Chapter 1: Reborn

I woke up and managed to bang my head on the top of my coffin again. You think that I would be used to sleeping in a coffin for a year, but no. Everyday it is the same thing; wake up, bang my head on my coffin, get up. It is starting to become a routine. Why can't I just sleep in my chambers downstairs in a normal bed? I am a vampire, half-fang actually, which still gives me the ability to burn in sunlight.

So, I clambered out of my coffin and magically got dressed in a long, silvery-white dress with matching white shoes. My long brunette put in a neat ponytail and drooped over my left shoulder. Then, I strode down the hallway sniffing the air to try and work out what Renfield has managed to concoct for this morning's breakfast. As I reached for the door, I heard some strange noises coming from inside the dining room. Suspicious, I reached for Excalibur's strong handle with one hand and began to draught it out of my belt, with the other hand I pushed the door open. As it creaked open, it revealed that the noise did not come from struggle or danger, but the Count and Leah full on kissing.

Eventually, I managed to say, "I don't think I could be able to unsee this."

Suddenly, they jumped at what seemed like a metre apart from each other and both stared at me. The Count just had his normal, boring, black eyes looking at me, but Leah's eyes weren't her normal bright blue eyes I was used to seeing every English lesson I had with her, no, instead they were blood red.

There was a short pause before I asked, curiously, "Dad, can I speak with you for a minute?"

"Yes, Bella. Of course. What do you care with me?" He replied.

"In private?!"

Annoyed, I swiftly walked back to my room. Shortly afterwards the Count followed, and as soon as he entered, I turned and magically locked the door.

"Why did you do that?" The Count said, irritated.

"What?" I inquired.

"Lock the door."

"So, 'Leah' couldn't listen in or enter my room."

"Yeah, so…"

"So…she doesn't find out that I am a half-fang and bite me."

"Ok. So, what was it you wanted to talk about?"

"Leah."

"What about her?"

"You said I could turn anyone I loved."

"Yeah, but not my English teacher!"

A crack of thunder rippled out, as if from nowhere.

"I didn't bite her."

"Yeah! Prove it!"

"I can't, but I know I didn't bite her."

"Alright, but this isn't over. Now get out."

"But."

"GET! OUT!"

Another crack of thunder hit the palace, and with that the door clicked open and the Count shot of the room. In such anger, I turned to look at the minor thinking about two things:

1) How did I end up with such an annoying dad?

and

2) If he was telling the truth, who did turn Leah?

I stared into my reflection, unaware Leah was slowly approaching me, like a viper creeping up on it's prey. Her pasty white hand crawled onto my shoulder, which was kind of comforting for a while. I stared at my reflection a little longer, unaware that Leah was pulling her fangs to bite me. Then it hit me. I swivelled round to face her, and saw her white fangs glisten in the limelight. I darted out of my room, Leah close behind me. I made it into the dining room, quickly looked over my shoulder to see if I managed to lose her. There was no sign of her, anywhere. I carefully turned around to get a better look. Still no sign of Leah, until I looked up. There she was poised on the ceiling like a panther ready to pounce. She jumped down in front of me. I turned and shot to the door leading to the kitchen, where Reinfield was cooking something with garlic in. It was stuck. I struggled with the door for a minute or two, before turning to see Leah standing there, fangs out, eyes black and ready to bite me, turn me. Thankfully, my two witchy friends, Nicole and Summer, entered through the door leading to the castle below us.

"Hi," Summer said. "What's going on?"

"You still up for a stroll around the palace." Nicole continued.

"Sorry guys. I'm a little busy right now." I replied, in a panicky kind of tone.

Leah sniffed the air and said in an evil tone, "Ah. Brilliant. A snack for you and I to feed on after your transformation is complete."

Then, I released something that could save me and my friends. Her humanity switch was off.

"Hey, Leah," I said, edging my way past her. "Why are you doing this? Why do you want to turn me?"

"Because this is why I was turned. So we could be a family." Leah replied, kind of possessed.

"You don't have to do this. You don't have to turn me." I began to back away, making sure I had Leah in my line of vision.

"What else would I do? I have to turn you."

"Turn it on."

"What?"

"Turn it on. Your humanity switch. Turn. It. On."

"No."

"What do you mean no?"

"I mean I can't."

"Sure, you can."

"The only way I can is to turn you."

I fell over at Nicole's and Summer's feet. There was nowhere I could go. I was trapped. Leah laughed, like those evil villains laughed before something bad is going to happen. She knelt down to my level, pushed my head carefully to one side and descended her fangs into my neck. Instantly, pain sored through my body. I recoiled in agony as the venom sored through my veins, turning me. Leah retracted her fangs, her eyes turned a normal red colour with still no sign of humanity in her. She bit her right arm and shoved it into my mouth. I slowly drank from her allowing the warmth race through my body eliminating the pain and finishing my transformation. After Leah had removed her arm from my lips, I gracefully stood up and threw myself at Nicole and began to drain her.

"Bella! Stop that!" I heard Leah shout to me, clearly her humanity was back, along with Nicole's screams of terror and pain.

After a few minutes, I realised what I was doing and fell away from Nicole. As my eyes fell back on her and Summer, I saw their faces were filled with shock and horror.

"I'm sorry," I said in terror. "I'm so sorry. I couldn't help it."

There was no response. So I fled down to my chambers to let out my grief and sorrow.