Well what do we have here? An update? From me, but I'm in Oz aren't I? Well no, after nine months I've finally come back to my cold damp windy home...why did I come back again? Anyway while I figure that out, enjoy the first chapter of my newest experiment. As is mentioned, this is an extension of that one off I did called "Life Isn't Fair" so I do recommend you read that first, though I don't think its totally needed.
A Life Isn't Fair Extension
The Curse of Being Interesting
Part 1: Rebirth
With a soft thud Lilo landed on a metal surface lying face up and with no idea how she got there. It was pitch black, cold and her surroundings didn't have enough space for her to move her arms out; but surprisingly Lilo wasn't scared. Her arms and legs felt like twisted rubber bands and she had a small craving for something that she couldn't quite place, but she still wasn't scared. Breathing seemed to be very hard, with each shallow breath she took the air stabbed at the back of her mouth, her throat became dry and her lungs gave out. But still, she wasn't scared. She could hear sounds; footsteps, people talking, scratching of small claws. She could also smell things like; bleach disinfectant, and a very bad cafeteria.
Suddenly her little room was flooded with light thanks to a large hole appearing by her feat. The light was so bright that she somehow found the strength to mover her string like arms to cover her face. She was then pulled out of her little container and brought fully into the light. Slowly her eyes adjusted and she was able to remove her arms from her face. Surprisingly she didn't see anyone around at first, but that wasn't the thing that bothered her.
What bothered her was the location of where her little box was. White tiles on the floor and on the roof, a large swinging door on one wall, and all the other walls had hundreds and hundreds of the same small door with a handle and a small piece of paper with a name written on it. Lights hung from the ceiling and at this moment in time they were switched off. Yet another surprise for Lilo; because there were no windows and the swinging door had its windows blocked off to prevent anyone from looking into the room. But she could see as if it were in the middle of the day.
Sitting upright, she saw a metal table in the middle of the room with a stand beside it. The stand had a lot of different objects on it and all of them appeared to be very sharp. A thin layer of mist was present at floor level and she could see her breath every time she took another gulp of non stale air.
She only now noticed that she wasn't wearing her night gown or anything at all; but was instead covered with a thin white sheet and only just prevented her body from being seen. Carefully wrapping it around her, she slowly started to get down from the steel table that she was lying on. It took her a great deal of effort and she desperately clung onto the table once again as her legs went from rubber bands to jelly in no time flat. Through determination that she didn't think possible, Lilo managed to get onto her feet and was able to get to the table in the middle before her legs gave out on her again.
It was just then that she heard a voice that sounded like granite,
CHILD, YOU SHOULDN'T BE SO ROUGH WITH YOUR BODY JUST YET. IT STILL HASN'T RECOVERED.
Lilo swivelled her head towards the noise and saw a figure standing there. It was covered in a black cloak and was leaning on a black pole as long as the figure was tall with a sharp blade on the top. Its only hand that was visible, the one that was holding the scythe was nothing but bone.
Slowly her mind started to work again and Lilo recognised the figure standing there,
"Aren't you death?"
YES, THAT IS ONE OF MY TITLES.
"You're here for me aren't you?" It wasn't so much a question as a fact
THAT IS CORRECT LILO.
"So, dose that mean I'm dead?"
NO, IT JUST MEANS I AM HERE FOR YOU. YOU WERE DEAD AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY YOU ARE IN A MORTUARY; BUT THANKS TO SOME GREATER POWER THAT I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVING A SECOND CHANCE.
"'Greater power that you've never heard of?' But I though death would know everything."
I DO MOST OF THE TIME, BUT THIS PERSON HAS THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE PLAIN BETWEEN DIMENSIONS, TIME AND SPACE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT EVEN I CANNOT DO. I HAD HEARD ROUMERS ABOUT DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL BECOMING AVALIBLE BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IT.
"Cool, so what's his name? And do you think I will meet him at some point?"
HE TOLD ME THAT I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HIM, SO I CANNOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. I CAN SAY HOWEVER THAT YOU MAY MEET ONE OF HIS FACTIONS IF THINGS GO THE WAY HE HAS PLANNED THEM.
"So what's his plan?"
WHAT DID I JUST SAY? I CANNOT TALK ABOUT HIM. BESIDES HE DIDN'T TELL ME WHEN I ASKED. SAID SOMETHING ABOUT RUINING THE SURPRISE, AFFECTING VITAL DECISIONS AND BRING AN END TO THIS ENTIRE UNIVERSE. Death said with green venom dripping from his stony words WHATEVER HIS PLAN IS, HE SEEMS TO HAVE CHOSEN YOU FOR THE 'MAIN ROLE'. HE SAID YOU WERE, INTERESTING.
"Ok. So why are you here then?"
HE ASKED ME TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU, AND TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T KILL ANYONE BEFORE THEIR TIME. Death then grumbled something that was mostly unrecognisable though Lilo was able to make out some of it.
"Wait, you're here to make sure that I don't kill anyone. What makes you think that I want to kill people?
BECAUSE IT IS IN YOUR NATURE TO KILL NOW; OR AT THE VERY LEAST DRAIN THEM OF THEIR LIFE FORCE
"Wha, what are you saying? Its never been in my nature to kill, or even hurt anyone…well except Myrtle; but she's evil incarnate"
IT IS IN YOUR NATURE NOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BECOME A NOSFERATU
At first Lilo didn't know what death meant; but as her brain had a very much needed spring clean, the neurons sparked and realisation slammed into her like Stitch slams into coconut cake, after having a big cup of coffee.
"Your saying that I'm a vampire now!"
THAT IS THE MORE COMMON NAME FOR THEM, THOUGH I MUCH PREFER NOSFERATU. IT'S MUCH MORE MYSTERIOUS
"Yeah your right nosferatu is a much cooler name…what am I saying! I'm a vampire now! I have to suck the blood out of people in order to survive…I have to kill every night in order to survive and then they'll turn into vampires too and cause more damage…and I won't be able to see the sun again or go and see my family again because they think I'm dead and therefore a monster now…
LILO, FOR SOMEONE WHO SPENT ALL THEIR LIFE LOOKING INTO THE SUPERNATURAL, YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM.
FIRST; YES YOU DO HAVE TO SUCK BLOOD TO SURVIVE, BUT YOU ONLY NEED TO DO THAT ONCE EVERY 3 DAYS; AND ONLY IF YOU WANT TO LOOK NORMAL. A VAMPIRE CAN SURVIVE SEVERAL HUNDREAD YEARS ON NOTHING BEFORE FINALLY DYING.
SECOND; ONLY GREEDY VAMPIRES KILL THE PEOPLE THEY BITE. REALLY A FULLY MATURED VAMPIRE ONLY NEEDS ABOUT THREE PINTS PER FEEDING, AND THEY CAN GET IT FROM MORE THAN ONE PERSON. HOWEVER THAT CHANGES WHEN YOU ARE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED, OR NEED TO REGENERATE A NEW LIMB.
THIRD; YOU DON'T TURN PEOPLE BY JUST BITING THEM. THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE THINGS TO DO IN ORDER TO TURN THEM, BUT YOU CANNOT TURN PEOPLE UNTIL YOU'RE FULLY MATURE ANYWAY. SO I WON'T TELL YOU HOW IT'S DONE UNTIL YOU CAN DO IT.
FOURTH; VAMPIRES CAN GO OUT IN DAYLIGHT, BUT ONLY IF THEY ARE FEEDING PROPERLY. OVER FEEDING GREATLY WEAKENS THE VAMPIRE TO ULTRA VIOLET RAYS. THIS MAKES THEIR SKIN BURN SO HOT THAT IT ALMOST CATCHES ALIGHT. FEEDING RIGHT DOSE NOTHING AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR UNDER FEEDING UP TO A POINT. AFTER 1 MONTH OF NOT FEEDING, YOU VERY QUICKLY BECOME WAEK TO ULTRA VIOLET JUST LIKE YOU DO WHEN YOU OVER FEED. THAT AND EVERYONE RUNS AWAY FROM YOU WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE A LIVING ZOMBIE.
NOW, FINALLY WE COME TO YOUR FAMILY. THAT IS SOMETHING FOR YOU TO WORK OUT. YOU ARE STILL YOUNG AND YOUR FAMILY MISSES YOU TERRIBLY, IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THEM. BUT LIKE YOU SAID THEY THINK YOU'RE DEAD. FORTUNATLY THEY HAVEN'T YET TOLD ANYONE ELSE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU. THEY PLAN ON DOING THAT A FEW DAYS BEFORE YOUR FUNERAL, SO YOU HAVE A DAY AND A HALF, AT MOST, TO WORK OUT A PLAN AND SEE THEM. THOUGH TO BE HONEST I THINK THE DOCTOR THAT COMES TO CHECK ON THIS ROOM WILL BE IN FOR A SURPRISE WHEN HE FINDS YOU MISSING.
"Ok let me get this strait I could, very easily, walk right into my house, in the middle of the day, and say 'look I'm now an undead vampire that can walk around in the sun and I don't actually kill people, just drink three pints of their blood every three days'"
YOU COULD, BUT YOU'D BE LYING ABOUT THE THREE PINTS THING. SINCE YOU'RE A YOUNG VAMPIRE YOU ONLY NEED ONE PINT EVERY THREE DAYS. BUT AS YOU GET OLDER AND GROW UP THAT WILL INCREASE UNTIL YOU REACH THE THREE PINT FULLY MATURE VAMPIRE.
"I thought that vampire children don't grow up. That they stay the age that they are bitten for all eternity?"
THAT'S NORMALLY TRUE, BUT THAT GREATER POWER I MENTIONED SOMEHOW MANAGED TO REMOVE THAT FACTOR FROM THE STRAIN OF VAMPIRISM THAT HE INFECTED YOU WITH. OR RATHER HE DELAYED IT UNTIL YOU REACH THE AGE OF, 25 I THINK HE SAID.
"Cool, so when can I get out of this place? I want to see my family again"
YOU PLAN TO GO RIGHT UP TO THE DOOR AND SHOW YOURSELF?
"Well our family is very strange and we're use to very strange things happening. So it should be ok." Lilo said cheerfully.
IT IS VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THE SUN DOSEN'T COME UP FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. SO I CAN TAKE YOU WHENEVER YOU ARE READY. JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SEE AND HEAR ME. I WILL STAY WITH YOU, TO TRAIN YOU TO USE YOUR NEW ABILITIES.
"Aw, thanks Death. But don't you need to go do some reaping or something?"
MY APPRENTICE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COVER FOR A FEW DECADES BEFORE I WOULD NEED TO INTERVENE, IF YOU'RE TRAINING TAKES THAT LONG. THOUGH IT SHOULDN'T TAKE NEARLY THAT LONG. BESIDES I HAVEN'T HAD A VACATION IN, ACTUALLY I'VE NEVER HAD A VACATION SO THIS SHOULD BE A NEW EXPERIENCE.
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Well, what do you think of it? Short I know for one of my chapters, but that is the experiment. you see, i can write something this long in one sitting pretty easily, but its quite tricky for me to start up again. So by doing the chapters short, i plan to update more frequently. just so you know i have already finished the second chapter to this one and will be posted some time later. Ryo-ohki will resume her comments once she gets over the fact that we're back home.
Oh and if anyone noticed a timer on my profile that's about 5 hours fast; it was just an advanced warning of this chapter with a hint from "Peter's Evil Overlord List". Happy Halloween and whatever else you celebrate before i next update