"Melanie!"Jord shouts, trudging through the woods as the rain poured down.
Because of the rain, he was having trouble tracking her scent.
His ears morph into points as he tries to listen for her.
"Melanie!"he shouts.
He releases a labored breath as he looks in the direction of the trash shoot.
"I'm gonna kill you."he huffs before walking in that direction.
....
Jord could smell the trash already. He covers his mouth and nose as he walks towards it, seeing a ghostly figure standing before it.
Once he realizes it was Melanie, he takes off towards her.
"Melanie Jesus Christ! What are you doing out here?!"he shouts as he gets to her, immediately taking off his jacket and wrapping it around her.
She stares blankly down into the trash shoot before looking up at him.
"Don't you hear it?"she asks, pointing down the trash shoot.
"Come on, your lips are blue let's get you home and get you warmed up."he says, trying to pull her along.
"The rain flooded the shoot. There's no garbage."she says.
"I can still smell it, and you're going to freeze if we stay out here come on!"he huffs, begining to walk back towards the house.
Suddenly, he hears a splashing sound and instantly he looks back.
He sees his jacket on the ground before the shoot where Melanie was standing.
"Oh my god."he says before running to the shoot and looking down into it.
The smell hits him like a truck, and he instantly backs away, gagging.
"Melanie!"he calls.
"I'm okay!"she calls from the shoot.
"Jord! There's a bricked up door down here!"she shouts.
His curiosity peaks and he looks down into the shoot, covering his nose.
.....
Melanie
I didn't know how I ended up at the trash shoot. My feet seemed to have brought me here.
My feet also decided it was a good idea to jump into garbage water.
But finding the edge of this bricked up door felt good. I knew something was down here.
"Is there any writing?!"Vlad calls.
I hear slight humming coming from the wall, and I gasp.
It was the song. The same song Rosalie was humming the entire day.
"J-jord, I think there's someone in here?"I say, looking up.
I hear Jord groaning, walking around in circles as if he were trying to convince himself to jump.
"Alright. 1. 2. 3."
Then Jord comes hurling down from above, splashing into the water.
He surfaces and takes a deep breath, and then instantly gags.
"Jord come help me."I say.
"Oh my god! What are we doing down here! Uhg it hurts."Jord bellows.
"Shut up and help me!"I demand as he wades over to me.
He finds the ancient bricked up door and runs his hand around it.
"Strange. This wasn't here when I dug out this pit."Jord breathes.
"Can you knock it down?"I ask.
He only nods before leaning forward and sticking his nose into one of the holes water was seeping through.
"Jord!"I say as he begins aggressively sniffing.
"I don't know what's in there, but it smells better than it does out here. Hold on to me."he says.
I wade through the chest deep water and walk to him, hugging his waist tightly.
Then he winds back with a deep breath.
And then with one mighty punch, he knocks down the wall.
We were instantly pulled into the cavern, the water rushing us out as it drained.
We end up on the ground, Jord gasping for breath and me frantically looking around.
Instantly I see a man standing off in the corner.
I grab hold of Jord's wet shirt and pull him to look.
Once he sees the man he instantly stands us up, guarding me.
This little cavern was a makeshift home.
There was a small cot, and a wood burning furnace. There were lanterns, and cooking utensils hanging from the stone walls.
There were paintings, and books.
And the man, who stood behind a makeshift shelf.
But then, his eye peaks around it and he gasps, instantly stepping out into the light.
"Rose?"
I instantly recognize his sweet eyes and accent.
"Edwin?"Jord and I say at the same time.
He runs to me, embracing me in a tight hug.
"You're okay! Oh my goodness you're okay! I thought they would have killed you! And you brought me a Doppler!"he says excitedly.
"Hey, guy! That's not Rosalie, hands off."Jord demands.
"Yes it is! C-can't you tell?"Edwin says before looking slightly confused.
He backs away slowly and looks at me. He touches my hair, and face softly. Then his smile fades a bit.
"..y-you look just like her."his accented voice now deep and solemn.
I quickly pull Rosalie's diary from the back of my pants.
"I-i found this. I think Rosalie would want you to have it."I say as he looks us both up and down.
"Your clothes are so strange.."he says softly.
I look back at Jord who was examining the room.
"How long have you been down here, Edwin?"he asks.
"Well....I don't really know. One day I'm in the castles kitchen. Master came and informed me of your death. He said, since there are no humans in the castle I have no use for you. And I don't know I...I went to sleep one day and I woke up here."he says.
My lips quiver as I look back at Jord.
"Vlad must've read her diary."I say.
Edwin chuckles a bit.
"...has it been long? Since Rosalie?"he asks.
I nod softly.
"Hundred of years."Jord says, making Edwin gasp.
"Doomed. To eternal loneliness."he says softly.
"Edwin, Rosalie helped me find you. She told me what Vlad did. "I say softly.
"Then you know Vlad isn't who he says he is."Edwin says.
"Hey. Vlad is still my master."Jord says, making me look back at him.
"You're not going to tell him about this, right?"I question.
Jord huffs, shifting uncomfortably.
"J-jord, you're not going to tell him, right?"I ask.
He simply shakes his head no.
"..why?"I ask.
"..h-...he already knows."
My eyes widen in panic.
"What do you mean?"
....
Meanwhile....
Vlad's eyes were blood red, his hand over the screaming Evans eyes.
Vlad has dominion of all vampires he directly creates. This means unrestricted access to their powers.
This action is unbelievably painful to a new vampire, especially one as young as Evan.
He could see exactly where Melanie, and Jord were.
He drops Evan angrily and he screeches as he covers his eyes.
"Unworthy, trash urchin."Vlad spits at Evan was sobbing on the ground.
He then walks towards the kitchen door.
...