I sighed heavily as I lay hidden from the sun in my run down old house. My day gown clung to my sweaty skin. Today was another long day of an agonizing drout that has lasted much longer than any of the usual drouts. Rain was seldom out here in the towns that crossed the desert, but we should have gotten some rain by now.

"Daddy?" I mumbled. I turned my head from the wooden rocking chair I was sprawled out in, to the burly old man that was currently working hard in front of fireplace to cook us dinner.

"Yeah darlin." He replied, not looking up from his job.

I got up and walked over to him. He wiped his brow, which was ten times sweatier then mine, and looked up at me with an exhausting smile. I smiled back and pulled on his arm.

"You are gonna get heat stroke if you keep this up every day. Let me cook supper tonight."

"Are you sure, baby doll?" Dad asked, taking off his hat and revealing a shining bald head.

I smirked and shoved him. "Go get a drink of water. You deserve it."

He took a step to the door and grabbed the knob before looking back at me. "Did you get your ration of water today, Amy?"

"Yeah." I lied. I didn't want him to worry, and I also didn't want him to know that I gave my canteen to a little boy I found in the street this morning. Dad gave me a worried look before putting his hat back on and heading outside.

I grabbed the skirt of my dress and flapped it crazily to create some kind of cooling for my legs. Then I sat down in front of the small fire and poked at the tiny grouse that was hanging over it. Grouse is disgustingly greasy. I would really love an apple. Just One apple would make my day.

I took the small bird away from the fire when it was finished and proceeded to set the table for what little food we had for the evening.

Then I heard a horrible ruckus that made me jump. I leaped to my feet when something banged against the side of the house. There was a scream, a women's scream that was enough to curdle my blood.

I instantly ran for the back door. My heart was racing so fast that my feet could barely keep up with it. I swung the door open and ran outside.

The sight before me was horrifying.

To say the least, anyway.

Vampires. They were everywhere. Originals and familiars alike were attacking the people of my town. Men tried to protect their families to no avail. Women tried to take their children and run, but there was no use. Blood... there was so much blood.

I panicked and bolted. Without even thinking I began running. I avoided running out into the open like everybody else. I expected a vampire to be in every corner i turned, but luckily I was avoiding an encounter with the unholy spawn.

I didn't even stop to think when I reached the train tracks. I thought it was a tad odd that a train was even there, but I didn't give it a second thought. All i thought was that I had to hide. All of the houses would be raided and destroyed.

To confirm my thoughts, I looked over my shoulder and saw that the familiars were throwing torches onto all of the buildings. Darkness was starting to fall, with the sun setting behind the town, creating long shadows on the sandy ground. Tears welled up in my eyes as more screams erupted from among the town.

I heard some nasty snarls and turned. Seemingly out of nowhere familiars were coming towards me. More specifically, they were coming towards the train. They didn't seem to notice me there, so I quickly crawled into one of the train cars.

The car I was in was one empty room. It was bear, with nothing much in it. I needed to find a good hiding spot. I rushed out of this room and into the next one.

I ran into a bunch of slimy sacks that were hanging off the ceiling.

"What the hell!" I shrieked, smacking it away from me and running quickly out of that room too.

I eventually reached a room that seemed to be a living quarters of some kind. There were a bunch of bunks lined up for people to sleep on. At least I hoped it was for...people. I ran to the next door but it was locked. I looked around frantically.

My heart just about stopped when i heard noises coming towards the door I just came through. I started to panic again and like a scared little child I ducked underneath the corner bed and hid there.

I tried to stop my breathing and my heart beat when feet finally appeared in my view of the room from my meek little hiding spot. They were pale, gross feet. I stupidly poked my head slightly out from under the bed and saw the faces of several pasty familiars.

"Shit." I cussed, and ducked back before they could see me. I scuttled as far into the corner as I could get, and I just laid there.

It seemed like hours of familiars running in and out of the room, none were stay in the room for more than a second, but I never had the chance to leave my hiding place. Not that I wanted to. For the moment, this spot was my sanctuary.

I think that I sat there all night without being discovered by anybody. I could see a hint of sunlight coming from a crack in the wall. That's when the train started to move. I had lost all hope of getting away from the vampire scumbags, but I wasn't going down without a fight at the very least. If I was going to die, at least one of those stinky familiars would lose his eyes.

Speaking of stinky, the familiars all started to reside to their chambers and go to their beds. I knew that they were nocturnal, so they were all going to sleep for the day.

One familiar crawled into the bed right on top of me, snickering and making all kinds of gross noises. I covered my mouth to try and quiet my breathing, but my heart was beating so loudly.

"What is that?" the familiar asked himself. He had gotten the attention of all the other familiars that were in their beds. "Do you hear that?"

Dammit, they were going to find me. Well, like I said I was going to go down swinging.

"What is it?" another asked. I slowly snaked my body to the very foot of the bed and brought my head out from underneath.

"A heartbeat." he snickered.

I adjusted myself so I was on my back and facing the ceiling. Ever so quietly I pulled myself out to the point that all but the waist down was out from under the bed.

"It's coming from...here!" It announced.

Its hideous face appeared right above mine. It locked eyes with me and pulled its lips back to reveal sharp fangs, smiling at its discovery.

I shut my eyes for a moment and punched it square in the nose. I felt bones crushing and screamed. Vamp bone structure is strong, so breaking his nose resulted in breaking my hand as well.

"Bitch!" it shrieked, clutching its bleeding nose.

I crawled out quickly this time and ran away from it.

"Get her!" It shouted. It reached out to me, but I got away from it. I ran towards the door closest to me, the one that was locked before.

This time it wasn't locked. I swung it open and closed again behind me. I locked it with my good hand and then ran across the car. I could hear shouts behind me as they started to break the door down.

This room was made into a dining hall of sorts. It was empty now, but it looked fancy for a train full of vampires. I didn't pay much attention to that and moved quickly as I heard wood breaking.

I passed a few more cars. Thankfully I didn't run into any vampires.

I guess I spoke too soon. I opened another door quickly and literally ran smack into a tall ugly familiar.

It looked surprised but quickly grabbed me. Its clawed hands wrapped around my waist and lifted me up.

"Woo hoo! Looky what I got!" It announced.

"Let go!" I shouted. I saw it bare its huge fangs and I screamed as loud as I could. I brought my elbow down and shoved it hard into one of its eyes. It growled and dropped me. I managed to trip it and then ran away from it.

I was going to get caught eventually, so my only choice was to hide. Somewhere that they couldn't reach me...like a crawl space or something? Ugh I wasn't going to find something like that here!

I finally reached my dead end when a door was locked. I could hear the vampires gaining on me. I whimpered helplessly for a few seconds and jiggled the knob, trying to get the door open. I failed there, and then I heard the vampires on the other side of the last door I locked.

They were banging on the door and trying to break it.

"Let us in girly."

"We won't hurt you."

"Come on sweetie."

I felt totally helpless. There, this was the end. I didn't want to die. Not in this place anyway... not this way.

I leaned against the locked door in defeat for a moment. Then I jumped away when I heard the sound of tumblers being turned. I whipped around and saw the door knob slowly turn. I took a step back as the door opened slowly.

Standing before me was a man. He was none like I had ever seen. I don't even think he was human. He wasn't a familiar or original, but he had pure golden eyes. He smirked at the sight of me, revealing a set of shining fangs.