I had just finished my assignment when there was a loud knock on my door. Mary! I ran downstairs and opened the door. It was Mary. I hugged her tightly. She smiled then her face went serious. She grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the lounge room and sat me down. She sat across from me.

"So, what's happened?" she asked.

"New guy," I answered simply.

"And?" She asked me to continue.

"He smells SO good," I whined.

"They all do," she smiled.

"No better then good, unlike anything I have ever smelt before, it burnt my throat," I explained.

"Wow," She sighed.

"Yeah," I agreed.

"Maybe, you should just hunt more then you do before you go to school, maybe have a couple of lions or something," She suggested.

"Where the hell am I supposed to get a lion?" I asked.

"The have 2 at the zoo," she grinned. I smiled back.

"So, what were you doing while you were waiting for me?" Mary asked.

"My English assignment," I answered.

"It took you nine hours to do it?" she asked angrily.

"It's not like it matters if I pass or not, I've been going to school for decades," I retorted.

"Nine hours?" she repeated.

"I was listening to music at the same time and kept getting distracted by it," I lied.

"I may not be a lie detector like you but I know you are lying right now," she raised her eyebrows.

"Sorry, mum," I said sarcastically.

"Hey, I am not your mother," she yelled, "You ate her remember!"

I lowered my head. I felt tears forming in my eyes. The blood dropped onto my jeans which made me cry even more. I soon felt Mary sitting beside me.

"I am sorry I brought it up," Mary apologized.

"You should be," I said quietly, though I knew she could her me clearly, "It was your fault, you turned me."

"Hey, I had no choice, it was either that or I just kill you properly," she patted my leg.

"I wish you did."

I felt her stand up.

"Well, I hope my suggestion helps you."

"You are going?" I asked.

"Yes," she answered, "I am no longer in need, so I shall go."

"Bye," I hugged her. She smiled and wiped the blood tears off my face.

"I think that you are going to be fine," Mary smiled.

My arm throbbed and I winced in pain.

"Don't lie," I groaned as I gripped my arm.

"Sorry," She apologized, "But I believe in you, truly, I do."

"And what if I can't do it?"

"Well, then, you can go back to Transylvania and live at Count Dracula's old house."

I shuddered at the thought of living at the monsters house. Mary laughed loudly. And with that she walked out of the house and drove away in her Smart Car.

I looked at my watch. It was 2:00am! I walked outside and sat in the car. I drove to the zoo and was there in a matter of minutes. I walked to the front gate. I looked around to see if anyone was watching then remembered that it was two o'clock in the morning and everyone would still be sleeping. I jumped the gate and headed towards the lions den. The lion smelt like my last meal, the black cat, but they taste much better. I cupped the metal lock in my hands and crushed it into smithereens. I dropped the remaining pieces onto the ground. I swung open the metal door and shut it behind me. The one small light lit up the whole cage. The two lions awoke from their slumber and put their heads up. One stood up but the other one remained still. I stared into the large eyes of the lion. At the same time we pounced at each other, snarling ferociously. This lion was easier to fight, because it was tamed. I tore the skin with my teeth and sucked its blood until it was completely drained and there was no life left in its eyes. I heard a low growl. I spun around to see the other lion getting ready to jump on me. I copied its position, and soon was once again wrestling a lion. I pinned it to the ground and repeated the process from the previous lion. I heard a rustling noise. I whipped the blood off my face and breathed in. It was a human. It was lucky that I was full or he or she would be dead any minute now. I picked both of the lions up with ease and ran to my car. I opened the back door and threw the lions in. I shut the door then hopped into the driver's seat. I drove home quickly and parked in the driveway. I took the lions to the backyard. The backyard was huge but I only had little space left to bury them. I decided to rip them up and bury them that way. I ripped the first lion up and buried it beside the black cat. I repeated with the next lion. I walked back inside. As I walked inside on noticed blood was on my shirt and jeans.

"Great," I said to myself as I walked to the laundry. I pulled off my clothes and shoved it into the washing machine. I put power in and shut the lid. I turned it on and walked upstairs. I checked my watch and it said 3:00am. This was one of the many times I wished I could sleep. I decided to practice on my human ways. I practiced walking slow and talking with abbreviations for the next two hours. Afterwards I sat down on my bed bored. I then laughed at myself because I realized I was still in my black, lace underwear. I stood up and walked to my wardrobe. I pulled out my black leather pants and jeans. I pulled on a white shirt that had a picture of a bleeding rose. I grabbed my gold studded high heels and strapped them on. I walked into the computer room and printed out my three paged assignment and pushed it into a spare display folder. I walked back into my room and put the folder into my school bag. I took another glance at my gold watch. It was 6:30am. I strode down the stairs and picked up my phone. I had one miss call from Mary. I rang her back.

"Hey, Charlotte," Mary answered.

"How did you know it was me?" I asked.

"Caller ID," she explained.

"Oh," I nodded, although she couldn't see.

"So, what's up?" Mary questioned.

"That's why I was ringing; I had a miss call from you."

"Oh, that, I was calling to see how your feast was."

"Oh, it was great, best I've had in 73 yrs," I laughed.

"What did you have?" she asked.

"Two lions," I boasted.

"Yeah, I know."

"Two questions," I started, "One, how did you know and why did you even ask?"

"Turn in the TV to channel ten," Mary demanded.

"Why?" I asked.

"Just do it!" She yelled.

"Okay," I said immediately and turned on the TV and flicked to channel ten. The news came on and a blonde reported stood in front of the zoo.

"We have breaking news that the two favourite lions of our local zoo have escaped or been kidnapped. The was only dust remains of the large metal lock and there was drops of blood on the floor," the reporter went on rambling, "The owner of the zoo said he was woken at 2 in the morning of a loud roaring and thrashing. He went to check out the scene but came to find…."

I turned off the TV and put the phone back up to my ear.

"I'm so sorry, Mary," I apologized.

"Don't be," She murmured, "I put the dumb idea in your head, and at least you got away without killing him, right?"

"Yeah, he lived obviously, but you do know that I was the one that did it," I reminded taking the blame.

"Never, it was my fault and that's final," Mary hung up so I couldn't respond. I chucked the phone on the ground and turned on the TV. I switched to MTV and listened to music for the next two hours. I turned it off after that and walked out to my car after I grabbed my school bag on keys.