oh boy. this is the first time any of 'house of blood' has been published. before you read any of this story, there is a lot i must explain. adam and vie both use telepathy. adam is a human, vie is a blue elf, rowan is a ice elf. all three of them were taken prisoneer by a creature called axian. a being, MADE of blood. axian marked them and can now control their bloodflow. thus it can tell them to do something, and if they dont, it kills them. unsurprisingly, axian has a mansion of over 100 slaves. vie has only been there for around a month, adam has for 7 years. rowan has been there for a week. <story is below> The next morning all was quiet, except the thump of something in the basement every few seconds. nobody spoke. Vie lifted up in her bed, hearing the thumping and growing confused. She got up and brushed her hair out, sneaking downstairs. everyone was in a hush. The thumping came from the basement. Sam was by the stairs. "If you're looking for Adam, he's down there" he said, pointing to the stairs. She nodded and moved toward the stairs quietly, going down into the basement. the thumping grew louder. Adam was slamming his fist into a punching bag. his face was emotionless. he glanced at her and continued. He kicked the bag with all his might, sending it across the room. his telekinesis brought it right back for him. "Good morning." he said gruffly. 'Hi...' She thought to him, a bit shaken with all the loud noise. 'What happened with that job you did?' "It went fine." Rowan was sitting in a corner, head in his hands. "Quite unexpected..." he murmured. 'So, what happened now?' She messed with her hair, braiding a small strand of it. "It's ariana..." he stood and clumped up the stairs, saying "I'll... let you two talk..." 'Oh...okay...' She nodded her head, looking down. Adam continued for a few seconds. "She's gone. passed away last night." he said in the same tone as before. <more in notes and credits.> <if you press space, you can see an idea of what adam and vie look like. not the official, but it works. both of them were found by a friend of mine and idk who made them.>
'What...' Her eyes widened as she looked back up at him. 'H-How?' he shrugged, slamming fist fist into the bag again. She rubbed her arm nervously, then stepped toward him and placed a hand on his shoulder. 'I'm sorry...' "why should you be? I'm the one that brought her here." 'It's not your fault...' She said in his mind, trying to comfort him as best she could. "I brought her here, if I hadn't she wouldn't have..." his voice trailed off. Vie remained silent. Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around his waist and hugged him tightly. he smiled, just barely, and hugged her back. He remembered what he said last night "whatever the outcome... I'm glad I met you." he thought. other thoughts pushed it back away however. "how will i ever tell her father... what if he's gone too...? " he sighed 'It's alright. We'll figure something out, I promise...' He relaxed a bit, glad to have her as a friend. "I've been waiting seven years for her to remember who she is." he murmured. He loosened his grip and cleared his throat. "I suppose I should tell you all that happened till I got here." She nodded softly as she looked up at him. "At age 12 my parents hated me. great start huh? Everything I helped with went wrong. Two years later I ran off. they didn't care. I went to a farm where one of my friends lived. I asked his uncle for work, and stayed for four years. After the first few years, me and the farmer's daughter fell in love. After work I'd go on walks with her. At some point her mother died, she was devastated. she went to the top of the falls and jumped, i could barely pull her back up... one day i met axian, before you helped him of course. he marked me and took me to the mansion. After a day or two he let me go back to say goodbye. I talked to the farmer first, telling him I couldn't work anymore, life had caught up with me. After that I went for a final walk with cora. We went to the falls and I told her I had to go. she followed of course. right through the portal. She followed me... two hours? maybe less. At some point she fell in the creek that I was following back to the mansion. I heard her cry and went back. She hit her head on a rock and lost consciousness. After that I carried her back here. she was never marked. Axian didn't need to anyway. After waking up here, she thought this was where she'd always been. I tried to explain but she never caught on. she named herself, i couldn't bear to say her name. I've been waiting seven years. after a few years my... 'parents' died. Amelia somehow came here, looking for me. I never learned how. Cora forgot everything outside the mansion. now i suppose she'll never remember." he closed his eyes at the end. Vie listened and hugged him tighter, 'I'm so sorry...' She whispered in his mind once he was done. "This isn't anything for you to be sorry about," he said. 'I know, but still...' She thought to him, rubbing his back gently again. "thanks." he mumbled quietly. "I'm glad someone cares," he thought. 'Of course I do...' She smiled softly at him. he smiled, "i'd rather be with you then anything else today..." Her face turned a darker shade of blue as she looked down, holding him closer. [aka she blushing XD] his grip loosened again. "oh... sorry. sometimes my thoughts run away from me." he brought his hands back to his sides 'No no, it's fine,' she thought, still hugging him. he thought for a moment "you sure...?" She looked up at him and stood on her tiptoes, kissing his cheek gently. If anyone could have been surprised in a good way that morning, it was Adam. He was stunned for a moment, then kissed her back. Vie closed her eyes and kissed him softly, glad she cut off their connection so he didn't hear her thoughts racing. He was about to kiss her back, again, but there was the 'clump clump' of someone coming down the stairs. Adam broke away. She stepped back as well, looking down to hide her darkened face. It was rowan. "hope i'm not interrupting anything '' Adam shook his head. "not at all. " Rowan looked between the two, then he smirked. “As I suspected. Having a nice date, eh?” Adam rolled his eyes while Rowan laughed. “C’mon buddy. We got work to do." The two of them went back up the stairs, leaving Vie in the basement, heart still racing like a F1 car.
