Chapter 8

After miles of walking we finally reached my house, I invited Joshua inside. My mom and dad still weren't home yet, "I can't believe they are still out." I scratched my head, wondering what could be taking them so long.

"Maybe they had a good hunt?" he suggested, "Or maybe they went into town?"

"I don't know, I tried calling, but their phones are off." I told him, "Anyways, wanna sit?"

"Sure."

"So I'm curious," I paused, "How did you and your family become vampires? Did they adopt you? Like Carlisle did to my father and my aunts and uncles?"

"No, we are their children," he began, "The night we were 'turned' we were out at family movie night. We saw a movie and were walking down the street to get dinner. It was dark and it was raining."

He paused again and stood up, almost as if he didn't want to finish the story, "You don't have to tell me, I understand."

"No no, it's fine!" he looked out the window and then back at me, "After we had finished eating we searched for our car, it was hard to see because it was raining so hard. We walked down an ally so we, my mom, sister, brother, and I, could stay dry while my father went to find the car.

Out of nowhere a man comes up behind my mother with a knife and tells her to follow him or else he'll kill us all. She does what he says, my sister tries to follow, but I hold her back. I tell her to watch Thomas and that I would save mom. I told them to find dad and tell him. So I ran after my mom and the man. He took her down a different ally. I heard her screams. I wanted to help but I didn't know how."

"Oh my gosh," I gasped, "that's awful!"

"When I turned the corner he had her against a dumpster and he-he was raping her." he paused as if he was going to cry, "My mother. I was so angry, I don't know what came over me, but I ran towards him and jumped with all my might. I was able to knock him off of my mother and onto the pavement. My mother sat on the ground frozen, I didn't know what to do, there was no way I'd be able to fight him, and win."

But I tried my best, I put my fists up in a fighting stance, but the man just laughed and came at me with his knife. I tried to get out of the way but he got my lower back. I felt a shooting pain go up my spine and I could no longer feel my legs. I screamed in pain and fell to the ground. I heard my mother scream my name, the man turned his attention back to her and went after her with the knife. He got her, three inches from her heart."

I turned my head away from Josh, I couldn't look at him anymore, I wanted to cry.

"That was when my dad came down the ally and kicked the man off of my mother again and punched him over and over again, my vision was blurred, but I saw my sister come up to me, 'are you okay? Josh!?' she screamed, 'get help,' I told her, 'Help mom' she nodded and ran out of the ally with Thomas in her arms.

The man had gotten my dad in the arms and legs a few times with the knife, but my dad didn't give up, he fought on. Hannah came back with the first man she could find. The man looked at my mother and then he came and looked at me, his eyes were different than human eyes, I could tell. I heard him say, 'I think he is paralyzed.' Hannah cried out, 'Please help.' The man ran up to man with the knife and knocked his blade to the ground in one punch, he swirled around in the air and kicked the man to the ground. My dad stepped back as our savior killed the man."

I thought he was done, so I interupted, "Well what happened next?!"

He chuckled, "I'm about to tell you."

"Oh...sorry," I sunk back in my chair.

"Anyways, after the bad man had been killed my father begged the new man to help us. The guy told my dad he was a doctor and he'd be happy to help. After examining my mother and I, the man explained to my dad that the only way to save us would be to 'turn' us. My father asked what he meant and that was when the man told my father he was vampire. My father didn't believe him until he bit my mother and me. We laid on the ground, my mother was in intense pain, but I couldn't feel anything.

My father told the man that if he turned them he would need to turn the rest of the family as well, so the man did as my father said. The next thing I knew, I woke up in a room, I was laying on a hospital table, as was my family. The vampire doctor reminded us what had happened and he helped us become the awesome vampires we are today," he smiled.

I didn't say anything at first, I didn't really know what to say. "That's an amazing story! Who was this vampire? Maybe I know him."

"I doubt you would, he is from some town, far away from here, I haven't seen him in years, I doubt I'd even reconize him." he laughed, "I'm only kidding of course."

I stood up, "Your family is so brave,"

"They really are," he agreed and looked down at my watch. "Oh my! My family is probably wondering where I am! It's already 6 o'clock!"

"Wow really?" I looked at the big grandfather clock in the corner and sure enough it was 6:02. "Alright, well I guess I'll talk to you later. Today was fun."

"It was, we should definitely hang out again," he smiled as he made his way to the front door."

"Definitely," I waved as he walked down the trail, and then I shut the door. My heart was pounding, hopefully it hadn't been doing that the whole time he was here, because he definitely would've been able to hear it.