( A New Year's present... More chapters are going to be added to both of my stories! I

Chapter Seven:

Darkening Skies, Painful Memories... Part I

The sky was dark, the rooms were cold... Even though it was noon, it was extremly dark. This was strange for the Saturdays... But it was Zak's fault that he had fallen for a vampire. A ultimate failure at a vampire. Jasmine already knew what was happening... at least she hoped that her intution was wrong or they all be in one hell of problem. Jasmine finnaly figured out why she was a ultimate failure at being a vampire having to force herself to drink blood, having no blood preference even though she was going to turn fifteen soon...

But there was no time to be concerned with her own problems. If she couldn't defeat the enemy that was soon going to arrive... Then all hope would be lost. Jasmine looked out the darkening sky while gripping the coal black cross that was tied againist he neck... Strangely, she was following both her mother and father's relgion... Which Jasmine thought was one of the strangest things considering her parents often fought a lot... They were able to agree on relgion... But they always fight on my account... I am thier dissapointment because there's no telling if I will become a regular vampire...

"So... What's really going on here? Doc is having trouble explaining this..."

"Of course... This isn't the eaisiest thing to explain while using science..."

Doyle glanced at Jasmine, unsure of how to make the situation somewhat better... He already knew that the romance between Zak and Jasmine would never work out... Zak was suffering from hormones which made it difficult for Doyle to figure out if he was really in love with Jasmine. Either way, if it was truly love or the effect of hormones it would never work out...

"I guess this also means that you weren't able to convice that fool that love isn't the best option right now... Am I correct?" Jasmine stated, slight dissapointment in her voice.

"Well... Do you want me to stall for time?"

"That would be the best option... for now... I can't deal with anyone following me... That would only make things worse..." Jasmine remarked, staring out the window, noticing the the swriling clouds and the bright flashes of thunder.

"What do you mean by worse? Things-

"How things will turn out will be still be determined... It would be best if you avioded trying to figure out this is happening... For everyone's sake..." Jasmine remarked softly, opening the window and felt the cold wind start to mess up her bangs.

"This is for best, for everyone's sake... even though the true intentions may be misunderstood..." Jasmine replied softly as she jumped out the window.

"He is way out of his league." Doyle murmured as he walked out the door.

~Meanwhile~

A bat Chimera. Having her parents' ancestry coming from vampires. The experiement with Bat DNA. Jasmine continued to sprint off the buildings, allowing for the wind to spread through her small black wings... The weather was getting worse but Jasmine had no regrets. She needed to do this for herself, to prove that even though there was no telling if really she would become a vampire that Jasmine could do something memorable. Jasmine closed her eyes as she felt the cold wind go through the coal black stockings that she wore... The wind current was lifting Jasmine higher and higher.

"This much, much worse than I thought..."

The magic vortex was starting to affect people... Anna was irritable because of her magic and energy was draining. Unfortunally for Isaac. this week also happened to be that kind of week for Anna. Why was he stuck being married to this nagging whore... There was one very important question. Where was Jasmine? She'd usually be in the house... well, only because today was a Saturday... Jasmine loved Saturday, so where was she now? Isaac wondered if Jasmine had gone out to investigate what was going on outside. Of course... How stupid could Isaac could have gotten? Oh wait, he was tired...

Time passed slowly. Jasmine hated when time passed slowly when something dangerous was going to happen. It just made her feel even more swirling mass of the dark magic vortex was getting larger and were multiplying... At least Jasmine's father had taught her a new magic attack a few nights before. Even though Jasmine had many tricks up her sleeve, there was one attack that would be sure to kill... Only if things would have gotten to that level would Jasmine have to use the attack.

Jasmine took a deep breath and could feel the wind get stronger. The whole family managed to catch up to her... Everyone she knew was there... Isaac ignored the irritating chatter that Anna made and concentrated on his little girl... Issac taught Jasmine all that he could and now he just wanted to see her in action. To see how strong Jasmine was... His little girl that was infused with DNA that made her different than the others... Jasmine was a breed of chimera... A bat and a vampire hybrid... Having vampires in her ancestery and somehow being fused with Bat DNA at a young age... Letting her have to ability to be in the air while in battle. Isaac let a small smirk rise to his face.

"Wait 'til Anna sees her now..."

Jasmine held the weapon in her small hands and waited for some kind of movement that would signal the fight. There were too many people with hate in the world, now there was no way Jasmine would ever be able to tell her father her true drive for fighting. That would only cause complications... Sooner or later, her parents would start to fight. The perfect distraction for the perfect escape... Jasmine breathed in deeply, for the dark magic had been draining most of Jasmine's energy.

Another dissapointment...

To be another dissapointment... That was something Jasmine couldn't stand to be called again but she had been stuck with that label for the past fourteen years of her life... There was no changing that, so why bother with the trouble trying be praised by her parents? Jasmine was tired of seeking approval, the love of parents that a child normal would seek, she had tried her best but nothing seemed to work... Also considering the fact that Jasmine'e own mother tried to kill her by using many, painful, gruesome, cruel methods. One of them was turning Jasmine into roadkill -paying someone to run over Jasmine- in order to get the large sum of life insurance that was on Jasmine because the family had been running out of money... As in the "family", it really meant that Anna had been the one running out money.

Now it was time for the strike. A hard, swift kick had sent Isaac and Anna crashing down painfully againist the ground. A quick, nimble movement and the tying of red string had thier hands tied together. A very difficult partnership because Isaac and Jenna depised each other now more than ever even though they were married. Only the Rowles children had gotten the somewhat better treatment, they were only pushed down but it wasn't done agressively. The Saturdays had gotten the second to worse treatment - having someone thrown in order to send everyone crashing down painfully to the ground- and that person was Zak...

This was for the best... Jasmine hated having to leave her brothers. But they was nothing else she could do... The longer Jasmine stayed, the greater chance that everyone would be in danger... Jasmine wouldn't stop running...

Gomenasia, minna...