Human Vampire- chapter 6

Human Vampire- chapter 6

Human Vampire

Chapter 6

By, Natsumi456
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“Wake up!” an annoying voice yelled, echoing off of my dark blue walls. I groaned silently, and sat up; but still kept my eyes closed. I pushed my covers off, and swung my legs over the side of the bed, letting my feet touch the cold floor. I still hadn’t opened my eyes, and I certainly did not want to.

“Cane! Help me!” I whined. I heard him hesitantly walk over to my bed, and started to smile; he had fallen into my trap. I lifted my right arm, and held it out; beckoning Cane to help pull me up. He acknowledged my upturned arm, and started to pull me up. As soon as he started to pull, I pushed; and he fell over. Luckily I let go just in time to stop myself from falling over.

I slowly opened my eyes, and started laughing my eyes out at the sight of my brother flat on his back and his eyes horror-stricken. I wiped away fake tears, as Cane started to get up. He growled at, as I started to ruffle his hair.

“I had forgotten how funny my jokes are when it comes to people, especially you, waking me up” I laughed. He just growled once more, but started to smile. I soon learned my mistake. Because I laughed, he knew I was becoming more attached to my human self.

“This is sickening. I wouldn’t feel like this if you hadn’t kept me here” I scoffed, trying to recover from my mistake. He frowned, learning that I wasn’t giving up so easily, and stalked off. I sighed with relief as he left, and started to get dressed.

After about five minutes, I was dressed, had my hair up in two separate ponytails, and was ready with my backpack and homework to go to school. I ran down the hallways, dodging any sign of life.

I stopped as I got to the door, and opened it slowly. I looked out into the sunlight, wondering if it was really light out yet. It wasn’t, it was foggy. I smiled to myself, and walked out the door, and almost slammed the door shut; almost. I skipped down the empty streets, towards the school.

I didn’t notice I was at the school, until I felt someone hug me. I widened my eyes in surprise, and looked for the person who had hugged me. I smiled; it was Rebecca. She was smiling at me as well, but I could also see that she wasn’t too happy.

“So, what’s up?” I asked her curiously. Her face turned red, and her eyes narrowed. I stepped back; afraid that she was going to blow up any minute. She walked over to me, and pinched my arm.

“Ow!” I yelled. It had hurt, yes, but I had overreacted. I started to glare at her, clearly showing the effect of just one little pinch. “What was that for?” I demanded. She was now glaring at me as well, and now we were having a glaring contest.

“Because, you said ‘No’ to Ethan! You know you like him, and you know he likes you! Why in the world would reject him like that!” she practically screamed. Now I was mad. She had blamed me for such a thing! I didn’t exactly reject him! I mean, he never asked me out, he just asked if he could walk me home! That wasn’t what I would call a confession.

“I was busy after school, that’s why! You got a problem with that!” I demanded, though it sounded like I was screaming as well. Her face turned red, and she pointed at me, while still glaring.

“That’s no reason to say no! You could have done whatever it was after he dropped you off!” she screamed. I shook my head, and glared at her again.

“I had my reasons, ok? Do you think I am one of those girls that think of guys just as toys, or something?” I demanded, again. I was getting tired of this stupid fight, and just wanted it to end.

“Yes!”

“What?”

“You heard me, yes!”

“I can’t believe you!”

“Well, I can’t believe you!”

I was so tired after the argument; I just shrugged off her last words, and walked away. I could hear her stomping over to me once more, and quickened my pace. I didn’t notice where I was going, and ran into somebody. I was knocked down, and started to rub my head. I wanted to yell at the person I had bumped into, but I thought better of it.

“I’m sorry” I mumbled, and looked up to face whatever fate had destined for me. I blinked once, or twice. It couldn’t believe who I was seeing. He looked exactly like Blaze; or Ace. He had black hair, but brown eyes. His skin was tan; though Blaze’s skin is pale. He smiled at me; a warm smile that looked exactly liked Blaize’s.

“Hey, Eleni! I have been looking all over for you! Follow me!” the Blaize look-a-like, said, while grabbing my hand. He carried me down a few narrow hallways, until we reached the cafeteria. I was puzzled. Why would this strange boy bring me to a cafeteria, when lunch was four hours away? He suddenly turned on me, and before I knew it, I was engulfed in a hug.

“Guess what? They turned me human as well, as well as the others, and now we are going to this school!” the boy said. I pulled back, and looked at him weirdly. What in the world was he rambling about? He acted as if he knew me, but I was sure that I did not know him.

“Who are you? I mean, I don’t mean to be rude, but I don’t think I know you” I exclaimed. The boys smile suddenly turned gloom, and I felt a bit guilty. It was all my fault that he was sad now, and I did not feel happy about it.

“It’s me, Ace. Or, maybe Blaize in your situation” he said in a whisper; I could hear the hurt in his voice. What he said surprised me. I had a feeling that he looked like Ace, but I thought he was still a vampire, and didn’t he say that the others are human as well? Well, I better ask.

“Is that really you?” I asked. He seemed enthusiastic now that he knew that I knew it was him, and nodded vigorously. I almost screamed, but decided to just squeal. I flung myself at Blaize, and hugged him as tight as I could. I pulled back, but kept my arms on his shoulders, and took a good look at him.

He was a little taller than me; he had his usual blackish hair, and brown eyes. I hadn’t seen him look like this since we were alive, and I couldn’t believe it. But, I couldn’t help but feel a little suspicious, so I took a step back; letting go of his broad shoulders.

“Prove it” I said; hoping that it was indeed him. His eyes saddened, but I kept my composure. I stared at him, waiting for his first move. He first just looked at me; like I was crazy. He decided that I wasn’t giving up, and stood up straighter; waiting for my questions. I couldn’t really think of any, afraid that if it was indeed not him, I would let our secret out, the world of Vampires secret out; the end of the world would be upon me, and only me.

“Um… If it is truly you, tell me something only Blaize would say” I said; blushing deeply. I was a bit nervous. What if it wasn’t him? What would I have to do? Would I have to kill him, or just ignore any statement he could come up with? I had no idea what would happen if it truly wasn’t him.

He blushed a while, and I soon grew impatient. “Well, you had a little; or have a little brother named Cane, but for us vampires, we call him Sharktooth” he answered. His smile brightened; probably thinking that the answer was good enough to convince me. But, I wasn’t going to believe him so easily.

“Why do we call him Sharktooth?” I asked sternly. I could tell he was surprised, and wanted to laugh so much, but decided against it. His hands were now shaking, and his eyes grew dreary.

“Because, he got killed by a shark bite” he answered once again. I pondered this for a moment. I am still suspicious, so I think I will ask one more question, and then conclude if he is indeed the boy or man he says he is.

“When did we die” I asked lowly. If this was indeed Blaize, he would know the exact date we died. We had never gotten over that day, and never will. Never forgetting the day we both die, the day our parents left to get my little brother ice-cream, leaving me and Blaize home alone, while his mother went out with them as well. I could tell that the boy was shocked, but I could also see hope in his eyes.

“That’s easy. It’s June twenty-fifth 1987, your birthday” he whispered. I was shocked; it was indeed my best friend. I cried out, and flung myself at him once more. He hesitantly stroked my hair.

I finally pulled back, let my tears dry naturally. I grinned at him; memories coming back to me. I just wanted to know one thing. “Where are the others?” I asked him. I was dying to see my other best friends, and was excited that I could go to school with them again. Then, I remembered Cane. He didn’t know, but he needed to.

“Wait, I’ll meet you guys at lunch with Cane, ok?” I asked him, before he could answer my last question. His eyes lit up, and he nodded. I gave him a quick smile, and ran back to check on Rebecca. She was quite shocked. She still stood where I had left her, but with he mouth wide open. I quickly ran over to her, and shut her mouth.

“You ok?” I asked her. She finally snapped out of her shock, but she still held her anger for me. She glared at me, but a lot more than before. I quietly stepped back, wary of when she would strike. But, she never did. I got curious as to why she was not yelling and screaming at me, so I poked her. Her face suddenly turned calm, as she blinked her eyes in surprise.

“Were you even awake this whole time?” I asked her curiously. She shook her head, and I doubled over in laughter. That had to be the funniest thing I had ever heard since I had turned human. Rebecca was not awake during the time she had glared at me just now, and I am guessing that it was just a reflex. I sighed with relief, after shaking my tears of laughter off.

“I only remember you walking off with that new kid” she explained to me, once I calmed down. I stared at her, and wondered if she was mad at me, or just curious about this Ace.

I had no time, for the bell had rang. I ran as quickly as I could, baring my new heavy backpack on my right shoulder, as I ran into the classroom. I skidded to a stop, and pushed a fist up into the air.

“Safe!” I declared, as the whole class burst into laughter. The room felt like it was shaking, but I did not care; for I was laughing as well.

I didn’t listen at all during the first two classes, and did not want to. I was to busy thinking about my friends, who I was going to see again at lunch. I felt a little sad that I would have to ditch my new found friends for a while, but I just have to see my friends that I had been with since I had died. I knew Rebecca would understand, as well as Joanna, but I did not know about the others; especially Ethan.

I pushed the thoughts away quickly, as Rebecca hurried me off to snack. I stared at her, wondering if she knew I wanted to tell everybody something at before snack ended. As we walked, she gave me a glance, and nodded. She knew. She was a good friend, and I wondered why god would let me be friends with someone like her; or ever live again.

She pushed me down onto our usual table, and waited for the others to arrive before asking me any questions. The first of the group who arrived was Joanna, and she looked at me warily as well. She knew I had something to talk about today. The others arrived in pairs, and before I knew it, everybody was staring at me; and solely me.

I took a big breath, and got ready to give them an explanation for my weird behavior. Ethan was staring at me contently, and I grinned at the thought that he really wanted to know what was wrong; maybe more than the others.

“I am not going to hang out with you guys at lunch today, or maybe for the rest of the week, so I’ll only hang out with you guys at snack, or after school. Maybe even before school” I waited for someone to speak up, but nobody did. “I just wanted to know if that was ok with you guys” I said quickly, my eyes avoiding everyone else’s glances. They all burst out laughing, except Ethan.

“Of course it’s ok with us! We are your friends, we trust you! Just as long as we are friends, we can let you go for a week, but after that, no more” they laughed, joking at their last comment.

I sighed with relief. “Good, because I am meeting some old friends. So… I guess I’ll see you guys at snack tomorrow” I said enthusiastically, before the bell rang.

As soon as I entered my third period class, I was engulphed in a bone-crushing hug. I was shocked for quite a while, before realizing who it was.

“Ace?” I asked carefully. The figure did not let go, but nodded their head. I squealed, and hugged him back. I broke away from him, and looked him over.

“You never told me you were going to be in my class” I exclaimed in pure joy. The boy just shook his head while he laughed.

“Because, you never asked” he laughed. I laughed with him as well, as I took my seat. It turns out he has all of my other classes, and my other friends were in my first two periods, I just didn’t notice them; since I was so lost in my own thoughts. Ace told me about he came to be here this wonderful day.

Apparently, after I left, he went looking for another professor; but instead found two unrelated professors. Ace explained to them of their situation, as well as mine; and the professors agreed to adopt them, and do what Mason and Rose had done to me and Cane. One professor, named Dr. Malaria, adopted Ace and Alix. The other professor, Dr. Charlotte, adopted Lizzie and Carol. Of course, Ace changed his name. He did not want to be known as Ace, and now was known as Aidan. I loved that name, and he knew it.

It was almost lunch, and I was getting pretty excited. When the bell rang, I immedietly jumped up, grabbed Aidan’s hand, and ran off to the cafeteria. I didn’t stop at the double-doors; instead I rushed forward full force. I immedietly noticed all of my old friends at a table in the back, secretly hiding from anybody trying to come into contact with them. My grin echoed my emotions, as I walked down the aisles, quickly dodging teachers and students who stood in my way. Cane would describe this scene as a rampaging rhino trying to escape from a horde of bees; which I thought was highly improbable.

I could feel Aidan’s hands slightly loosen as we reached our destination, and I let out a quiet squeal, as all of my friends rushed forward to give me a hug. I was rushed with questions like ‘Are you ok?’ or ‘Did they hurt you?’ and ‘how are you?’ I felt at home; at last. I quietly took a seat next to Lizzie, and waited for them to start talking.

“So, are we supposed to call you Eleni now?” Melody spoke up first. I nodded my head enthusiastically. My friends had looked exactly like they had before we had all died, and I was truly happy that we could be happy together again.

Melody, or Lizzie, had long soft blonde hair, and dark green eyes. She had always been beautiful in my eyes, and I was sure in everybody else’s eyes as well. She had ripe red lips, and had sliver eye liner on. He eyes were lit up in excitement, and I could tell she couldn’t wait to start high school all over again; and devilishly rule the school.

Aqua, or Carol, had Dark shoulder-length brown hair, and light brown eyes. She was still small, and still resembled a mere child. But, I could tell she was no child. I learned from experience not to call her a child, and would feel sorry for whoever did. However, she gave off a mature radar, and I knew that most people would think that she was no child, just a young adult, like the rest of us; but smaller. She had light pink lips, and pink studs in her earlobes. She was very happy, but happily reserved herself. She was a very shy person.

Speed, or Alix, had short dark black hair with red tips, and dark brown eyes; that looked slightly black. His skin was tan, and he still wore his dark cape; as always. He hid his face under his hair, but I knew he was smiling. He had his hands hidden in his jacket pockets, but I could tell he was flexing them under all that leather.

They could never hide from me long, and I knew they weren’t going to try to. So, I explained to them about what happened after I was kidnapped. I told them everything; and mean everything. I told them about Cane’s betrayal; which Carol did not like one bit.

Carol had been dating Cane ever since they had laid their eyes on each other, as well as Lizzie and Alix. Everybody expected for Aidan to get together with me, but I strictly told them that I liked Ethan. Aidan looked a bit hurt about my comment, but I gave him a sympathetic look; explaining to him that it could never happen.

Lunch went by in a blur, and before I new it, I was off to my other classes. My classes were so boring, and Aidan hadn’t talked to me since our last discussion. I knew I had hurt him dearly, and wished to talk to my best friend again. I did not want to risk our friendship, so I just waited for his sadness to end.

Finally, class was over. I quickly walked to the gate, but completely ignored the waiting figure that resembled Ethan. I was too tired to talk to him, and rushed past him, hoping he didn’t see me.

No such luck. Ethan quickly took my hand, and turned me around to face him. His expression showed anger and puzzlement; and maybe endearment. He slapped my face; which I quickly covered with my right hand. I was shocked, as the sudden heat from the hit reached my hand.

I didn’t realize it, but I was starting to tear up. His expression went from anger, to shock as well, as he quickly started to take my right hand away from my face, and look at the damage he had done. He quickly pulled me into a hug after he was done inspecting his work, and I was completely shocked from his reaction.

“Don’t ever ignore me like that again” he whispered in my ear. I was to shocked to form words, and decided to just hug him back; as my response. I could feel him smile, as he hugged me back.

“I’m sorry, can we talk about this tomorrow, I really need to get home” I whispered in a hurry, trying to not hurt him anymore than I already had. He unclinged himself from my, and smiled at me ruefully.

“Sorry. You can go, but promise me that we talk about what happened today tomorrow, alone” he demanded, though he was blushing. I was pretty sure I was blushing as well, and nodded. After he smiled at me, and turned away, I quickly turned around and started running.

I didn’t stop running until I reached the house, and pushed the door open quickly. I noticed that Cane wasn’t home, so I sat myself on a single couch, and waited. After ten minutes, Cane arrived, and I noticed that he looked a bit sad. I got up from the couch quickly, and ran over to him; giving him a brief hug.

“What’s wrong?” I asked him. He just shook his head, and started to sob. I patted his back, as I motioned for him to join me on the couch. He didn’t respond, but quietly walked over to the couch with me.

“Now, tell me” I demanded, in bossy sister kind of voice. He just laughed at my tone, as I smiled. He laughed; which brought a smile to my face.

“It’s just that, I miss all of our friends. Especially Aqua” he cried deeply into my shoulder. I patted his back, and refused to look him in the eye. I knew what I was about to say to him would lighten up his spirits, but he would also feel offended from my actions.

“Well… I was waiting to tell you this….” I started, as Cane started to lift his face off of my shoulder, and looked me squarilly in the face. “Um..” I again started. He nodded his head, hurrying me to continue. “They are here” I finished in a whisper; a quilty whisper. Cane’s head cocked, and he looked at me in confusion.

“Huh?” he asked. I groaned, and got to my feat.

“The others. They are going to our school. They were turned into humans by other professors, and I learned this at lunch. I met them secretly, and was waiting to tell you today after school” I rushed; waiting for his response.

I waited as his face turned from sad, to anger, then to gloomy.

“You didn’t tell me”

“yeah”

“Why?”

“I was scared”

“Of what?”

“Of this”

“Well, I guess you were right to be scared!” he practically screamed, as ran to his room. I stayed where I was, rooted to the spot until I heard his door slam shut.

I rushed up to my room; ignoring Mason and Rose’s shocked faces. I didn’t want to talk to anybody at that moment, and let myself fall asleep.

The next day would hopefully be better; I hoped.