V is for Vampires by Brianna p. Evans (recommended ebook reader .txt) 📕

V IS FOR VAMPIRES
I KNEW I WAS DIFFERENT,FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE.FIRST OF ALL,MY NAME WAS VERY ABNORMAL.I MEAN,REMMYZA HUNT.WHO WOULD REALLY NAME THEIR BABY GIRL THAT?BUT I NEVER KNEW THAT I WAS THIS DIFFERENT,DIFFERENT AS IN...NOT HUMAN.LET'S GO TO THE BEGGINING SHALL WE?IT WAS OCTOBER THE THIRTEENTH,A FRIDAY(I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN),WHEN I WAS BORN.THE NURSES WERE BEWILDERED, I WAS PERFECT IN EVERYWAY.MY MOM AND DAD KNEW WHAT I WAS,BUT I GREW UP AS ANY OTHER CHILD.EVENTUALLY I HAD NO FRIENDS,THOUGH.THEY'RE PARENTS THOUGHT I WAS SOMETHING LIKE A GHOST.I COULD WRITE,READ,SPEAK,AND WAS VERY INTELLIGENT AT THE AGE OF 1 AND A 1/2.IT WAS A LONELY PRE-SCHOOL.IT NEVER AMAZED MY PARENTS AT ALL,SO I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL,OR MAYBE ALL THE OTHER KIDS WERE BEHIND.WHEN I GOT INTO GRADE 1,I WAS AT A GRADE 8 LEVEL.I WAS TOLD(BY MY PARENTS)TO PRETEND I WAS DUMB OR ELSE I'D BE TAKEN AWAY.I LOVED THEM, I COULD'NT LEAVE THEM,NOT WHEN I WAS THIS AGE,SO I PLAYED DUMB.I STILL OVERSUCCEEDED IN MY YEARS.ONCE I WAS IN GRADE 7 I HAD URGES.THEY EXPLAINED URGES IN PUBERTY CLASS,BUT IT WAS'NT THOSE URGES.MY URGES WERE LIKE THIRST AND STRENGTH,LIKE I WAS IN A SHELL THAT WAS TOO SMALL AND IT WAS MY TIME TO BREAK FREE.OTHER KIDS MY AGE WOULD BE PLAYING DOUBLE DUTCH AND I'D BE PRACTICING BITING OR KICK BOXING.THEY WERE MY FRIENDS AND THEY JUST THOUGHT OF ME AS DIFFERENT,BUT HUMAN AND A FRIEND.I FELT ACCEPTED...FOR ONCE.BUT I'M NOT,YOU SEE I'M NOT HUMAN.I LOOK IN THE MIRROR,MY SKIN IS PALE AND GLOWY.MY HAIR,WHICH USTO BE BROWN,IS BLACK LIKE THE MIDNIGHT STREETS IN THIS PLACE.MY EYES ARE CRIMSON RED.MY TEETH...I HAVE FANGS.FOUR LITTLE FANGS.I KNOW WHAT I AM NOW...I PUT ALL THE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER...I'M NOT WHAT I WANT TO BE...I DON'T WANT TO BE A KILLER,A MONSTER,A MERE CHILD OF DEATH...I DON'T WANT TO BE A VAMPIRE.

IT'S NOT EASY,BEING WHAT I AM.I CAN'T TELL ANYONE.MOM SAYS IT'S NOT A CHOICE,MORE LIKE A DISEASE OR CONDITION.UN-CURABLE.I'M 12 AND I'M AS SMART AS A 24 YEAR OLD.I WANT TO BE A KID...SOME DAY I MIGHT DIE AND COME BACK TO BE A KID.I HOPE.I'M IN PAIN,SEERING PAIN,I GROANED,AS MY MOM HELD ME DOWN.MY LITTLE COUSIN WAS HERE,LILLY.MOM,I HISSED THROUGH MY TEETH.I WANT HER.SHE HELD ME DOWN HARDER.I NEEDED HER BLOOD.SHE WAS YOUNG AND HER BLOOD WAS FRESH.I CLUTCHED THE SOFA AND DUG MY NAILS INTO IT.IT WAS VERY HARD THINKING THAT I MIGHT NEVER BE ABLE TO BE AROUND ANYBODY THAT HAS KIDS...MAYBE ANYBODY AT ALL.MOM SAYS IT'LL GET EASIER AS I GROW UP.WELL IT TAKES A WHILE TO GROW,I THOUGHT.I DON'T WANT TO HURT HER,I SHREIKED.BUT IT HURTS.DAD,GET HER OUT,I SHOUTED.HE NODDED RUSHING TO LILLY'S SIDE AND PICKING HER UP.I LOVE YOU LILLY,I CALLED.YOU,SHE SAID CRIENG AND POINTING AT ME.SHE LOVED ME AND I'D ALMOST KILL HER EVERYTIME SHE COMES HERE.HER MOTHER THINKS WE DON'T LIKE HER.IT HURTS THAT I'M A KILLER,THAT I'M ENDANGERING EVERYBODY AROUND ME.WHEN DAD CAME BACK HE TOLD MOM THAT LILLY WAS HOME.SHE LOOSENED HER GRIP.THE DRYNESS IN MY THROAT WENT AWAY.I WAS BREATHING DEEPLY,BUT QUICKLY.MOM,DAD,I'M A MONSTER,I BLURTED.I STARTED TO SOB.MOM HELD MY COLD HAND.IT'S GOING TO GET EASIER,SHE WHISPERED.DAD NODDED.I TRUSTED THEM,THEY WERE ONCE YOUNG VAMPIRES TOO.WELL,THEY ARE STILL YOUNG.MOM AND DAD LOOK ABOUT 27,28.THEY STOPPED GROWING.BUT THEY WERE WISE LIKE THEY WERE 45.I LOVE YOU,I WHISPERED INTO MIDAIR,LIKE I WAS TALKING TO LILLY.I SAW HER IMAGE,HER CRIENG AND POINTING.ONE DAY LILLY,I WHISPERED AGAIN.I WILL BE YOURS TO HOLD.

IT'S THURSDAY,MY MOM ALREADY TAUGHT ME MY DAILY SCHOOL LESSON.I CAN'T BE IN SCHOOL,TOO MANY HUMANS...TOO MUCH BLOOD.I LAY IN BED.WIDE EYED,AND ALERT.I SAW THE IMAGES,THE ONES OF ME IN PRE-SCHOOL,ALL ALONE.THE ONES OF ME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,WHEN I WAS ACCEPTED FOR ME,THOUGH IF THEY KNEW WHAT "ME"WAS,THEY'D GET KILLED PROCESSING EACH DETAIL IN THEY'RE MIND.THEN I THOUGHT OF LILLY,OF KIDS,BABIES.I COULD NEVER HAVE BABIES,I QUESTIONED MYSELF.THEN I SLAPPED MYSELF,I'M BORN TO 2 VAMPIRES.IT'S POSSIBLE BUT IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLY DISTANT RIGHT NOW.I TRIED NOT TO THINK OF THAT.I TRIED TO THINK OF ME.I COULD BE THE MOST BEAUTIFULL TWEEN IN THE WORLD...BUT I'D TRADE THAT ANY DAY FOR A NORMAL LIFE.I LOOKED AT MY QUIVERING HANDS.THEY WERE TURNING TRANSPARENT.UH,OH,I SAID QUIETLY.MOM CAME THROUGH THE DOOR,JUST LIKE ME SHE WAS TURNING TRANSPARENT.WE SMILED,DAD DID THE SAME.IT WAS HUNTING TIME.WHEN I TURN TRANSPARENT IT MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BLOOD IN OUR VAMPIRIC SYSTEM.IT WAS LIKE A TRANCE THAT HAD BEEN PUT OVER ME.WE LEAPED OUT THE WINDOW AND INTO THE DENSE GREEN WOODS THAT LIE BEHIND OUR HOUSE.WE RAN LIKE BULLETS,WE JUMPED LIKE LIGHTENEING,WE BIT LIKE A MOSQUITO BITE.WE ATE AROUND EVERY 3 WEEKS TO A MONTH.BLOOD WAS VERY LASTING IN OUR SYSTEMS.APPARENTLY OUR SYSTEMS ADJUSTED OVER THE MILLENIUMS BECAUSE OF THE SITUATIONS LIKE MISSING PEOPLE AND CRAP.I SMILED AS I SNAPPED AND LOCKED A SWEET AND TANGY SCENT IN MY NOSE.IT WAS MINE,I WHISPERED,LEAPING IN THE DIRECTION IT CAME FROM.I KNEW THEY COULD HEAR ME AS I SPED INTO THE TREES.WHEN I WAS SURE OF THE SCENT I STOPPED,CROUCHING OUT OF SIGHT.I PEERED OVER THE TALL GRASS AND THE TREES.MY DINNER.IT WAS PAINFUL TO SEE.A YOUNG MOTHER MAYBE 16,AND A CARRAIGE.I HEARD WHINING AND THE SILENT HUSHING VOICE.I STOPPED AND ROSE INTO A STAND STILL OUT OF SIGHT.

I COULD'NT, I WHISPERED ALOUD.I HEARD THE FAINT STOPPING OF FEET AND THE AGREEMENT.I KNOW,WE MUST EAT SOME OTHER TIME,SHE'S THE ONLY ONE HERE,MY MOM SAID.I WAS ALREADY IN A POSE READY TO LEAP AND TO KILL.NO,MY MOM WHISPERED.HOLD YOURSELF BACK,DAD ADDED.I WAS SMILING LIKE I WAS DOMINATING THE WORLD.I CRINGED AND I DROPPED TO THE FLOOR.I WAS TWITCHING IN THE GRASS.I WAS SCARED...ME OUT OF ALL LIVING THINGS,ME WHO COULD SNAP ANY HUMAN LIKE A TWIG AT UNSEEABLE SPEED,ME WHO COULD LUNGE LIKE A CHEETAH,AND RUN LIKE ONE TOO.BUT I WAS SCARED.I HELD IN MY LAST BREATH BEFORE I GAVE UP ON FIGHTING THE SHOCKING FORCE.ONCE I GAVE UP ON THE FORCE IT STOPPED.MY PARENT'S WERE BY MY SIDE INSTANTANEOUSLY.MY MOM SMILED AT ME AND MY DAD,LOOKED AT THE GIRL.HE POSED AT THE SECOND I GOT UP,NO,I THOUGHT.I WAS FURIOUS.ALL OF A SUDDEN,I FELT LIKE I WAS UNDER WATER AND DAD DROPPED TO THE FLOOR,TWITCHING.MY MOM SMILED.DAD,DON'T FIGHT IT,I WHISPERED.HE WAS STILL TWITCHING.I WAS DROWNING NOW,I GAVE UP MY ANGER AND MY FEELINGS AND DAD GOT OFF THE FLOOR.MOM,HELD MY HAND.I'M SCARED,I WHISPERED.THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE TORTURING US.DAD CHUCKELED UNDER HIS BREATH.YEAH,THANKS,HE WHISPERED CLEANING THE DIRT OUT OF HIS HAIR.IT WAS ME,I ASKED SURPRISINGLY.MOM NODDED,BABY,YOU HAVE A CERTAIN PROTECTION OVER CHILDREN.I LOOKED ANGRY NOW.THEN WHY DID I TRY TO KILL LILLY,I GROWELED.REMMYZA,I COULD HAVE LET YOU GO,BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE FULLY CONTROLED.I CALMED MY SELF DOWN.WE SPED HOME.SO CAN I ALSO DO THIS TO OTHER VAMPIRES,I ASKED MOM.SHE NODDED.HUMANS,I ASKED EAGERLY.YES BUT REMEMBER REMMYZA,HUMANS ARE NOT AS STRONG AND AS ALERT AS US,YOU COULD EASILY KILL THEM,SHE ANSWERED.I TOOK THAT IN.WILL IT HURT THEM,I ASKED.SHE SHRUGGED.WE MUST SEE TYRESAE TIKOTA,SHE SMILED.TYRESAE TIKOTA WAS A VAMPIRE THAT WAS LIKE ME,HE HAD THIS POWER.I WAS ALWAYS AWARE AROUND HIM,HE WAS UN-PREDICTABLE.

TYRESAE,OUR LITTLE REMMYZA HAS THE SAME POWER THAT YOU DO,MY DAD SAID CLUTCHING MY MOMS HAND.HE LOOKED AT ME WITH HIS GORGEOUS SMILE.WELL,HE SAID.I SHOOK,AND MY DAD HISSED.I HELD MY HAND TO HIM.HE EASED UP.TYRESAE SMILED HUGELY NOW.MOM WAS PATTING DAD'S ARM.HE STARED AT TYRESAE.IT'S NOT POLITE TO STARE,TYRESAE SAID.DAD SMIRKED.WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT POLITENESS,HE SAID SMUGLY.TYRESAE DID'NT SEEM TO NOTICE.HE EXTENDED AN ARM AND I PLACED MY HAND IN HIS.HE WALKED ME OVER TO A BIG BOOK.I STARED AT MY MOM.SHE WAS ALERT,BUT CALM.DAD WAS ANOTHER CASE....ANOTHER TIME.I LOOKED AT THE BOOK.TYRESAE PLACED MY PALM INTO A MOLDING THAT SPARKELED LIKE CRYSTALS IN THE SUNLIGHT.IT WAS BURNING MY PALM.TYRESAE LAUGHED LIKE I HAD FALLEN FOR A TRAP.I STOPPED DEAD SILENT.IT WAS SHOWING ME THE PAGES OF THE BOOK.I LEARNT EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS POWER.I LEARNT HOW TO EXTEND IT,AND OTHER THINGS TO DO WITH IT LIKE HOLD SOMEONE AWAY FROM ANOTHER JUST BY LETTING MY CERTAIN EMOTIONS TAKE OVER MY BODY.THE BURNING WAS COMING BACK AT THE END OF THE BOOK.I SHREIKED,AND MY DAD LUNGED AT TYRESAE.I HELD A HAND OUT TO HIM AND HE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY.THANK YOU,I SAID TO DAD.HE WAS LUNGING LIKE HE WAS TRIENG TO BREAK DOWN A WALL.TYRESAE WHISPERED IN MY EAR,IT'S YOU HOLDING HIM OFF...AND THANK YOU.I SMILED,AND RE-FOCUSED.I THOUGHT OF A SHEILD OF GRATTITUDE AND I DIRECTED IT TO TYRESAE.AS SOON AS HE WAS SHEILDED,I GAVE UP ON DAD'S.HE STEPPED BACK TO MOM,AND WE LEFT.WOW,I SAID ONCE WE WERE HOME.AS I THOUGHT OF THE CHILDREN BEING PROTECTED,I REMEMBERED THE THIRST I HAD FROM MISSING DINNER.IT WAS LATE ENOUGH TO EAT,SO WE LEAPED OUT INTO THE WOODS.

IT WAS HARD HUNTING,IT WAS LIKE I WAS MORE ANIMAL THAN PERSON.I WAS READY TO SINK MY TEETH INTO FLESH.I SMILED THAT DOMINATING SMILE,I WAS IN THAT TRANCE.AS WE APPROACHED THE OPENING I SAW THE GIRL,AND HER BABY.IT SHOT THROUGH ME.I WAS TOO THIRSTY TO STOP.MOM DID'NT STOP,NEITHER DID DAD.I STOOD THERE REALIZING THAT I HAD STOPPED.I CRINGED,BUT I DID'NT FALL OR TWITCH.I GOT STRONGER.THOSE 2 HUMANS ARE MY REASON FOR ALL OF THIS,AND IF I DID'NT KILL THEM,MY PARENT'S WOULD.I KNEW THAT THERE WAS'NT ONLY HER IN THE WOODS TONIGHT BUT SHE AND THE YOUNGLING SMELT THE BEST.I NEEDED TO SAVE HER.I HELD MY BREATH PUTTING ALL OF MY FORCE AND FEELING INTO A SHEILD PROTECTING HER.MOM,DAD,IT'S USELESS,ALL YOU'LL DO IS GIVE US AWAY,I WHISPERED.THEY DID'NT STOP.I SAW THEM ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE OPENING.I WAS ENRAGED,NOT HER,I GROWLED.THEY HAD THAT DEVILISH SMILE ACROSS BOTH OF THEIR FACES.I ACCIDENTLY PUT ALL OF MY ANGER INTO MY VEINS AND IT SURGED THROUGH MY BODY LIKE ELECTRICITY.MY PARENT'S BOTH SHOT TO THE GROUND SILENTLY AS NOT DISTURBING THE BABY AND HER TEENAGE MOTHER.I SPED AROUND THE OPENING HIDDEN BY GREEN.ONCE I GOT TO MOTHER,I HELPED HER UP.SHE WAS CLEANING HER HAIR.DAD JOINED US.IT'S NOT WORTH IT GUYS,I WHISPERED.SHE'S PROTECTED.MOM SIGHED.I APOLIGIZE,I'M JUST SO...MOM STOPPED MID-SENTENCE.I GRABBED THEM BOTH AND WE RAN TO THE OTHER SCENTS.IT WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN,MAYBE 35.THEY HELD HANDS AND STARED INTO EACHOTHERS EYES.I COULD'NT SMILE OR LUNGE.ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS PROTECT EVERYONE.BUT I KNEW IF I DID THAT WE'D ALL WASTE AWAY.I DECIDED I WOULD LOOK AS LEAST AS POSSIBLE.AND THEN I LUNGED.MOM AND I TOOK DOWN THE WOMAN,DAD THE MAN.I LET HER HAVE THE MOST BLOOD.I DID'NT WANT TO BE A MONSTER.

I WAS NORMAL-SKINNED,WELL FOR A VAMPIRE.IT WAS TIME TO PUT MY ABSOLUTE STRENGTH TO THE TEST.YES...I WILL SPEND THE DAY WITH LILLY.I PACED MYSELF REMEMBERING WHO I AM INSIDE...REMEMBERING MY POWER.OKAY,I HEARD DAD CALL,HERE SHE IS.I LOOKED AT THE DOOR AS THE SWEET AND TANGY SCENT RAN THROUGH MY NOSE.I WAS BREATHING SLOWLY.SHE RAN IN BESIDE DAD.SHE POINTED,IZA,SHE SCREECHED.DAD LOOKED AT ME UNCERTAINLY.I NODDED THAT I WAS OKAY.MY DRYNESS ESCAPED MY THROAT WHEN SHE PLACED HER HAND IN MINE.ALL I FELT WAS JOY.I PICKED HER UP IN MY ARMS AND SHE TOUCHED MY CHEEK.I DID'NT THINK I WAS ANYTHING BUT A MUSHY PILE OF LOVE...NOT A VAMPIRE.SHE SMILED AND LAUGHED AND CALLED ME IZA ALL DAY.I LOVE YOU MY LITTLE LILLY PAD,I WHISPERED.YOU,IZA,SHE SAID DIMPLES AND ALL.YOU SEE MY LOVE,I WHISPERED AGAIN,I TOLD YOU ONE DAY,I WILL BE YOURS TO HOLD,AND I REACHED DOWN AND KISSED HER CHEEK.SHE GRABBED MY HAND AND SLID HERS IN.YOU,IZA,YOU,SHE WHISPERED,NESTLING HER HEAD INTO MY COLLAR BONE.I FELT GOOD,I FELT...HUMAN.SHE'S MY INSPIRATION TO HELP THE NEEDY.I LOVE MY LITTLE COUSIN.IT WAS FEEDING TIME TONIGHT(WEEKS HAD PASSED).AS WE LEAPED INTO THE NIGHT WE APPROACHED THE YOUNG