Preface
I live in Sana Carla, California, the capital murder city in the county. When I was little, my parents were murdered, my house burned down, and my little sister was never to be found. My name is Emma, and my little sisters name was Star. Her name does sound like a hippie, but thats not why they named her Star. They named her that, because she was the "star" of the family. I hated her. She stole all of the glory form me. I was four when I ran away from home because my parents were fighting again, and it just kept getting worse. It got to the point where I thought that it would be better off if I just ran away. I came back to a demolished house, my sister gone, and my parents burned to death at my feet. I loved my mom the best because it always seemed like she loved me more. Anyway, Max found me, and took me under his wing. I was always a quiet girl because of what I had seen. So, I kept to myself, and didn't do anything but read. I always went with Max to his video shop, VideoMax. I sat in the corner and read. One day, I was sitting there, and this group of boys walked in. I hardly looked up, but I saw them out of the corner of my eyes. They always wandered right outside of the window, but tonight, they decided to come in. Max looked up form the cash register, and grimaced.
"I thought I told you to not come in here again." He growled warningly. They must have come in more often, maybe right when I left they came in. I looked over at Max, and he was staring questionably at them. All of a sudden, he turned and went to the back. The boys looked over at me, and must have thought that I wasn't paying attention because they stalked right passed me. Being nosy, like always, I went to the back after it was all clear. I went to the door, and put my head to it.
"What?" Max asked, obviously annoyed.
"Who was that girl? In the corner?" It must have been the guy with the long black hair who looked to be talking out of turn, almost as if there was a leader that was supposed to always talk first. There was a window that I could peek through.
"That was Emma. You know the girl that I told you about."
"Don't get any idea's Dwaine." I heard the beach-blond haired guy say. The black haired must be called Dwaine.
"David, what would I possibly be thinking about." Blondie was named David.
"Oh, I don't know, eat her! You know, drink all of that red stuff that flows through her veins." They all started to laugh, and I let out a huge gasp. Oh, great! They heard me! Everything was quiet, and I scrambled to get up. I got all the way back to my corner, and forgot all about my book. My book was laying right in the way of the boys. One of the boys, Dwaine was it, came up to me and dropped the book at my feet.
"I think you dropped something." He said with hostility thick in his voice.
"Thanks." I said quietly and quickly. I looked down in embarrassment, not meeting his eyes. As he walked away, all I could think of was what David had said.
"Oh, I don't know, eat her! You know, drink all of that red stuff that flows through her veins." It sent shivers down my spine because I knew only one thing that could be in form of a human could do that.
They were vampires.