Another one
Raven
The moment we pulled into the drive and I saw something in the yard, my heart dropped. I wasn't sure what it was or who, just that I had to find out. Once the car stopped, I jumped out of the car. Dashing across the yard to see what it was. The moment my eyes dropped to the creature, I wanted to scream. It wasn't Juilian which I was thankful for that. A moment later, mom was standing beside me looking at the thing in the yard. We both stood there looking down at this creature. I couldn't figure out if it was human at one point or not. All I could tell was that it had two legs, two arms and what looked like a head. I didn't understand why it was on the lawn, however.
"Is it dead?" Mom asked as I looked at the creature.
"I don't know, and I don't want to touch it." I told her as we turned to see Dad, Edgar and Lucien come out of the house.
"What's wrong?" Draven asked when he came up to us. "What is that?"
"Looks like a messed up human. Maybe played with the wrong potion? Looks like someone was playing with puddy, but it was his body they used." Edgar called when he landed on the creature's hip. "Smells dead."
I didn't like this at all. Juilian hadn't come out of the house, nor did he make an appearance in the yard. I looked to Lucien with the question on my lips, but he shrugged his shoulders. A moment later, several witches came out of the woods. I saw dad stiffen as they walked up to the house. We knew that the witches in the coven wouldn't harm us, they had made a blood oath saying so. Sadie was with them, and she was the one that stepped up to speak.
"What is going on around here? This is the second mutant that we have seen." Sadie sighed, but when she looked at me, she tried to smile. "Juilian is alright, by the way"
"How do you know?" I asked, stepping toward her.
"This thing was trying to kill him. No idea why, it couldn't speak. Unlike Juilian who works hard to be understood. Since it had bad intent, the wards killed him. We all felt it so we came to see what was going on. I would love to know where they are coming from. Also, who is doing this, it is a horrible curse to put on anyone. We are rather sure though that Juilian is a vampire or was. Several of the elder witches have heard of a curse like this, but it was outlawed back when the Grimm's were writing stories." Sadie looked to the others as she stood. "Elysium is going to want to check this body. We called her right before we came to the house."
The saying is true, you speak of the devil and they shall show up. Granted, Elysium wasn't a devil she was a doctor who cared for us. Almost died a few times in doing that job. When she stopped beside me with a grim look on her face. When she looked at the creature on the lawn, a slight gasp passed her lips. It was strange because it was like a switch had been flipped in her. Going right to work on seeing if the creature was alive. I didn't know if she could find a pulse with how disfigured it was. After a moment, she looked up at us.
"He is dead, but the change should have put him back to human. Sadie, was he cursed?" Elysium knew everyone in the coven. Having taken care of most of them at one point or another.
"The magic is rancid, It is why I didn't get closer. Just being this close, I was to barf." Sadie covered her nose with her hand. The others had done the same thing.
"Well, let's get him to the clinic, the underground part would be best. I don't want to think that he might come back to life in a room without a lock." Elysium was thinking about everyone, not just herself. She stood, dusting her hands off.
I saw Juilian come out of the forest and my heart jumped. He looked at the thing on the grass and growled low in his throat. It was strange for him to act like that. Normally he would just talk, not take on the habit of a wolf. We stood looking at the creatures, then to the witches. They looked a little pale to me, maybe the magic was making them sick.
"Are you alright? You all look pale." I looked from Sadie to the other two witches.
"When he came through the ward, it pushed back to us. Normally, he would just kill whatever it was that was trying to enter the area. This creature fought against the ward, pulling more magic to it. It is like we didn't drink anything for a day or two. We will be alright though, this one won't be though. I would like to know how he did it, however." Sadie looked at the other two witches and sighed.
"It isn't normal for something to fight against a ward?" I asked, not knowing much about wards or magic.
"Normally they would just walk toward the ward, they would feel a shock. They would leave after that because the shock would put fear in the mind. To not go that direction. It happens a lot during hunting season. Even though we have signs posted, they ignore them to get the beast they want." Sadie looked worried that something had gotten through the ward.
"Sadie, you did a great job with the wards. Sometimes the big bad is bigger than we expect." Draven told her, but he didn't smile, there was worry in his eyes.
"We have attracted the attention of a powerful witch. That isn't a good thing, but I trust the coven witches. They wouldn't harm us, and this shows that you did your job well." Nat spoke up, but I could still see the worry in her eyes as well.
Twenty minutes later, two werewolves appeared to help move the body to the clinic. Both of the men put a hand to their noses, not wanting to get close to the creature. So only vampires couldn't smell the magic. That seemed strange to me, but I would love to know why. Maybe it was because we didn't truly change when we became vampires. Werewolves transformed as if by magic so it kind of made since that they could smell the magic. One of them saw Juilian and just stopped walking. It was the same with almost everyone that meet him. They didn't know what to do with him, nor did they know what he truly was.
"Who did you piss off?" Brent asked as he stepped closer to the body.
"I wish I could recall, I would find them and kill them." Juilian told him with a growl at the end.