Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Cirque Du Freak #4

Vampire Mountain

Darren Shan


Darren, along with Mr. Crepsley, leave the Cirque Du Freak and head toward the Vampire Mountain to present Darren to the Vampire Princes. The gathering at Vampire Mountain by the vampire clan is an event that occurs every 12-18 years. Before they leave, Mr. Tiny talks to Mr. Crepsley and convinces him into taking two of the Little People along to guard Darren. On the journey Darren and Mr. Crepsley find a waypoint with two broken coffins and dead vampires in them. Darren also meets head to head with a Bear infected with vampaneze blood, while being attacked Harkat and the other little person attack the bear. The fight was intense until the pack of wolves arrived ( wolves are cousins of vampires) the wolves tore the bear to pieces and then left it instead of eating it.
After a long and difficult journey, Mr. Crepsley and Darren finally arrive at Vampire Mountain. There Darren first meets Arra Sails, Mr. Crepsley's former wife, one eyed Vanez Blanewho is a fighting coach for Vampire Generals. Seba Niles was Mr Crepsley's old friend and quarter master of vampire mountain. At the mountain the vampire Princes decided that Darren needed to take a series of trials to prove him worthy of being a half vampire. If Darren were to fail he would be killed, either by dying during a trial, or being painfully executed by being dropped into a pit of stakes.

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