2. Effects
But the man couldn't forget it so fast and either couldn't forgive them. The friends didn't know that the man, his wife and his children could practise magic and they were wizards and witches. The man was so furious with the friends that he invented a cruel and mean plan: he 'enchanted' them with help of his family. He transformed them into 'vampires' they turned into slowly but surely.
A few days later the 'curse' began to work and the 'transformation' took place. It started with it that the friends were terrible tired during the day but were awake at night in return and they hadn't right appetite any longer for the food they got but for something else, something they didn't know yet. That was very strange with Michelle, because she didn't even touch her - usually so dearly loved - chocolate any more.
Sarah noticed first that there was something wrong with her reflection. When she stood in front of the mirror one morning before washing she saw her reflection only very hazy and 'blurred'. "Hey, what's the matter with my reflection? Um, it has to be connected with it that I haven't slept this night again and I'm even very tired now. By the way, the Vampire Hunting was quite hard as well. I'll wash myself at first. Maybe it's better then!" she murmured. But after she washed herself it still wasn't better. "What's that? Is this because of the mirror?" she wondered and tried out all mirrors in the house. But it was all the same with them: her reflection wasn't any longer that what it used to be before. It was blurred and it seemed to her as if it disappeared more and more of the mirror. "This can't be true! What's going on?" she wondered desperately. But she decided to do nothing at first. Maybe it would be better again.
Although it was quite nice weather outside the friends didn't go outside and avoided the sun, because it 'hurt' them! They only stayed in their rooms, which they blacked out, so that the sun couldn't come in. Catherine's mother spoke to Catherine about it, "Tell me, Catherine. There is so nice weather outside and you are here inside! What's the matter?" "Uh Mom, I don't like to go outside. The sun hurts me always so bad!" Catherine only replied. Her mother looked at her and thought, "Um, that's strange! It isn't so hot outside! But something is wrong with Catherine. Well, she will have a reason if she won't go outside. But I won't force her to tell it to me. She should come to me voluntary." So she left Catherine alone. But she called a doctor, who examined her about it. But he couldn't find anything. Only that she didn't respond to sunlight well.
Sarah didn't get on it better, too. She hoped so much that something positive would change at her reflection, but this wasn't in any case. On the contrary: one morning her reflection was only a shadow of herself. She couldn't stand it any longer and tried find out the reason for that. But there she didn't know at all where she should begin she went to Monsieur Londres, who meanwhile got a very close friend to her and nearly something like her father, and described him her discovery. This one listened to her story silently and turned then to his books. Sarah waited impatient in his living room. When he came back he held a black book in his hand. Sarah could read at the book the inscription 'Vampires – or the wander around Undead'. Monsieur Londres gave it to her. Sarah took it confused and asked, "What am I to do with this? I already know nearly everything about vampires! By the way, this is a quite silly title. What's this stupid book supposed to be? It certainly won't be useful with my present problem..." "Sarah, the matter is very serious. You shouldn't make fun of about it!" Monsieur Londres admonished her. "I already do it, that's why I'm laughing!" Sarah replied pointed. Monsieur Londres looked at her and continued, "Sarah, there's something I didn't tell you about vampires up to now..."