“Here drink this, it’ll make you feel better,” he said again in my head.
I tried to turn away, but I was too weak. He let the blood trickle down my throat, all I could do was to swallow. Surprisingly it didn’t taste like copper, it tasted sweet.
“Rest. I’ll come back tomorrow night….” He said in my head.
I was glad he finally left. I felt sick drinking his blood, but my eyes drooped with tiredness. Finally I closed my eyes…….
I woke up to a sunny bright morning. My eyes started stinging and watering. I turned my back to the window, the pain started fading away.
“Mum!” She stirred and woke
“Morning, dear…” She yawned and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
“Mum, could you please shut the curtains?”
The burning sensation started fading away. It was replaced by the coolness of the shade.
“Mum, can I leave the hospital now?”
“But…you haven’t fully recovered and -”
“Please mum. I don’t like it here……” the thought of last nigh still rang in my head.
“Okay, I’ll check with the doctor,” she left the room.
I got out of bed. My legs were weak and wobbled slightly as I walked. My neck was still sore from last night. Everything happened so fast and didn’t make any sense. I rubbed my neck and felt two tiny holes. My heart leapt. I rushed to the mirror in the bathroom. I saw a thin pale face with unnaturally green coloured eyes staring back at me, I lifted my head to the side and saw two tiny red holes slightly healing on my neck. The realization of what happened last night hit me hard.
What has he done to me, I’ve got to leave this place quick. He’s going to come back for me…….
“Oh mum! It’s so great to be back!” I quickly skipped into the lounge.
“Yes, but I still thick that you should have stayed at the hospital.”
“But I want to stay with you guys before I……..” Mum came forward and we embraced. I never want to leave her side.
“You’re back,” said a voice that sent chills down my spine. I spun around and saw him, frantic questions started rushing to my head. I quickly spun around.
“How?…how -?” I stuttered.
“Mum, sis meet Eason. He’s the new kid at school,” said Pierre appearing at the other boy’s side. “Mum, can he stay over for dinner?”
“Yes, only if your friend wants to.”
I didn’t know what to do. He’s inside my house. I thought he would never find me, but he came like he said he would. I rushed upstairs yo my room and locked the door.
“Yes locking the door would be a good idea,” said the chilling voice. I jumped and spun around. My heart leapt like crazy inside ribs.
How did he get here so fast. He was downstairs just as I came up!
“How…how did you get in here? What do you want?!” I said trying to hide the fear in my voice.
“Firstly, I walked in here and secondly I’m here to help you like I said last night.”
“You’re a monster!” I spat out “A freak!”
“Monster?” he started laughing. He looked so handsome like that. “I’m not a monster, just another specie. Anyway you’re the same as me,” he laughed again. Seeing him laugh made the fear build up in me even more.
“W-what are you talking about?” he stopped laughing and studied me. I felt extremely uncomfortable.
“….haven’t you noticed any change, anything at all?”
“Change?”
“Your senses, your looks?” he continued to stare at me with those amazing steel grey eyes. “Here, maybe you should go to the mirror,” he pointed to my mirror against the wall behind me. “Go on.”
I didn’t want to turn my back to him, but I wanted to make some sense to what he was saying. Slowly and cautiously I turned to face the mirror. I drew my breath sharply. My face had changed! The freckles around my nose had disappeared, I look……beautiful even in my oldest and daggiest clothes.
“Beautiful, eh?” he said from behind me, smiling. He looked dangerously handsome.
“What did you do to me?”
“Saved you, that’s what I’ve done.”
“What have you done to me?”
“Well.....our blood was exchanged, and by now you would know I’m a vampire.”
“S-so you’re saying th-that -”
“Yes, you’re soon going to be a vampire,” he said cheerfully.
I exploded with a mixture of fear and anger. I glared at him. He just simply held my gaze.
“Keti! Pierre! Eason! Dinner’s ready! Mum yelled from the stairs.
“Wait till I tell them and everyone else what you really are!”
“Hey, you’re one of us now…you and I are just the same,” he said emotionlessly. “Imagine what they would do to us, when they find out.”
I hurried out of the room I had to get away from him. As soon as I got onto the dining room the tightness in my chest disappeared.
“Eason, where were you?” Pierre said in an annoyed voice at the table.
“With your sister of course.”
Pierre snorted, and shot an icy glare at me. I frowned back at him, I rather hang out with Pierre for a week than to get locked in a room with Eason. My grumbling stomach tore me away from my thoughts. I looked down at my plate. The food looked delicious, but my stomach told me that this wasn’t food. My stomach churned again, Pierre has already started shovelling food down his throat. I glanced at Eason across the table, he was eating the food okay, how come I can’t.
“Keti, what’s wrong?” mum asked, her eyes were filled with concern. “Don’t you like the food?”
“No mum, it’s just…..that I don’t feel like eating.” Mum looked hurt. “Can I eat later?” Mum just nodded.
I got up and left them. I walked slowly up to my room. I looked around making sure Eason hadn’t sneaked passed me again. I heard the soft laughter of Eason, good he was still downstairs. This time I didn’t lock the door. I needed answers from Eason. I sat by the window watching the moon. I didn’t know how long I was sitting there until I heard his voice.
“Did you know you’re as beautiful as the moon?” I jerked around quickly.
“When did you get in here?!” I said surprised forgetting to hide the fear in my voice.
“Awhile ago,” he said with a cute smile.
“Could you please knock or give me a sign when you come in?”
“Like this,” he said in my head. I just nodded.
There was an uncomfortable silence, I turned and looked the window.
“Why can’t I eat?” I had to break the silence, I couldn’t bear it.
“Well, your body has just started changing and adapting to your new senses and skills.”
“But why can you eat the food?”
“I don’t…..well I do, but I feed after. The food downstairs isn’t our energy source anymore. We feed on blood.”
I shuddered. “So you’re telling me, that I have….have to feed on blood too?”
“Yes,” he said simply.
“When can I talk to you with speaking?” the question sounded dumb.
“You mean telepathy, soon when you’ve recovered from the blood exchange.”
“Would I ever be as quick and as strong as you?”
“Yes,” and he gave me one of his smiles. I just ignored it.
“Are we invincible then?”
“No, ‘we’ aren’t, we can get seriously injured by wood. If it was a serious injury it would never heal. We can just heal instantly if we’re injured,” he said pitifully.
“Oh………” my heart thumped. I hated him for doing this to me, changing me to a blood sucking monster. I would rather die than become what I am now. Now I had a chance for my revenge. I just had to wait till I recover and my reflexes would be greater than normal beings. Then I’m ready for the showdown.
“What are you thinking about?”
I turned and faced him, and looked him in the eye. “Can we intrude people’s mind and see what they’re thinking?”
“Yes, if we want to.”
Now I have to be more cautious in what I’m thinking when he’s around, I quickly clouded my mind, to block him from seeing my thoughts. I wasn’t sure if it was working, because he continued to star at me. I broke away and looked at the gleaming moon in the dark sky.
“I’m tired, I need rest.”
“Sure, I’ll leave now” He closed the door with soft click.
I crawled into bed and slept happily dreaming up my sweet revenge………
I waited for days till my body was strong enough to put up a blood drawing fight. Eason came over every now and then to check up on me. He was surprised that my body was growing stronger in an incredible rate. Soon I learnt how to use telepathy, Eason was pleased with my results.
“Hey Pierre, is Eason coming over today?” He just turned his back to me.
“Pierre?”
“Just leave me alone, will you?”
“What’s your problem?”
“Well for your information it’s you! You’re always taking my friends away! They’re always drooling after you. There’s no point for them to come when you’re around,” he spun around and glared at me angrily, his blue eyes glittered with boiling anger.
“Hey! My friends do that to me too, when they are over they’re always saying how handsome you look. They’re always trying to get a glimpse of you when you walk pass my door,” I shot back just as angry. “So, is Eason coming over or not?”
“You call him over yourself!” he threw his phone to me. I couldn’t use telepathy to call, because he was out of range. I found Eason’s number in the call list. It rang a couple of times before he picked up.
“Eason, this is Keti. Could you come over today, there’s something I need to know.”
“Yeah sure,” he said in a surprised voice. He probably wasn’t expecting me to call him.
“Pierre, Eason is coming,” as usual he just grunted in reply.
A few minutes later the door bell rang through the house. I went to open the door. Eason smiled as I let him in.
“What was it that you need to ask me?”
“Wait till we’re in my room, Pierre’s still hanging around.”
I lead the way to my room, Eason closed the door with a soft click, which normal people can’t pick up.
“Eason, I haven’t been eating for days. I need to feed.”
“Oh, is that it.” He laughed. “Well, I have to take you hunting, won’t I?”
“Yes, I’m starving, but I don’t know how to hunt.”
“I’ll take you on a practice hunt then, tonight?”
“Yes sure.” He fell right into my trap. “Where?”
“In the Redfern woods.”
“There won’t be anyone there though.”
“I’ll bring someone, us vampires are very persuasive. Tonight 11:30.”
“Right.” I smiled up at him. “But how do I use the teeth?”
“Oh yes,” He laughed. “Well, you focus on the pulse. Imagine all that tasty warm blood running into your lips.
I went to the mirror and did as he told me to do, instantly the two top canines extended down to my bottom lip. I stared at them in a mixture of horror and satisfaction. I stared into my own eyes. They were a sparkling sharp green colour that sent a cold chill tickling my spine. Is shook the feeling away, I looked deadly beautiful, my long black hair hung loosely around my shoulders.
“Pierre would be wanting to talk to you.” I glanced at him in the mirror. He took the hint and left. I smiled to myself. “Ready.” I said to the reflection in the mirror.
“Mum, I’m going out.”
“With who?”
“Eason.”
“Okay, but be back before it gets too late.” I heard Pierre snort in the background. I ignored it and walked into the night, my eyes immediately adjusted to the darkness. I was able to see even without lights. I wore black to blend into the night, I moved swiftly with the shadows, with a sharp wooden knife tucked safely inside my right boot. When I got to the woods, I leapt easily into the cover of the trees. I knelt on the branch and waited for him to come.
In the distant I heard whimpering and the cracking of leaves under pressure. He’s here with the practice hunt. He stopped in the centre of the circled tress. The other boy knelt whimpering beside him. I leapt from the trees and landed smoothly in front of Eason. This frightened the other boy. He let out of yelp. I greeted him with a smile.
“Where do we start?”
“Well, you have to bite the right spot.”
“Okay, let me try.” I stepped forward and grabbed the boy by the head. I stared at his exposed neck. I felt my teeth extending to full length. It made me sick thinking about drinking someone’s blood, but I had to gain energy from it. I pushed away the thought and sunk my teeth into his neck. He yelled in pain. I ignored it and kept drinking. The warm sweet blood rushed down my throat and filling every part of me with a new source of strength. I felt eyes on me as I fed. Finally I drew my teeth away, I had had enough. I was strong enough to fight. The body fell limply on the ground. He was all drained and pale. I licked the remaining blood from my lips. I saw Eason staring at me.
“What?”
“Nothing, you’re just more beautiful when you feed.” I smiled at that and stepped closer to nim.
“Oh really, why do you think that?” I said, our faces were so close that they were nearly touching.
“I’ve loved your since the first time I saw you,” he said softly and ran his hand through my hair. I laughed and leant forward to kiss him gently. His lips were sweet on mine. Slowly I reached down into my boot, I grasped the knife tightly and brought it up. I placed the knife right where it would slice easily into his heart from behind. I gave him the last kiss and plunged the knife deep into his heart. He roared in pain, blood was pouring out of the wound. He tried to pull the knife out, but it was out of reach. He was screaming in pain now. He leant up against the tree breathing deeply. He was gasping for air, his beautiful face was screwed up with pain. His eyes were glittering with tears, he had his teeth at full extent. His blood trickled and made a mini river.
“Why…?” He said through clenched teeth. Again he drew a sharp breath.
I turned my back to him and shed a single tear for just for him, my heart ached with pain. I loved Eason. He saved me from dying, but he also put a curse on my life. I hated him for that. The rasping breathing had stopped. I spun around and saw his face already yellowing and drying. In a few minutes he was dust, a gust of wind blew him away.
“Good-bye, Eason….” I whispered. The breeze blew my way. It blew through my hair, and with it took away the pain in my heart. I walked over to where Eason was lying and picked up my knife. I took my last glance to where Eason was lying and turned away forever………
At last I got my revenge, but I’m still cursed. I left home soon after the kill, that night I had my first and last feed. Now I only feed on animals’ blood to survive. I would not hunt or kill humans- my mother’s family. I too, have my own family which I do not wish to join. Now I live as no one, no one knows me or knows where to find me. They will never know what I truly am……………..
~The End~
