We both fell on the ground. Hard. Before I could do anything else, Mark got up from under me, putting a few feet between us.
"Alice don't, please try to underst..." Before he could finish I already went for him. He tried to move out of the way but I had already seen him do it. I threw us both to the ground. I held him there with ease.
"How the hell can you expect me to understand! You turned me into this creature. You took a future away from me. You took away my life!" I shouted at him.
"You'd have a better future as a vampire then a human" he said it so calmly and in matter- of – fact way that it just angered me more.
I threw him against the wall so hard he went through it. He stood up unfazed and tried to run away. I don't think so I thought. I was in front of him in milliseconds. He stopped centimetres before me. He was about to run the other way but I grabbed his arm before he could.
"I'm not going to fight you" he tried to pulled free but I pulled back. I must have pulled harder than I thought because his arm suddenly came off. He screamed in pain then fell to his knees gripping his shoulder. His scream shook me from my rage. I blinked and looked at his arm I held. I dropped it instantly like it burnt me.
"I am a monster" I whispered to myself.
I looked down at Mark to find him staring at me. I could see the hurt and disbelief in his eyes and the accusation. I couldn't see him look at me that way. I turned and ran in the opposite direction. Never stopping. Never slowing down. All I kept think was I'm a monster, I'm a monster. I never heard him follow me or see him decide to follow me. I didn't deserve to be followed.
After a while I stopped. Something sparkling had caught my eye. I looked around me but the sparkling was always at the corner of my eye. It was still early morning so the sun was just rising. I held up my hand as if I was going to touch it when I saw the sparkling. I looked down at my arm and was shocked at what I saw. It looked like thousands of diamonds had been in bedded into my skin. I ran my hand over my arm but it was still as smooth as it was before.
I looked at the sun and an idea came to mind. I put my make to the sun and looked at my arm. Sure enough the diamonds had gone.
"I sparkle in sunlight?" I was amazed "Wait, that means vampires sparkle!" I fell to the ground laughing. I couldn't help it. Who would have thought that dark, nocturnal creatures that drank the blood of the living would sparkle in the sun? After the laughing fit I just sat there staring at the sun. Well not staring at the sun that would surely blind me as vampire have more sensitive eyes. I thought over everything from when I woke up till now. It seemed like ages but was only a night. A night! All that happened in the night!
I looked around me at the vast desert, seeing nothing but the sky and little plant life. I didn't know where I was going and I didn't really care. I closed my eyes and stuck my arm up with a pointed finger. I spun a few times before I stopped and opened my eyes. I looked at where my finger was pointed and decided to go that way. I picked up the skirt of my dress and ran. I point blank ran. I passed all the dead looking plants forcing sand into the air. I felt like I was running away and towards the sky. I didn't look back even though I wanted to. I wanted to find civilisation so I could find my away from here. I felt like no time had passed at all before I could settlements on the horizon.
I slowed to a walk as I got my head together. I breathed in the fresh air before it got tainted with the scent of blood. I feared of how I would act when I went there but I couldn't let that stop me. I was still satisfied from my last meal. I held my head up high and I started to walk. As I got closer I noticed it was a small town, with a white chapel and fields with some sort of vegetable growing. I could see horses pulling carts along the dirt road and children running around their parent's legs. There was a bar across from the chapel and next to that was a motel looking building. Next to the motel was a seamstress'. I could almost jump for joy at all the clothes I could buy or possibly make. I was brought down from my jumping suddenly when I remembered that I had no money to do this. I desperately needed a job but I had a fear that if I didn't like my boss I could accidently kill them and flee before anyone found out.
I knew that I needed to control my thirst before setting foot in this peaceful town. I turned back around and started to hunt for my next meal. If I even wanted to say hello to one of these people I better make sure there is no room for more blood in my body. After hunting a while I realised that it might be a few days before I even see that little town again. 'Food' is hard to come by in the dessert when you're a vampire. Night was already falling before I caught the scent of fresh blood. Obviously I followed the scent nearly half way across the dessert and I was so glad I was unable to sweat; otherwise I would have been soaked.
I also smelt burning, like someone had just recently put out a fire. I ignored it and carried on following the scent obviously. It was so close yet so near. I was running so fast that I hardly felt my feet hit the ground. As I got closer and the scent got stronger I decided to slow down. I didn't notice the difference in the smell of blood. I didn't hear the human heart beat or the steady breathing. I was as silent as the night that had fallen as I crept up on my prey. I was about to pounce when my prey suddenly stood up. I was shocked to find it was a man. I let out a small gasp. He must have heard me as he turned around and looked me straight in the eye.
He was quite handsome looking with a short beard and moustache. He had a slightly rounded face so I could tell he was quiet young. He was fairly tall or I was just small which seemed the most likely. He had the bluest eyes I had ever seen. They were so light and clear. But as a gasped the scent of blood invaded my senses and my eyes dropped down to his hand. His hand was covered in blood. It was dripping blood. I tried to hold back but the monster inside me was unleashed.