Chapter 6
We arrived in Florida the day before my birthday. We checked into a hotel in Tampa and I told Dad I would be back soon. Although I had never been to Florida before, the map I had of Tampa and its surrounding towns and cities would get me to where I wanted to go.

I pulled onto Bevlin Drive within half an hour of leaving the hotel. The house was located at the end of the road on the left hand side of the dead end road.

I parked the van and walked up to the door. I checked my watch and saw it was four thirty, fifteen minutes before sunset.

I walked into the house, knowing Ethan would be asleep.

I looked around and saw I was standing in a kitchen. I took a left in the dining room, walking into the living room. I looked in the first door to my left. In there was two boys lying on some beds. I quietly closed the door and moved to the next door. There was a man about his middle twenties with black hair, asleep on the bed. I closed the door and looked into the next two rooms. In each of them was a girl around twenty years old, each with black hair. In the last room was a girl about nineteen with long, blond hair. That wasn't the wierd thing. All the others had been asleep, but this one was awake! I turned around and saw a door at the other end of the house. I walked to it at almost a run and opened it.

Lying on the bed was Ethan. I looked at my watch again. Oh, no! It was four fourty-five! I started heading into the living room where I had left my purse. When I was halfway through the living room, all five doors opened, and the six people that were in them walked out.

They saw me all at once and started coming towards me. Suddenly, someone behind me spoke.

"If any of you touch her, you will ALL answer to me."

I turned around and saw Ethan.

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Chapter 7
I turned around slowly, looking at Ethan. I could tell he didn't recognize me.

"Hello, Ethan." I said. The sound of my voice must have triggered a switch in Ethan's memory.

"Kerry?" he asked quietly.

I ran to him and hugged him as he swung me around. Then he put me down and started asking me questions.

"How did you find me? I thought I told you in my letter that I would be back in July?" He asked.

"How do you think I found you? I called Florida Info. You should have made them make your number an unlisted phone number. And I wanted to come down to spend my birthday with you."

"Oh. By the way, Kerry, these are some of my friends. Starting on the left is Ray and Seymour. Then you see Yaksha. Next comes the sisters, Lalita and Kalika. And their mother, Sita."

"Hello." I said, smiling at them.

I heard heys and hellos from different people.

"Why don't we go for a drive, Kerry?" Ethan asks.

I said okay and we left the house.

As soon as Ethan saw the van, he turned to me, asking, "Do you drive any better than you did?"

I grinned and we climbed in. I started up the car, turned around and pulled out of the driveway.

We drove to the beach and watched the sky grow darker and darker.

"So, are they?" I asked him, knowing he knew I was talking about the group at his house.

"Yes, they are. Although Sita and Yaksha are the oldest, Kalika is the strongest of them all with Yaksha and Sita coming in close."

"Are there any other types of vampires?"

"Yes, there are at least three different types that I have found so far. So, when's your birthday?"

"Tomorrow. I'm going to spend the day with Dad and Ian, then I have no idea what." I said, hoping he would get what I was trying to say.

"Okay, I can take a hint. How about a birthday party at my house. No, your dad and Ian cannot come. I can't be responsible for them as well as you. I'll pick you up at 6:30."

"Okay. I have to get back to the hotel." I started the van up and drove Ethan home, then drove myself to the hotel..

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Chapter eight will be coming soon. I just wanted to say something to all the people who might say something about the fact that I made Sita, Yaksha, Lalita, Kalika, Seymour, and Ray still vampires. Yes, I know that all of these people died and Sita went back into the past to destroy her vampiric maker, Yaksha. I have read all six of the books. This is my story, I can make it how I want. I liked all three of these characters and,about Lalita being a vampire, it is not impossible for another vampire to have gone and made her a vampire after Sita left India. Just wanted to clear that up.