Interview with the Vampire (O C)

New Vampire

Ch. 1

It was winter in New Orleans; my mind wanders as I walked the street. My yellow dress flowed beautifully giving the illusion that I was floating. Born as a freeman had its advantages, but we were still treated like dirt, I wished them pain and I wished for peace.

I wrapped my shall closer to my body as the wind picked up. The hair on the back of my neck stood up as I saw a dark shadow far behind me. I turned and saw that it was two men, were they following me. I walked into the saloon as I walked through the door I smelled smoke and beer.

Drunken men looked my way devilish smiles crept onto their faces. After a few minutes no one else came through the door, I must have been paranoid. A whore sat down by me,

"Young girl you shouldn't be hear, your beauty shouldn't be wasting away to strangers," she said.

I gave a light smile; I started on my way home. I was renting a loft on the riverfront, the streets were abandoned.

Most lights were off for this was night time. And as I opened the door to my home, I felt a presence. I looked to see no one in sight, but I felt as if I was being watched. I locked the door of my home and closed the windows. I headed to the window of my living quarters.

"Leave it open dear it's quite hot," a voice said.

I turned to see the voice belonged to a man with long golden hair wearing a petticoat.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my house," I said grabbing a pistol from a drawer

He laughed his voice was cenacle and cold , in a flash I was face to face with him and the pistol on my writing desk. I gasp at how close he was with me his skin was pale white as if he'd been in a dark cold cellar.

"So beautiful full of spirit and anger, someone had a hard life to live isn't that right…..Vanessa," he said.

I gasped and stepped back into the wall," How do you know my name."

He laughed once again his eyes were that of an icy blue that could chill your heart lit up.

"I've come to answer your prayers," he said.

He grabbed my arm; I'll never forget how cold his hands were against my hot flesh. Suddenly, a sharp pain rushed through my body as he bit into my neck. My body shook, I tried to pull at his hair, but my efforts were futile. I felt as if I was leaving my body as I slowly drifted into the black abyss until I was unconscious.

I awoke in a dill light room on a satin bed, I tried to move myself but I didn't have the strength. I felt as if I was tied down in restraints and I remembered what had happened. I slowly lifted myself up and tried to stand and was soon coming face to face with the floor. I looked around to see I wasn't in my home,

"Wondering where you are," a familiar voice said.

"What did u do to me where am I," I questioned.

"Your thoughts are not safe with me Vanessa," he said emerging from another room.

In a flash he had picked me up and sat me down on the couch in the next room and had made his way back to the room from which he had emerged. He came back with someone words could barely describe this one who I assume was the same as him. He had long beautiful brown hair, high cheek bones, pale white skin, and eyes that were light green with an icy film over them.

"Lestat what have you done," he said.

Lestat so that was his name the one who brought me here.

"You need company Louis so I have brought us some and Claudia needs someone who can be a mother her," Lestat said grinning at me.

"No you will not condemn her like you did us," Louis said. Pushing him out the way

"Take her Louis," he yelled.

I slowly lifted myself Lestat took a step toward me.

"No you stay away from me how you dare take me from my home," I said.

I was knocked back into the couch and he hovered over my body I yelped out. I looked for the other man Louis I think his name was for help. A pained look fell on his face as he looked at me I grabbed the candlestick beside me and burned his face. He yelped not of pain but of annoyance from the burn I backed up towards the balcony.

"She's still alive Lestat"

"Take her Louis end her suffering and yours"

"No"

"She will be one of us either way"

"Lestat have we lost appeal so you bring her here," a small voice said.

A little girl with doll like curls came in she seemed to glide as gracefully as she walked. Her face was as pale as theirs she stood in the middle of them completing the triangle. A family of vampires they were and for some odd reason they want me to join them well at least Lestat does.

"Claudia my little dark angel you need motherly guidance and I have brought her hear to be that" Lestat said.

Claudia walked around me eyeing me for any imperfection as if she was God seeing if I was a sinner. She smiled her fangs showing made my eyes go wide at the sight.

"You're beautiful your skin is like caramel yet I sense anger in you from a life as an outcast," she said.

I stared at this beautiful child looking into her eyes showed me the true age like my mother would say "She was an old soul."

"Claudia can't you not see that this is wrong we shouldn't condemn her soul like ours,"

"That didn't stop you two before now did it? Lestat do it," she said.

My eyes pleaded no for anyone to stop them possibly Louis, soon Lestat was on me. Pain rushed through me as he began to suck the blood from my body. It felt as if fire was coursing through my body. I felt my body go limp and I was soon tired. Lestat straddled me and leaned down and whispered,

"If I leave you here you do or you can live forever the choice is yours what will it be Mon Cherie," he said.

"Yes," I said in a whisper barely audible I tried again. "Yes," said louder than before but still hoarse.

I knew what they were and what they did, but like any human person I wanted to live. He was about to cut his wrist when Louis grabbed his arm, "No," he said. "She'll die Louis," Lestat said and he walked away from Lestat.

He cut his wrist blood dropping out and onto my lips. I opened my mouth and swallowed whatever blood hand come out. I rose up grabbing his wrist and dranked from him. It's hard to explain what had happened next. I could hear my heartbeat as if my heart was right next to my ears.

Lestat jumped back holding his wrists laughing. I turned over in pain it was like getting stabbed in the neck or being hit by a car. I got up and soon hit the ground in pain it was as if my heart was trying to burst out of my bossum My heart thudded louder and louder, I heard the beautiful child ask what was happening to me. I screamed in pain my head felt like it was burning an eternal fire in my head.

Suddenly, the pain started to subside then it was gone all together. I felt my fangs come out and I opened my eyes and gasp at the sight. It was as if all the colors in the room seemed brighter my senses were heightened I could see everything that was naked to my human eyes.

"Welcome to the family Vanessa I hope you enjoy my dark gift," Lestat said.

I rose up and looked around taking everything in I was a newborn vampire. I felt very thirsty my throat was dry and it burned. Lestat had a man come in a fine man around my age; he yanked him and pierced his neck.

"Drink my dear," he said to me.

I looked at the man seeing the pulse and veins in his neck it was like his blood called out to me.

"No," I said it is monstrous to kill another human being then I was reminded I was no longer human. Lestat stared at me knowingly that I would do it; I leaned down to his neck. I let my fangs seep into his flesh, I dranked from him. The blood was like sweet honey I felt at peace as I dranked, then I heard his heart beating strongly still fighting. I stopped drinking from him, when Lestat said too.

"You must stop before the heart stops or their death will take you with them," He said.

"You son of a bitch," Louis said.

Lestat and Louis argued with each other I sat down quietly next to Claudia she seemed like a statue showing no emotion. They argued about how Lestat had condemn us all to hell ,but Lestat won the battle for it seemed he wanted Louis to be like him.

"Vanessa," Claudia said.

"Yes,"

"I apologize for them"

"It's fine"

"I'm taking Vanessa out to hunt I'm hungry," she said to them.

They both stopped and Claudia took my hand and led me down to the streets. I could smell all the blood in the people that passed us. They looked at us so strangely, probably because a Black woman was with a little white girl. I guess some things don't really change at all now does it. We fed on 3 people Claudia killed a father and son while I killed the mother. My thirst was quenched.

"Tell me about Louis and Lestat"

"I can only say what I know"

She told me about how they were how Lestat was training her like a pupil how they would finish off families together. When she spoke of Lestat I could sense a bit of hatred for him. Then she started to talk about Louis she kind of lit up about him she spoke of him with so much love. Louis had questions that Lestat didn't have the answers from what Claudia had told me he has lingering respect for human life.

When we got back to the loft they were staying in there was two dead bodies in the living room both women.

"Claudia go to your coffin Vanessa you're going to have to sleep in Louis coffin tonight I'll try to find you one in the mean time you'll sleep with Louis," he said.

Louis looked at me his face showing no emotion as he led me to his coffin. I stared at him, I was nervous getting into a space like that with another man. I slowly got into the coffin and he climbed in after me. He closed the lid and I tried to rest but the events of the night haunted me.

"Why," I said. I could see a bit of his face and he knew what I was asking.

"I don't know that question haunts me to this very day,"

"I don't want to take human life from the innocent,"

"They are other ways to survive without taking human life,"

I lay there resting in the coffin with him he went to sleep before I did so I stared at his sleeping form. It seemed to be a time were his face was softer he looked so peaceful. I felt my eyes become weary and I soon fell into the peaceful dark abyss we call sleep.