Chapter 1: The Orphan

(Nikki's POV)

I was walking along the sidewalk alone. It was about, like, I don't know 6 in the morning. I haven't had any sleep whatsoever. It's not because I can't sleep. It's because I don't have a home. Or parents. I'm a 14-year-old orphan. My parents were killed by knights when I was 4. Right in front of me. They were killed because they were rebelling. Part of the small but angry rebellion. I've hated the royal family ever since then. Well…before the rebellion I liked the King and Queen. When they were ruling everything was good. Nothing bad happened. Then just like that the King and Queen died….somehow. The King's father became King. And everything turned to hell.

For example he closed down a couple businesses, raised taxes by thousands of dollars and moved the poorer people to the back of our town Shadow Grove. All the rich people lived close to the castle while the poor people lived in the back to the edge of Shadow Grove. He forgets about us poor people. That led to a rebellion where all the people who took part in that were killed my parents included. But the worst part of it all was the late King and Queen had a….son. Who was the prince of Shadow Grove. I bet he's like his grandfather who is the King. Oh why did the King and Queen die and let that devil of a man become King and takeover.

I twirled one of the strands of my waist-length black hair that had purple highlights in it. My deep purple eyes wandered from one building to the next. In the distance I saw a sign which showed the place I was looking for. If it wasn't wearing my big glasses I wouldn't have seen it. The place where I was headed to was called Bloody Midnight. Which is a bar. Now people would stare at me with surprised looks on their faces whispering "Isn't she too young to go to a bar?" if it wasn't 6 in the morning. I wasn't going to the bar to drink. I don't drink. I was going to the bar to see my friend who works there.

I entered the club and looked around. I spotted my friend behind the long bar table wearing his 'work clothes' which consisted of a slightly ripped shirt, slightly burned pants, and broken handcuffs. "Hey!" I called out to a boy who had inky black hair with green highlights and gold eyes. He didn't hear me. "Hey Miguel!" I shouted. He dropped the glass he was cleaning and looked at me. I smiled and skipped my way to him. I took a seat at the long bar table. "You know, you made me drop that." He said pointing to the ground. "Hi to you too" I said. Miguel bent down to pick up the glass and started cleaning it again. "You were supposed to be here at 6" he said. "It's 6:05" I said. "You said you'll be here at 6" he replied tapping his foot. "You're treating me like I work here" I replied. I don't have a job. I come here to keep Miguel 'entertained' as he calls it.

"Well you should get a job. Somewhere. I don't really care where. So you can get money. Instead of stealing food." He said. "Hey! It's not stealing if everybody knows and takes pity on me and lets me take food from their shop. Just like this place. I can get juice or pop because your boss loves me!" I exclaimed. "I can't believe Mr. Slasher likes you." Miguel grumbled. "He loves you too. That's why you always get payed more than the other workers." I said whispering the last part. "Yeah but you get a beverage for free and you don't even work here!" he fumed. "Hey his last name's Slasher right. Okay so what if his first name is Psycho. Then his name would be Psycho Slasher. Get it? It's so funny! Or Orange Slasher or Neck Slasher. Oh so funny!" I laughed. "I don't know how he loves you when you make fun of his name." he replied shaking his head. "Anyways I have a job so I can pay my rent!" he snapped. Yes, he pays rent for an apartment. Even though he's 15. "Hey look who it is. If it isn't Miss Nikki Luna." A voice said. I groaned. I knew who that voice belonged to. I turned around in the chair to see Aido (who is a playboy) smiling down at me. "What do you want? And why are you here so early in the morning?" I asked in a very annoyed tone. "So I can evolve and become a black panther at night. RRRRRRRR!" he answered making a creepy noise by rolling his tongue and pretending to scratch the air.

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that" I said turning back around in my chair to face Miguel. "Hey good looking, how about we go on a date?" Aido asked in a seductive voice. Miguel glared at Aido and said in an angry tone "I'm a dude and you know it" Aido just snickered as he walked away. Aido does that just to annoy Miguel. Since his hair goes a little past his shoulders it gives off an impression that he is a girl. He hates his job. Not because of his boss. But because of all the people that flirt with him. Boys, girls you get the idea.

"I want to snap his neck" Miguel grumbled. "Calm down. Can I get a tropical punch juice box?" I asked. "Well you can have a cup because we're out of juice boxes." He said as he turned around. He turned around again and gave me a cup of tropical punch juice. "Did you spike this with alcohol?" I asked examining the juice in the cup. "No why would I? You know I'll never do that. I don't drink and I know that you don't drink either." He replied. "I don't trust you for some reason." I said as I stood on the chair and stepped on the table and jumped down to the other side of the long bar table.

"HEY I JUST CLEANED THE TABLE!" he yelled. "Now you'll clean it again" I said as I filled a new cup and went back over the table to my seat. "Hey if you wear a tank top and a miniskirt you can pull off being a girl." I said. "Well I do have the legs for it…..if only I didn't have the burns….."He said muttering the last part sadly as his face turned into a sad expression. "Don't be like that. Our parents are watching over us in heaven" I said reassuringly. Miguel is an orphan too. But his parents died a different way. They were killed in a house fire. Miguel was the only one that survived the fire escaping with small burns to his legs. He was only 7. "I know that" he said. "Good. Now stop with that sad boohoo face. I'm gonna go to your apartment to sleep, k?" I said standing up. "Fine, here the keys come back at 2, k" he said holding his keys out to me. "Oh, I already have a set of your apartment keys." I said. "Ugh" he groaned. "I keep forgetting to take those keys away from you!" he face palmed himself. "Yes you always do. It's your fault you fell asleep and left your keys lying around" I said defending myself. "Yes, but you took it and copied it" he said angrily.

"I'm gonna go now" I said as I got up and began walking towards the exit. "Come back at 2 and can you bring my blood tablets when you're coming back? I forgot them!" he shouted as I reached the exit. "K!" I shouted as I left. "Damn, why does he always forget his blood tablets?" I thought. Yes, we take tablets called blood tablets. Its purpose is to restrain us from drinking blood randomly. You may wonder why we take blood tablets if we're human. Well truth is we're not humans. We're vampires. Not only us but everyone in Shadow Grove. There are no humans in Shadow Grove. We're all just regular vampires.

I reached the apartment building and entered, I took the elevator to the 10th floor. When I stepped out I turned right and headed to the end of the hall. The door on the left read 1010, the apartment I was looking for.

I put the key in the lock and turned it. I opened the door, removed the key, stepped in, closed the door, and locked it. Miguel's apartment was medium-sized. It was a 2-room apartment. I was currently standing in the living room. There was a TV in the corner of the room and a couch. There was also an armchair beside the couch. To the right was a 2 meter long wall separating the living room from the kitchen. The kitchen has a sink, fridge, freezer, cupboards, and a stove/oven. There was a small table in front of the couch and armchair. There were two doors on the left side of the apartment. One of them led to the master bedroom which was Miguel's room. The other door led to the spare room where I keep all my clothes in. When he's at work I sleep in his apartment since I don't have a home.

He says to sleep in the room where all my clothes are but I don't listen to him. I grab my pajamas from the other room and open the door to his room. First reason I sleep in Miguel's room is that his room is that his room is bigger and his bed is fluffier. Second reason is that he has a bathroom in his room. I saw the door that led to the bathroom. Well there is a bathroom in the other room but I just prefer Miguel's room because of his fluffier bed.

I changed into my pajamas and climbed into the bed. "Ahhh…This bed is so soft and fluffy. So is this comforter!" I squealed. I looked at the clock on the nightstand and it read 7:00 am. I removed my glasses and placed them on the nightstand. I almost immediately began to feel drowsy. "Time to go to sleep" I closed my eyes and drifted off to dream world.

Yup this is the end of the first chapter. In this story they are only regular vampires and no humans.(ya I changed it...). In the next chapter it's the prince's POV and I think you all know who the prince is. YA!(BTW: cronapower really does have the legs for it in real life)

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