The door to a cell opens and the
Queen enters. A woman lying on a bed sits up and looks at the queen.
“24 hours passed days ago,” said the
woman, “I no longer have vampire blood in my system so I have converted being a
Atlantisian again. That means I’m no longer human so don’t think compulsion
will work on me.”
“Oh, Wanda,” said the queen, “I know
it has passed. I allowed it to do so in order for me to make you an offer you
won’t refuse.”
“I don’t negotiate with vampires,”
said Wanda.
Victoria snaps her fingers and two
vampire guards bring in Wanda’s daughter Wendy into the cell. They had her in a
vulnerable position.
“Please don’t kill her or she’ll
become a vampire and never be able to return to Atlantis,” said Wanda.
“Okay,” said Victoria, “hear my
offer or the girl dies.”
“No,” said Wanda, “I can’t do it.
Agreeing to any offer will betray my home.”
“Mom,” said Wendy, “you have already
betrayed Atlantis and me by allowing them to give me vampire queen blood. Now I
can never return and rule my land so please do as she says because I do not
want to become a vampire.”
“Alright,” said Wanda, “what’s the
offer?”
“Drink my blood and then agree to
die,” said Victoria, “So you may join my clan of vampires permanently.”
“What?” asked Wanda, “I can’t do
that because then I won’t ever be able to return to Atlantis.”
“Then the girl dies and joins my
clan,” said Victoria, “What will it be? You or her?”
Wanda falls down on her knees and
begins to cry.
“Okay,” she said, “I’ll do it. I’ll
agree to drink your blood and die. Just please grant my daughter a way back to
Atlantis so she can become their princess and heir.”
She bites her wrist and puts it to
Wanda who then drinks it until her eyes briefly turn black to signify she was
now under Victoria’s control.
After she was done Wendy was
released from the clutches of the guards and she runs up to her mother and they
embrace and while doing so Wendy whispers into Wanda’s ear, “if there was a way
for us to return to Atlantis, the first thing I will do after receiving my
crown is have you executed for your betrayal.”
After their embrace, Wanda asks the
queen, “I’ve done what you wanted now can you please grant my daughter access
back to Atlantis?”
“Mom,” said Wendy, “I can’t go back.
Not with queen’s blood in me. There is now way around that.”
“Yes, there is. I was told you had a
magical source that could grant her away back into Atlantis even with vampire
queen’s blood in her,” said Wanda, “Is this not true?”
“Yes, it is,” said Victoria, “And it
will happen for both of you after you become vampires.”
She goes to exit the cave and says
to the guards, “Kill them both, then in 12 hours when they are awaken bring
them to me so I may make their transformation complete.”
She exits the cave and the two
guards killed the Atlantisian princess and her mother.
12 hours later…[U2]
Wendy began to stir.
“Mom?” she asked, “What just
happen?”
“Well,” said Wanda who had just awaken seconds
prior to Wendy, “We died and are now vampires.”
“NO!” cried Wendy, “now I’ll never
be able to return to Atlantis and lead my people.”
“Oh child,” said a voice, “I promise
you would be able to return and I will keep that promise.”
“Victoria, queen of the vampires,”
said Wendy, “Boy, do I wish I had a stake in my hand right about now so I can
drive it into your heart.”
“That would not be wise,” said the
queen, “because it is my blood that made you a vampire and what happens to me
happens to you.”
“I’ve done my homework on vampires,”
said Wendy and how they’ve been operating for centuries and is it not true that
a vampire has to feed in order to complete the transformation?”
“Yes,” said Victoria, “that is
indeed true and they have a very limited window to do so.”
“How limited?” asked Wanda.
“12 hours,” said the queen, “oh but
don’t worry. The cravings don’t begin until 12 hours after you awaken as a vampire
meaning the window is 24 hours.”
“But how is it possible for me to
return to Atlantis?” asked Wendy, “I will not go into my mermaid form if enter
water thus I would not be able to swim deep enough to enter Atlantis.”
“Not true,” said the queen holding
up a genie bottle.
“What’s that?” asked Wendy.
“It’s a genie’s bottle,” said the
queen.
“A genie?” asked Wendy, “oh you mean
a ‘transformed witch’”
“Something like that,” said the
queen, “All I have to do is to wish for you to have your mermaid form back and
you will. She can grant any wish I
want.”
“But I died,” said Wendy, “Genies
can’t bring the dead back to life.”
“No,” said queen, “they can’t but
you are a vampire and therefore you are what has been commonly called ‘the
living dead’ and therefore your mermaid form can be returned to you if you want
to return to Atlantis and its throne that is.”
“Well,” said Wendy, “I do want to go
through the coordination ceremony and officially become the princess. But it is
forbidden and impossible for vampires to enter Atlantis. What would my people
think if they found out I’m a vampire. It would cause more chaos than not
returning at all.”
“Well you don’t have to return to
Atlantis but I thought this is what you wanted,” said the queen, “and your
mother willingly gave up her life just so you would be able to return and now
you are saying you don’t want to?”
“Well my mom is a traitor and should be executed
for doing this,” said Wendy.
“Well if you don’t agree to do
this,” said Wanda, “I can’t get the punishment I deserve.”
“Are you saying you want to be
executed?” asked Wendy, “but you’re already dead.”
“That’s true but you can still kill
a vampire,” said Wanda.
“Well mom,” said Wendy, “if you are
that willing to receive your rightful punishment for doing this to me then I
will agree to this.”
“Very well,” said Victoria removing
the cork from the genie bottle.
A puff of pink smoke comes out and
resumes the form of Jessica, a genie under the control of Victoria, the vampire
queen.
“Master,” she said, “how may I help
you?”
“Grant these two ‘almost vampires’
Atlantisian forms,” commanded Victoria.
“Did you say ‘almost vampires’?”
asked Jessica.
“Yes, I did,” said Victoria, “is
there a problem?”
“My master,” said Jessica, “by
‘almost’ I assume you mean they haven’t fed yet which means they have died
which means they are still technically dead. My powers will not work on the
dead.”
“But they are ‘the living dead’,” said
Victoria, “doesn’t that count as some kind of loophole for that ‘can’t work on
the dead rule.”
“Master,” said Jessica, “may we
speak through our minds for a moment.”
“Go
right ahead,” thought Victoria.
“I
can grant them Atlantisian forms but it will only be temporary,” thought
Jessica, “they will need to return here
once a week and have it readministered in order to continue to survive in
Atlantis.”
“Is
that all?” asked Victoria.
“They
have to be human in order for it to work permanently but considering they have
your blood in them and you’re human,” thought Jessica.
“If
you gave me the form they would automatically have it,” thought Victoria
who immediately smiled, “That is a
wonderful idea and it is one I might actually implement later but go ahead and
cast the spell. However tell them the part about returning here for it every
week. I want to see their reaction to this.”
“As
you wish master,” she thought as she waved her hand and cast the spell.
Instantly, Wendy and her mother felt
something hit them.
“Wow,” said Wendy, “I have my
connection back to my homeland again.”
“Not so fast,” said Jessica, “You
have an Atlantisian form but a connection to them you do not have because you
see, the spell only lasts for one week. Return here next Tuesday around 4 in
the morning and I will recast the spell.”
“Do you understand what my genie is
telling you?” asked Victoria.
“Yeah,” said Wendy, “she is telling
us that because my mom agreed for us to die with queen’s blood in us that we
can’t ever return to Atlantis on a permanent basis. Thank-you Mom!”
“Well,” said Wanda, “since we can now go to Atlantis
and only have a week to stay there. Don’t you think we should go now, sweetie?”
“Uh,” said Wendy, “there is just one
problem with that. We’re still vampires, which means we’ll need to feed on
blood and we can’t do that with Atlantisian blood because of the vervain so if
we go to Atlantis we’ll die of blood starvation within the next 24 hours!”
“Man,” said Victoria, “calm down.
You are a little bit too upset about this.”
In an instant Wendy became very calm
and relax due to her loyalty to Queen Victoria forcing her to obey her every
command and request which gave Victoria an idea.
“Why not wait until after you feed
before you return to Atlantis that way you will be fully converted and will
have an entire week ahead of you from the moment you do enter Atlantis,” she
said.
“I like that idea,” said Wendy in a
calm manner which confused her, “but why am I suddenly calm about this when I
should be upset.”
“You calmed down at the queen’s
request,” said Jessica, “it’s her blood that flows in you. It makes you loyal
to her and with that loyalty comes instant obedience.”
“I see,” said Wendy, “Well, one
thing is for sure whether it is right now or 12 hours from now, when we return
to Atlantis; you, mother, will no longer be human, vampire, or mermaid.”
“I understand my child,” said Wanda.
“I don’t think so,” said Victoria,
“You can’t have your mother executed.”
“Why not?” asked Wendy.
“Because if you stake her you will
be hurting me,” said Victoria, “weakening me physically as well as emotionally.
Because my blood in you connects us which in a way make us family and if you
die I will feel your pain here in my heart as well as the power that your
existence brings me being stripped away with your deaths. So do not execute
your mother when you return to Atlantis.”
“Yes, my queen,” said Wendy, “I will
do as you say, always.”
“Thank-you my queen,” said Wanda,
“for sparing my life.”
“Oh,” said Victoria, “I did not do
this for you. I did this for me. You being in my clan makes me very powerful
and power is what I am after most of all.”
“My queen,” said Wendy, “one
question pops into my mind about us returning to Atlantis as vampires. Will
that not open the doors for other vampires to return?”
“No, the two of you will be the only
vampires permitted to return to Atlantis,” said Victoria, who then thought to
herself, “for now.”
“Well then,” said Wanda, “I guess I
better rest until my cravings for blood begin. But I do have one question. I
was told I would die if I had tried to contact Atlantis before becoming a
vampire within the confines of this cell. How come she was able to cast her
spell here?”
“That is because I was the one that
placed such curse on these cells,” said the genie, “using my powers within
these cells was the loophole I wanted placed within the rules of the curse in
case it was necessary to do so as it was today.”
“If that is all,” said Victoria, “Genie,
return to the bottle.”
In an instant Jessica became a puff
of pink smoke and returned to the bottle. Victoria then placed the cork back in
the top and looked at Wendy and Wanda.
“Do not ever touch this bottle and
released the genie from within,” she commanded with her eyes turning black.
“Yes, my queen,” said the two former
mermaids turned vampires.
“Wendy,” said Victoria, “return to
your cell.”
“Yes, my queen,” said Wendy who
exits Wanda’s cell.
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