STORIES
244 - Herita
2019
Herita Cammeo Lu
Friday night in Harmonia & Lu's sitting room…
HERITA:
… And where ‘ave you been? Do ya know they’ve ‘ad
me locked up in ‘ere all afternoon waiting on ya?
CAMMEO:
No.
HERITA:
Like ya care. And 'ow long 'ave ya known Lu's on the Committee?
CAMMEO:
She just told me.
HERITA:
'ow cheeky is she – keeping such a secret?
Like we didn't 'ave a right to know.
CAMMEO:
I'm not here to talk about Lu.
HERITA:
Oh right. Ya wanna know about that book on vampires, eh?
All right I'll tell ya. I found it and put it away for safe keeping.
CAMMEO:
No you didn’t, because if that were true you could've
given it to Mez when he asked you about it.
HERITA:
I didn't 'ave it then. I came across it after.
CAMMEO:
You’re lying to me.
HERITA:
Oh I get it - Lu and them's been tellin’ ya stories about me. It’s all
speculationit is. Who ya gonna believe? Them or me, your own sis?
CAMMEO:
They haven't told me anything I didn't already know.
HERITA:
Is that so?
CAMMEO:
Because of your actions, I was forced to go hunting last night. I came across a few vampires who willingly told me all I needed to hear. You’ve
been looking for one of them to bring you over. They all refused.
HERITA:
You wanna get right down to it eh? All right then - they did refuse
me - because of YOU! You've ruined me 'ole existance. You with
your Seeker skills and that boy of yours. Them vamps are
so afraid of you that not one of ‘em would 'elp me.
HERITA:
… Everthing that’s ’appened is because of you. You did this to me.
CAMMEO:
You almost caused the death of Zyfan.
HERITA:
Oh but I didn't, did I? No, the bloke's still alive 'e is. It wasn't suppose
to be 'im anyway. Es was supposed to come after me. Leave it
to 'er to mess with me plans. You're all working against me.
CAMMEO:
You really are mad, arent you?
HERITA:
Mad? Take a look at me. I’m trapped in this puny, human, weak body.
HERITA:
… Do ya know what it's like? No ya don't - 'ow could ya? Ya 'ave
your supernatural powers and ya don't even want ‘em. Well I do.
It was meant to be that I ‘ave mine restored to me.
CAMMEO:
Meant to be?
HERITA:
You ‘eard me. I came across that book didn't I? Didn't even know
of its existence and there it was. Showed me everything I
needed to do to become what I was - a powerful vampire.
HERITA:
… So I mixed up me potion of the First Blood. I knew what it shoulda
done when I 'ad Karanthir drink it up. I wanted 'im to be the one
to bring me over - ya see ‘e was me first choice.
HERITA:
… Been watchin' 'im I 'ave. 'e can be in the sun all day. 'e has the
strength and speed of a full vampire. 'e can even eat food or
ave the pleasure of feeding off another. That's for me all right.
CAMMEO:
But he doesn't feed, Herita. You failed to do any research
on him or vampire-elves in general.
CAMMEO:
… Elves have a slower metabolism. I have yet to encounter one who's
gone evil after the turning. Which is why I don't need to Seek them.
HERITA:
Is that so? And 'ere I thought you'd gone soft.
CAMMEO:
You were wrong.
CAMMEO:
… So Es's metaballism slowed her symptoms of the First Blood.
But if she had attacked you, instead of Zyfan, how were you
going to stop her from draining you to the point of death?
HERITA:
Ya don't think I 'ad a plan? Shows what you know!
I've a stake all ready to stop 'er.
CAMMEO:
You were going to end her existence?
HERITA:
If I 'ad to – but not before I drank enough from
'er for me transformation.
CAMMEO:
You truly are mad.
HERITA:
Says the Seeker who won't seek.
CAMMEO:
Mez is right. He said you're jealous of me.
So jealous it's tearing you up inside.
HERITA:
Jealous of the likes of you! You’ve gone daft sis.
CAMMEO:
That’s right. You said it yourself - none of the vampires would
turn you because they fear me. They all know of me.
CAMMEO:
… You were a Seeker, just like me but you couldn’t do it.
You weren’t strong, like me. So you let yourself
become a vampire - knowing full well what I’d do.
HERITA:
Are ya referring to the time ya went and killed me?
CAMMEO:
You were already dead. I only ended your existence.
HERITA:
Maybe, but I’m still ‘ere, ain’t I?
CAMMEO:
You are, but you’re trapped in a puny, human, weak body. Had
you succeeded in becoming a vampire, I'd have ended you again.
HERITA:
Could ya do me in again, my twin? Push a stake deep into me heart
and watch the life leave me body. Then fix it so I never rise again?
LU:
That's enough. It's time to leave Herita. I have a private plane waiting for us. Cammeo, once she's settled in - there may come
a time when you may visit her, if you chose to.
HERITA:
That won’t be necessary. I’ll be glad to be
out of ‘ere and far away from ‘er.
HERITA:
… Good riddance sis. It’s not like it ‘asn’t be fun.
CAMMEO:
For the record - had you become a vampire again - I would
have hunted you down, over-powered you, driven a stake into your heart, and thrown you into the flames, just like I did the first time.
