THE YEAR 1718

Screams were heard everywhere as people tried to save themselves it was something that had never occurred in the history of time.

Creatures that one never knew existed believing there were only myths were now raiding the place in hundreds.

"You will be fine just run and hide!" A woman told her seven year old son only for the boy to begin running and got swooped by one of the creatures that flooded the air.

"No!!" The woman screamed and the creature to ripped the boy in two as if he were nothing.

The woman wept bitterly at the loss of her son.

Her cries annoying one of the nearby creatures snapped her neck and dug his fangs into her.

At another part of the village.....

Cackling was heard hundreds of loud cackling, fear instilled in the hearts of the inferior beings who once lived in the village in peace.

The creatures who were here raided the place were common myths read in many folktales and told in many towns and villages.

The witches.

They seemed to love the North of the village CRESSIDA and killed every human in sight feeding on their souls to make themselves stronger.

The vampires decided to clear the East side of the large village,

Another set of powerful creatures flooded to the South side where the main citadel was located.

The smell of death and blood was heavy in the air.

It was nothing but screams, blood and gore.

King Darius sat on his throne scared of what was happening in his kingdom. His breathing was uneven, he only hoped that he and his family was safe.

A crack was heard on a nearby window and he swallowed hard.

Confused as ever. He had heard the screams and cries of his people but had locked down the whole castle to protect his family and all the high ranking officials.

The so called noble knights of valour hid for their dear life as they had tried to fight the creatures only to be slaughtered.

The creatures came in thousands making them wonder where they had been residing this whole time.

Meanwhile.....

Not too far from the scene of gore, a seventeen year old girl woke up coughing and looked around trying to recall what had happened when she found her lover lying dead on the cold floor.

Her hands trembled in confusion and she failed to remember what had occured, she tried to remember...

"Charlotte!" Her mother called and the cheerful always helpful girl appeared.

"Yes mother" the girl replied going into the kitchen to find out why her mother had called her.

"The vegetables in stock have finished I was unaware. Will you quickly go purchase some in the market so I can prepare something before your father and brother return" her mother said and the girl nodded with a smile, taking the money her mother gave her she left the house to complete her task.

At least that's what her mother thought.

The girl leaving the sight of the neighbourhood walked into a quiet and isolated alley.

She had been scared the first time she came here after being chased by some men, but now she came here almost everyday.

She walked deeper, and deeper as if to look for someone.

"Hello!" She called.

"Are you looking for someone Princess?" She heard a deep voice behind her and turned to  a tall young man who was at least two years older than her holding what seemed to be some kind of wood shaped into a staff for beating intruders.

"Forgive me sir please I was on my way to buy vegetables but got lost" she pleaded and the man stared at her before the both of them burst out laughing.

"Charlotte" he greeted hands wide open and she ran into them.

"Wilson" she hugged him tight and he returned it.

"Let's go somewhere more quiet the boys would be here soon they are chasing another girl to get trapped here" he told her and she smiled and nodded as they walked hand in hand together moving farther away from the alley.

"What have you been up to?" He asked her and she smiled.

"Sneaking out to meet you" she cheered making him chuckle.

"Hey!" Someone suddenly called behind them and she noticed Wilson frown.

"Wilson...

"Run" he whispered in her ear and she stared confused before running.

The man who had shouted pulled out a dagger and began running towards wilson making him run.

"Charlotte run far away!" Wilson yelled taking a diversion making the man chase him instead.

"Wilson!" She called confused on what was going on

"Hey beautiful" she heard a voice directly behind her and turned to find another huge grungy man.

She  swallowed hard ansd tried to run but the man caught her making her scream.

She knew this part of the village was dangerous and notorious but Wilson and his boys had always protected her but now they were not here and he was being chased.

She was scared out of her wits.

"Let me go!" She shouted at the man who grabbed her by the neck and drew her close to him.

"You are a feisty one aren't you?" The man laughed and it made her skin crawl.

She tried to struggle out of his grip but he laughed at her efforts. Thinking of how to escape, she caught sight of a dagger hanging in his pocket and bit the man's hand hard enough for him to groan and release her.

She pushed away from him but not before grabbing the blade.

"You little bitch!" The man groaned wanting to get a hold of her which he did but to his surprise and hers, she slashed his neck and the man stumbled back holding his neck which blood flowed from. Charlotte looked away from the gory sight and the man coughed and spat blood as his body trembled on the floor before he died.

Looking at the man's dead body she stared in unbelief. She had committed murder!

She began to run again this time in the direction of the other man who was chasing Wilson.

Wilson ran for dear life, he knew who the man was.

Last night the man and his gang invaded his house and killed his mother and father. He had managed to escape but unfortunately for him, the man had been searching for him.

The man had come days before threatening his father to pay him his debt.

He had hated the sight and he and the boys had no choice but to rob some villagers who barely had any money.

The money he had got from the robbery that day wasn't enough and he had given it to his mother, only for her to refuse it after she found out how he had gotten the money.

When his father came back he gave his father the money only for the man to cry and hug him asking him not to steal again. The young boy who was not older than twenty three cried along with his father promising not to.

When the man had come for the money that night his father had paid him only for the man to complain that the money was not complete. His father argued that it was complete as that was the amount he owed the man but the man had called his father was a liar who wanted to cheat him. But Wilson knew that his father had not cheated him and it was the other way around.

When his father argued some more the man stabbed his father and he watched in horror. His mother screamed at the sight, none of them had expected it.

He was in his room watching everything, shaking in fear.

When they began to beat his mother, he stormed out of the room with his staff breaking one of the men's head only for it to anger the rest and they tried to catch him but the boy was a fighter, he had grown up in the streets but soon he out numbered and he was forced down to submission on the floor by two men and was forced to watch them beat up his mother before killing her. He had screamed and begged but was unable to do anything but had somehow managed to escape their clutches.

He ran to the only place he knew he was safe, the alleys. Which was far from his house. Having no choice, he stayed in one of his boys house before coming out this morning to meet Charlotte as he did not want to keep her waiting.

He decided to ask her about herself before he told her what happened this morning before the man found him and began chasing him.

The man trapped him in a dead end and his heart thumped.

"No where to run now little bastard" The man laughed and he rotated his staff in his hand only for the man to attack him with heavy strikes.

He tried to defend himself as the man was not missing a chance to strike him.

Charlotte was running towards them when she found them at a dead end rushing over she was about to stab the man with the dagger she took when he caught her hand and twisted it for her to cry and wince in pain.

The man laughed but it died down as Wilson's staff came across his head.

The man immediately released her and Wilson smacked him over and over with the staff before stabbing him in anger and tears of what happened to his family.

When he was done venting he looked up at Charlotte who looked at him with a shocked expression.

"I'm sorry you had to see that love" he stood up taking her hand in his.

"What happened?" She asked with tear filled eyes.

"I'll tell you" he said but was stopped by an intrusion.

"Get them!" It was the man's thugs.

Without sparing a second, he pulled Charlotte and began to run her dress restricting her movement.

"Wait" she told him and stopped to use the blade to tear the dress to a shorter length and they began to run the two were young and agile but soon were lost in the woods.

"In here" Wilson said noticing a shallow like cave and they went inside trying to catch their breaths.

"Who were they?!" She asked eyes widened.

He took a deep breath and narrated everything only to have her cry.

"I'm so sorry" she grabbed his face in her hands.

"It's okay it's not your fault" he assured kissing her knuckles.

"Now we just have to worry about how to get back home" he said while staring down at her the footsteps of the men that were chasing them had died down.

Wilson stared into her eyes for one more second before crashing his lips on hers.

While they were lost in their intimate moment something red glowed behind them.

Feeling some kind of ray Charlotte opened her eyes to scream and Wilson turned back seeing a pair of red eyes deep in the cave staring at them.

"Release me and I will spare you" it was a baritone heavy voice.

"Who..who are You?" Wilson asked.

"I have been trapped wrongly in this place release me and I will not only spare you but bring back your parents" the voice said and this intrigued Wilson.

"Who are you that you can do that?" He asked wary of the voice.

"I am a supernatural, an unwanted being that has been locked here for wrong reasons I can do many things one of which is to bring the dead back" The voice said who had been watching them since they entered the cave.

"Okay" Wilson said walking deeper only for Charlotte to stop him.

"Will it might be a trap" she said and the voice let out a deep growl.

"I am not patient you do not have a choice take my offer or you die as you have disturbed my slumber!" The cave shook and Wilson looked at Charlotte who held his hand and they walked further into the cave.

They found a large door bound with chains.

"What do we do?" Wilson asked.

"Pour blood on the door" the voice said.

"What?!" Charlotte asked only for the voice to growl.

"Hey? Don't worry I'll do it" Wilson said.

"But Will she tried to make him see reason"

"It's fine I don't want you to die" he murmured.

"Will!" She whisper screamed looking at him with tear filled eyes and he smiled at her.

She remember when she had gotten lost thinking he and his friends were going to rape her.

Taking the dagger from her he slashed his wrist and just as he was about to pour it on the door she snatched the blade from him slashing her hand too.

"Charlotte what are you....."

She placed both their hands together and their blood poured into the door and all the chains disappeared.

"Why did you do that you still have your family I have no one my life doesn't matter" he said.

"You have me and it matters to me!" She retorted but before they could say anything they heard footsteps.

"You fools" the man laughed stepping out it was a man tall like a god with pale white skin and black hair with green eyes he smiled warily at them and that was the last thing they remembered.

If only they knew that they had released hell

No!!! Charlotte screamed as she remembered everything that happened.

Wilson was cold dead on the floor his eyes lifeless and she cried she knew it was a trick but they had fallen for it and she had lost him.

Confused as he heard crying one of the demons stationed as a guard to watch the cave went in to see one of the sacrifices who was supposed to be dead alive and crying.

Sensing someone in the room she looked up

A.N

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