Preface
I'd
never known what it felt like to die, but as i lay there writhing in
agony against his chest. His cold lips pressed to my throat, his
razor like teeth peircing my flesh. I felt it. It was like fire
searing through my body. Starting in my neck and traveling downward.
His name on my lips dying to escape, to plead with him. Caiden!
please stop please it burns. . .STOP! I felt his lips leave my neck,
his voice a faint pained whisper. "I'm sorry Alex. . .it's done.
I can't stop it now.
Chapter 1. New Beginings.
The car
hits a bump and I'm jolted awake with a slight thud of my head agaist
the glass.
"You ok?" a voice from the front seat asks,
it's my brother Jake, i rub my head slightly and manage to mutter a
soft
"yeah"
"Well we're here Alex so wake up"
my dad's voice drifts back to me from the driver seat, I didn't know
where "here" was all I knew was that it was going to be the
same as it was before...no not before after
It was the same
routine as always, get up/shower/brush teeth/get dressed/brush
hair/set out moms meds/go to school, I rarely ate since mom went nuts
I didn't see reason too eat anymore, this day like every other flew
bye, time went fast when you have no friends, when people stare at
you 'cuz you had to grow up faster the them, and take care of a
mentally unstable mother, a mother who would start screaming about
vampires and other monsters that didn't exsist outside of fairytales,
as I thought about it all I looked up and saw the bus leavig "shit"
I muttered, it didn't seem important at the time there would be
another one in five minutes no big. The bus rolled up infront of me
and I quickly took my seat. I stare out the window and watch the
passing trees and houses, we reach my house and I climb off slowly
dreading the moment I faced my mother, it was Friday, that ment a
whole weekend with her. Stepping through the door I called out my
usual greeting, "Mom I'm home, time for your meds." She
didn't answer. I sighed and headed to the stairs, making my way to
her room to wake her. I pulled open the door and almost passed out at
what i saw. it was mom...dangling 4 feet off the ground from the
ceiling fan, a phone cord wrapped around her neck, her face a deathly
blue...
I sigh and look up and the huge house, our new home, our
new life, I get out and go to the back without a word grabbing as
much of my stuff as i can carry. walking into the house i head up the
stairs to find my room, I opened the last door on the left of the
hall and found my bed already set up and waiting. With a sigh I
walked into the huge room dropping my first load of crap on my bed I
headed out to the care for the rest, Jake was the only one out there,
"Hey Als whats the matter with you, you'd think you'd be
happy to get away from all the shit back there, so whats wrong?"
"What's wrong is the fact that no one cares what I
think...how I feel it's all about whats best for you and dad!"
"Als
thats not true and you know it, dad's just really busy at the moment,
he loves you, so do I he just forgets to tell you sometimes..."
"Yeah just like he "forgot" to tell me we were
moving?!" I retorted my voice dripping with sarcasme.
"Ok
I admit that was a bit cruel but you would have fought him, he saw no
other way..."
"Yeah whatever Jake just leave me alone."
I bolted to the safty of my room throwing myself onto the bed and
started to cry, it was like a dam bursting all the tears I had locked
away since mom's suicide flowing freely. I soon fell asleep.
The
men in the white coats looked down at me and I realized they were
speaking "She's in a state of shock but look she's waking up
she'll be ok just give her time." Then a new voice spoke,
"Alex...honey can you hear me?"
"Dad?"
"Yeah
Als I'm here so is Jake. Oh sweety I was worried."
"Dad
what happened...where's mom?"
"Als...what all do you
remember?"
"Nothing...I don't remember anything, now
where's mom, I want to see her."
"Alex I don't know how
to say this but...mom's dead" I looked at Jake then to dad in
horror.
"Wha-No she can't be dead your lying YOUR LYING!"
I
woke up with a scream and heard a car pull out and take off, just a
dream, it was just a dream, I showered as fast as I could and pulled
on a Red shirt and black jeans with a pair of black and white
checkered Vans. I put on black liner over applying and smudging it
like I always did. I walked downstairs and into the kitchen, a note
was on the table
Als dad's gone on a buisness trip and im in town
I'll be back around 10 tonight
Jake
A frown crossed my face and
i crumpled the note. I walked outside and noticed the forest for the
first time. With a sigh i walk towards it. Its quiet and very
peaceful, as i walk further i notice a shape in the distance. It
looks like a giant house, a mansion really, I make my way up to the
door and slowly open it. It's old and a musty scent attackes my nose,
all the couches and chairs are covered in sheets, it's apparent that
noones lived here in a very long time. It was beautiful in it's own
creepy way. I start to climb the stairs looking around when a
movement catches my eye, it looked like a man, suddenly I feel an icy
breath on my neck "Leave Now!" The door below me flying
open and I dashed from the house and through the woods, not stopping
till i reached my house and had locked the doors. I moved quickly to
the bathroom and stripped turning on a hot shower i climbed in water
encasing my body relaxing me. Then I felt it..the icy breath on my
neck, turning i found...nothing. A shiver ran through me as I wrapped
myself in a towel, my head was spinning, who was that guy? Did he
live there? Why did he have such anger in his voice? What did I do to
him? The doorbell rang and panic washed over me I threw on a black
tank top and skirt and slowly walked downstairs. I took the know and
froze, what if it was the man from the house? To late now I pulled
open the door. Standing there was a guy about my age he was tall,
taller then me but that wasn't saying much since I'm only 5'4",
dirty blonde hair piercing green eyes in other words he was totally
hot but he looked to jockish not at all my type.
"Yeah what
do you want" I asked in an annoyed voice
"Is that how
you always greet your hot new neighbour?" He was cocky I give
him that, he was used to girls drooling all over him I could tell
from the way he talked, the way he stood and looked at me.
"I
just did so yeah it must be."
"Wall aren't you going to
invite me in?"
"I wasn't planning on it but I might as
well, I have some questions, don't worry they aren't too difficult,
even you should be able to answer them" He laughed and dropped
onto the couch
"Very funny, ok shoot."
"Ok you
know the forest outback of our houses?"
"Yeah."
"Well
you know that huge house, the mansion..."
"Did you go
in?" he asked with a look of panic on his face
"um...Yeah?"
I said unsure of why it was important
"S-s-stay away from
me."
"What did I do?!"
"Every one that's
ever gone into that house has gone nuts, first they start screaming
about vampires and mosters then they kill themselves or worst,
others." He got up and bolted to the door. I sat in shock as it
slammed behind him, was it true was i going to end up like my mother?
Just because I walked into the house? Was dad, or worse Jake going to
come home someday and find me hanging from the ceiling...NO they
wont I'm nothing like her. A car door slammed and I heard laughing as
my brother walked through the door followed by a really cute guy,
great second day here and he's already made friends im such a loser.
"Hey Alex, this is Chris. Chris this is Alex." I put on
the fake smile I had pefected so long ago and shook his hand,
"Hey
nice to meet you"
"Same here"
I turned to
Jake.
"I'm tired I'm gonna go to bed ok?"
"Yeah
sure night Als"
"Night" I ran up the stairs and
dropped onto my bed my last thoughts hoping I wasn't going crazy.
