Hang on? Basement? Oh my god I got into the basement! I'm a freaking genius! pulling myself up I press again against the bars and start shouting out "hello? Eric's maker?" No response, I shout again "r u there?" Silence again. Disappointment flooded through me and I started to realise how truly fucked I was, Eric didn't even know where I was, I'd left no note and we had never shared blood so he was clueless as to where to come looking for me, on top of that I was out of genius plans and schemes. "Knulla" I sighed throwing my worn body against the rough surface of the fridgid wall at the exact same time a low masculine deadly sounding voice echoed from the same wall "what are you doing here? How do you know my son", Screeching I pulled myself a few inches away on pure instinct, shock tingling through my limbs, since when do fucking walls talk? Wait did he just say son? Suddenly elated I threw myself at the wall.

"I knew you was here, I'm Alyssa, I'm here on behalf of Eric" a loud sigh drifted through the wall followed by a quiet "you should not have come, Eric should not have sent you child" I frowned firstly from the term he used, child? (Ugh so condescending) but mostly because he sounded so defeated. What had they done to make him feel this way? Why is a vampire older than Eric trapped in a basement he could easily walk out of with minimal effort? None of this made any sense and I decided to find out just exactly what was going on.

"Well technically Eric didn't send me, actually he is probably going to kill me for trying to help you on my own, he will be worried sick, good job I had the solicitor officiate the no killing contract" awkward first meeting bad jokes coming out now, great.

"Eric will be worried about you?" he sounded skeptical and quite honestly I don't blame him, Eric is not exactly the caring kind, especially towards humans. I was just glad he let the joke slide.

"Yeah we got history, I'm practically family, so should I start guessing your name or..."

"I apologize for my rudeness, it's godric, may I ask how exactly you became practically family with eric?"

"Nice to meet you godric, oh it's not really an interesting story, Eric and mom was close so when she died he took over raising me, well him and pam, I was eight so I didn't need raising that much which is good because I'm pretty sure id be fucked otherwise"

A short low chuckle reverberated the wall between us and I congratulated myself silently that I made the all serious, depressive vampire laugh.

"You are probably right, Child rearing is not a skill I would have assumed Eric would have, at the very least he has at least refrained from killing you"

I smiled, thinking of all the times I had strained Eric's temper to the point where I thought his jaw would snap, Pam loved my sass, she called it the most appealing of all women's traits and secretly praised me immediately after.

"Oh there was times I pushed him to it believe me, but Eric is as loyal as they come to those he considers his family, I have never truly feared him"

"What about other vampires, do you fear them?"

I though for a moment before replying honestly " no more than humans, if a human male wanted to kill me he could overpower me just as easily as a vampire could, at least with a vampire he or she would do it for food, a genuine reason, besides I've grown up around vampires I'm used to you lot by now, it's the norm for me"

I heard godric snort softly before replying " you certainly are a strange child"

Irritation creeped into my bones, enough of the child already " sir I'm sixteen years old not a child anymore and did you just call me wierd?"

"I apologize...Alyssa, I meant no offence, all humans seem so young compared to my own age, I shall try to abstain from doing so in the future, I also did not mean wierd in a disrespectful way, I had actually meant it to be a compliment, your...compelling, I guess I'm not the best at conversing with humans anymore, you may also call me by my name, we are friends now I presume"

"Oh yes we are, not to worry I've also never been good at conversing with humans either"

He chuckled again and we fell into a comfortable silence. I began thinking of why godric was here when it was obvious he could easily walk out, I double checked the bars and they was not silver, I then had an awful thought, what if they had tied him up with silver? My stomach started churning at the thought.

"Godric?"

"Yes Alyssa"

"Are you okay? They are not hurting you in some way are they?" I pressed my ear against the wall to see if I could hear any clinking noises from chains.

"No my friend, they are treating me as well as can be expected"

So now I was thoroughly confused so I decided to bite the bullet "so why are you down here?"

Godric sighed "the reasons are endless I do not belong on this earth, vampires should not exist, we are an abomination, I have done some evil things that have haunted me for years, I am tired and this world has nothing more to give me, this way the hate they hold in thier hearts for us may ease with my passing"

Anger bubbled up inside me, is this guy fucking serious, not one thing he said made any sense to me and I readied myself to give him a piece of my mind.

"I'm sorry but you say reasons and all I can see are excuses, you will give up your life because you are tired of being haunted by the things you have done yet you are doing nothing to right the wrongs of those crimes, killing yourself for that reason is selfish, you also say vampires should not exist yet they are in this world for a reason, god allowed them to be otherwise you all would have been wiped out before you even started, they're just as many good vampires around as there are humans and I for one would not have a single friend or family in this world if you all decided to jump off a cliff right now, you have certainly not experienced everything in life godric as new experiences are being created everyday so that excuse is null and void, in regards to appeasing the hate these fuckers have got for your kind then you obviously do not know how humans hold on to revenge, one dead vampire will do diddly squat! " I huffed loudly not taking a breath that whole speech.

Silence ensued and I could tell that he was thinking about what I had said then suddenly he spoke "Vampires can't die by jumping off a cliff Alyssa" breaking the tension in seconds with those words we both burst into laughter.

Knulla means "fuck" in Swedish according to Google translate ha!