She awoke the next morning with an almighty hangover and she really didn't want to go out anywhere but David made her leave with them. They took the bikes as the rain had ceased and the roar of David's engine did nothing to help her throbbing head. The boys headed off towards the stage as if they hadn't drunk anything last night and she trailed behind them as if she might vomit at any minute. The smells wafting from the food stalls seemed stronger somehow and the lights seemed brighter and the music crisper and louder and they all combined to make her feel worse. She really wasn't in the mood to be at the fairgrounds, let alone in the mood to party again and that's all these boys seemed to want to do, hang out and party. Again, she came back to her question of how they maintained their lifestyle with no income.

'What's wrong with you?' David asked her, his eyebrows creased.

'I don't feel well.' She replied her hand going to her head.

'Do you want something to eat?'

'No, I kinda want to go back to the cave.' He looked at her, a flash of annoyance crossing his face.

'No.' He flatly told her.

'Please David, I feel like I might be sick. This is why I don't drink. You guys can stay here, I'll go back on my own.' She had no idea how she'd get back there on her own but inside she was hoping he would relent and take her.

'No,' he repeated, 'you'll go when we go.' David walked on ahead of her and she touched her stomach, a painful stabbing feeling developing there. David dragged her through the Boardwalk until about an hour before it closed and then they all went back to the cave. They proceeded to repeat the ritual every night for the next week and once she'd gotten over the hangover, she enjoyed it. The pain had subsided and her clarity of sound and vision had intensified, it was like she was seeing through crystal eyes and she had supersonic hearing and she didn't know what was going on, but she didn't dare mention it to David for fear of him thinking she was crazy. Then one night the pain returned and for the next two nights she was feeling like death warmed up again.

'Can you take me to a doctor?' She finally asked him as they all sat around on the beach around a bonfire. 'I think there's something wrong with me.' David responded to her in a way she weren't expecting.

'There's nothing wrong with you Star, you just need to feed.' And with that one comment, something changed in the air and she saw he had everyone's attention.

'No David, I have been feeling like this for days and there's something wrong with me.' She was wrapped in her shawl all curled up in a ball. 'I'm not hungry, I need a doctor.' Granted, she hadn't eaten properly since her birthday but every time she tried to eat, she found she couldn't.

'Boys, it's time.' She heard him say to them not knowing what he was talking about or understanding what it was time for. 'You're changing. You're becoming one of us and you just need to complete the transition.' She looked up at him and he was staring into the fire.

'Changing into what? I feel like shit.' She admitted.

'You need blood Star.' His words caught her and she looked at him harder and she saw his blue eyes look down on her.

'Blood? David, what are you talking about?' She awkwardly tried to sit up.

'Blood. You need to drink blood Star, you are becoming a vampire.' He said it as if he was telling her if the moon was out or not. Totally emotionless.

'What?' She screwed her face up. What was he talking about a vampire? She looked over to Dwayne to see the expression on his face and stared straight into his supernatural eyes and her face dropped, she then quickly looked at Paul and Marko and saw the same features on them. They all sat perfectly still as if nothing was happening.

'What the fuck?' She looked at David and his features were even more pronounced. They were angular and pale and very wrong and she began backing up, the pain in her stomach suddenly becoming a secondary concern.

'Star relax, we're not going to hurt you.' David said calmly.

'What the fuck?!' She jumped up and backed away. 'What the fuck are you guys?!' She shrieked and David stood up and reached out for her. 'No! Don't you touch me! All of you stay away from me!' She walked backwards away from the bonfire. 'I don't know what the fuck is going on here but and I am fucking out of here!' She said and she turned to get away when Marko shot up and blocked her path with Dwayne appearing beside him, and she took off running to her left and she ran straight into Paul. How did he get there so fast?

'Calm down girl.' He said, his sharp teeth glinting in the darkness and she screamed. Suddenly she was grabbed and her stomach dropped out as her feet left the ground and she rocketed straight up and flew very fast through the cold air. She couldn't even comprehend what was happening until she was placed on the ground at the top of Hudson's Bluff and David was standing before her. She was breathing heavily, trying not to pass out while also trying to get a grip on her situation.

'We are vampires Star, and once you make your first kill, you will be one too. As I said to you last night, you are with us forever now.' He ran his fingers along her cheek and she cringed. 'You and I will be together forever.' He said and she pulled her head away from his touch. He was telling the truth and it all began to fall into place for her; being up all night and sleeping all day, no jobs, no need for money, living in a cave that 'suited them,' flying through the air and him insisting they'd be together forever. Oh God, they were vampires! Monsters, blood suckers, and he wanted her to be one too. She felt like she was living in a horror movie, only one she couldn't escape from and it was then Marko's words came back to her, only she now understood them. It must have been the night of her birthday when she drunk his wine, David's wine. It wasn't wine, it was blood. She had drunk David's blood, she knew there had been something wrong with that stuff. What did he say is was? Life? It felt more like death to her. Her stomach churned with the realisation and she felt dizzy and sick. 'It's too late Star, you're mine and as long as you do as I say, I will give you the world.' She stood there staring at him terrified and thinking he was crazy.

'David, I don't want…' She shook her head but abruptly stopped and stared at him when he harshly cut her off.

'I don't want to hear 'I don't want' from you.' He glared at her. 'You will have and do what I want you to.' With her hands shaking, she began to cry. 'And you have to kill or the pain will become unbearable. You have no choice now.'

'I can't kill anyone!' She cried, panic firmly setting in.

'Oh, you can and you will.' He told her and she jumped in shock when Paul dropped out of the sky behind her. 'You belong with us now and you will do as I say always. Now, go down into the cave with Paul and stay there.' He said and he took off into the darkness. Her legs were so weak, she struggled to walk down the staircase then, by the time she made it into the cave, she was definiately going into shock. She went straight to her bed and sat down trying to get herself together. She then stood and began to collect up her stuff when Paul went to her.

'Stop! Don't come near me!' She screamed.

'Star, you're not going anywhere.' He stood in her way.

'I am not staying here!' She told him defiantly.

'And where are you going to go?' He challenged her. 'You have nowhere to go now and if you leave, he will kill you. He will not be kind or quick about it either. He has taken a massive chance with you and he will see it as the ultimate betrayal should you defy him. I can't let you do that.' He warned her and she dropped her bag on the bed and began to hyperventilate. 'Like he said, just do as he says and you will be OK.' She put her hands on her knees and put her head down, feeling faint. 'And breathe before you die on me. David won't be happy if you die.' She sat on her bed and Paul walked away. She couldn't believe it. Vampires? They're not real, yet here she was in a cave with one of them. Oh God, and she'd had sex with one of them. And drunk the blood of one of them. She tried to centre herself but found she couldn't, until Paul came and handed her a smoke. 'Here, this will help you. And stop crying, remember what I told you about David and crying…' She took the smoke and lit it with his lighter, handing it back to him, the calming effect hitting her after the third inhale. Her hands had stopped shaking and her breathing had become stable and regulated and it actually helped her nagging stomach pain too, and she sat on the bed in her numbed state and thought about what she knew about vampires. She knew they drank blood, they lived forever, they slept in coffins, they didn't like crosses or garlic, and they could be killed by holy water, a wooden stake to the heart and sunlight. Oh no, sunlight. She would never feel the warmth of the summer sun on her face again. Just as the reality of that thought hit her, the rest of the boys came back down into the cave and her body went rigid and she heard David tell Paul to go and get his bike and she prayed they would leave her alone. She heard them talking about something and laughing before David came and sat on her bed next to her, instantly taking the joint out of her hand and smoking it like nothing had happened. She had Paul's advice ringing in her head but she still cringed at David being so close to her and he quickly picked up on it.

'Don't be like that. You're still my girl and I'm still going to be near you and touch you.' He held her chin, turning her face to him and kissed her and she froze to his touch, her eyes wide and staring at him in fear. He then grabbed her chin hard with his whole hand and he kissed her much harder, forcing his tongue into her mouth and she felt disgusted. 'You didn't mind last night.' His deep voice dug into her and she looked at him, his blue eyes were sparkling and alive. She still found him highly attractive, only now he was like the ultimate bad boy, but she was still shocked and frightened and she looked at him coldly, making his facial expression change. 'Get over it Star, you will be just like us soon. Settle in for the ride.' He got up and walked back over to the boys and she sat there, desperately trying not to cry again.