*Jasmine's P.O.V.*

Jasmine looked up and saw herself facing a tall girl with light olive skin and wavy dark brown hair which fell down to her shoulders. Her eyes were a dark brown, almost maroon, sort of color. Her lips were blood red, and her teeth were pearly white. She looked absolutely breathtaking. Jasmine immediately began to feel self-conscious at the sight of her, patting her matted dirty blonde hair so it didn't look like she'd given up on brushing it a while ago.

"Um, it's okay I guess." Jasmine stuttered, obviously alarmed by the visitor. She squeezed the shards of glass underneath her hand, ignoring the pain that seared up her arm as they penetrated her skin. She felt as if she was being watched again, but instead of by just one pair of eyes, she felt as if there were thousands. Jasmine got up from the ground, brushing off the sand on her pants and putting the shards of glass and rocks in her pant pockets.

"I just wanted to make sure you were okay." The girl went on, her voice sounding sickly sweet yet soothing at the same time. Jasmine started to feel a bit sleepy, but she quickly snapped herself awake. "I saw you staring up at the stars so intently I was afraid you were about to turn into a black hole!" she giggled.

Jasmine laughed nervously. If that was supposed to be some sort of joke, Jasmine didn't find it funny at all. She felt as if her privacy had been intruded. She wanted this girl to leave. She looked around and saw that everyone who had been at the beach before had left, leaving just her and the girl alone.

"Yeah, well I'm fine." Jasmine said, getting more and more agitated by the minute. She started to walk away slowly, but the girl stopped her.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't introduce myself!" the girl squeaked. She held out her hand, and her nails were painted blood red, like the color of her lips and eyes. "I'm Lola."

Jasmine slowly shook her hand. Trying not to show the annoyance and slight tinge of fear in her tone, she said, "I'm Jasmine."

Lola giggled again. "Oh, I already knew that."

Something definitely didn't feel right. At all.

Jasmine raised her eyebrows. "Um, how?" she asked, backing away slowly.

"Well, I came here to kill you of course!" Lola chirped.

Jasmine's eyes widened. She felt fear surge all around her veins. "Uh, excuse me?"

Lola's red eyes glowed even brighter. Her brown hair turned a fiery red color. Her teeth had suddenly transformed into fangs.

Jasmine fell backwards. "You're a v-vampire!"

Lola laughed. "Well, duh! I prefer empousa, but I guess "vampire" will do! Now, hold still and let me kill you."

Jasmine knew better than to listen to her, though some strange tugging sensation in her gut almost made her want to get killed. She realized that she had almost surrendered herself, though she didn't know why she did.

"There is no way I'm going to be killed by a vampire." Jasmine muttered, "I've seen enough about them in movies and books."

Lola hissed. "You know nothing about my abilities. I'm much more powerful than how these mortals depict me. You'll see once I kill you."

"Why the sudden interest in killing me?" Jasmine pressed, hoping to be able to buy herself some time. She looked around the beach to see if she could find any weapons to defend herself with. Suddenly, her hands went straight to her pant pockets.

Of course, Jasmine thought. The glass and stones.

She doubted that they would be able to kill her, though Jasmine couldn't find the strength in herself to do that. Hopefully it would be able to slow the demon down so she could run for safety.

"I was sent here by my patron to finish you." Lola said, waving it off as if it were unimportant.

"Who's your patron?" Jasmine asked, planning out an escape route. She looked at the strip of land behind the demon. There was a path leading up to the boardwalk in the distance. The lights glowed, making it feel alive, and filled with people. Hopefully she'd be able to run over there in time and call for help.

"Why do you care anyway?" Lola asked, getting a bit suspicious. Was it just Jasmine's imagination, or were the demon's teeth a faint red color?

"What, I can't ask a few questions?" Jasmine asked, slowly stepping backwards. She hoped she would be able to circle around the vampire, praying that her arms didn't grow longer and prevent her from doing so.

Lola hissed again, getting slightly impatient. "Gaea sent me."

Jasmine blinked, "Uh, who is that?" she heard the name before, but she couldn't remember from where.

"Gaea." Lola repeated, and then gestured to the ground. "The Earth Mother."

Jasmine's throat felt dry. "You mean... the ground is alive?"

Lola nodded, getting more and more impatient. "She's alive, but not completely awake. Once I cap- wait a minute." Lola said, narrowing her eyes.

"What is it?" Jasmine gulped, knowing that time was up. She had to make a run for it.

"You're stalling me!" Lola said. "That's not cool! I'm going to kill you!"

"That's not going to happen anytime soon." Jasmine promised. "I'd rather be eaten by a Cyclopes."

"Oh, we can arrange that, if you'd like." Lola laughed, and then lunged for Jasmine.

Jasmine ducked, causing the vampire to tumble away from her. The demon immediately shot up from the ground and started running towards her. Jasmine noticed that she was limping, and took that as her advantage. She threw pieces of glass onto the sand and hurled rocks at the vampire. She was too busy peering over her shoulder that she didn't notice the log in front of her. She stumbled and fell, pain searing through her ankle. She was in too much pain to get up, and she started hopelessly throwing glass at the demon.

Lola slowed down, limping closer and closer to Jasmine. She smiled, and her eyes shimmered bright red. Jasmine started to find it hard to breathe.

"I can't believe it. Out of all of the ways to die, I have to get the blood sucked out of me by a stupid vampire." Jasmine said quietly, barely loud enough for Lola to hear.

"And now, dear Jasmine Reid, you will perish." Lola said, grinning widely like a madman.

Suddenly, the howling of the wolf sounded again. Lola looked over with alarm and fear in her eyes, and immediately started to stagger away from Jasmine. She started to gain speed and run, but Jasmine still had enough strength to throw a stone which was hard enough to knock Lola to the ground.

"Fool!" Lola hissed. "I will get my revenge on you! I promise!"

"One thing my mom taught me," Jasmine said, "Was to never make promises that you couldn't keep. Tonight, both of us die."

The howling of the wolf came closer. Suddenly, Jasmine was able to see the creature in the distance. The wolf's hair was black, but shimmered silver in the moonlight. On top of the wolf was a man – no, a boy – who rode on his back, carrying a sword. The sword wasn't made up of any metal that Jasmine had seen before. It shimmered with a faint gold glow in the light.

The wolf let out another howl, and they charged down the hill, straight towards Jasmine and Lola.

*Note*

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