It had been about a week since Libby met the Vampire Council and since then Libby had started regularly visiting the Vampire Library and studying books. Right now she's studying a book called "Vampiric Powers for Noobs" which details low-level Vampires' powers and abilities and how to master them. Perfect for a Fledgling like her. Libby had also started changing her wardrobe as well. Now she wore a more gothic outfit with more muted colours. She had also started getting blood bags from a Blood Vender. Her changes have not gone unnoticed however both Molly and Leah have noticed Libby's changes. Leah is concerned for Libby but wants to support her in her new style and interests, believing it to be some kind of phase. Scratch had been brought up to speed about Libby's condition but he doesn't really care. He's just so sick of the Ghost Council making him sit through all those meetings about the other Supernatural Entities.
Libby was in her room reading "Vampiric Powers for Noobs" brushing up on all the powers she could learn. Right now, however, she was trying to figure out how to turn into a Bat. Being able to fly around in a way nobody would notice really appealed to her. She looked at the lock. it read 8:13 am and realised that she had been reading all night again. It was a good thing she barely needed to sleep anymore. She decided to get ready for school. She opened her closet and took out a Blood Bag. Since she met the Vampire council, she had started stocking up on the Blood Bags. She wanted to avoid another incident with the Rat Blood. If Leah saw her puking Blood she'd take her to the doctor and they'd notice that she doesn't have a heartbeat anymore. Libby quickly downed the blood and left her house. Her Mom was already at work so she just left the house.
Meanwhile, Molly was getting ready for school. She had already gotten up, dressed, and had breakfast and was now trying to wake up Scratch, but Scratch continuously ignored her.
"Come on Scratch, it's already 8," Molly said trying to wake Scratch up.
Scratch replied tiredly "Look Moll, the Ghost Council have been on my butt all week about these "Vampire invasions" and I've barely gotten any sleep. Just let me sleep, Moll"
Molly enthusiastically replied "Alright, Scratch. You get plenty of rest but tonight we're gonna have all kinds of fun"
Molly then left her room and went to school. On the way, she and Libby met up as usual and walked to school together. They talked about their weekends and what they got up to. Libby had apparently just kept studying Vampire Lore while Molly's weekend was quite a bit crazier, as usual.
Libby then questioned, "So, where's Scratch today?"
Molly told Libby "Oh he's sleeping in today. The Ghost Council have been so needy lately."
Libby understood that. The Vampire Council have been doing the same recently.
Libby then asked, "So, what are you having for lunch today?"
"Nothing special today, just a sandwich, what about you?" Molly said.
Libby said "Well, because of my "condition" I can only really have one thing."
Molly understood what Libby meant "Oohh, right because of the whole" She looked left and right to make sure nobody was listening, then whispered in Libby's ear "Vampire thing"
Libby nodded. Libby did not want to risk anyone finding out she was a Vampire. She and Molly always made sure to be vague when in public, even when they need to be specific they always used code. After some more walking and talking, they made it to school.
The day went as usual, they attended classes and enjoyed recess but then it got to lunchtime. Due to Libby's new diet, she couldn't eat in the cafeteria anymore, so she usually ate her lunch in the girls' bathroom in one of the stalls. When Libby got there, she sat on one of the toilets and opened her lunchbox, only to realise, she didn't have any blood bags. She forgot to bring one for lunch. Libby hadn't eaten in hours and she was starting to feel peckish, but she couldn't just go out and eat a small animal, she was supposed to be in school. Then she remembered something. A week ago, Cole mentioned something called consensual feeding, where a Human willingly gives a Vampire blood. She then remembered that Molly was still in the cafeteria. Could she just ask Molly to give her a little bit of blood? How could she ask Molly that? Then again, Molly has donated Blood before.
"Maybe it wouldn't hurt to just ask?" Libby thought as she got up and left the girls' bathroom.
She looked around the cafeteria and saw Molly. She walked over and sat beside her. Molly noticed Libby and began talking to her.
"Hi Libby, finished already?" Molly asked.
Libby nervously replied, "No uhh, I forgot my lunch."
Libby was thinking about how to approach this question. Molly is nice, Libby was sure she would help her with this, she wouldn't usually even think about this but there was something in her, some that felt different. Something pushing her. She knew she couldn't mention this here.
"Molly, could you come with me for a bit?" Libby asked.
"Sure, Libby," Molly answered cheerfully. "Just let me finish my lunch first" Molly added.
Molly quickly finished her lunch and followed Libby to the girls' bathroom on the other side of the School. Once there Libby closed the door and made sure to double-check that nobody else was in the bathroom. Then turned to Molly.
"Molly, I need you to do something, it's going to sound weird but I figured I should ask," Libby said.
Molly looked at Libby and asked, "What do you need Libby?"
Libby inhaled and asked "I want to drink your blood,"
There was a moment of awkward silence between the two. Molly felt uncomfortable.
"What do you mean?" Molly asked confused.
Libby tried to explain "You see, there's this thing called consensual feeding, it's when a Human lets a Vampire drink some of their blood. Not a lot just enough to get me through the day."
Molly looked at Libby, she focused on her fangs and asked "Is it safe?"
"I'm not sure, but I'm really hungry, can I just take a bit of blood to get me through the rest of the day?" Libby said.
Molly thought for a moment, then said "Well, I guess it's ok. Sure, you can take some, but can you take it from my arm? I don't really want a mark on my neck."
Libby smiled and said, "Of course, thank you for doing this Molly."
Molly held out her left arm and Libby knelt down and grabbed it. She looked at Molly's arm for a but then opened her mouth. Her fangs extended and she sank them into Molly's arm. Molly felt a bit of pain. As if she was being pricked with a needle. She made a fist while Libby started drinking a bit of blood. After a little bit of drinking, Libby took her fangs out of Molly's arm and gasped a little. She got an intense feeling over her mind and body, she started feeling an intense hunger as her eyes turned black and red. She couldn't control herself and sank her fangs back into Molly's arm. Molly started to feel an overwhelming sense of dread, fear and terror. More than she had ever felt before in her life.
Molly said "Ok, Libby, that's enough"
Libby didn't react. Molly's voice was muffled to her. Molly began to panic.
"Libby please stop, this hurts," Molly said pleadingly.
Still, Libby didn't react. Molly began to panic and struggled to get Libby off of her arm. Libby felt unnaturally strong and didn't react to anything Molly did or said. By now, Molly had lost almost a bag of blood and was beginning to freak out.
Molly started to yell "Libby! Libby stop! Please it hurts!"
Still no reaction. Molly then noticed Libby's eyes, they were black with red pupils. They looked nothing like a Human's eyes. Molly realised that, whatever force had taken over Libby, it wasn't her. At this moment she was something else. Seeing no other way out, Molly jammed her finger as hard as she could into Libby's eye. Libby screamed in pain and finally let Molly go. Libby and Molly both fell on the floor. Libby's remaining eye turned back to how it was before and Molly looked at her with fear and terror, holding her now very bloody arm. Only now Libby realised what she had done and immediately felt an extreme sense of guilt. Libby got up and took a step towards Molly.
Trying to apologise Libby said "Molly I'm so so-"
"Get away from me!" Molly said terrified.
Libby looked at her with shame and regret.
She tried apologising again "Molly, I don't know wh-"
"I SAID GET AWAY!" Molly yelled running out of the girls' bathroom down the hall leaving a trail of blood.
Libby started to cry. By now her eye was completely healed thanks to her Vampire healing. She collapsed on the floor sobbing. She felt awful, how could she do that to Molly? Molly was her best friend. Libby looked at the floor, there was a massive bloodstain on it, and her clothes were covered in Molly's blood. The shame, the guilt, the regret, it was agonising. She could've killed Molly, how could she ever live with herself if she had done that? How can she live with herself after what she just did?
Molly was running down the halls, leaving a trail of blood. At this point, she had lost about 2 bags worth of blood and was starting to feel druzy. The bleeding would not stop. She began to slow down, feeling exhausted from both the running and blood loss. She then slipped on some of her own blood. On the floor, she began to sob. Many thoughts were racing through her head as she sobbed. How could Libby do that to her? Was that even Libby or was it something else and was Libby actually going to kill her if Molly didn't stop her? These thoughts did nothing but make her cry even more.
After a while, she heard a male voice. "Molly!?"
Molly looked up and Saw Ollie running towards her very concerned. Molly looked up at him. She was covered in blood and sobbing with tears running down her face. Ollie then picked her up and ran as fast as he could to the nurse's office.
"Don't worry, Molly. I'll bring you to the nurse." He said as he ran as fast as he could.
Molly held on to Ollie. She was still feeling a rollercoaster of emotions over what happened with Libby. The fear, pain, sorrow and sadness felt overwhelming. She could never have imagined that Libby would do something like this. But was it really her or was it that thing she saw in Libby's place?