Theon ran as fast as lightening through the darkened forest, searching for the one woman who angered him, the one girl who was going to help him take back what was rightfully his, the world. If she denied her future with him he would torturer her mind until she joined him.
"Come now Ember, we have work to do." He said to her mind.
"I will not join you! You destroyed my life, you soulless get." She sneered back to him.
This angered him even more. He began sending painful images to her mind of the murder of her brother Aymes.
"Yes Ember it was my wife who did that, than your idiot of a father killed her. Now come to me or I'll show you worse!" he shouted in her mind making her head spin.
Ember ran her way to his scent. When she saw him through the trees, she leapt and landed on his back. She sank her fangs into his neck and began to draw his blood. No matter what happened to her now, she made it her job to kill him.
He screamed in pain as he tried to grab her from his back.
He grasped her shoulders and flung her across the forest. Her body hit the tree bringing it down with her.
"I will kill you before you destroy this planet!" she barked slowly standing up.
"This I will wait to see." He breathed as he held his neck "Now we must go before sunrise."
"Why? We will not burn right away."
"I would like to feed out of sunlight and I have found the best place for this." He finished taking off on a run.
Ember gained her energy and followed. She would never follow him if she had another choice but she was hungry.
Keaton awoke to his sister leaning over him.
"Jesus! What are you doing in my room Hallie?" he gasped as he sat up.
"You smell so good." She said leaning into her brother.
He freaked and pushed her off the bed.
Hallie's facial features changed and she growled at him. Keaton looked at her shocked as to how his sister was acting.
"Are you feeling okay? You look like hell."
"I am fine." She hissed as the sun hit her face.
Quickly, she jumped into the shad of his room.
"Get a grip Hallie. I have to get ready for work so will you please leave."
"No, I am fine right where I am." She said sitting down on the floor.
He gave up and grabbed his work uniform to get ready in the bathroom.
What was the matter with his sister? He thought as he put on his uniform.
Once ready Keaton walked out the house; grabbing a slice of toast, and walked to the bus stop.
As he stood there he could her rustling in the shadows behind him. When he turned he saw a familiar colour of hair.
"What are you doing in there?" he asked pulling back a branch but when he looked there was no one there but a body of a dead man.
Shakily, Keaton pulled out his cell and punched in the police number.
While on the phone he checked for a pulse.
"No. No pulse, defiantly dead." He said standing.]
Sickness took over him. He couldn't keep it down any longer.
He threw up in the bin next to the bus stop. He dialled work.
"Hey Greg, I'm not going to make it in today." Pause "Yeah I know but I have just found Mr. Tinton dead in a push."
Pause "Thank you Greg a week will be fine." He finished hanging up the phone.
He slowly made his back home after the police arrived.
When he got home his mother was standing in the door way to his room.
"What's up mom?"
"Your sister is acting weird. She won't leave your room."
"I'll sort it, don't worry." Keaton finished moving his mom away from the door.
As he walked in he spotted his sister bunched up in the corner, looking really pale. Her eyes grew black and around her eyes were white.
"You smell so nice. Come give me a cuddle brother." She sneered clawing her way to stand.
"What is the matter with you?"
"Nothing is the matter, I'm just hungry."
"Then go down and eat then."
"No silly, the sun hurts and in don't want food I want you!"
"Ew no Hallie! Get out my room!"
She burst into deep laughter.
"No you pathetic human, I want your blood." She growled showing him her teeth.
"Jesus Christ!" he yelled backing into the door.
Hallie flinched in pain when he said that word.
She began to cry.
"I need your help Keaton. My body hurts and I'm so hungry."
Keaton ran for the curtains and closed them. Big mistake of course.
Hallie leapt onto his back and bit into his throat. He screamed as the pain shot through him.
"Get off! Your frigging crazy!" he shouted walking backwards to slam his sister against the wall.
He slowly fell weak till he hit the floor.
"Now, now child let go of the human." The chilled voice said.
She retracted her teeth and stood.
"This is not the way you hunt. Come let me show you. The light won't hurt as much as you have sustained your thirst." He finished taking hold of her hand.
When Keaton opened his eyes he was gone.
"What on earth is going on in here!" his mother yelled.
When she noticed his neck bleeding she screamed.
"Oh my god, we need to get you to the hospital now." She ended helping her son to the car.
As he sat looking at the trees fly past, he noticed the starlight hair flowing through the forest. He guessed that she was following him.
"I need your help." A soft voice asked.
He opened his eyes slowly to look at the beautiful girl.
"You need help? My sister just attacked me. I think I'm the one who needs help"
"You will be fine but your sister will not. I need you to help me kill a vampire"
Keaton laughed out loud.
"A vampire? Are you crazy?"
She did not like being called crazy so she let her teeth extend; Keaton was now looking at fangs.
"Okay, I believe you, what about my sister?"
"Your sister is dead now. I am sorry." She finished vanishing into thin air.