Jamie and Andrew Ch. 01

Introduction - Please note you can skip the intro but it will answer questions that may come up as we get into the story.

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Welcome to Unison Island. Back in the first century (0000) the first vampires, witches, psychics and shifters tried to live normal lives integrated with humans.

This became more and more difficult as their varying abilities made them stand out (e.g. Vampires only go out at night, shifters disappear once a month).

They tried moving away from humans and forming their own communities, but this led to them being hunted and sometimes killed.

Humans didn't like anyone who they didn't understand and therefore declared the stand alone villages that refused all communication with others as dangerous. They decided to try and wipe out those villages causing battles that the humans almost always lost. But casualties were heavy for both sides and many paranormals died as well as humans.

Finally a person from each community got together and after months of searching they found an island that lay forgotten within what is now known as the Bermuda triangle.

Months were then spent contacting all the paranormals of the world and offering them the sanctuary of the island. Everyone who wished to leave the mainland were welcomed with open arms.

There were of course people who wanted to stay and see if things improved with the humans. Those people were bound to secrecy with magic but told they would be welcomed on the island any time.

The witches laid spells and enchantments on the island, securing it from ever being found by any humans.

They also used magic to change the seasons and daylight. They made it so that each season lasted three months, this meant that planting and harvests were regulated and the island always had good crops and so plenty of food to feed everyone. They made sure that day and night lasted twelve hours each. This meant that vampires always knew that the sun would gradually set between 8 and 9pm, and would slowly rise between 8 and 9am, giving them an hour to get to shelter before they could be burnt.

At first all communities stayed in their own parts - psychics together, witches together, etc. over the years this changed as people started meeting their partners or mates in other species. Hybrids popped up all over and at first they were shunned, but by the year two thousand attitudes were starting to change, although every place will always have bigots and purists and other extremists.

The people who had set up the island built a central building and met up three times a year to ensure all was well. After a while the central building expanded and was soon a town that housed a central high council that governed the island. The council was made up of two representatives from each species. Each community had a small council of elders and they had one senior elder who would report to the high council.

Now the high council is in a city, Unison City, as well as housing the high council and it has four universities, one for witches, vampires, psychics and shifters. Children can be sent to finish their education by their parents (or guardians) and the high council will pay for their expenses while they're there. Witches and psychics were found to be great healers and so it was accepted that they would travel away from their own kind to aid other communities.

Communities now have a witch and/or a psychic healer living with them to help with bad injuries or sicknesses.

The universities teach everything from healing (for psychics and witches) to advanced shifting and how to become an Elder.

At certain times each year the high council send teams out to search out any people who may have been born with abilities since the move to the island. They may be newly developed or may be descendants of the people who stayed behind. The teams are made up of a Senior Elder from all four species. Sometimes the Elders will bring their mates/partners but the main team is always the four elders and any others are just there to support them.

They try and encourage any people they find to at least visit the island and see if they would prefer life there. The offer was always left open but all visitors are asked to sign a magic statement that make them incapable of talking about the island to any humans if they return to the mainland.

The teams also try to find any new technology or medicines that have been not be already found of invented on the island. This means that the island has technology such as helicopters, telephones, TV, internet and other such advances.

I hope you enjoy reading about the Island adventures.

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Jamie and Andrew Chapter One

Andrew woke up and rolled slowly out of bed, he didn't want to get up but he knew he had work and needed to get ready. Using his vampire speed he had a shower and got dressed. He knew he needed to feed but he had forgotten to restock his supplies last night. He could get a bottle of blood at work and therefore decided to wait.

He wrapped his slight form in a fur-lined coat to ward off the chill of the winter evening, being a vampire was great but still didn't fight off the cold.

As he was getting into his car he started to feel an itch between his shoulder blades. He had the feeling of being watched but when he looked around he couldn't see anyone. He shrugged to himself and set off for work.

He always marveled at the scenery as he drove through the countryside surrounding the community of Chapmistres View. His house was set in a small wooded area which afforded him the privacy his new clan knew he craved as he was painfully shy and nervous of crowds. It was only a short drive to the guard's headquarters where he worked as an administrator in his own office and he could probably have walked it but he liked to drive and it was snowing heavily so he was grateful for the car heater.

As he approached the bridge that marked the edge of Chapmistres View town center he noticed another car in his rear-view mirror. As he watched the car sped up and rammed into the back of him. He swerved trying to regain control of the car and hit a patch of ice, which sent him spinning over the side of the bridge into the river below.

The river was not usually very deep but with the rain and snow they had been having it was deeper than usual and more than enough to envelop his small car. He fought the water pressure and managed to get the door open. As he pulled himself onto the river bank another set of hands reached out to pull him up.

He lifted his head to thank his helper only to receive a punch to his face that sent him flat on his back. He rolled to avoid the next punch and came to his feet. He then realized his attacker was not alone and that another was behind him. The first attacker came at him again and he saw a flash of metal before he felt a cut stinging his arm that he had put up to defend himself. Knowing that only a silver knife could penetrate a vampire's skin he started to fight in earnest knowing that if they cut him enough he could bleed to death before his vampire body could heal itself or if they hit his heart he would die instantly.

He quickly realized that the two he was fighting were also vampires as they dodged or blocked most of the punches and kicks he aimed their way. After a few more minutes he realized that the vampires must be trained fighters as they were quicker and much stronger than he was. By the end of the fight he was curled up in a ball as they kicked and stabbed at him. Then they were just gone.

Andrew lifted his head and looked around but he couldn't see them and assumed they thought they had done enough to make sure he bled to death before anyone would find him.

With painstaking slowness he pulled himself up the river bank to the road, after finding it deserted he started painfully crawling the last short distance to the edge of the town. The first house he came to had a light on outside and he headed for that light.

When he reached the door he started to pound on it with all his remaining strength until his vampire hearing picked up the sound of footsteps from inside.

As the door began to open he passed out cold.