Awakening
My eyes snapped open, acutely aware of everything surrounding me. I blinked once, suddenly noticing that it felt wrong. Confusing as this was, I let it slip from my mind and began to wonder as to where I was. I remembered searing pain, a burning sensation that I wished I would never have to experience again. After what seemed like an eon, the pain began to fade, and I could feel my body once again. The raging fire faded, and my eyes opened to the unfamiliar world I was now trying to figure out. I noticed I was in a small room, the walls badly built and the roof carelessly supported. The room was void of furniture, and I was curled up tight in the corner furthest from the door. Before I had barely considered the thought, I was standing at the door, the one exit to the room. Again, I felt confused and turned to face the spot I was lying in before.
Odd, I thought.
I listened for any signs of noise, any hint as to where I was. Again, I was strangely aware that I could hear many noises, more than I usually could. The wind hitting the side of the place I resided, the close to silent footsteps of someone entering the house…
Footsteps! I grinned. Excitedly, I moved my hands to the handle of the door; my body could have shivered with excitement as I grasped it. A little too hard it seems, as it shattered beneath my slightest touch. Worried now, I pushed the wooden door open, hearing the slightest creak as I did, once which I would not normally be able to hear. The footsteps climbed creaking, fragile stairs. Curious to see a human face I called out without a seconds thought.
"Hello?" I gasped once I my voice had rung out. The ringing soprano voice still rang in the air with amazing beauty. A softer, more practiced voice replied to mine, and my sensitive ears could hear the strain the voice kept to keep it as 'natural' as possible.
"Hi there, you're awake!" The softer voice replied. Though soft, I could hear the obvious excitement in her tone. I stepped out of the doorway, peeking around the room in less than a second, the image already memorized in my head. I noticed small rainbows on the walls around me, and wondered what they where reflecting off. As far as I could see, and I gathered that was a lot, the only thing in the thin hallway was…
Me…I thought, and immediately my hand was before my face. I gasped again, as my hand reflected millions of 8-coloured rainbows onto the nearby walls. I stared the window at the far end of the thin hallway, amazed at the glowing of my skin. And then, a new face appeared before my eyes. I gasped at her immediate image, her face insanely beautiful, her hair flowing down to her waist, ebony black and shining in the sun, her body slender, one most models would surely kill for. She smiled carefully in my direction, and stepped out from the staircase leading to other areas of the house. Her skin instantly reflected the light from the window, like mine did.
I was the first to speak, attempting to lower my soprano voice as I did – and failing in the attempt.
"What is going on..?" I questioned her; unaware of any answer she could possibly give me. Her reply was not one I imagined.
"You're a vampire!"