The next morning I was woken up by bright sunshine that fell through the canopy of the forest.

With a sigh I got up and explored my environment.

I noticed angrily that my thorat burned and my stomach growled. I had eaten only two days ago fries and hamburgers!

I was not used to beeing thirsty all the time, because I had become accustomed to drink as little blood as possible and if at all,only by animals. But beeing one again hungry for solid food was a thorn in my side, because that meant I would have to go public.

So I decided to take care of my thirst again after a long time.

In about a mile away I could smell a deer.

Without hesitation, I ran, but not without memorizing the location of my camp, because even though I am half vampire, I can forget things.

To my chagrin the deer heard me before I came close enough to it. I cursed loudly as it ran out and followed . I chased after it through the woods, over a small river. Then an appropriate moment came and I knocked a large tree in front of the animal so that the huge crown would exactly block its escape route.. Frantically the deer turned around, looking for a way out, but it was already too late and I grabbed it .

After that I decided to wash myself in the river, over which I had hunted the deer.

So I ran back, this time at a more leisurely pace, I had plenty of time now.

When I saw my reflection in the water, I almost had a stroke. I looked horrible!

The pale gray, inconspicuous T-shirt that I had recently stolen was torn and full of green patches of moss.

My jeans didn´t look better either, it was full of blood.

I was probably a little out of practice when it came to hunting.

Grumpy, I washed my face, which was also dirty, and pulled the moss out of my hair.

I just wanted to undress to start washing my clothes when I heard muffled voices in the distance. A real vampire, would probably have heard them before, they were only about half a mile away. I listened intently and tried to smell their scent. There were vampires, probably two, a male and a female.

"She smells funny and there´s also some other blood on her, I don´t think this is a good idea." Said the female doubtfully.

"It´s probably just a runaway who has been hiding here." said the male calmly. "Perhaps she has even murdered someone, that would explain the strange smell of blood. But is does not matter, I'm thirsty and we haven´t met any human for days."added he.

"Peter, don´t talk crap, this is not a humans blood that sticks on ´s something else ... maybe an animal?"

"Anyway, come on now. I can smell her blood quite clearly. "

It ran chills down my spine. They had heard my heartbeat and thought I was a human!

I knew I would never be strong enough to fight adn running away wasn´t an option either, they would follow my trail and catch up with me. So I had to make them listen to me. But how?

Just a few seconds later, I had a revelation and I could have kicked myself for beeing so stupid. I still had my ability. No normal person could make things fly by her mind, that would make them suspicious.

Then I saw them already, over on the other side of the river, they came through the woods.

They looked at me with hungry, black eyes and I looked back fearlessly. They weren´t even ready to jump, as I already had raised a large tree with roots from the ground and threw it at them.

Of course, I hadn´t been fast enough and they cowered away. But I had achieved the desired effect, they looked at me puzzled and suspicious, there was no more agrressivity in their attitude.