Chapter 1 by Josh T.
She put her hand on my head and started stroking it.
"Lets go inside, unless you don't want to learn more," She knew I wanted to know more. I sat up and opened my door, she opened hers and we walked into her house. Both of her parents worked so we had about 2 hours of time for her to explain... No! Not explain, she didn't have to explain anything to me. She would do this because she wanted to, not because she felt that she had to. I grabbed her wrist, we stopped and she turned around.
"You do know you don't have to say anything to me. No matter what you are it doesn't matter what you are, your still Rebeca," I told her sincerity flowing into my words naturally.
"I know," she said with a smile, "But I'm doing this, not just to appease you curiosity, which I bet you won't admit to yourself you have. But also so I can confide in someone, someone to talk to, someone I... I don't have to keep any secrets from," she answered.
Her bed was a large one, queen sized, the sheets were white, the pillow cases were black and the top blanket was red, I couldn't see how she slept with such absolute and opposite colors. But every time I asked she would simply say that she closed her eyes.
"I guess I'll start at the beginning. In the late 1340s the Black Death or Bubonic Plague hit Europe like a ton of bricks, for want of a better term. Famine soon followed, leading to a shortage of food."
Back in that time, despite how despicable it was, people turned to cannibalism to save off starvation. Almost all cannibals died from either accidental or intentional eating of plague victim's bodies. However about 10 families, or clans, of cannibals survived the plague after being infected by eating the corpses. In their blood, was a cure to the Black Death. After the plague passed in the early 1350s. The church found out that these clans were cannibals and that they ate from the plagued corpses, they guessed these clans had a cure to the plague. But since they didn't come forward and give their blood to the masses, the church started to persecute the cannibalistic clans.
That is where the legend of vampires began. The clan members of cannibals had started to develop strange powers, they found, every generation had longer canine teeth then normal humans, but at my generation the teeth are only about a quarter inch longer then yours. They found that the blood of humans gave them powers beyond that of a normal human. Lets say for example, if a vampire drained a body completely of blood, then, for a time of 24 hours, they would be twice as strong, resilient, agile than a normal human. The power last as long as the vampire wants, suppressing it at any time, but will be expended after about 24 hours of use. The vampire's heart can work about 2 to 5 times as hard as a normal humans, given blood, but the heart can not produce more blood than the human norm. this is how vampires can use this power. Unless the vampire has blood in "storage" then the vampire will not use this power unless threatened with death. This is because after using the power the vampire is severally weakened. The vampire is severally weakened because the vampire's heart produces a normal amount of blood, which is a "baseline" for sustaining a normal human, if a vampire uses the power using their own blood it is like they lost the blood they used to invoke the power. How much blood that is lost depends on how long the power is invoked.
As you might have guessed, all the Hollywood myths are false. I go to school, I bathed, I don't particularly like garlic, then again neither do you, I have a crucifix on my chest, so cancel that one out, you know I've aged, but I will explain that one later. Vampirism is not a curse that is passed on through contact, even intimate contact, it is bound-by-blood, a family curse. When puberty hits, your vampire unique power manifests, your canines grow, and you can start reaping the benefits of drinking blood. Not that your body is already going through immense changes, what is vampirism added to the list?" She said, trying to lighten up, but not seceding.
"Every vampire has a unique power, take Jene's charm power. That is a unique power. Not every vampire's unique power is person unique. The chances of a vampire meeting another vampire with the same unique power are not high, however it is possible. These unique powers can only be used when any blood is in "storage", the power dose not use blood but blood in needed in "storage" to be used. Some vampires flaunt their power which puts the rest of us under needless spotlight. However thankfully the last time that happened was over 200 years ago, The Salem Witch Trials.
So back to the age thing, it's kind of tricky so listen carefully. If a vampire drinks the equivalent of a glass of blood every month, then for every 5 years the vampire lives, they only looks 1 year older. If there is any break in the monthly drinking then the vampire ages. I'm as old as I look, 17. That... back in the car. Was the first time I ever drank blood.
It is surprisingly easy for a vampire to live a normal human life. With no weaknesses, and blood not a requirement to survive, a vampire can live a relatively normal, human life.
It is easy for a vampire to know who they really like. Not only do you feel affection for that person, but you also hear that person's heartbeat, the louder you hear that person's heartbeat the more affection you have for that person. In a room, a vampire can hear everybody's heartbeat, it's distracting sometimes But for me, it's not that bad, all I have to do is listen to your heartbeat, the rythem calms me down and drowns out everyone else's heartbeat," She smiled at the last sentence.
"If that wasn't enough, the person a vampire has the greatest affection for can smell that person's unique sent greater than everybody else's. Again a vampire can smell everyone's sent but that person's sent is greater than everyone else's. Your's is so sweet..." She trailed looking into my eyes.
"It's intoxicating," She continued, "So intoxicating that it's hard for me to resist the urge to drink from you," She said staring into my eyes, she blinked and her complete fixation on me passed.
"Vampires have to keep their identity secret. As you probability have guessed we would be persecuted by not only the church for not coming forward, the church has long memories. But by the human populace in general, if the African-Americans suffered for a little less then 400 years and counting for just having a different color skin. The what do you think people will do to us? The church will not only persecute us for not coming forward, but for our powers, what powers gained from drinking blood is not powers that are satanic. So the church will paint us as daemons," She finished. A knock came from the door, we were both surprised and jumped a little.
"Rebeca?" Rebeca dad's voice said.
"Yes dad, come in," Rebeca answered. The door knob turned and in came a huge beast of a man. He was 7.8 about 240 pounds, he might not be pure muscle but he was still large, and even looked powerful. Rebeca had his eyes, sparking green, but his hair was black, Rebeca got her hair from her mother. He had a commanding aura about him, like you couldn't lie to him. That I guessed was his unique power.
"Vis dule karaf yans?" He asked in a big, deep, commanding voice, obviously fluent in what ever language he was speaking. I could tell he asked a question by the sounding of his voice at the end of the sentence but I could not tell what he asked.
"Moka moka, pedulet karaf yans moka," She said in a high, frantic, almost squeaky voice, almost as fluent, holding out her hands and crossing them over and over.
"Moka? wer pw uraio Ura dule karaf yans oueyma,. Vis dule karaf yans?" He asked again. I guessed what ever she said to him, he wasn't buying it because the tone of his voice seemed to be annoyed and he seemed to get louder. I started to get nervous, it seemed like they were arguing about me, perhaps.
"Moka, pe karaf yana moka," She seemed, like she was insisting, but I wasn't sure.
He sighed "Oio niv pe eue pe hieo xo ura, bo yans" he said with little emotion.
"ura zens nar," She said with a gasp. Rebeca's father narrowed his eyes, then turned to me and I felt his presence crushing me like an inescapable pressure, I looked at his eyes, then seemed to glow, I was completely under his command, I could tell, it was like I was a prisoner in my own body.
"What did she tell you?" He asked.
"She..." I started, I was about to tell him everything, I never wanted to but I couldn't control myself.
"NO!!" Rebeca screamed.
"I told him everything about us, our identities, our power in general, how our ancestors first started. He knows it all," She said, defeated. He looked down as if to contemplate what to do now, with that, he released me from his power, I fell to my knees and started gasping, and realized that I had not breathed when he had control of me. Rebeca rushed over to me and helped me up.
"Their's a new vampire at school, she used her unique power blatantly, she can charm and captivate those looking at her," Rebeca said to her father, who didn't even look up. But I could tell he was digesting her information.
"She charmed everyone except for Mich. She was curious as to why he wasn't, she did allot to get to him, being very close, even kissing him, but it didn't work. She was about to beat the stuffing out of Mich when the teacher came by and broke up the crowd," She finished. He stood there in silent contemplation for a few seconds.
"I don't think I'll kill you yet. However if you tell anyone, I'll rip you and whoever you told apart. And if you break my baby's heart, I'll break every bone in your body, and somehow keep you alive, and after that, I'll finally snap your neck killing you," He said in a dark brooding voice, that scared me and Rebeca.
"However if you keep the secret and keep my little Rebeca happy, you'll be fine," He said in a lighter tone trying to break the almost visible tension in the room.
"The power Jene has, the only way not to be affected by it is to truly think your in love with someone,"
He said before walking out of the room and closed the door lightly behind him. I must have look horrified because Rebeca asked looking at me.
"Are you ok?"
"Am I that transparent?" I asked, my eyes wide with fright.
"You're completely pale, like all the blood is out of your body," She informed me.
"Well... I'm more scared then that,"
"Don't dwell on it, it's just some friendly advice," She tried to reassure me.
"You call that friendly advice?" I asked with wonderment.
"Ok, maybe some hostile advice, but you still don't have to worry that much. If you don't tell anyone and we still have a healthy relationship then, everything will be find,"
"I really hope so, because I don't know about you, but I really don't feel like getting every bone in my body broken," I said still kind of scared.
"Stop being such a big baby," She said, half sarcastically.
"Ok... If your dad's home it's probability about 5:00, my mom has probability already called the local police and the Coast Guard to look for me," I teased.
"Ok... You should get going then," She said, looking down. I leaned down and kissed her, after a few seconds I withdrew. She smiled and I went out the door, down the stairs and out the front door. Into my car and started to go home. It was only about 20 minutes to my house, but I drove a little faster than normal, I felt like I was being followed. I saw a silver Volvo following me, I kept my eye on it, it was going faster than me. I accelerated, but the Volvo was still catching up on me. I pushed my Kia Spectra as fast as it would go, 120 mph. But still that damn Volvo was still catching up on me. My neighborhood came into view and I slowed down very quickly I could almost swear my head was going to have whiplash by the time I stopped slowing down, but it didn't I got out of my car, and looked around. The Volvo was no where to be found. I sighed a sigh of relief and started to the door of the house, surprisingly no one was home, no cars in the driveway. Usually my mom and dad would be here by now. I went inside and looked around I found a note on the fringe,
"At a meeting be back at 9:00," I said out loud, "Great," I continued. I felt a heavy blow hit my head and I fell to the ground, unconscious before I even hit the ground.
I woke up what seemed like a short time later, I was hand cuffed to a bed in a large room, it looked like a bedroom. Oh shit I thought, this can't be good. I was still fully clothed still, that was a good sign. But my glasses weren't on my face, that wasn't good. I could still see fine without my glasses, their mainly for reading anything not within about 5 foot of me. I heard a door open, and looked up. It was Jene, she was wearing something different, a black colared shirt with the same red skirt. She was smiling at me, I laid my head back, not really to hide I was awake but mainly out of the hopelessness of the situation.
Author note: Please review so I know, that you want to know more. Tell me whats bad, whats good. Tell me if you want a guide to the vampiric langure that I have so far.