AN: This is my first fan fiction, so please don't hate to hard on my first try. I've read lots of fan fics, but recently found the courage to write one :) so please enjoy.
Chapter 1: Bloody Day, Bloody Night
We ran down the hall at top speed, eight of them right behind us. A million thoughts were rushing through my head. How did it come to this? what lead my normal life to take such a drastic turn? I look over that the beautiful woman next to me, nearly draging me down the hall. the girl who changed my whole life, and brought me into a world I never would have known otherwise.
6 months ago...
June 1st 2015
"Hey Charles!" a fairly angry feminine voice said.
"Uh, yes ma'am?"
"Since you want to day dream out the window, instead of paying attention to my review for your final next week, you can come up and solve the equation yourself. assuming you know how based on your inattention."
man, why does she hate ME so much?
the woman in question is Ms. Hunter my algebra III teacher, shes in her mid 40's, brown hair, and very bitter. 3 times divorced, no man in sight. she takes her unhappiness out on all of us... especialy me.
"Yes ma'am." I reply as I make my way to the board.
"You might want to amaze me Mr. Jones, or you'll be sacurficing your afternoon to go over this whole lesson by yourself in detention."
five minues and allot of painstaking math later, I somehow managed to solve the equation, to the dissatisfaction of Ms. Hunter.
"Alright Charles, well done, take your seat."
"Yes Ms. Hunter."
In case you haven't figured it out, im Charles Jones, senior in high school. though I am not the best student, I somehow made it to the exams right before graduation. I am around 5'10", a little on the skinny side, with mild length black hair.
I just cant wait to graduate from this damn place.
A few more grueling hours later, the bell finally rings, releasing the chaos that is a school at the end of the year. I didnt make it to far out of class before my best friend Shaun caught up with me.
"Hey Chuck, whats the plan?" he said.
we were alot alike, me and him. He was a little shorter, and had brown hair. but one thing that was different was that he was always happy and full of energy, and always wanted you to be the same way.
"One, don't call me Chuck. two, there is no 'plan', I have to work today."
"Shit, that sure puts a damper on things, dosen't it... Chuck?"
"I said don't call me that!" I say with an elbow to his ribs.
"Ouch! okay okay, im sorry. damn, whats got you all pissy today?"
"Ms. Hunter called me out all day in class today, I think I worked through more problems than she did..."
"Yikes, shes always gunning for ya, what did you do to make her hate you so much?"
"I don't know, nothing more than I do in my other classes."
"So sleep, not do your homework, or class work, and read while she teaches... I couldn't think of why she'd hate you."
"Shut it"
"hahaha. Well, give me a call after you get off work if you want to hang out."
"alright, will do. catch ya later then."
from there I walked in silence, hearing the comotion of students behind me begining to subside. I work at a convience store just at the edge of town, so its a bit of walk. as I watch the city slowly disapear around me, and forest flourish, I start to feel peaceful. Something about the woods has always calmed me.
About 10 minutes later I arrive at my workplace. I walk in and see one of my favorite faces behind the counter.
"Hey Charles!"
"Hey Cynthia."
Shes a woman who graduated a couple of years ago. We knew each other somewhat from school, but became great friends once I started working here. shes about 5'6", brunette, and very pretty.
"I didnt think that you were on the schedule today?"
"Yeah, the manager called me last night for some reason, said that we had a few deliverys today. He wanted me to come help out. We been busy today?"
"No, not terribly busy"
"Okay, im going to go restock the shelves, yell if ya need me."
"Alright"
I think I live a fairly standard life most days. school, work, chores. nothing substantially good or bad... and im bored. This life is slowly eating me away. yeah, I have good friends, work with a cuite girl, but theres no... purpose? Excitement? Of course I could always go join the military and fight and kill, but thats not really appealing. I dont think I'd fit in with that atmosphere.
I go on thinking and debating what I can do to change my life, for better or for worse, when suddenly a customer walks in, and I immedately know who it is...
"Well hey there beautiful, I wasnt sure if you were working today or not... im glad I didnt miss ya though." he said with his usual smug look.
"Damnit Chad, didn't I tell you to leave me alone, we're over, through. you can go sneak around someone elses back and cheat. Or is that why your here?"
Not this shit again. Chad was Cynthias boyfriend, untill she went to surprise him at home one day, and found his face between another girls legs. I'd hate to have to break something this time.
"Oh, such harsh words baby, why cant you forgive me already? I made a mistake. please let me make it up to you tonight with dinner?"
"I don't think so"
"C'mon babe, it'll be fun, I promise."
It was about this time I walked up behind him. I had had about as much as I could stand of this guy. He comes in all the time, harassing Cynthia. last time he came in I literaly picked him up and thew him out the door. It would had gotten worse if she hadn't asked me not to hurt him.
"I believe that shes made it clear that she dosen't want your presence here."
I stood about four inches taller than his blonde head, looking down at his smug grin only fueled my anger.
"I belive that this doesn't concern you, now does it? so begone, I know you have some cereal to stack."
"Oh that can wait, and it concerns me when you harass one of my friends who wants nothing to do with you."
"Oh I see. Is this bastard the reason you won't let me fix things? Are you and him an item now? Who would have guessed someone as beautiful as you would fall for this shitty oaf, only fit to stack boxes."
"No Chad, Charles and I aren't dating, I just dont tend to trust people who hurt me."
It dosen't seem that he paid her any attention at this point. he seemed to have gotten an idea in his head and was stuck on it. oh, this outta be fun...
"Well, lets see how much you like your man after I beat him to a blody pulp!"
As he said that he swung wide with his right hand. I side steped it and wraped my arm around his fully extended one and twisted it. I pratically picked him up by his arm and carried him outside.
"CHARLES! don't hurt him!" I heard Cynthia plead from behind me.
"Dont worry Cynth, I'm only gonna play with him a little, dont want to get blood on my work clothes."
Both Cynthia and Chad gave me a scared look, one more so than the other. Im going to make sure he wont come around for awhile, for one reason, or another. I brought him around to the side of the store away from the road. and threw him a few feet away from me.
"Now that I wont break anyting in the store, lets go ahead and see you try to beat me into a bloody pulp..."
as he stands up he still wont shut up. "You have some nerve trying to man handle me in front of her, trying to look like a big man in front of her. I can't wait to knock you down a peg or two." then he lunged at me with a flurry of punches. I dodged the first few, then grabed one of his fists as I sent an uppercut into his gut. I watched his feet come off the ground a couple inches. I then pulled his arm forward and flipped him over my head. As he hit the ground, I heard a very fimilar pop of his shoulder. Dislocate shoulder, check. I then proceded to pick him up and throw him face first at the wall, he hit with a sicking crunch. break nose, check. after a few moments, he got back up, clutching his shoulder and his nose gushing.
"You... Mother... Fucker..."
"You just dont know when to quit do you?"
He took one last blind jab at my face, I dodged his sluggish movement easily, and drove my fist into his ribs as hard as I could. with a set of crunches under my knuckles, I was satisfied in my beatdown. break at least two ribs, check. With that he was trying to find a way to lay there and breath without it hurting.
"Dont worry, I'll call an ambulace for you... eventually"
"F... Fuck...You..."
With that I walked around to the front of the store, pulled a pack of ciggaretts out of my pocket and lit one. I figured one cig length would be enough time for him to suffer before I call. Damn, I feel a hell of alot better. About this time Cynthia came walking outside.
"Ummm, Charles? Where's Chad?"
"Hes around the side taking a nap. And no, not a dirt nap, he'll be fine in a few weeks or so..."
"What the hell did you do to him?"
"Ummm, lets see... I dislocated his shoulder, for leaning in close and bothering you, I broke his nose to teach him some humility, and broke some ribs so he'd shut up. I dont think that last one worked to well."
With a shocked expression, she looked at me with a little bit of fear in her eyes. Great, another person scared of me.
"I guess you hate me now don't you?" I said as I could hear sirens in the distance.
"Suprisingly enough... no, no I dont. I don't agree with what you did by any means. but I don't hate you. I've never had someone go that far for me before..."
At this point I could hear the sirens around the corner.
"But you did call the cops didn't you?"
"I though you were gonna kill him there for awhile Charles! and from the security footage, you easily could have, you had full control in that fight..."
"Yeah, its been awhile since I've fought someone, thought i had gotten rusty." I laugh nervously. "I have a feeling they're gonna ask you and me alot of questions, so go in and call the manager. oh, and heres five bucks, can you grab me another pack of smokes?"
"Yeah, sure"
As I sat there and waited for the police to arrive, I though about how good it felt to have his life in my hands, to toy with him, break him little by little, and it scared me...
9:53 pm
It was good and dark by the time the police let me leave, self defence and all that bullshit. what unsettled me though was seeing that grin on my face in the video the whole time.
Did I really enjoy it that much? What kind of person enjoys that kind of stuff? To toy with someones life? I really need a shrink... or some scotch, I like that idea better.
As I walked home, I thought about the day, and tried to keep my thoughts off of the fight. the manager wasn't too happy, but didn't fire me, so it could be worse I suppose. As I walked home on my usual path, I breathed in the cool night air, and looked at the darkened woods around me. I usually feel safe on this path at any time, but something feels... off about it tonight... A few minutes later I walk into a clearing and see a herd of deer off to my left. I stop and observe them, there was eight in all, two bucks, two doe, and four babies. as I looked at the bigger buck, I noticed something moving just behind the darkness. Just before I could make out its shape, it leapt at the buck. what is that? a mountain lion? No, it moved way to fast... I stood and watched in fear as the other deer ran alot faster than I could.
As I watched, the thing had taken the deer down in spot, it looked to be latched onto its neck. Something in me made me walk closer, one slow step at a time. what am I doing? I should get as far away from this... creature as possible. who knows what its capable of... is that blonde hair? As I got closer, the more it became clear, the creature appeared to be a person. what the hell... long blonde hair? A white nightgown? theres no way it could be a person...
Almost as if they reacted to that thought, It quckly stood up. I froze in place. Is this how it ends? Am I going to die by some unexplained phenomonon? None of this could be real... they slowy turned around, and what I saw was angelic and demonic at the same time. It was a girl... about my age, maybe a little younger. She had the deepest blue eyes that complimented her hair perfectly, pale skin, and blood... She had small trickles of blood coming from both corners of her mouth causing droplets to land on her nightgown.
About the time I noticed that, she closed the distance between us, though I didnt see her move. We stood there, neither moving an inch, just studing each other. I need to say something, or run... just do SOMETHING or im going to die.
"W-what..." was about all I could manage. All she did was tilt her head in response. after a few moments, she closed her eyes, leaned in, and sniffed me. what the... fuck? And then she was gone, like a gust of wind, just dissapeared. I stood there dumbfounded. Confused beyond all reasoning. no rational thoughts would come, no explanation to what I just saw. Once i finally got my wits about me, I decided to look at the deer. I walked to where the person was just moments ago, after looking at its neck, I saw two wide, thin cuts, almost like bite marks, but not much blood. With cuts like that, it should have bled all over the place. unless...
At that thought I turned and ran as fast as I could twards home. Was she... a vampire? No, thats Perposterous. theres no such thing... but how do I explain what happened? nothing makes logical sense... I ran and ran, hitting tree branches clear, stumbling over stumps and roots, and just ran all the way home.
I made it there without incident. Coming inside none to stealthfully, my mother quickly greeted me.
"Charles? Is that you? Did work keep you late or somethi... are you okay? you look like you just got chased by a bear."
"I... I just... Im fine... Just lost track of time... and ran the last half mile or so home." i said inbetween ragged breaths. Should I tell her what I saw? Would she even believe me? Hell, I wouldnt believe me.
"Okay... your dinner is on the table, it might be cold, so make sure you cover it before you put it the microwave."
"Okay mom" I just need to forget what I saw, it'll all be fine in the morning.
I quickly ate my dinner and went to my room. my fatherwas nowhere to be seen, he works 2nd shift most nights so no surprise there. I took a much needed shower, and walked into my room. As I passed my window, I could of sworn I saw a flash of yellow and white in the tree line. no, it couldnt be... I stared and saw no movement other than the wind. after a few minutes I went and laid down in my bed, exaustion quickly hit me, and I fell asleep with only one thought in my head: it'll all be okay tomorrow, it'll be a normal day tomorrow. little did I know, that that day would be the end of my 'normal' days...
AN: Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to rate and review, or PM me. NO FLAMES PLEASE. Chapter 2 is in the works. Semper Fi - Charles
Update 06/17/2016: Fixed multiple spelling and grammatical errors.