21

Star and I walked hand in hand down the alleyway as we began to walk through what seemed like an initiation. Men were screaming at the end of the alleyway covered by sinister laughter of deviant men. I found myself smiling with small excitement. I wasn't expecting that in myself at all. Star looked at me first with worry, but soon a smile spread on her face. She was ready. Now our walk turned into a happy skip as we skipped down the alleyway. Now I smelled it. I smelled the blood in the air and I inhaled through my mouth, so I could taste the copper on my tongue.

I still believe. Oh I still believe!

David and Michael were waiting at the end, their eyes a bright yellow as their vampiric forms had taken over them. I smiled and moved over to David and he wrapped his arm around me swinging me some, his hand resting in my hair as he dipped me down some. His eyes were calm, yet dominant and smooth and I smiled.

"David." I whispered as he leaned in and kissed me deeply, my tongue sliding over his fangs slowly so they could gently cut my flesh. He let out a growl and his tongue wrestled with mine to soak up the blood that pooled on my tongue. I wrapped my arms around him pulling him into me some. I saw a shadow over our head and I looked up to see a body flying over us and hitting the wall of another building. Now our eyes moved to the middle of the open space. Bodies were sprawled out everywhere except for Jerome who was on his knees bleeding from the top of his head. I gasped watching as Dwayne and Paul flew around him swiping at him adding to his fear. My eyes fluttered closed as I could smell the sweat radiating from him. His fear smelled delicious.

David and I locked eyes.

"Are you ready?" he asked, and I let my hand come up and caress his face. He leaned into my touch immediately.

"I am, my king." I replied and he smiled warmly and took my hand from his face and laced them together and we began to walk over towards Jerome.

"Please! Please don't do this." he begged, and I looked at the bodies of his friends around him. I looked up to the top of the buildings. Marko was crouched on the ledge of one of the escapes taking a bite out of a severed arm in excitement. I smirked at him and looked back at Jerome as we neared him. Paul and Dwayne were standing a few feet from us. Star and Michael were off in a corner watching a swell. Michael's arms were around her possessively and she just watched me, her eyes giving encouragement. I would give her the same when it was her turn. Now it was just David and I standing in front of Jerome looking down at him. He looked so weak, so helpless as he shook violently.

David stared down at him with a soft snarl.

"You know what happens when you disrespect a woman?" he asked, his voice low and gravely. Jerome just whimpered in reply and suddenly David was behind him, his hand gripping his neck hard and standing him hard. "The same thing that will happen to everyone else."

I watched his other hand come up and he just slid his claws across his neck. His skin just ripped apart like tissue paper and my eyes widened. Before I knew it, my face disappeared into his neck and I felt his blood just flowing right down my throat as if I was quickly chugging down water.

"Yes!" Paul shouted in victory.

"Go, Ophelia!" Marko called out. I let out a sharp growl as I continued to swallow the hot blood that was just so addicting. I felt it in my stomach, yelling to drink more, more, more! This was an entirely different feeling, a euphoria that I had never felt before. I felt it everywhere from the top of my head and all the way down to my toes.

Once the blood was all gone I pulled back and noticed, my hands were holding Jerome's shoulders. His eyes pale and gone and I just looked at him for a while, I studied his face. As I realized I had just killed him and took his life. For a second, I was filled with tremendous guilt, but when I looked up, I saw David staring at me with eyes filled in happiness. His smile showed nothing but love and pride and that made all those bad feelings go away. I dropped the body and stepped over it and moved over to him and he took my hands and spun me around.

"You did it." he said softly, and I looked around noticing everyone was gone. "They've gone off to hunt and return home." I looked back at David.

"I wish-" and stumbled over my words as I heard the tone of my voice change. "Is this me?"

"Yes. You have officially turned. Come your reflection will soon be gone. Let me show you what you have become." he said taking my hand and leading me inside one of the buildings that happened to be a boutique. We moved around the mannequins and David pulled me in front of him and now we were standing in front of a mirror and I could see myself. Although I was already see through and David's body completely invisible, I had the chance to look at myself beneath the moon light. My hair was no longer frizzy, but in tight cork screw curls. I raised my hands and saw the smooth, and creamy white claws that were perfectly shaped. I looked at my face to see all my blemishes were gone and my face was deformed from the vampiric change.

"How do I change back?" I asked.

"Just breathe. Focus on your form." he said his hands resting on my hips and I just calmed my body and inhaled then exhaled. Glad to see that wasn't hard. I saw myself once more and I realized how defined I looked. And just like that, my reflection was gone. I was no longer alive. I blinked in suddenly realization of this and now I turned and faced David who just smiled. He took my hands once more and led me back toward the back.

"It's all so different, I feel different." I replied as we stepped back outside, the corpses still there, but hardly a concern to us. David nodded and faced me.

"You will feel strange for a few days, but then your human life will be a distant memory." he said. I nodded slowly at his words before his body began to ascend into the air. At that moment, I realized I could fly, too.

"How do I do that?" I asked and he smiled.

"Just think happy thoughts." he said in a mild teasing manner and I chuckled before closing my eyes and just inhaling some myself. I kept calm and focused on being in the sky, flying with David and the rest of my family. Before I knew it, the ground was gone beneath my feet and I opened my eyes to see David was a few feet away from me, yet we were both in the air.

"Come to me, Ophelia." he said and raised his hand to me. He was just hovering there as if waiting for me. I was afraid some, afraid to move higher up or even fall. But I focused on David's face and I felt my body rising even more. He smiled more and remained in place as I floated up to him. I looked down seeing the ground growing slowly growing small. I looked up to see David now stuffing his gloves in his pocket and holding both his hands out to me. My hair seemed to float around my face as I raised my hands out to meet his.

Just as I was getting close, David moved up some. He smirked in reply as if testing me and I gave him a deviant look before moving more to meet him. After moving higher a few more times, and me still reaching for him, our hands, our claws finally connected. It was weird how I could feel his body when I couldn't before. He wasn't cold anymore but had some temperature to him. He was barely warm. Now he pulled me into him, wrapped his arms around my waist and I around his shoulders.

"We are one." he whispered.

"Finally one." I answered against his lips before leaning in to kiss him passionately. And now a new beginning was just starting out for the both of us.