"Zoe, Honey." I rubbed my eyes groggily as I woke up to the sound of my mum's voice.
"Mommy?" I said, my voice still laced with sleep and as I looked up into my mum's eyes, I was shocked to see that she looked scared. As se picked me up and carried me out of my bedroom, I noticed tat we were going through the secret hole in the wall placed strategically behind the closet in my parent's bedroom, a hole that I found out a few years back which led straight to the attic. I never understood why we had the secret compartment. As soon as we got into attic, my mum put me down on the blanket that we used when we came up here to play.
"Now listen to me honey. Mommy and daddy have some intruders. Daddy is trying to keep them out, but there are too many of them, so I am going back down to help. No matter what you hear you have to stay here. Do you understand mommy?"
As I nodded in reply, I said. "I'm scared Mum, please don't go, stay with me." Just then we heard people yelling and screaming downstairs, and we both simultaneously looked towards the entrance of the attic, our fearful expressions mirroring each other.
"I need to go and help your daddy." My mum said, her voice wobbling a bit. She looked around the small room of the attic and ran to the extreme end to grab a notebook lying on the floor and as she came back, she handed the book to me. "Read this when you're old enough to understand what's written in this book, once you do, you will understand what it all means." She said to me, tears starting to well up in her eyes, before giving me a kiss on my forehead. She got up and was about to leave, when she turned around and said. "And remember, stay in here until morning." And with that she left the attic. I woke up to the sun shining on my face, I smiled as I made my way out of the attic through the secret door and was surprise to find that my parents weren't in their bedroom. So I went in search of them, getting to the living room, I gasped in shock at the sigh before me. Lying face down on the floor in a pool of blood, were my parents.
"Mom?" I whispered as I made my way to where she was, but I got no reply.
"Dad?" I whispered to him, but go not reply as he lay there unmoving.
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"Miss Zoe!" I blinked as my teacher's voice pulled me out of my reverie, pushing back the memory and I looked up to stare at my teacher pushing down the memory of the day I lost my parents while ignoring the rest of my classmates as they sniggered.
"Yes, Miss Sanders?" I said deliberately schooling my expression to look bored.
"What would you have done to change the story of Romeo and Juliet from ending tragically if you had been the author?" She asked. I leaned back In my chair and stared at her bored.
"Well, they both should have made better use of their brains." I replied, ignoring my teacher's glare.
"Could you elaborate more on your answer?" She asked, still glaring at me.
"Well, although they were so in love with each, that they would die for one another, however, if they had made better use of their brain, maybe their romance wouldn't have ended so tragically." Miss sander glared at me again, before turning back to the rest of the class and continuing with the lesson. She hated my gut but hey, that's what she got for trying to pick on me. I waited, not paying attention to the lesson being taught as I didn't believe in love stories or romance. As soon as the class ended, I was the first to leave the class. I headed to my locker to return my books and grabbed my notebook which I hugged to my self as I made my way out of the school. AS I headed to my crappy car, I though to myself as I always did. "Mum wouldn't have wanted this kind of life for me." But then I would remember her last was a diary, full of useful information on vampires, their weaknesses, their strengths and even how to kill them.
But the thing is that even if my mum hadn't wanted this life for me, I chose it because not only did I lost my parents at such a young of seven, it had been at the hands of vampires and I have made it my mission to slay as much vampires that I can. I sigh. "I really shouldn't think about this now." I though as I got into my car and drove towards the pile of crap I called my home. As soon I got home, I changed into my slaying outfit which consisted of black jeans, black tank top and my favorite worn out black boots and as I walked out of the house, I pulled my air into a tight ponytail. I ignored my car, in favour of taking a walk, my wooden stake safely tucked into my back pocket. Hunting was the only thing that made sense to me in this world. It is not a faith that I would wish on anyone but it is my destiny. I though to my self as I made way to a deserted neighborhood. I chose this neighborhood because not only is it relatively deserted when it is dark out but also because it has one of the largest cemeteries in the rang out piercing the calm silence of the night before it stopped as suddenly as it had started, helping me make up my mind on where to go after getting to the neighborhood.
As I ran towards the direction of where the scream had come from, I came across a tall man biting a girl's neck.
"Hey!" I shouted until he dropped the girl and turned around with his fangs out, snarling at me. He seem to do a double take as he recognized me, and then stopped snarling, his fangs slowly retracting back into his gums.
"Zoe Lehane." He purred as he gazed at me, his eyes roaming down my body before meeting my gaze again. "To what do I owe this pleasant surprise?"
"You sucking the life out of tat poor girl on the floor." I replied indignantly, as I pulled out my stake making him look more amused.
"I wasn't going to kill her, just having a little snack." He said with a sneer.
I smirk as I heard a little sound behind me. I hear the other vampire before he got too close to me and with unexpected speed I turned on him and stake him, and with equal speed turned and stake another vampire that was coming at me.
"Cheating during a fight. How cliché." I said sarcastically.
"Well, we don't hunt alone, young girl." I ran towards him, angry about being called a young girl. "This young girl is going to be the cause of your death tonight." I though as I started battling the irritating and rather arrogant vampire. After an hour of a very tiring fight, I finally succeeded in killing 7 vampires in total, after which I dragged them to the wood and made a pile with their bodies before setting fire on their bodies.
"Filthy creatures…" I though in disgust. After a few more hours of hunting, I headed to my favorite bar to unwind. The bartender knew me and although I was 17, he let me drink.
"Hey Zoe, rough night?" He asked smiling, pushing a small shot glass my way. I grabbed it and downed it in one gulp.
"You can say that again." I replied. "Can I have another one?"
"Sure thing." He made me another one and slid it my way. I was just about to gulp it down when I noticed a guy entering the bar. He sat three chairs down from me, looking straight ahead as if in deep though, and seem oblivious to anything or anyone in the bar. As I looked at him, he seem quite attractive and would be rather good looking in the daylight too. I gulped down my drink and just watched the stranger a little longer, before deciding to call it a day. AS I started to drop some money on the table for the bartender, he came over to me, shaking his head.
"Nathan has paid for you tonight." Jerking his head a little in the direction of the guy. I glared at the stranger who hadn't move a muscle or look in our direction to acknowledge the fact that he was the topic of our conversation his way, which just made me more angry.
"Tell him, I said thanks but not tanks." I said as I threw down a couple of bills. "I pay for my own drinks."
As I walked out of the bar towards my crappy apartment, I could hear footsteps behind me. If I was a normal human I wouldn't have even noticed because the footsteps were soft and one would barely hear them, but I wasn't normal. I was a slayer and I was being followed.
I pretended not to hear the footsteps and instead just kept on walking luring my stalker towards my secret killing alley. Once I got there, I turned around to face my stalker. It was the handsome stranger, and he didn't look at all surprise that I had caught him out.
"Are you always this rude?" He asked smirking.
"Always." I snarled, whipping out my stake before assuming a fighting position.
"I only want to talk." He said, putting up his hands.
"Well, if you have heard about me, you will know that I don't talk." I replied to which he just smiled.
"Yes, I know. But I'm an old vampire and I'm quite strong, which means that I can make you talk. But I wont do that, so just put the stake down and let's talk like two civilized adults."
"Fuck you!" I resorted, angry at the condescending tone that he used to speak to me, like I was a child. He definitely didn't seem surprised at my use of expletive language as he just smirk.
"Fine… the hard way." He said and with unbelievable speed, and before I could react, he pushed me hard against the wall with such strength that had me dropping on the floor, my stake falling out of my hand with a clatter. He grabbed me again roughly and had me pinned up against the wall.
"You're not a slayer. You belong with us."
I snickered.
"Oh silly me.." I replied sarcastically.
"Why do you think you're strong enough to kill old vampires?"
"I cant defeat you." I glared.
He smirk.
"That's because I prepared myself before meeting you."
"How lucky for me." I said sardonically.
"I could always bite you until you're in a state of unconsciousness and make you listen. I'm trying to be nice."
"Don't bother, I wont listen either way." I replied as I tried to pry myself from his grasp but he didn't budge.
"Would you listen if I mentioned that I know something about your parents?" I stopped fighting him.
"Only if you tell me who killed them." I bargained wit him, hoping he would.
"In time, however the first thing I'm going to tell you is that they weren't your real parents…"
"Liar!" I shouted indignantly.
"I'm not lying princess."
I stared angrily at him and stopped fighting, I had to admit he did have my attention now.
Writers note: i decided to use beta readers hoping my stories make more sense :) Maybe getting people to like it better :) I found the best helper ever Sukzee. Thanks so much for fixing my many grammar errors :)