"Your back. Much sooner than I expected."
What was I going to say to that? Yep. Surprise! I came back because I had nothing better to do. No. I didn't even know the guys name. I really was crazy.
"Yes. I'm Bella."
"I'm Don." Don. That was an Italian name. I think I just entered the mafia. Oh boy. And Isabella is an Italian name. Yep…the mafia.
"I decided to train. I have the time. My aunt is getting remarried to a baseball player and she's gonna travel with him."
"Is he famous?"
"No. Strictly minor league. He's not very good, but don't him that. He thinks he's amazing."
"Back to business. I'm curious. Why did you come back?"
Of all the questions he asks me, he decides to ask me the question to which I have no answer. I didn't really know. I did it because I would have some free time while Renee was gone. I did it on a whim. Is that so terrible? What else was I going to do? Knit.
"I don't really know. I have the time, so why not."
"Is this something you really want? Are you doing this to occupy time? Do you remember that your parents were killed by vampires?" Boy, this guy really knows how to piss me off. Of all the things to bring up again, he had to bring up my parents. Maybe he knew that bringing up my parents would make me angry. My parents are dead. Because of vampires.
I could feel my eyes watering. "Why are you doing this to me? Why do you bring up a past I've tried so hard to forget?"
I was so young and so much was taken away from me in that one night. I never had a mother to argue with. When I got married, I would never have a father-daughter dance. That one night had changed the path of my life. My mother's engagement ring hung around my neck as a reminder to my past. It was something I could never let go of. I could never let go of them.
"Why," he said. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that Don's voice startled me. "Because you need to learn from your past. If you don't learn from the past, history is bound to repeat itself. Like what happened to you so long ago. It can happen again. I understand that it brings back a lot of bad memories. Bella, you need to learn to channel the emotions into something stronger. Something you can fight with. You have to learn to fight back. You have to be strong. Do you still want to do this?"
Yes. He was right (yet again) and I knew it. How many other people had already lost loved ones because it took me so long to accept what was happening? I couldn't let it happen. I wouldn't let it happen.
"Yes. I want to do it. Train me." I felt like I was selling my soul, but I was ready.
"Patience. You see that dagger, the one that had originally caught your eye."
"Yes. The dagger of Sladen. That's when you started to tell me the story of vampires."
"Yes. That's where I will start my tale. Many, many decades ago, there was a vampire named Sladen. He wasn't exactly the nicest thing to be around. He was always hostile and was always thirsty. That dagger was his. He used it to torture his victims before he drank their blood. He drank them dry. One day, after he was done torturing his next victim, he had put the dagger down. The young man knew he was about to die. But he was going to fight back. He had no idea that Sladen was a vampire. He picked up the dagger. It was covered in the man's blood. As Sladen came to bite the man, he plunged the dagger into the vampire. Now, not much can pierce the skin of a vampire, but for some reason, this dagger, when coated in human blood, can kill a vampire. The young man killed the vampire. After that, the young man, carried around the dagger and an ounce of blood around his neck to keep in case he ever met another vapmire. That's what the pendant is for. As the man lay dying on his bed, he gave the dagger to his son. He told his son to always keep it with him and from then on, the dagger was passed down in the family, along with the pendant."
"Ok. So, how did you come to get it?"
"My great great grandfather was the one to encounter the vampire." He paused. "He passed down what he learned about vampires. My family has acquired other information through various means. And now, I must pass what I have learned to you."
This was it. I had accepted my destiny and I wasn't going to turn back.
Sorry, I have been trying to update as much as possible, but I am limited on free time. I hope you enjoy the story. I know its still slow, but it will pick up soon. Thanks
-Schyulerstwin