Hey :) So basically, it's stressed me out for so long that i've been writing this story on Wattpad instead of here, so i decided enough was enough and i was going to make things right in the world and post it all on here, bit by bit, and pretend like i'm writing it here for the first time XD
So, enjoy, hope you like it!
Chapter 1
*Sophia*
Basically, it all started when I found out I had a twin. It's not like I was searching for her or anything, I just started speaking to this person on twitter, then got really freaked out when I saw her picture and realised she looked exactly like me. One long and very weird conversation later, we had established one thing. We were twins. Her name is Ash, identical to me of course.
Without that little detail, none of this would have worked.
Anyway, turns out she had a pretty bad life down where she lived, she preferred not to tell me all the details, so I said she could come and visit me. Kind as this sounds, the main reason I told her this was simply because I wanted to meet my twin. I mean, who wouldn't?
The day she arrived, we wandered around for ages. She told me to take her to 'everywhere I go', but to be honest, as nobody knew about this twin of mine, the usual hangouts were off limits. So we ended up just taking a walk round all the lesser known alleys, talking about our whole lives, y'know, catching up. That is, until we saw the flyer. My heart literally skipped a beat when I saw the scrawl on the front that read 'Cirque Du Freak'. Half of me was sure that this would be a joke, that one of my friends would be round the corner silently laughing at how I actually believed for a second that everything I had read was true. Then I remembered how whenever I watched Doctor Who-and that was often, by the way, I scorned the type of people that would see aliens or suspicious happenings and go 'Wayne...is that you? Come on now its not funny anymore!', and how I swore that if I ever saw anything out of the ordinary I would not dismiss it as 'not possible' .
So with trembling hands, I picked up the flyer, and any doubts I had instantly fell away as my eyes were drawn to the line which read 'Larten Crepsley and Madame Octa'. Ash was at a loss as to why this meant so much to me, why I HAD to go, but she went along with my desire to go. So off we went.
Destiny played a huge part in our lives that day. It gave me the life I had always dreamed of, and it gave Ash a way out. For when I confronted Mr Crepsley and he felt compulsed to blood me, I had to say no goodbyes, no farewells. None out loud, at least. As far as anyone else knew, I was not leaving. I was not going anywhere. Yet I was, only Ash was taking my place.
*Sophia*
I packed a bag full of clothes and bits and bobs, trying not to take anything too noticeable that people would realise were gone, yet at the same time wanting to bring my favourite dress, shoes, to enhance the memories that went with them. I silently stepped out of my home for the last time, careful not to wake anyone to avoid suspcious questions about where I was going, and walked to the bus stop. Ash stepped out of the shadows behind the shelter. She had stayed in some abandoned house with Mr Crepsley that night, as creeped out as she was by the whole vampire thing, she had no choice but to accept the fact that her twin was now half-a-one.
And anyway, it was giving her a chance at a new life. So she went along with it, reluctantly. That bus ride was crucial. I had less than an hour to tell her as much as I could about my life. Well, the main points. I had no doubts she would be able to grasp being me after a while, it was just little things like picking up my accent and the fact I called everybody pet and jokes she wouldn't get that would unnerve her at first.
As we stepped off the bus, I pointed my twin off in the direction of the coffee shop where I picked up my 'large americano' every morning without fail, then turned around to see Mr Crepsley standing behind me. I said silent goodbyes to Ash, then me and Mr Crepsley walked off into the night.
*Ash *
Well, first day of being my twin. I really fervently hoped I would manage to pull this off, for if I didn't then how would I explain to anyone and everyone where she was? "Um...she just walked off with some vampire?" Yeah. That sounded sooo believable, even if it was the truth. So, I walked into her classroom, which was empty, aside from the teacher. She turned to me and said 'Morning Sophia' with a scottish twang. So far, so good. After a few minutes of sitting in awkward silence with this scottish woman, sipping my coffee, I started to worry what would happen when her friends turned up. Sophia had shown me pictures of them, so I knew who to talk to and sit with, but I knew I was really bad with names and I was petrified of them finding out I was not who they thought I was.
But as it happened, it was not so bad. Turns out, we had a science exam first thing, so I just sat quiet and listened to her friends fret about failing and what empirical formula was and how they had no ruler, occasionally chipping in with a "me neither" or a "oh god I know". As we were walking to the exam, though, the one known as Gwen turned to me and asked if I had watched Hollyoaks that night.
"uh...no...i had to miss it!" was my immediate response-i congratulated myself on my good save-then she started to babble about characters and scenes that were "hilarious" or "totally lame" and I had to nod like I understood. I made a mental note to start watching it again. I used to, as a kid, but I hadn't seen it for years. The exam was not too bad, easy in fact, but I had to keep reminding myself that this was my life now, and I had to actually make an effort with it. Five minutes to spare, and I put down my pen, letting my mind wander as I wondered how my twin was doing.
*Sophia*
Dawn was on the horizon when Crepsley and I left Ash, so as you can imagine he had to get out of the sun-fast. We flitted (much to my delight!) to the outskirts of town, where we found an abandoned building to hole up in. I say found, really I recommended it to him. It was pretty nearby where I went to school, on the corner of the street in fact, and I had often passed it and wondered what it had been used for back in the day, and thought to myself if I ever needed to hide, I could hide there.
As we stepped through the window, Crepsley had turned to me and said "I think you will make a fine vampire, if you hone your skills and apply yourself to the tasks which I will set you, that is.' With that, he turned on his heel and walked off into another room, his red cape billowing behind him. I had to hide my smile until he was safely sleeping away from the sun's rays, his last comment sounded like something that teachers used to write on my report.
"She is a fine student, but needs to apply herself more to tasks which she has been set." I chuckled silently at myself, then pondered what to do next. Checking the time on my phone I saw that it was just past 9. I was meant to be in my biology exam by that time. Ha! Having said that, however, I really did have nothing to do till dark. I looked through my bag at my meagre possessions. I was glad that I had taken my phone as opposed to giving it to Ash. Reckless perhaps-but it meant that I had one last link to my human life. I was not ready to break off all ties yet. And it also meant that I could contact my twin if needs be.
*Ash*
Looking back on the day, being my twin was easier than I thought. I muddled through, talking about safe subjects like food, and the exam, and Doctor Who-which my twin had told me she was obsessed with, and luckily I watched. I had read Percy Jackson, so I even grasped some of the references to Greek Gods the gang threw about. One thing bothered me, though. She had a friend-Ree, her name was, and she often made offhand comments to me about vampires-well, one vampire in particular...Crepsley.
I just did not understand how she knew who he was. Did she know Sophia had joined his ranks? If so, why had she not said anything to me? I desperately wanted to ask her, but if I had gotten the wrong end of the stick there would be no undoing the damage. And anyway, she did not talk about him as if he was real. Strange as it sounded, it was like he was just a character in a book or a film or something. I decided the best thing to do would be to have a look round my twin's room and see if I could find any clues there.
Pulling out the ipod she had given me, a little green thing, I looked out of the window, gazing at the world passing me by as I travelled via bus back to 'my' home, but none of the music seemed to be anything I knew, or even in english for the most part. I settled on listening to a bit of Avril Lavigne-and closed my eyes.
*Sophia*
It was getting darker, so I realised that Mr Crepsley would be awakening any minute. The day had passed by almost in the blink of an eye, I thought, as I sat with my headphones plugged into my phone, listening to 'I'm With You-Avril Lavigne'.
The song brought back so many memories. I remembered lying on my bed at night, listening to it and imagining the scene of meeting Mr Crepsley, playing out the conversation we would have. I remembered walking home in the dark, acting out the lyrics on the premise that I was in the countryside and nobody could see me...but then shouting Are you there? just in case he could. And I remembered reading the part in the ninth book where he died, playing this song and wanting to cry for him, but I just could not, and then explaining it away to myself by thinking "Darren couldn't cry for him either." Suddenly I snapped out of my memories, rummaging around in my bag and pulling out the Saga which I had taken with me. I honestly did not know whether to show them to Crepsley or not. Obviously I had intended to when I brought them with me, but now I was not so sure. I did not know whether this was his future, and if it was, whether he would want to know it. At least, I thought to myself, he will not find and read them by himself, for he is illiterate.
I decided I would mention to him, if there ever was a right time, and as I heard sounds of him waking and emerging from the next room, I hurriedly replaced the books back in my bag, away from sight and awkward questions from the vampire himself.
"Evening Mr Crepsley" I called to him, in the same voice I used to say morning to my English teacher Dr Grimes in.
"Indeed, it is a good evening, Sophia. Are you ready to depart? We must stop to feed as a matter of course, and then we shall be rejoining the Cirque du Freak. They are set up not far from here."
"Sure" I said excitedly as I gathered up my things. My first night as a Vampire's Assistant was about to begin.
*Ash*
I was at a loss. I had checked through all her shelves and drawers, and was none the wiser. All I had found was a picture of David Tennant with his hair photoshopped ginger and 'Mr Crepsley' written at the bottom, which told me nothing. I saw that she had not been joking when she told me she was obsessed with Doctor Who, I counted about 50 pictures of the doctor on her wall, it was like some kind of shrine!
But seriously, I had no idea how to go about finding out what was happening, without confronting Ree. As it happened, however, I did not need to confront her myself. A message popped up on her computer screen-'Ree is calling you on Skype."
"Aha. Time to sort this out" I muttered under my breath as my finger hovered over 'answer'.
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