Chapter 1 - End

Finally, it's Friday with only 10 minutes left of school. Not that I had anything to do after school anyway. The teacher was going on and on talking about animal evolution and all that other boring stuff teachers talk about. At one point he did go off topic though, and started talking about how his dog broke a glass in the kitchen for a reason I forgot. I kept looking around the room not paying much attention to what the teacher was saying. I glanced out the window. It was cloudy and the wind was blowing a lot. It was early December so maybe we'll get snow this year I doubt it though. With only 5 minutes left of class I started putting my things in my book bag. I did it quietly so the teacher wouldn't notice and tell me to stop. I glanced at the clock again when I was done and sighed, 3 minutes left. Then Mike threw a note on my desk while the teacher's back was turned. I quickly grabbed and unfolded it. I almost sighed again he had such messy handwriting.

'Hey you wanna come with me, Hannah, and Jacob to see a movie?'

I quickly wrote back….

'Sure, what time?'

Without bothering to fold it I tossed it back onto his desk. He read it quickly and wrote something back.

'We're leaving right after school, the movie doesn't start til 3:45 so that gives us two hours to get something to eat maybe hang out somewhere until the time gets closer.'

After reading I wrote back…

'Ok, I'll call my mom and tell…'

And then the bell rang. Nice, now the bell wants to ring, I thought. I crumpled up the paper and quickly stood up. I walked over to the trashcan to throw the paper away and then stepped outside the classroom to wait for Mike.

Once he was out of the classroom I told him, "I'll go with you guys, just let me call my mom and let her know."

"Ok, no problem," Said Mike, "We're meeting at the front of the school soon so you'll have some time to walk home and put your stuff away."

"Nah, I'll just put my stuff in my locker so you guys don't have to wait for me." I said. I was too happy that I had something to do, so no point in delaying it, I thought. I quickly told him I'd meet him at the front of the school in five minutes and hurried to my locker. As I was walking to my locker I pulled out my phone and searched for my mom's number. As soon as I found it I pressed the call button and listened as it rang. At first I didn't think she would answer but right at the last second she did.

"Hello?" She answered.

"Hey Mom" I said.

"Oh, hey Sage" She said.

"You know my friend Mike, right?" I asked.

"Yes, he's a freshman just like you and has short black cropped hair, right?" She asked.

"Yup, that's him, he asked me if I would go with him, Hannah, and Jacob to get something to eat and then to see a movie, do you mind if I go?" I asked.

"Sure just call me and let me know when you're about to come home." She replied.

"Ok, thanks Mom!" I replied feeling even better.

"Love you, bye" She said.

"Love you too," I said and flipped my phone closed.

I rounded the corner to my locker then, once I got to my locker I quickly put in the combination and opened it. I put my book bag away and took some money out of my wallet and put in my pocket. Once I made sure my phone was still in my pocket I closed my locker and walked out to the front of the school. While walking I realized that through all the excitement I didn't even bother to ask what movie we were going to watch.

As soon as I walked outside I was greeted by Hannah.

"Hey, Sage!" She said, smiling.

"Hey" I replied, smiling back at her.

"Looks like Mike ended up getting you to come along after all, we thought you would say no," Jacob said.

I laughed a little, "And why do you think that?" I asked.

"Just thought that maybe you had other plans." He replied.

"Nah, I was just thinking about what I was going to do and Mike here asked me to come along." I said, "Anyway are we walking or are you driving?" I asked Jacob.

He nodded, "Yeah I'm driving, come on, my car is over here," He said and started walking.

Unlike the rest of us, Jacob is sophomore and he was 16 so he recently got his license. He had a really nice car. It was a black Mercedes and it was really clean almost like it was new but I knew it used to be his Dad's car. His Dad must have taken really good care of it. Jacob and Mike were best friends so they both sat in the front while I climbed in the back behind Hannah. The ride there wasn't long, only about 15 minutes or so. Mostly I just stared out the window listening to Mike and Jacob talk about the car Mike wants to get when he gets his license.

Every now and then Hannah would ask me a question like how my day was and how my classes were going. At one point she asked me how my best friend, Maria was doing. I simply told her she was doing good and having a really good time. Maria had started her weekend early and went to an amusement park with her family for her brother's birthday. So she called me every now and then. Not much was said during the last five minutes of the ride until Jacob broke the silence.

"So where do you guys want to eat?" He asked.

Mike was the first one to answer. "I want pizza, what about you guys?" He asked turning toward me and Hannah.

"I don't mind having pizza" I said and looked at Hannah.

"I don't min either" She said.

"Ok, cool" Jacob said.

Once we got to the nearest Pizza Hut, we got out of the car and walked in. it wasn't very crowded. There were only a few people in line so we didn't have to wait long to order. Due to the lack of people we also didn't have to wait long for the food either. We took our time talking about some things going on around school, also talking about some of the things we were going to do during winter break.

About 30 minutes til the movie we left. We didn't bother getting in the car, the theater wasn't far, and it was only about a 20-minute walk. About half way through our walk Mike realized something.

"Hey, I just remembered something, this movie is supposed to be really popular so there are going to be a lot of people there so we have to hurry up if we want good seats"

"Ok then we'll just walk a little faster," Jacob said.

Mike glanced at his watch. "It's 3:27, we won't have time, I know a shortcut if you guys want to take it," Mike said looking at us.

"Uh ok sure," Said Jacob.

"K, follow me" Mike said as he started walking down a long alleyway.

I noticed right away that the alleyway cut through the two apartments leading right to the theater instead of walking all the way around the building. Then, halfway through the alleyway, I felt a weird a weird feeling at the pit of my stomach, my visions began to blur, and my throat felt as if something were constricting around it making it hard for me to breathe. As soon as I could catch my breath and tell my friends what was happening, the pain disappeared.

What the hell? I thought to myself, what just happened? I've never felt anything like that before. I looked around at my friends to see if anything weird happened to them too. Nope, they looked as normal as they always did. Was something wrong with me? Maybe I'm getting sick. I didn't think much more about it after that because then Hannah screamed. And when I say scream I mean really screamed. I looked around over to ask what was wrong half expecting to see some huge spider or something… But when I looked I realized I was way off. Hannah was backed up against the alley's wall and coming toward her was a man.

At first I didn't realize what she was so scared about but then I saw it. This man's eyes were blood red and he had fangs coming out the sides of his mouth. I almost assumed that this was some kind of joke but immediately dismissed that thought when I saw the hungry look in his eyes, but that's not all that was terrifying about him.

He had a scar on the left side of his face going from his temple to the bottom of his chin like he was slashed there with a knife. I was too stunned to move. He was still moving closer to Hannah. She was frozen in place staring at him.

"Hey, get away from her, you fucking creep!" Jacob yelled while running toward the man. Faster than what I would've thought possible the man left Hannah and ran toward Jacob, hitting Jacob so hard that Jacob went flying back into the alley wall. He hit his head hard against the wall and slouched down to the ground, unconscious. I was still frozen in shock, but Mike wasn't. Mike took one good look at his best friend and started charging toward the man. As soon as he reached him the man restrained Mike's hands behind his back and pushed him against the alley wall still restraining. Mike stopped his struggling as his head against the wall. The man tilted Mike's head so that his neck was visible and then he lowered his mouth, fangs exposed, down to Mike's neck. His fangs bit down into Mike's neck and Mike started screaming and trashing again.

He continued even though it wasn't helping him, the man was too strong. Unable to stay frozen any longer I ran over and tried to pry the man off of Mike but it was like trying to move a brick wall. This seemed to irritate him and in one swift movement that I didn't even see he flung his hand back hitting me in the stomach and sending me flying backwards. My back hit the alley wall first, followed by my head. I have to help mike, I kept saying to myself but my body didn't move. It felt like my body was 100 times heavier. My whole body was in pain, particularly my head and back. I still couldn't move. All I could do was watch, watch while that monster left Mike's body (I had no doubt that he was now dead) and headed toward Hannah, who was now as frozen as I was. He covered her mouth and leaned down to her neck and began to do the same thing he did with Mike.

Her screams were muffled by his hand. I closed my eyes not wanting to see this anymore, hoping that when I opened my eyes again I would wake up at home with this being all a dream. But I knew better…

I opened my eyes and saw red eyes staring into mine. I risked a glance toward Hannah, she was lying on the ground and…she wasn't moving. I looked toward where Jacob was and he looked the same as Hannah, with the same little bite marks on his neck like Mike and Hannah's. The man had dealt with both Hannah and Jacob in the time that I had my eyes closed and now he was coming toward me. And I still couldn't move. He was still moving closer and I somehow found my voice. "Wh…what are you?" I asked, already knowing the answer. I don't know how he heard me but he did. "Can't you tell?" He said with a small smile. "I am Vampire." And then he was over me, his hand covering my mouth and his mouth at my throat sucking my blood. And it was the worst pain imaginable. Nothing could be compared to this, not even being set on fire and being stabbed over and over again. I let out a muffled scream and tried to free myself but I couldn't. And I was growing weaker and weaker. I don't know if it was from loss of blood or from hitting my head but I started to black out. The last thing I saw was the dark wall of the alley and the last thing I heard was the caw of a bird nearby.

And then there was darkness….