• Vikktorya
    Once a beautiful young lady who had the world and men at her finger tips then one night as she was taking a stroll in the moonlight by a lake admiring the stars a stranger came up, grabbed her and strangled her to near death. It was early morning when she was found by an old lady who lived in the woods near the lake. The lady had often watched Vikktorya when she had come to the lake to admire the stars, to have picnics with young gentlemen and so forth. The old lady took pity on Vikktorya and her tears brought Vikktorya back to life because the old lady also had special powers and could do such things when she cried in pity over things. Vikktorya aroused and looked at the woman in surprise. "Vikktorya, I was able to bring you back to life because I took pity on you. You were so young and innocent that I could not bear to see your life wasted. However, this leaves you not as you were before if I had gotten to you sooner things would be different." "Different?" Vikktorya asked because she didn’t feel different she only felt that she had been sleeping, yes she must have fallen asleep watching the stars. "No, Vikktorya you are different still beautiful in away but different. Please step over to the lake and I shall show you." Vikktorya got up and shook herself to knock the sleepiness out of her legs then walked to the edge of the lake. When she looked upon her face, it was hers but her eyes seemed different, her skin seemed different and her hair was different. What had happened to her? Why did she look this way? The old woman saw the distress in Vikktorya's eyes and gently held the girl's hand she told Vikktorya how she had found her by the lake and almost lifeless. Vikktorya listened and as she listened she remembered hands around her throat. She sat down and just stared at her reflection in the lake for a while. Then she turned to the old woman, "your gift brought me back but I do not know how to live with it." The old woman "Your body has changed but you have not. This is your second chance no matter how weird it is. You can stay with me for as long as if you'd like?" "Where, there in the woods, live with you?" Vikktorya asked feeling like she should run. "Yes, just follow me it will be a walk if you’re up to walking a ways." replied the old woman. What choice did Vikktorya have but to follow this woman she could never go home looking like she did now. On top of that she did not know what others would think of her, her appearance was not what she would consider appealing. She followed the old woman deep into the woods further and further until they came upon what seemed to be a forgotten dirt road that had seemed to be used long ago. The old woman came to a gate that required her to pull out a key to unlock, Vikktorya looked at the gate it was enormous and was very ornate with rod iron roses and thorns. The wall that held the gate was as tall as the gate and hidden with overgrowth of a thorny looking plant. The old woman ushered Vikktorya in and Vikktorya followed inside, the road seemed to continue for another mile, on one side of the path looked like there once was a vineyard on the grounds and on the other where rows of apple trees pouring over with apples. At the end of the path was a home that looked as though no one had lived in it for years, “You live here?” Vikktorya asked the old woman. The old woman turned to Vikktorya, “I was once like you fair and beautiful full of life, then one day a visitor from a far off place came to visit my parents. He was a mysterious person who fell in love with me. I, however, was not interested and the gentleman tried in so many ways to win my heart. I could not see myself leaving my home nor leaving with a man who was so strange.” The old womans hands were trembling as she told her story about the strange visitor her parents had visiting who tried to woo her. The old woman told Vikktorya that the man apparently had cursed her saying that the only love that she would ever be able to give is pity on someone’s life since his was not worth sharing and he hoped it last forever. So for over 100yrs she has dwelled alone because the curse was real and thus happened she never found love. “Vikktorya, I am the Countess Marie Oceanus and I welcome you to my home for as long as you want to stay” said the old woman. Vikktorya walked into the front door and inside the home was beautiful and looked better taken care of then the outside. Vikktorya decided that this was her life and that she owed the Countess her life. She looked at the Countess and said “I choose to stay with you and see where this new life takes me.” Marie smiled and showed Vikktorya her home, the remainder of the grounds which included a stable with horses, an observatory with a huge telescope and a rather large lake. Marie taught Vikktorya how to hunt and fish for food but apparently Vikktorya didn’t feel the need to cook her meals she just ate them as soon as she caught them. Once in a while Vikktorya would ask Marie if she could leave the grounds to go to the city. The Countess told her that it would be fine but to pick opportunities that would not bring people to their home. So Vikktorya would leave the house early evening to go find parties to crash preferably ones that required costumes. Occasionally she would dress in a manner that would provide her the cover she needed to hunt down men who were harming woman and she would strangle them, then carry the hurt women somewhere they could be found so that they would not suffer the same fate as she had. She was very careful not to be noticed so to protect the Countess and their secluded home...so Vikktorya is a masquerade going vigilante zombie girl.