Carmilla's POV

I made sure Laura was comfortable in the bed after I gathered everything for her. She must've been shaken up after Will attacked her. Oh my god! Will! I totally just busted myself in front of him. Now he's going to tell mother! I looked back at Laura and she was breathtaking, even though she was fast asleep. I don't want her to get in trouble again, but I have no idea why he tried to attack her in the first place.

Then it hit me, she talked to him by using her computer! I quickly ran over and skimmed through the messages until I found Will's name. Gotcha! Hollis, why did you cover for me? He just wanted me to do something for Mother... Hold up. What's this? I found a private chat between Laura and Laf.

Hollis: Carm just mentioned something about Ell. Who is that?

Laf: That's not my place to say. It's Carmilla's. She'll tell you when she's ready.

Hollis: She always says that I don't need to know. Whoever she was made her bad, right?

Laf: Laura, I can't say. Let's say that Danny and Carmilla used to get along... it that's all I'm telling you. Find the rest out when she's ready!

Hollis: Wait her and Danny used to get along?

Laf: Drop it Laura!

That was the last message from them. At least Laf didn't tell her anything specific, so I can't be angry with them about this. Laura, however... I just can't believe she couldn't wait until I was ready. Might as well go to Mother's now.

When arrived at her office, the door was open. Great. Now I get to be tortured. I walked in hesitantly, glancing around for her. Instead of finding her, she pulled me in and slammed me into the wall. "Why did you save that pathetic little thing? She has no feelings for you! Didn't you tell me that? Did you not say it would be easy to betray her, and reveal your true powers before she dies witnessing them?"

I glanced away, unable to look her in the eyes. She knew this of course, so she got out her knife and stabbed me three times. Once below the hip, another in the shoulder, and the last in the stomach. I held in my cries, after twelve years of torture, I found out ways to block everything. Mother didn't like that, so she got out her lighter and started to put the fire to all three wounds. This time, I did cry out. Nothing could stop me from not feeling.

"That's my Carmilla. Accept your pain, and I wouldn't be so cruel. Get out. Don't protect that foolish girl again or there will be worse consequences that you don't want to face."

Laura's POV

As I woke up, I noticed Carmilla walking around impatiently. I've never seen this side of her. Usually she's all grumpy and only cares about herself.

"Hey! I can read your thoughts. Be careful what you say about me. I can get pretty nasty."

"So I've seen. What's bothering you?"

"You've seen my scars, correct?" I nodded, unsure of where this was going... She suddenly lifted her shirt to show a very recent stab wound near her stomach. I had no words so I just stood there with my mouth open, like an idiot. Then she put the shirt back down and went to wear her shoulder was and showed me the other. It looked like fire also burned some of the wound, and it looked infected.

"Who did this to you? Why did they do it? Does it hurt?"

"Like hell, as for who did it? My mother. Don't give me that look, I don't want pity. Not from you. She did this because I protected you from Will. I'll tell you more once I've healed."

"Once you've healed? That'll take forever!"

"Actually, I forgot to mention something else about my powers... I'm a vampire."

"Wait what?"