Ten years later…
Ateara and Seth had finally lived their life with their adopted cub Vlad, though he is fully grown, but still has a lot to learn. It hadn't taken them long to find out that he was a Vampire wolf hybrid. One day, they found out that Vlad had a thirst for blood when a human was strolling around the woods. They reached him too late as the lifeless body dropped to the ground. They did what they could to cover the evidence by burning the remains. The following day they found out that the victim was actually wanted for raping five girls. Vlad felt a huge weight lift off of his shoulders after hearing that. Killing someone still felt heavy but he felt better knowing it was someone awful.
After that, the three of them were a bit more cautious and it was going well. Then two months later Ateara sensed an unfamiliar scent a couple miles away. Later, they discovered it was an accomplice of Medea, Seth's half-sister.
Medea struggled for years to break the spell however she was growing frustrated. She wasn't sure if it would work, she had no other choice but to activate her vampiric side. She had tried for months and word got out fast, soon a handsome man who she recognised was a vampire had offered to help her. He explained an ancient prophecy from a seer/oracle saying they were two soulmates that were matched by the higher power to be the next powerful couple. She gladly accepted his help, on the condition he help her activate her vampiric side then be her spy.
"I may seem like a low-level vampire…" Talon started to say.
"You are a low-level vampire, you need me more than I need you" Medea interrupted.
"Maybe so, but right now from what I can see, it looks like you need me more. Especially if you want to break that spell. Yes Medea you are famous in the vampire world. It's been a long time coming since a witch became a vampire. My name is Talon," Talon retorted.
"Well we shall see about that. Do you know how to activate my vampire side? If not you can disappear," Medea grunted.
"As a matter of fact I do know. You will need my venom. I will have to bite you. The transition is quite excruciating," Talon warned with an evil smile.
"I don't care, I just want to get rid of this curse," Medea sounded desperate. The transition lasted for days. When she eventually awoke, she immediately tested it out but the spell was still intact. Even worse, she felt that the spell had grown stronger still. She knew she had to do something so she decided to concoct a potion to make herself invincible.
"Talon! Get here now! I need you to help me prepare for a spell. I am going to concoct a potion to make myself invincible," Medea ordered.
Talon raised his eyebrows, but said nothing and just followed her orders. He didn't know much about magic, but he was apprehensive about the idea.
Back at the Bayou, Ateara and Seth were play fighting with Vlad, when suddenly Seth stopped sensing something. He knew it meant trouble and that almost always led to Medea.
"What's wrong Seth? What did you see or sense?" Ateara asked, worried.
"How is it that you can sense these things?" Vlad asked.
"Ateara, I'm not fully sure, I really do hope it's nothing, but I think I just had a glimpse of Medea concocting a potion of some sort. I couldn't see the ingredients, so I don't know what it's for. And Vlad, I can sense these things because Medea is my half sister so we are still connected by blood," Seth explained.
"Do you think she has activated her vampiric side yet?" Atreara asked.
"Well I would like to say no. Seeing I can sense her, as of about half an hour ago she has just woken up from her transition. Not that we have to worry too much. It still wouldn't break the spell. Make it stronger maybe but not break it, Mother always said my spells were the strongest," Seth explained.
"What is our plan of action?" Vlad asked.
"Well seeing we won't be able to kill her as she be using a potion to make herself indestructible, we might have to put her to sleep and lock her up where no one will find her," Seth suggested, "I have just the spell, but I have to change it slightly as this was written years ago. So I am going to combine dry ingredients with the ancient spell and I will also need an athame," Seth explained.
"Seems like a lot of work for one person" Vlad said.
"Medea is a dangerous witch, she will stop at nothing to get her way," Ateara explained.
"I will need to conjure all the spirits from my family line and a drop of our blood for this to work, including yours Vlad. We need to make this just as unbreakable as her invincibility," Seth said, "But you have to be willingly to give it up because if any participant is forced to break the spell it won't work," Seth finished explaining.
"Wow. You have thought of everything when creating spells. Seems you are more powerful than Medea," Ateara complimented.
"Aww," Seth responded, which made Vlad turn away and pretend to vomit to show his disgust.
"Sorry Vlad, but we both have been through so much, we like to show affection. You will understand when your time comes," Ateara explained, before continuing to kiss Seth.
"No thanks, I think I will pass on that," Vlad said before he went back into the house and left them to it.
---o0o---
The next couple of days, the three of them were making their potion for Medea. They had just finished when they heard a branch snap. Vlad was quick to react and dragged the intruder into view.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? Do you two know him?" Vlad asked.
"No, I have not seen him around here before," Ateara responded.
"Who are you?" Seth asked.
He didn't answer straight away, Vlad smacked him across the head and cracked his neck slightly. Seth muttered a spell and the intruder quickly broke his silence.
"I am Talon and I'm helping Medea. She has hired me to be her spy," Talon answered though he left something out. Seth suspected it wasn't the full story, but he knew he wouldn't get anymore information out of him.
"We'll keep him here for a couple of days, no food or drink," Seth ordered.
"That's a bit harsh isn't it," Vlad asked.
"Not really. Any accomplices of Medea's is an enemy of ours" Ateara said. "Hopefully in a couple of days he will crack and tell us more," Ateara added.
"I heard you mention that you cast a spell on her, maybe he knows if she's trying to break that spell?" Vlad asked.
"Yes she will be trying, but I know she won't be able to as my spells, although simple, are very powerful, more powerful then she has ever been able to do.," Seth explained with a cunning smile.
---o0o---
For the next couple of days, they had taken it in turns to watch him to make sure he didn't escape or whether or not Medea would turn up. You could tell he was getting hungry as his eyes went from red to black, so they knew he was getting weaker. When the time came they built a bonfire getting ready to set it alight.
"Talon, are you going to tell us everything? and it better be the truth" Seth growled. "Why are you working with my sister Medea, what spell did she cast on you?" Seth asked.
He kept his mouth shut even when Vlad punched him in the stomach and Ateara lit one log.
"You got a death wish or something! Answer him," Vlad shouted, getting more worked up than Seth and Ateara. "Who are you really?" Vlad added to Seth's previous questions.
"Talon is my real name. I come from a long line of vampires and the higher power chose me as Medea's mate to reign over our coven. She didn't resist as much as I thought she would," Talon answered.
"You do realise she's only going to betray you when she's done using you," Seth told him.
"When I am finished with her, she will want me to stay," Talon said confidently.
"What makes you so confident?" Ateara asked.
"Let's just say I have my ways," Talon smirked.
"I've heard enough. Light him up," Seth ordered, Ateara and Vlad lit the fueled logs. As it burnt, so did he.
Medea soon came flying in, "Where is Seth?" Medea roared.
"Why did you miss me?" Seth said rhetorically, holding the athame in one hand, whilst Ateara and Vlad held the potions ready to throw at Medea.
"You wish little brother, I just want my free will back. For you to undo this spell," Medea said, almost begging.
"Well that won't happen as you can see we burnt your mate," Ateara said.
"Talon? Good riddance. He wasn't my mate anyway. He was only a mere pawn willing to sacrifice himself for me. Talon practically made me queen," Medea said.
"Yeah that will never happen, not whilst we're still here" Seth answered back. Ateara threw his potion and it went all over Medea, then Vlad threw his.
"Is that all you got, your potions are feeble," Medea laughed, but her expressions quickly changed when she tried to move. She couldn't, she was stuck, she couldn't move a muscle.
"You were saying Medea," Seth twisting the athame in his hand, almost taunting her. "This is almost too easy, but it's for your own good Medea. I am and will continue to be more powerful than you," Seth said slowly, before plunging the athame into her heart. He left it in so she wouldn't heal.
They carried her into a wooden casket, then placed it in the family mausoleum in an opened concrete sarcophagus and Seth sealed it with his own spell. The three of them went on to celebrate, soon they were surrounded by other vampires and wolves who were grateful for getting rid of Medea who wanted to rule over their world.