The Bloodstained Luna

There is a hidden place far different from the place where humans live; a much different world where fighting and killings are a natural occurrence. Vampires and werewolves from the legends exist… only that these creatures were created by the Goddess Luna; a new generation of Lunarian creatures after the first Lunarian Legacy… the hybrids.

Almost a thousand years ago, the Goddess Luna created the first Lunarian creatures through her Lunarian Oracle. These creatures are the hybrids, having the traits of both vampire and werewolf and she called this clan… the Lunarian Legacy, the first Lunar Kingdom—the Kingdom of Luna. These hybrids are divided into two systems, the Alpha and the Omega systems. Wherein those from the Alpha system have defined crescent moon marks on their bodies while those of the Omega system have a much lighter crescent moon mark. These marks glow when their fated-partners are determined and when they show their individual powers and abilities. These marks are their identities… the mark of the hybrids.

Among these hybrids, the Goddess Luna has her own favorites—Maximo Gramell and Milvera Hearth… the strongest hybrids she created. Both from the Alpha system, Goddess Luna paired these two hybrids together and let them become the first King and Queen of the Lunar Kingdom. Maximo and Milvera mated and had two alpha kids, naming them Maximus Gramell and Maximillian Gramell. And just like their parents, their crescent moon marks are much defined only that Maximus’ and Maximillian’s marks were a lot bigger and are both situated on their left chests. And these two alpha kids have the ability to suppress their marks and hide them… making them invisible, unlike the rest of their kind. The Goddess Luna had not predicted this kind of ability. And she felt that these marks have an immense amount of power, given that they both came from the two strongest alphas.

The Goddess Luna wasn’t able to predict a lot of things. For some reason, she couldn’t read what’s on the minds of the members of the royal family. Even her Lunarian Oracle failed to predict the future that awaits the Lunar Kingdom. And when the time came that Maximo Gramell turned his back on the Goddess Luna because of his greed for power, that’s when the Goddess Luna knew… she made a big mistake. The Lunar Kingdom’s Lunarian Legacy Clan forgot about their goddess and Luna was furious, mad, betrayed. And before everything else turned sour, Goddess Luna decided to annihilate her first creation, to wipe out the entire Lunar Kingdom and the Lunarian Legacy Clan… her firstborns.

Maximus was 12 years old and Maximillian was 6 years old when their Goddess Luna killed their parents first and then destroyed the entire Lunar Kingdom… killing every single hybrid at sight and even those who are hiding. However, Luna didn’t know that there were still hybrids alive. She thought she killed and destroyed everyone but she was wrong. Maximus and Maximillian lived. They were the only two hybrids that lived; defying Luna’s holy power of destruction. Their marks glowed when Luna’s power was killing everyone, as if they were being protected by their marks against their own creator. Maximus escaped the Lunar Kingdom with his sister to the human realm where the Lunarian Legacy Institute, a hidden headquarters for the hybrid royalties, was located. Maximus hid their marks but he couldn’t suppress her sister’s mark. His power was being nullified by Maximillian’s mark. That’s when he realized that their powers were opposite of each other and that they were destined to go against each other. But he couldn’t kill his sister because he loved her too much. So, instead of killing her, he made her drink the potion that would halt her time and stop her body from growing and then put her into a deep sleep inside the coffin. He then plans to use his sister against the Goddess Luna.

1000 years have passed and Maximus continued hiding while at the same time harnessing his hybrid powers and the power of his mark. He also spent those long years planning how to destroy the Goddess Luna while Maximillian was still in deep sleep… her body was still that of a child's. Though Maximus wasn’t aware how much the Goddess Luna lost after destroying an entire kingdom. Goddess Luna was a lot weaker than she used to. But she decided to create a new generation of lunarian creatures… her second borns, making her even weaker. Only that she decided to separate the two traits of a hybrid. She created the vampires and the werewolves simultaneously but separately… creating two lunarian lineages, two lunarian clans—the Scarlet Moon Clan and the Winter Moon Clan. She decided that the two clans cannot coexist. Luna then put the Alpha and Omega systems only in the Winter Moon Clan and created the alpha-omega pairing system. She knew that both alphas cannot be together as well as a vampire and a werewolf cannot be together; reason why both clans have become sworn enemies since the beginning of their time. Luna also put in the Lunarian History everything that happened a thousand years ago and declared hybrid creatures as the cursed ones. Luna bestowed rules for the vampire clan and for the werewolf clan and for both clans.

However, only the royalties have the right to keep the Lunarian History books that Luna created herself. The royalties have the responsibility to share the history to their people. The Goddess Luna then lost all her power except for the Lunarian Oracle… but she no longer has the power to change the course of the prophecy. Now… it is up to her lunarian children how they will face their predetermined destinies.

When Maximus witnessed everything that happened after a thousand years, he was even more furious that the Goddess had the audacity to create new lunarian creatures and made his kind the cursed ones. With that, he decided to wake his sister up from a thousand long years of deep sleep inside the coffin and went to the magical forest just outside the whole Lunar Kingdom and left his sister near the Winter Moon Kingdom. When two alpha-omega pair found Maximillian and took her in, it was his cue to completely carry out his years-long plan; his plan to destroy the entire Kingdom of Luna and the Goddess herself just like how she annihilated his clan. Maximus Gramell's revenge has finally begun.

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It was past midnight and the chilling breeze brought by the winter season managed to sneak in through the slightly opened window of the 16-year-old Scarlet Moon Prince Lazarus’ room in the Scarlet Moon Palace. The night was quiet and fearful, like something dangerous was about to come. The quietness of the night threatened more as Lazarus’ body remained still like that of a dead’ body. He’s a vampire, after all. His skin was white as snow and cold as the winter. Eyes closed, his long and dark lashes flicked as he dreamed…

Hah hah hah hah …

There was someone in his dream, panting nonstop. Lazarus opened his eyes and found himself in a dark place. He tried adjusting his senses but to no avail. It was only a matter of time when he gave up trying and just focused instead on the panting sound of another creature.

“Who are you?” Lazarus asked. “Where are you?” The hint of annoyance in his voice was evident. He couldn’t even understand why.

The panting sound continues and it’s getting louder and louder as Lazarus walked forward, following where it was coming from.

“Lazarus… Molgran…” the creature said in a faint husky voice, which gave him chills that also surprised him. The voice was calling him, and it felt and sounded like the man was in pain.

“Who are you?” asked Lazarus once more.

The panting stopped and it was now deadly silent. The dark surrounding remained and Lazarus could no longer move. There was no longer a sound he could follow. He was just there in the middle of emptiness, confused and not moving at all.

Suddenly, Lazarus felt his heart beating loudly. Even though vampires were supposed to not have a beating heart, his felt hot and alive. He has been different from everyone else, but this is the first time he completely felt his difference, his uniqueness. He wasn’t sure if he’d be impressed or not. The beating of his heart continued and a faint light slowly crept from the birth mark on his left chest.

Awoo! Awoo!

Upon hearing a howling sound that resembled that of his enemies’, Lazarus ran towards the direction where the howling was coming from. It was starting to fade but the howling continued. Lazarus stopped when the sound disappeared.