Chapter 42
Without thinking about what to do I saw a car in the car park, it was Grace's; she had asked me to look after it because she was going to an away football match with the school. I took the keys from my pocket and unlocked the car. I sat down in the driver's seat. I don't know how to drive, but I put the key in the ignition and reversed out of the school. I drove like a maniac down the road towards the forest. I knew that Jake was feeding in the forest, but so did Damon. I turned left into the forest and drove towards the clearing; I was crushing plants and bushes on my way, but I didn't care, I had to stop this fight. Then ahead of me in the sky I saw that the rain clouds had turned darker in colour, they were now storm clouds. I turned to face where I was going, and I crashed straight into a tree, setting it alight in the progress. I screamed as I saw the blood trickling down my face in the cracked windscreen, the flames danced around the car tauntingly, as if to say "I win" then everything went black.
Where am I? Hmmm, I looked around and I saw trees, burning trees. I looked at where I was, I was in a burning car. Quick I thought, I need to get out of here. I kicked the car door in a frenzied panic, with seemingly superhuman strength, I scrambled out of the car, suddenly feeling weak and tired, it must be the smoke fumes I told myself. I looked around for somewhere to escape the fire, I looked ahead and saw a stone bridge, I should be safer over there for now I told myself. As I crossed the bridge, I felt weaker than before, I will just lie down here and have a little nap I told myself, I seemed to have forgotten about the fire. Then just as I closed my eyes, I heard myself being called to, called to by the smell of blood. I stood up, I can sleep later I thought, I greedily walked towards the clearing where the blood was and I saw two guys, fighting, they were both bleeding where they have been ripping each other apart. The first guy had sandy blonde hair and blue eyes, but he wore all black. His hair was tousled where he was angry and hot from fighting in the blazing heat of the flaming forest, she could sense his anger from here it thrilled her, wait I know him he is the one I love, Damon. The other guy saw me and froze, he had dark brown hair and he had dark brown meaningful eyes, he looked surprised. Damon came up to me, he also looked surprised. "What is it my love?" I purred. As I opened my mouth to continue speaking, he gently cupped my face with his hands.
"Open your mouth" he commanded gently. I did. He suddenly broke out into a smile and said with a heart warming smile "so you decided to join me instead of him" he gestured towards the brunette man. I felt the hatred and the sadness of the brunette one. Then I remembered that he was called Jake. He was trying to kill Damon I thought, he must be killed, and well, I wanted at least one of their bloods. I snarled at Jake and opened my mouth; I extended my teeth and snarled again. I launched at him savagely, oh how hungry I was, how I needed this sweet blood. Then before I could dig my fangs into his throat Damon put a hand on my shoulder to hold me back. "Wait" he said softly "you don't know how to feed from him yet, let me show you". Then he extended his teeth and showed me how.
"My turn" I said once again extending her fangs with hungry excitement. I dug my teeth in with enthusiasm; I only found a small vein, "damn it!" I cursed
"Don't worry just try again" Damon soothed. I bit again this time finding a much bigger vain, I felt a rush of self-pride as I drank. Then I remembered tasting a blood before, Damon's blood. Damon's blood was the better tasting blood, I released Jake, who was now shivering with the pain of my deep enthusiastic bite, and I turned to Damon.
"My love I want your blood, it tastes so much better than his feeble blood. I don't know why, but I don't want to hurt him either" I made a hand gesture towards Jake.
"But why, don't you want us to be together?" he asked in a way which made my knees turn to jelly.
"Of course I want to be with you I love you don't I?" I said and then I stretched out a finger to stroke his lips, then we passionately kissed. Jake standing behind them looked even worse than when he was in physical pain. As I turned to face Jake I felt a pang in my heart, then I said to Damon, "I don't want to feed from him I want someone else, maybe some human, one that I don't like."
"Then I know just the person" he said. Then he took my hand and turned them both invisible and helped me fly. They flew above the burning forest below, I saw flashing lights at the edge of the forest, it was the fire brigade and the police. I could gather why the fire brigade were there, obviously to put out the fire, but I didn't know why the police were there.
"Damon my love can we see why the police are down there?" I said anxiously
"Why?" he said with amused laughter
"Because I can see my parents down there" I said
"Fine but make it quick because you will need blood really soon" he replied with irritation. He swooped down on the scene, keeping them invisible still.
"Well we sent some firemen in there and they found one of your daughter's earring in the car, I'm sorry, but the flames probably burnt her alive" the chief police inspector was saying to my parents, they were crying. My parents cradled a bracelet in there arms. It was the one that Jake got me for Valentines Day.
"But I'm not dead!" I laughed.
But then Damon turned to me with a serious look on his face, and said to me "you are now, you're a vampire remember? And being a vampire means that you are dead, you won't be able to see your family again" I felt shocked and weak, and I must have looked it because Damon suddenly started flying really quickly, saying to me that I must feed quickly. I closed my eyes and trusted Damon to take me to safety.