A Dead Life (4 and 5)

Azzura dreamt of being in front of an ornate fireplace facing a strange man, she had two bundles in her arms while the mysterious man regarded her thoughtfully, he walked closer and closer to her and stole the two bundles in her arm, they gave a hoarse cry as he brought his hand and twisted the bundles with a snap, he dropped them to the floor and out rolled two babies, their eyes lifeless staring at Azzurra with pleading stares. She screamed loudly and sat up in a weird room that smelled of herbs and flowers. A cold sweat draped on her flesh as she recalled the dream. Her head and heart pounding, she rested it on her knees and ground in pain coming from her belly. She didn’t understand what was happening to her, and damned if she admitted she was afraid. A soft harmonic voice pulled her away from her mind and focusing on the now. Azzurra looked up towards the voice and saw a tiny women wrapped in pretty scarves. Her eyes were gray and full of magic and power, her lips were thin, and her gray hair was cut severely short. "My, my you sure slept for a long time, I was getting worried." The woman remarked. "My name is Zara by the way, I am the wizard here on these grounds, and if I may ask do you remember anything child?" "I remember falling and the…the dream…" I shuddered in voluntarily. "The dream, what dream?" "I can’t- won’t say it was too horrible." "Then let me reach into your mind, child. Let me see this dream." I stared into her wondrous eyes and she stared back, but with so much intensity it seemed to fry my brain, and I felt it too, like something was burning in my head. I screamed the pain was so terrible, and I couldn’t escape it. I screamed again and again while clutching the sides of my head. Suddenly the fiery pain stopped, I looked across the room blinking from the haze that disrupted my vision. Zara came up to the cot I was laying on and placed a hand on my stomach. "Just as I thought, child" "What?" I asked confused. Zara sighed deeply "Well it seems to be my child that you have a small fetus growing inside your womb…." She trailed off with the rest of her question. But I understood her meaning. "Its seems to be Azzurra that you are pregnant, only about a day old, but a vampire can feel these thing at an early stage." I felt dizzy and nauseated. "I think I’m gonna hurl," I screeched Zara quickly reached for a garbage can, and held it under my mouth. I didn’t think I had anything to throw up, I guess I was totally and utterly wrong. Heaves shook my shoulder as I poured my stomach contents into the bucket. "I’ll go get Vespasian and Tony." Zara said hurriedly and left the room. I was so tired I felt as if I were drowning in myself, slipping into the shadows but I couldn’t because I was afraid if I let myself sleep now I would never wake up. Two minutes later Vespasian and Tony and Zara came down the stairs into the strange room I was in, but I didn’t have enough time to register before another wave of bile rose in my throat, I bent over –again and puked my guts out. I felt a soft warm hand on my back, rubbing in gentle circles. I turned over on my back and looked into Tonio’s eyes. "Can I go back to my room now?" I asked quietly, I was so tired… "Ya babe we can go up to your room, just as soon as I know what’s going on." I sighed loudly. "Tonio, I can take Azzurra up while you talk with Zara." Vespasian said. Toni nodded his head "Ill be up soon Azzurra, you rest." The last thing I remembered was being carried up to my bed softly before I slept once again. I woke up that evening feeling like shit. My head pounded and my stomach felt fat and swollen, My copper hair was plastered in clumps around my face I shivered it was so cold in here. "How are you feeling." A strong masculine voice whispered in my ear. "I feel like fucking hell." I responded none to nicely. "I wish I could take away your discomfort, love." Tony said soothingly seeming unperturbed by my rudeness. My hands touched my stomach, there were no signs to say I really was pregnant, maybe it was all a dream… no wait, I remember throwing up very clearly and my talk with Zara even more clearly.