1313 Cemetery Way 2 Meeting Amidst the Stacks
1313 Cemetery Way 2
Meeting Amidst the Stacks
Outside the Black cat
the previous night:
"Hello Seraphim." The storm had lessened and was slowly blowing
over. At her feet sat a small black
cat. As she reached to pet him a
familiar voice graveled out of the darkness.
"I see you found him again Claire or he found you?!" The very air seemed to quake in response to
this feminine foreboding voice.
"Hecate it’s been a while, wait you prefer
Caty these days.” With a snickering
snort Claire was laughing "That is so cute!" As the moon peaked through the clouds a
slender figure pale as the moon with long dark hair began to take shape. Claire stopped laughing the second she saw
her smile. As the wind burst by she
stood in silence. Until Caty broke it
"His name is Bobby".
"Whose name?" Claire
now stood her hands on her hips, her dress wafting in the wind as her scarf
fluttered.
"I fell in love Claire, me the
emissary of death, a harbinger of doom.
I now understand what you have gone through and I want to know the whole
story." "Caty your father will
be angry." "I don't care
Claire, what he has done to the two of you is too cruel." "Both of you follow me then." In a gust of wind the cat and girls were
gone.
Minutes later they were all
standing at an iron gate the plaque was barely legible in the moon light 1313
Cemetery Way. As Caty reached for it a
strange energy struck out at her.
"Careful only those who have known death and not died may enter
here! Courtesy of John
Ravenwood." Caty looked puzzled how
could he have done this, nobody can stop death, no one dares defy daddy! So how did he? "What are those graves
Claire?" "John was a prodigy
he built it in his third incarnation, his goal to set me free of my
punishment. "I know daddy punished
the two of you but I never knew why?"
"I stole from death! I stole from your father!"
As the statement sunk in the three
of them entered the house. The clouds
had once again buried the moon so the house looked like a hulking shadow. Just another grave among many. "Would you like some tea
Caty?" "Do you have
Coffee?" Coffee... you drink
coffee?" "Bobby turned me onto
it, it is a strange human drink bitter but satisfying." Claire suddenly lunged grabbing Caty. Hugging her tightly "so cute." she yelled.
"Coffee it is let’s go to the library. As they entered there were scores of books
stacked everywhere. The room looked as
if a hurricane had hit it. "The
books began to reappear about a year ago."
Caty noticed Claire's entire demeanor had changed "John's Library
had faded with the universe's loss of magic but then he did the
impossible. Arcane the vampire violated
the Forever Forest of the Elves gaining the Elven Light. Arcane’s light did it all, magic has begun
to return with a vengeance. I pulled
them all down so John can put them back making them permanently apart of this
world."
"How do you know he will
come?" "He will, my love will
return to me again and again and again!"
Her green eyes began to shed tears and in between sobs "you wanted
to know why death your father punished me.
I see you didn’t know, John's condition is not
your father's punishment it is a result of love and John's defiance. Our story is as old as history I have lost
count of how many ages I have lived through.
We were born in the world that followed the severing of magic and
science. A being known only as Daykin
had been seemingly destroyed by a plot of a predecessor of the Ravenwood family
line and the sacrifices of the light and darkness. Assedo now lay dreaming as his wolves’
run forever through the land cementing the seal his soul now powers or should I
say powered. Arcane's light also has
reawakened Daykin!" "The coffee
is ready Claire." "I am sorry
how do you take it?"
"I got off topic. I am being punished for stealing from
death. When I first met John he lay
dying on a battle field. He was so handsome;
he had been speared and stabbed while shielding a young Elf girl. She was desperately trying to save him but
your father had staked his claim. So I
stepped in with a relic I should not have had!
I was in possession of a necklace that later
became known as the Elven Light. I used
its power to defy death and save John's life.
Your father was furious the sky trembled as all the light left the
world. The wraith lorded over me and he
reached his skeleton hand out placing it upon my forehead. Then he took it not my life but my
death. Unknown to me at the time but he
had made me immortal unable to die. When
I woke up my head was in John's lap, my necklace was now around his neck. It had chosen a new owner.
When our eyes met, man I will never
forget that sunset. I was in love at
first sight we both knew we were destined for each other. He stayed with me for months in the mountains
until his little brother found us, I think his name was Merlin. He begged his brother to come home, something
I am sure he regretted later. Their
parents had declared John dead and to learn he had been alive and off gallivanting
with some common born unknown woman.
They were furious and tried to force him to marry a woman of their
choosing. Your father was there
threatening to punish them for the transgressions of one of their own, they did
not know it wasn't John. I mentioned the
splitting of magic and science. The
mastermind of this had been a member of their family and it had unintended
consequences. The split sent forth an echo
causing many worlds to suddenly exist where only one had been. Causality had been broken and eventually this
echo would bring about total destruction and all would return to nothing."
"John utterly refused his
parents on the issue of getting married he was in love with me. His mother actually murdered me or so she
thought. When I woke up being cradled by
John his mother lay dead the very dagger she used on me buried deep in her
chest. The woman I thought was his
mother really was his step mother; his real mother had been murdered when he
and his brother were young. Merlin told
us to run and so we did. John grew older
and I never aged. As he lay on his death
bed death came for him. Your father felt
he had won so gloating he told me what he had done to me. Since I had taken from him he took form
me."
"Forever more you are the pillar;
your immortal life holds it all."
"I had no idea what he meant
but john did." "You bastard
that is far too cruel for one soul that would be yours in time." "John's anger was limitless." "Claire one of my kin set in motion the
end of all time. He has made you the
anchor that will stop it your frozen time keeps the end at bay." "I fell to my knees crying soon I would
be alone forever. Never again to know
John's touch his warmth. He had stayed
with me though I never aged. John had
forsaken his family who forbade us from being as one. He had chosen me above all else. Our life on the run had been happy. But now I was going to lose him. It was here John summoned the last of his
strength. He stood up from the bed and clutched
the necklace in both his hands,"
"Upon this, this power that
should not be I swear to you Claire you will never be alone. I will return again and again until you are
free. I love you Claire!!!"
"With that his body turned to
dust, the look on your father's face told me he did not have John's soul. Death was beside himself two humans had
defied him and their souls were forever out of his reach. Through the ages John found me or I found
him. Every time he had to relearn who he
had been as magic waned the odds of beating our curse grew larger. My magic has not waned your dad froze my time
so I am unaffected by Assedo's legacy and thanks to Arcane his efforts are a moot
point, but also thanks to Arcane we have a chance this time to activate John's
device making this place the pillar of
the universes. We need 72 fragments of
souls 36 good and 36 evil.
"So those graves out front are
part of the device!" Caty's echoing
voice rattled the books and many of the stacks tumble over. Her coffee had grown cold. Claire's story had entranced her. "Let me get you some fresh hot Coffee
Caty." Caty just sat in silence
John reminded her of Bobby their devotion was amazing. He had waited until he died to see her again
and John doomed himself to endlessly reincarnate to be with Claire
forever. It was souls like theirs that had
changed her father. Over the years he
had grown to love the humans and many others had defied him or struck bargains
with him. The most recent was a girl
named Anna Ravenwood on behalf of her dying friend Jack McCrae. Daddy took half her life at her request but
instead of flat out taking it he split it between the two of them. The Ravenwoods are definitely special.
"Caty I need a favor"
Claire had returned with more coffee. "Can I borrow Seraphim tomorrow to
guide John to me?" Just then the
lights dimmed and the windows rattled Caty was horrified “Daddy
is coming I know it.”
As the door to the room opened it was not death instead it was an old
man. “Speak of the Devil hello Merlin!” "Claire we have avoided a worse case scenario." "Old man your..." He interrupted "I know child I am
dead!"
"Jack Rhodes defeated him but
was lost to his fiery world." “What
of Raven?" "She is alive but
heart broken." Caty had gotten to
her feet "I took you to the other side how did you get here?" Turning to Claire "you should not worry
Jack Rhodes will return!" Smiling
she walked over to the old man "I think I have stayed too long seraphim
will guide John to you. “One
last thing how many times has he returned for you?" "Caty I have had to watch him die more
times than I care to remember my only comfort is his undying love for me!"
As the old man and Caty started to
leave he turned to Claire “tell my brother hello and goodbye
for me!”
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