The Little Vampire Girl ~ Chapter 1 "Movie Theater Disaster"

"Jayde what do you have for homework tonight?" Emma asked. "I only have science and math." Jayde answered.

It has been 8 years since Jayde had been a witness to her parent's death. Jayde was now 14 years old, living with her Aunt Debbie, Cousin Emma, and younger sister Rose. Rose has long forgotten her parent's death, but Jayde continues to be haunted by the terrible tragedy and she struggles to keep her composer. Ever since her parent's death Jayde has suddenly become the target of bullying by 2 ungrateful girls. Debbie is clueless to the bullying that Jayde goes through and she worries about the random injuries that appear on her body when Jayde comes home. Jayde refuses to tell Debbie about the bullying because she doesn't want to be bullied for any other reason than the fact that she has no parents and a useless being.

Jayde popped a blood bag from the fridge into the microwave and set it for half a minute. She always preferred her blood warm because it seemed to go down her throat smoother and quicker. Rose found it to be strange to drink it warm, but she never bugged Jayde about it.

Jayde bit into the bag when she took it out of the microwave and plopped down onto the couch in her aunt's living room as she drank the luscious red liquid within the bag. Jayde turned the 42" plasma TV on to find nothing interesting on except for a rerun of Buffy the Vampire Slayer which she found ironic because it was her favorite show to watch. Jayde had turned the TV off when the doorbell rang. Rose went to answer the door when a voice boomed into the house.

"Tanner Grant reporting for duty"

It was Jayde's best friend Tanner. He was very rambunctious, obnoxious, and rather stupid. He was the only one who knew about Jayde's family being vampires outside of her aunt's house. He was a very loyal and trustworthy friend that Jayde knew she could trust with any secret.

"Hey Tanner, what do you want now?" Jayde asked as she rounded the corner of the living room to the entrance way of the house. "I'm stealing you away for the night to go see A Haunting in Connecticut." Tanner said with a big eager grin. Jayde's eyes lit up like the Fourth of July. She had wanted to go see that movie for a very long time. Debbie walked over to Jayde who turned and starred at her with hopeful eyes. Debbie gave a sigh and handed her a twenty. "Go wild" Debbie said.

"Thank you Debbie" Jayde took the money and gave Debbie a quick hug before grabbing a quick snack pack and bounced out the door with Tanner. Jayde smiled even more when she saw Tanner's older brother, Danny's small silver car parked in the driveway with Danny in the front seat. "Long time, no see Jayde" Danny said as Tanner and Jayde got into the car. "Yeah, you too" Jayde said. Tanner and Jayde rambled on and on about how excited they were for the movie until they arrived at the movie theater.

They nearly jumped out of the car while it was still moving as they approached the theater. They quickly got their tickets and waited in line of the movie. Jayde pulled out her snack pack and amazed at the beautiful red liquid that sloshed around in the plastic container. She quickly downed it and threw the empty plastic container before entering the movie theater. "Man this movie is going to be so awesome." Tanner said with excitement. "Hell yeah" Jayde said with her famous grin. Jayde and Tanner laughed as they entered the theater and walked up the steps to the top seats. Along the way up the steps Jayde noticed a girl that was walking in front of her. She was wearing a skirt with high heels and a vein in her leg was pulse furiously with each step she took. Jayde looked away and shut her mouth to hide her growing incisors.

When Jayde and Tanner found their favorite seats in the middle of the top row they quickly sat down and waited for the movie they had been talking about seeing for so long. "Are you gonna be able to handle this Jayde?" Tanner asked. "Yeah, I just downed a snack pack so I should be fine." Jayde said. "What about your fangs?" Tanner asked. "Don't worry they'll calm down soon." Jayde said, flashing off her famous grin. "Plus I could just feed off you if I need to." Jayde laughed. "Dude, that is so not funny" Tanner chuckled. "But you're laughing." Jayde said.

The lights had finally dimmed out, signifying that the movie was about to start. Jayde and Tanner went quiet and sat back in their seats, anxious for the movie to begin. Jayde felt her incisors retreat into her gums and she relaxed more into her seat. When the movie started Jayde got lost in the movie and couldn't pull her eyes away from the screen. It was full of much needed suspense and loads of blood and gore. Jayde loved the movie just like she knew she would. Tanner and Jayde both gasped plenty of time and laughed a lot at certain scenes in the movie. When the movie credits ended and the movie came to a close the theater lights went on rather quickly, nearly blinding Jayde for a moment.

"Wow, just, wow, that was amazing." Jayde said. "That was one of the best horror movies I have ever seen." Tanner said. Tanner and Jayde got up from their seats and headed towards the theater exit. When they reached the lobby they exploded into rambles, rants, and reenactments of the movie. When the two managed to calm down Tanner called up his brother to come pick them up and Jayde looked around the lobby. Her eyes stopped instantly as they came across to familiar cheerleaders that always bullied her. Jayde shivered.

The two girls, Brittany and Rachel, were both beautiful and popular cheerleaders at Jayde's school. Brittany was the squad captain and Rachel was her most loyal servant. Brittany was never like Jayde because Jayde came off as intimidating towards her, but she tried to get Jayde to join the squad, but when Jayde refused the offer Brittany began to strive for Jayde's disappearance. Ever since then Brittany and her dearest servant Rachel have been bullying Jayde.

Jayde tried to be as invisible and hid behind Tanner so they wouldn't look her way. "Jayde, what the hell are you doing?" Tanner asked. "Brittany and Rachel are here, I don't want to be found." Jayde said. "Jayde, are they still bullying you? You said they stopped." Jayde froze. She had forgotten that she wasn't telling Tanner about the bullying so he wouldn't worry. She just blew her cover and lied to her best friend. Tanner was hurt because he thought Jayde could trust him, but now he thought he was betrayed.

"I'm sorry Tanner, I didn't…" "Its fine Jayde, really, I don't wanna hear your excuses." Tanner said with grief. Jayde was devastated. She had betrayed her best friend and hurt him. Tanner looked completely hurt and turned away from Jayde. He walked out of the building to think while Jayde was frozen inside with pain.

Jayde quickly snapped out of her dilemma when a sudden pain came to her shoulders. Jayde turned her head and right there behind her –digging their manicured claws into her shoulders- was Brittany and Rachel. Without a word to Jayde, Rachel dragged Jayde out through the back doors of the lobby. Rachel pinned Jayde to the wall with incredible strength and dug her nails deeper into Jayde's shoulders. Jayde bit her tongue to keep in her scream and glared at Brittany who only watched with a smirk standing only a few feet away from her.

"Fancy running into you here orphan" Brittany said with a superior sounding voice. Jayde hated every word that came out of Brittany's filthy mouth. She wished she could take those words and shove it right up Brittany's little princess ass. "What do you want Brittany?" Jayde asked through her teeth. "I only want you to leave the school, if anything you should leave the city. You don't belong here." Brittany said. "I'm not gonna give into you, you serpent. I'm not gonna join your little demon squad either." Jayde said. Brittany had a look of disgust on her face and Rachel punched Jayde hard in the stomach and switched to pinning her by her neck, nearly choking her.

"Just play nice orphan and you can get out of this without causing any trouble." Brittany said. "You're the only one who's causing trouble Blondie. I'm not gonna be put under your little thumb. Why don't you give up?" Jayde spat out at Brittany.

Brittany was really pissed and looked at Rachel to give her the signal to eliminate Jayde. Rachel punched hard into Jayde's stomach continuously. Jayde kept her mouth shut; she would not allow herself to scream for help no matter how much it hurt. Rachel grabbed Jayde by the arms and lifted her before throwing her into a big rock. Jayde's back hit the rock hard and Jayde let out a small screech. Rachel approached Jayde and started kicking her continuously in the stomach. All the while Brittany just watched with a smug smile on her face. Rachel stopped for a moment and lifted Jayde's head by her hair. "Say Mercy" Brittany asked. "Like hell" Jayde managed to say. Rachel dropped Jayde's head to the ground and took a good stomp on Jayde's head. "This isn't over orphan" Brittany said before leaving with Rachel.

Jayde laid there on the ground clutching her stomach and gasping for air, but it hurt so much to breathe so she could only take short and shallow breaths. Her head hurt like crazy as well as her back and her stomach. Jayde wanted to scream out in pain as loud as she could, but she wouldn't allow herself to do it. Tears threatened and stung her eyes, but Jayde swallowed them back so they wouldn't betray her.

It was very quiet and Jayde continued to remain on the ground. She was in too much pain to get up let alone move. She was sure Tanner had left by now, still mad at her, so she didn't have a way to get home. She never wanted to tell Tanner about the bullying because she didn't want him to get involved in her problems. She didn't want him to get hurt.

In the midst of the silence she could faintly hear the sound of foots steps coming towards her and a voice calling for her. She thought she was hearing things at first, but then the voice became louder and soon she saw a pair of DC sneakers appear in front of her. Jayde forced herself to look up and there she saw Tanner's face. Worried as all hell.

"Jayde, speak to me, are you alright?" Tanner asked. "Why…did you come for me?" Jayde managed to whisper. "You're my best friend remember, I could never leave you behind even if I was mad at you." Tanner smirked.

Tanner bent down and picked up Jayde bridle-style and headed over to Danny's car. Danny looked worried and opened the back door for Tanner. Tanner carefully placed Jayde in the back seat before closing the door and sliding into the passenger seat.

"I'm so sorry…for not say anything Tanner…I wanted to protect you…from getting involved." Jayde whispered, nearly on the verge of tears. "I know, I understand."

Although she couldn't see his face, Jayde could tell that Tanner was on the verge of tears as well. She had almost gotten killed trying to protect him which was a reckless decision, but also an honorable one too.

When Jayde got home Debbie almost lost her breath at the sight of Jayde's condition. Tanner carried Jayde into the house while Danny waited outside in his car. Debbie got a heated blood bag for Jayde and quickly gave it to her as she rested on the couch. Jayde could smell the sweet scented blood inside and quickly bit a hole into it before sucking in the delicious red liquid. Jayde almost felt immediate relief and continued to take in the red liquid that she loved so much. Tanner made sure Jayde would do alright on her own before he left the house and went home with his brother.

"Jayde, what happened?" Debbie asked. "It's nothing, I was just messing around and got hurt is all." Jayde lied. "You got into another fight didn't you" Rose said. "Serves you right" Rose added. "A fight? Jayde what's really going on?" Debbie asked, more serious this time. Jayde didn't answer. "Jayde is getting bullied by the cheerleaders because she didn't want to join the squad." Rose said bluntly. "Jayde, why don't you become a cheerleader? You'd be really good at it." Debbie said. "Because I don't want to be a part of the slut squad Deb, just leave me alone." Jayde snapped.

Jayde got up from the couch and slowly made her way down stairs to the basement where her chamber was. She plopped down on her red velvet covered bed and moaned as her stomach throbbed. Tomorrow was going to be a hell of a long day. Jayde finished the blood bag before throwing it into a biohazard trash can that was kept in her room for safety purposes and went to sleep.