[A/N] [1] Reikei means elder brother in Japanese (you'll find out why she calls him that later.) First time posting a vampire story, as always critism welcome and plz review!
I stood alone in the light rain, a single rose in hand. My tears mixed in with the rain as they slid down my face. I stood in front of the grave of my last anchor in this life. The one person I lived for, was taken away from me.
"Goodbye, Reikei ." I whispered, calling my late friend by his nickname.
I closed my eyes and saw him smiling. He had his same carefree smile. I opened my eyes again and laid the rose against his tombstone.
"Charlotte."
I turned around to see my Uncle. "That's not my name." I replied softly.
My aunt came up next to him and put her hand on his shoulder, giving me a sympathetic look. I laughed humorlessly on the inside. This woman that I've only known for two months shows more compassion than the Uncle I've lived with since I was seven. Irony.
"Sweet heart, what Gabri-" My aunt started.
"Reikei." I corrected her.
"Okay. What Reikei did was not the answer. He was sick." She tried to explain.
"He was not! He died because I wasn't there to save him!" I yelled not listening.
She flinched. Her usual strawberry blonde hair stuck to her face, much like my dark brown hair. Normally I tried to get along with her. I really like her, she was very motherly, not that I needed a mother. But this time was different.
"Charlotte-"
"My name is Raven." I corrected again loosing patience. I took a deep breath; bad things tend to happen when my emotions get the best of me.
"You are Charlotte! Not Raven! Charlotte Raven Minou. And he is Gabriel, not Reikei!" My Uncle yelled angrily.
Thunder boomed in the distance, as if it shared my new found rage. In truth, Charlotte was my name. My so called mother had named me that. But why keep a name that someone you hate gave to you?
Reikei whose real name was Gabriel, suggested I change it if I didn't like it, but neither of us could think of a name so he just called me by my middle name. Raven; and I called him Rekei.
Once again, I laughed humorlessly this time out loud.
My aunt shifted her weight nervously. She bit her lip and looked back and forth between me and my Uncle. We were usually like this. Me against him, and she was the third wheel.
I glared at him and balled my hands into fists. Lightning struck the ground between us and my aunt screamed. My Uncles façade melted into shock and horror. I smirked.
I felt my power building up inside me and it felt good. I felt more powerful than ever.
My uncle stumbled back. I clapped my hands together and slowly separated them. A blue ball of electricity began to form between them.
"My name is Raven." I said as I let the ball hover just above my hands. "And now that Reikei is gone, there's no one left to calm me down. No one left to save you. You will pay for what you've done!"
He screamed and right as I was about to attack I heard someone shout my name.
"Raven!"
I turned to see a boy around my age. He looked horrified. "Raven look out!"
I was about to ask what he meant when I felt excruciating pain in my chest.
I screamed and lost concentration. The electric orb disappeared and I fell to my knees.
My Uncle threw his head back and laughed. I noticed the blood stained knife in his hand. "Looks like you were too late to save her after all Aduro."
I touched my chest and looked at my hand. It was bleeding! I looked back up at my uncle, but it wasn't my uncle anymore, it was a demon.
"Raven!"
I woke up screaming. My aunt ran into the room followed by my Uncle. My aunt sat on my bed and hugged me. She tried to calm me down in her usual motherly way.
"It's okay Raven, it was just a dream. You're fine now." She said rocking me back and forth like I really was her child.
"Did you have to scream?" My Uncle asked annoyed.
I didn't reply I just lay on Kayla, my aunt's shoulder.
After a few minutes I was calm. Uncle had gone back to bed, which I was grateful for, but my aunt stayed to keep me company. I would shiver every time I thought of the monster my Uncle had turned into. It was ugly. It had red skin like fire, and black eyes like coals. It had three rows of razor sharp teeth and a snake like tongue.
But then another thought entered my mind. Who was the boy who had tried to warn me? What was his name again?
"Raven?"
My Aunts voice interrupted my thoughts. "Yes?"
"Try and go to sleep. School starts tomorrow, and you don't want to give your teachers a bad impression on the first day."
"Why not, they'll get the bad impression sooner or later." I said in a joking voice, though I was dead serious.
"Raven." She said soft but stern.
"Aye mam." I said giving a fake solute.
She shook her head and smiled.
Today was going to be interesting.
[A/N] Woot! I have no clue where I'm going with this, BUT next chapter won't be so boring. This was just to give you a small idea of how Raven gets along with her family. Also I didn't really look over this chapter before I posted it so excuse any errors I may have made. Next chapter coming soon, for now plz review.