#barongoth

LATER THAT AFTERNOON---

BARON- “I really like this girl, Gideon, I mean it is not like it used to be when we first moved here, she was annoying.”

GIDEON- “Then you should pursue her. Let her know you like her. But, look who you are talking to, I am almost 21 and I don’t have a girlfriend. I am even more shy than you are.”

BARON- “To be honest, Gideon, there are not that many girls in this jungle...LOL”

GIDEON- “True, unless it’s your sister...as Vada is too busy flirting with all the boys in the village. And Rowan has a boyfriend I hear now...she and Angel have become pretty close.”

BARON- “Vada is just a tease, most of the guys in the village know that and just tease back. I don’t understand her sometimes. She is so smart, and beautiful and she---

GIDEON- “She knows that, and that’s the worst. So she flirts and manipulates to get what it is she wants at the time. All the guys know that, but they keep falling prey to her.”

BARON- “I hope she isn’t using magics on them.”

GIDEON- “Who knows, but as far as this girl you are talking about, just talk to her. What is she going to say?”

BARON- “Reject me completely.”

BARON- “So you want me to stalk her!?”

JULIAN- “No...I just need you to keep an eye on her Baron.  Vada doesn’t listen to us, she does what she wants.  You  know that. But we need to make sure she isn’t doing anything foolish or irresponsible that is going to get her, or us hurt.”

BARON- “And just how am I going to stop her.  She is ALWAYS doing something foolish and irresponsible. Uncle Jules, I just don’t think it is a good idea to have me follow her around.  She is going to know.

JULIAN- “Baron...I know the girl you were talking about to Gideon is Vada. I have known for a long time that you are taken by her, and very possibly are falling in love with her---

BARON- “Vada!!?  NO you got it all wrong----

JULIAN- “Do I?  I don’t need to be a witch to know.  You have that look in your eye when she walks in a room, and you are always talking about her.  It’s okay. I won’t say anything, but if you care about her, you need to do this.  For her protection.  For all of us.  At least until Aron finds this Vampire Lord and destroys him.”

JULIAN- “Okay then... I get that.  Then can you at least talk to her?  Maybe she will listen to you if she trusts you.  We have come this far and I know that Aron is working on something and we may very well be at the end of our stay here.  We can not allow Vada to go off on her own trying to find this stranger, or anything else to mess up all Aron has been working on.”

BARON- “Okay, Uncle Jules.  I will do what I can, but trust me, if Vada wants to do something, she is going to do it ...regardless if I, or anyone else tries to talk her out of it.”

GIDEON- “Speaking of Vada, I saw her talking with D’Mario Fuentes a little while ago out near the trail.  He is not someone she should be teasing, he will be 19 soon, and he already has a son with one of the local girls.”

BARON- “Oh, I don’t think we need to worry about that with Vada...she has no intentions of having a relationship like that! She tells me all the time she is never having kids until she is thirty.”

Julian, who was in the pool overhears their conversation, surely Vada didn’t disobey them again and go off with D’Mario!

GIDEON- “Sometimes, it makes no difference what the girl wants with guys like D’Mario...”

BARON- “Trust me, if D’Mario knows what is good for him, he wouldn’t try anything with Vada...she’d turn him into a toad or something.”

Baron Goth was a few months younger than Vada, and not quite as powerful. But Aron knew that his son would some day be a vital part of the realm, even if he wasn’t the Realm Master, which probably would fall upon Vada.

BARON- “Good morning, Miss Wanderer...where were you so late last night?”

VADA- “Why is everyone keeping tabs on me?  I was studying spells with Angel last night, and I lost track of time.  What did you do last night?”

BARON- “Nothing much, worked out, then Gideon and I played some cards and I went to bed...so how is Angel and Esau?”

VADA- “Same as always.”

BARON- “I saw Esau early this morning when I went on my run...he said he saw you last night, Vada...with Angel.”

VADA- “Yeah, I just told you I was with Angel, studying spells.”

BARON- “That is not what Esau told me.  Listen, I am not trying to tell you what to do, and you can see whomever you want, but Angel is seeing Rowan now, and you need to move on...”

VADA- “Move on from what?  I am not interested in Angel, not in that way.  Angel gets me, he understands me.  And Esau needs to learn to keep his mouth shut and mind his own business.”

BARON- “I agree, and I told him that. But, regardless we are not little anymore. And, well...Angel doesn’t know you as well as I do.  I’ve known you longer than any other guy here.  I understand you Vada, you just don’t choose to talk to me anymore. I know you are lonely and miss your parents. But we are family.  You should let me know when you are feeling like that.  We can hang out.”

VADA- “Okay, I will. And stop trying to be my daddy I told Angel last night actually that we shouldn’t see each other alone anymore.  Listen I have something I do need to ask you.”

ARON- “Crystal Balls were used in the early days of magics, mystics and people with magical abilities would use them the harness their premonition abilities and many times it would project those abilities into the crystal.  Over the centuries, witches tended to move away from them as their were thought to be reliable.  Only in the last fifty years or so have we started using them again, as witches realized that the worked off of our energy.  They also found that they could communicate with one another over long distances, magically.  So we need for you to pursue this and find out what or who it may be that is trying to communicate with you.”

VADA- “As long as you are sure that it is not the vampires using it against us. We have been safe so far.  I would not want to do anything to put us in jeopardy, Aron.”

ARON- “Nor do I, but if this is another witch in trouble then we need to make sure.”

BARON- “But hasn’t there been instances that someone from the past or even the future can use them to try and warn us?”

ARON- “Yes, but again it is not as probable as a living witch.  If we work with you together, we should be able to solve this mystery of the man you saw. Baron, I need to speak with Vada alone now, if you don’t mind.”

BARON- “Sure, father.  Gideon are going to swim for a while. Once you finish Vada, you are welcome to join.”

ARON- “What man? Did you meet someone you don’t know Vada. Did you get some kind of reading on him??”

VADA- “No, not in person...it was an image that appeared in my crystal ball. It was as if I should have known him, but I had never saw him before.”

ARON- “That is common to have images appear from them. It feeds off your energy, and other witches, warlocks and other magic users have been known to communicate that way, especially over long distances. But most of the time, it is used this way by older witches, or ones that have very strong abilities, such as yourself or like Baron.”

BARON- “And like I said, it could be someone from the past, or even the future.”

ARON- “Yes, Baron is right. It can be a premonition, and with your powers of premonition being so strong, you would pick up on that pretty quickly. Maybe I should take a look at it. But, it may not appear to me or anyone else, only to you.”

VADA- “You don’t think it could be a warlock or witch that has been turned by the vampires do you...trying to locate me?”

ARON- :Very unlikely, but there could be a remote possibility.  But that would only happen if it was someone that knows you or knew you before they were turned.  And it would show their true form.  You would know they are of the underworld, or living dead.”