Amelie's POV

I was beginning to regret asking to reside where the girl lives.

She said to avoid authorities who were apparently quick to a scene where fights broke out, we had to walk through a small forest and through a small muddy field.

I was never keen on mud, so I stayed at the edges of the path while the girl walked through the centre, getting mud up to her ankles. I would never understand children's need to be muddy.

Finally we exited the muddy areas, and came across what looked like an abandoned house.

"This is where I live. I found it last week after living in a shelter which can hardly be called a house." The girl and opened the door.

"Where are your parents?"

"They died. They tried to put me in the foster system, but I wasn't having any of it. I'd always wanted to try living outside by myself."

"How's that working out for you?"

"Good, actually. There's a small stream that runs through here and I can get whatever money I can buy for food. Or I raid a farmer's field but that's in extreme cases."

The girl went into the house and I followed her in, closing the door behind me. The windows were boarded up and there was a campfire burning in the middle of the floor. She didn't have any furniture apart from a small wooden table against the far wall and a sofa next to me.

"You live here?" I almost couldn't believe she could spend her life here. I had lived with less when I was human, but it seemed nowadays everyone had a decent house.

"It's not that -one knows where I live so you can stay here for as long as you like."

"Thank you." I sat down on the sofa and took off the coat. "I never asked; what's your name?"

"Sage."

"That's unusual."

"Well, my parents named me after a spice and to begin with, I didn't like but then I got into watching the Vampire Diaries and this woman who's a vampire is called Sage and I didn't mind it after that. She died, though."

"Right." I had no idea what the Vampire Diaries was, so I just assumed it was a television programme young people watched. "Do you have a phone?"

"Yeah sure." Sage fetched a silver phone that almost looked like mine, except it had more buttons. She brought up the keypad and handed it to me.

"Thank you." I typed in Oliver's number and pressed Call. He picked up almost immediately.

"Amelie where are you?"

"How did you know it was me?"

"You're the only one who knows my number. Anyway where are you?"

"In England."

"What?"

"What happened? I can't quite remember."

"Myrnin wanted to test out his new machine and when you sent him away, he tested it on you anyway." I could hear Oliver growling.

"He said he had tested it on Claire first."

"He lied. He didn't think about the setting it was on. Do I have permission to kill him?"

"No, let me punish him first. I have something in mind."

"Well, Myrnin's saying he can't bring you back. Where exactly are you?"

Great… "Where am I?" I asked Sage.

"To be specific, Surrey. In the forest-y area."

"Who's that?" Oliver asked.

"A girl I met. I'm in Surrey." I heard Olver growl louder and punched something, which sounded like a wall. "Where are you?"

"Don't worry, I'm not in your precious office. I'm coming to get you."

"No you're not. Everyone would tear the town apart, if there's no leader. Send someone else. Preferably a vampire."

"Myrnin will be in charge."

"Excuse me?" Oliver had lost his mind.

"He's unpredictable and with strong ties to you, no-one would tear anything apart."

"He doesn't know the first thing about being a leader. Send Myrnin and Claire to fetch me. You're my second in command after all."

"No, Myrnin's staying here. You'll never get back if he goes because you know how easily he gets distracted."

I ran a hand through my hair. "Oliver…"

"It's fine. I'll make sure he does his job right. I'm getting the next plane to Britain. I'll phone you when I'm there."

I sighed, knowing there's no way he would send someone else. "Then I can blame you if all the humans are dead because of Myrnin's leadership."

"I'll take full responsibility, my lady." Oliver said and hung up.

I put down the phone and looked at Sage, who was backing away slowly. "What is it?"

"Umm… Well, I just realised I was saved by a crazy person."

"I'm not crazy. Would you like me to prove it to you?"

"Look… I haven't got your name."

"Amelie."

"Amelie, vampires are pretty popular over here. There's movies, books, cosplay whatever you can think of. You could have like done bodybuilding-"

"Do I look like I've been bodybuilding?" The assumptions young people come up with…

Sage sighed. "Well wherever you got your strength from. Vampires don't exist, they're just stories."

So I needn't have worried about superstitious people. "Well, that's where you're wrong. There's not many of us left, but vampires do exist."

"Fine." Sage crossed her arms. "When were you born?"

"A millennia before you."

"So the dinosaurs?"

"What?"

"You were born when the dinosaurs were around?"

What on Earth was she talking about? "The dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. I'm not that old."

"So how longs a millenia?"

I sighed. Children these days…. So uneducated. "A thousand years."

"So you're a thousand years old?"

"A little over that, yes. I don't keep track."

"Can you turn into a bat?"

"No."

"Do you have any powers like levitation?"

"I can make you stop asking such stupid questions."

"Hey! It's just that others claim they can do this and it's like they never shut up about it."

I had no idea how long it took to get here by plane but Oliver would be here and probably have found me by the time she stopped questioning me. I got up and using vampire speed I held her neck gently as to not strangle her. "Be quiet. I am a vampire and whether you believe that or not is entirely up to you. I just need blood and a place to stay until Oliver arrives. Am I clear?"

"How did you do that? No-one can move that fast."

I gave up. I let go of her and went back to sit down on the sofa. Some people just won't accept what is right in front of them.

"Can I feel your heart?" Sage asked.

"Will you stop asking questions?"

Yeah, only intelligent questions from now on. I just want to check."

Depends what you mean by intelligent. "Fine." Sage went off into another room where she brought back a box filled with hospital equipment. She brought out a stethoscope. "What are you doing with all that?"

"Oh, it's just all stuff I got from a shop when I had a little money. I brought a first aid kit and I sometimes feel the need to check my heartbeat."

"Right." Sage put the stethoscope on and put the circular part on my chest where my heart is. Surprise immediately showed up on her face and Sage took the stethoscope off.

"Wow. How are you even alive?"

"It's a mystery."

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