Chapter 5: Rftv
"Greg's is a bit more sad," said Ari.
"Oh, tell me anyway," I responded.
"Well, Greg was walking home from a bar. He had a beer and left early because two men got in a fight. He was walking down the street and he saw a woman getting beat up in a corner. Even before he was a vampire he hated killers; especially since when he was six his uncle was murdered. He ran over to help the woman. He shouted 'hey leave her alone!' and didn't look the men who were beating up the woman in the eye. When they stepped away he asked 'Miss are you alright?' She looked up and smiled sweetly at him then said in a sing-song voice 'I am, but will you be?'. That's when the two meant killed him. When the woman went to destroy the body, she took pity on him for saving her. 'Why won't you just destroy me like they said?' Greg asked. The woman replied 'Earlier today we tried to lure people in five times, they did nothing and watched me act like I was going to die.'"
"Did she get in trouble?" I asked.
"The two other vampires teamed up and killed her. Greg hid from them, then killed one while the other wasn't looking. Greg doesn't know what happened to the other man though."
"Wow," I said.
"Dave was sitting at home when a burglar came in, Dave couldn't do anything at the time because the robber had a gun. Then Jessica saw what was happening. She ran inside and said 'put the gun down or else.' The burglar went to shoot her, but Dave jumped in front of the gun; at the time he didn't know it wouldn't affect Jessica. Jessica snapped the robber's neck, and then bit Dave because she thought he deserved a chance at life."
"Since he had sacrificed his life for her," I said. Ari nodded her head.
"Erik was hit by a car that happened to be Alexis's. He was bleeding and his dying wish was that he could be taken to the emergency room quick enough that he would live. Alexis felt bad, so she turned him into one of us."
"How did Alexis become a vampire?"
"She was dating some one who turned out to be a vampire; he only wanted her for her blood. One night, he said he wanted to take her to a new restaurant and sent her the address. Only the address was really to an abandon warehouse. She went to get out of her car, and he killed her. Jessica saw him, then broke his neck and accepted Alexis into our clan."
"There is one person I don't know about yet," I said.
"Who?" asked Ari.
"You," I responded.
"Oh," she said.
"Please tell me it," I begged.
"Fine, but only once," she said.
"Thank you," I said.
"I was in the woods trying to calm myself down after I had been in a fight with my aunt. I normally didn't go into the nearby woods, but it was only place I thought I could be alone. Erik was hunting and didn't think anyone would be there. He drank my blood, but convinced Jessica to let me join the clan." She said.
A few minutes later, everyone returned. My life with the Degrates (that was their clan name) was great. I told them of my power.
"Looks like that means Ari and I are not the only ones here with an awesome ability," said Dave.
"Dave can stop sound waves so it is as if the person or thing can not make a sound," said Greg.
"And Ari can telepathically communicate to people," said Erik.
"Can you teach me how to control my power?" I asked.
"You have to picture it, for an example I picture blue sound waves being blocked by a white wall, the wall being my power," said Dave. Dave brought me a glass cup from the kitchen
"Try it," he said. I tried to make it shatter, but nothing happened.
"Try as hard as you can," he said. I pictured a green wave (green is favorite color) being thrown at the glass cup with force. Outside Erik's windshield broke.
"Aw man," he said.
"Does your insurance cover for that?" I asked with fear in my voice.
"Not funny," he said walking out.
As soon as he left Jessica, Dave, Ari, and Elizabeth broke out laughing.
"That was pretty funny," said Dave.
"No it wasn't" said Alexis.
"She's right, Channy needs to learn to control her powers," said Greg.
"At least the cup broke," I said.
A year passed and everything was great. Elizabeth was no longer afraid of living with a vampire child, Greg (who was the strongest) helped me with my strength, Dave and Ari helped me control my power, Erik (who was the fastest) helped couch me on running, Alexis (who was the best at acting human) taught me how to fake-breath, and Jessica (who was the best at resisting) was shocked at what happened over the year,
"Most immortal children can not learn to resist, but you have witnessed bears getting eaten right in front of you, and you were able to not suck their blood," said Jessica. What she said was true. A month before I turned twelve Two bears were fighting and one started bleeding. They were close to me, but I stayed strong. I groaned with frustration. Imagine being hungry and having ice cream right in front of you. If that had happened while I was a newborn, I wouldn't have resisted.
Despite living in the same house with him for a year, Erik acted cold toward me. I had gotten used to everything, until one day Jessica got a phone call….to be continued.