Author's Note:
Hey everyone! I'm trying to get back into the swing of writing and I had this idea in my head so I thought I'd write the first chapter and see how it goes, sorry it's dumb I haven't written in a very long time and I'm so, so rusty :)
Another night in another club, she can feel the bass beneath her feet, it travels up through her bones to settle in the pit of her stomach making the drinks she had feel light and bubbly.
Tucking a piece of auburn hair back into place she turns away from the bar to look out at the dance floor, so many bodies move beneath the flashing lights and a few conversations try to flourish beneath the constant drumming of the music making for a mass of loud moving sound.
Brittany looks to the watch adorning her right wrist as she blows out a breath, her sisters are probably staying up until she gets home….she loves them but she wishes they'd trust she can make it home on her own, she doesn't need them staying up so late just to make sure she walks through the front door.
The three sisters are finally on their own and share a small apartment together, Jeanette is busy with school like always, the bespectacled chipette dove right into the college life as soon as they had the funds saved up to help her get the classes she wanted, Eleanor was busy working in this new up and coming bakery in town, Brittany has been working with local managers to help get her music career started….but so far every single one she's met has been a dead end.
So she finds herself drawn here, to the deafening music and the bustling dancing bodies of complete strangers. The chipette sighs and pushes herself away from the bar, heading for the exit, both her sisters are working hard and making careers for themselves, best not leave them waiting all night.
She moves through the doors and out into the night, squinting in the dim lighting provided by a nearby streetlight she hugs the thin jacket she threw over a simple pink dress, she hadn't really planned to party all night so she didn't see the need to gussy up as much for a night out, drinking a bit and dancing.
Rubbing her arms through the material she starts on her way home, she really should call a cab but she had used the last of her change to buy a cruddy new drink the bar tender insisted she'd love, rolling her baby blue eyes towards the star speckled sky she starts the short journey home.
The walk only takes around ten minutes if she speed walks but her feet are sore from dancing so she takes her time moving down the sidewalk, thoughts lost among the stars she barely hears the fast approach of footsteps, but by the time her wandering mind realizes what the strange sound is it's already too late.
A strong arm is around her midsection and the scream in her throat is choked out by a set of sharp teeth sinking into the thin skin of her jugular, her soft auburn fur provides no protection and she feels blood bubble up her windpipe to trickle past glossed lips as panic fills her chest like a phoenix born from fear, she claws desperately at the arm of her attacker until her nails break but to no avail.
The world flickers in and out of view like rapid snapshots and the edges begin to blur as she feels her life drain from the large wound on her neck, her ears feel as though they're filled with cotton and through the fuzz she can barely hear someone taking long hungry gulps of something…the sound suddenly stops and the ground rushes towards her face.
Too weak to lift her arms to catch herself Brittany hits the concrete with a gurgling cough, eyes rapidly searching the area for her attacker, her hands are shaking from shock as she frantically tries to find her phone in the pocket of her jacket but her fingers are numb and she can feel herself slipping…..slipping away slowly…
Eyes….two bright red eyes flicker into view and then finally she's swallowed up by cool, peaceful darkness.
Her eyes snap open as she inhales a long sharp breath and she coughs on the cold sharpness of it as panic seizes her again and she fumbles to sit up, the motion and quick movement of her own body sends her gut reeling and she presses a paw to her head to ease the throbbing in her temples.
"Take it slow," She twitches at the voice and looks towards the direction it came from, her panic isn't eased by the stranger watching her from across the room, he's leaning against the wall watching her with a guarded expression.
"I was….was attacked by…something," Brittany rubs at her throat, fingers ghosting over the side where she had felt the teeth…but there's no trace of the open wound and confusion clouds her memories of the attack.
"Yes you were, and you're lucky my brother was there to help," Her eyes dart up to him as her heart leaps into her throat, he was now at her side offering a glass of water.
Brittany cautiously sips, not letting her eyes stray from the bespectacled munk, "Sorry, I'm Simon and you are?" He gives her a small smile and she notices the slight nervousness to it, like he's scared of upsetting her….or scaring her maybe?
"Brittany," She answers shortly as her hand moves back to her neck, "What happened to the bite? I swear there was blood everywhere…what even attacked me?" She meets Simon's eyes as she narrows her own, waiting for an answer.
He inhales and glances past her, eyes uneasy he backs away from her, "He healed you," Brittany can't suppress the small jump her body does at the sudden sound of a new voice.
Another munk moves around the side of the couch and into her view, he's shorter than Simon and where the bespectacled munk has dark blue eyes he has bright golden ones, "And the thing that attacked you was a vampire,"
Brittany snorts loudly, laughing at the munk's words till her sides ache, "Alright you got me…..where are the hidden cameras? Did my sisters put you guys up to all this?"
The munks exchange a glance before turning their gazes back to her, "It's not a joke sadly, and unfourtantly you were bitten so that leaves you stuck with us," The golden eyed munk says as he crosses his arms over his chest, not looking too pleased even though she'd be the one living with complete strangers.
"Ok now I know this is a joke," She stands swiftly and sets the glass on the coffee table, not bothering with another word she turns and heads for the door.
He's there in the blink of an eye, one minute the front door was there waiting for her the next he was right there blocking her view of it, Brittany stops dead in her tracks as her stomach turns uneasily as those golden eyes bare into hers, "You've been bitten by a feral vampire, you will not be able to control your blood lust once you finally turn and we will not let you go home to slaughter your family,"
"You're lying! Now let me go home before I call the police!" Brittany reaches up to her jacket pocket only to find that the familiar weight is gone and the color slowly drains from her face as she realizes she's stuck in a strange place with two crazy people.
She slowly sits back onto the couch as her brain tries to process all this new information….."You're both vampires too…"
"And our younger brother is as well," Simon answers as he nods his head, frowning as he watches her, "We sent a message to your sisters over text saying that you were meeting with a new manager for breakfast and that you stayed a friend's last night,"
"H-How did you know I'm a singer?" Her voice sounds small and foreign to her ears, her mind is still trying to catch up with everything, it's a lot to take in and she can feel dread slowly worming it's way into her gut.
Neither brother answer her question and she's kind of glad for that, "Why help me….I'm going to turn into some blood drinking monster now!" Her confused brain finally picks something to focus on and it's not looking good for the brothers.
She's angry.
Pissed.
But beneath it all she's terrified.
Thank you for reading everyone! I'm going to try really hard to get back to writing!
MM