i know some of you think this story is similar to Divergent so i've got some things to say to that:
1. i was originally going to put this in the crossover section but i ultimately decided not to because technically the characters are mine and this will be my own story.. i was just inspired to make a vampire themed version of Divergent
2. the story is not going to end the same way
3. some of the scenes are similar to Divergent (like the fight club chapter) but i swear that was just my subconscious at work because i did not plan for that to be similar.. and all other similarities are just coincidences. sorry.
i promise that i didn't intentionally make my story similar to Divergent. i read the story and was inspired to make a vampire/werewolf version of the sectors.. sorry for any coincidences
p.s. you WILL see more werewolf action soon :)
sorry for the late update... i worked five day in a row this week... ugh... i'll keep trying to make this weekly :)
Chapter 12:
Surprisingly, the night before Final Training I actually slept. It wasn't long, but I slept. I dreamt of my family and the only reason I knew it was a dream is because we were all together in the house I used to run to—the one with the running water. Somehow the house had been reconstructed and it no longer slanted or creaked. The outside was painted a light grey and the trimming was white. The porch was painted white as well and was completely restored. My mother and father were sitting in chairs there together, holding hands, and looking much younger, like worry hadn't aged them at all.
Shane, Wes and I sat in the spongy yard and played in it, laughing, without a care for the world. Across the green yard and dirt path was the fence. I was too caught up with playing with Wes and his toy truck to notice Shane had gotten up. I saw him staring past the fence.
"Shane?" I called out, but he kept on looking at the fence with his back facing me. I heard a wolf howl and he tilted his head. There was another howl, this time much closer. Wes kept on pushing his truck along the grass, but I grabbed him by the shoulders and held him closer. Another howl, closer still, this time with growling attached. "Shane?" I asked with panic in my voice. I looked around to look at my mother and father and as soon as I did, they grew frightened. My father lunged off of his chair and grabbed Wes away from me. He took Wes back up to the porch, away from me, like I was some kind of monster. I frantically turned around to look back at Shane.
The wolves had now approached the fence with their teeth bared. There were white ones, grey ones, black ones, and brown ones, all with amber eyes that locked onto me.
"Here she is!" Shane cried, pointed back at me. "Here's the vampire!" his voice was full of disgust and hatred.
"No!" I cried. I'm not a vampire! What is Shane talking about?
The wolves backed up a few feet and then sprinted toward the fence. With a supernatural force, they leapt over the fence and landed fiercely in front of me. One of the lighter color wolves started stalking me. It had light green eyes—familiar… light green eyes. Danny!
"Please—" I started to cry. I don't like this. I'm not the bad guy. Things needed to go back to the way they were.
Within an instant, all of the wolves lunged forward and bit down onto my arms, legs, and neck, sending white-hot pain throughout my body.
The pain caused me to wake up, screaming, and sweating. I had to take in several quick breaths before my breathing returned to normal. I looked around. Christina popped her head over her bunk to look at me. Her eyes were half shut and confused while her hair was messy.
"…the hell?" she asked.
"I'm sorry. I-It was just a bad dream, that's all." I curled back into my covers and hugged my pillow. It was just a bad dream, that's all.
. . .
In the training room, everyone stood stiffly before Cashile, who had his hands behind his waist. Behind him, were the old vampires, including Viktor. He was wearing a dark suit and his dark hair was slightly slicked back, making the blue in his eyes pop even more.
Another vampire walked in and shut the door behind him. He was tall, really tall. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. "Sorry to keep you waiting." He said and then continued without offering and explanation. "Today you will show us your skills. We will determine if you will make an excellent addition to the vampire sector or not. Today's process will be very similar to the process on Choosing Day. Any questions?" he talked quickly and proficiently. "Good. We will start with Ethan Anderson, everyone else, please sit in the hallway until we call your name." The blonde vampire went to sit back with the others, and Cashile stood respectively behind them.
This is it.
The whole procedure reminded me too much of Choosing Day—the day my life took a drastic turn. I thought of Danny and my family and how much they will hate me when (and if) I become a vampire, just like my dream.
Cashile would periodically come out of the training room and call out names. The mutt would go inside and then come back out and sit down again.
My leg starting bouncing restlessly, my heart was racing, and my stomach was uneasy. My last name isn't that far down in the alphabet, so what was taking so long?
Sitting next to me was Alex and Christina. They didn't seem as worried as me, but they didn't seem completely calm either.
Then I heard it.
"Allison Cooper." Cashile called my name in a monotonous way.
As I got up, I swallowed the lump in my throat and rubbed the sweat off on my pants. When I walked past him, he gently put a guiding hand around my back and squeezed my waist.
"Good luck." He whispered as he continued to walk behind the elder vampires.
The tall blonde vampire was sitting in the front, middle row as the other sat around him.
"Allison Cooper…" he pondered on my name while looking at papers. "Human." he said with a smile in his voice.
"Yes?" I said quietly and then cleared my throat.
He looked up from his papers. "AB negative? Very rare blood type." The vampire's eyes glanced back at Cashile, but Cashile just clenched his jaw. The blonde vampire found this amusing. "So, I have heard your stamina is quite extraordinary."
"Yes. I'm a excellent long distance runner." I informed.
"Outstanding." He clapped his hands together once. He was more enthused than I expected him to be, especially since every other vampire I have met here seems to want to kill me. "I see great potential in you."
His words surprised me and my eyebrows rose.
"Allison, tell me," he leaned forward. "do you want to be a vampire?"
My eyes instantly found Cashile and he looked as surprised as I was. "What?" I asked.
"You have immense possibilities that we can utilize whether you are a human or a vampire. As a human, you can continue to feed those of us that need," he glanced at Cashile. "or want your blood, but as a vampire you will acquire abilities you have never dreamed of before."
This was all news to me. I got a decision, but I was completely torn. I didn't necessarily want to become a vampire, but I didn't want to stay a human slave for the rest of my life—that would not be living. Yet, I couldn't build up my voice to choose 'vampire'. "I-I don't know." I shrugged. "I'll leave the decision to you. I just can't make it on my own."
The blonde vampire looked at the other vampires including Viktor, they shared an approving nod. "Thank you." He said. "You are finished."
That's it? Everyone else was in here for a lot longer. I bowed my head slightly. "Thank you." I said and walked out the door.
. . .
Results weren't published until dinnertime, and this was one of the only times the vampires let lose and celebrated.
We all gathered in the dining hall. It was much more crowded than I have ever seen it before.
As usual, I sat with Alex, Christina, and Jaxon. I saw a smile crawl up on Jaxon's face. "Stop worrying, you guys. Your hearts are racing like crazy."
Alex laughed a little. "Sorry." He continued to play with his fork.
I laughed along a little too and I felt a hand graze my shoulder. I turned my head to see who it was. "What are you doing here Cashile?" I asked.
"I came to see the results. May I join you?" he asked the group and me.
"Sure." Jaxon said cautiously as Cashile took a seat next to me and smiled.
"Have you heard anything?" Christina asked.
Cashile shook his head. "I'm as blind as you are."
Just as Cashile finished talking, another vampire took over. It was the same blonde vampire that I saw earlier. "Welcome! I hope all of you are enjoying the ceremony." There was a thunderous roar that rumbled throughout the crowd in response. I could see everyone's thermos lift into the air, including Jaxon and Cashile. Cashile didn't shout like the others he just respectfully lifted his thermos.
I turned to Cashile, "Who is that?" I asked.
"One of the first." He leaned in closer to talk to me. "Older than Viktor. His name is Jaymes."
After a few more welcoming words, Jaymes continued. "Now, for the moment we are here for. Initiates, if I call your name then you are to become a vampire. If you do not hear your name, I am sorry to inform you, you did not make the final cut."
Under the table I felt a cold hand creep onto mine. I looked at Cashile and he smiled back at me. "Good luck." He said. I squeezed his hand back, and continued to hold it for support.
Jaymes started reading the names in a random order. Most of the names were not very familiar to me because I never became close with most of the other trainees. He called off Ethan's name, Jade's, Alex's, and Christina's. I swallowed hard again.
Had I messed up? Should I have chosen to become a vampire? No, they said there was something special about me, but they also said I had potential as a human.
Words couldn't describe how sick I felt. My nerves made me want to throw up and my hand squeezed Cashile's hand even tighter. It's a good thing he couldn't be hurt easily because I'm sure I would be bruising him right about now.
The more names Jaymes called off, the smaller chance I would hear my name being called.
Jaymes voice caught me off guard. "Allison Cooper…" He said and looked at his tablet that I assumed held all of the names. He continued to read off a few more names.
I couldn't help myself. I screamed, turned to Cashile, and kissed him. As he pulled away, he whispered and smiled. "Congratulations."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Christina held up her hands. Cashile and I broke our kiss and looked at her.
"I was going to tell you." I smile guiltily. Her eyes squinted like she was mad, but I knew her too well. She wasn't mad; she was laughing at me in her head. She always talked about how Cashile was hot, but too freaky for her to ever date. She even told me how she always had a crush on him until she got to know Alex better. I know she isn't jealous; she just finds it humorous that I got with him. If she only knew the truth behind us.
After Jaymes stopped calling off names, another roar came from the crowd. A smile crawled upon his face. "Our turning ceremony will commence tomorrow. I know I speak for the whole sector when I say this: cum nova pietas, cum novum sanguinem, tu familia."
The crowd recited the foreign words and then took a sip of the blood from their silver thermoses.
"What'd he say?" I asked.
"He basically said that you will become family after the transition." Cashile said as he stood up. He held out a hand like he wanted me to take it.
I couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah, I can feel the family love."
"You may not feel it right now, but vampires do tend to respect other vampires. If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us." Cashile's mouth curved up in the corner.
"It's true." Jaxon said timidly, like he didn't want to upset Cashile.
There was a small pocket of silence after that and Cashile pulled me up. "We'll be right back." He told everyone and then led me out the door.
"Where are we going?" I asked, but he didn't say anything, he just kept on leading me through the tunnels. I hadn't been in this part of the vampire sector before so I had no idea where we were going.
Finally, he led me to a garage that had a cement floor and white walls. It smelled like gas and old grass. "Stay here." he said.
"Okay?" I said as he walked away. When he returned he was walking the same black motorbike I had saw him on before toward me. "What is that?" I asked even though I knew the answer.
He held out a helmet for me to grab. "You said you wanted to know where I went, so I'm going to show you." He pushed out the helmet a little more. I grabbed it. "I think you deserve to see it before you are turned," He said solemnly, and then it hit me. In less than 24 hours I will be a vampire. "and I think you need to get away from here for a little while." He smiled. It's almost like he could read my mind; I needed to get away. This way my last day as a human, and in the morning, I would become a vampire. I want to enjoy my last day as a human.
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