We stayed like that for a long moment. Her pale face was flushed from running and she was breathing hard. Finally the awkwardness of our situation got to me and I rolled off her. She sat up.

"Okay," I said, not sure where to begin, "can you please explain why you were running out of the high school?"

"Can you explain why you were following me?" she challenged.

I glared at her. "You first."

She sighed. "I broke into the middle school to look around Mr. Otis's classroom. Then I snuck into the high school to try and find his file."

"What? Are you crazy? You could have gotten arrested! Why would you do that?"

"Because I think Mr. Otis knew my mom. And if he did, well, I'm completely screwed."

My eyes popped open. "What do you mean?"

She started to pace and rub her hands nervously. "People are after me, Vlad. I'm not...normal."

Elvira was telling a half-vampire that she wasn't normal? "What do you mean?"

"Well, it's a long story, and the details are very unclear, but," she paused, considering. "Have you ever heard of the death angel?"

I was taken back. "Um, the one who's supposed to destroy the world?"

She rolled her eyes. "I suppose that's all you heard. Yes, but she's not supposed to destroy the world. She's not even an angel, really. That's more of an iconic symbol."

"I don't really like where you're going with this."

"Well she's got some powers," she continued, as if I hadn't spoken. "Telepathy, mind reading, clairvoyance, and such. It takes a while for them to fully develop, but when they do, well, she can become pretty terrifying." She stopped, taking in my startled expression. "But she's not evil. Not at all. Her purpose is to protect humankind."

I looked into her eyes. There was no hint of joking in them. She was dead serious. "Um, are you okay? Overtired? Hallucinating?"

"I'm not kidding, Vald!" she exclaimed. "I thought you'd understand, being, you know, a half-vampire and all."

I froze. My heart stopped beating and I just stared at her. My secret, the one I had kept for my entire life, was blown. She knew, no point in playing dumb. "How do you know that?"

"My mom was psychic. She left me a note before she died. She told me to find you, Vladimir Tod, and that you were the only half-vampire in existence."

I shook my head. I couldn't believe this. "So let me get this straight. You're the Angel of Death who's supposed to save the human race from, well you didn't tell me what, but I assume it has something to do with vampires, and you know that I'm half-human, half-vampire because your dead, psychic mother told you to find me."

She cringed. "Well I'm not an angel, but, yeah that's pretty much it."

"Right." I turned on my heel and started walking away.

"Wait!" she grabbed my arm. "I can prove it!"

I let her pull me into a dark alley. "Please trust me," she whispered, and closed her eyes.

At first, nothing happened. Then suddenly, she began to glow. Her peachy skin paled to a bone white, and her brown hair became jet black and curly. The black cape she wore transformed into shimmering black robes, and if I didn't know any better, I could have sworn I saw midnight colored wings poking out from her back. I had never seen anything so beautiful or terrifying. I passed out cold.

When I opened my eyes, the normal Elvira stared back at me. She helped me up. I stared at her for a while.

"Oh my God," I said, finally, "You're an angel."

She groaned. "Please do not call me that. I'm still just me. I'm still your quirky friend Vi, I just have wings to go with it."

"So those were wings!"

She laughed. "Yeah. I'm only supposed to protect humans from the evil vampires, so I'm not sure why I'm supposed to find you, but," She looked down, "I'm glad I did."

"So am I."

We smiled at each other for a moment.

"Well," Elvira said finally, "we better go before the cops find us. It would be kind of hard to explain why we're here."

Kin of unexpected plot twist, I think. But I want to know what YOU think! Review and leave me your thoughts, please!