The Immortals' Realm Unleashed *Accepting*

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((I love accents...))

"That decision, my dear, I will leave up to you." Alix replied simply. "A menos, por supuesto, usted desea que yo continúe en los cuentos totalmente aburrida de mi vida muy larga?" he questioned fluently, wondering idly if she knew Spanish, musing over whether or not she'd ask him what the hell he was talking about.

Tristan was already at his house. He was sitting up in his room, shirtless, glaring at the bitemarks. The blackness was spreading over his skin... Kadina would only see it if he told her about it, but how would she handle the news? After a series of arguments with himself, he came to the conclusion that he'd only speak up if she asked about it, even if it was merely vaguely. He'd warn her that she probably wouldn't want to know, she'd insist on knowing...

[Lilo.]

Jennifer laughed because evidently, he didn't know anything of the language he was speaking. "Where I came from we didn't do languages in school, so I suppose it's my turn to ask, what language is that and what the hell were you saying?" It really brought out his accent, whatever language he was speaking.

Kadina plodded into the house. "Hello?" She called, still quivering. Her face looked as if she'd just seen a ghost, it was as white as paper. She felt naked... bare, she needed to go and put something decent on. Running upstairs to her room, she pulled on a pink hoodie that said ' Never Look Back' and replaced her shorts for some white skinny jeans and some furry Ugg boots that were more for comfort than style. Breathing, still shaking however, she knocked on Tristan's door. "Tristan?" Her voice was still shaken up.

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"Spanish, of course. I said, 'Unless, of course, you wish for me to continue on the utterly boring tales of my incredibly long lifetime?'" Alix laughed.

Tristan glanced up from his bite. He took a deep breath, pushing down his shirt sleeve, and silently walking towards the door. He opened it with a soft click, obvious regret written all over his face. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you like that, it's just, I guess I still haven't resolved my past anger issues. I feel like a total jackass." he said apologetically, sighing.

[Lilo.]

"How could I not of guessed? Of course the guy with a damn hot Spanish accent would be talking Spanish. I am such a typical blonde sometimes, really." Jenny laughed, shaking her head as if disappointed in herself. "And yes, do carry on with your life. It's actually pretty interesting if I'm honest."

Kadina's face calmed slightly but she couldn't stop quaking. Sitting down next to Tristan, she lay her head against his shoulders, wiping away the tears of fear. "It's okay," She snuggled herself into him. "But you must tell me what's up with you, because I can see it means allot. And I know today is probably totally ruined now, but whatever's up with you is quite obviously more important. I can wait. Just for you." Her arm reached up around his body in a soft hug.

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"Sí, nena." Alix replied. "Well, how about I bring up the fact that I'm heir to the throne of a huge vampiric kingdom? Ah, yes, that sounds like a good place to begin... Basically, I'm the son of the king. My true father died in a long war that turned each and everyone in the kingdom into monsters like I. They kingdom has been in utter chaos. They have no idea of what to do without a king to guide them. They haven't had one since my father's death, which was... Hmm, a very, very long time ago. Once I disappeared, when I had been transformed and before the war that changed them all, the only true heir was lost. The king would not allow there to be another successor; He wrote in his will that he'd rather be ripped apart by the Devil himself than know that an unworthy successor took over the throne of his once magnificent kingdom."

Tristan bit his lip - Something he did when he was nervous. It was a tell-tale sign that someone who knew him like the back of their hand would distinguish. "Honestly, I don't think you can handle the truth. Not to sound cliche or anything, it's just... A lot to take in, even for me. You probably don't want to know. It can be dealt with on it's own..."

[Lilo.]

Jenny listened inquisitively, quite obviously intrigued- that much was obvious by the gormless expression on her face like she was staring right through Alix. "Wow, that's deep.... He must of loved you, huh?" She nodded, knowing what it meant for a parent to love someone. Her Father had given his life for her, but she didn't really want to speak about that. Nor her or her mother did.

"You can tell me, Tristan, I will deal with it." Kadina whispered into his ears softly, her fingers tracing invisible lines on his shoulders. "I'll keep it a secret if I have to, but it's killing me. If you don't tell me I will end up driving myself mad trying to figure it out."

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"Yeah. Like I said long ago in my intriguing tale that sounded way too much like a fantasy book about heroes and adventures, I was basically his everything. After Mom passed away... I was the only one he'd speak to, the only one who ever saw him that much. He died a hero, a proud, great leader, a man who worked so hard to protect his family and didn't take anything he didn't earn. I guess you could say he's kinda my role model." Alix said. He chuckled grimly. "I could never live up to his legacy..." he said quietly. "He was this great, loveable guy who spared the innocent, saved so many lives, and lived his life like every day could be his last. And what am I? Some arrogant, hated, murderous monster who has left so many dead in his wake. He'd be so disappointed that I didn't live up to everything he worked tirelessly to teach me. He gave me everything, and I've given him nothing. I didn't even grow up to be a hero like him. I didn't save any cities, I believed in no mercy, I'd rather die than become a King... I'm nothing like him, nothing like he tried so hard to make me, nothing like he loved me so much, took pride in me so much because he thought I'd be a hero, a great King..." Alix said, his voice low and saddened. "I bet he's looking down on me right now, wondering how on earth I turned into such a disgrace..."

Tristan reluctantly pulled up his sleeve. "You see this bite? There's more to it than you see." and with those words, he knew that Kadina would be seeing it. The blackness crawling up his skin like black tentacles wrapping around it's prey, the toxic green glow sizzling around the two bloodied bitemarks. "I know you didn't see what I saw, and I know you don't understand what this means." he sighed, closing his eyes and remaining silent for a bit, before speaking once again. "I saw a terrible beast. A Shadow Wolf, a creature of darkness itself. It is in vampire legend that the Shadow Wolf is sort of like a Grim Reaper. When a vampire is close to death - keep in mind that this is a myth - the wolf shows up to warn it. Then, once they've died, the Shadow Wolf returns to take their soul from their body and lead them to wherever God wants them to be - Heaven, or Hell. The bite mark... The Shadow Wolf makes it look like this, makes the blackness crawl up your skin, invisible to anyone who isn't given the blessing from the vampire to see it. He does this so that you do not forget that your time is coming soon. He does this," Tristan gestured to the bite, "To show you that you will be going somewhere. If a blood-red X appears in between the two fang mark, you will go to Hell. However, if a sparkling, glowing white outline of a wing appears instead, you will go to Heaven." he said slowly. "Now, before you start speaking, this doesn't mean I'm dying. The good news is that this is merely a myth, and normal myths rarely come true. The bad news is, that vampire myths are not like normal myths, and they have been known to be true on... Almost slightly often occasions..."

[Lilo.]

"You're not a disgrace. You have so much more in a different way. You have your brother Tristan, your father would most likely be proud on how he isn't your family you treat him that way. Same goes for everyone else in that family. And you don't live in the shadows, you aren't afraid of people knowing what you are. That takes some courage and bravery. So yes, I'm sure your father would be proud." Catching her breath after a long, somewhat inspiring speech, Jenny smiled triumphiantly.

Teary eyed, knowing this it was... it was like nothing she'd ever felt before. Nausea, dizzyness, unable to stop crying.... even though she didn't know how he was going to die. "But... you said vampires were immortal? How're you going to die...." She imagined herself weaping her eyes out at his funeral. She wasn't able to tell if it was a vision or her messed up imagination. "You can't die, Tristan. Who will I have to lean on? What will I tell your child? I won't let anybody harm you, you know that...."

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Alix offered a small smile. "I guess. But if you were me, wouldn't you find it hard to live up to a glorious King when you were doomed to live as murderer? One of the big things he prided himself with was knowing that I'd be the new King when he passed, and I'd be great. I don't even want to be King. And if I did go back... I'm not fit to take a throne."


"Shh, shh. I'm not going to die. Chances are, I won't. Vampires are immortal, yes, but there are some greater forces that can destroy us. Demons, the Devil, Gods... Things of such high power. I don't know how I will die, if I even will, but the Shadow Wolf probably made a mistake. It happens often. It happened to Alix once. He saw it, and his bitemark became like mine. That was three years ago, and he's still here now." Tristan said, wiping her tears away with the softest of touches.

[Lilo.]

"Unless your a vampire, life's to short to think like that. You have to live every day like it's your last because when you're human you don't have this massive defence and attack system to save you like vampires do." Jennifer admitted with a sly shrug. "Maybe you weren't meant to be a king, maybe you were meant to have something more than power; family."

"Yeah but still... it's quite worrying." Kadina had stopped crying but there was still this massive lump in her throat like when you dry swallow a pill. "I love you Tristan and loosing you would be loosing my everything. Loosing my world. I just want you to know that." she snuggled up closer to him now, head buried into his shoulders.