Never Ever Trust a Stranger
By London Tanner



“Don’t forget to lock the door!” Mom said as she walked out the door into the cold snow.

“Yeah, Yeah...” I said, humoring her.

I was grounded, so I really didn’t care. As soon as I saw my mom turn the corner in her red car I jumped up and ran to the computer upstairs.

“Hey Angie!” I wrote on IM.

“Hey!” Angie typed, “I thought you were grounded!”

“I am! LOL!” I typed.

This went on for about an hour. Then I heard the door open from down stairs.

“GTG! Mom’s back!” I wrote, then turned the computer off.

I ran down stairs.

“Hey Mom!” I said, “Did you get those charcoal pencils?”

No reply.

“Mom?” I said, feeling a little uneasy.

I looked out the window. NO car. Mom wasn’t back yet. Then who had opened the door?

“That’s weird.” I said to myself, “I could have sworn I heard the door open...”

“That’s because you did.” A voice said.
I jumped a foot off the ground. I was too busy staring at the door to even look at the rest of the room. I slowly turned around to see who had spoken.
There sitting on my couch was a man wearing a red jacket and a black t-shirt. He had on black pants, a red hat that hid his eyes, and yellow lenses glasses. I thought he was the palest looking guy I had ever seen! He was in serious need of a vacation in the tropics.

“W-who are you?!” I stammered, still a little shaken by his sudden appearance.

“I’m your worst nightmare, kid….” he said, a smirk forming on his face.

What Mom said flashed through my head. “Don’t forget to lock the doors!” If only I had listened to her. Maybe this wouldn’t have happened. I backed away slowly. Sensing my retreat, he stood up, ready to stop me if I tried to run. He was so freakishly tall that his head almost touched the ceiling. I turned around and ran for the back door, but was stopped mid way by the man.

“Where did he come from?!” I thought, “He was behind me only moments ago, and now he’s in front of me! What’s going on!”

His red cape wrapped around me, and in an instant my house was gone, and I was in a totally different place! I pushed away from him, but was so shocked that I couldn’t get away.

“You’re shaking.” He said.

This was true. I was so scared I was near fainting, but if I did that, who knows what would have happened? Instead I just stood there, the strangers grip the only thing holding me captive, but it was a strong grip, and I was in no condition to try to brake free.

“Ow... I can’t feel my arms...: I thought.

No sooner did this thought crossed my mind, his grip loosened, just enough so that it didn’t hurt anymore.

“How on Earth did he know?” I thought.
He was holding me so close that all I had to do was look up at him. I hasped. He gave me a toothy smile, but it wasn’t normal, I mean I knew he wasn’t normal; your average Joe can’t teleport at will, but he had sharp, pointy teeth!

“You’re a-a vampire!” I screamed.
He started laughing hysterically, and it kind of freaked me out so much that I couldn’t move.

“Breath in... breath out.” I told myself, “Why me?”

“Why?” He asked, “Because you have the sweetest blood in the area.”

Everything got really quiet, it could have been an awkward moment if I wasn’t scared to death! I wanted to scream, cry, anything! But I was to shocked by all that had happened to do anything.
He looked down at me, his eyes glowing red.

“No....,” I thought, “It’s just a trick of the light. His eyes couldn’t really be glowing... could they?”

He began to walk down the hall, dragging me with him. The hall was made of stone blocks, and there were torches hanging on the wall. He needed an Extreme Home Make Over.

“I know you don’t want to die tonight. Do you want to become a vampire?” He asked.

“I’m telling you now bub,” I said, stressing the word bub, “That’s not going to happen because I will escape! And when I do you’ll be sorry!” I said.

“What does he mean “Tonight?” I thought, “Wasn’t it morning when mom left? That would mean... he’s going to wait till tonight”

“Yes, it does. But that doesn’t mean you’ll escape.” He said, his voice dangerously calm.

“You know, that is getting really annoying. I would like to keep my thoughts to myself, that’s why I THINK them.” I said.

“Very well.” He sighed.

“This could be bad...” I thought, “either I escape... or I spend the rest of eternity with this guy. And what if he accidentally takes to much blood? OOOOWWW!” I grimaced at the thought.

We turned into a long hallway and I was brought to a room at the end. There was a lock on it, but the lock quickly snapped off as we approached.

“You’ll be staying here until dark.” He said.

I looked around the room. It was cozy. Sure, everything was dark colors, but still it was cozy. There was a balcony that was enclosed with metal bars. No way to get out there. I went over and sat down on the bed, it was black, like the dresser and the night stand. He left the room. I went over and sat by the balcony, looking at the sun.

“Will I ever be able to do this again?” I thought.

I sat there until the sun went down, and then someone came through the door. I swung around and saw that the man was back. I positioned myself where I could fight him off best. He noticed this and began to laugh.

“Come on!” He laughed, “I’m at least ten times stronger then you.”

He walked forward. I swung at him with my right arm, and he caught it. I swung with my left arm, and he caught it inches from his face. He squeezed my fists, I could have sworn I heard something pop. A jolt of pain shot through my body, and I began to cry.

“Sorry...” He said, a little remorse in his voice, “It was for your own good.”

That ticked me off.

“What!” I screamed.
I was so enraged that I felt I could lift a truck with my fury.

“How on Earth does spraining my hands HELP me!”

“Don’t worry. When this is all over, it will heal so fast you wouldn’t even know it happened.”
He grabbed my shoulder and teleported to another room, this one decorated in red. He bent down, so he was eye level with me.
“Now this might hurt a little.” He whispered.

“What are you…..” was as far as I got.
He looked into my eyes, and I knew that it was over. I was completely immobilized. I couldn’t even think strait. He traced the outline of my chin, smiling. Then he lifted my head up and laid his mouth on my neck.

“So, so…. Cold…..” I thought, “he’s so cold...”

Finding a vein, he bit down, HARD. The pain was so bad I started to cry, regaining movement in my body. But I was too weak to push him away from me, and slowly but surely I began to lose consciousness. He finally let go, and wrapped a scarf around my wound. I was barely conscious.

“There... that wasn’t so bad, was it?” He asked tauntingly.

I wanted to scream, “Yeah right!” But I lost consciousness before I could do anything.
When I awoke I was in the room that I was brought to in the beginning of the day.

“What happened?” I wondered.
I sat up and looked around. I didn’t remember anything. I was at my house and then... Suddenly everything came back to me. The stranger, who was he? Slowly I brought my hand up to my neck. I felt around.

“No!” I screamed, “This can’t be happening to me!”

As I sat there the only thought that processed was “What happens now?” I went over to the balcony and stared out at the white blankets of snow that covered the ground. It was the weirdest thing I had ever seen. It was a white night.

“SO... are you ok?” The man asked, appearing beside me.

“Yes...” I answered.
For some reason I felt calmer when I was with him, and that was weird because all I wanted to do was punch him square in the jaw!

“You never told me your name...” I whispered.

“It’s Victor.” He said blushing, “And you’re?”

“Luna.” I answered, “So... what happens now?”

“Well... since you are now a vampire...”He started.

“WHAT!?” I screamed.

He looked at me like I was stupid. I hated that look, because my mom gave it to me all the time. He nodded.

“We should get some blood in your system.” Victor said.

“WHAT!?” I repeated.

This was so out of whack. Not only did he take my life away from me... but now he’s asking me to feed from someone too!

He must have seen the look on my face because then he said, “Well You have to! If you don’t you’ll die.”

“But...” I started. I didn’t know what to say.

“Come.” Victor said, grabbing my arm and teleporting us in front of a house.

“Here we are. This is a great place for you to start.” He said.

“But... this is... OH MY GOSH!” I cried.

“What?” Victor asked.

“Can’t do it.” I said.

“Why not?” Victor asked, obviously confused.

I searched for a reason why I couldn’t.

Finding none I blurted out, “Because this is Angie’s house!?”

“We are not going after Angie silly.” He said, “Angie’s already got someone for you.”

“What do you mean?” I asked suspiciously.

“I mean Angie’s been a vampire this whole time.” Victor explained.

It was like the world stopped when he said that. How could Angie be a vampire? All of this was giving me a headache.

The door to Angie’s house slowly opened and Angie peeked out.

“Got a new recruit?” She asked.

“Yes...” Victor said.

She looked over at me. A look of dread crossed her face. I could tell she was as surprised as I was at the moment.
“Is this some kind of sick joke?!” She cried.

Victor looked over at me. I looked at Angie and shook my head. No.
“You’re sick you know that?” She said to Victor.

He just chuckled. You know how when you got a crush on someone, and your best friend goes out with him? This was kind of like that.... except ten times worse.

“We didn’t come to talk, did we?” He said, his voice low and calm.

“You’re right, regardless of who it is, we have to help.” Angie answered.

As I walked into Angie’s house, a coppery smell entered my nostrils. I plugged my nose.

“Blood.” Victor answered quietly.

No. There is no way this is happening to ME! Why not some other girl? What made my blood so sweet? So many questions... no answers. It was insane.

“Time to get some answers.” I thought.
We walked over to her bookshelf, and she pushed a knot in the wood. The bookshelf moved, along with a section of the wall. It revealed a secret hideout. I almost gagged. The smell of blood was so overwhelming. We walked down the cold concrete steps, and I stepped in something warm. I looked down, and barely suppressed a scream. There, right before my eyes, were thousands of dead children, big and small, age ranging from 8 to 13. I had stepped in their blood.

“Wow, I thought, “I could have been one of those people... wait... never mind, Angie would never do that to me. She’s already freaked out as it is.”

I looked over at her, she shrugged and mouthed, “We can’t let my parents find out now can we?”

“Gross...” I whispered.

Victor stopped, and Angie took my hand and drug me to a room. In the middle was a girl, no older than 12, MY age, tide to a chair. She had a gag over her mouth, so she couldn’t cry for help.

“You expect me to kill her!” I shouted at Angie.

She gave me an “I’m sorry, this is all very confusing” look. I could never hat her. I mean, it’s not her fault... right? When the young girl saw me, her eyes grew as big as golf balls. She obviously knew why I was here and what they wanted me to do to her.
“It’s ok...” I mouthed, “I’m not going to hurt you...”

Her eyes sparkled, and she knew that I was telling the truth. She nodded in agreement. I could tell she wanted me to help her out.

“Well... uh... go on.” Angie said.

“There’s got to be another way...” I pleaded.
Angie shook her head. No.

I stared back at the young girl. She had blond hair that went down to her shoulders, blue eyes, and was scrawny for her age. She was starting to cry. I walked over to her and bent down.
I whispered in her ear, “Grab my arm...”

I looked back at Angie. Her expression was blank except for the tears flowing out of her eyes.

“One last look...” I thought.
I felt the girl grab my arm. Ok... That part was done... Now how do I get out of here? I should have the ability to teleport now that I’m a vampire...

“That sounds so weird... Just thinking that I’m completely different now...” I thought.

I thought of somewhere else... anywhere else but here... then all of a sudden I was there!!! I began to untie the girl, the knots were tight, so it took a while. Finally I took off her gag.

“How did you do that!!” She cried.
“Well...” I began.
She looked me strait in the eyes and said, “You’re one of them... aren’t you?”
“Yes...” I sighed.
“But why didn’t you- “She began.
“Don’t even say that!! I would never do that!” I shouted.

We both stopped talking. I took the opportunity to look at my surroundings. It was really weird, but somehow we were in an amusement park that I had never heard of!

“How on Earth did I get here if I have no idea what this place is?” I said.
The girl walked up beside me.

“Uh-Oh...” She said.

“What?” I said.

“Victor was telling me about this place when he came to my house to visit my brother.” She said.

“Really? Wait a minute, why were you put in that kind of situation anyway? I mean, ending up almost vampire food.” I asked.

“Oh! That... I saw my brother draining my friend...: She said, tears welling up in her eyes.

I was shocked... how on Earth could you do that in front of your little sister!!!
“Hey... you never told me your name!” I said.

“It’s Ceras. You can call me Vicky,” she said.

I looked around at the amusement park one more time.
“Ok Vicky, tell me, what did Victor tell you about this park?” I asked, trying not to gag every time I said his name.

“He said... never to come here. That it was a park for the immortals. That werewolf’s walked freely through the park, and if they caught you they would either eat you from the inside out through your stomach... while you’re still alive... or they would turn you into one of them.” Vicky said.

“Well... that stinks... for you...” I said. Fear flashed through Vicky’s eyes; I quickly added,” But that’s Ok! I’ll protect you!”
Instantly her fear vanished.

“Well.... that’s one of us.” I thought, looking around at the dark fairgrounds,

“Now if only I could convince myself...”
We started to walk down the trash ridden path, dark circus tents all along the sides of the road. Something big ran across our path. Vicky and I both jumped about a foot off the ground.

“What was that!?” She cried.
“SSSSSHHHHH!” I said and stuck my finger up to my lip. “We wouldn’t want it to find us, would we?”
Vicky nodded in agreement, slapping herself on the head for being so stupid.
We walked over to where we last saw the creature. There was no sign of it.
“The coast is clear.” I whispered.

Suddenly we heard the snap of a twig behind us. We dove behind one of the circus tents just in time. Right where we had been just moments earlier, a huge dog-like shape landed. A werewolf. It sniffed the air, and then snapped its head in our direction. It had spotted us.
“Run!” I cried.

We ran as fast as we could, the werewolf close behind.
“He’s gaining on us!” Vicky shouted.
I looked behind us, and saw that the creature was only ten feet away, and closing.
“How are we going to get away!?” Vicky screamed.

I didn’t know the answer. I looked frantically for a place to hide. I found none. All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain in my side. I fell, hitting my head on a leafless tree. The last thing I saw was Vicky picking up a large wooden board and heading strait for the beast. Then I fainted.
When I awoke the first thing that entered my mind was, “Where’s Vicky!”

Then I heard it. Munch. Munch. Munch. The sound was horrible. I sat up and looked around. I saw the creature bending over something. The area reeked of blood. I ran up to the creature and punched it as hard as I could. Being a vampire has its downfalls, but super strength was something I liked. The wolf went flying through the air, and landed with a thud on the ground some ten feet away.

I looked back to see what the werewolf was leaning over, dreading what my mind was telling me had happened. It was true. There lay Vicky, her stomach cut open, her guts hanging out. I wanted to cry. I bent down to check if she was still alive. She was.
“This is wrong... all of this!” I screamed.
The sparkle in her eye was gone; she just stared up at me blankly.
“L... L..un-a...” She uttered.
“Yes?” I replied.
“Save... save me...” She said.
I was horrified by what she had said. Everything was all happening at once. Suddenly I had the urge to bite.
“NO!” I screamed to myself. “Don’t do it!”
“You should save a friends life...” Someone said.
I turned around. Victor.
“You... it’s all your fault!” I screamed, pointing a finger at him. “None of this would have happened if it wasn’t for you!”
“Go on.” He said, “She’s about to die.”
The urge to bite was so over whelming. I just wanted to get it over with, to save Vicky, to be able to do something.

“Yes...” I uttered, losing complete control of myself. “I will save her.”

About two minutes later, the deed was done. Vicky was alive, Victor was happy. But as for me... I had never felt so dead in all my life. In just one foul swoop, I had lost everything precious to me. The most precious things of all. My humanity. My life. My will. But most importantly, I lost my mind.

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Bet you want more, right? well, i got more. I'm working on this sequil as soon as i find time (not playing wii, lol)
ok. heres one im working on now
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Double or Nothing

By London Tanner

Chapter One



It was an ordinary day, until I got a call on my cell.

"Hello?" I said.

"Help! It's Alucard!!!! He's back for the rest of us!!!" Angie screamed.

"Get out of there Angie!!! Hurry!" I shouted, sounding a bit panicked.

"No! Get away from me you demo-.........." silence followed.

"Angie! Are you there?" I said.

No reply.

"Oh my god..." I stammered.

I was taken back; it wasn't that easy to take down Angie... what could have happened? I quickly phoned Kiki and Diana. My phone was three way so I could tell them both the story.

"Guys! You won’t believe what's happened! Angie's gone!" I said.

"Wait, hold on a sec. What do you mean "gone." Diana said.

"Alucard is not dead! He's back and he got Angie!!!!" I cried. I had never felt so helpless in my life.

"Oh my gosh.... is this some kind of sick joke!!!" Kiki screamed, obviously hoping that for some reason we would have done such a cruel thing.

"No..." I said.

It was a long time before anything was said. I could here Kiki sobbing on the other line.

"So what do we do?" Diana asked.

"We find and bring back Angie!" I said.

"But where... how?" Kiki asks.

"I have a pretty good idea where." I said.

Just one hour after that dreadful phone call Kiki, Diana and I were standing in front of a castle.

"Are you ready?" I said.

"Yeh...." was the reply.

As we walked into the castle the first smell that came to great us was rotting flesh.

"EWWWW!" Kiki said disgusted.

"I know." Diana said.

We walked down a long passage way covered in pictures of really old people from the ninetieth century. The hall took a steep turn to the right and then to the left. After a while we reached a steep decline, which emitted such a fowl smell that I felt as though I were going to be sick.

But we couldn't turn back now, so we ventured down into the depth of the castle.

At the end of the incline there was a round room with a doorway at the end. The room was filled with coffins.

I motioned for Kiki and Diana to be extra quit, so as not to wake the creatures within the wooden confinements. As they tiptoed across the room Diana sneezed.

Everything was eerie still as we waited for something to happen. Seeing nothing we headed to the doorway again. We stopped dead in our tracks as we heard one of the coffin lids slide off. In just moments one lid was thousands and we were surrounded by the living dead. They lunged at us and seized Kiki and Diana, but I managed to squirm away.

"Run for it!" They cried.

"What about you!" I said.

"Whe'll be fine, just go!" Kiki said.

The creatures were starting to get close, so I nodded and ran for my life. I went through the door and slammed in shut just as the dead people were about to grab me. I looked at my surroundings and saw what would have been a throne room. And in the throne was Alucard, looking quite satisfied with himself.

"Your friends aren't here to help you. What will you do now, Luna Ucheha?" He asked swirling his glass of blood in his hand.

“Give her back,” I said.

I stared into Alucard’s ghastly face.

“Alucard, give her back now!” I screamed.

He just sat in his so called “throne”.

“Why should I?” he sneered.

I completely ignored him.

“Alucard if you don’t give her back I’ll............”

“You’ll what?” he said. A fine smirk grew on his face.

Well to be perfectly honest I was stumped.

"I'll.... uh..... make you wish you were never born?" I said, honestly surprised at what I had just said.

"Ha! You can't touch me!" He sneered.

I felt trapped. I just wanted to curl up and disappear off of the face of the Earth.

"Besides, even if you do manage to escape... you'll never be safe. Every day you'll go to sleep wondering if I would be back, waiting for you in every shadow."

It was a long pause before I broke the silence.

"I'd rather die then fear scum like you." I said.


He pulled out his Modified 454 Casull made from melting Lancaster Cathedral’s silver cross, used with blessed exploding bullets, and shot right above my head. The shot was five Inches above me and it still almost knocked me down! A little closer and it would have blown my head off!!

“Don’t mess with me child!” he yelled.

“Is someone loosing his temper?” I taunted. I felt I was gaining control of the situation.

He pointed his gun at me and fired again. This shot was different though. It was heading strait for me! I leapt to the right just in time. But as I jumped the bullet skimmed my leg. A bolt of pain went through my body. I looked down at the wound. My skin was mangled. Warm blood trickled down my leg.

“ow!" I gasped.

“If that bullet were a little closer...... no don’t think about that. Think of a way to rescue your friends AND get out alive.” I thought.

“You actually dodged it!” he said it like he couldn’t believe it. “The last person I shot at blew to smithereens. It was quite fun to watch.”

The look in his eyes told me he was telling the truth and if I didn’t get out soon he’d hit me sooner or later. And if I didn’t act quickly it would be sooner.

“After all... I can’t dodge them forever and he knows it.” I thought.

I pictured the look of panic on his last victims face as the bullet hit him. I cringed at the thought of that happening to me. “Everyone has a weakness though. And when I find it.......”

The gun shot interrupted my thoughts. The bullet zoomed by me, just centimeters away, and sent me flying back.

"To close!" I thought, "That was too close!"

Blood trickled down my forehead. I was shacking and was barely able to stand. My legs threatened to collapse under me, and the wound on my leg hadn't stopped bleeding... I was losing too much blood.

"You should have just stayed home and played with your dolls!" He taunted.

My body was trembling all over. I was panicking.

A smile spread across his face, his fangs sparkling in the light of the torches that hung from the wall.

"I'm surprised a beast like you could even smile." I stammered, my voice shacking.

"It's a rare smile, indeed." He replied.

My legs gave way and I collapsed.

He pointed his gun at me, and began to pull the trigger.

“What would my friends think....? I’ve failed them.” I thought.

I couldn’t bare it. Just the thought of failing my friends. The look on their faces when they were informed. What would happen to them? Alucard started to pull the trigger.

“Stop!” I pleaded. “I know a way were we can both have a chance.” I stammered.

I had caught his interest.

“Make me an obstacle course. As dangerous as you’d like. If I get through it you let me and my friends leave without ANYBODY trying to stop us.”

“And if you lose?” Alucard asked, his gun still pointed at me.

“I don’t plan to, but if I lose you get TWO things. My friends............. and you get to watch me die a slow, painful death.” I answered.

His eyes glowed in delight.

“That’ll give him something to look forward to…”

Chapter Two



After that I was dragged to a cell. I think it was #58. And all along the way I heard moans of sadness, cries of terror, and shrieks of pain. I could only hope that my friends weren’t one of the voices.

“This is a loony bin,” I thought, ”A death house, and a torture chamber.”

The vampire minions opened the rusted door and shoved me in.

“Enjoy this minute with your friends...” the scared faced one said. “It’ll be your last if Alucard is setting up the course.”

The door slammed shut, I could hear them bolting the door on the other side.

"Oh no! They caught you!!!" Kiki said, obviously shocked.

"I know... just be happy I'm here...." I said quietly.

"Guess who's here." Diana said.

"Who?" I asked.

Kiki and Diana looked at the corner of the cell.

"Angie!" I cried.

I was so shocked to see my friend that I almost cried out in joy, almost. I walked over to her.

"I'm so sorry Luna.... It’s all my fault.... please.... please forgive me..." Angie sobbed quietly.

"It's fine. We're going to get out of here." I said.

"OH MY GOD!! LUNA! WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR LEG!!!?" Kiki screamed.

I looked down at my leg. I had almost forgotten about the wound.

"Oh.... well.... let’s just say Alucard gun has "explosive" bullets." I said.

"Tell us what happened!" Diana and Kiki said.

So I told them. It took about two minutes and by that time their eyes were as big as tennis balls! Even Angie had stopped crying and come over to the group to listen to the horror story I had to tell. By the end of the story I thought they were going to explode with all the questions they gave me; like "Did it hurt?" and "Why do you think he's back?".

And at the end Angie said, "Do you really think that he's going to let us off easy with this obstacle thingy mabob?"

"Well, I know it's not going to be easy..." I said.

Then the cell door slammed open, and Alucard was standing right outside the door. The sight of him made us all jump. All was quit until Alucard spoke.

"It's time, Luna Ucheha."

CHAPTER 3

Silence followed; everybody’s eyes got as big as cucumbers, it was kind of okward. Every one was silent as I stood up and walked by Alucard. The only word uttered was a "good luck" from Angie.

As we walked down the hall all that could be heard was our own echoing footsteps.

"Why didn't you run while you had the chance?" Alucard asked, his voice dangerously calm and quit.

"Because to do that would mean abandoning all a have in life, my very meaning of existence." I answered.

"But doesn't it matter to you if could lose your life." Alucard said.

"No!" I screamed, "I would never do it! No one could pay me enough to do such a horrible thing..." I trailed off.

He looked down at me, his red eyes gleaming in the torch light.

"Gosh! He's huge!! He must be at least 6'7!!!" I thought.

"Such a young age... to make such a life changing decision... you could always come with me." He said.

I almost choked on air.

"Ok; look dude. Don’t make this "a moment"!" I said, waving my hands franticly in the air; I looked down to hide him from seeing me blushing.

He started laughing hysterically, as if what I said was the funniest thing he ever heard. Then he reached into his crimson jacket and pulled out a roll of bandages. He tossed them to me.

"You might want to stop the bleeding." He said.

I almost forgot that he was a vampire.

"How stupid of me to not realize this sooner!" I thought.

"...Thank you...." I stammered, shocked by his sudden change to kindness.
We were walking down the hall, well I was kind of hopping since I had to wrap up my leg, when a thought came to me.
“Hey Alucard, why did you kidnap Angie? I mean, if it’s because of what happened last time… that was totally not my fault! And one more thing, why do you care what happens to me!” I blurted out.
He started laughing hysterically.
“I’ll give you a hint,” He said, “What do vampires need to live?”
“Well… uh…. Duh…. Blood!” I said.
“I think that clue was good enough for you to figure it out.” He said, a grin beginning to spread across his face.
“You mean… when you said “come with you” you meant… oh my gosh!” I said, waving my arms in the air.
"Your the strangest human I’ve ever met!!!" He laughed, doubling over from the pain in his sides.
I shot a glare his way, meaning to make him stop laughing at me, but quickly had to suppress a giggle from escaping my lips. Then I suddenly thought about the course, about my odds of survival, and that stopped me right in my tracks. I no longer felt happy... but intensely dissatisfied with what I had done with my life. Sensing my discomfort, Alucard shut up immediately and looked curiously in my direction.
"What are you thinking?" He asked, all traces of his laughing fit eliminated from his face.
"If I wanted you to know I wouldn’t have thought them...." I growled.
"Your worried, aren't you?" He didn't ask, he knew. It was almost like he could read my expressions like I was an open book... it felt weird.
"No... just strangely dissatisfied..." I murmured.
"Don't worry. I didn't go THAT hard on you... mostly because I like your spunk... your determination...." He trailed off, starring off into space.
"Don’t need your sympathy...." I retorted, strangely feeling a little embarrassed, ticked off, and sad at the same time.
He looked over and smiled at me, making me blush a deep crimson. I looked away quickly, hoping he didn't notice. No such luck.
He was still smiling at me, but his eyes were mocking me… I just wanted to punch that smug look off his face, but… whatever. I needed to save my strength for what was coming.
“I leave you here,” he stated, then disappeared into the shadows.
I spun around, but he was already gone. I felt a little uneasy, I mean, I never did like being in dark halls all by myself… But now, it kind of felt like someone was waiting for me… waiting for me to make a move. This thought filled me with fear. I was always the chicken of the group.
“Well,” I thought, “Time to face this challenge head on… there’s no turning back now.”
And with new strength I stepped into the lightless hallways in front of me.


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HAHA! CLIFF HANGER! srry, im working on it thought! I'm really proud of this one!