Zatheria

The banishment realm was a small piece of wasteland on the furthest outskirts of Zatheria on a tiny island, with only a single mausoleum that lead to the human world; but only granted access once a week for several hours. Allowing those banished to temporarily leave for food or any supplies. Unable to set foot on Zatherian soil, they had to get what they wanted from the humans or remain on the island and risk dying. Alexandria Silverstone is one of many creatures who have to face exile. Cast aside by Kiara Rosewood; her own flesh and blood, for treason against the Royal family. Sadly for Alex, exile had quite the impact on her particular lifestyle; fortunately she was just barely able to survive on the bodies she collected. The story of Alexandria, Kiara and Jewels goes further back than this, back when they were all human. It began 10 years ago in the year 2002, Alex, Kiara and Jewels were all close cousins. Kiara was the eldest of the three girls; she had short chestnut hair, hazel eyes and light features. Jewels was the youngest, with dark brown hair, light brown eyes as well as tanned skin. Finally was Alex, the second eldest; with long raven hair, dark eyes and olive skin. As children the girls had the wildest and most creative imaginations. Together, they created numerous worlds filled with hundreds of different creatures, and they were their rulers. The roles they commonly played were Vampires, in which they would pretend to be sisters who were handpicked by Count Dracula himself; to rule over the World of Darkness, and all other mythical creatures in existence. It was referred to as “The Game”. The Game starts with 10 year old Alex and Kiara and 8 year old Jewels, commonly at their grandmothers house; where during any occasion the girls would sneak off from the rest of the family into their own worlds. The game would begin like this: The girls would awake to find themselves in a large stone bricked dungeon that stretched up for what seemed to be miles. It was darker the further up they looked, but with several flame torches hanging on the walls, it allowed them to see a stone balcony a few feet above them; as well as a large wooden door in the corner of the room. Confused, the girls tried to develop solutions for escape, but were interrupted by a male voice. “Hello girls” it softly spoke. The girls slowly looked up to see a cloaked figure in black standing upon the balcony. “W…who are you?” Kiara asked. “And where the hell are we?!” Alex demanded. The figure softly chuckled before answering. “My dear, dear girls all will be explained shortly, I promise” he reassured them. One click of his fingers and the wooden door creaked opened revealing a lightly lit corridor. “I…I’m not going through there” Jewels stuttered. “So you want to stay here? Alone…?” Alex questioned her as she lead the way out, followed by Kiara then by a slightly scared Jewels. The girls then entered a corridor, which led down to a small hall and at the end were 4 wooden doors. The walls were made of red velvet, and there were candles nestled in golden holders dotted upon them. Suddenly the door on the far right creaked open, the girls cautiously peered inside and saw a stunning, luxurious master bedroom. “Oh wow, come on!” Alex giggled as she pulled Kiara and Jewels into the room with her. “This room is amazing” Jewels gasped in surprise. They all gazed around the room from top to bottom. Beautiful beige carpet covered the floor, and crimson red curtains draped from the large floor to ceiling windows. Cream furniture with gold designs sat perfectly around the room, then in the centre a majestic four post king size bed with white and gold sheets upon it. “It’s like bloody Buckingham Palace in here” Alex said in awe. “How charming” chuckled a familiar voice. The girls all gasped and briefly froze, before turning around to see that same cloaked figure once more. “Who are you?” Kiara timidly asked. “Ah, ah, there are a set of clothes on the bed, please get dressed then proceed out that door over there” he said as he motioned his hand. The girls turned to the bed then to the door, but once they turned back to the stranger, but he had vanished. “This is odd…” Kiara trailed off. They closely observed the Victorian style dresses that lay there in three different colours; red, black and royal green. The gowns appeared to have all been tailored to the girls’ sizes, Alex wore the black dress, Kiara wore the red and Jewels wore the green. Once dressed the girls were proud and surprised at how lovely they all looked in their attire. “Why do you think he gave us all this?” Kiara suspiciously asked. “No idea” Alex responded while gazing at herself in the mirror. “What now?” Jewels questioned. “May as well do what he said” Alex answered. So as they were told by the stranger, the girls went through the door that led into another corridor decorated similarly to the one they walked down earlier. At the end stood a large set of dark wooden doors decorated with black Gothic designs. “I’m guessing we go through there” Kiara sarcastically pointed out. “I’m guessing so too, since there are no other doors down here” Alex responded. Kiara and Alex pushed the doors and gasped at the amazing dining hall before them. Gold, blue and cream decorated the walls, the table itself stretched nearly 50 metres across with silver plates and cutlery gracing the table. “I could get used to this” Alex said, they then proceeded into the room. “There you are my dears, please sit” instructed a voice. Looking around the girls saw no one, but did as they were told, and each took a seat. A loud swish sound, and suddenly that reappearing cloaked black figure; was sitting at the head of the table. Alex was sitting on his right with Kiara and Jewels on her left. “This is all nice and whatever but where are we? And as my cousin has already asked, who are you?” Alex demanded of the stranger. The figure removed the concealing cloak, and before the girls sat a man of legend. Actually he wasn’t much of a man, more a creature- The creature of Darkness, The prince, Count Dracula; stunning mid length black hair, icy blue eyes and skin as pale as the moon.