Night of the Slayers....

Night of the Slayers
Chapter 1

Deep in the forest digging herbs for her potions, Moon is finding some rare varieties and stuffs them into her pouch. A strange feeling comes over her, Danger. Strangers have breached the barrier between her world and the outside. As she makes her way to investigate she is staying to the forests deep shadows as the moon is not her ally tonight. She must find out who these trespassers are and why they have crossed the border.

As she slips through the forest moving from shadow to shadow, a piercing scream breaks the silence. Closing her eyes, concentrating on the direction of the scream, she connects with her another of her kind telepathically. One has lost their life, and another is fleeing for hers. Moon picks up her pace to reach the location. Running through the forest the trees are a blur to her. Arriving at the location, she stops leaning against a tree concealing herself in the shadows. Surveying the area for movement, She looks for any sign of a disturbance. The scent of blood is in the air; Vampire Blood. She crouches to the level of the brush and moves along searching for the source of the scent.

It is not long before she finds the headless body of a Vampire. Concerned she rolls the body to take a better look. Thank the Goddess it is not one of her family. Nothing about the body is familiar to her. Three arrows are embedded in the body. Reaching for one of the arrows in an attempt to pull it she receives a burning sting to her hand. Recoiling from the pain, she holds her hand inspecting the burn. The shaft of the arrow is Silver plated and covered in holy water. “Slayers!”

A cry of pain and anguish comes from the distant meadow. Moon runs to the forest's edge in time to see two arrows strike a female vampire in the back as she flees. She feels tightness in her stomach as she watches the scene play out. How dare they enter her realm and hunt her kind like animals. She watches as the woman tries to crawl for cover begging for mercy. A Slayer steps above her holding a long sword. He swings the blade separating her head from her body. A cry of victory comes from the three as one holds up the vampire’s head.

Moon starts to notice there are more hunters than she had first thought. Three more come from the thicket at the other end of the field bringing the total to six. Guilt had begun to set in as she could not help her brethren. At the very least they were not part of her clan. Now she must warn her family of the danger. She must make it to the lake to the water, at least then she could use her powers at full force if she had to.

Moon sends a psychic message to her family, clan and her mate. She sends another message to her Dragon Mist to meet her at the lake's edge. Moon is traveling as cautiously as she can, she is also covering her tracks. She had seen six Slayers but there could be more.

Liam is polishing his long sword after mending his leathers, He senses Moons warning of danger. His heart drops at the thought of her facing them alone. He knows she is not ready to face the likes of a Slayer much less several. Liam has fought his share of Slayers and knows their tricks. This group is a hunting party, not at all normal, they normally hunt in twos or alone. Having traveled into Vampire territory crossing the border, They must be searching for something. Liam straps his long sword on his side and his short blade to his leg. He also straps on a set of daggers, not knowing exactly what awaits him he is one to be prepared. He then makes his way to the other side of the Lake where he knows Moon is heading. “keep yourself safe Moon." Liam says to himself as he makes his way around the shoreline.

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