Resemblance

<Forgotten palace>

Darkness...

Fear...

The smell of rotten flesh and dried out blood. The full moon reflected the horrors of the forgotten palace, mountains crested a fortress to hide the tall building.

Large talk trees formed as a forest to indulge on intruders who crossed the forest.

It smelled like Death.

Morpheus re-appeared along with the two men afterwards, he took the liberty to look around the dark surroundings and the only thing that stood around him was the endless view of tall forest trees and a dark sky and that massive tall building that stood before them, he was startled when cloud urged him to start walking towards the building, the large wooden door swung open as soon as they were near it, inside was an empty hall with fire torches on the far end and two stair cases that enter locked at the top and parted on both sides at the bottom, the door silently closed behind them.

The room was dim bearly visible to the human eye, the fire torches on every side of the hall created light for only what was around them.

"Well well well" The voice appeared echoing around the hall, almost like a hissing sound but daring.

Morpheus looked around and thanks to his vampire abilities he could see perfectly what was standing near the stair case, a dark shadow with only the blood red eyes.

His two caputeres were no longer there anymore, they had disappeared into nothingness and he was now alone in the room with what could be his worst nightmare.

"Who are you? And why did you bring me here?" Morpheus spoke in a light toned voice, as calm as it had always been, he did not know of the word "fear"but have seen it, but he dared not let it swallow him whole.

The shadow moved closer to him in a ciculsr way slowly observing the boy and he did the same too, they both moved, neither showing fear and there was no way for the shadow to fear someone like himself. The only thing he could sense in this shadow was pure power and unimaginable strength and he knew that one hit from this shadow would end even the deadliest of vampires.

"Such bravery, such pride..such..such POWER it is is overwhelming me" the shadow spoke he almost sounded as if he was whispering but held a certain frightening tone that would scare the weak hearted the boy thought, but what puzzled him more was what the stranger said about overwhelming power from HIM!

"That does not answer my question" Morpheus continued. "And what power do you speak of?" Morpheus could not hide his curiosity to know who the man was and they brought him here, so many thoughts raced through his mind and he knew the stranger could read his MIMD like he was a book to ga the knowledge from.

"I am what you want me to be, so of the mighty dracular, I must say you resemble so much of his qualities, I almost thought he himself was reincarnated." He laughed the softest laugh that could ease a child's fear and suddenly he went quiet.

"You are a source of hope and destruction a gift and a curse, you are the wrong and the right. To be praised you are as god himself" He emphasized on the last word and if Morpheus had a heart it would stop right there.

"God? There is no such thing" His voice echoed angrily around the hall.

"Oh but there is, your very being,the energy that flows within you it is outstanding" He was now whispering behind his ear both his hands on either side of his shoulders.

"Is that why they took me away?" Morpheus asked now his voice was calm and collected.

The stranger laughed and ran his lake hand across the Boy's neck, his sharp nails scratching parts of his neck that they quickly heal after his fingers moved. "They are trying to rip you of your inheritance, you profound power they fear what you will become"he kept his voice low and his gaze fixed on him now that he was standimg right in front of him but still his face was not visible.

Morpheus listened quietly as the man spoke and that he was fully aware of why those horrible things happened all his life and why the old man was killed and why his father killed his mother before he was born, all these memories crossed his mind that he became angry and slowly his hand became fists tightly that it made his arms shake but his expression was still calm and he showed no signs of anger or rage only his fists proved otherwise.

"And you, what do you want from me, to take my power too? Or make do with me?" Morpheus asked his eyes fixed on the shadow standing before him.

The stranger sighed "let me tell you a tall tale, centuries ago the legendary Cassandra fell in love with a man, of course she did not know of his origin and she herself had no vision of what her life would turn out, their love was strong and everlasting until that fateful night she found out that she bared what could be doom for mankind, a child, a special child, shocked by the news the father tried to murder his wife and child but was unsuccessful in doing so thinking she was dead, she gave biry to a boy and god was she she terrified to see what was betowef before her, a vampire child, and suddenly it occurred to her why her husband wanted to make do with her." He paused to stare at Morpheus who looked back in clear anticipation.

"What happened to her and the child?" He finally asked.

"She gave the child away, far away, she knew what would become of her if she kept it and so when the boy grew up he became aware of himself and his hunger for revenge, power and peace with himself and so he killed all of the people who lived in his village, how nice it was" He spike I'm delight, that's when Morpheus realized who the boy in the story was it was this stranger stamding in front of him.

"You are like me?"

"Yes and you now understand why I want you by my side, to regain what was taken away from us, to take revenge on a of them"

Morpheus did not waste a moment to think it through, he simply reachex6 out for a handshake with a slight grin on His face and there he had seals his fate.

"Nightmare, that it what you can address me as ylimg man" Nightmare said before he disappeared into thin air and dark mist flew where he was standing.

He knew he would see him agsin and when he did it would be the beginning of a new era and that would be soon. For the first time ever Morpheus smiled mischievously at the thought of that.

Power was so close he could feel it and he could already feel his hunger and thirst for it...This for him was going to be sport at its best.