Erin's P.O.V.
I was at a point where I didn't know what to do. A sort of dilemma. I came here to slay the Dracula clan. I can't do it now though but I don't why. Like something telling me there more to them that meets the eye. Or maybe more to one of them. Reinfield is dim as a doorknob but he's always been nice to me. He listens to my problems and believe it or not sometimes he comes up with a solution. Ingrid and the Count are pretty much what you see is what you get so it can't be them that's making me feel this way. Bertrand is… strange. There's not a lot anyone knows about him. He's very withdrawn and mysterious. All business. There's no sentiment or feeling in what he does and no reward so I can't figure out why he does it in the first place. The only other resident of Garside Grange is the youngest Dracula sibling. Vlad. The Chosen One. He's so different to what I'd been brought up being told about him. Obviously, everyone knows of him if nothing else but his image amongst the slayers was so tainted and twisted by make believe stories from slayers who have claimed to have seen his deeds or faced him and survived, it was the biggest shock out of the whole assignment and threw me completely. I was told that he was dangerous and devious. Cunning in every possible way but all he is, is a troubled and confused teenager caught in limbo between and normal life and a life as a vampire king. I have history homework to worry about while he has thousands of clans relying on him. I can't imagine the pressure and stress that has been put on him.
I know every one of my particles should be repulsed by his nature but he just seems so… flawless. Pure almost. He's the sweetest boy I've ever met. Not rough or violent like most of the boys in school. He's sensible. Caring and kind. He's gentle with me as if I'm a delicate flower he's scared he'll ruin. That's one of his best characteristics. He's not afraid to show he has feelings and he doesn't bottle them up. He's truthful and honest. I can't recall one time he's lied to me. I don't feel uncomfortable around him and I feel like I can talk to him. Personally.
Every time he walks into a room my stomach flips and completely out of the blue I start feeling out of breath and my palms get sweaty. Then he realizes I'm in the room and I notice he's turning his head towards me. My heart starts racing beating so hard I'm surprised my ribs haven't shattered yet or he's detected my secret. Then I tell myself off for acting so strangely but then I realize… How can the devil be pulling you towards something. No someone. Who looks so much like an angel when he smiles at you? Then he starts making his way towards me and my heart's in my throat even though we're best friends.
Vlad's P.O.V.
It happened again. I dreamt of her. The same dream I'd been having for the past couple of days. I couldn't hear anything apart from a loud high pitched ringing as if a bomb had gone off near me and I was temporarily deafened. She was in trouble. The small blond girl about my age. She was short. Below average for her age. Someone had tied her outside and the sun was coming up. I was there. Under the shelter of one of the arches in the school courtyard. Watching. Trying to think of something to do. She had seconds to live before she'd be dust and I was the person she looked at. Tears streaming down her cheeks but her face strangely calm as if she'd accepted that she was going to die or she knew this was going to happen or expected it. Like she'd… Like she'd prepared for it. She said something but I couldn't hear her over the ringing. Like when someone presses mute on a television and all you see are the actor's mouths moving. She spoke again realizing I couldn't hear her, saying her line over and over again. I desperately tried to hear her but the ringing persevered. The girl started panicking as she glanced at the sun's progress up the sky as if she was desperate for me to know what she was trying to tell me before she died but try as I might I couldn't receive her message. Then just before the sun's rays killed her the ringing stopped and everything happened in slow motion. I heard her voice I heard what she said and I would have said the same thing if I had time but I only had a split second to lunge forward and sprint towards her. Like I was unable to move until now and only now I realized what put everything into perspective for me every day and now that I was losing it everything was fuzzy and blurred. Screams bounced off the red brick walls off as the light finally reached her and as suddenly as they started they stooped once I had tackled her to the ground into the shade. Then… Nothing. Just black.
A/N Hi! Thanks for reading my fanfic! I hope to update soon but in the meantime reviews would be greatly appreciated and constructive criticism is welcome. I know there's not a whole lot of talking or interaction between characters at the moment but this chapter is just setting the scene really. Later i will be introducing more characters and the story will take off a bit more. I would like to point out there will be NO explicit scenes or adult language in this story. Thanks again!