DISCLAIMER: Stephanie… Elizabeth…. We have 4 letter in common! Does that mean I am Stephanie Meyer? No, no I am afraid it doesn't.
(A/N: this is where the vampires come in, though not in person, this is really mostly about Amy's past)
3 square white boxes labeled 'Band', 'School', and 'Mental'. Curiosity getting the better of me, I opened the box labeled 'Mental'. (Still Bella's POV)
It was like a mini-filing cabinet. It was divided into sections, one of the sections caught my eye; it was labeled 'Vampire.' I quickly pulled out the file and found several papers, I quickly picked up the first thing I saw, a newspaper clipping from 14 years ago. It read: (A/N: OK, guys, supper sorry but this will probably sound like it belongs in a cheesy horror movie, so bare with me!)
Father Found Dead, 4-Year-Old Daughter Believed to Have Witnessed the Murder!
Franklin N Burshen, father of 4-year-old Amy Burshen, has been found dead in the Amazon Rainforest. Experts say that the young girl did witness the murder but, due to the traumatic stress of the situation, the facts have jumbled with fiction. Amy says that she saw, "a big white thing in the trees, then it attacked daddy and bit his neck! The thingy was really pretty but had red eyes! After it ate daddy it looked at me, it looked all sad. Then it just ran away! I think it was a boy, he didn't look like a grown-up." Experts who interviewed Amy think that she did, in fact, witness the murder but her young and traumatized brain morphed the horrific murder into a fairytale-like thing. Though the body was blood-less, experts think that this may be due to some ritual. Because of Mr.Burshen's clean background, police believe that the victim was picked randomly.
I was completely shoked; a dozen emotions flew through me all at once. I cleared my mind of this jumble of emotion and thought; could Amy still think that a Vampire drank her father's blood? The section was labeled 'Vampire' after all. But Amy was 4; of course she must think that it was just a dream! Then why did she keep all of this? As this jumble of questions ran through my head I began to feel guilty for shuffling through this box. It was very clearly private, but I had to find out. I pulled another paper out randomly; this one was a Hospital Release form, it read:
Englewood Hospital of Mental Health
Patient: Amy Burshen
Doctor: Lillian G Maye
Current Age: 6
Age Admitted: 4
Stats: Mentally stable, though permanently emotionally traumatized
Reason For Admission: Amy is believed to have witnessed her father's murder; causing severe emotional trauma.
Doctor's Notes: Amy has been in my care for 2 years now, and I believe that she is ready to face the world once again. Though she will always be emotionally traumatized she has shown much progress. Amy's tutor and I think that Amy will do well at Tenafly Elementary, where she will be starting 1st grade this September.
I didn't have time to show shock I heard someone behind me.
"Having Fun?" said Amy, she didn't exactly sound angry; there was a very strong emotion in her voice but I don't think there is even a word in existence to describe it. Her voice sounded a little sour, a little bitter, a little regretful, and so many more unnamed emotions seemed to be in it.
"I, I, I um… no, I didn't mean, I just was curios, sorry," I stuttered out lamely. She raised an eyebrow and I tried to explain a little better. "I was curious so I opened the box and read the newspaper clipping and the release form and…" My voice trailed off I wondered if I dared ask the question. A sudden wave of something, be it bravery or just plain old stupidity, I asked, "Do you still believe in vampires?" It came out in a rush, I couldn't believe I had even said it out loud.
Authors Note:
MWA HAHAHA a cliffy…
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