’s coffin.”
The little girl began to cry.
Malcolm said “Hey, Hey it is ok we will protect you.”
Richard then reassured the child and said “ He will not harm you, I promise.”
Malcolm began searching around the basement area, and Richard asked him what was he looking for.
Malcolm said “I have left something down here before I was forced into this cell.”
“Oh, ok.” Richard said.
Then Malcolm said “here it is”
Malcolm moved a couple of crates and from behind them he pulled out a sack, much like the one that Richard had came across while doing battle with the Vampire. Malcolm raised the sack which was quit larger then that of the one Richard had stumbled across.
Malcolm looked at them both and said. “Everything that we will need to vanquish the evil in this castle is in this bag.”
Richard said “well I do not know about that.” Malcolm said to Richard come old man watch and you may learn a thing or two about vanquishing vampires.”
Richard said “Ha” “Believe me I have already attempted to use your weapons and it got me know where but thrown across the room. Believe me that sack is useless.”
“ A lot good they got you right” Richard said.
Then Malcolm yelled back “Well just try and do it own your own just try that’s all”
Richard looked at him and said “Fine, I will.” “what do I need with a Vampire killer that can not even kill vampires”
The Maloclm came back and said “ Just like what do I need with a broken down spell binder who’s spells can not even spin straw into gold”
The little girl just watched, her head going back and fourth as the two men argued back and fourth and back and fourth as she stood in between them both.
Bang, bang boom!
“What was that!”
Richard yelled. “I think it came from behind that door”, said Malcolm.
Bang, Bang, Boom, the noise grew louder this time.
Richard said “well go and check it out.” “You are the great
