Have you ever been in so much pain that you just want to die? Have you ever been on the verge of death and then you feel like you are breathing again? I have… It all started in 1925, on the 31st April. That was when I was born, I was a small child with straight short blonde hair and greeny blue eyes. But as I got older my hair darkened ever so slightly and my eyes went a bit more green. When I was 14, my father died of an illness that was around at the time, my mother and I were okay, until just a year later when i was 15, she was killed while helping injured soldiers in the war. I wanted to follow in my mothers footsteps, so I joined the medical army for wounded soldiers. I had to go out onto the front and carry back and help as many soldiers as I could. So that is what I did for two years. I had some of the best friends I'd ever had, most of them were my age, 16. I was especially close to one, his name was Ryan. His eyes were a golden brown colour and his hair was jet black, to me he was very handsome, I liked everything about him but I never said so. He helped me out when I needed to carry a soldier back, he seemed so strong but looked so weak and every time I touched any part of his skin, it was ice cold. Everything changed though… It was a few days after my 17th birthday on the 12th of May 1942 when the fighting was especially bad, the Germans were advancing and many of our soldiers were going down. We had to work quickly. But it went wrong, all I can remember is 3 stabbing pains, two in my back and one in my stomach. I could hardly breathe, the world was spinning, I couldn't stand up and so I fell onto my knees. I still could not breathe well. Then I knew… I'd been shot 3 times. I was dying, I knew I was dying. I felt arms wrap around me and my name was shouted, "Sky! Talk to me Sky!" the voice said. I recognised the voice, it was Ryan. "Ry..an.. Go.. I'm… done…"

"No! I.. I can save you…" Ryan whispered, his sweet breath warming my ear. I started to close my eyes, "I'm not letting you go… " he shouted before I felt yet another sharp pain, this time in my neck. I yelled in pain as the burning began…

All I could think was, 'please I just want to die! Stop this burning!' I wanted to scream out but every time I opened my mouth nothing came out, I writhed in pain. It went on for days. But I knew there was someone always beside me whispering that he was sorry and it's going to be okay and holding my hand. When I finally woke up I saw him, my best friend, looking as handsome as ever. I put my hand to my head and closed my eyes, "What… What happened?"

Ryan parted his lips and spoke in his beautiful voice, "Sky… There was something I never told you…" I looked at him with a confused expression on my face. "I'm a vampire Sky. And now… you are one too."

My eyes widened as he took out a mirror and showed me, I looked at the beautiful girl looking back at me, her eyes were blood red but her hair was like mine. It took me a few seconds to realise that it was my reflection. I looked at my skin, it was lighter than usual, very white. I looked up at Ryan, "So… what will happen to me? Why are my eyes red and yours are golden?"

"Because you are a newborn, I am not, I will try and teach you to control your thirst." Ryan explained. As soon as he said the word "thirst" I felt a burning sensation in my throat, like I wanted to drink but I knew if I tried to drink water or any other liquid it would not work… I needed blood. He opened his hand for me to take, I hesitated for a second and then took it, his hand very warm for once. I guessed that was because my hand was now the same temperature as his. I stood up and looked around for the first time. I noticed that we were far away from the front line now, away from all civilisation. He took me deep into the forest which beside the place that we were staying. When we stopped he looked at me "What can you hear?" he asked. I closed my eyes and listened, I could every little thing, the rush of streams, the waving of tree branches, the padding of the hooves of deer browsing in a field nearby, "Deer…" I replied. "Good, now it's time to show me your speed and strength, you'll be very strong for a while but it'll die down soon enough." Ryan said to me. I nodded and waited for his signal, we went off towards the herd of deer at a terrific speed, my hair was blowing quickly backwards as I ran. "Sky! Stop!" Ryan shouted behind me. I skidded to a halt and turned to see him stopping, "What is it Ryan?" I asked.

"Just hold on a sec.." He held out his hand out towards me, which I took immediately. "Just as I thought" he whispered.

"What? Is there something wrong with me?" I asked worriedly.

"No Sky" He laughed, "There's something right about you, some vampires have special senses that are unique to them and only them. You are one of the unique ones, as am I"

I tilted my head, "What can you do?"

"Me? I can sense other vampires with those special powers and through touch I can find out what they have"

"What do I have then?" I asked inquisitively.

"Tell me to do something"

"Why?"

"Just tell me"

"Okay erm.." I thought about it, not having a clue what he was getting at. "Run up that tree and snap the tallest branch?"

"No, no, Persuade me to do it" he prompted.

"Oh, okay, You will run up that tree and snap the tallest branch" I gasped as the words came out my mouth, as if my voice was not my own. Instantly, Ryan was climbing up the tree, I heard a snap and in an instant he was by my side holding a branch. "The power of persuasion, you can make anyone so anything for you"

My mouth gaped open, awed. We soon carried on our hunt, I caught a nice big deer, which when I sank my teeth into it, blood spurted from its neck, it was one of the nicest things I'd ever tasted. Or maybe that was because I could not remember the taste of anything else…