I get my new clothes on, both my pants and my shirt are black. ” I guess that’s what she likes I suppose.” I say as I walk outside and see Alistair and Jenny standing next to a car.
“Hurry up, we don’t have alot of time.” Alistair says while throwing his cigarette on the ground and stomping on it.
“What’s the rush, I thought I had 24 hours to feed?” I say while walking towards them. “You do, but there’s alot you need to learn about your new life before we do anything.” Jenny says while getting in the car.
I get in the back seat and ask. “So where are we going?”
“We’re going to our home outside of town.” Alistair says while putting the car into gear. It’s a red 2013 Sonata, it’s nice I guess, but the car smells like blood.I try not to think about it as we drive through the dark and deserted roads. Alistair is driving and Jenny is sitting next to him, they both look serious and focused. I wonder what kind of life they lead, being vampires like me.
After a while, we reach a large mansion on the outskirts of town. It’s surrounded by trees and has a tall gate that Alistair opens with a remote control. We drive through it and park the car in a garage beneath the house.
“Welcome to your new home.” Jenny says as we exit the car.
The inside of the mansion is just as impressive as the outside. There are marble floors, high ceilings, and expensive-looking furniture. Alistair leads me to a room on the second floor that he says will be mine.
The room is spacious and luxurious, with a king-size bed, a flat-screen TV, and an en-suite bathroom. “You’ll be comfortable here,” Alistair says as he hands me a key to the room.
“this is really nice, what did you guys do to get a house like this?” I ask as I walk around the house admiring the marble flooring and sleek and stylish furniture.Alistair chuckles. “Let’s just say we’ve been around for a while and have accumulated quite a bit of wealth over the centuries.”
Jenny nudges him playfully. “Don’t mind him, Kamen. He likes to brag about his age.”
I smile, feeling more at ease around them. “So, what’s on the agenda for tonight?”
“We want to teach you about hunting,” Alistair says. “It’s important for you to start feeding on humans as soon as possible, to increase your strength and abilities.”
I nod, knowing that hunting is a crucial part of vampire life. “Okay, I’m ready to learn.”
We head outside to a forested area behind the mansion. Alistair hands me a knife and explains how to use it to quickly take down prey. As we walk deeper into the woods, I feel a thrill of excitement and anticipation.
Eventually, we come across a group of campers sitting around a campfire. Alistair looks at me and explains that I cannot use the full strength of a vampire until I feed and continue the transition to full fledged vampire.
“Alright this can’t be that difficult.” I say as I walk towards the campers.But as I get closer, I hesitate. They look so innocent, just enjoying a night out in the woods. Do I really want to take their lives just for my own sake?
Jenny seems to notice my hesitation and places a reassuring hand on my shoulder. “It’s okay Kamen, it’s just the way of our kind. And remember, we only take what we need to survive.”
I take a deep breath and focus on the task at hand. These campers are my food source, and I need to feed in order to become stronger and fully transition into a vampire.
I approach the group and they look up at me in surprise. “Can we help you with something?” one of them asks.
Before they can react, I lunge forward with my knife and run towards the campers. They scream and try to run but Alistair and Jenny have already blocked off any possible escape routes.
I feel the thirst for blood take over as I go into a berserk like rage and pounce on one of the campers holding them down by their throat. “Please don’t hurt me, I have kids!” The woman says crying, I feel their fear, and it’s so intoxicating.
I breathe it in and look down into her eyes, and bite into her neck and start drinking her blood. It feels like I haven’t eaten in forever, her blood is so delicious. Jenny notices that I’m enjoying myself too much and yells out to me pleading not to kill her.
“But she tastes so good, why would I stop.” I say as I dig my hand through her chest and rip her heart out and drink from it.
“Alright, you’ve had your fun, now let’s leave this poor innocent woman alone.” Alistair says. I look up at him and realize that I have snapped and he’s noticed.
As I withdraw my hand from her chest, I see the lifeless expression in her face. Her body is still warm and I start to sob. What have I done! I can’t believe it, last night I was still human, and now look at how evil I am.
I hear another voice in the woods, “Oh my god they’re still here! Dad!? Mom!? Somebody please help me!” a teenage girl runs towards the group of campers screaming for them not to hurt her. She sees their dead bodies, her eyes grow large and she looks down at the ground… then she looks up and sees me, blood soaking my mouth and my hands behind my back. And if the sight isn’t horrifying enough for her, then she has to look at her mothers heart laying next to her.
“Oh my God! Please don’t kill me! I don’t want to die!” She yells at me.
I’m still not feeling entirely in control of myself, but I know that now that I have tasted blood, I won’t be satisfied until I’ve killed every living creature in this forest. “What is it? Do you want me to kill you as well?” I say in a low growl. She shakes her head and starts crying, “Please don’t! Just let me go, I won’t tell anyone what you’ve done here…”
Suddenly Alistair appears next to the girl with his arm around her neck and the other hand holding a knife to her throat. “If anyone dies here tonight, it will be you” Alistair says to me.
I nod and Alistair’s grip loosens around her throat as he turns and walks back over to Jenny.
The girl falls down holding her throat, looking at her mother and father lifeless infront of her. We hear her last breath leaver her lungs.
“I feel so awful, killing a family like that” I say crying into my hands.
“Kamen, please calm down. As a vampire your emotions will be heightened.” Jenny says while putting her hand on my shoulder.
“This is our life Kamen, sometimes when we feed this happens. There is nothing we can do about it. If the girl were to get away, she would’ve told everyone about us.” Alistair says picking up the girls body and throwing it into the campfire with her parents.
“I hope this has shown you why you need to learn control over your hunger. We’ve lived hundreds of years, some of us thousands, all of us have had to do this to survive.” Alistair continues saying while grabbing everything the campers had and throwing them into the fire with them.
“Let’s go.” Jenny says heading back to the car. I head back to the car, still not able to fully undestand what I’ve done.
Suddenly a pain rips through my body and I fall to the ground screaming. “What’s happening to me?!” I ask in pain looking at Jenny and Alistair.
“This is what happens when a human fully changes into a vampire, your body is re-configuring itself to that of a vampire.” Alistair says smiling.
“Oh god, I’m dying!” I yell in pain.
“You are not dying. You’ll feel like you haven’t eaten in years but it’s just the transition phase. Once you make it past this phase, you’ll begin to feel better.” Jenny replies holding my hand and kissing me on the forehead. “Just hang in there Ssssssssskeletor.”
I start to giggle at their nicknames for me as an uncontrollable pain destroys every inch of my body. Tears spill out of my eyes as the agony becomes too much to handle. I see stars, and do not know if I can make it… I black out.
Waking up in my room, I look around covered in sweat. “Just what the f*** was that, what that a dream?” The sun shines through the windows and hits me in the eyes. “Why the hell is the sun so bright today?” I say squinting getting out of bed closing the blinds. I hear a door open up, Jenny walks in.
“Oh good you’re awake.” Jenny says holding a breakfast plate. “Jenny? What are you doing here?” I ask confused.
“You blacked out last night once you fully became a vampire.” Jenny says while putting the plate of food on my bed.
“Wait, so last night wasn’t a dream?” I look around realizing, that I’m not actually in my room at my house, I’m in their house in the room they had given me.
“No it wasn’t. And if you’d like I can quickly show you last nights video tape.” Jenny says with a smirk on her face. “Just kidding.” She laughs and kisses me on the forehead while I start to eat the breakfast she brought me.
“So what happened to her? The girl… and her family?” I ask with tears running down my face.
“We burned their bodies, no one will notice that they’re missing for a few days, even then. No one will find any trace of them, it will be like they disappeared.” Alistair says walking into the room with a red shirt on and his hair slicked back, not even showing a second of sleep on his face. “A real vampire doesn’t sleep Kamen, it’s too risky to be caught unconscious by your enemies.”
I sigh, still having trouble realizing that last night all of this actually happened. “Can we talk about this more outside?” I ask looking out the window at the sunlight ” I should be absolutely terrified but for some reason I feel…good.”
“Even though your emotions will be amplified, if need be you will subconicously turn certain emotions off to protect your sanity until you come to grips with what you’ve done and forgive yourself, trust me. Eventually, you won’t feel bad for killing and feeding.” Alistair says looking down at the ground.
