Chapter 2: Boiled Blood

2:23AM, 15th December 2013

Drew was having a hard time sleep, he hated being the loser, the one who got nothing, he was in his bed and was tossing and turning, the heat was unbearable and the facts of today didn't help at all.

He got out of bed and made his way to the kitchen, he remembered his dad always drinking whiskey every month and a half, he hated his job and so did Gemma, they were board but the pay was worth it. Drew looked in the cumbered to see half bottle of 'Jack Daniels'. Drew grabbed the bottle and a glass out of the cabinet, he didn't care if he was under aged, If his parents could do it then he might as well follow in tradition. He poured the golden liquid out of the glass bottle and into the container he was gonna drink from. He placed the bottle down and grabbed the glass; he sipped the liquid out of the glass, tasting the raw burn in his throat. He relaxed on the couch and thought of what lied ahead, there wasn't much to do, hopefully Emma could get a few grade because at this point Drew was sick to death of this school, he hated everyone that called him a freak, always had a comeback for everything, laughing at you for something that's not even funny, how sad their lives would be without each other, the pure thought of it made Drew happy, he hated the entire school and would probably give up on it sooner or later.

Then there was a knock at the door, it was 2 in the morning who could want to come at this hour? Never the less Drew got up and answered the door, he was a little unsteady but he wasn't drunk, he opened the door to find Alicia at the door, 'now what could she want?' Thought Drew, "what are you doing here?" Drew asked in a tired way, "I wanted to talk to you. Can I come in?" Alicia asked, "Sure, hope you like whiskey." Drew walked to the kitchen and grabbed another glass, he placed it on the coffee table and sat next to Alicia. He poured the scotch into her glass and watched her reaction to the taste. Alicia picked up the glass and took a sip, it tasted like fire but she drank it anyway, she set the now empty glass on the coffee table and looked at Drew, she was very worried about him and had a lot of talking to do, "So… what now? You just gonna drown in your sorrows or act on your life now?" Alicia asked hesitantly, she had to say it, otherwise Drew would end up drinking for maybe a long time. "I'm sick of being the loser… this is unfair and I'm not gonna deal with guys like Roy come up and think he can just push me around… I need to find a life where I'm finally in charge… but that won't happen, so… I guess option 1 is best…" Drew went for the bottle, but was not quick enough to get it because Alicia had taken it off him and stood up in his face. "This is not you…AT ALL! You're not gonna waste your life just because your parents are dead, think about Emma, Think about the school they all like you now, I went to talk to Julie and she said she'd snog you rather than Roy, But also…Think about me…" Alicia looked at the floor and shed a little tear, it was hard to see…but it was there… Drew stood up, he lifted Alicia's chin up and looked her in the eyes, "Sorry…I'm… just in a difficult time about now… but your right about one thing…I gotta take care of my sister…" Drew turned to Emma's bed room door, he wanted to go and hug her but that might have woke her up, Drew looked at Alicia and was gonna say something when Katy opened the door to the master bed room. She looked at the two in worry.

"Alicia? Drew? W-what are you two up for?" Alicia Shook the bottle in her hand in front of Katy and pointed at Drew with her other hand. "Oh…Well, I guess…if you can't beat 'em… Join 'em, ah?" Alicia sat in the one person arm chair and grabbed Drew's glass, then Alicia Filled it up with whiskey. "So… how come you're here, don't answer that I don't care, but I can have you going home drunk, even though you might not be drinking, you'll smell of whisky and that will look bad on me… Drew?" "Yeah?" "Can you sleep on the couch tonight?" "Sure…I guess… I'm gonna see if there's any vampire films on?" Drew picked up the remote and flicked through the channels, there was that 'Darren Shan movie' but in Drew's option it was just lame, He then found the 'Dracula' movie (The 1930's Version) It was ok but it was choppy, Alicia went to go in Drew's room when she thought… 'Fuck it, he's been tempting me.' She went back to the couch, which was now only in a living room of only a boy and not a babysitter, and she poked Drew. "Move over, I'm sleeping here with you." "But, Katy said-""I know but I don't care, move over, or should I tell Julie that you like her?" It wasn't true, but Drew would rather mover over than deal with a blonde bitch. He scooted over and left some room for Alicia, She didn't sit on the couch though she leaped on and rested her head on Drew's lap, she used it as a pillow and hugged the left arm of his, Now this was just weird, Drew was not bothered and just rested his left arm around her shoulder, hoping Alicia would be freaked out and go to bed, but nope, she sat up and wrapped her arms around Drew's chest firmly as if marking her territory, Drew was just buzzing all over, He just met this girl properly today and now she was hugging him, 'a little bit much but, ok.'Drew thought, Then Katy knocked on her door to make Drew look at her, She mouthed some word but Drew never got the hint, Katy waved a beckon jester to follow her, Drew looked at Alicia, he didn't know how but she was out flat… in 3 minutes no less… Drew got up leaving Alicia hugging a pillow and went into Katy's room, He sat on the side of the bed with her and looked at her, "Drew…you said you wanted a new life? How do you mean?" Drew thought for a minute for using the right words "I…wanna start over…begin again…" Ok… Well, if you could have any life like…a fictional life! What would you want?" "I don't know? Why the random question anyway?" Drew said smirking at the funny randomness, Katy shrugged, "I'm bored…" "Well…I guess a…vampire?" AT that Katy's Eyes glowed in the dark a little, "Drew… can I ask you something?" "Sure…" Drew said un-certain… "If I asked you to kiss me or Alicia, would you?" "Um…no…because Alicia would stab me over and over again!" Drew said being sarcastic, "But you'd kiss me?" "Um…I guess if you wanted… Why?" "Because I want you to…Please?" "Um…ok?" "Ok…nice and easy…" Drew pulled his face closer to Katy's, when there was just an inch off of their lips… There was a sharp pain in Drew's neck! He looked to see Katy had sunk her teeth into his neck, he pushed her off, feeling dizzy and drained he limped to the door, he opened it and looked at Alicia, then he felt horrible… and fainted out of the blue…

Time and date unknown…

Waking in a vile state, Drew sat up regretting what he just did, he looked around to see…darkness…pitch black hollowness…this was weird, all he did was kiss his…Babysitter? "That fucking bitch…" Drew mumbled, the bite marks on his neck burned like he was being infected…maybe he was… he stood up only to fall back down on his back, the pain and weakness in his legs were unbearable, he thought about his options, he could walk around and try and find an exit or he could just sit tight and wait for something to happen, but both wore crush by a single moment, a teenage girl appeared out of nowhere, she was wearing a white sash all around her. Now this was weird, Drew was not buying it and was ready for any jump scares, Drew found the strength to stand, he narrowed his eyes at the back of the girls head, "Ok 'lady', I know I'm supposed to think you're an angel or something, but I'm not falling for it so let's have it!" drew said in a bitter voice, She didn't turn but raised her head to a regular level, "Why do you ignore the truth young one, does life real envy you so?" "At the moment, 'Life' has turned to shit for me so I don't care at this point; I was living fine until my parents decided to get on a plane with a damn terrorist! What is this to you? Fortune telling?" "No child…I'm your guardian angel…I've been waiting your arrival, master…" Drew was not in the mood for this, he needed to get back before Katy got to Emma too. "Ok, if I'm your mater, then I'd appreciate it if you looked at me, and if you'd show me your face, I'd like to know I can trust you." Drew said in a steady voice, he saw no reason being protective now seeing as she hadn't been aggressive or attacked yet. She turned around and pulled her hood off revealing her face, And Drew knew exactly who it was…

"Katy? W-why did you bite me?" Drew as in shock and his head began to spin; this entire thing was just weird. "I did this to benefit you, I asked if you wanted to live a new life and you agreed." "I THOUGHT YOU MENT HIPOTHETICAL!" "You still said yes…" Drew sighed, he hated this, he missed his sister, his babysitter, his real babysitter, and…Alicia… 'Wait what? I don't miss her! How can I? I only just met her?' "That doesn't mean you don't like her." Katy said, "Wait, I didn't say….you read my mind… How?" "Cause I know." Katy said with a smirk on her face, "But for now I need to tell you something, in that bite I released a liquid into your blood, in 24 hours you will be like me. Well, not exactly like me but…you will be a vampire…" Drew's eyes popped out (Not literally) he was now maybe in a fantasy, he could become a vampire? "I'm…gonna be a…vampire…" Drew thought hard, this was his dream, sure he was 15 but hey, "Well…seeing as the damage has already been done… what's the plan?" "The plan is for you to restart your life, you will have to be given a new name, D.O.B. and hometown, but that's for you to decide." Katy said, passing Drew a tick box sheet, it had 3 questions 'What name?' 'What month, day and year were you born?' and 'What continent do you hail from?' Drew thought for a bit deciding what to put, "For question 1…Mitchell Mickelback." "Really… Mickelback, like Nickelback?" "Hey, I'm answering the questions here, Question 2, March 17th 1997." "Ok and where do you want to be from?" "Hmm, a tough one, how about… Chicago, Illinois. It's a big area so people will be there a lot." Drew knew the place was a big city, but if he was to make a new life of sucking blood it might as well be in a place with lots of people. "Ok, now, I need to straighten something out, you are going into a life that you can tell what peoples' secrets are, you will see how life's have changed and you will not be the person you used to and you may have to keep a record of your fake past life to make sure you don't get caught lying…and I'd like to say sorry if this is not what you want but you sister will see you soon too, I bite her as well." Now drew was pissed, "…Fine…but you'd better keep you half of the bargain… and…keep my sister safe… I couldn't live it down if she was harmed" Drew said bitterly, he sat back down and examined his legs, 'they were bruised?' drew thought, "Hey, how come…" Drew was now in a forest at pitch black night, he saw light coming from his left, but was that the best solution, he was a creature of the night now and had to keep a low profile.

He stood up and creped to the light, he pulled back the thorns in the rose bush; he saw a nice big house of a maybe rich family, where had he seen this? 'Toronto, I'm still here?' he ran up to the edge of the cliff where he saw the house, there was no way down, well there was but that may hurt a little, "HEY! YOU! GET AWAY FROM THERE!" Mitchell turned to see a garbage guy, he was mid-aged and had a long and rough black beard, and it was like he was some pirate or the old miserable guy that lived next door. Mitchell's head began to hurt, he felt weak and his vision went blurry. 'My lucky day… Why am I weak? of course… I'm a vampire, and vampires need blood… well, I guess he'll have to do…'

Mitchell walked to him and examined him, not much going for him so oh well, Mitchell placed a hand on the guy's shoulder and drove his teeth into his neck in one split second, the taste was vile, but to Mitchell it was the sweetest thing ever. He looked at the body gush blood while it laid there defenceless, Mitchell looked down to the collage again and the turned to see that there was a cat behind him, "You look lost little guy…" Mitchell said with a smirk, the cat meowed and jumped at Mitchell, Mitchell's legs lost balance and slipped, with the cat clutched to his chest, Mitchell rolled down the cliff violently, the impact of the fall may have broken more of his ribs, but for some reason…it didn't… then he looked down to find, the cat's blood all over his chest, the cat had took a blow for him and literally imploded, "Damn… what the fuck, this is nasty…" Mitchell said, throwing the cat corpse on the floor. Mitchell made his way to the big building, it looked like some old type of school, there were cob webs all around and the brick of the walls looked crackled and dusty. He made his way to the big wooden doors and looked through the gap between the doors, steel jars and a royal theme… nothing but the best… Mitchell decided not to sneak in and start chewing on necks, his best bet would to just get in an act the part of his former self, maybe he could-.

The door opened! And a figure walked up to him, "Welcome to Toronto Vampire Arts, Mr Mickelback. We've been expecting you." "You gotta be fucking kidding me…" there stood, yet again, Katy the 'Babysitter' "What? Expecting someone else?" Katy giggled, Mitchell face-palmed and dragged his hand down his face, "please, oh please tell me that you're not gonna screw me over again…" Mitchell said, still with his hand on his face. "Define….never mind, but yes, this is your first step to your new life, but don't worry, you'll like it here, people here are…." "Freaks?" "Well, not the word I'd used but if that's what flouts your boat…who am I to judge." "This should be good, well I guess this is one of those 'do as you're told' moments?" "And I take it YOU are in a 'just hurry the fuck up and get on with it' mood?" Katy asked with a smirk, "You know me so well." Mitchell said, Katy waved Mitchell in and leaded the way to her office, on the way Mitchell decided to look about a little, or in other words look at the girl's ass in front, it was a regular thing and he never got caught so, no harm done.

"Would you mind not looking at my back-side; the pupils will get the wrong idea." 'Of course, out of all the women, she's the one to catch me…" As soon as they got into the office Katy shut the door and sat behind her desk, "Have a seat, unless you would rather stand?" Mitchell looked at the chair, he sat in it and leaned back, getting comfy for what maybe about another weird conversation, "OK so, here's the deal, you are now a new pupil in my school and-" "Hold on! YOUR school? Since when did you get a school? Of VAMPIRES?!" "Since I bite you or… reincarnated you." "Reincarnated? What?" "Mitchell, you were born to be a vampire." "Like? Destiny or something like that?" "That's not important about now, but what you should know is that you're not alone here." "Yeah, I got my sis with me…speaking of which where is she?" "She's here already, in the girl's dorm. But so is Alicia." "ALICIA! SHE'S HERE TOO?!" "Yep, well, her real name is…probably not important about now, she asked me to not tell you because she wants to see you personally. But for now I'm your head mistress and you will do everything I say…" "With a mind like yours? HELL NO!" "Relax, I'll behave." Katy stood up and made her way to the door, Mitchell stood up and opened the door for her, as she walked past she whispered in Mitchell's ear, "For the most part…" Mitchell rolled his eyes and poked her in the arm; he was very childish when he was teased.

"Ok so, you need to now sleep seeing as you are injured still. But you can't sleep in with the boys…" "Let me guess… I gotta sleep with you…" Mitchell said raising his eyebrow with narrow eyes, not in a very impressed way, "As much as I'd love that, no, you will be sleeping in my office." Katy giggled, "So you're saying I can't sleep with you?" "Why? Do you want to? It can be arranged?" Mitchell rolled his eyes, "Well, I've made it this far…and you have done a lot for me…" Mitchell thought that she deserved it seeing as it was a lot for her, but there was no way he was gonna do…That. Katy smiled and shook her head, "Mitchell… you know I'm not single, Right?" "Oh? Who's the lucky guy?" But the answer was not what he expected, "You mean Girl?" Katy smirked, 'Wait…GIRL?!' Mitchell eyes went wide again, "Ummm…. Girl?" "Yes Mitchell, what? Can't I live my 'Fanatics'?" "Yeah, it's just…never mind, if that's what your into 'who am I to judge'." Mitchell quoted on Katy, "well…I'm sure you can next time but for now…it would be weird finding some 15 year old in your bed that you've never met." "Yeah I hear you…can I at least have a hug?" Mitchell extended his arms to Katy and made a puppy face, Katy rolled her eyes and hugged him, the pecked him on the cheek, "If there's anything you need, just ask, OK?" Katy said, releasing Mitchell, She made her way up the stair-way. 'I've seen this place before…' Mitchell thought, he went back into the room to find that there was a range on drinks on a vending machine, he push the 'Pepsi' button and out came a can, he opened it and took a sip, he went behind the desk and sat in Katy's chair, he leaned back and set the chair to lock, so it stayed in a leaning position, he place the can on the desk and leaned back, he looked around the room and saw all the thing Katy had, Trophies, Paintings, Calligraphy…. "Oh! Origami." Mitchell picked up the paper dove on the desk, it reminded him of the 'Heavy Rain' game he played about 2 maybe 3 years ago? He placed the dove down and lay back on the chair, he closed his and…passed out. (NOT LITARALLY)

The next day, 5:00AM

Mitchell opened his eyes and looked round the room, 'Still dark out? Jesus fucking Christ…' He stood up and slumped on the wall, catching himself from falling, 'maybe I should just…fuck it…' but there was no chance to get back in the chair, there was a knock on the door, 'great, now I'm gonna fuck things up by opening the door… wait? I remember that knock…' the rhythm of the knock was memorised, Mitchell walked to the door and opened it, there stood… "Alicia?" Mitchell rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and looked again; his eyes did not deceive.

"Hey Drew…look I'm…" Alicia looked depressed, 'why was she this was? Wait, was she apart of this?' "Can I help you? Or do I need to stand here like a dumbass all day?" Mitchell said with a smile on his face, he loved her smile and intended on seeing it again, I moved away from the door and sat in the chair he slept in, Alicia sat in the chair Mitchell sat in when he first came in, "Look…I'm sorry you had to find out like this but…I CAME UP WITH THE PLAN!" "…and your shouting…Because?" "Because it needed to be said…" Alicia said, looking at the floor, "Well…I don't hate you so…Yay, I guess…" "Are you fucking kidding me? I JUST MADE YOU INTO A FUCKING VAMPIRE!" "I still have you and Emma, Don't i?" "Well…yeah…" "Then what's the problem, in any case you've saved me, so thanks…but you still didn't do one thing though…" "Oh?" "Your name?" "You know my name, it's-" "YOUR REAL NAME! NO MORE LIES!" Alicia sighed and stood up, "My name…my name is…. Damn it… my name is Raven…" "Is it spelt like the bird?" "Yeah… you need to forget me though…" Mitchell's face was torn, "why? What's wrong now?" "I'm not…let's say… 'Available'…" "So….you're not single…so?" "That's why you've been asking for me for the last 24 hours, right?" Mitchell blushed, 'WHAT DA FUCK?! HOW CAN SHE SEE THOUGH ME?!' "Um… no…" "Oh…well… why are you after me then?" "I need…a little help with…vampiring… I suck at it…" "Yeah, you kinda do." Raven giggled, "Well. Who are you going out with anyway?" "Some guy called Larry; he's a…jock…" "Oh for fuck sake, another one?" "Yeah…" "well…don't expect me to take shit from him because if he comes near me I'm gonna break his nose." Mitchell hissed bitterly. "I'm sure you will, well…I guess my work here is done, I need to get a back otherwise I'm gonna get nagged at. Oh! The head give you some new clothes by the way…a trench coat too I think?" Raven said, holding her chin. "Well, that will be helpful." Mitchell said looking in Raven's blue eyes. 'I need to stop staring at those sapphires… but damn her eyes are lovely to look at…' "I wouldn't call them sapphires, more like small, icecaps." Mitchell's eyes widened, "Wait, how can you read my mind?" "Only I and the head can. Don't worry; no one will be able to except me and her." Raven giggled, Mitchell sighed in relief, but just then there was a knock at the door. "Come in…"

The door opened revealing a 6 year old looking girl, it was not Emma but something about her was familiar, she had black mid-length hair, she was wearing a 'Breaking Benjamin' T-shirt and baggy sweat pants. She was like a Goth or so she looked, Mitchell had no time for the questions and the 'you're the new kid?' bullshit. "Are you Mr Mitchell Mickelback?" "Yeah…" She threw Mitchell a coat and some cloths. "Here your new attire, Miss Luster sent them. She said to meet her upstairs in an hour, I was supposed to wake you up but…I guess my sister already… 'Woke you'… she said while blushing and retreating because Raven's glare scared her a little, "your sister?" Mitchell asked Raven in a confused way. "Y-Yeah… she's a bitch…" "Nice…" Mitchell went through the clothes; there was a long white shirt and grey steel tie, "Who the fuck am I supposed to be? Christian Grey?" "…Please tell me you haven't read that book…" "Why would I lie to you?" Mitchell said smirking, Raven face-palmed and slapped the back of Mitchell's head while giggling, Mitchell found a pair of baggy leather pants and a long trench coat, it looked like Adam Copeland's Trench coat but it didn't have the collar. "Ok, now I'm gonna look like Dwayne Johnson…" Mitchell said placing the clothes on the desk, "I guess I better get ready, will you be ok?" "With what?" "I don't know, everything, and that dude…what was his name?" "Larry." Raven said walking out of the door and closing it behind her. "Well…I guess I better sort this…whatever it is…out…"

6:01 AM

Mitchell climbed the stairs to find Katy standing in front of the stairs, "you're late…" She said with a poker face, "oh boo-fucking-whoo… what do you need?" "Well, I want to show you to your room, you will have a single room like everyone else. You will have a king sized bed, a 60 inch flat screen, a 'MacBook pro' and a weapon wardrobe." "Awesome! What are we waiting for?" "There's a little problem… Raven has requested she wants to be your… roommate." "And the problem is?" "Larry will not approve. I saw the bastard slap Raven just for asking… " "I don't give a fuck if he approves or not, she can do what the hell she wants. And the fact he slapped her means I've got to go kick his ass now!" "Tell that to his face. I dare you!" "Ok, where is he?" "He's outside with the jocks, good luck getting him alone…" "Hmmmm…. You got a motorcycle helmet?" "Umm…I think Raven has one…" Awesome! back in 5!" "Why do you need a biker helmet?" "You'll see…" Mitchell said, smirking.

With that Mitchell made his way to Raven, he was planning on attacking Larry with the helmet so he could not be identified, he looked around for 10 minutes till he found her talking to her sister, Mitchell made his way over and tapped her on the shoulder, getting her attention.

"Hey Raven? Did you request to…be my roommate?" "Umm… Yeah, is that a problem?" Raven asked blushing. "No it's fine by me, Hey, you got a motorcycle helmet?" "Sure, what do you need it for?" "You'll know in a few minutes." Mitchell said with an evil smirk. "Ok…Umm…give me a minute…" "K!" Raven walked up the stairs, Mitchell looked at Raven's sister, she was a bit shy by the look of her. "Hey, you didn't give me your name…" "Didn't i? My apologies, I'm Roxie." "Well, it's good to know that you don't hate me…do you?" Roxie shook her head grinning, 'she is cute and fun. Wow…that sounded pedoish…Pedoish? Is that a word?' Raven came back down the stairs with a helmet and give it to Mitchell, who took it and pecked Raven on the lips, before she could react Mitchell ran off with the helmet, 'hit and run!' Raven thought grinning, Mitchell went outside and searched the grounds, there he was with 2 of the jocks near the pinecone tree, Mitchell put on the helmet and checked to see if he had been spotted, no-one had seen him, 'time to play Larry!'

Mitchell got a little closer and then sprinted at Larry, He drove his shoulder right in Larry's chest with a rugby tackle, Mitchell and Larry wrestled on the floor, kicking and punching, 'too bad that Larry didn't know any MMA moves, otherwise it might have been fun' Mitchell grabbed Larry's arm and put it behind his back, he grabbed his wrist and pulled back, breaking the elbow. Mitchell had Larry on his belly at his mercy. "Now Larry, we can do this easy or i can fuck you up more. What's it gonna be?" Mitchell asked, "Fuck you…" Larry growled, "I asked nicely…" Mitchell stood up and stomped on the back of Larry's knee, dislocating it. Larry screamed in pain, Mitchell turned to the two other jocks, He threw two punches in the skulls of them, knocking them out cold.

Mitchell took off the helmet, it was getting heavy, he turned to Larry who was still crawling around in pain and suffering. "Looks like your boys are fucked…well Larry, I will ask again… let raven go…" "No way! She's mine baby; I won't let you take her!" Larry spat in Mitchell's face, Mitchell stood up and wiped the saliva off his face then soccer kicked Larry in the face, Larry was still awake but he had nothing left, "Now…Let…Raven…GO!" Mitchell said, punching Larry in the face, word after word. "Well…he's done." As soon as Mitchell stood up he got hit in the face by a 30 year old man, "Take that you freak!" Mitchell's vision was blurry but he just made out that it was the guy who Mitchell had bitten before. 'Maybe it didn't help doing that…' Mitchell now noticed two things, one: the man had gone now. Two: His cut on his forehead had now reopened and he was bleeding again. 'Oh what fun…'

In Mitchell's room

Mitchell sat on the side of the bed while Raven re-stitched his cut, she was silent for a while and it was really awkward. "So…how did you do this?" Raven asked, "I got into a fight with Larry…" "Don't you mean you started a fight with Larry?" "Yeah…I wanted to get him off your back, I'm sick of people controlling others, it's not right…" "Well…shit happens…" "That's really good confidence boost…" "It's true! You gotta live with this kinda thing and if not, then you're basically…" "Fucked?" "Something like that… ok, there, you're done!" raven washed her hands and put away her things. "You sleeping here tonight?" Mitchell asked, pushing his luck, "sure I guess, but you better behave, I don't wanna wake up with you head between my legs." "Yeah! Cause I'm really gonna do that!" Mitchell sarcastically said. "I never know with you…" Raven said, standing up and kissing Mitchell on the lips, "Now we're even…"