 Damn it seems that Warbird thinks she can take over my blog… Hmph…
I finally arrived on Drakulon.
The Royal Council wanted to see me, in fact they insisted… I can't say I am happy about that… I like Vampi but this whole race has always suppressed and had prejudices against my race… I didn’t want to have to deal with some uppity monarchs. I just wanted to go home to my village… My Family is at the village of course my race refer to them as a Pride or if you prefer the canine equivalence a pack…
After listening to what seemed forever for these windbags to call me, it finally happened… I explained about the Civil War on Earth and that Vampirella had left and was returning to Drakulon to be Queen…
You should have seen their faces… A admixture of joy and fear… For years they have wanted her to become Queen but on the other hand it would mean the Royal tri-ad wouldn't be in control of Drakulon anymore. Power would not be share between a balance of the 3 casts. Of course that is their casts, you don't see any of my race on the royal council do you?
I shook my head and left them to their gasping and hyperventilating…
When I got to my village I found it empty… Abandoned except for Ouijema (pronounced in my language as wee-G-muh and means the Seer). Ouijema is old and very wise. She is too old to visit the other villages let alone visit another planet so I only get to see her when I come home. Ouijema has been like a mother to me.
"Shgeenma Ouijema? Ojue ke tah?" I said to her as I asked what was happening and why the village was empty.
Ouijema sat at a small table with dusty cookbooks and herbs spilled around and jars of more herbs and strange things. It was next to the fireplace, which was burning, and Ouijema sat staring into her bowl…
The wise woman could crush blue Ute leaves and with a few drops of her blood see the future from that bowl…
" Ouijema?" I called to her again
She spoke with a frail voice that cracked and trembled with age not in the official language of the Drakulon but in the language of my race. To translate, "I sent them to somewhere safe. Had them evacuate before she arrives."
" Ouijema before who arrives?" I asked
"The Queen, Soon she will come." Ouijema set her bowl down and picked up a jar of yellow spices…
"Vampirella? But there is no need Vampi is…" I tried to comfort my old mother
"No Kitten, the other. The true Queen." with her fingers she reached into the jar and took a pinch of yellow spice and threw it into the fire… An image appeared….
"Lilith?" I gasped, "but how? Did Vampi enter Hades?"
The old mother reached for a jar of blood petals and threw them in the fire. The image of Vampi appeared, "No she is in a Galaxy far, far away."
"Then how has Lilith returned, " I questioned
Ouijema grabbed some seeded spice from a pile neatly gathered on her workbench and through it in the fire, black smoke followed a burst of flame, "Unknown."
"Where is Lilith now?" I was in disbelief
 Reaching for a jar of dirt on the shelves next to her, she opened and grabbed some of the Earth that I sent her from Earth. She threw it in the fire and a new image appeared…
"Hmm, The Sun has grown cold, the day has grown dark and shadows now rule the Earth with Lilith." Ouijema reached for a tube "The Earth is in eternal Darkness."
"How, what happened to the Sun?" I wondered if this had anything to do with the Civil War.
She opened the tube and I shiver as she pulled out spider hairs. As Ouijema threw the hairs into the fire I knew that I didn't need to see who was responsible I knew….
"Lolth, yes I know she was resurrected, I know Great Mother." I sighed hanging my head. I hate the Drow and I hate Lolth…
 The Drakulon Shaman grabbed a wooden box the size of a small jewelry box… when she opened it I saw the scales of different dragons arranged in little compartments. She took a gold scale and threw it in the fire… "It's the Sun Dragon, Lolth had the Drow attack it. It has been poisoned and is sick. Lolth has the Sword of Ra. This is how she has brought eternal night to the Earth."
"I should fetch Vampi." I said as I stood
"No kitten, there are others who have been given that task. You have a more important task. You see, we are all connected, All life is a single strand, which intertwines with thousands and billions of other strands. When Lolth blackened the Sun she caused an imbalance. This is like cutting a single strand, other strands, which connect and are woven with that strand become weak. Some how Hades power relies on the balance of the Earth. They are connected. There is no telling what other things has been upsetted. Lilith is all-powerful and the Vampires that follow her will be virtually invincible. However, there is still hope as long as the Sun Dragon lives. For as long as the great beast breathes, the Vampires will still be vulnerable to the rays of the Sun. However if the Dragon is killed, the thread can not be prepared, Doom will come from it… Lolth has sent the Drow to kill the Dragon and you must stop this from happening. You must hide the Dragon and protect it. I will send you with healing herbs and medicines."
"Okay mother but where do I find…" I sigh kneeling once again at her feet
 "You will need the help of the eastern gryphon, I will make you a map." Ouijema pulled some old brown parchment that was blank and unused… She set it on her table and from a cup removed a quill. Reaching over she lit the tip of the quill from the fore place and as it caught on fire she placed the burning feather into a bowl of blood. With a soup dipper she dipped the blood and poured it over the paper and then dipped the ashes from of the fireplace put it on the paper to… She then took out a powder puff it was filled with loose powder she said some words and blew the powder on the parchment. As it settle magically the paper turned into a map of old…. Ouijema handed me the map… "Go quickly kitten, the Humans wont last and her hatred for our race… Sooner or later, maybe after, maybe before she has finished with the humans, Lilith will come and in her eyes and twisted mind purify Drakulon by purging it of our race."
"I will not fail you Ouijema. Let me help you to safety," I offered and Ouijema shook her head…
She threw in the fire the dried leaves and blood from her Scrying bowl and threw it in the fire, an image f her future shown, Lilth killing the old Shaman.
"NO!" I screamed, "Great mother it doesn’t have to be."
The wise woman put her old hand on my mouth, "I am old Kitten, my time has been set Let us not deny the fates. Though you preferred the way of the warrior over that of the Shaman or Mage, you were always my best pupil. Now go Kitten for this will be the last time we see each other in this life, but do not mourn for I will always be with you…"
She cut strands of her hair and placed it in an enchanted locket. Ouijema put the locket around my neck. "You can summon me anytime from the stars little one."
I kissed her hands and then hugged Ouijema, I said my goodbye for this was truly going to be good bye…
I then headed off to the far Eastern Galaxies in search of the Easter gryphon …. |
As we approached I could see the Drow, they were attacking the Great Dragon… Transforming into my cat form I leapt down fighting the Drow…
