Chapter One
New Life
Autoburro Academy huh? I thought to myself as I sat in a tree. I had overheard girls just a while before talking about not being able to wait to go to school. I was surprised, never before had I knew someone to miss school so much, but the way they described it I would have wanted to go back too. Mystic forests and a castle like school, it sounded like a fairytale, but the girls themselves looked so…average. One was wearing a hat atop her light brown hair and the other a purple bow. They seemed so happy, laughing and smiling with one another. My life used to be like that. I thought back in sorrow, surrounded by friends and family. It wasn't even that long ago either, just yesterday to be exact.
I started out as a normal girly girl, I liked dresses, the color pink, and cute animals. The only difference was my eyes but my parents lied to everyone saying I wore contacts to change the color. But other then that, as I grew, I went through changes like any teen would. I started too wear pants and hoodies a lot more and discovered vampires, mythical creatures with alluring looks and prey on innocent people, sometimes even being the hero of the story. I loved vampires! I even imagined many times of being one. However, the people around me didn't feel the same. They saw them as monsters and disapproved of me reading and watching movies on such a devilish topic, so I kept quiet. Never shared my thoughts or dreams, just acted the way they wanted me to. Everything went well and my passion began to go off in a far corner of my mind. I finally learned to laugh and have fun with others. I was glad to have a handle of things but it all went down hill when I planned to go to the mall with some friends.
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"There you are Renee, we thought you might not make it!" Rosie said excitedly running over. Out of all my friends we were the closest, we did everything together once I started talking to people.
"Of course I made it," I said returning the smile, "I was waiting for Friday since you asked me Monday about going to the mall."
"Well come on let's go! But before anything I need to stop by Clairs and Boston store." Lora whined bouncing up and down, "I put some stuff on hold since I knew we would be back." Lora was a nice girl but something about her was annoying, perhaps it was her voice? It had somewhat of a kiddish squeal, it didn't suit her appearance which consisted of white skin, reddish blond hair, and green eyes. She seemed like the classic bubbly cheerleader type.
"Alright then let's get a move on." Alyssa motioned her head to Boston store across from us. Alyssa was sort of the leader of the group. She was always so confident and funny. We followed her lead and once Lora got all her stuff we set out for Clairs. On the way there I got the strangest feeling. There was a stinging pain in my stomach and throat, I had a strong craving for something and couldn't put my finger on it. I tried to shake it off but then I felt like I didn't belong here. I felt out of place and rejected like I was kidding myself even being here. Rosie turned around worried, "Are you ok Renee?" My head jerked up and I said everything was fine. The ache in my stomach grew stronger with each passing second; I began to chew at the rim of my lip in response. It seemed to soothe me, so I continued. The piercing of the skin was so intoxicating; I began to experience a higher feeling, almost overjoyed. It scared me a bit that I enjoyed harming myself and so slowly stopped. As soon as I did I felt uneasy again. That's when Carl started to come over. I may have liked him if I wasn't afraid to be myself around anyone. He however, had dropped many hints over the year of his interest. To him I was the ideal girl, but that was only because that was the form I took on at school.
"Hey Renee, how have you been?" Carl said walking over. I looked around and realized how out of it I was, we had already walked to the other side of the mall near the bookstore and Lora had a Clairs bag in her hands. "Renee?" He asked again when I hadn't answered, I tried to smile and greet him but I didn't even convince myself of a cheery mood, I was so lost. "You sure don't look ok, how bout a hug?" Before I could answer he already had me in his arms, his body was so warm, I could feeling his energy radiating off of him. I held tighter and buried my head in his neck; I can only imagine how Carl thought about this. Then, unconsciously I opened my mouth and was about to bite him when he roughly pushed back. "What are you doing!?" I stood there frozen, I couldn't even believe what I just done. Carl was about to speak again when Rosie interrupted with a scream,
"Y-you're a VAMPIRE!" She screamed so loud everyone else instantly understood and followed behind her as she ran away. But before she left forever I saw the most horrid look of fear and disgust in my best friend's eyes. I wanted to cry but was too angered by their judgment to, so I ran away from them all not even going home to pack. All I had was a black massager bag with my wallet and library card inside. I headed to the library to research vampires. Nothing, everything I read was in the fiction and one fact was always counteracted by another. Then, in the way back I ran into something I never expected; a vampire book in the non-fiction section. I checked it out and began to read. I noticed similarities like the craving but nothing else. I read further in hope and came across something called Awakening. It said that there were many vampires but don't awaken until a certain point in life and it isn't determined by age. I looked deeper and it stated that it doesn't just hit you, but a progress over time and as it does you need to learn to control it. It also said that ears and teeth were the first to develop, so I checked. I touched one of my canines with my tongue and immediately tasted blood. "I'm a vampire." My voice was mono tone and emotionless but what I said wasn't a question or cry of sadness but fact. And I knew if I didn't accept it now things would only be worse.
When I was done I wandered to the woods where I thought I wouldn't run into people and fell asleep in a tree. And here I am ease dropping on people's conversations. I felt my face and discovered my ears had pointed. "Well I wonder what could come next." I said sarcastically. I still hadn't come to grips with what happened, I mean I was actually a vampire. I sighed and dropped it, thinking of what to do now. I no longer could go to my old school and I knew very well my parents weren't planning to look for me. Then I thought back to the two girls, "That's it!" I shouted as if telling someone of my idea, "I'll go to Autoburro Academy! I'm sure I'm smart enough to enter. I remember the girls talking of a Train station and since there's only one here I just have to wait until school season starts and then go there!"
