Cirque du Freak: A Vampire by Accident

By: moonlightbear

Disclaimer: I don't own the books, or the movie… the movie is what made me fall in love with the books, but I do recognize they are extremely different. I like this to be book verse although when it occurs I'm not sure since I have not finished the series. Due time will tell me and then I will be able to tell you when my story and the books collide. Oh and sorry it took me so long to update this, but I didn't think this chapter was the best right around the holidays... ok, now, read on!

Summary: Hello, my name is Abigail Hunts and I'm a half-vampire by accident…

Chapter Three: Good to Bad, Bad to Worst

Something was different the next morning… I wasn't hazy like I'd been dozens of times before, and my arm didn't hurt like I thought it would. Instead I found a completely sealed healed scar and as time went on things got better too. The fights were less frequent, I got better in gymnastics, and I was able to easily psych-out Helen Heathers at a pageant because of a conversation she and her mommy had and I over heard it from outside their hotel room... They were whispering too!

With less fights, I was more acceptable to identify with Gabe. The fights were less, but didn't stop and some occurred for real reasons and not just insane madness. We liked our meat cooked the same (super raw, juicy, and bloody). He also kept a closer eye on me: asking my mom if it was alright if he came to my late night dance classes, and weekend pageant events. It was a little weird, but if he stayed good, I was fine with it.

If only it was that easy.

It was the fourth of July, and we went to a fireworks party for the local pageant girls in my town. I told you I was doing well in pageants again right?! He he. It was great. Gabe came late, just after the fireworks display started. He and mom were having a good time, but then something happened. I don't know what… But it was big to him. He wanted to leave and mom and I didn't want to, so he left. When we got home, Gabe hit mom something awful! I tried to help mom, but he just threw me to the side. The wall hurts when you get knocked into it, you know. Just thinking about that makes me cringe. I was stunned into stillness thinking he would grab me and take me to my room like he had done dozens of time before, but he didn't. When I looked back to the fight, my mom had a bat, but he just dodged it or took the blows with a little shake off. It was then that the thought first crossed my mind… He's un-human.

The night went by in a blur of hits, bruises, and blood. Momma made me stay at home for the week. When I went back to gymnastics and dance, I put all my heart and soul into it because I didn't want to think about at home anymore. I could do more than most my age and even twice my age. After a couple of weeks, people started questioning how I was doing it, and when Gabe found out, he pitched a fit. It was the next World War. Two more weeks went by and he decided pageants were bad too. He took away everything we loved!

The fights were worst than ever and I know other people knew now. They look at you like… I don't know, you can just tell. My gut told me it was gonna get worst before it ever got better, but I wouldn't listen to it/ accept it. My life was like hell! How could it get worst than that?!

In September, my mom woke me up and told me we were leaving. She said she had meant to get up earlier, but oh well. She didn't want to wait another day/ another fight. We were getting too weak. She said it was today or never, so we packed. Momma said she wanted to take all her things, all my trophies. I told her we didn't need it, but she always did like the glitter. We never had much, so what we did have mattered to her. They mattered to me too, but I guess I valued our lives more and we had pictures of everything already in the packed car. I was just worried 'cause it was less than an hour before he normally wakes up and she was still trying to get my 5ft Supreme trophy into the car and then went back for my 4ft trophy. I gave up on her and was in my room searching for a lost stuff animal I didn't care about, but hey, I had time. The day started off good, but my gut told me the time was coming…

The hair on the back of my neck stood on end, and suddenly my door slammed shut. Spinning around and running to it, I heard a scream and a crash. I tugged on the door, and pushed on the door, it just wouldn't open. There was a fight in the hallway. I could hear everything. That monster woke up early!

I pushed the door as hard as I could, and started ramming the door with my shoulder. It finally opened a crack and froze as one of my mother's blood curdling screams were cut short by a ripping noise and a crack. Tears came to my eyes and I was petrified to move. I stood there in silence for minutes and the only noise I heard was a slurping sound. Finally, I moved. I pushed my door opened enough for me to get through and numbly walked to the edge of the stair. I ignored the blood stained hall and destroyed furniture. Looking down into the living room, I saw my mother's body… It was slaughtered and covered nearly the entire room and… and THAT MONSTER was, was sucking on her leg! I couldn't hold it in anymore and began to sob. I scared him, I scared the monster. He jumped when I began to cry. He looked up and saw me with those demon, red, happy, gleeful eyes, but they had a hidden guilt and regret I could see. He dropped his head before disappearing in a blink of an eye. And I was left here to cry for my mother alone.

Sadly no one noticed until the next day when one of my friend's came by to give me my homework I missed. You see, we lived in the boonies the closest thing was the high school and they had there first home game last night. My friend only peeked in the window before screaming for her mom who was in the car. When the police got there, I was in the same place I had been the night before, but my eyes were dry. They ran out of water.

The next thing I knew, I was in the hospital. They told me I had been in shock… What a shocker?

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