"That's impossible. I mean look at me. I look perfectly human and I definitely do not crave blood. I eat normal food and I even enjoy the sunlight!" Okay this guy must be crazy. All of this and for what? Nothing. I was starting to get a tad annoyed.
"That is what I don't understand but I am telling you that your father was a vampire. I can smell his blood coursing through you. The smell of male vampire blood."
"There's a difference between male and female vampire blood?"
"A very slight difference that many cannot even tell. The way men and women's hormones differ I suppose." I watched his hair blow softly in a breeze that now made itself known. The trees whistled quietly and despite the horrid mess that lay at my feet the world seemed quite calm.
"If what you say is true; then my mother would know if she was raped by a vampire or not. Let us see her and she will tell me the truth dunpeal." He nodded at me and followed me back into the village on foot this time leaving his horse to graze in the grassy fields. The town was ominously quiet as we approached my house. Nobody would be caught dead outside at night, unless of course they were vampire hunters. I looked up at the small welcome sign that hung over my door and then looked at him. His eyes were focused on my finger tips that rested lightly on the handle of my front door. I grabbed the cool copper handle and a blue light flashed above us. A red laser scanned my hand reading my prints allowing the door to unlock.
"Nice." Was what he said when I walked through the door way.
"Just a safety precaution," rolled off the tip of my tongue. A strong smell of roasted turkey swirled around me and my mouth salivated for a taste. Killing vampires always made me hungry.
"Rhia is that you? What took you so long to get home? I made some turkey and potato skins now come and eat." My darling mother called from the kitchen. She began humming an old German song. I become frozen, unable to move my body towards the kitchen suddenly. The dark shadow stood behind me, waiting for me to make a move; only moving when I would move. I couldn't face my fate just yet. I cowered of the thought of learning my true past. The possibility that I could be part vampire was an unbearable thought. To be part of something I loathed, hunted, and killed. Though; it was true that I never really felt normal. But then again…who does feel normal? My heart began to race as I heard my mother's slight footsteps enter the front room. Not enough time! I yelled in my hand as I grabbed the man's arm and threw him out the door.
"I love you mom I'll be back!" I called out and slammed the door shut. The man chuckled slightly seeing the balls of sweat form on my brow.
"You're afraid, afraid that I am right. Afraid to be a child of the dark cloud that covers the earth when the sun leaves the sky. Afraid that you are like me." The smoothness of his voice mocked me and my teeth clenched together tightly. A gun shot blew through my ears from across town and I thought I heard a wolf cry. I ran towards that the sounds and found Mary with her foot mounted upon a vampire's chest.
"You missed one." She simply spoke. I rolled my eyes at her but her glance was focused on Mr. Darkie of course. She too was a vampire hunter. In fact most of the teenage girls that lived in this town were. We were the protectors. I could see a small droplet of drool form on her lower lip and I knew it was time to go.
"Alright then Mr. Dark and Mysterious we should be headed back now." Mary gave you a look of disappointment though he barely paid any attention to her.
"Have fun with your boy toy!" She yelled as we walked away.
"He's not my boy toy!!" I yelled back. I felt my cheeks grow hot and found him staring at me.
"What are you looking at?"
"Nothing." I turned my head towards my house and hesitated before grabbing the door handle. I guess I may as well get it over with. I opened the door once more and found my mother standing there with her hands on her hips. Her curly light brown hair fell over her eyes and her lips were unusually thin.
"Rhia you bring over a guest and don't even tell me!"
"Sorry." We all stood there for a moment.
"What you aren't going to introduce me to your friend?" Oh great of course I didn't bother to learn his name. Just wonderful.
"My name is D." He said and took off his hat. It must be a courteous thing.
"Hello D my name is Judy nice to meet you. Would you like some turkey? It's very fresh and I also made mashed potatoes and gravy too. Please join us for dinner it is not very often that Rhia brings boys home."
"Mother," I could feel the steam coming out of my ears. Not even two minutes in the door and already she had embarrassed me. Perfect, just perfect. D stared at me not knowing what to say and it took me a minute to figure out why. Oh right he's a vampire he doesn't eat human food!
"D already ate before he came here mom."
"Oh. Well then if you didn't bring him over for dinner than what did you bring him over for?" Man my mother was one smart woman. I could never get anything past her. I got that nervous feeling again and the muscle above my right eyebrow began to twitch.
"He's here to talk about my father, my biological father." I watched her face grow very pale as she clenched the dish towel she had in her hand. That definitely struck a nerve. I hated bringing up this horrible memory for her but I couldn't just let it eat me up inside.
"Honey you already know what happened with your father. I have nothing more to tell you."
"Are you sure he was not a vampire. Think really hard mom this is very important."
"Of course he was not a vampire. I'm sure he would have killed me if he was. Vampires are filthy animals; human life has no value to them. All of them deserve to die." I knew she didn't think very highly of the blood sucking creatures that ruled the night and fed on humans. But then again what human would? We were simply cattle to them. But the dunpeal seemed different. Maybe he just had more control than simple vampires. I looked over at D who remained expressionless. I could never tell what he was thinking or feeling. He was cold…not like ice but more like the temperature of absolute zero. He peered over at me as I was staring at him and I quickly turned my head away.
"Judy I know your daughter's father was a vampire. I know she is a dunpeal, because I am one too." Her immediate reaction was a look of fright as she braced herself against the pastel pink painted wall. She grabbed her neck and let out small cry as if she was being choked. I grabbed her arm and tried to peel her off of the wall.
"Mother please calm down. D won't hurt us. He kills vampires not humans." Despite my efforts she remained in a state of paralysis with her giant blue eyes focused on D. Why was she so afraid of him? Finally I slapped her in the face and her expression went from fear to anger.
"Don't you ever slap me again young lady." She gave me a good backhand across the cheek and I winced out in pain. My cheek throbbed as I grabbed both of her arms and forced her to look at me.
"Mom are you telling me the truth? Please I need to know. Was my father really a vampire or not?" She let out a giant sigh and caressed my burning cheek. She was much calmer now but she still had a troubled look on her face.
"I guess now that you're old enough you have the right to know about your past. It's true. I have been lying to you all these years. Your father was a vampire. A very old vampire. He was called by the name of Selarius. I guess maybe I should go back earlier." She took another deep breath and ran her fingers through her hair stopping a moment to scratch the back of her head.
"I lived in a town much like ours in what is now considered Macedonia. It was a very poor town but we managed. One day a castle that seemed to appear out of thin air was spotted several miles from the town. No one knew where it came from nor dare to venture towards it. We all knew it must have appeared by some form of black magic. One morning I awoke to the loud cry of my best friend from outside. I ran outside to see her dead husband's body lying in the middle of the road. His body was completely mangled with broken bones and tears through his flesh. This caused quite a panic throughout the village. The only thing that could have done such an atrocity was a vampire and we all feared for our lives.
More and more dead bodies were appearing across town with the similar fate. A town meeting was called though only half of the people showed up because they were afraid to leave their homes. It was decided that the town would hire a vampire hunter to destroy the beast that terrorized the town. He was supposed to be the best but apparently his best wasn't enough. His body was sent to the mayor by one of the vampire's minions in pieces with a note attached to it. The note was posted on the town bulletin saying, i'How dare you insult me by sending such an unworthy opponent. He was easily dispatched.' People in the town began to flee leaving empty houses behind them. My family chose to stay because my dad was stubborn and wouldn't leave because of some vampire as he would say. In a panic the mayor secretly sent a letter back to the vampire. He could not stand anymore deaths in the village so he decided to make a pact with him. The vampire could have any woman in the village he wanted as long as he did not kill them. You understand my meaning I assume." She paused for a moment and I could see now true pain in her eyes. A gentle tear rolled down her cheek and I wiped it away.
"The vampire was intrigued by the idea and agreed to it. The killings stopped for a few weeks and the town finally started to calm down. That is until the reports of women and teenage girls being raped began. Some became pregnant but they all ended up being miscarriages strangely. We all became suspicious suddenly wondering why the killings have stopped. The town formed a riot outside of the mayor's house demanding to know what was going on. I had decided to stay home because I was ill. The sun fell from the sky and the moon rose in between the stars. I was sleeping in my room but awoke from a cold breeze that entered through my open window. My eyes fluttered open and a dark figure stood above me. I was frozen and could not scream out to my mother who was in the other room. I could never forget those eyes. They were black mostly except for a small red ring that wound itself around his irises. I couldn't make anything else out except for his teeth that shone brightly in the moon light. His canine fangs were gigantic and looked sharp as the razor my father used for shaving. The last thing I could remember from that horrid night was him licking the side of my neck before it all became a blur of pleasure and pain. Well mainly just pain."