This story is a take on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It takes place in an
alternate universe where, still, there are vampires. These vampires are
creatures of the night, stronger than any human. They do have weaknesses
however, such as the Christian cross, the daylight and not feeding on
blood. They can be killed by a stake through the heart or beheaded. If a
vampire bites someone and transfers some of their blood to that person,
they can transform them into a vampire. When a person is turned into a
vampire, they lose their soul and a demon takes over their body,
remembering everything about that persons life, talking like that person
and looking like that person. It is not a good thing. But there is also
always a slayer to stop the vampires from reeking havoc. The vampire
slayer is called as soon as the previous one is killed and the cycle always
continues. Each slayer always has a watcher who looks after him or her to
help get the job done. The slayer is meant to be kept a secret and no one
else is supposed to know about them… In this universe, recently, a new
slayer was called, as the old one; Mary (247th) was killed by an ancient
vampire, Su-Eong, who had killed fourteen slayers in his reign. Although
she passed away, she took Su-Eong with her. Cristina (248th), as the new
slayer, moved to Richmond Hill with her father and sister, which is the
center of mystical convergence. She has yet to find her watcher as she
just learned that she was the slayer. The only person that knows of her
secret is her older sister, Beverley. She is here to stop the vampires.
EPISODE ONE – WELCOME TO RICHMOND HILL
Cristina pushed the door to their new house open while carrying one of
her suitcases. Her mother, Maria and her sister Beverley were at the car
pulling out all their stuff that they had packed. Beverley and Cristina had
convinced their mother to move to Richmond Hill. They had said that they both
wanted to go to the school there but it was really because Cristina had to
kill vampires. When she had first heard that she was the slayer, she didn't
believe it. It took almost two weeks for the council of the watchers to
convince her. Everything pointed in her direction and so she just had to
believe the story. She had much more strength than an average human being and
so that's what made her believe. It was also the fact that two weeks ago she
had gotten a visit from some vampires who were trying to kill her. That was
the first time she ever staked one of them before and it had felt good. She
was told that she was to find her watcher at the school but she was not given
any names so she was afraid that it would be difficult to find him. She
jumped as Beverley startled her from her daydreaming.
"What were you thinking about?" asked Beverley.
"Nothing, nothing…" said Cristina.
"Is it vampires?" asked Beverley.
"Shhhhhh! We shouldn't talk so loud about it in front of mom," said
Cristina.
"Fine, fine, but I would go nuts if I had the strength that you have.
You could beat up almost anyone, you know that," said Beverley.
"That's why I have the strength and you don't. You can't just abuse
the power, it has to be controlled or else everyone would know. Besides, I
trained a lot, remember. All those days and nights these past few months of
kickboxing and the martial arts. I am sure that those are going to pay off in
the end," said Cristina.
"Hey guys, why don't you give me a hand with Cristina's trunk. What
do you have in here anyways?" asked Maria.
Cristina looked as their mom put the chest down and lifted the latch.
She quickly ran to her mom's side and shut the trunk just before she opened it.
"It's…um, private stuff mom, you know, girl things," said Cristina.
Cristina could see Beverley wipe her forehead and take a sigh of
relief that their mom hadn't opened it.
"Well, at least help me carry it in, I can't do it alone," said Maria.
It was later on in the evening and the three of them sat on their
couch in front of millions of boxes. They couldn't believe how much they
still had to unpack; it was going to take a few more days for sure. Cristina
couldn't wait until the next day because they were starting at their new
school. She was desperate to know who her watcher was so that they could get
to know each other and start learning more about vampires. She wouldn't be
100 percent ready if a vampire struck at her or attacked her, so she wanted to
train.
"Mom, Cristina and I are going to go for a little late night walk,
want to join us," asked Beverley.
"No it's okay, I think I'll unpack a few more things and then hit the
sack. Don't be too late girls, remember, your first day at school tomorrow,"
said Maria.
"We won't be, we promise," said Cristina.
They grabbed their jackets and headed out the door. It was a chili
November night but it wasn't extremely cold. They headed up the street
towards the park. They had seen it on their way down the street earlier in
the day. They sat down on the swings and looked up at the clear night and the
bright stars.
"I can't believe we are here," said Beverley.
"I know, a change of life just like that," said Cristina.
"Well, lets hope you can help lots of people out. They need you here
or they will be in trouble. You're their hero and their savior," said
Beverley.
"Ya, I guess," said Cristina.
"Common, lets go back home and enjoy the rest of the night with mom,"
said Beverley.
"I don't think you should go anywhere," said a voice.
Both Cristina and Beverley looked up and saw three people standing in
front of them. They were vampires of course. They jumped quicker than the
girls expected and knocked them both off the swings. Cristina jumped up
quickly in a flip and knocked two of the vampires to the ground.
"Stay back Beverley, be careful," said Cristina.
"Okay," said Beverley getting up from her fall.
Cristina faced off with the last standing vampire and kicked him away
while the other girl and guy vampire jumped up to face Cristina again.
"Wow, three vampires in my first night, guess I should be thankful for
the practice," said Cristina.
She pulled a stake out of her jacket pocket and looked right at the
vampires.
"A wooden stake! Never leave home without one," said Cristina.
The vampires just growled and all three of them charged at Cristina
just to get knocked down again. Cristina charged forward and lunged herself
onto one of the male vampires, staking him and turning him to dust.
"One down, two to go," said Cristina.
"CRISTINA!" shouted Beverley.
Cristina spun her head around and saw a female vampire grab Beverley
and pull her neck back. Cristina jumped up and began running towards her
sister but got tripped by one of the other vampires. She jumped back up, with
the stake in her hand and put it right through the female vampires heart. She
turned back to her sister as the other female vampire bit into her neck.
"Nooooooo!" screamed Cristina.
She charged towards her sister but the other male vampire grabbed her
and spun her around only to get staked. Cristina turned back around towards
her sister to see her being sucked on by a vampire. The vampire finished
drinking and dropped Beverley to the floor.
"Well, well, well. So you are the new slayer, eh? You're pretty
tough. Oh, I'm sorry, was that your sister I just killed? My mistake," said
the female vampire.
"You will pay," said Cristina, trying to hold the tears back.
"Ha," said the female vampire.
"Who are you? You're just not an everyday vampire, I can tell," asked
Cristina maintaining her cool, trying not to let the tears out.
"Good for you then. I'm Victoria, you will be hearing my name more
often, I can tell you that much."
Victoria jumped over Beverley's body and kicked Cristina in the
stomach, knocking her to the floor. Cristina jumped back up and punched
Victoria twice in the chest sending her flying into the park slide.
"This isn't over slayer, I will be back," said Victoria, fleeing into
the night.
"Come back here bitch, I'm not done with you," screamed Cristina,
sobbing while she yelled.
Cristina walked up to her front door with Beverley in her arms crying
endlessly and wondering what to do. What was she going to tell their mom,
that Beverley was killed by a vampire? She couldn't say that, her mother
would accuse her she knew it. She put Beverley down on the pavement and
turned to put the key in the door. She knew she had to be quiet or she would
wake her mom up. Cristina couldn't stop crying but in the back of her mind
all she could think about was revenge. Already she had a mortal enemy that
she desperately wanted to kill. Cristina turned back around and looked down
where she had placed Beverley. Beverley had disappeared. Cristina couldn't
believe her eyes, where had Beverley gone. She turned back around to the door
and saw her sister standing there looking straight at her.
"Hello, sister dear," said Beverley.
She grabbed Cristina and threw her to the ground. Cristina didn't
understand what was going on, but then she realized what had happened.
"What, you aren't happy to see your sister? So what if I am a
vampire…" said Beverley.
Cristina couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her sister couldn't be one of
them, it wasn't right. Cristina couldn't help but cry.
"How could this have happened? No, not you Beverley," said Cristina.
"Oh, poor Cristina, it's too bad that you can't accept it. I guess I
will just have to kill you," laughed Beverley.
"I…I, don't know what to do," said Cristina.
"Ha, you aren't going to kill me, I know it. I guess I will just have
to give you incentive then. I wonder what mom is doing?" said Beverley.
"You wouldn't! Don't you dare touch her. I know you aren't my
sister, you are just a demon in her body and if it means I have to kill you to
free my sister's body, I will. I promise you Beverley," said Cristina.
At those words, Beverley lunged towards Cristina and knocked her to
the ground. Cristina flipped herself over and back onto her feet just before
Beverley could kick her. Both the girls exchanged some punching and kicking
until finally Cristina managed to grab Beverley with a wooden stake positioned
over her heart.
"Go on and do it. I dare you!" said Beverley.
Cristina just stood there thinking about her sister. She raised the
stake but not fast enough, and Beverley slipped out of her arms, knocking her
out of the way.
"This isn't over, sister. I will be back, I promise you," said
Beverley as she fled into the night, far away from Cristina.
Cristina fell on the grass and began crying. Her life was getting
worse and worse. She wished she had never come to Richmond Hill to fight the
vampires. Now her mother wasn't safe and her only sister was now a vampire.
What was she going to do? She decided that she better get in the house and
sneak into bed before her mom woke up. What was she going to tell her
mother? It was going to be difficult to make up a reason for her
disappearance. She would have all night to think about it but it would have
to be a good reason to convince her mother. Cristina decided that she had to
take deep breaths and concentrate on what she was going to do. To be a
vampire slayer, she would have to be strong and control her feelings.
Cristina pushed open the door and made her way into the house.
It was now seven thirty in the morning and Cristina had not gotten a
wink of sleep. She kept thinking about her sister, how devastating it must
have been for her to go through that change. Cristina sat down at the table
and pulled her bowl of cereal in front of her. There were still millions of
boxes all over the house. Cristina could hear Maria coming down the stairs,
so Cristina quickly rubbed her eyes and prepared for the worst.
"Good morning darling! Did you have a good sleep in your new room?"
asked Maria.
"I did, but I don't think Beverley did. She came down early, crying
her eyes out. She said she was going straight to school. I tried to stop her
but she ran out too fast. I guess I will talk to her at school and ask her
what was wrong," said Cristina.
"Okay, I guess. Just make sure she's okay," said Maria.
"I will, don't worry. I am sure its nothing anyways, she was probably
just upset over her friends from back home," said Cristina.
"Well, you better hurry up and get to school or you're going to be
late. Quick, here's your lunch and your bag. Get going dear," said Maria.
"Thanks mom," said Cristina grabbing her stuff and running out the
door.
Cristina was desperate to find her watcher now and tell him or her
what happened. Maybe there would be a way to help her sister out. She knew
that vampires couldn't be turned back into humans but she was sure that there
would be something she could do.
Cristina made her way up the front steps to her new high school and
looked at all the students. It seemed like a simple high school, kind of like
the one she left back home. Cristina decided that she better ask one of the
students where the library was. She would probably have a difficult time
finding it herself anyways. She looked and saw a group of girls standing by a
water fountain. She approached them and they all stared at her.
"Hi, I'm Cristina."
"And your point is," said one of the girls.
"Um…I am new here and I was wondering if one of you could show me
where the library is," asked Cristina.
"Ohh, so you're that new girl that everyone was talking about. You
just started here and you already want to find books. Can you say loser,"
said one of the girls.
They all broke into laughter except one of the girls who spoke up.
"Sure, I will show you," said the one girl.
"Thanks," said Cristina.
"Evelyn, if you are going to hang around this loser don't bother
calling us anymore," said one of the girls.
All the other girls agreed with her and were waiting for Evelyn's
answer. She looked at them as if she was going to apologize but then she
surprised Cristina with her answer.
"Well, I wonder. Would I rather hang around with the new girl, who
dresses conservatively and seems like a nice person or with you sluts? I
wonder what my answer is," said Evelyn.
"So what is your answer?" said one of the girls.
"Take a guess Sara. You and your sheep can just move along now," said
Evelyn.
The girls stormed away, obviously very angry with what Evelyn had just
said to them. She turned back to Cristina and smiled.
"Hi, I'm Evelyn, if you didn't already know."
"Um…thanks for helping me out but you didn't have to dump your friends
for me," said Cristina.
"Oh, don't worry about them, they're useless without me. I was just
there to gain popularity. Glad to finally meet someone that isn't like them.
That Sara is the biggest bitch. You wouldn't believe how bad she is. She is
rich and sexy but she flaunts her body everywhere she goes," said Evelyn.
"Thanks," said Cristina.
She smiled at Evelyn and was happy to meet someone so nice already.
It was a nice change from the horrible evening she had had the night before.
It was really weird because Evelyn was exactly like Beverley. Their attitudes
towards life, their personalities, all of that was very similar, it was
uncanny.
"So where was it you needed to go?" asked Evelyn.
"The library," said Cristina.
"Already, you just started today, what's up?" asked Evelyn.
"Well I need to meet the librarian because he is my watc…He's my
distant relative, someone I met once when I was a kid and I heard he was the
librarian of the school so I thought I could meet him," said Cristina.
"Jack is you're distant relative? How is that possible Cristina, Jack
is Chinese. Are you sure you have the right school?" asked Evelyn.
"Ya, I think, the name seems familiar, but lets go and find him," said
Cristina.
"Okay…whatever then," said Evelyn.
The two of them made their way through the school and finally reached
the library. They pushed open the doors and looked in to what looked like a
run down library with millions of books.
"Not many people really use the library in this school so that's why
it's kind of dead," said Evelyn.
"Who's there?" shouted a voice from behind the stacks.
"Um, we came to talk to you. A new girl at the school, Cristina, is
here to see you," said Evelyn.
As soon as Evelyn had said her name, Jack had popped his head out of
the stacks to take a look at Cristina.
"The slayer?" muttered Jack.
"The what…no, she's a new student here. She claims to be your
relative somehow, but I don't see how that's possible," said Evelyn.
"Oh, yes, we met when you were just a little girl. I remember you, you
have grown so much," said Jack, sounding like he was unsure of himself.
"Well, I guess I will let you two reminisce then," said Evelyn.
"Thanks," said Cristina.
"Class starts soon so make sure you aren't late. What do you have
first period anyways?" asked Evelyn.
"Um…biology, I think," said Cristina.
"Well then you better not be late because the teacher gets angry when
anyone is not on time. I will save you a spot, okay," said Evelyn.
"Thanks," said Cristina.
Evelyn ran out of the library to leave Jack and Cristina standing.
She took a few steps towards Jack and stopped. She waited for him to say
something but he didn't mutter a single word.
"Look, I just moved here and already I don't like this town one bit.
I came to find you to help me stop these vampires. The council told me where
I could find you but didn't give me a name so I wasn't sure, and so I came
here to find you and when I got here I already ran into vampires last night
and they…"
"Okay, just calm down," said Jack.
"But I can't! I lost my sister to a vampire last night. She is one
of them now. I don't want to have to protect my mother constantly every night
now. I can't tell anyone about my secret and I am getting extremely
stressed. I really need your help Jack," said Cristina.
"Well, I am your watcher, that is what I am here for. Now, who was
the vampire who turned your sister," said Jack.
"She said her name was Vic…Victoria," said Cristina.
Jack just stared blankly at Cristina like she had just told him the
world was going to end. He shook himself and then began to talk.
"I have read many things about Victoria, the vampire. She pops up in
many of the books that I have. She is definitely not a good vampire to be
dealing with. She was born in 1817 and was turned vampire eighteen years
later. I can't believe she is here. I thought she had been killed by the
246th slayer," said Jack.
"Well I guess not," said Cristina.
"Well you are the new slayer and together, you and I will rid the
world of any evil that comes here. We will definitely have to train to beat
Victoria because she is no ordinary vampire," said Jack.
Just as Jack finished his sentence the two of them heard books fall.
They turned towards the door to see Evelyn standing there; eyes wide open,
holding a wooden stake in her hand.
"Um…Cris…Cristina, you drop…dropped this on your way in," said Evelyn.
"Thanks Evelyn. Um, how long were you standing there?" asked Cristina.
"Long enough, that's for sure," said Evelyn.
"Okay…" said Cristina.
"Well, I can tell you that your secret is safe with me," said Evelyn.
"Then you might as well help us out since you know," said Jack.
"I meet a new friend and already she is weirder than Sara, how can
this be, how can this be," muttered Evelyn to herself.
The three of them laughed even though it wasn't really a time to be
laughing. It felt good to Cristina though because she had been upset over her
sister all night.
"Common Cristina, we have a couple of minutes before class, we better
hurry up," said Evelyn.
"Good, good, we will talk about this after class, " said Jack.
"Okay, we will both meet you here," said Cristina.
Cristina knew that somewhere Beverley was watching her and telling her
to be happy. She knew that her sister would want her to move on and not mope
about for the rest of her life. They had both agreed together that they
wouldn't grieve too long over each other if anything happened. Although
Cristina would be hurting inside for the rest of her life, she had to try her
hardest to stay happy.
Chapter Two to come soon...