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| ISBN-13: | 9781490709376 |
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| Publisher: | Trafford Publishing |
| Publication date: | 08/15/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 194 |
| File size: | 392 KB |
| Age Range: | 13 - 17 Years |
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She knows readers will be interested in her unique voice because she has such a vibrant imagination that touches and relates to a number of different readers.
Her descriptions of characters and places makes the reader feel as though they have actually entered her world and feel apart of it.
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Zatheria
The hidden realm
By Nikita Sataram, Laetitia Pulna
Trafford Publishing
Copyright © 2013 Nikita SataramAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4907-0936-9
CHAPTER 1
10 YEARS LATER
"Listen here Marcus, I hope you realise you're all alone now. Everyone you know is either dead or transformed. Just give in, you're the last living student in the whole school" said a female voice.
She appeared to be 20 years of age; with flowing black hair, dark eyes and olive complexion.
She had cornered a young teenager within a large school hall.
Sweat was building on his light peachy skin and his sky eyes were filled with fear.
"You don't have to do this ... please, please don't hurt me, p ... please!" he begged and pleaded to her.
"Marcus, Marcus, Marcus, we have spared no one. What makes you think you're so special, just because you're popular, and you think you're good looking? No, no, no. Besides, it wouldn't be fair to everyone else if you were the only survivor" she evilly spoke as she slowly advanced towards him.
Marcus began back away, taking two steps for each one of hers until he hit a wall behind him.
"Alex please don't! Don't! Please no ... no!" he shrieked in fear.
But his pleas fell upon deaf ears as Alex lunged at him and viciously forced her teeth into his neck, draining his sweet young blood from his body.
She then released his lifeless corpse onto the floor and slid her fingers over her mouth, cleaning off any spillage.
"Hmm your blood was lovely. Now with all these new students, the Vampire race will either expand or get a bountiful meal" she smirked, and briefly paused.
"And cut!" shouted a voice.
Back to reality:
After 10 years the girls were still together and playing The Game, with the same enthusiasm as when they were children. Over time their ideas became more elaborate and imaginative.
Within the current scene Alex had done; the girls had taken over an entire high school of students for the Vampire race.
The clever yet amusing idea was the Vampires using sun cream to attend the school during the day, enabling them to be able to carry out their sinister tasks when the time was right.
In the years of reality that had passed, the girls grew up and lead fairly standard lives.
Kiara and Alex were now University students, and Jewels was a College student.
Using what they learned in their classes the girls applied the knowledge to their own personal fun.
Kiara was an art student, and she used her talents to create images of their make believe characters and the multiple worlds.
Jewels was studying her A Levels and English Literature was her favourite subject; using some ideas from other stories she helped the girls to come up with new scenarios.
Alex was a computing student studying Game Design and used her skills to bring their world to life.
She had developed animations and used Photoshop to transform Kiara's drawings into CGI images.
Aside from the pressure of studying, the girls had been going through a lot stressful times with their families.
Kiara and Jewels were struggling with their parents who were becoming intolerant of each other.
Not wanting to admit it, but they could see a divorce in their future.
Their mother had even confided in them, that in a year or so she would take them away to live a new life together.
Alex was hurt knowing that she would be losing her best friends.
So each time they met up they would spend as much time as possible together in case it would be their last.
Alex saw no reason to tell anyone else in the family about the possible divorce because she knew it wasn't her place to do so.
Alex also had a fair share of stress in her life.
Her parents were always working but as a result causing her to have to maintain the house at all times as well as maintain her studies to a high standard.
Sadly her father was an alcoholic; he drank to the peak every day and released all his anger and frustration on Alex and her mother, emotionally and physically abusing them.
Alex's mother however did nothing so as to avoid causing a fuss or causing a divorce which would make them lose their house.
But with the girls emotionally supporting each other they were able to make life somewhat more bearable.
June 9th 2012, the girls and the rest of the family were invited to their grandmothers' house for a small get together.
After their usual socialising with the family and dinner, the girls went upstairs to the master bedroom where for the past 10 years their imaginations came to life.
"What time is it Kiara?" Alex asked as she began pacing around the room.
Kiara swiftly glanced over at the clock,
"9:45 Lex" she responded.
"Alright, chances are either of us would be going home in the next 15-30 minutes or so, so let's carry on the fashion show scene" Alex responded.
The girls agreed and started:
"Right Kiara, lock the stadium's back doors" Alex instructed.
Kiara did as she was told. Jewels went back stage where all the models were getting ready to display the evening gowns of D & G, Versace and Channel.
The show was held at a large luxurious hall in London, where the latest spring collections would be displayed.
With the help of a few other Vampires, the girls set out to kidnap all the models and bring them back home as Brides for the men ... as for anyone else ... they would be enslaved or be made a meal out of.
With simple hypnotism the girl were able to bypass security and enter the show.
Kiara earned the position of assistant to the fashion director of Channel, Alex was able to take the place of the stage director and finally Jewels posed as a D & G model.
The final lines were getting ready, so Alex began sending out the Channel models one by one.
Alex stood backstage observing the show on a monitor, as she stood watching Kiara came over and tapped her on the shoulder.
"When should we send the guys in?" she whispered to her.
"The Channel line just went out, so tell them to start taking out the security" Alex instructed.
Kiara turned on her communication link and told the guys to rid the halls' security, and make sure that all the doors out of the main arena were locked up.
Ethan was leading the boys, a young man with brown hair, green eyes and pale skin.
He and the rest of the boys went around the inside of the hall rapidly carrying out Alex's instructions.
By the time they were done the Versace line were ready to go out; after completion Ethan contacted Kiara.
"Security's been taken out Kiara, what now?" he reported.
"Hold on, I'll tell Alex then let you know" she responded then cut the call.
Quickly she ran to Alex who was in the dressing rooms finishing the remaining Versace models.
"Lexi it's done, what now?" Kiara asked her.
"Oh wonderful" Alex smirked.
Alex swiftly left the dressing room and arrived backstage, there she contacted Jewels who was also wearing a communication device.
"Jewels, you can do it now, we're clear" Alex whispered.
"Okay Lexi ... alright, show's over!" Jewels called out.
By now she was at the front of the runway, immediately she pulled out a gun and aimed it at the audience, causing them all to start screaming and panicking in fear.
"Security!" cried a man backstage.
"Oh, please!" Alex scoffed, as sped to the man and grabbed him by the head forcefully twisting until it painfully cracked.
The remaining models backstage began shrieking and screaming in a panic.
"Enough, now all of you shut it!" Jewels ordered.
The audience quietened down, but the models were still whimpering and crying while holding onto each other for comfort.
In the meantime, Kiara barricaded the rest of the models in the dressing rooms.
"Anyone try anything and you'll be sorry!" Alex warned them, while making her way to the front of the runway.
"Ladies and Gentlemen please remain calm or some of you won't survive the next few minutes" Alex calmly spoke.
"Thank you for your help Jewels ... now everyone, listen please and I promise no one will be hurt. All we want are the fashion models, just leave us to take them and the rest of you may leave the Arena in one piece" she further explained.
Kiara them came and joined Jewels and Alex at the front of the runway.
"Now does anyone have any questions?" Kiara asked in a menacing tone.
The girls looked around and Jewels' eye caught a middle aged woman talking to a man next to her.
With rapid speed she rushed over and held a small microphone to her.
"Is there something you wish to say?" Jewels asked.
The woman was actually quite bold as to respond to her.
"Yes, why are you all doing this?" she asked.
"Because these girls will serve as Brides or slaves back home for the males of our race-"Kiara explained but was interrupted mid-sentence.
"Not so fast!" Alex yelled as she raced away, and met with one of the models who was caught trying to make a call, but Alex snatched the phone from her and destroyed it with her bare hands.
"That won't do you any good, you're all locked inside" Alex explained.
The girl started panicking as she ran for one of the doors, which of course was locked; she gripped onto the door handle and begged to be let out.
"So you want to be let out?" Alex laughed as she folded her arms and began walking over to the young girl.
"I'll give you out" she slyly said.
Firmly Alex grasped the girl by her neck and flew up to one of the windows.
"Thanks for coming, have a lovely evening" she mocked sarcastically before forcefully throwing the girl through the window.
Through the silence of the audience they could hear her constant screaming and the sound of her body rolling down the roof of the hall, and then a sudden stop as her corpse plummeted to the hard ground.
"Girls come on" Alex called as she made her way backstage with Kiara and Jewels following behind her.
Alex then turned on her communication device and made a call to Ethan.
"Hello Ethan ... yeah, oh it's going well, but just go to Plan B ... yes I'm sure, now please do as you're told!" Alex instructed him.
From the roof of the hall Ethan and twenty others emerged and stood around the edge of the audience.
"You heard the lady boys" he chuckled.
The girls stopped just as they made it back stage and smirked at the screams and cries of the suffering audience.
"No mercy tonight then?" Kiara asked.
"No, lost my patients, then again, it was getting boring; come on we're going back home. Oh and don't forget the models" Alex finished, followed by a few moments of silence.
"Cut!" she ordered.
The girls sighed and came out of their little world.
Alex sat on the single sofa near the door while Kiara and Jewels sat on the bed.
"That went well, I liked it" Kiara commented smiling.
"Yeah, was one of the best scenes we've done- Oh Kia, what time is it now?" Alex asked while playing with her hair.
Kiara glanced over at the clock.
"It's ... eh? Clock must be wrong, still says 9:45" she responded slightly confused.
"Woman, are you trying to be funny?" Alex asked as she then looked over at the clock herself.
Kiara was right. So instead the girls pulled out their mobiles and to their surprise; the time was still the same.
"Hold on, I'll go and check the clock in the sitting room" Alex said as she stood up and made her way to the door, but before she could open it there was a strange male chuckle that slowly turned into a laugh.
"Kiara, enough voice acting, we're done with The Game" Alex stuttered to say.
"Lexi, I didn't do that" Kiara responded worryingly.
"Why don't we all go downstairs?" Jewels suggested.
"Good idea" Kiara and Alex said together.
Jewels and Kiara jumped off the bed and ran to Alex by the door.
But just as Alex's fingertips touched the handle, the door was slammed shut as a cloud of black mist flew from behind the girls.
With great force the mist pushed Kiara and Jewels back into the wall near the window; and Alex fell to the floor.
"What the Hell?!" Kiara screamed as she protectively placed her arms around Jewels and moved in front of her.
The black mist spun around rapidly like a tornado.
When it stopped and cleared, the girls were in shock at what stood before them.
CHAPTER 2Raphael Forrester
Before the girls stood a tall young man in his twenties. He had short raven hair, eyes as blue as the ocean's waters and light skin, the stranger wore a mid-length, black leather coat with a crimson top and black jeans.
"Oh my ..." Alex sighed in awe.
"W ... who are you?" Kiara bravely asked.
The stranger advanced towards the girls and smiled.
"Good evening girls; I'm so glad I can finally meet and speak to the three of you in person. I've been watching you all for quite a long time" he said.
His voice was soft and deep, yet so soothing with a charming British accent.
He bowed then extended a hand towards Alex, but she questionably looked at him.
"What are you playing at? Who are you?" she suspiciously asked.
"Oh I'm not 'playing' at anything, unlike you girls and your little games- oh but of course how rude of me. My name is Raphael Forrester" he responded as he took Alex's hand and kissed the back of it.
Alex couldn't help but be entranced by his mesmerising, blue sapphire eyes.
"I know so much about all of you" he said as he eyed her up and down.
In realisation Raphael still had Alex's hand she quickly pulled it back, then turned to Kiara and Jewels before glancing at the stranger again.
"Now allow me to make sure I have this right" he said while observing each girl.
"You're Kiara Rosewood, you're Jewels Rosewood and Alexandria Silverstone" he said as he pointed to each girl.
"Anyone else find it weird how he knows our names?" Jewels asked as she tightly held Kiara's hand.
"A little bit" Alex answered uneasily.
What was happening was strange, but the girls were slowly being drawn into it.
If anything they weren't as scared as they thought, but more excited than anything else.
"Alright Raphael, so you know our names. Big deal, where did you come from? And why are you here?" Alex confidently asked while folding her arms.
"So, you're not scared Lex?" he scoffed at her.
Alex stepped closer towards Raphael and smirked.
"No, I'm, not" she proudly responded.
Raphael chuckled once more as he maintained eye contact with Alex.
"Lexi! What are you doing?!" Kiara hissed.
"Hush it, now Raphael answers my questions" Alex firmly spoke.
"Well aren't you very forward, but I suppose I should answer you, I come from Zatheria" Raphael responded as he went to sit down on the sofa.
"A completely different realm to your own, as for my reason here; I come to the human world frequently, but the main reason is to see you- three of course"
"Really, why is that then?" Kiara asked.
Raphael then stood up making his way to the window.
"I've been observing you ladies for 10 years. Your personalities, attitude, determination and imagination have raised a lot of positivity from myself and other creatures in Zatheria" he continued and sat on the window sill.
"Creatures ... so clearly you're not human, so what type of creature are you?" Jewels curiously questioned.
"Well I'm not a typical boring creature, I've very powerful-"Raphael was then stopped in mid-sentence.
"Instead of acting all cool and mysterious just cough it up, what you are and what you want?" Alex demanded impatiently.
"Shhh! Lexi keep it down, everyone will hear you!" Kiara urged her.
Raphael jumped down and returned his attention to the girls.
"No they won't but I'll explain that later. Ladies I am what you girls long to be, what you always pretend you are. I am a Vampire, the reason for my presence here is I'm in need of your help" he finished.
"You're serious?" Alex asked in a sceptical tone.
"Certainly am" he responded.
"Why would you want us to become one of your kind?" Kiara questioned.
"Because our world needs to expand, plus with the imagination the three of you have- well, myself and many others who I've told about you; think you would all be a great asset to our world" Raphael explained.
"I see ..." Alex simply responded.
"So why can't anyone hear us?" Kiara questioned.
Raphael smiled and opened one of the windows.
"Because of a friend of mine, Minuette" he responded and pushed his hair back.
"I'm sorry who?"
In that moment a female figure in a long grey dress covered in small white stars floated into the room. She had long silver hair and alluring blue eyes with sun kissed skin.
"This is Minuette, a sorcerous of time" he introduced.
"Minuette had time frozen so that we may meet without interruption. Now ladies, I have a proposition for you. Come back with us to our world where you can live the lives you've wanted for years" Raphael offered them.
(Continues...)
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