Darkness
Chapter 2
I tossed her farther into the woods. I had comfort knowing that no one will have any proof what-so-ever of this.
Her clothes fit me perfectly. So did her shoes and her hat. My hair was a too short to go around unnoticed, so I covered it with the hat. She was functional. She quenched my thirst and provided a disguise.
I had a feeling that regular people would be disturbed by this. But, then again, I'm not a normal person, am I? I'm a vampire. A vampire's moral compass is much different than a human's. I like it that way. No conscious to hold you down. Nothing to get in the way of what you want. I laughed to myself as I walked back through the woods. A strait line, just the way I had come.
I stopped for a moment. I had another vision. The street was full of people with worried faces. Two people – a man and a woman – were crying. I assumed that they were the girl's parents. That is the only explanation. Who else would people worry about? She's the only one missing, as far as I know. Then, in the vision, I came out of the woods. The people got angry. They started pointing fingers at me. Then I got angry, too. I was only getting some food. I did no harm, she should have known better than to be wandering alone on the streets. Especially during a storm. People might start to think things about you. I just taught her a lesson. Something even worse could have happened to her if I hadn't intervened.
And then the vision changed. The bad people in cloaks came again. And the same thing happened as the last time I saw the cloaked people come. I came back to reality and checked to make sure I was still in one piece. I decided I would go the opposite way until I reached some sort of civilization. I turned on my heels and ran. I ran as fast as I could. When I ran past the body, it was just a pale blur, like the green and brown blur of the trees. A pale tree.
It took at least a day until I finally came to the other edge of the woods. I wasn't any thirstier and I wasn't tired. I had a feeling that if I tried falling asleep, I wouldn't be able to. I wasn't even out of breath. I felt . . . I don't know . . . I felt good. That's the only way to describe it. I felt good. I could probably lift a house if I needed to! Hopefully I wouldn't need to . . .
I saw something in the distance . . . a line of houses maybe? I ran a little farther until I could see it in more detail. Yes! Houses! And houses meant that humans were living nearby. And humans are tasty! I'm not thirsty yet, but I will be soon. For now I should just blend in with them, make them trust me. Then when I get thirsty, I'll take one into the woods with me and take care of business. No one will ever suspect me, Alice, a petite, innocent girl. I will be perfectly discrete. Or, at least I will try to be. I will try
very hard. And believe you me; those cloaked people will never, ever catch me. I'll never give them a chance to. Don't count on it.
As I got closer to the town, I started seeing people. There were a lot of people in the town. I could smell them even when I was still far away. I ran and ran. I was going to like this new life. I couldn't remember how long I was in the dark, or what I was like. But I won't dwell on the past. There's no use in it, if you ask me.
I've just got to keep running.