2. The dream

It took some time until fell in a nearly nightmareful sleep and dreamed strange things: at first she saw a big book, which was bound in leather. One page was opened.

There stood written in old letters: Into each generation a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world. A Chosen One. One born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires to stop the spread of their evil…

Then the picture changed and she saw a girl, maybe just 18 years old, who walked at night alone across a creepy cemetery, which consisted most of mausoleums.

Sarah noticed that she would have to be in France, to judge by the style of construction of the graves and mausoleums.

But the girl didn't seem to be afraid because she walked attentively looking for something, but still determined, across the cemetery. There a noise made her sit up. She followed the noise. It came from one of the graves with a stone-slab.

She stopped before it waiting. Shortly after that the stone-slab was lifted and a person got out of the grave.

There the girl said anything in French to this person, but, strangely enough, Sarah could understand it although her French wasn't very well, "Bonjour, Chéri! I guess you unfortunately have chosen the wrong time to get up!" But before the person from the grave could react the girl lifted her arm, in that she held a wooden-stake and pushed it straight into the heart of the man. The man let out a sound, stared at the girl and suddenly broke up into dust.

There Sarah understood that this man was a vampire and the girl hunted the vampires.

The girl nodded satisfied and turned around to the cemetery. When she passed one of the many mausoleums a tall and strong vampire, that she hadn't neither heard coming nor seen, attacked her. Surprised about the attack the girl fell to the ground and before she could defend herself she was grabbed by the vampire and thrown into the mausoleum. There she ran against a stone-coffin, which stood in the middle of the room.

When the girl rose up and turned around the vampire sneered at her and meant, "Ah! There I've caught an especially delicate prey." "Well, if you knew who I am, I wouldn't get you well any more!" the girl talked lively straight ahead. "Really? And who are you that I wouldn't kill you then any more?" The girl grinned and said casually, "Don't you know that? Should there really be any vampire here in Paris who doesn't know me? All right. My name is Valerie de Saint Chantal. I'm the Slayer!"

The vampire stared at her and meant then nearly mocking, "Well, you are a Slayer? Very interesting!" Valerie, the Slayer, shook her head and replied, "No, no! That's false! I'm not A Slayer, but THE Slayer! There's only one!" "And that's you? That's nice! Bien! Then I'll get the pleasure of Slayer-blood at least!" "Well, come on and get it!" she provoked the vampire, lifted her stake and changed her position quickly when the vampire came up to her.

There she wanted already to push but the vampire was very fast as well. "Not bad!" he admitted. "Well, that's the Slayer!" Valerie answered and avoided an attack of the vampire again after she had tried to catch him.

"Uh! Why don't we simply come to an end? You give up and let me bite you. You waste my time!" "Hey! I waste your time? Are you kidding? Actually, I had anything else to do tonight as well. But that's still impossible, 'cause I've still to do with you! So, don't tell me that I waste your time! By the way, doesn't have vampires endless time?" she scoffed. "We have! But you shouldn't be my only meal for tonight. Well, let's be brief!" "I don't mind!" With that she rushed to the vampire but this defended himself with a rough punch, so that Valerie bumped staggered against the wall and lost her only stake. She wanted to get it but the vampire smashed it away, deep into the darkness of the mausoleum. She could hardly hold herself upright.

Then he pulled her legs with a powerful kick away. Valerie fell down to the ground. The vampire rushed immediately towards her, sat down with his knees on her, so that she could hardly breathe. The Slayer defended herself desperately. She got aware of her unpleasant situation. Valerie kicked and beat against the vampire, but he clenched her arms with a rough grasp. The girl made a face.

Suddenly Sarah found herself in this mausoleum. Valerie noticed her presence, turned the head towards her and begged, "Please, Sarah, help me!"

But Sarah was so surprised about it that she couldn't move.

The vampire sneered at the Slayer. There he bared his terrible sharp and long canine teeth. The girl fought still desperately and trembled now. The vampire lowered his head and got near her neck. Then he suddenly bit her. The Slayer screamed and defended herself, but it was no use for her any more, because the vampire held her tight merciless and sucked enjoyed her blood, until there was nothing left of it. The vampire let the girl go. Now she lay lifeless on the ground. Valerie was dead.

"The Slayer is dead, the only Slayer! And I have killed her!" the vampire said proudly to himself.

Then he turned around, looked at Sarah sneering and came towards her…