Here is the 2nd chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Blade or any of the characters except Vanessa and Drina.
Vanessa and Drina walked into the large house.
"Drina, go upstairs and get cleaned up and ready for bed," she told her daughter. Drina nodded and proceeded upstairs.
"Abby! King! I need to talk to you guys!" Vanessa yelled.
They had all decided to move in together after the destruction of vampires. Vanessa was pregnant, and Zoe wanted a playmate, so things worked out. Abby and King were dating and Zoe was now a junior in high school.
Abby and King appeared in the atrium (reception hall). They saw the look of concern on Vanessa's face.
"What's up, Vanessa? Did something go wrong at Drina's class?" Abby asked.
"We need to talk someplace else. Drina is sitting on the staircase eavesdropping," she stated. All three turned to look at the staircase, and all they saw a shadow disappear. They moved into the armory to talk.
"Drina and I were attacked by a familiar in the parking lot at the school. He wanted her for some reason. He also knew she was a telepath." Now Abby and King were worried.
"Do you think it could have something to do with her father?" Abby asked. Both King and Abby knew who Drina's father was.
"Her father is dead! He died ten years ago before she was born! What does this have to do with him?" she hissed. She was agitated. She always hated the fact that Drake died before Drina's birth.
"Don't get all pissy at us now! We are trying to help you figure this out. Remember, Drake was the starter of vampires. Maybe the familiars know Drina is his daughter and they want to use her for something. She does have the blood of two of the most powerful vampires in her blood," King suggested.
Vanessa just leaned against the wall. She bumped her head against it. She started crying. For years she has protected her daughter against anything about her past. It looked like it was coming right back to bite her in the ass.
"I have shielded my daughter ever since she was born. I don't want her in this conflict. It's not her fault she is who she is. She shouldn't have to deal with this. She's only nine," she cried.
Drina heard every word of the conversation downstairs. The armory was right below her room. She had excellent hearing that made her able to hear through the floor.
She refused to hear anymore. She sat up sad. Her mom had never told her who her dad was. She knew her mom was sensitive about the subject and so she never brought it up.
She now knew who her dad was. Zoe had told her that there were once vampires who killed innocent people including Zoe's parents. She as also told that vampires had pet humans called familiars. But there was the first vampire who started the race, Dracula. Zoe was nice enough to not tell Drina that her father killed her mother.
Drina thought about it. Her father was the first vampire to ever exist. That meant she was part vampire. She was still confused. Who was the other vampire whose blood ran through her veins? She was going to ask her mother and her mother was going to her answer her. With her powers, she could influence her mother to tell her. Maybe Zoe might know something about her dad.
"Zoe?" Drina knocked on the door. Zoe always kept her door locked. She opened it and saw Drina outside and let her in. Drina plopped on the bed.
"Hey Drina. How was practice?" Zoe sat down right beside her.
"Good, but we were attacked by a familiar in the parking lot," she said. Zoe looked stricken. "Don't worry, we escaped. My mom said that I am related to two vampires. One was my father, but I don't know who the other one is?"
"Where did you hear all of this?"
"I was eavesdropping from my room," Drina admitted.
"Drina, the reason why people go into another room to talk when you're there, is because they don't want you to hear what they are talking about," Zoe explained.
"I know that! My mom won't tell me anything about my family history. She keeps all these secrets. The only way I can figure stuff out is if I eavesdrop."
"Drina, I'm not the one to tell you about your family. Ask your mom, and this time don't let her brush it off." Drina hugged Abby and went downstairs to confront her mother.
You know what to do.