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Part 2
I don't even know how I can begin to describe what it feels like to wake up and realise that you're a vampire. To quote John Quinn, ex-Redfern heir, 'Waking up from the dead is an experience you don't forget'. Man, he had that right.
At first I thought I was dreaming, I didn't remember anything except coming home from my date with Seth. I was in an unfamiliar room I didn't recognise. The room was large and almost circular in shape. The large double bed I was lying in wasn't mine. The upholstery on the furniture was patterns of twisted flowers and thorns in dark, depressing colours. Clearly expensive, there was a lot of gold and ivory trimmings.
There was a large desk with my computer, and my stereo. The book shelves were filled with by books and CDs and some of my stuffed animal collection. (Hey, I was eighteen, but I still loved to collect cuddly toys, who doesn't?) I dragged myself out of bed, feeling extremely strange, as if I were sleep walking.
Someone had at least made something of an effort to make the room look like mine, even though I knew it wasn't. I stumbled over to a large arch shaped window. The view below was not the one of my street back in Somersfield. It was desolate, bleak, like there was nothing out there but some rainy dull Mooreland that seemed to stretch on forever. I could see some tall trees dotted about every now and then, blowing in what looked like a very strong wind.
I felt like I'd been dropped into the setting of an updated version of Wurthering Heights. (I actually only read the first three chapters when we were assigned to read the book, but if I had to describe the settling, it would be like where I was now.)
I heard voices in the hall. One was a woman's voice, sounding not that much older than me. She was clearly royally pissed off. The other voice I heard was Seth's. He sounded disdainful, like he wasn't all that bothered. I didn't know at the time the female voice was that of Seth's girlfriend Raina.
While talking to some Daybreakers, I noticed something else that seems to have a similar consistency in most of the stories. Have you noticed this too? Their names seem to have some sort of meaning to their character. Like Seth was the name of a god of chaos. And his girlfriend Raina, means reaper. To my books as in "grim reaper". (I don't know what my own name means).
The bad guys normally have names that mean something dark and evil and bad, while the good guys have names that have good virtues, like strength and beauty and bravery. I'll have a few more examples of these when I bring the good guys into it. (And the villain that ends up good even though they never want to believe it. See if you can guess who he might be).
"What the hell were you thinking!?" the woman (Raina) was screeching furiously. "You're not supposed to go around changing vermin without permission! I'm pretty sure the Night World laws in Scotland are the same as they are in America, and everywhere else!"
"I was bored." That was Seth, I recognised his snotty British tone. (I'm not implying that British people are snotty, by any way, he just was.) "And she was cute."
Cute? He'd done this to me because he was *bored* and thought I was *cute?* I hadn't quite figured out what he'd done to me yet, but I knew he'd done something. And I knew I was going to be even more pissed off when I found out what he'd done.
"I'm not enough for you?" Raina's tone was colder, still furious, but colder.
"You're great. But still." Seth again.
From the casual, dismissive tone of his voice I couldn't believe I'd ever been interested in him. If I wasn't so shallow I might have noticed he was a total creep. Of course when you're ordinary and some mysterious gorgeous guy suddenly takes an interest in you, you don't stop to think that he might have ulterior motives, and it never occurs that he might be a vampire. Because to the sane average mind that's just totally nuts.
"You could use some lightening up. And some company."
"You arrogant bastard!" A string of other expletives followed that I'm far too nice to repeat. I couldn't believe they were actually coming from a woman's mouth. They were followed by the sounds of footsteps storming off. I'd never remembered my haring being this good before.
I heard keys rattling and the door opened. I was locked in a tower? Who the hell did this guy think he was? Looking back at it now, the whole thing seems almost extremely amusing. At the time, of course, I didn't see it that way.
"How do you feel?" Seth asked, smiling at me.
"Weird. Where am I? What's going on?"
"You're at my home. Well, you're home now. I even brought some of your stuff." He gestured around at my things.
I still didn't get it. "Yeah. I see. Why?" My mind was screaming the answer at me, but I was too dumb to actually listen to it. Everything was starting to slowly come together and reluctantly make sense.
"Because I brought you here." Seth's tone was patient. "Once you get used to it, you'll like being a vampire. You'll like the Night World better than the vermin world."
I wasn't sure I was hearing him right. "I'll like being a vampire?" I repeated dully. I'm not going to go into all my shock and horror at the discovery of the Night World and an explanation of its history and where it came from and stuff. You probably already know (even though you're not supposed to).
"Yes. You'll be hungry soon. Someone'll bring you someone to eat." And with that he left, locking the door behind him. Some*one* to eat, obviously meant...I was going to have to drink their blood. Eew.
So that was how I became a vampire. But I'm not finished yet. I'm only just getting started.
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Part 2
I don't even know how I can begin to describe what it feels like to wake up and realise that you're a vampire. To quote John Quinn, ex-Redfern heir, 'Waking up from the dead is an experience you don't forget'. Man, he had that right.
At first I thought I was dreaming, I didn't remember anything except coming home from my date with Seth. I was in an unfamiliar room I didn't recognise. The room was large and almost circular in shape. The large double bed I was lying in wasn't mine. The upholstery on the furniture was patterns of twisted flowers and thorns in dark, depressing colours. Clearly expensive, there was a lot of gold and ivory trimmings.
There was a large desk with my computer, and my stereo. The book shelves were filled with by books and CDs and some of my stuffed animal collection. (Hey, I was eighteen, but I still loved to collect cuddly toys, who doesn't?) I dragged myself out of bed, feeling extremely strange, as if I were sleep walking.
Someone had at least made something of an effort to make the room look like mine, even though I knew it wasn't. I stumbled over to a large arch shaped window. The view below was not the one of my street back in Somersfield. It was desolate, bleak, like there was nothing out there but some rainy dull Mooreland that seemed to stretch on forever. I could see some tall trees dotted about every now and then, blowing in what looked like a very strong wind.
I felt like I'd been dropped into the setting of an updated version of Wurthering Heights. (I actually only read the first three chapters when we were assigned to read the book, but if I had to describe the settling, it would be like where I was now.)
I heard voices in the hall. One was a woman's voice, sounding not that much older than me. She was clearly royally pissed off. The other voice I heard was Seth's. He sounded disdainful, like he wasn't all that bothered. I didn't know at the time the female voice was that of Seth's girlfriend Raina.
While talking to some Daybreakers, I noticed something else that seems to have a similar consistency in most of the stories. Have you noticed this too? Their names seem to have some sort of meaning to their character. Like Seth was the name of a god of chaos. And his girlfriend Raina, means reaper. To my books as in "grim reaper". (I don't know what my own name means).
The bad guys normally have names that mean something dark and evil and bad, while the good guys have names that have good virtues, like strength and beauty and bravery. I'll have a few more examples of these when I bring the good guys into it. (And the villain that ends up good even though they never want to believe it. See if you can guess who he might be).
"What the hell were you thinking!?" the woman (Raina) was screeching furiously. "You're not supposed to go around changing vermin without permission! I'm pretty sure the Night World laws in Scotland are the same as they are in America, and everywhere else!"
"I was bored." That was Seth, I recognised his snotty British tone. (I'm not implying that British people are snotty, by any way, he just was.) "And she was cute."
Cute? He'd done this to me because he was *bored* and thought I was *cute?* I hadn't quite figured out what he'd done to me yet, but I knew he'd done something. And I knew I was going to be even more pissed off when I found out what he'd done.
"I'm not enough for you?" Raina's tone was colder, still furious, but colder.
"You're great. But still." Seth again.
From the casual, dismissive tone of his voice I couldn't believe I'd ever been interested in him. If I wasn't so shallow I might have noticed he was a total creep. Of course when you're ordinary and some mysterious gorgeous guy suddenly takes an interest in you, you don't stop to think that he might have ulterior motives, and it never occurs that he might be a vampire. Because to the sane average mind that's just totally nuts.
"You could use some lightening up. And some company."
"You arrogant bastard!" A string of other expletives followed that I'm far too nice to repeat. I couldn't believe they were actually coming from a woman's mouth. They were followed by the sounds of footsteps storming off. I'd never remembered my haring being this good before.
I heard keys rattling and the door opened. I was locked in a tower? Who the hell did this guy think he was? Looking back at it now, the whole thing seems almost extremely amusing. At the time, of course, I didn't see it that way.
"How do you feel?" Seth asked, smiling at me.
"Weird. Where am I? What's going on?"
"You're at my home. Well, you're home now. I even brought some of your stuff." He gestured around at my things.
I still didn't get it. "Yeah. I see. Why?" My mind was screaming the answer at me, but I was too dumb to actually listen to it. Everything was starting to slowly come together and reluctantly make sense.
"Because I brought you here." Seth's tone was patient. "Once you get used to it, you'll like being a vampire. You'll like the Night World better than the vermin world."
I wasn't sure I was hearing him right. "I'll like being a vampire?" I repeated dully. I'm not going to go into all my shock and horror at the discovery of the Night World and an explanation of its history and where it came from and stuff. You probably already know (even though you're not supposed to).
"Yes. You'll be hungry soon. Someone'll bring you someone to eat." And with that he left, locking the door behind him. Some*one* to eat, obviously meant...I was going to have to drink their blood. Eew.
So that was how I became a vampire. But I'm not finished yet. I'm only just getting started.
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