10. You're not alone!
Meanwhile Hannah arrived at the house long ago.
She breathed out once more, climbed over the fence and sneaked to the house. While she thought about how she should come into the house at all she noticed an open window. There it was a sultry night the inhabitants left carelessly a window open. Hannah was glad about it and climbed in. Now she stood a moment undecided at the dark hall. Then she walked, as magical lured, directly towards a door and opened it carefully. She ended up in the room of the daughter of the Sorcerer.
"Fortunately, nobody's here, actually strange! It's far after midnight and they don't sleep yet. Actually, why I walked at first into this room? That's very strange... I wonder if I'll probably find the curse here." Hannah whispered and walked up to the completely packed bookshelf. "Uh, the books are only about occultism and stuff like that! Uh, here's also a book about vampires! Maybe there's something about the curse..." She took the book from the shelf and began to read it impressed. She became so absorbed in the book that she completely forgot everything around her. Even when she suddenly heard footsteps, which came closer, she dropped the book and listened to the steps. Then she put the book hurried at the bureau and hid herself.
There the door was opened and the daughter came into the room. After she switched the light on her glance fell down right now at the book. In a way of reflex she reached for the stake on the table and started to search for Hannah.
Hannah was terrible scared and trembled, because she did know very well that she could be killed, if she'll be discovered. The girl came closer to her hiding place. Hannah thought, "If I maybe should bite the one, who comes there? But where shall I knowfrom how much blood I can take to avoid that I kill him and complete the transformation into a vampire that way? Um, maybe it's better to let it be, better safe than sorry! I don't want to risk something!" There the daughter came to her hiding place.
When she saw Hannah, who trembled for fear, she only sneered mocking and said scornful, "Yeah what do we have there? Isn't this one of the vampires-to-be? What gets me the honour? Are you perhaps searching for the curse? There I have to disappoint you. That isn't with me! And now come out there! And no stupidities! Otherwise I have to use this to you! You certainly know what this here is and what I can do to you with it, don't you?" Hannah nodded slowly, stared fearful at the stake and said heavy swallowing, "Yeah, I know! But I don't want to feel it!" "Come on!" the girl said, grabbed Hannah's arm and pulled her out of her hiding place. "Don't dare to bite me! This crucifix will keep you from it!" With that she pointed at her - although reversed - crucifix on her necklace, but it was a crucifix yet.
She seized Hannah tighter, held the stake directly at her heart, pulled her with herself and shouted, "Daddy, Daddy! Come here! We've get visit! Guess who comes to visit us at such a late time!" The Sorcerer came for the calls of his daughter. When Hannah saw him she had to swallow again. "Uh, what do you know? One of the little apple-thieves! As you can recognize without difficulty our curse hasn't miss its effect! I suppose that you're in search of this, aren't you?" With that he held a small scroll in front of her. Hannah could read on it: 'The vampire - curse'. "What... what have you planned with me now?" Hannah stammered. Instead of an answer she got a heavy slap in the face from the Sorcerer, which made her silent for short time.