The Knife of the Past
By: Mercedes Nazarian
Chapter I
Sarah found herself in front of SingleEarth within minuets. SingleEarth is a place that all creatures, including vampires, go to try and create peace among them. Her memories came back quickly after she had fed. Sarah sits in her car well after a half an hour goes by telling her self that going to stay at SingleEarth is the only way. Finally, she got out of her car and walked briskly into the building known to all as SingleEarth.
Sarah, letting go of all that was behind her, asked Caryn Smoke for a room. Caryn Smoke, Daughter of Macht, was a healer. She was also one of the best left. She was almost disowned recently because of befriending a vampire to save a human. Caryn's mother was grateful for saving that human, but was angry at the fact that she had helped a vampire in the process.
As Caryn led her to a room she thought better than to ask about the scene that had appeared over an hour ago. At this Sarah was grateful. And at this point, Sarah didn't even know how to explain it herself.
She knew that at SingleEarth no one could harm her. Most of the strongest vampires were not allowed within two hundred feet of the place. Caryn had handed her the key to her room and left abruptly. Sarah stood at the door thinking "What am I doing here? I should be with Kristopher and Nissa." And yet she was there.
Sarah opened the door leading to the small apartment. She only glanced at it for a moment. Then she lay down on her couch and went to sleep. And like her fellow vampires, it was black and dreamless.
Sarah woke up suddenly to the sound of yelling. As she wondered out side to see who it was, she recognized the voices. It was Caryn and...Kristopher? Sarah reluctantly picked up her pace. Kristopher was her blood father, but that wasn't all he was. He was her love. Kristopher had changed her to save her life, after trying to blood bond her to himself.
The magic inside of her was trying to defeat the vampiric blood. But it was killing her in the process. The only one way to have saved her was to change her. To make her a vampire. One of the very creature she herself used to hunt and kill.
When Sarah finally reached the outside, she realized it was not Kristopher...it was Nikolas. Nikolas was Kristopher's brother. Actually it was Kristopher's twin. Sarah had tried to kill him numerous times in the past. As did him with her. As she casually walked up to them, Sarah tried to think of ways about why he was here. She had found none.
When Sarah had finally reached them they automatically stopped yelling at each other and looked at Sarah. "What is going on?" Sarah asked bewilderedly. "Hello Sarah" Caryn said in fake good mood tone. "You should go back up to bed. You've been through a lot." But all of a sudden Nikolas added "No she shouldn't. That is why I came here!" He snapped at Caryn, practically screaming. "Kristopher wanted me to give you this." Nikolas said calmly. Then tossed something at her and disappeared.
Sarah said "What was that about?" but didn't seem to get an answer so she left it alone. She calmly said goodnight to Caryn then left to her room.
When she got their, she looked down at the piece of notebook paper. It was a note from Kristopher. When she went to school Kristopher always put little drawings and poems in her locker. This made her smile. The first time she has smiled since her change. The paper read,
Her colorful eyes have gone black
The colors gone and won't come back
Unless a miracle happens to thee
But there is something more to see
Is she still that Shining Goddess
The sun and moon is her promise
To keep for always in her palm
Unless something does go wrong
Does she want to live again
Or does she want to forget her kin
She stabs with the Knife of the Past
But our love will always last
Until there comes a time to die
When all we do is say Good Bye
Sarah looked on the back of the poem and saw that it said
"Nikolas' house at eleven"
She would go but stick with Kristopher because she new that this was an invitation. Sarah had been invited to a bash. One of the frequent bashes hosted by Nikolas, but this one was going to feature Kristopher. His coming back to the predator world.
Sarah looked down at the fully healed wounds of the scar Nikolas had cut upon her skin. She would keep this scar until she has fully been accepted in the vampiric world. She would leave for Nikolas' house at nine. Sarah was going to drive, even though she knows that she can just appear there with her mind. Instead Sarah doesn't want to act as though she is one of them, even though she doesn't want to admit it...she is.
Sarah pulls up in Nikolas' driveway at 10:59.