2. The Way I Live

I stare at the ground. There are footprints there. Not like I need the footprints to lead me to where I am heading. I can smell my pray from here. I run toward the unsuspecting humans. This task often fills me with dread, for more than one reason.

My abilities allow me to sense the feelings of those around me, and manipulate them however I please. Every time I kill a human I feel the dread and fear pulsating through them, it tires me greatly.

I love the feeling of the warm sweat blood on my lips and in my mouth, but it is getting old. Each time I kill I feel weighed down by the fact that I am a monster. It never leaves my head. It burns through my brain each day. But I can't feel this way. Feeling this way will ruin the moods of every other vampire around me.

So I replace my bitterness with false excitement. It may seem fake to me but the others around me wouldn't know that. Lucy appeared next to me.

"Excited Jasper?" she asks me, with a smile on her face. I nod slightly; satisfied with my response she walks back to Maria and Nettie. I looked to my left where Peter was standing. The newborn had an appeal to me. He was more civilized than the rest of them.

"Excited Jasper?" he mimics Lucy.

"You better not, Peter," I warn him, "if they hear you, you may not live another year." That statement quiets him.

"No." I say. He looks at me and realizes what I'm talking about. He shrugs.

"Well don't let it show," he pauses, "or you may not live another year." He grins at the look of shock on my face. "I'm kidding Jasper, lighten up." With that he turns his attention back toward the humans.

The group of us stands there. I look closely and count seven of us. No more than one will be allowed tonight. It makes me happy, knowing that I'll only be ending one life.

As Maria observes the group I notice something on her face. It seems to be the same expression she wore when she first observed me. She beckons me over; I'm not sure why.

"That one," she says, pointing at a strong looking male, "he has promise." I nod, and go off to spread the word to the others, telling them that no one is to take him; for Maria wants to keep him.

After waiting for another ten minutes Maria gives us the signal we had been waiting for. We pounce into the clearing, surprising the weak humans. I jump on one that I had picked out. The girl is blond, however, I don't know if she can be called a girl. She must be at least forty. So ending her life doesn't make m e feel bad.

I put my lips on her neck, feeling the pulse underneath the skin. It makes my throat burn and mouth water. I bite in and suck on the blood. I try and go slowly, to make it last as long as I can, but I tastes so wonderful. It's gone in a matter of minutes.

I get up and look at every one else. Mostly everyone had finished. The three newborns' shirts are bloodied. I shake me head; they'll get better at this. I walk over to them and tell them to take the shirts of the people they just killed. They look at me, shocked I assume, but then they do as I say.

I walk over to Maria; she has the human she picked out pinned to the ground. I feel waves of fear rolling off of him. He must've seen what we just did to his companions.

"Jasper," Maria says. I take it as my cue to calm the man. So I do as told, sending waves of calm straight at him. I see him relax right away.

"Now," Maria says, "tell me your name." the man stared at her, as if he couldn't remember his own name.

"John Banks," he said, after some time. Maria smiled.

"Well John today is your lucky day," and with that she knocked him unconscious. I didn't know how lucky John would feel after that blow to the head.

"Peter," Maria said, "carry him." With that she got up. She said a few things to Nettie and Lucy and then we left to return back to our home.

So this is my life. I think. So this is the way I live, the way that I'll always have to live.

I run along with the others, and start thinking about how I wish I could change the way I live.


All even chapters will be in Jasper's point of veiw, unless I state other wise. Please review! 8)