It is a cold Friday night and she is looking at her new house, actually her old house, but it feels like it is all new to her because it has been years since the last time she was there. Peridot hopes to feel at home soon, however, she isn't so confident about that. Whenever she finds a new home, she messes up with and it is not even on purpose. The thing is that she always does something to regret later. She ends up in situations that don't give her any other option except for moving to another country far away from the last one.
Peridot can't control herself all the time often and people can easily drive her crazy, what turns up to be a problem. Death is always the result in those situations, she is a vampire, after all. Peridot is used to the human blood so when someone makes her angry, they don't usually live to tell the story in the next morning.
Every time she moves to a new place, people start to talk about her. The way she lives makes people feel uncomfortable. They find weird a 21 years old who is too pale, never wants to hangout and doesn't work or go to the University. She just exists, all by herself.
As a vampire Peridot prefers living in small towns rather than living in big cities. She can find other vampires in those places, making her feel more comfortable, however, this time things would be a little bit weird for her. The blond girl decided to come back to her family's house, but the problem is that humans are living inside of it now. But they are not just any human beings, they are the descendants of some of her friends back during the 1800's.
Descendants of wolves and witches. People from her world.
Peridot knows she should be happy to be around people from her world, but the woman is not okay with the idea of living with "humans". Wrong are the ones who think she wanted to come back, but she was running out of ideas, she didn't have another choice.
It was starting to get hard to find places where people don't remember her or small towns where people do not find the way she lives suspicious. Especially during this century.
She could choose to control their minds and make they forget about her, but she would need to do that with everyone in town, making her go into a hibernation state. It is always easier to move to another country.
The short vampire finally takes a deep breath and walks towards the front door to knock on it. She has to wait a few seconds before someone opens it.
It is a short girl like her who shows up in front of the door. She has a long brown hair that dances along with the wind once she opens the door. "The vampire is here!" She shouts towards inside the house after sniffing the air around Peridot.
The vampire looks at the other girl, shocked. "Could you please not scream that? Someone can hear you!" Peridot says, looking around the front yard.
"It's Friday night, dude. People have better things to do." She crosses her arms and smiles. "Pearl told me that you're not discreet at all, so, why do you even care if someone finds out about you?"
"I want to spend at least one week around, you know." Peridot crosses her arms too. "Who are you?"
"My name is Amethyst."
"And what are you?" The vampire looks at the other girl, trying to find out her species.
"Wolf… Werewolf." Amethyst smiles.
"How many people live here?" The blond girl looks at inside the house.
"We have two wolves, two witches and a vampire." Amethyst looks inside Peridot's eyes. "And there are the kids too."
"Wait..." Peridot shakes her head. "Kids?" She asks, surprised.
"Yes. A vampire, a witch and a werewolf kid." Amethyst counts with her fingers. "They are nice."
"A vampire kid?" Peridot looks at Amethyst, honestly shocked. "How is that?"
"He is a kid and he is a vampire. What is the deal? You ask too many questions, don't you think?"
Peridot ignores the werewolf and looks at the sky. "So, are you gonna invite me in or I will have to wait until someone else shows up?" She looks back at the werewolf. "Since I left Pearl in charge of the house, it doesn't allow me to get inside without asking permission."
"I will give you permission only if you promise me something." The brown-haired woman crosses her arms.
"What is that?" Peridot rolls her eyes.
"You're not gonna drink the blood of the people who live inside this house. You're not gonna mess up with the kids and you're definitely not gonna control anyone else's mind." The werewolf says with a serious face.
"Okay." Peridot shakes hands with Amethyst.
"Please, come in." Amethyst smiles again.
"Thank you." Peridot says, stepping inside the house.
"Come with me. Most of us are already asleep." Amethyst says, going upstairs.
"Where are we going?" Peridot looks at the werewolf.
"Well, since we don't have enough rooms anymore. I'm gonna introduce you to your roommate." Amethyst continues her walk.
"Wait... roommate?!" Peridot freaks out. "Pearl didn't mention to me any roommates."
"She is probably awake right now. You know, kids don't sleep so easily." The brunette shrugs.
"Who is she?" Peridot uses her speed powers and runs towards Amethyst.
"She is a werewolf and she has a daughter." Amethyst knocks the door.
"Yes?" Someone from inside the room asks.
"The vampire is here!" Amethyst shouts. "What is your name again?" She looks at Peridot.
"My name is Peridot." She crosses her arms and rolls her eyes.
"Her name is Peridot!" Amethyst shouts again before someone opens the door.
"Tell me one more time, why do I need to be her roommate?" A medium-high girl with blue hair asks.
"Because you have the biggest room around here, Lapis." Amethyst places her hands on her waist.
"Okay." The girl named Lapis looks at Peridot from the top to bottom. "Come in." She turns her back at Amethyst. "And don't try anything funny."
"See you guys later." Amethyst goes away and Peridot closes the door behind her.
"Don't worry. I don't drink werewolf's blood." Peridot sits on a chair.
"I'm not worried." Lapis picks up a baby from a crib next to the window. "Hey, honey." She plays with the baby on her arms. "We have a new roommate." She looks at Peridot.
"Is she your daughter?" Peridot asks with curiosity.
"No, I kidnapped her." Lapis rolls her eyes. "Yes, she is my daughter. She is mine." She smiles at the baby.
"What is your name again?" Peridot asks.
"Lapis Lazuli." Lapis sits on her bed.
"Lazuli, hun?" The vampire looks away from her roommates, making a mysterious face Lapis isn't able to read.
"Yeah." Lapis holds her baby closer.
"And her name is?" Peridot looks at the window.
"Malachite." Lapis takes a deep breath. "Look… Peridot, right?"
"Yes." The vampire looks back at the blue haired girl.
"So, Peridot, we need to let things clear here. First, I don't trust you. Second, if you try anything, I am gonna torture you under the sun. Third one, we are not friends." Lapis stares at her roommate, trying to make herself clear.
"Okay, Lazuli." Peridot looks around. "I'm gonna get used to that and I can walk under the sun, if you wanna know, some friends from the past helped me out with that problem."
"Fine." Lapis holds her daughter near to her chest.
The vampire takes a long look at the other girl. "She is a newborn." Peridot says. "Just one month old, if I am right." She smiles.
The werewolf looks at the vampire shocked. "How do you know that?"
"The way you hold her... it can tell a lot about you and your kid. Werewolves have this way of holding their newborns children. Your instincts are running crazy right now. How is that?" Peridot reads Lapis with a lot of naturality in her voice, making the werewolf feel a little bit uncomfortable.
The werewolf doesn't say anything, she just looks at her child.
"Don't worry. I won't kill her. I'm not a bad vampire." Peridot smiles.
"I heard them. You kill people." Lapis looks at the vampire. "And that is really bad in my opinion."
"Only when I think they deserve it." Peridot stands up from the chair.
"How old are you?" Lapis suddenly asks.
"210 years old." Peridot walks towards the window.
"And you haven't learn anything..." Lapis holds Malachite's hand.
"What do you mean?" The vampire asks, confused.
"I mean that you should, at least, have learn, after all those years, that things change. You should start to rethink your killer habits and change them as well." The blue haired girl looks at Peridot.
"You say that because you don't need to live by this way." The blond vampire looks at Lapis.
"There are vampires in this house and they don't kill people or steal blood. They find other ways to survive." Lapis says in an angry tone of voice.
"Animal blood?" Peridot asks.
"Yes... That is one of the ways." The werewolf shrugs.
"That makes us weak." Peridot makes a fist with one of her hands. "They should steal blood from the hospital."
"Pearl doesn't look like a weak vampire to me." Lapis caresses Malachite's hair. "And she doesn't steal blood from the hospital. It's wrong."
"I don't believe Pearl just drinks animal blood." Peridot shrugs. "I really don't."
"We never saw her killing anyone or stealing." Lapis holds Malachite close to her head and kisses the baby's forehead.
"We're vampires. We kill and steal silently." Peridot crosses her arms. "No one ever notices."
"Except for you. They always find out about you." Lapis looks briefly at the vampire.
The vampire looks at the other girl, surprised. Peridot can't believe that this girl is not even a little bit scared of her. She is in a room with an unknown vampire and still acts like herself. Peridot thinks it is something incredible.
"I have some problems with my anger sometimes." The vampire opens the window.
"You know, now that you're living here, things will need to change in your life." The werewolf starts to change her daughter's clothes.
"Unfortunately, I know." The vampire stands up on the windowsill.
"Peridot, I don't know you, but I think that you being here right now, listening to me, shows that you, at least, wanna try to live in a different way." Lapis smiles at Malachite.
"Maybe..." Peridot looks at the werewolf and her daughter. "I don't know if I really want to change..."
"You should, for your best."
The blond girl looks at the ceiling. "Why do you even care about this topic?" Peridot asks curiosity.
Lapis looks at the vampire. "Like you said... My instincts are running crazy and I won't let you hurt anyone." She holds her daughter again and gives her a tiny stuffed animal.
"I see." The vampire places her hands on her waist. "Life is not easy for me." She dramatically says. "My poor unfortunate soul."
"Okay. I'm stuck with a killer, weird and crazy vampire. Thanks Pearl!" Lapis stands up and Peridot starts to laugh.
"I don't get what is funny about this." The werewolf girl looks at the blond vampire. "You're really weird... I was talking seriously, you know." She sits again.
"It's a thing that used to happen in the past. You won't understand." Peridot continues laughing. "Pearl would understand. She was always there."
"What are you talking about?" Lapis asks, confused.
"Well." Peridot uses her speed to sit next to Lapis. "You know that this is my family's house, right?"
"Yes… Pearl mentioned that, when she was explaining why you were coming and why we had to let you in." Lapis takes some distance from Peridot.
"When my parents died, I invited some friends to live with me. Before I decided to leave and let Pearl take care of the place. I had lots of fun with all of my friends." Peridot smiles. "Ingrid Lazuli was my favorite."
"She is one of my ancestors..." Lapis is finally interested in what Peridot has to say.
"Yes and she is also the best friend I ever had." Peridot looks at the sky outside the window.
"Why are you telling me this?" Lapis looks at Peridot's face.
"Because you just said something she always told me. Whenever I was telling a bad joke or acting weird, she always ended with a 'Thanks Pearl'." The vampire smiles.
"What Pearl has to do with it?" The werewolf asks confused.
"Well, I met your gran-gran-grandmother because of Pearl." Peridot chuckles with the memory.
"That is interesting." Lapis smiles. "I don't know much about the history of my family. When I decided to come and live with the others, in other words, when I found out that our families' friendship was hundreds of years old... I ran away. My parents never got the chance to tell me all the stories."
"You never went back to your parents?" The vampire raises an eyebrow.
"No..." Lapis looks at her daughter. "I wanted to stay here with my friends like all my ancestors did..." She smiles. "You know what is funny?"
"What?" Peridot asks, but not really interested in that talk.
"I didn't think they would all agree to stay here. When I asked them about the idea, I found out that Amethyst was already coming. So, in the end, I didn't need to ask anyone to come with me, they were all coming by themselves." Lapis giggles.
"How much time have you been around?" The vampire looks at the baby.
"Since I was 17..." Lapis scratches the back of her head.
"And how old are you now?" Peridot widens her eyes.
"26." The werewolf holds her daughter's hand.
"They probably tried to track you." Peridot shrugs.
"Who?" Lapis asks confused.
"Your parents of course." The blond girl stares at the werewolf.
"They know where I am, they don't need to do that." The blue haired girl hold Malachite next to her chest.
"And they never came to visit?" Peridot asks confused.
"No." Lapis smiles at her baby.
"Do you miss them?" The vampire looks at her hands.
"Sometimes..." Lapis looks at a ring on her finger.
"Isn't it bad for a werewolf to be alone?" Peridot looks at the moon.
"I'm not alone." The werewolf smiles at her daughter again.
"Yeah, you have a daughter... and someone you're dating." The vampire stands up and walks towards the chair next to the door.
Lapis laughs. "I have a daughter, but I'm not dating. I thought I had found my soulmate, but she was not the one." She takes a breath. "At least something good came out from that relationship..." Lapis plays with Malachite's hair and then they stay in silence for a while.
Peridot was appreciating the conversation because she was getting to know Lapis, which is something good. The girl is so much like her ancestor Ingrid, what makes things easier for the vampire.
"Do you sleep?" Lapis suddenly asks.
"No. I am not used to that..." The blond girl looks at the king-sized bed. "You don't need to worry about sharing your bed with a vampire."
"I was not worried about that." Lapis stands up and places Malachite, who fell asleep, on the crib.
"I am gonna go to sleep." The werewolf girl walks towards the curtains and closes them. After that, she walks towards her bed. "Don't touch anything and don't bring blood to the room. We have a fridge with animal blood downstairs, if you need." She sits on the bed. "And don't wake me up until Malachite is awake." She turns off the light. "And... don't open the curtains until I say so."
"Okay." Peridot walks towards the door and decides to take a walk around the house, while everyone else is sleeping.
"So, how was it?" When Peridot goes out of the room, someone suddenly asks.
The blond girl looks around, trying to find out who was talking to her.
"On the ceiling." The person says.
Peridot looks up and starts to laugh. "What are you doing up there?"
"I was trying to make you feel confused." The person goes down and hugs Peridot. "It's so good to see you again."
"You too, Pearl." Peridot smiles. "It's good to be at home again."
"After all these years... You didn't change a thing. Not even the short haircut."
"Some things never change." Peridot smiles at the tall vampire in front of her.
"So, how did it go with Lapis?" Pearl suddenly asks, again.
"You know how it was. You were probably listening to the whole thing." Peridot crosses her arms.
"Well... yes." Pearl says, a little bit embarrassed.
"She is so much like Ingrid..." Peridot tells Pearl.
"Yes, she is." Pearl looks at the door. "Much more than you think." The taller of the two looks at the stairs.
"So..." Peridot changes the topic. "I heard there is a vampire kid around here. How did you do that?" She looks at Pearl's blue eyes. "I mean, I know you wouldn't turn a child into a vampire."
"You're right... I wouldn't do that." Pearl takes a deep breath. "You remember Rose, right?"
A.n.: So, why a new story?
Well, I had a crazy and weird dream about my best friend. No, she didn't turn into any supernatural being. But, I needed to get my mind off that dream because it was kinda scary. So, I decided to write this to help me to think about something else.
Why vampires, witches and werewolves? Because I was reading this book called "Prom Nights From Hell"
There was this sentence "Bad spirits can't go into a house if they were not invited." And this gave me the idea to get my mind off the dream.
Hope you like it!
Sorry for typos or grammar mistakes.
See you!