Hope you like this extra long chapter, i suddenly couldn't stop writing which is great! There is a reason why you get like two alerts for my story, because I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so if i see a mistake in my story I take it off and redo it, I know it's silly but it's me. Thanks for the reviews, hope to see some more. Thank You!
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Chapter 4 –Persuasion
We were just driving into the car park of the church when I saw a couple standing outside; it looked like they were waiting for us because as soon as they saw us they started waving and smiling, I recognized the man as Steve Newlin, the speaker at the meeting, I was guessing that the woman with him was his wife, she looked like a potato, and I swear she must have used 10 cans of hairspray to make her hair look like that. She was like Caroline except instead of wearing pink, she wore beige, I could tell her and Caroline were going to be best friends. She looked like she had caked herself in make-up, the funny thing was I swear Steve was wearing make-up too, that caused me to laugh out loud, Caroline gave me a look, I guessed that to be a subtle way of saying shut up. Steve's outfit was priceless, he wore a spotless white suit with matching white polished shoes, he even wore a gold tie, the man looked like a mixture between a snow man and Elvis. They starting walking towards us as we got out the car, still waving and smiling like their lives depended on it.
"Well Hi there, you must be Caroline, Andrew and Bee"
"It's Bri"
"Steve has told me so much about you", enough to get my name right, I had to bite my tongue to keep that comment to myself, Caroline's voice shook me from my thoughts,
"We are so excited to be here"
"Well if you put your bags down inside we can show you where you'll be sleeping, and then we can get ready for the lockdown" I couldn't help but be curious, I needed to find out,
"What actually happens at this lockdown thing anyway?" Steve just chuckled at my question.
"Well, of course we welcome all those who have come to join us here, we have food and games, and we'll sing some songs, some prayers. Then for the finale we will get to see a real life vampire, and we will get to see him burn at God's hands, it is going to be magnificent!" I felt my eyes widen,
"You are going to kill a vampire, why? What did he do to you?"
"He's here when he should not be, it is impossible for us to live in God's green earth, when these spawns of Satan are roaming our streets preying on our children, how will we ever be safe with these abominations in our world? I was just about to argue their case when my dad stopped me.
"Bri sweetheart, why don't you go put our stuff down; we'll help Steve and Sarah."
"Fine" I grumbled, annoyed that I didn't get to argue my point, it wasn't like I was best friends with the vampire's but I didn't think it fair to judge them for being what they are, they didn't choose this life, so why blame them for it. People just wanted someone to blame to make themselves feel better. I had experienced worst evils in life that weren't anything to do with Vampires.
It had only been four hours and already these people were driving me crazy! I swear they are just all clones of Sarah and Steve, I was so close to slapping them to snap them out of it, but something told me that it really wouldn't work. I gave up trying to hide from them all to spare myself the stupid conversations, and grabbed my book. I headed down to look for a quiet place to read that was not full of Vampire hating Christians. I really felt sorry for this Vampire whoever he was.
This looks good I thought to myself, it was a long narrow aisle with doors on either side. For some reason it was the only part that was really dark, with a small wall lamp for guidance. I chose a random door and walked through, it was perfect, it was just the right lighting with a large table in the middle of the room and a few chairs sprawled about, I sat myself down in one of the chairs there and began reading.
I had no idea what time it was but I had managed to read at least 50 pages, when I heard someone approaching the door I started to panic, thinking I might not be allowed in here, I just jumped behind the chair Worst hiding place ever. When I heard the door open I held my breath, I didn't know what to do. I heard the door open slowly.
"There is no need to fear me child" Child? What is with people calling me young, I'm 18 for God's sake
"I promise I won't hurt you, I can see your feet, so I know you are here."
"Oh" I couldn't help but giggle to myself, when I poked my head above the chair I saw a man smiling at me. I could tell he was a vampire, the structured face and pale skin were a bit of a clue, but it was also the way he stood, he seemed so graceful and refined. He seemed so friendly though, I felt I should smile back, so I did.
"Hello, you don't need to be frightened"
"No I'm fine just got spooked that's all I'm not a fan of surprises."
"I see, were you enjoying your book?" I had completely forgotten it was still in my hands; I looked at it and then showed him the cover.
"Love it; I'm over half way through so I'm nearly finished."
"It is a wonderful story" I couldn't help but be surprised.
"You've read 'North and South'?" (AN- it is an amazing book If you like a good old love story) He chuckled at my reaction.
"You seem surprised at this"
"It's just I've never met anyone who's read it, and the one person who has is a vampire."
"I may be a vampire but I still like to indulge myself in literature"
"I'm sorry, it's just you're the second vampire I've met and my first experience wasn't exactly pleasant, what's your name? I can't just call you Mr Vampire." That made him laugh.
"My name is Godric, what is yours?
"Bri"
"Bri? That is unusual"
"It's short for Briseis, my mum was a big fan of the tales of Troy, she even tried researching the Iliad" I laughed to myself remembering her sitting in the middle of the night trying to make sense of it, but failing horribly
"When did you lose her?"
"What?"
"Briseis I am 2000 years old, I have watched people and seen their emotions, I can tell when someone has lost someone they have loved." He had me there; I decided to just tell him, no point denying it.
"I was ten when she died. i know your next question, No it wasn't cancer, she didn't die a hero. It was a Saturday night and she gets hit by a drunk driver, who just drives off afterwards. I mean what kind of person does that, do some people not have a soul, to not check on a woman who you just hit, did he not think about the family he was taking a mother and wife from. I lost my mum to a guy who at the hearing said 'She was in the way, it's... I just... .' I felt tears start to come from my eyes.
"I'm sorry; I shouldn't be balling my eyes out to some random stranger, bet you can't believe your luck." I suddenly felt one arm around my shoulder and looked to see him still smiling down at me
"I haven't seen a human cry in quite some time; it is a strange sight to see. I believe there is always an explanation for events in our lives. Why we are here, why we are taken at certain points in our lives, I believe certain events change you as a person. Do you think that maybe the process of losing your mother at that age changed you?
"I guess so, wow, you defiantly have a way with words." He chuckled at this,
"Well I have had a long time to practice." I smiled; suddenly I released where we were and who he was.
"Wait what are you doing here, unless you're the-"The look on Godric's face said it all.
"No you can't, you have to get out of here!"
"I choose to be here"
"Why?"
"I am too old, I do not belong in this world anymore, and it is time I left." That still didn't answer my question.
"But why do it like this, why the Fellowship of the Sun?"
"They will eventually do this to another vampire who is less willing, it will at least give them what they want without others suffering."
"What makes you think they will stop after you? The way Steve spoke it looks like he wants every single vampire dead, not just one"
"You may be right, but it buys others time, I can at least do that for them." I knew I just needed him to think about what he was doing, it wasn't right.
"Isn't there anyone here for you to stick around for? There has to be someone."
"There is only my child Eric, but he does not need my guidance anymore."
"You sure about that because I bet you he would not be so happy about you doing something this fucked up" He started smiling. Why was he smiling, I wasn't trying to be funny
"You remind me a lot of my child, he is as strong willed as you, I'm sure you would have liked each other"
"Do not try and change the subject!" I was getting annoyed now
"Bri Stone could you come to the main hall please your family is waiting for you, Bri Stone please come to the main hall"
"Dammit, look please just think about it, don't do anything, we're not finished here"
"I believe we are Briseis"
"Bri Stone could you come to the main hall please your family is waiting for you, Bri Stone please come to the main hall"
Then he was gone "Cheater" I muttered under my breath. I headed out the door when suddenly someone grabbed my arm, I turned around to see a large bald guy looking down at me. I then saw Steve Newlin behind him and he did not look happy.
