Unknown World by K. Lang (book club suggestions .TXT) 📖

Vampires, werewolves, witches and warlocks. You wouldn't normally believe in those kind of things, but in my world, they exist.

My name is Destiny, I live in a small village called Latona, outside of the Latona palace which has been occupied by Vampires for many years. My father is the blacksmith. He works hard everyday making armor and weapons for the guards of our town, since the only protection we have are the woods. My mother died when i was really young. She was an alchemist, and went out to gather herbs and other plants, and was attacked by a pack of rogue werewolves.

I was too young to understand, but as I grew older I began to understand our surroundings a little more, and knew there were more then just humans in the world. And as i grew i developed these powers, which i thought was a curse. I could read people's minds, when I got upset the elements went out of balance, I had constant headaches. I thought there was something wrong with me, but it turned out there wasn't anything wrong with me. I was a witch. I didn't know how to control my powers, and I was afraid what I would do or what would happen if I had lost control, so I ran away to avoid hurting anyone, especially those i cared about.

Three days had passed, I was hungry, dirty and tired, and worst of all, I was lost. I had no idea where I was or where I was close to. I had been sleeping under trees and in caves. Eating vegetation around me to survive. I sat down to rest next to a tree, when a young man found me. He said he knew what I was going through and offered to help me. He took my hand and led me to a large mansion that was hidden far deep in the woods. I was surprised I never found it myself!

It was frighteningly beautiful, and the young man led me inside through large stone doors. It was a home for rhose who didnt know what to do with their powers. Vampires mostly resided in the mansion, but there were witches, werewolves, necromancers, warlocks, all those, even your common shape-shifter.

With the light i was able to get a better look at the man who had found me, and was struck by what I had seen standing before me. He has long black hair, crystal midnight blue eyes, masculine features that made him look like a God compared to me or any other man i have seen. His complexion was very pale compared to mine, and he was cold to the touch. He was a vampire. I couldn't help but stare.

I have pale skin, green eyes and dark red hair. I'm of average height. Basically I looked like your average human girl.

"Welcome to your new home." said the man with a soft voice. "Now let's get you a new set of clothes and get you washed up and settled in."

He handed me off to a couple of female vampires and told them to bring me back to him when I was cleaned up and settled in with a room and everything.

They dressed me in a silk dress that was dark red, and it complimented my pale complexion. I didn't quite understand why I was being so pampered all of a sudden but I was sure it was their way of showing hospitality.

"So, young witch, what might your name be?" asked one of the female vampires.

I gulped, I was nervous. I could feel the sweat run down the back of my neck as they watched me waiting for an answer.

"My name is Destiny." I managed to say in a shaky voice.

The female vampires smiled at me, "We are not going to hurt you. You are safe here."

That kind of made me feel better. I decided to let them do something with my messy hair.

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They took me to the balcony where the young man was. He greeted me by taking my hand.

"I'm very sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Talvar Kenrick, and I am sure you know by now, I am a vampire." he said, his eyes glistening in the moonlight.

"What is this place?" I asked.

He took my hand.

"This place was built by my father. And my master bought me back here and made it a place for gifted children and people. We have trainers here that help those who discovered their powers and dont know how to control them." he said.

"Even vampires?" I asked, curiously.

Talvar nodded.

"Vampires were once human too, but they were either bitten by rogue vampires or chosen by vampire masters. They dont know how to control their bloodthirst at first, so they go rampant and we bring them here. Its the same for the werewolves."

I understood a little bit.

"So you know what I am and want to help me?" I asked.

Talvar rested his hand on my shoulder.

"I want you to learn how to control your powers and our teacher Lucina can help you."

Talvar removed his hand from my shoulder and looked at the horizon. There was a shimmer of sunlight.

"You have to go dont you?" I asked, kinda disappointed. I wanted to talk more.

"Yes but you will see me again at nightfall."

And with that, he was gone.

Chapter 1: The first day

I had a lot to adjust to. I just couldn't sleep for the life of me, even though I was dead beat tired! It felt nice to sleep in a bed for the first time in a few days. I wondered how my father was and how bad i felt for just leaving. I couldn't just lay there in bed and let my mind wander around, so i decided to explore the mansion a little more.

I slipped into a more comfortable attire, since the dress was too stuff to be roaming around in. I settled for a nightshirt and some cloth pants. The mansion was made of almost entirely of stone. The ceiling was high, and it was so quiet, even though i only had on some slippers i found beside my bed, i could hear my own footsteps echo through the halls.

All of the shape-shifters and witches lived on the upper floors. The vampires, werewolves and necromancers lived underground, to keep out of the sunlight. The mansion looked like something you would read about in a book. I roamed around, exploring the mansion and getting an eye view of things. A few of the witches were still awake or just now awaking for the day, i wasn't too sure how everyone's sleep schedule was.

"Ah, a newcomer." said one of the female witches to me. She had long raven black hair and golden eyes. "Welcome to the manor, my name is Faith."

"I'm Destiny, nice to meet you." i said with a tired smile. I held my hand out to greet her.

She looked at my hand and then took it, like she didnt know what a handshake was.

"What brings you here?" Faith asked curiously.

"I... don't know. I'm not a vampire, or a werewolf though. I was found in the woods by Talvar, he brought me here." I said hanging my head.

Faith placed her hand on my shoulder.

"Well if you were any normal human, Talvar would have had you for a snack by now." she smirked.

"That's not funny!" I sneered.

"Sorry." Faith sighed rubbing the back of her neck."so you have been brought here for some reason right?"

I couldn't answer. I was scared and freaked out about where i ended up and stuff. And i was afraid of my newfound abilities.

"I was told someone here could help me so I suppose I'll find out soon enough." I said sheepishly. I felt so dumb.

"Don't worry I'm sure you will find your way." Faith said in a considerate voice.

I was curious so I had to ask her.

"What are YOU, exactly?" I asked, feeling kind of stupid.

Faith just smiled.

"I'm a shape-shifter, and also a witch. I'm what they call, a hybrid." she said.

"How does that happen?" I asked, sounding so clueless.

"It can happen two different ways, by mating or by natural selection. In my case, it was natural selection." Faith smiled.

"It sounds so rare though." I said "Like it doesn't happen too often."

Faith shook her head. "It doesn't"

Faith beckoned me to walk with her, like she needed to be someplace.

"I'm going to introduce you to the head witch here, she might be able to tell you what you are."

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Faith led me to a long hallway of rooms, and then she led me into one of the rooms. It was a large stone room, of course. It was decorated with colorful silk curtains and cloth, golden cups and other dishware, a large crystal ball sat on a desk near a large stained glass window. There was a woman standing by the window. She had long blond hair and she was slim built with bright blue eyes.

"That's Lucina Mastic, the trainer of the witches here." said Faith "Lucina this is Destiny, she is new here."

I smiled and held out my hand. She walked toward me and took my hand and welcomed me with a warm smile.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, what brings you here to the manor?" Lucina asked.

I gulped.

"I'm here for a reason, I don't know precisely why though." I began. "Talvar brought me here."

"What did Talvar tell you when he found you?" Lucina asked.

I thought about the different abilities i had come into, and remembered what I have been called already.

"He said I was a witch, and I had potential. But I want to know for sure." I said in a quiet voice, it was close to a whisper.

Lucina put her hands to my temples and closed her eyes. She stood there, silent for a few moments, her hands remaining on my temples.

"Talvar was right, you are a witch." she said finally.

My head felt a little funny but i shook it off.

"Where did Talvar find you?" she asked.

"I'm guessing near the East road leading to the city of Elm coming from Latona Village, where i am from." I said.

"Ah, alright. Faith you must take her back to her room, she looks exhausted." said Lucina directing us out of the room and down the hallway leading back to where my room was.

"Be silent don't wake the vampires and werewolves they're terribly cranky when they awaken before nightfall."

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So I was finally able to go to sleep. When i awoke, it was late evening and coming upon nightfall. There were clothes sitting on the foot of my bed. It was a black silk dress and on the nightstand next to my bed was a note.

Destiny,

I hope you slept well, I had this dress special made for you.

Put this on and meet me on the balcony at nightfall.

--Talvar

I picked up the black silk