Amina Queen of Persia. Historical Fantasy

– And if I tell you one story, will you believe me? – asked the stranger.

Tell me first, we’ll see, Max answered.

Elsa had heard many different stories, many were true, so the appearance of a stranger was not a strange event for her.

– One young girl was waiting in the wings to meet a good man and marry him. She was twenty years old, innocent and pretty. One day a carriage came to their village, with six black horses in front, and a man in a black tailcoat with a cane in his hands got out. He was of noble blood, and had a mute coachman with him. The girl lived alone with her mother, and when a stranger asked for a place to stay for the night, her mother fed the strangers from the road and provided them with a separate room, the man says.

It’s already scary, Max laughed.

Don’t interrupt me, young man, the man said and continued.

– At night, the girl woke up from some strange sounds coming from her mother’s room. She quietly walked to the door and looked through the keyhole. And I saw how the wanderer bit into his mother’s neck, biting her and drinking warm blood.

The girl, frightened, ran out into the street and, sitting in the coachman’s place, drove the horses towards the monastery.

– And when there were a hundred meters left to the monastery, that stranger with bloody teeth appeared on the road in front of her and stopped the carriage with one wave of his hand.

You belong to me now, the stranger laughed and, putting her into the carriage, disappeared with her. And since then no one has seen her again, the man finished his story.

Not a bad story, Zhenya said fearfully.

And the main thing is that it’s true, the man said and disappeared.

– Do you understand anything? – Max asked, some man appears, told us some incomprehensible story and disappears.

We need to leave here in the morning, said Elsa.

– Are you scared? – Lera asked, personally, I’m staying and won’t go anywhere.

I’m staying too, said Max.

– And you? – Elsa asked Zhenya.

I’m like everyone else, we won’t spoil our vacation because of some crazy person,” said Zhenya.

Don’t you understand, this is not a madman, but a person related to the story that he himself told,” Elsa tried to reach her friends.

You exaggerate everything, this is because you love to read science fiction, you come up with all sorts of things, then you make a sensation out of it, said Lera.

Okay, I’ll stay, but on one condition, if he shows up again tomorrow evening, we pack our things and leave, Elsa suggested.

We came for three days, we’ll spend these three days, now everyone can go to sleep, Max snapped.

After putting out the fire, they took turns climbing into the tent. It was a four-seater, Elsa and Zhenya lay down on one side, Max and Lera on the other.

Everyone immediately fell asleep, only Elsa’s eyes did not want to close; what could this story mean – a warning and a threat or just a coincidence. What if this stranger is the same one from the carriage with the bloody smile. By morning, Elsa’s body succumbed to fatigue and she fell asleep hugging Zhenya.

The next morning the guys made a shish kebab from the meat they took with them and marinated it. This strange story became almost a legend for them and was no longer remembered. There was no reason to worry, the guys sat down on the blanket, began to drink and eat barbecue.

The pleasure was indescribable, the meat was soft and tasty, the wine was pleasant, the most important thing was nature, the river, the grass was green, the sun was shining, as they say, beauty and grace.

– Well, why hasn’t anyone dreamed of horror stories? – Max laughed a little tipsily.

– Not yet, or maybe Elsa is hiding something from us? – Lera asked sarcastically.

No, everything is fine, we’ll consider yesterday’s conversation an ordinary misunderstanding,” Elsa answered calmly.

– So it’s better, what about swimming? – Max asked.

There is a proposal for the four of us to play patches, Lera said.

– We don’t mind, do we Max? – Zhenya asked.

The sailors have no questions, Max answered.

The second day was more energetic and fun than the first and there was nothing that could disturb them.

Chapter No. 2

When it got dark, the guys sat around the fire again and Lera, laughing, began to tell a new scary story.

Maybe that’s enough stories already, said Elsa.

Don’t be afraid, you just shit your pants yesterday, baby, Max laughed.

Suddenly Elsa’s phone rang and, picking it up, she said:

– Hello.

– Good evening, is there any interruption? – asked an unfamiliar voice.

– Who are you? – Elsa asked turning on the speakerphone.

Your friend who met you yesterday, the man answered.

– What do you need from us? – Elsa asked.

I want to tell you one more story, the man answered.

We don’t need your stories, Elsa said and turned off the phone.

The disconnected phone began to ring, Elsa got scared and shouted:

– Fuck off, asshole.

A moment later the stranger appeared near the fire, his pupils They turned red and when he laughed Elsa saw fangs – it was a vampire.

He grabbed Elsa by the throat with his left hand and lifted her off the ground about twenty centimeters. She began to choke, trying with all her might to free his hand, but it was useless. Then Max pulled out a burning stick from the fire and hit the vampire on the back. He threw Elsa to the side, hit Max in the face with his right hand, Max fell and hit the back of his head on a stone lying in the grass.