A New Dawn

Prophecy

                                           Episode 2

The night was dark and foggy. One could barely see a thing even with the blood red moon shining. Chloe slowly walked through the woods, with no idea how she got there in the first place. She felt cold as the air was chilly. She folded her arms, shivering in response to the cold.

She was looking around the woods as she wandered about with no sense of direction. “What the hell am i doing here?" She wondered.

“Chlooooe!!!" A whisper of her name rang through the woods. This startled her as she turned in full circle looking for whoever was calling her name with such creepy voice. It sounded like an old lady struggling for breath.

“Who's there?" She questioned but with no reply from the voice. She continued walking and the night was just getting colder and colder with every step she took. Soon enough the voice came again calling her name in the same creepy manner. “Who are you? What do you want?? And how do you know my name" She questioned again. This time her voice ringing through the woods.

“When the old meets the night, evil shall walk again and death shall rule" The old crooked voice warned

“What does that mean?" Chloe asked in confusion but no reply as usual from the voice. A loud growl and shrieking sound startled her and the louder it got, the more fear she felt. She stared panting without knowing why. “Eeeeeehh!" She gasped as she woke up suddenly, sitting up on the bed and panting. Sweat gathered on her forehead

“Hey! Are you alright" Sam asked as he sat up on the bed beside. Chloe's abrupt action had awoken him up.

“Yeah, yeah!" She said slowing down her breath and calming herself down “It was just a nightmare" she added looking at the alarm clock beside her. “I should start getting ready for work" she added, exiting the covers on the bed.

“Are you sure you are okay?" He asked with worry in his voice

She forced a smile, leaned in and kissed him. “Yeah I'm good"

***FRANCE***

“Michael called” Allison said as she walked into the Dawn’s manor, that was located miles away from civilization in France. It has been the family ancestral home for as long as they could remember.

“What did he want?” Petyr asked as he emptied the content of a blood bag into a glass

“She’s woken up and….” Allison stopped

“And what?” Petyr asked sensing there was a bad news coming. He dropped the glass on the cabinet he was standing close to and walked over to where Allison was standing, crossing his arms behind him. “And what Allison?” He reiterated

“She escaped and is nowhere to be found” She replied

Petyr scoffed in anger, turning back to go pick up his glass. “Leave it to our brother to screw things up as always” He said sipping from the glass

“What are we gonna do? She’s gonna come for us. We have to track her down first” Allison pointed out with fear clearly written on her face.

“Relax sister. It’s gonna take some time to get her head together and get acquainted with this century before she thinks of coming after us. We’ll find before she finds us” Petyr assured her. “I’ll reach out to Sebastian. He has always had a soft spot for our brother. He should go help clean up this mess and besides, he’s the one who convinced us to let Michael handle it. So it’s safe to say it’s both their messes” He explained before taking another sip from the glass.

***CATSKILL MOUNTAIN***

Tyrell smiled in pleasure as he continued frolicking with one of the beta girls in his pack on his bed, in his cabin. She moaned as she stood up to take off her clothes. Tyrell sat up on the bed to watch with a smirk on his face when a voice calling his name from outside interrupted his session. He rolled his eyes in irritation, ignoring the call. He continued watching when the voice called him again, this time louder . “What do you want?” He barked in anger

“Trouble is here” The voice replied

He stood up, picked up his jacket and angrily walked out of the cabin. “What the hell is…” He trailed off when he saw Cain with two other guys standing in front of his cabin.

“Well well well, if it isn’t Tyrell himself. The alpha of the mountains” Cain said cheerfully, opening his arms in a dramatic manner.

“What the hell are you doing here Cain?" Tyrell questioned, putting on his jacket. You could visibly tell there was no love for Cain in his eyes

“I thought we had an agreement. You know a good old fashion alpha to alpha deal. You stay out of my territory and I stay outta yours" Cain pointed out

“Yeah and as I understand, that deal still stands" Said Tyrell

“Oh no it doesn't. Not when you have broken the deal" Cain retorted

“What do you mean by that?" Tyrell asked confused

“One of my guys was killed. Heart ripped out and body dumped by my doorstep" Cain explained

“And how do you know it's one of my guys that did it?" He asked

“Because I know he went to see him" Cain pointed at the guy who ran out from the woods the previous day “You see, I know whatever any of member of my pack is up to. He thought I don't know about the relationship he has with your guy over there but I knew, I just didn't want to say or do anything, just observing from a distance and yesterday, he sneaked out of the party we were having to go meet that boy over there but never returned alive. " Cain explained

Tyrell anger began to grow as he turned back to look at Rick, the boy being accused. “Tell me none of what he's saying is true" he said angrily

“Of course not Tyrell, I'd never kill Josh. I loved him" Rick defended with a crooked voice mixed with sadness

“So what happened? Explain yourself" He said to him

“We were by the waterfall, you know catching fun. We decided to go for a swim. After swimming for some hours, Josh said that he needed to return back before they start to wonder were he had been. So we came out of the water, put on our clothes and as we turned to head back that's when we saw them" he paused before he continued “This three ladies, all dressed in a lacy black robe and their long black hair covering their faces. They stretched out their palms and started mumbling some words we couldn't understand as they started walking closer to where we were. At first we thought it was some sort of prank until flames came out of their hands, burning brighter and brighter as they came closer to us. That's when we discovered that they were witches and bolted. We could still hear their jumbles as we ran, it was as though they were chasing us, that's when Josh and I split up, ran towards different directions. I headed to the cabin straight away and told you guys but no one believed me. I didn't know if Josh had gotten home safe cause he wasn't returning my calls. Maybe they caught up to him" Rick explained

Cain and his guys waited calmly for Rick to finish his explanation on witchcraft before bursting into an uncontrollable laughter. They laughed for a while before Cain looked back at Tyrell with a serious face. “Is this your attempt to throw us off or to make us overlook what happened? Witches? Really??" Cain barked angrily. “You threw the first blow Tyrell. There will be retribution. The treaty is off. Watch your back cause you'll be seeing us soon" He threatened and left with his pack. Tyrell stared at his retreating back angrily.

***FRANCE***

Viktor stormed into the room angrily, his eyes turned green and his fangs came out. “Out!" He bellowed. The girls and guys in the room rushed out leaving him and just his close friend who was still sitting.

“I take it, it didn't go well" Hector said before sipping wine from the bottle in his hands.

Viktor groaned loudly in anger, taking a bottle already opened from the table before sitting down. “He doesn't respect me" He complained before gulping from the bottle. “And if he doesn't respect me, no one will!" He added

“You are the son of the high Lord, even if he doesn't respect you. No one else dares disrespect you" Hector said, fueling his ego.

“Thanks brother but that isn't enough. I have proven myself to him countless number of times but it seems no matter what I do, it doesn't impress him." He complained

“Well you should take solace in fact that one day you'll be the high Lord" Hector smiled

“Oh I doubt that"

“Don't doubt it. Make it work" Hector encouraged

“I guess you are right. I should make it work" he smiled sheepishly

***NEW YORK***

Chloe walked into the crime scene which was in an alley. The cops had already made a perimeter round the scene. She tied her hair into a ponytail as usual as she walked closer to the crime scene. “What do we have here?" She asked

“Victim is Richard Spielberg. He's 32 and he owns the pawnshop across the street. COD is the same as our last victim. Completely drained of blood" Amy explained

“So likely the same killer"

“Yeah and the good news is, I think we might have found our killer. Traffic cams picked up our fashion friend coming out of the alley same time as the time of death." Amy said

“Okay and the bad news is?" Chloe asked

“Facial recognition came back empty. It's like she's never existed before now" Amy explained

“How's that possible? She didn't just fall out from the sky. Anyway keep digging, we might find something. I'm going back to where this all started. I think we may have missed something. So call me if there's any update" She concluded

***

“Tyrell! You need to come see this" a girl barged into the cabin and alerted Tyrell who was already sleeping. He rushed up swiftly with just his pants out of the cabin. He followed the girl hastily as she led him through the woods.

Tyrell just followed without asking where they were going but knowing it must be important for the girl to barge into his room like that. He knows no one would dare if it wasn't something urgent. He has been an alpha of the pack for 30 years, ruling with an iron fist. He doesn't condone any disrespect and he doesn't give room for others to challenge his position as the alpha.

After a while through the darkness the woods had to offer, it started getting brighter as a result of a fire not too far away from them which was burning bright. Tyrell wondered what that might be. As they got closer he could see his people gathered around the fire. They got to the spot and there was Rick with his heart ripped out, lying at the middle of the Pentagram that was burning wild. “Who did this?" Tyrell asked. No one could answer, as they all kept on glancing at one another. “Nobody saw who did this?" He barked

“No Tyrell" a girl spoke up “But we all know who had beef with Rick and who threatened to retaliate" She explained

“We'll see. I guess the peace is officially broken. They want war, we'll give them war" He said angrily “Put out the fire let's give him the proper burial he deserves" He ordered

They were about to put out the fire when it went off completely in an instant. They were shocked by this event. They had never experienced such in their lifetime. They cautiously took Rick's body out from the pentagram which also remained Intact which in fact, was a mystery to them.

***New Orleans***

“The old mustn't meet with the night." The old and frailed black woman kept rambling on as she laid on her sick bed. Her hair were all white with no trace of a single black strand in sight.

“What are you rambling about grams?" Imani the granddaughter asked as she came to sit with her on the bed.

“It all ends and begins with my death child. When I die she becomes a beacon and all creatures, good and evil will be drawn towards her. You must find her and stop the old from meeting the night. If they meet, it'll be the end of all" She warned

“Okay grams you need to take your meds. I think missing a day is making you think too much" Imani said dismissing her grandmother's warning

The grandmother grabbed Imani's hand abruptly, startling her. The old lady's eyes turned white with Imani's eyes turning white as well. It began blinking continuously. She gasped loudly as her grandmother dropped her hands. Imani shook her head not knowing what happened. “New York" She whispered to herself

“You must find the old and prevent the prophecy from coming true. Don't worry my child I'll always be here to guide you. You must leave at once, I'm afraid it has already begun. You must leave now" She explained

“What has started?" Imani asked still confused

“A new dawn" She replied as she slowly closed her eyes, slipping into the afterlife. Imani held her grandmother's hand as tears flowed from her eyes but somehow she felt consoled and knew exactly what to do.

***NEW YORK***

The Docks gave the Night a rather chilly feeling which somehow made it calm and lonely. The lady took off her old fashioned clothing, leaving just her inner gown to cover her nakedness. She walked up to one of the caravans by the docks. She examined it before ripping the chains used to lock it with her hands.

She opened it and heaved a sigh of relief as she saw the seven coffins still accounted for. She opened all of them and everyone in it was intact.She retreated from the caravan and picked up the girl she had knocked out earlier and took her into the caravan. She bit the girl's hand, opening up her veins and placing drops of blood from the girls veins on their lips.

After everyone in the coffin had had taste, she dropped the girl's lifeless body to the ground and watched as the once cold and pale looking bodies in the coffin slowly began to become warm and fresh. After some seconds the seven corpses gasped for air as they all sat up in the coffin. “Welcome back" she smiled at them.