Nick was sitting on his couch. He was all alone in the room, everything was quiet. He was babysitting his brother. Suddenly he heard voices up stairs. His brother was the only one up there. Quietly he tiptoed up the steps and in front of the door. Carefully he pressed his ear to the door.
"Yes Mistress, I understand, but must I let the weakling little boy speak? He may scream for his brother."
That's strange, Nick thought, it sounded a lot like Aaron.
"Yes Louis, you must, I must speak to him myself." said a beautiful voice. Nick heard some kind of noise.
Then his brother. "Who are you? What do you want from me?" his brother cried.
"Listen Young one... I shall not harm you. You are to precious and pure." The voice said slowly.
"Well what do you want from me?" Nick wanted to be in they're holding his little brother, he could tell he was afraid, but something stopped him.
"I am Scarlet, and you, my child are the only one that can help me.". Suddenly the door opened and everything went black.
Nick opened his eyes to his ringing phone. His head throbbed with pain. He answered the phone groggily. "Hello?" he managed.
"Hi baby! Want to come shopping with me and Becky?" his girlfriend Daisy asked.
"No thanks honey. I have to watch Aaron and Angel today.". He rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"Okay sweetheart. Tell them I miss them much and I'll pick them up something from the mall.". She was so perky, Nick just didn't understand it.
"Okay babe. Love you, talk to you later.". He slowly hung up the phone and yawned. He thought back to the night before.
"Aaron!" he screamed jumping up from the couch. He ran full speed to his brother's room. He tried to open the door. But it was locked. He began to bang on it. "Aaron, are you okay! Aaron!" Nick threw all of his strength in to the door.
He heard a loud crack and was on the floor inside the room. "Aaron?" he asked quietly. Slowly he got up, Aaron's window was open. He looked around the room, the bed was a mess. The room was a mess. And Aaron was no where to be found. On the bed laid a piece of paper. He picked it up and read it.
Nickolas Carter. You shall lead us into a new era. You are the one. Your hair is woven of gold. Your eyes like the sky and deep like the sea. Your voice is like an angel. And soon you shall have eternal life. Scarlet.
Nick dropped the letter and jumped back. The letter was written in perfect elegant cursive. In deep red ink... scarlet ink. He ran down the stairs and picked up the phone.
"911 what is your emergency?" asked the man.
"Sir, my little brother he is... help please." Nick said quickly.
"Sir you have to calm down. Is the boy hurt?"
"No he is missing. He was kidnapped."
"What is your address?" the man asked calmly.
Nick rubbed the back of his neck and sighed deeply. "271 Robins lane.". Nick answered a few more questions and hung up to wait for the police. He looked at the phone and dialed his mother. "Mom?" he asked when he heard the phone pick up.
"Yes Nick, I'll be bringing Angel over in a few." his mother laughed.
"No mom, maybe you better not.".
"Why? Is everything okay?" Jane asked.
"No, Aaron was kidnapped.". He heard his mother gasp. "I'm coming over now Nickolas!" she yelled and hung up the phone.
Nick, his sister Angel and his mother Jane sat on his living room couch. The police sat across from them. "All right Mr. Carter. Do you have any clue who could have taken your brother.".
Nick sighed. They'd think he was crazy if he told them about the story. But that might be his only hope. "I took my brother camping last week." he started. "And we were telling scary stories,". Nick's voice broke and his mother rubbed his back.
"It's okay baby, take your time." she said.
Nick smiled sadly. "Well it was his turn. And before he started he said he had to go to the bathroom. He was gone for about 10 minutes. When he came back it was really strange. His eyes... They are normally brown, but when he came back... they were dark blue and had a ring of silver around them. He told us a story of vampires and one named Scarlet. He said she was looking for her match, The one with woven hair of gold, voice of an angel, and eyes blue as the sky and deep as the sea. He said her voice would carry through the man's dreams and she would haunt him."
The police nodded. "What does this have to do with anything Mr. Carter." The woman police officer asked.
"Last night" Nick continued "I heard voices, it sounds crazy, but I went up stairs, and eavesdropped on my brother, or at least someone who sounded like my brother. He said, 'Why must I let the weakling boy speak, he may call for his brother' then another voice, a woman, said 'Yes Louis I must speak to him myself.' And then I heard my brother ask her what she wanted and who she was, she said 'I shall not harm you young one, I am Scarlet and you are the only one that can help me.' Then the door opened and that was the last thing I remember that night."
His mother and sister were looking at him like he was crazy. "So your saying, it was like the story your brother told you?" one of the cops asked.
Nick nodded. "No, it couldn't be, because I found a letter this morning.". He pulled the letter from his pocket. "Aaron doesn't write like this, and the writing and type of speech is beyond him." Nick handed them the letter.
"Your right Mr. Carter, this couldn't be some sick joke, your brother was really kidnapped.".
Nick gave them a confused look. "And why couldn't it be a sick joke?" he asked.
"Because by the looks of it, this letter was written in blood with a feather tipped pen."
Nick gasped.
A few moments later the police were gone. "I don't understand it mom, I tried to get to him. But something held me back, I couldn't help him." he whispered.
"It's okay baby, we will find him.. We will." His mother kissed his forehead. "Listen baby, I'm going to bed now. Why don't you do the same." His mother smiled and walked to the guestroom.
That night...
Nick tossed and turned his mind in dreamland. In his dream...
Aaron was chained to a rock wall, He was hanging there helplessly. Nick could do nothing to help him.
There she was... Scarlet. She was so beautiful. Her blonde ringlet curls. Her pink lips, She was wearing an elegant long baby blue dress, a silver scarf hanging around her neck down past her feet. She smiled to him. His gaze returned to his brother who only wore a pair of jogging pants. He was dirty and thin, like he wasn't fed. He looked too weak to bring his eyes to Nick, but with the only energy he had he whispered.
"Help me Nick".
Nick tried to run towards him, but Aaron just kept getting farther away... until he disappeared. All he could see now was pitch-blackness and Scarlet. He stopped running, and stared at her.
"Only you can help your brother, but then who would help you? Nickolas you are going to have eternal life and power. Lots of power to create a new species of life. You and I Nickolas will rule the under world. We will rule the darkness and shadows, we will rule together the life of vampires. But not yet. My Nicky, not yet."
Then she disappeared.
Nick sat up in bed. He felt around for his lamp, and when he turned it on, he was terrified at what he saw.
Lying next to him was the long silky silver scarf Scarlet was wearing in his dream. On top of it was another letter.
Nickolas. We will rule together soon. I promise. You will soon have eternal life. And we shall be happy. Scarlet
Nick shivered. Silently he put the scarf and the letter in the drawer next to him. He looked around the room. "Aaron, we will find you soon little brother. I promise." he whispered. And shortly later fell back asleep.
Meanwhile...
" Young one, the time shall soon come." Scarlet whispered to the young boy hanging on the wall.
"Please. Let me go" Aaron whispered.
"That shall not, and can not be done right now.". She stroked her long nails along the boy's pure flesh. She places her cold hand over his heart. "Such a dreadful bore being alive it is." she sighed.
Quietly, with only her shoes clicking, she walks to a large wooden door. An ancient door that she has not been to in many centuries. She pushes it open and walks inside the room.
Once inside she sees the pool with crystal clear water. She turns to face a small bowl on a stone alter. Quietly she slips her hand in to reveal sapphires. The silver ring around her deep blue eye glow intently. A light breeze brushes her curls. She shuffles the stones in her hands then slowly releases them into the clear pool. The water begins to spin with great force, creating a great wind inside the hallow rock room.
She looks down with a smile. "Dearest oracle, it is I, Scarlet." she whispered.
She sees a pale beautiful face. "Yes Scarlet. I see you have found the love that will lead you into another century. But you have done something, You have taken the young one. Good, he shall be your bait to lead the angelic one to you. Be careful, he is even more smart and clever than you think. He may escape with his life. He is not like others. He enjoys living. He will be hesitant to join you in eternal bliss."
Scarlet growls baring her vampire fangs. "But why?" she asked.
"No more questions my lady. I will say just one more thing. Beware of his flower. That may keep him safe. Beware of his heart and love, that my change your eternal life. I leave you now, you may ask one question of the things I have said."
"What do you mean change my eternal life?" she asks.
"If you are not careful, You may fall in love, then you will want to join him in mortality.".
Silence overcame the room. Scarlet was filled with anger. No one could ever take away her eternal power. She would never want to leave her world of darkness. She leaves the room and locks it for another time.
She walks down the long rock hallway filled with small torches back to the boy. "What flower does your sibling have." she growled.
"What do you mean?" Aaron asked frightened.
"My oracle, says he has a flower. What kind of flower.". She grabs at the boy's hair. "Answer me!" she screams. Her voice echo's through the rocks.
"His- his girlfriend... Daisy, that's all I can think of I swear." Aaron sobs.
She lets go and smiles wickedly. She caresses his face with her nails. "Good boy. Calm down now. Everything is fine. You did well. Now sleep.". She brushes her fingers over Aaron's eyes and he is instantly asleep. She smiles. It was time for her to kill this... this weed of Nick's.
This flower or whatever. Daisy.