God, it stank.
I had seen a lot of vampire lairs in my seventeen years, but this was probably the most revolting. I held my breath as I stirred the nest of tattered cloth with the toe of one boot. I could read the story of this collection of garbage as easily as if the inhabitant had written out a full confession, signed it, and posted it onto the wall.
One vampire. A rogue, an outcast who lived on the fringe of both human world and Dark world. He probably moved to a new city every few weeks to avoid getting caught.
He brings his victims here, I thought. The pier's deserted, it's private, he can take his time with them. There had been a rash of missing people lately. The London police would never discover where they had goon----but now I knew. I grinned.
I was aware of everything around me: the soft plash of water against the wooden pier, the rank coppery smell that was almost a taste, the darkness of a night lit only by a half moon. Even the light moisture of the cold breeze against my skin. I was aware of all of it without being preoccupied with any of it-----and when the tiny scratch sounded behind me, I moved as smoothly and gracefully as if I was taking my turn in a dance.
The vampire lunged at me, I summoned one of my powers time manipulation to slow down the time and dodged out of the way in time as I draw my sword that was coated in poison. Without a break of movement, I stabbed straight to the vampire's chest.
"Gotta be faster than that," I said.
The vampire, skewered like a hot dog, waved his arms and gibbered. He was dressed in filthy clothing that looked more like rags. His teeth weren't so much fangs and tusks: fully extended, they reached almost to his chin. The vampire looked confused that snarled one last time before his body stiffened and slumped backward. It lay still on the ground.
Grimacing, I pulled ,my 1 feet long golden sword out of it's chest before slipping it back into its sheath. I was a huntress and a powerful one at that. I lead a clan called 'buio angelo' --- dark angel, renowned for having the fiercest vampire in history. Every hunter in our clan has the power to teleport and im gonna do that in one second. A smoky mist surrounded me as I disappeared. Ten seconds later I reappeared at my house----the place our clan lives. The house was located in the middle of London near the forest.
The house was enormous.
It has four levels. The first level contains the dinning room, kitchen, the maids and servants rooms, and living room. The second floor is where the ball room is. Library, security room ,conference room, and where the junior members would stay. The third floor contains the weapons room, gym, training room and entertaining room. The last floor is where the rest of us stay.
We have a swimming pool at the backyard and a garage that is about 1500 feet where our cars and motorbikes are parked. I know you must be thinking how can someone so young earn so much money? Well, lets just say when you're mother is the first witch and you're dad is a formal general for the vampires, you get all their money.
"Hey, Antonia! You're back." The second-in-command and my best friend Jeremy shouted running towards me. " The new comers are here and you're just in time. Come on!" he dragged me up the flight of stairs to the second floor.
"Why? I just got back you know." I grumbled, I know 'childish' for someone like me. But there was no point in arguing since we were already in front of the doors. The guards opened the door for us, I stepped in with Jeremy behind me. There were some other members of the clan a total of 10 and I spotted Jeremy's younger brother, Nathan. They were going to be the mentors for the new comers for a while. All the 10 of the members of the clan stand at attention and greeted us both.
" Good evening Antonia and Jeremy." They said, I sighed and nodded to them to relax. My gaze fell onto the new members, there were around 20 of them. Most were boys, they all looked at me with fear as well as awe.
" Welcome everyone to our home. I am glad to have you with us," I smiled knowing that they were nervous. " I am Antonia and they is Jeremy the second-in-command. I recruited you here but you have to follow my rules. You will be punished heavily if you break any of them. If you fight with each other I'll make sure you'll fight me first. And I won't take it easy on you. Are we clear?" I asked them, my head tilted to the side. I looked at everyone of them.
"Good. Now this are you're mentors, two of you to one of them. If you are paired up you will stick together, wither you like it or not. You will hunt with your given partner at all times. Training will start tomorrow at 8 am sharp do not be late. Jeremy will go through the rest with you." I left the room and transported to my room, I fell asleep as my head even touched the pillow.