A Young Arcanum Scholar By Josh T.
Prologue
I moved down the aisle of the local library using my finger to search the right book. I could not find the right book in that aisle I must have read the wrong aisle on the computer I thought to myself. I moved to the next aisle to the left. I saw someone looking for a book, not that many people in the library at this late hour. I moved down the aisle until I found the book I wanted The Vampire: Klaxon I opened to the blurb and started to read. "Hey, kid," I heard a nearby voice say, I looked at the guy that I now noticed was wearing a green cloak. "Are you talking to me?" I asked to him. "Yes I am," he said in a deep but soft voice "I see you like vampire books," he stated. "Yeah, whats it to you," I asked raising an eyebrow. "How would you like to learn about real vampires?" he asked. I eyed him strangely "Are you serious?" I asked. "I've never been more serious," he said very seriously. "Are you crazy?" I asked, he sighed "I..." He stopped his sentence as a beautiful women with long curly brown hair in a dark green dress walked towards us.
"Hello Alex," She said with a voice of silk. He pushed me behind him but to the side, his left arm spiting us physically. "Hello Alessia, what are you doing out here, in a library of all places, I bet your own library is larger then this one," He said to her. "Awww whats wrong Alex, you afraid I do good on my death threats this time." I saw him shiver slightly, "Not nearly as worried that you might try something else," he said coldly to her. "Please like what, take your little student, I bet he has no idea what is going on. Do you son?" she asked me. "Don't answer that," he told me fiercely. "You do have a short fuse tonight don't you," She said. I barely saw it when she moved behind both me and Alex, I barely felt it when she lifted me up with one arm across my entire body and jumped back a step. After a moment he turned around, horror on his face, he reached into his cloak. "Now now, we don't want to cause a ruckus do we?" she asked smugly. He took his hand out of his cloak and he was pissed. I tried to pry myself free of her grip but it was like a vice, I could not free myself. She looked down at me, seeing me struggle, and smiled even smugger.
She looked up and so did I, Alex did too, we all saw a librarian about 10 steps into the aisle. I felt Alessia drop me and before I even hit the ground she was behind the librarian. One hand on the librarian's waist, another on her right shoulder. I landed on the ground with a thud and winced but did not take my eyes off of Alessia. She smiled and seemed to purr with satisfaction as she bend down and ran her nose an inch from the librarian's neck, the librarian was paralyzed with shock, Alessia exhaled with pleasure. She suddenly opened her mouth, I saw her fangs, and bit down into the women's neck. The librarian flinched and gasped but did not cry out. I saw blood start to pool right outside Alessia's lips. Alex stood, paralyzed, unable to do anything, none of us could do anything to stop her, I thought. That thought sent a shiver of fear down my spine. She let the women drop and wiped her face with her fingers and licked them. "Do you believe now?" She asked "I'm a vampire, you should heed Alex's words well, he knows what he is talking about," She said. She looked at the open window at the end of the aisle, and smiled. She was gone in a flash, I turned around and saw her with the women's body cradled in her hands. She jumped out of the window. I stayed sitting on the ground, wondering what to think, what I should be feeling, I was completely numb. Alex turned to me, and offered his hand to help me up, I took it and he helped me up. "I ask the same question as she did, do you believe?" He asked me. "I do," I said with little emotion in my voice, "Do you want to learn more?" He asked. "Yes, I do" I said. "That is good, let me escort you to our Chapter House in this city," he offered. "Ok" I said, craving to know more about the night, more about the monsters, and more about the new world of darkness that surrounded us, which a few minutes ago. Did not know existed.
Author Note: please write a review, tell me what I did good or right. But more importantly tell me what I did wrong so I can improve. Also tell me if I should bother to write more, or stop wasting my time in thinking of the next chapter.
This story has some referencings to Vampire The Masquerade tell me if this is bad, in a legal way, and I will take approprate actions.