The Awakening

(Some Months Later)

*Drip* *Drip* *Drip* The sound of the water dripping from the ceiling rings in my ears. It's been a while since the most recent torture, the pain was unimaginable my hatred for the man who is my torturer cannot be expressed in words.

'I must break out of here. This is not going to end well if I remain trapped here. Vince.... I am going to slaughter that muckspawn.'

I close my eyes and begin to meditate . 'First thing I have to do is make sure that they didn't place any tracking magic on me, If they did it will be troublesome to find and kill the caster.'

I focus my attention in scanning my body and realize that there is no tracking magic but I find something else that is very unusual. 'What is this?' I think confused.

I notice a very faint magic seal over my heart. I focus on it in an attempt to figure out what it does. 'Restriction? What the heck is it restricting?' I think very confused. I then begin to release the seal, slowly.

Hour after hour I focus on the seal, slowly removing it. The seal is composed hundreds of magic symbols that are missaranged locking the spell in place. To dispel it I will have to arrange them into the correct sequence.

"Ugh, this is irritating." I groan

"I guess there is one good thing about being born into that crappy family." I mutter as the task is made much easier thanks to being taught magic symbols as a child by mother.

My lip curls into a snarl associating that woman with the title of mother.

I continue for what seems like days, slowly removing one part of the seal after another. Sweat pour down my face as I grow weary from the sheer level of concentration I must maintain.

Finally, I reach the final seal.

I spend nearly an hour before I finally reach the last part of the sequence. Just as I do, I hear the creaking of the vault door opening.

Baron Vince walks in saying "Hello Tasuki, how have you been? Ready for another bonding session?" He asks with a wicked smile.

Then, I finish the final part, and remove the seal. My heart begins pounding much stronger than before, I feel warmth as the blood that was being restricted filled my system.

A feeling of warmth and power floods through me. I crack a smile.

The Baron see's the smile, "What's the cause of your joyous expression my friend? Excited are we?"

My smile widens, I feel as if all these years I had been stuck in a wheelchair and have suddenly gained the ability to fly. Then a thought crosses my mind, no not a thought more of an instinct. I feel my outward body swiftly changing.

"Hello, Vince, your right, i am very excited." My teeth slowly change and grow sharp, and I open my eyes.

The Baron stares at me in a mixture of fear and despair. His face turns pale and he falls to his knees, he seems to have aged nearly twenty years.

As he gazes into deep amber eyes with black slits for pupils a single word crosses his mind.

'Death.'