[.A Vampire's Love.] Chapter 3 [Updated]
xBlindxRomancex:
Ooc: This is my first story! I hope that I do a good job. Comments would be appreciated since I would love to hear what you think! I also want to see if you think I should continue the story or not. I wouldn't want to make you bored. :]
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"We finally did it. We're finally together," whispered a young blonde woman of 18. She had long golden blonde hair that fell past her shoulders, beautiful sky blue eyes and sunkissed pale skin that finally managed to hold a little bit more color. Her name was Lorena and she had recently married the love of her life, Cornelius Dolle. The two had lived in the same village all of their lives and ever since they were five years old, the two would pretend that they were already married. Both families of the children were close friends, so when Cornelius was of age and asked his sweet heart to marry him, they all knew that it was going to be a perfect event.
"I told you that we were," replied the male who carefully hugged around Lorena. Cornelius was nineteen years old with messy dark brown hair that was smooth and soft despite how unkept it seemed. A warm smile was on his face as he snuggled his new wife. "Everything is going to go right for us, just watch. Now, we can start working on expanding the family some too," he teased, the words causing Lorena to blush as she turned in her new lover's arms and kissed him.
The first few months seemed to be going well, especially when the new couple heard of the news of Lorena becoming pregnant. However, the demon of heartache wasn't too far behind. Within the first year, Lorena experience a miscarriage of their first child. The ordeal had hurt the couple horribly, though it was to be expected since it was their first child. Months later Lorena was pregnant again but only for six months before she too lost that child. Having two misscarriages, it seemed that the odds of having a child wasn't at what he wanted and he knew that they couldn't go through the trouble of losing another child.
In the winter of their third year together, another chance was given to them to have a child. Not wanting to lose hope, Lorena was careful with herself, making sure she didn't work too hard and that she was able to eat everything that she needed. The months went by and her belly began to grow more and more. By spring, the Dolle family had given birth to a beautiful young girl named Amanda.
Amanda was their miracle baby, a child that was quite a character. She was blessed with golden hair like her mother and innocent features, however she had her father's spirit and had an act of getting into trouble. She believed that she could keep up with the boys, even at the young age of six years old. She was a fighter, yet a real lover as well. She enjoyed her time outside mostly, running around and exploring. Lorena knew that she couldn't keep her inside forever, so she allowed her only daughter to go down to the river and play with the other children.
Evening time however was family time, and everyone enjoyed to be around one another. Cornelius spent his time playing little lullabys and songs that he came up while Lorena would normally read to Amanda. The young girl enjoyed stories and so every night, a story would be read to her before dinner and then before she would go to sleep. This was the daily routine for them until the unthinkable happened that would only throw their family into more trouble.
One early morning in October, Amanda woke up having a horrid cough. Her body was burning up and it seemed that she had gotten a fever. Becoming worried, Lorena had shooed her off to bed and had gone to get her more blankets to keep warm. Cornelius had gone out for the day, so she did the best to watch over their daughter until he returned that evening. When he had came home, he went to check on Amanda and saw that she was sleeping peacefully. Maybe she would get better in the morning and so to keep good faith, he made a prayer that night before going to bed.
However, the following days only became worse and worse on little Amanda. She would lay in bed for hours, shivering with her high fever and she wouldn't eat because of her loss of an appetite. Cornelius finally called a doctor and when he came, he delivered the news that their little girl had pneumonia. Knowing that there wasn't much of a cure, they took the medicine offered and began to give it to her every four hours. Cornelius began to read stories to his daughter all through the days, watching as she gave him a weak smile here and there to show that she was still with them, still fighting.
"Daddy, I'm going to get better soon right?" she whispered as she looked over at Cornelius. Her body seemed so frail as she laid under the heavy blankets, her skin taking a sickly white since she was ill and hadn't been outside for days.
"Of course sweet heart," he replied, giving her a warm smile. "You'll be fine, I promise. Now, get some rest." He stood and kissed her heated cheek before he left the room. He was getting worried. He wanted to believe that she was going to make it, that she was going to be ok, but with every day that passed, she was fading and he knew that his wife saw it as well. He needed to be strong for both of them, however he could feel the small scratching of fear and sadness start to eat away his heart. He didn't know what he was going to do if he lost Amanda.
The same night, Lorena had said her good nights to her daughter as well before she had snuck outside. It was cool, the October wind brushing across her tear stricken face as her long blond hair blew wildly behind her. It was indeed cold outside, but she didn't want to be in the warmness of the home. She wasn't warm herself, her heart practically breaking with every tear that slid down her face. She was losing hope that Amanda was going to be ok. The medicine wasn't helping very much at all and she could see the life leaving her little girl's eyes. Hiding her face in her hands, she wept, not even noticing Cornelius as he stepped out of the house to see such a scene before him.
Staying silent, he said nothing as he went close to her and wrapped her arms around her shaking form. Lorena only seemed to cry more, her sadness covering her body so thickly that Cornelius could practically fell it. Hugging her tighter, the brunette hid his face in her hair, kissing her damp cheek before he whipsered to her.
"Lorena, Love, we have to be strong. Shhh..." he whispered comforting as he hugged her a bit closer. "I know it hurts, I know. But we have to have faith. We have to do what we can for Amanda so she can get better."
"But she isn't getting better!" she suddenly snapped as she pulled out of his embrace. "She's dying Cornelius! There is nothing that we can do for her nothing!"
Cornelius didn't want to acknowledge that she was right. It was true that she was getting worse, but he wouldn't say that she was dying. No, not his little girl. She was going to get well, she just had to. Grabbing his hysterical wife, he brought her into his arms again and just held her. There was little words that he could say since he knew that she didn't want to be comforted. He just wanted to show that she wasn't alone, that he was with her and was feeling the same sadness that she felt. After a while, she finally embraced him back, appologizing for her out burst. He easily forgave her, finally carrying his wife to bed so that they could have some much needed rest.
The grim day finally came when Amanda no longer stayed with them. It had been two days after his wife's out burst when the couple had woken up to find their little girl's lifeless body laying in the bed. She looked so peaceful, her face fixed in the gentleness that normally appeared on her face when she was sleeping. Cornelius had to touch her to make sure that she was gone, the feel of her cheek at how cold it was made his stomach clench. She was gone, their only child. The only one who had survived, the one who was suppose to be theirs forever.
Later that afternoon, Amanda was buried in the family's land. Corneilus didn't attend the ceremony. When it was taken place, he remained in Amanda's room on her bed. There he sat, his eyes lingering on the wooden floor as he just stared into space. Words couldn't describe the pain he felt right then, how weak his heart seemed to be. He knew that his wife was taking it just as hard, but he couldn't bring himself to go out there and comfort her. He needed comfort himself, but he wasn't sure how he was going to get it. The scars that were in his heart were probably never going to heal and he himself wasn't so sure if he really wanted them to go away.
Lorena fell to her knees and cried her eyes out that very day. She didn't move from that spot until Cornelius came to her that evening and carried her away. She was broken, the young blonde simply just breathing as she laid on the bed that night. She didn't sleep, she didn't eat. Because of this, she started to waste away in the coming days. Cornelius tried to get her to eat, telling her that he loved her and needed her by his side, but his words fell on deaf ears. Lorena no longer saw herself living anymore. Though she loved her husband very much, she just didn't see any reason to stay alive much longer. With grief in her heart, she remained as she was, slowly killing herself until God had finally taken her a month later. Cornelius didn't know what to do with himself.
He had suffered the loss of his only child and his loving wife. Despite the grief he felt, he couldn't bring himself to kill himself or waste away like his wife did. He didn't have the strength, the courage to hang himself or to throw himself into the rapids of the river. Despite how much pain he felt, he couldn't bring himself to end his existence. Instead, the once respectable man turned to alcohol. He began to drink, bottles and bottles of whine that were in his own cellar or where he could find a bottle. He would easily get many bottles, take them to where his wife and daughter were buried and would then drink and drink until he passed out.
That is what happened this particular night, but the consequences were going to be more life changing than having a hang over. What actually took place this clear fall night was that Cornelius had accidentally taken vampire blood without his knowing. He had drank so many bottles, that his judgement had been out the window and so when he had swallowed a liquid that didn't taste right, it never clicked that perhaps, he had swallowed something he shouldn't had. As soon as the blood had been consumed, he passed out on the lawn and remained there through out the evening and into the night.
When he had come around, the first thing he noticed was how scent of grass tickled his nose. It was strange, catching the smell of something that he never noticed before. That had only caused him to open his eyes, seeing nothing but blackness until he blinked his now ruby colored orbs and caught sight of the stars. The sky was beautiful, the bright white stars shining proudly against the dark cloudless sky. Taking a slow breath, he turned his head, catching sight of the many empty bottles before he pushed himself by his elbows and raised himself to sit up. His body felt strange, a sort of hunger eating away at his stomach. Standing up, brushed back his hair and caught sight of his skin. It was pale, his veins rather evident along with lengthen nails. What was this? Raising his eyes to his face, he felt over the rather cool flesh, finally noticing that he didn't feel warmth at all.
The blood had done something to his body, giving him the greatness of immortality with the draw backs of being a monster, a Vampire. That night was the night that a new door was opened to his life. He now had a curse that he had to deal with. Now, he was forced to live with the sadness of his previous life and the new trouble that his brand new life brought to him. Forced to remain in pain, he survived for two hundred years, staying locked away from everyone until one fateful day changed everything. That was the day that a beauty would open the eyes of a now cold hearted man who wanted nothing more but to be saved.
Zorom:
Oh, you are a BRILLIANT writer! please update!
LadyAzmodan:
truly great prologue! Yes please continue! Poor Cornelius!
milie529:
I'm already addicted to your story!!! :D When is the next update? :P
xBlindxRomancex:
Thank you everyone! I know that is sad. I read it over after I posted it and I was like 'Wow...that is bad...' Anyways, the update will be here tonight! Or so I hope. I'm about to get the last few pictures. :P
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