CHAPTER 1

MY FAMILY WAS KILLED BY VAMPIRES. I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE BECAUSE IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WALKING AROUND WITH PALE SKIN, FANGS AND BLACK EYES THAT COVER THE WHOLE EYE THEN YOU ALREADY KNOW IT ISN'T ANYONE NORMAL. I WAS ONLY 13 AT THE TIME. THEY RIPPED MY FATHER'S THROAT OUT AND DRANK HIS BLOOD LIKE WILD ANIMALS. THEY SANK THEIR FANGS INTO EVERY PART OF MY MOM AND DRAINED HER. MY OLDER SISTER WHO WAS 18 AT THE TIME WAS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW AND PROBABLY KILLED AFTERWARDS. MY OLDER BROTHER WHO WAS 15 WAS DRAGGED OUT THE DOOR, AND MY OLDEST BROTHER WAS 20 AND BIT INSTANTLY AND THEN THROWN OUT THE HIGHEST WINDOW IN THE HOUSE. IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT MAYBE 4 IN THE MORNING AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT ALIVE. I DIDN'T CRY, DIDN'T SCREAM, I DIDN'T EVEN MOVE. I JUST STARED THE WHOLE TIME. IT WAS COLD, MIDDLE OF WINTER AND I WAS ONLY WEARING A BLUE TANK TOP AND BLACK PJ PANTS. I SHIVERED LOOKING AROUND WONDERING WHEN MY TURN WAS UP. THE VAMPIRES LOOKED AT ME WITH BLOOD SPLATTERED ALL OVER THEIR FACES. THERE WAS MAYBE 3 OR 4 OF THEM STARING AT ME HUNGRILY. THEN ONE OF THEM STEPPED AWAY FROM THE OTHERS, HE LOOKED MORE CLEAN AND CIVILIZED. HIS EYES WERE ALSO A PIERECING ICE COLD BLUE. HIS FACE WAS CLEAN AND HE WORE A BLACK SUIT THAT HAD NOT ONE STAIN, FROM WHAT I COULD SEE. HIS HAIR WAS A SILVERY WHITE. HE SMILED DOWN TO ME SHOWING HIS FANGS THAT WERE STILL CLEAN.

"HELLO LITTLE ONE." HE SAID.

I STAYED QUIET.

"MY NAME IS JULIUS WAYNE." HE CONTINUED. "I KNOW YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE ARE AND WHY-"

"VAMPIRES." I WHISPER INTERUPTING.

HE STOPS WALKING BACK AND FORTH AND FACES ME.

"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT?"

"IT'S 2009, THE PEOPLE OF THIS YEAR ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMAGINATION." I ANSWER COMPLETELY CASUALLY AS IF THIS WERE A NORMAL SITUATION.

JULIUS LAUGHS.

"WELL LITTLE ONE IT SEEMS YOU WERE SMARTER THAN THE REST OF YOUR FAMILY. HOW OLD ARE YOU?"

"I'M THIRTEEN."

"AH SUCH A YOUNG AGE." HE SAYS THOUGHTFULLY.

"WHY DID YOU DO THIS? WHY ARE YOU HERE?" I ASK IN A SMALL VOICE.

"JUST A NIGHT OUT LITTLE ONE. WE WERE KIND OF HUNGRY AND DECIDED TO MAKE A STOP HERE."

THAT SPARKED ANGER IN ME.

"YOU EVIL HEARTLESS BASTARD!" THAT MADE SOME OF THE OTHER VAMPIRES GROWL. "YOU COME HERE AND KILL MY FAMILY JUST FOR A NIGHT OUT? GO TO HELL!"

I RUN AT HIM AND LAND A GOOD PUNCH ON HIS LEFT CHEEK. TWO OTHER VAMPIRES MOVE IN AND GRAB EACH ONE OF MY ARMS. I STRUGGLE AGAINST THEIR TIGHT GRIP, BUT I KNOW THERE IS NO USE.

"WHAT DO WE DO WITH HER?" ASKED ONE OF THE VAMPIRES HOLDING MY ARM.

"PROBABLY THROW ME OUT THERE WINDOW ALONG WITH MY BROTHER AND SISTER." I SPIT OUT.

JULIUS LOOKS AT ME WITH EYES THAT NOW ARE COMPLETELY BLACK.

"OH NO LITTLE ONE, I'M AFRAID THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE EASY WAY OUT NOW." HE SMILES DARKLY.

THEN HE SINKS HIS FANGS INTO MY THROAT. I SCREAM AND STRUGGLE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE PAIN BUT I CAN'T. I'M STUCK HERE WITH MY LIFE BLOOD BEING DRAINED OUT OF ME. HE PULLS AWAY FROM ME AFTER A FEW MINUTES, HIS FACE STILL PERFECTLY CLEAN ONLY WHEN HE SMILED HIS FANGS WERE STAINED WITH MY BLOOD. I CAN BARELY KEEP MY EYES OPEN NOR CAN I KEEP STANDING.

"LEAVE HER OUTSIDE IN THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW FALL. I'M SURE SHE'LL LOVE TO SEE IT." HE SAYS.

"IF SHE LASTS THAT LONG." SCOFFS ONE OF THE OTHER VAMPIRES.

"OF COURSE NOT. NO ONE EVER SURVIVES A VAMPIRE BITE SO DEEP LIKE THIS WITHOUT GETTING ANY IN EXCHANGE." JULIUS SAYS MATTER OF FACTLY. "GET RID OF HER."

THE TWO VAMPIRES HOLDING ME NOW DRAG ME OUT THE BACK OF MY HOUSE AND LEAVE ME ON THE COLD GROUND IN THE DARK WITH A NEW SNOW FALL FALLING ON ME. I CLOSE MY EYES AND WAIT FOR DEATH.

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