Full Moon Chapter Eleven

The dark figure moved towards where Giselle's body lies. He touched Giselle's soft, cold hands. Moon looked at the dark figure with mouth wide opened. "Why...” the figure whispered. He then turns his face towards Moon.

"It's been a long time, Moon." he said while removing his black hood. Moon stood still. His eyes were focusing on the figures facial features. He remembers the golden lock of hair. Short enough to show the face. His eyes, more blue than the color of the sea, a touch of warmth ran through Moons blood. His lips resemble the red rose, soft and supple. Just like his. Moon was too stunned. All he could hear was the beat of his heart and his rapid breathing. He then collapsed to an arm chair near the window. He wipes off his cold sweat with the back of his hands.

"I thought you were dead. I saw it with my own eyes. But how did you...”

“Dad. He saved me.”

“But how...”

“I’ll tell you everything later. For now, we have to save her.”

Tyler pointed at Giselle’s body. Her skin turned most horrifying color. It looks like her life is draining out of her. Moon was shocked. He ran to the side of the bed and shouted, “MOTHER! MOTHER! ” while grabbing both of the side of her arms but all the answer he could get is silence. Silence that filled the air since his mother fell unconsciously to the ground.

“It feels like death.” said Moon, thumped to the floor with his legs wrap up together. “It will be death if we didn’t attempt on saving her. Now gather the black candles next to the drawers.” He points at the drawer behind of Moon’s head. It was a small brown cupboard with weird carving on the side. It has few letters that is carved cursively on to the side of the weird carvings. Moon could not recognize the language. But he knows that the language was used by his great great grandfather’s funeral. He heard his mother chant during the speech giving ceremony. “Now, put those candles in a circular shape. We can’t move her so the candles would be around her bed. Hurry! She can’t make it any longer. I can feel her.” said Tyler, helping Moon to place the candle around the bed, which formed a perfect circle. “Stand back, Moon and please, close your eyes. Do not open your eyes unless I told you so. No matter what you heard or feel. Do not open them ok.” Tyler ordered and Moon nodded.

Moon stared at his mother’s body and also towards his brother who was preparing for the ritual. What is he trying to do? Moon thought while slowly lowering his eyelids. All he could do is just wait. Waiting for things to happen in the darkness beneath his heavy eyelids. He felt tired. Restless. But he couldn’t sleep. No. He must save mother from what ever it is that is holding her from waking up.

All he could feel after shutting his eyes were the winds that blow his dark black streak hair. But he noticed something. He couldn’t hear anything. Only the wind that is pounding. Strong wind that is pushing him towards the chair that he sat earlier. He was very much far away from the spot where he laid the candles for his brother. He wanted to open his eyes, but resist to it. No matter what you heard or feel. Do not open them ok. That is what Tyler said to him. He heard nothing but only the wind that brushed through his skin. Suddenly he heard a scream. A scream that he could recognize it from anywhere. MOTHER! Shouted Moon in his heart. He couldn’t move a muscle. Not a bit. He couldn’t even open his eyes because of the strong wind that is now beating his skin like it’s a force. Then, everything went silent. Silent that can kill a living thing. Silent and only his breathing, rapid heart beat. Tears started to rolled down his cheeks. Even Moon himself doesn’t know why he was shedding tears. He opened his eyes slowly; all he could see was a white blur. He rubbed his eyes to make the image clearer. He saw it. He saw Tyler. Lay sprawled on the floor, blood coming from his wound at the lower part of his abdominal. His mother, Giselle, was crying very hard. Holding on to Tyler’s body.

“Moon! He’s hurt! Help HIM!” shouted Giselle to her son. Moon was frozen solid of what happen. His mother, once beautiful and also fair skinned are no longer all that. Her skinned are scarred with bruises, her hair wasn’t tidy and her eyebrows were bleeding. “But mother, you’re…you’re…bleeding...” Moon stuttered. “Hurry, he’s hurt! Moon! Get help!” shouted Giselle.

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Full Moon Chapter Ten

*Moon!* (Whispers)

He forced his eyes to open. "Mother.." he whispered. He stood up in the little square cell that he was locked in for the pass 4 hours. No one at this time will bail me out he thought. He tried to reach in his pockets to get his cellphone but he remembered that the cops has confiscated his things before he was locked in. He walked to and fro in that small lock up cell. He frowns as he was thinking hard. I need to get out of here he thought.

He stared out at the small barred window. There are four rusted bars on the window. Each bar is placed vertically. Outside to the dark sky, the moon is shining brightly. The moonlight hit the tip of Moon's canvas shoe. He looked at the tip of his shoe. "Hmmm.." he whispered while his hands rubbing the tip of his chin.

"Luckily mother thought me this." he said. He placed both of his palms on the window bar. In an instant, the bars melted away like it was not metal at all. He then moved towards the window, looking outside. "I can't fit in this small space now, can I?" said Moon to himself. Suddenly, he heard the doors to the entrance open. It was one of the officers that arrested him. He must act fast.

He then stepped away from the window, moved a few inches away. He could hear the officer's footsteps in a near distance. He is sweating cold sweat as the footsteps got nearer and nearer. He raised both of his arms, with an instant, a white light lit the whole cell. There was a huge gust of wind blew towards the officer, which made him fell down before he could reach the lock up cell. He was shocked. His eyes became a blur. When he finally got up, he ran towards the cell where he locked Moon. His bulging eyes made both of the pupils become red. He was gone. Moon was gone. All it's left was smokes in the center of the room and melted bars.

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Mother..

Mother..

Mother..

Moon reached toward his mansion. He was running in a hurriedly pace. I gotta see mother! he thought. As he ran towards the main door, he leaped towards the roof, directly in front of his mother's bedroom balcony. He opened the windows to the room. Luckily it wasn't locked he thought.

He slowly walked into the room. There she was sleeping soundly in her bed. Without any movement. The room was too silent for Moon's liking. He walked towards his mother and hold her pale hands. He touched beneath her palms where the pulse are, she is still breathing. Moon give a huge sigh.

But he notice something. Beneath her neck, there is a long red scar. I never notice a scar around her neck before he thought. He touched the scar, it was bleeding fresh red blood. Moon's eyes turns slowly red. Mother..

He try check the pulse again. It was there. The pulse was still there. But how.. He ran towards the bathroom, grab a wet towel and ran back towards his bleeding mother. He wiped off the blood. It revealed a long thin line. It was a deep cut. Enough to take a person's life.

Who has the powers to place a cut in mother's neck?

Who..

A distant laugh is heard. Moon heard it. It was screeching. But it was faded. He couldn't make out who or what made the noise. He just couldn't.

I need to find out who did this and fast.. he thought. Suddenly, the bedroom door flew open. Moon got up as he was kneeling down beside his mother's bed." Who's there!" Moon shouted. A black figure walk towards the entrance. Moon could feel goosebumps all over his body. He was, once, afraid. "Who are you?!" shouted Moon to the black figure.

The answer to his question make Moon's heart leaped a thousand times. He was in utmost shock. "How could it be?" he said.

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Full Moon Chapter Nine

Heavy breathing.
People running around to get things done.
I'm here. With my sick mother. Why hasn't mother wake up? She lie on bed for three days now.
I can't lose her. Not now.
Not forever.

Moon was holding on to his mother's hand, thinking of what to do. The breakfast that Clarisse placed on the wooden table was untouched. It was near noon but still no movement from his mother.

He sigh and let go of the cold, fair hands of his mother and walked towards the window, where he can actually see the sunlight. It's sunny, yet the room felt like death thought Moon. Maybe I've been cooped up in here for too long. I need some air. thought Moon. He walked towards his mother's bed, kissed her on the forehead and head towards his room to get the keys and jacket.

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Autumn.. where birds fly south for the winter. People busy themselves by scrapping leaves from the ground. The colors, the smell..It's all different..thought Moon. As he drive through the neighborhood, he went pass the Hillside Cemetery, he remembered that night. "Where are you now?" he whispered.

He then drive towards Crowe Street. He stopped his car near a convenient store with the signboard that says "Craps". What a weird name for a store he thought. As he walked in the store, he started to walk around, finding. What am I finding? he thought. He just walk around the store hoping to find something to buy. He notice the store manager, Indian guy with thick eye brows and a wired smile spread accross his face was looking at him as if he is a beast. In fact, I am one thought Moon. He hurriedly opened the freezer door next to the candy shelf and took a bottle of Heineken while closing the freezer door behind him, not noticing a bar of candy had fallen into his pockets. He then went over the counter, paid for his drink and started to walk towards the entrance.

"Xcuse me, sir. I think you took something and you did not pay for it." said the manager, with a heavy Indian accent.

"I paid for this." Moon then showed him the Heineken bottle.

"Not this sir, the one in your pocket, sir." he said, pointing towards Moon's leather jacket.

"I did ot take anything." said Moon while searching the pockets to proof he is innocent.

There it was. The candy bar. In his pocket. He was shocked.

"I did not took this!" shouted Moon.

"I would like you to follow me to the Police Station." said the Indian Man.

"Noo! I'm innocent!" shouted Moon.

"Sir! Don't run, police is own their way." said the man.

Siren from afar could be heard in the distance. The blue and red light of the police car could be seen. The Indian Man grab hold of Moon. Moon struggle to let go. Soon, the police arrived and hand cuffed Moon. He was then drag to the police vehicle. "Nooo! I did not do it! Noo!!!" shouted Moon. His voice no longer could be heard over the roar of the police siren.

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"Poor Moon, you see, Giselle. Your son is in deep trouble." said Lysette, looking through the oval shape mirror. Giselle was crying. Her eyes are fill with tears of hatred. The hatred she had felt for more than 500 years.

"Why are you doing this Lysette! Why!" shouted Giselle.

"Why? Easy.." she slowed down and walked towards Giselle, grab on to her fair neck, took her sharp nails, cut deeply through Giselle's neck and said

"Revenge!"

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Full Moon Chapter Eight (Flash Back)

The year was 1508.

London. Where I was truly born..

The year where people are living in the world with fear and hatred. To me, I was not keen on humans either. Until I met him. Derek was one of a kind. He is a mortal. His job. A vampire hunter. Mother was not happy with my decision when I told her that I fell in love with a human. More or less, a Vampire Hunter. I was not happy either when Mother try to banish me from the Family. My families come from a line of pure blooded vampire. Just like me, Mother fell in love with a human and gave birth to me. She despise me because Father left her. She killed him with her bare hands. Her fangs dug deep into Father's neck, deeper and deeper until Father could no longer breathe. I hate Mother since then. I disobey her more and more. My life is never better. It was Derek. Derek gave me life, a SOUL. It was all too perfect until..

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"Moon, Tyler..Mommy is going out for a while. You two have to behave yourselves, and promise me not to step outside this door." Giselle pointed to the wooden door. Both Tyler and Moon looked where their mother pointed. They then nodded in understanding and hugs their mommy before she went off. Giselle kisses them goodnight and left them in the small wooden house.

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Derek, please be ok thought Giselle. As she swept though the evening sky, the cold snowy air hit her face. Strong gust of winds blew her long black hair. She swarm through trees after trees in search of her love. Her Derek.

She spotted a tiny light below the surface of the cold frozen solid pond She immediately swept downwards and land on the dark trees near the pond. A figure, with long dark shade green hair, fair skin and a long black dress, standing in the middle of the pond. She was holding something. Something bloody. Giselle gasped. "No!!!" Giselle whispered. Derek. Derek's head.

"Hello, Giselle."

A gust of strong wind blew away the trees and reveal Giselle. Giselle was ready to attack. With teary eyes focusing on the torn head.

"Oh. This?" she held up the head as the cold wind grew stronger. "I was thinking you would like a present when we met." She then threw the head close enough to let Giselle see clearly. It was not Derek.

"You think it was your sweet sweet Derek, didn't you?"

"Where's Derek!"

"Don't talk to me in that tone. I wasn't keen on having him near me. It's filthy."

"Where is HE!"

"Giselle, you're starting to make me angry."

Giselle swept towards the figure. She landed with a thud. She's gone. How could it be? thought Giselle. Something flew above her head. Giselle leaped away on the spot and the figure landed with a crack. The crash created a crack on the surface of the pond. But that is the least to worry. Giselle had her eye on the figure that is lying on the surface.

"Giselle, help me.. I broke my neck.." said the figure in black.

"Stand up, Lysette! I know you are faking it." shouted Giselle.

Lysette stood up. Indeed. Her neck is broken. Her head tipped at the side. "You are supposed to help me, Giselle." said Lysette through gritting teeth. She placed both of her hands towards her head and tipped the head to both sides. Each turn there's a crack of the bones on her neck. "Now, That's better." she said with a smile.

"Where's is DEREK!" shouted Giselle, wiping the tears away from her eyes.

"Tsk Tsk Tsk. You shouldn't have. You are not supposed to think about your human when you are battling!"

Lysette lifted both of her hands and took up all the trees around Giselle with an invisible force. She then throw the trees towards Giselle. Giselle swooped sideways, and run with incredible speed to attack Lysette. Her powers had had a very big impact on Lysette.

Her body lay close to the solid stiff iced ground. The cracks begun to grew. At an instant, the whole pond broke. Iced floating everywhere. Lysette's body, not breathing nor moving a muscle, sank down with the pond where she lay.

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Full Moon Chapter Seven

"By now you already guess it, did you, Mademoiselle Giselle." said the girl with long hair. She was unique. Her hair has a dark shade of green where no one in the world has. She walks towards Giselle, smiling. As she got nearer, Giselle felt it.

The power..

The feeling..

It's hurts..

No! Don't come any closer..thought Giselle.

As the girl approaches Giselle, Giselle is trying to escape but she was frozen solid. "Why, Giselle? All tied up?" said the girl sarcastically. "Why are you here? What did you do to my son!" Giselle shouted, hopefully her maids and butlers heard. But she knows, even though she screams her lungs out, no one will hear her. "No one is going to come and rescue you. How foolish! You thought you were walking down the hall as if you're not aware of your surroundings. This is so unlike you. It's your soul, Giselle. I took your soul! The minute you walk towards your bedroom." said the girl, a twisted smile has spread on her white, fair face.

The girl then turn her back on Giselle and lifted her hands, and draw an invisible circle with only her index finger. Smokes started to form within the perfectly circular shape. She then chanted in language that Giselle do not understand. The circle revolved, forming a perfect mirror. "Now. For LIVE show, in the Scorpion Mansion, THE TRUTH!" she then points at the mirror revealing Giselle, lying down on the floor, with a group of butlers and maids surrounding her. Giselle watch her image in the mirror, with shocking expression. Her eyes were bulging and anger tears is collecting within her pupils.

In the mirror, Giselle is lying on the ground near the hallway. Moon was holding her and was shouting for the butlers to carry his mother in the room. Giselle's body turn a shade of white. It seems like her life is drain out from her body. Almost dried up. Moon was crying.

"WHAT..HAVE..YOU..DONE..TO..ME!!" shout Giselle, through gritted teeth. Her eyes has turned bright red. The girl standing next to the mirror just laughed. A high pitched laugh. Like a banshee. It crack every cell of Giselle's ear drums. MOVE GISELLE! MOVE! thought Giselle.

"Do you know why is this all happening to you and not Moon? Do you? Mademoiselle Giselle?" said the girl. "Lysette, please..I beg of you. Let me go.." begged Giselle. Tears pouring out from her eyes to her fair cheeks.

"Oh, I'm not torturing you, am I?" Lysette lifted her left hand and Giselle is no longer on the floor but hanging in mid air. Giselle is struggling hard to move, but Lysette's powers are too strong. "Why..Why.." said Giselle.

"WHY! WHY! WHY! Is that all you got? You weren't this weak went we met! Remember?"

Weak..

Weak..

I remember very well..

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Full Moon Chapter Six

"No!!!No!! Stop!" screamed Moon. He's twitching on his bed. Trying to get out of all the maid's grip. "Clarisse! Bring me hot towel! Now!" shouted Giselle, holding her son's chest. Moon's face turned a shade of white. "Wake up Moon! Wake UP!" shouted Giselle.

Moon open his eyes by force. His bloodshot eyes looked around at everyone. He tried to speak but no words come out from his dried mouth. His mother, Giselle, placed the hot towel on his forehead. He closed his eyes for a minute or two. He opened them again. Looking tired, with his hair all messed up, he sat up and took a drink of ginger ale offered from the butler beside him.

"What happen?" asked Moon. He realize that his voice has change to hoarse voice. For once, it sounded like his father. "You fainted in the bathroom. I was downstairs when I heard your screams. When I got up, your door was lock. I had to call Charles to slam the door." said Giselle, pointing at the door. Moon looked at the direction his mother was pointing.

Indeed, the door was on the floor. At the side of the lock was those of the chipped wood. He look around for Charles the butler, just to call him to get the door fixed as soon as possible. "What happen, son?" continue Giselle. "Why are you screaming?"

Moon looked pale. He started to look at his glass of ginger ale. The water just twirl and twirl. "I had a nightmare.." he started. Paused. He stopped. He looked at the clock. It shows 19:35 p.m. "Did I fell or something? I remember I was suppose to be bathing and it's morning." said Moon, massaging his head. "When we rush up to see you sir, you were lying in the bathtub drowning, just like some force pulling you in. We had to pull you out. You were drowning." said one butler from across the room. It was Michael, head butler.

"When we pulled you out, you were twitching and screaming." said Clarisse, changing the water from the bucket for the towel on Moon's forehead. "Son, what is the nightmare about?" said Giselle, rubbing Moon's forehead. She realize that he is gazing emptily out to the dark sky.

Oh Moon, why can't you tell your own mother what is in your mind? thought Giselle.

She stood up, ordered the rest of the maids and butlers to clear the room and let her son to rest. "Rest well, son." said Giselle and started to walk towards the door. "Mother, wait.." said Moon. "I'll fix the door." said Giselle. She lifted her right hand and pointed at the broken down door. Immediately, the broken pieces flew up and the door was fixed. Hinges was repaired. "Thanks, Mother." said Moon and closed his eyes. "I wish for once you would call me mummy instead of just mother." said Giselle and she walk off with her door close behind her.

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Tonight. Cold and damp. It rained during the afternoon. A lot of things these past few days. Especially to Moon thought Giselle silently. As she walked through the hallway, the room lit with a shade of orange light from somewhere near the corner of the hall. I can sense her anywhere near even if death took my old soul away.

She open the door to her bedroom. The whole room is covered with rice yellow wallpaper with candle lit room. The ceiling is made out of glass so that the clear dark sky is seen. She walk towards her bookshelf and took a black book, covered in dust. Giselle carried it towards her table and flipped it through a few pages, scrolling through hundreds of words. "Aha! I knew it!" said Giselle.

She slam the book tight, gather ten black candles and walk towards the center of her room. She place the five candles, making a circular shape and lit them. she then sit outside the circle and make a continuous chant. Smoke started to come out from the middle of the circle. As she chanted more loudly, a voice behind her ears sounded.

"Hello, Giselle. Long time no see." said the voice.

"YOU!"

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Full Moon Chapter Five

Breath Moon..Breathe..You're still inside there..Breathe..

He open his eyes. The dark shade of black brown eyes searching around the room. His breathing turns from rapid to slow and weak. He sat on the bed, hands reaching out towards the glass of water near his bedside table. Moon was sweating from his forehead to his chin. Eyes still felt the burn that has run through all over his body. I am not going to lose my temper. Not now not ever thought Moon.

He walked towards the window and pull the curtains open. "It certainly is a bright clear sky today." said Moon to himself. He went to his bathroom and took off his clothes showing off his full tanned body with muscles and a long scar at the back. He touched the scar behind his back. This is what is left of me thought Moon. He looked at the mirror, starring at himself. Then he walks to the bathtub and turn on the showers, wearing nothing but a towel, wrapped around his waist.

He then took away the towel and climb in the bathtub, filled with warm water. Leaning against the freezing side of the bathtub, he looked around. "Mother really have to decorate the bathroom like this." said Moon to himself. He rest his head on the top of the bathtub, slowly he doze off..

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Where am I?
Where is this place?
Why is it so bright?

He opens his eyes slowly. He wasn't in his bathroom anymore. Yet, he is in a small squared room filled with well lit candles. There she was! The girl in white. Why is she here? Hey! He walks towards the girl.

Suddenly, the atmosphere changed. The scene changed to a small bedroom with wooden floors and a small table in the middle, and on the table lies two plates and two set of fork and spoon. Moon was standing next to the entrance door. A tall, fat women walks in the room, screaming in a very heavy french accent "LYZETTE!!! Where iz my food? Hurry up and bring it to me!" A girl about Moon's age walks in the room, carrying a roast turkey and a glass of rum. Her emerald green eyes are no more filled with color. Instead, it filled with fear and tears. Her hands are bruised and her dark green hair isn't as tidy as before.

"Here you go, Mother" said Lysette, her head down. For a minute there, Moon notice that she is smiling at him. Maybe I'm imagining things thought Moon. " What took yew zo long to make me zis zinner? zhere iz no way yew will getz any zinner yourzelf from me again. Yew will have to stay at zhe underground room like the rezt of yew zirty ratz. Living in a country where vampires existed. I never!" said the women while chewing her roasted turkey.

Moon flares. His eyes turned a shade of red. But the girl keep on standing there looking at her mother chewing the juicy turkey meat of the bones. Lysette then slowly walks away the dining table and walks towards the fireplace. She grabs the poker to poke the firewood to make the flames more hot so that it can lit the room and make the room filled with warmth.

"Girl! What ta yew zoing? Get back zownzairs!" the fat women chew more big pieces from the turkey and drank a few slurps from the rum. Suddenly she starts to choke. Coughing all the turkey pieces out. Lysette continue poking the wood with the poker. The women coughed until her face turns bright red. She starts to fall on her knees, hands holding the side of the dining table. She tried to called Lysette to help, but Lysette pretended like it was nothing.

When the fat women lay flat on the ground, twitching while holding her throat, Lysette turned. Her eyes is as black as the sea water in the dark. She lifted up her left hands. So is the women. She started to throw the women to the side of the house with an invisible force. The big rumble makes the whole house shake. She then lifted her hands again and throw the fat women to another side of the house. The house shaken again but this time the walls cracked. What happen? How is this possible? thought Moon. He tried to move to stop Lysette from hurting her mother, but he can't move. It's like a force just pull him back. A strong force.

Lysette smiled. Moon was shocked. It was the girl in white! thought Moon. Lysette lifted her left hand up again, and so is the women. "You know you really annoy me!" said Lysette to the women. Lysette's eyes is no longer on the women but on Moon. She smiled and lip sync "Now, you know."

No! No!
This can't be happening!
No!

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