Kristi's POV

The hot tears rolled down my cheeks as I slammed the door to my car. I didn't know where I was going, I just had to drive.

I traced the red mark on my cheek. It stung lightly when I touched it.

For two hours I drove and came upon the ocean. I parked and found a little pier.

I walked along the wooden walkway and sat on the edge, letting my feet dangle off the end.

The air smelled like salt and fish, and seagulls could be heard squawking above me. Dark rain clouds were blowing in from the east. There would be no pretty sunset tonight.

I sat and kicked my legs, breathing in the fresh sea air.

I stayed like this for what seemed like hours.

Soon the rain came and it pounded the top of my head and my shoulders roughly. I didn't try to escape the drops, I welcomed them. They mixed in with my own tears until you couldn't tell that I was crying anymore.

Light footsteps could be heard coming up behind me. I didn't even bother to turn.

Alice sat down next to me; her own body soaked, and kicked her legs also.

I clenched my hands into fists. I hadn't thought to bring my gun; it was still in the car. I glanced back and noticed that Sky and Sofia were standing on the other end with their weapons in hand.

It relaxed me a little, but not completely.

"Why are you here?" She asked me softly.

"I could ask you the same question." I snarled back.

"I didn't want you to get cold. I knew that a storm would be coming." She tapped her forehead lightly.

Did she honestly want to do something nice for me?

I stared at her while she looked out at the wavy ocean.

Her eyes were fading to a dull gold, but they still held warmth and kindness. She seemed like the kind of girl you couldn't help but like.

"I have no idea what it's like to be human, it's a long story, but are all humans as violent as you?" She laughed lightly.

I laughed a little bit too.

"I have a long story too." I admitted.

She nodded. "I'll start."

She turned to me.

"You want to tell me about your past?" I asked her in disbelief.

"Why not?" She shrugged.

I didn't reply so she started her story.

"Well, I was admitted to an asylum back in the early nineteen hundreds. It was so dark, so I can't remember a thing. All I know is that I woke up as," She paused and gestured to her body. "Well this."

I nodded.

"For a while I was alone, but then I found Jasper and then together we found the rest of the family."

"Nineteen hundreds." I muttered under my breath while I shook my head.

She laughed. "Even vampires were human once."

I laughed too. She was so easy to talk to. I almost forgot that I was talking to a parasite. Almost.

"So," She looked out to the waves again. "Are you going to tell me your story?"

My throat tightened automatically and an uneasy sweat broke out despite the rain.

"It's not very happy." I admitted.

"I've heard plenty of unhappy stories,"

I stared at my legs as I began to speak.

"It was about two years ago. I was coming home after a night alone and I found that the lights were all off in the house. I thought it was weird because it was Saturday night and it was only ten thirty. When I went in I called for them but no one answered, so I rushed up stairs to find that my parents were dead in their room."

My voice started to crack and I choked on the tears.

"Then, I went to my brother's room and one of you was still there. He was drinking my brother's blood. When he noticed me there he crashed through the window, but it was too late to save Michael."

I expected her to laugh at me, but instead she opened her tiny arms for me to embrace her.

Without realizing what I was doing I pressed myself into her stony cold embrace. I shook in her arms and sobbed.

"I h-hate being a m-monster. I was never a cruel person." I sobbed into her shoulder.

She released her grip and I sat back up on my own.

"I hate being rude to people. I don't like look at myself in the mirror anymore. I can't stand to see the blood thirstiness in my eyes, and the cruelty I wear in my expression. All I live for anymore is killing. I don't want to kill."

She gazed back at me. "You don't have to kill Kristi." She put her hand on my shoulder but pulled it away when my shivering increased.

I shook my head fiercely. "But what can I do? My family is dead."

"It doesn't mean that you have to kill. We all need to forgive, but its okay to grieve."

She didn't understand. She had never lost like I had. "What if somebody killed someone in your family? You would want to kill them." I said flatly.

Her teeth ground together and she stared out at the waves blankly.

"I guess humans and vampires aren't so different." I said as I wiped the rain from my face. "We would both kill for the people we love."

"Finally you understand." She stood up and walked back down the pier without another word.

I watched as their car sped back down the little winding road and thought quietly to myself.

What does it mean to be human?

If you had asked me yesterday I would have told you that humans were amazing creatures. We keep peace, we do good deeds, and we rule the planet. Plain and simple.

But, today I didn't know anymore.

Humans have a natural tendency for violence and hate. We hate to admit it, but it's true. A month ago I shot a living creature and watched her suffer. It didn't even disturb me. I felt like it was my duty. It was what I had to do for my family.

But, no matter how many of them I shot my family wasn't going to come back. I had known that all along. But in some sick way it made me feel better to punish someone for something that another creature had done.

Wasn't I just doing the same thing they did to me? I didn't realize it until now. Those vampires I had killed would have had families too. They would have had people that loved them and cared for them.

I had lost myself in violence. I had no idea who I was anymore.

I left the pier that evening wondering if humans were really that human after all.

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I hope that after that chapter Kristi isn't hated so much. There have been a lot of comments where people have expressed their dislike for her.

Man, this story makes us humans look pretty bad ( sorry ) haha

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