Melkgien City's Home Stadium, Melkgien, Norway, Mid
Wednesday, 28th December
10pm
The city's stadium was filled to the brim with soldiers and army staff, everyone in their uniform as both the seats and field was over crowded.
By one of the stadium tunnels leading out to the field was a stage pulled out and set up just for tonight, along with a microphone set up on it. Along the bottom of the stage stood security and in front of them were the news reporters and camera men setting their equipment up. Above the stage and stadium tunnel in a sectioned off area of the sets were the coloured army leaders in their assigned seats with their bodyguards standing behind their respectful leader, all of them wearing masks depicting the colour of their army. A couple rows behind them sat the Prodigium Council board members, that including Blake Drift himself.
Blake glanced down at the army leaders, seeing an empty chair... one Angelina was supposed to be sitting in tonight. A grim expression consumed the man's face as the person to his left turned towards him "Drift, you alright?" they asked as Blake turned his head, seeing the brown-eyed black-haired vampire beside him, looking at him in slight concern.
Nicolaus Carpenter, a fellow council board member and the current ambassador of vampires.
"I'm fine" Blake answered as Nicolaus glanced down at the empty leader seat "The Black Leader didn't come?" "She's currently handling some important business" the man lied yet the vampire thankfully believed him.
Everyone quietened immediately as the masked Red Leader, Joseph, walked out onto the stage and up to the microphone, everyone cheered at the sight of him.
Tonight was his final appearance as the 'Red Leader'.
"Welcome, everyone, to Melkgien, and this year's fourth and last Army Leader Ceremony" the red-masked leader spoke, the crowd cheering as he spoke "Tonight, we stand on the soil and land my ancestors were birthed on, both Melkgien and Norway have held a strong place within all their descendants' hearts, and so when the next generation comes of age, they are made the new leader here, is this exact spot" the man stated. "And tonight, that will happen again, my son will take my place as the new leader of the Red Army... and how honoured I am to be the one to name him the new leader" the masked man smiled and with the wave of his hand, his masked son, Tord, stepped out of the tunnel and up the stairs, onto the stage, everyone cheering at the sight of him as he took his place by his father's side. The man's bodyguard and Tord's mother, Caitlyn who was also masked, walked over to the two, signalling the crowd to become silent once more as she held a tiny red-glassed box and carefully opened it, holding it out to her husband.
Two items sat in the box: one, a gold Red Army pin and the second, a gold ring with the inner side engraved with all the other armies' symbols.
Tord stool tall and strong in his new army leader uniform as his father picked up the pin and placed it above his heart "Your heart and pride for the Red Army will be carried within this pin, may you lead with your heart and never rage" the man said to Tord before taking his son's left hand and placing the ring on his pointer finger. "Your past and ancestors is held within this ring, a ring of leaders you honour and protect along with those of your own familied army" he continued, looking sternly into his son's eyes "Do you take the leader's vows and oath; 'To death and life, hearts and souls protected and rise'?" the man questioned and Tord answered confidently "Yes".
Caitlyn stepped back, closing the box as Joseph let go of Tord's hand and motioned his son to step forward "I present you the new Red Army Leader!" Joseph announced, the crowd erupting into a roar of cheer and clapping.
The Rossur Restaurant, Melkgien, Norway, Mid
11pm
Tord, still masked, stepped out into the main dinning room, immediately being crowded by a few dozen people either greeting and congratulating him on becoming the new army leader or reporters trying to squeeze out an interview from him before thankfully his masked father rescued him, excusing them from the crowd and helping guide him back over to the table where Caitlyn, she too still masked, sat "Where did you go?" Caitlyn questioned her son.
After the first half hour of being at the afterparty at the city's largest restaurant, both Joseph and Caitlyn noticed their son disappearing, his father immediately going through the building to find the poor boy swarmed by people.
"Sorry- I wanted to find Patryk and Paul...." Tord's voice faded as Joseph laughed a little "Forgot that you weren't wearing soldier uniform, did you?" "Yeah" he agreed to his father's comment, cracking a laugh out of both his parents whilst glancing at the empty seat beside him, one that was reserved for a person who never made it to the ceremony.
Tord's brows knotted "What about Angelina?" he questioned his father "She not coming? is it something to do with the royal family or-" "The Grey Leader's son attacked the Drift Warden house, Tord" Joseph told his son, Tord's body stiffening and going cold as his father continued "Angelina and a few of her friends went after him through a Parnal Mirror and are now stuck on the otherside of it". The boy stepped back, shocked and confused and mostly scared for the hypnotics- no, his friends "How do you know-" "Blake called me just a little ago" Joseph answered his son, a grim expression spread across the man's face "We don't know where they ended up, I-" "Push back the ceremony" Tord immediately told his father. Joseph's brows frowned at his son's request "...we can only push it back a week at most, son" he said.
Tord's brows frowned.
"Tord, please-" "I'm not fucking doing this" the boy snapped at his father, stepping further away from him "First you force me to leave home earlier than planned and now I find out that the Grey Leader's son attacked my friends" Tord said, his voice cracking with a choked sob "I had to leave Tom behind for fuck sake, just for this fucking army" "Running this army was your childhood dream, you've been wanting this your whole life-" "I wanted Tom more!" Tord yelled over his father. Joseph blinked a few times, taken back by the outburst yet surprising confession from his son whilst Tord stood red-faced and moments away from tears "...I love him, dad... I told him I did and you took me away before anything could happen" the boy stated "He said he loved me too- I loved him since the moment we met" he continued. Sadness consumed Joseph's eyes, heartbroken for what he did to his son "I'm so sorry, I-" "Just... leave me alone" Tord told his father, looking away from him.
The newly named leader stood up "Tord?" his mother's voice hung in the air as he shifted out of his seat "I'll be back, promise" Tord smiled at his parents before walking off and back out of the main dining room of the restaurant. After a little looking around, he found an empty small room, closing the door behind himself whilst digging out his phone. He dialled a number and held the phone up to his ear.
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"Hi, the person you are trying to reach is currently unavailable, please leave a message after the beep" the answering machine stated before a dulled, piercing one-second beep sounded through the phone as Tord's eyes closed.
He's still not answering.
"Hey Tom, I... I heard about what happened at Blake's and.... look, I'm really worried about you, please" he nearly begged "Answer my calls or texts, I just want to know if you're safe and okay-" the answering machine cut Tord off before sending through whatever he was able to say. His hand fell down, tightly gripping the phone "Fuck!" he swore under his breath before snapping his head around as he heard the room's door open. Blake stepped into the room, grim and saddened look on his face as he looked back at Tord "Fuck no-" "Tord, please-" "Get the fuck out" the boy harshly told the man "I don't have the time to deal with your bullshit" he snapped, unable to keep his rage back. "I get it, you're angry-" "I'm beyond fucking angry, Drift" Tord hissed "First, my leader ceremony get's moved from June to several months sooner than planned, then I'm forced to leave my friends and person I love behind in another country, then I hear that two of my friends got attacked and that your fucking stupid ass sent four of my other friends through a Parnal Mirror to no-one-fucking-knows-where" the boy snapped.
Blake's face grimed even more before he spoke "Holly was raped and her mother is here to help her recover" the man said as all the colour immediately drained from Tord's face "The Parnal Mirror shattered behind the kids- Angelina, Corey and Sean went through the portal... they thought they were following after the son, but they weren't" Blake continued as worry crawled at the boy's throat. "What do you mean?" Tord questioned him, keeping his anger plastered across his face before the man answered him "...the Grey Leader's son is Vixen".
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