Student Profile

 

Character Profile

Name: Xount Leinad

Birth date: 4^th may

Prologue

  The sky was blue. It was clear. It was bright. Greenery surrounded him. It was too beautiful. Everything seemed so peaceful. Even the pack of wolves at the far end of the valley seemed to be even more gentle than his uncle’s flock of pure white sheeps. Feeling tired, he laid down on the his back, enjoying the gentle breeze. At a distant, he heard footsteps coming up the hill. A beautiful woman in a white dress came up. Without even pausing for a second, he sprinted into her embracement, feeling the warmth of his mother. At this moment, a tall man walked to them and hugged them affectionately. Things were all so perfect at this moment. He just feel like staying like this forever. The three of them then slowly strolled down the hill hand in hand, towards the town, Bistritz.

 

  When he was young, he had always loved writing and music. Both to him, is something inspired by his parents. His mother is a writer, fairly well known for her works. She writes a lot of short stories on what she had encountered in her life and the stories were very much liked by the locals in her hometown. His father was then a pianist who works as a piano teacher teaching in a music school. So naturally, under this influential circumstances, he takes a liking to all of these. Therefore, at the age of five, he had already completed his piano grades and could even start teaching. He would have been considered as a very prodigious child due to his amazing accomplishment, but because he was living in a lowly populated town, nobody except for his parents recognized his amazing talent. Not only has he got talent in music, he also performs very well in his studies. In school, his writing skills even rivals with other students over 8 years his senior.

 

  The town of Bistritz was sure a cheerful place. Walking down the street, they passed shops and and crossed roads which was filled with people, totally unlike his hometown. At that point of time, he just wished that he can stay here rather than going back. Everything here is much more lively than his hometown. They continued browsing through the shops and then slowly made their way to their rented room in the “Golden Krone Hotel”. The things which his parents had bought was quite peculiar. They were all wrapped up in wrappers and there was a box which smelled pretty nice. He asked his parents what are those stuff and his parents just answered and said that he will know soon.

 

  Night fell like a great black cloak sweeping across the sky. The stars that had twinkled the day before was no longer there. The moon seemed to have eaten the stars up as it looked perfect like a watery-clear crystal ball. He asked father where are all the stars, and father answered that perhaps that they were all hiding somewhere, and father also cheered him up by saying that the moon seems to be making up for the loss by shining its brilliance unto him. Then the little boy was told to cover his eyes and follow his father.

 

  They reached a room and the little boy was told to open his eyes, in that instant, he was filled with surprise. It was his birthday and his parents had decided to have a small birthday party for him. He was so happy. The box which had smelled so nice just now was actually his birthday cake. They had a little celebration and they started opening his presents. The first thing he got given by his father, a violin and a flute. Father said that to be a musician, he must also know how to play other instruments other than the piano. He was delighted. Immediately, he started to learn the basics from his father and as expected from a music prodigy, he managed to play a few simple melodies with both instruments. Slowly as the clock approaches his bedtime, he stopped obediently and went to sleep. At bed, his parents sat by his bedside and wished him a goodnight sleep. Just then when father had gone out of the room, mother then took out the present that she wanted her son to have. It was quite a thick book and it had nothing inside. The little boy asked his mother what it is and mother answered and said “It is a book which records what happens in your daily life. Write down what had happened everyday, so when you look back in the future, you will know that you had a wonderful life. I want you to take care of the book well, for it is something that you will soon find very precious to you as it had been to me.” With a nod, the little boy agreed happily and then mother then left the room. Way too excited the little boy decided to have fun with the book so he started to write down his first entry.

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Xount Leinad’s Diary, 1^st entry

4^th may, Golden Krone Hotel

 

Hi, this is my first time writing this, so I suppose that I will need to improve on this next time. Everything needs practice after all. Mother said that I should record my daily life in this book, I really do not see the reason but I think that I must be helpful in the future as it is mother’s advice. Mother never lies. Anyway, before I start writing about today, I need to introduce myself to anyone that might be reading this in the future.

 

My name is Xount Leinad. I am born in 4^th of may and the things I like is writing and music. I dislike anything that has to do with heights and I hate swimming. I have a lot more hobbies but I do not feel like sharing them for they may sound very boring.

 

Anyway, lets start writing what had happened today.

 

The first thing I must say is that today is the best day of my life. I celebrated my 5^th birthday! Actually in truth, I do not even know that today is my birthday. Well I am glad that father and mother remembered, or else I would be so depressed. Maybe I should start on what had happened in the morning. Everything was usual and I went out to play in the morning. Oh, I also forgot to mention that I am having a vacation in Transylvania. We are now currently staying in a very grand hotel even though its may seem a bit old. I went to the hill near the area and I played with the children around the area. After that, father and mother picked me up and then we went to town and bought a lot of things. We then went home and put our stuff. It soon became night and then we went out the look at the beautiful dark sky. It is quite sad though. I cannot see any stars tonight, but I must say that the moon was unusually round and bright. Father told me that the stars are hiding, and I believe what father says. Father too never lies. Father then told me to cover my eyes and he brought me to a room where he surprised me with the fact that today is my birthday. I really liked the cake as it was chocolate in flavor and then presents were great. Father bought me a flute and a violin. They make great sounds and the mood that they sound like was different from the piano. It was quite easy to play though, just like the piano. Then, when I was going to sleep, mother gave me this perfect present. This book. She tells me that I must record everything that happened in my life in this book at the end of everyday. It is really perfect. Now I get to write everyday without fail. I just love writing.

 

So this is the end of my first entry. I just hope that this should be the way it is done. Maybe I should show mother this. She will definitely be able to point out my mistake.

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  The sound of the clock struck. Once. Twice. Thrice. Xount thought that he should be asleep now. Tomorrow is the day that he goes back to London. He cannot wait to see his uncle and cousins. The more he thought the more he cannot sleep. Unable to sleep, he decided to go down to the lobby of the hotel to have a break. He walked pass the atrium and notice that there is no one there. “Strange”, thought Leinad. There is suppose to be someone there at the lobby to take in any midnight customers. Ignoring what he was thinking, he proceeded to the kitchen to get a drink. There is no there. The cook of the hotel is always in the kitchen no matter what happens. Leinad began to be a little suspicious of this whole thing. He continued with he glass of water and then decided to take a rest at the lobby. Even thought it was almost four in the morning, Leinad still cannot sleep as he is too excited about going back to his hometown. Looking to through the window at the lobby, Leinad looked into the black dark sky. The moon is still there, but the stars were still not appearing. Sadly, Leinad thought to himself that maybe the stars does not want to let him see them, or maybe they are hiding away from the moon for the moon seems to be becoming brighter and more powerful, and it really is. The moon grew brighter and brighter and then Leinad saw an enormous swarm of bats flying through the night sky. The scene was begging to scare him. The bats seemed to have covered the whole sky, making it look darker and even more evil. Only the moon was left uncovered in the sky. Suddenly, a ray of light shoots through the window and then casting the itself on the floor. Mists also began to cover to whole room, making the whole place darker.

 

  Among all of this, something very significant and dark caught Leinad’s eyes. A man in black cloak, with burning red eyes suddenly appeared in the middle of the room among the mist at the spot where the light of the moon is shone. Leinad was frightened. The whole scenario was frightening him. The man whole had just suddenly appeared out of nowhere seems to be giving off a certain type aura, and it was definitely not nice. Under the moonlight, the man seemed to have fangs. Leinad began to turn and run out of the building, but what was outside was even more terrifying. The whole courtyard was covered with countless packs of wolves, and without a warning, they all tried to pounce at Leinad. With a bit of luck, Leinad managed to dodge them and ran back into the building for cover. When he got back in, the dark man was already gone, but Leinad can still see the mist that seems to be traveling upwards towards his parent’s room. Without hesitation, Leinad ran up to warn his parents. Just before he got up the stairs, he saw his parents running down from the upper floors and they seemed to be furious and scared of something. They caught Leinad along the way down the stairs and then tried to get out of the house by trying the doors, but for some strange reasons, the doors seemed to be stuck and the windows also would not budge.

 

  At this time, the dark man suddenly appeared in front of them and family was forced to a corner of the room. Father seemed outraged while mother seemed to be very frightened. Leinad, as a child still does not know what was happening. Father then started talking. “Count Dracula, I thought that you have sworn not to bother us again, but yet, you still came.” Without a warning, father took out a crucifix and put it in front of  the dark man who was called Dracula. The man seemed to be frightened of the crucifix, but then, he smiled and replied saying, “You may know my weakness, but I tell you that I know my weakness better!” With this, Dracula raised his hand and then a pack of wolves and bats suddenly came crashing into the house and then the animals assaulted the family. Father and mother were screaming with agony as their hearts were torn out by wolves, and poor Leinad was bitten by the bats. Time seemed to have stopped for Leinad. Everything seemed to be in a blur as he cried on looking his parents tortured and dead image. Just when the beasts tried to attack Leinad, Dracula stopped them. Dracula does not seem to be well. His face was getting paler and paler, And then he said, “This may be a little against my morale but I have no choice for now.” Without another word he pulled Leinad close to him and lowered his razor sharp teeth into Leinad’s neck. Leinad screamed as his strength left him, and unknowingly, the freedom of his spirit. Everything went black for Xount Leinad, and the darkness, also signified the route which Leinad must take no matter what his future is.

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