The pain was still aching loud and clear but now my throat felt worst of all. It was on fire. I didn't know for how long I had been inside the hole. A long time ago I felt the temperature rising but now I simply, don't feel anything but somehow I realized it was dark outside because the darkness in the hole became… darker; but I still could faintly see my hands gripping the brim of my ruined thorn dress.
I wanted comfort, to hold someone 's hands and hear him say "Don't worry it's going to be all right. I'm here with you and I won't leave your side." But that wasn't going to happen. The white guy that had bit me… I couldn't bring myself to call him like I should… at least for now; I'm sure he had no intention to come back for me. But he wasn't human. And I'm afraid that now, after that horrifying episode, I'm not a human any less than he is.
But that's impossible. He's supposed to be a scary creature, invented to scare children. But wait, I was a human and when he bit me something bad started happening to my body, there must have been someone that bit him and somebody else that bit his biter…There were more than just one. The world I used to live in was blind. Now the darkness is my world. I have to live in the shadows.
I decided to go out when the darkness is thick as possible. I'm an outcast now and I knew it. No denying it. But considering why I took the taxi and didn't have enough money because I had already paid for the useless limo that my friends were courteous enough not to tell me about, which was the reason I got stuck in this mess, I was already an outcast back then.
The pain slowly started diminishing but the burning inside my throat increased. I had to go out. I felt the darkness creeping slowly until it reached my hole. I was a little troubled how I would ever escape from underground. The tree was way to heavy to lift it enough for my petite body to creep under it. I gave it a push, putting all my strength in my hands. Suddenly as my hands made contact with the tree, it flew about ten meters in the air, and landed with an ear splitting thud.
Only then I realized what I had become. I'm a… vampire.
I got up from that hole in a movement that no human eye could ever follow. The world around me was overwhelming. I could see as clearly in the dark as if it was daylight. The night was alive. The sounds were so accurate and my eyes would focus on the tiniest crack they would find in the soil. As usual my dress didn't survive. After every party I went to it would always get stained or ripped. The poor dress was ripped from one shoulder, showing half my bra underneath and the brim was ripped to pieces by my new strong nails.
Well, everything around me changed from the point of view… what about my body. Fortunately my phone survived the event. I switched on the camera and waited as it loaded. What seemed like a fast program before I was 'changed' now felt like as if the second it took to load, each fraction of a second was a long day. When it finally loaded I was shocked and overwhelmed. My hair seemed longer and about three shades darker. My face was spotless and milky white. So where my hands and the rest of my body but what scared me the most was were those crimson eyes that shone instead of my usual green-blue eyes. I was beautiful. No flaws. Impossible but true. This made me feel good and worse at the same time. I felt good because I probably had the face that an super model would sell her soul for, naturally excluding the spooky red eyes and worse because it was not natural at all, confirming the change in me. Or I could stick with the first theory, that all this was one black dream,
I closed my eyes and put my hand on my chest. I didn't feel anything. No heartbeat. I also noticed that I didn't need air. My lungs had no use. But air governed the scents and I really liked the way it played with my lungs, faintly distracting me from my burning throat. Now that I brought it up it seemed to increase the burning rapidly. I wanted something to cool it down. But I was afraid that water was not the answer. I couldn't help myself. The predator inside of me closed my eyes. It dominated my body and my senses. I took a long, deep breath and inhaled the scents that contaminated the air. I focused on the sounds and could hear a car nearby.
My control cracked. I could smell the sweet scent of fresh blood only about a kilometer away. I broke in a desperate run, as if I had done it a million times before. The sound of the steady beating hearts and the two mouthwatering scents where like the deadliest drug to me and I knew that I had no other option but to find its unfortunate source.
I was near. I tried to restrain myself once more and stop the deplorable creature inside of me to listen to my weak commands but all in vain. I found the car and the two happy meals inside of it. The car was a minor detail, easily dealt with. It turned out that irony would be my companion even after death. The two love doves in the car where Gabriel and some girl I used to see at summer camp. She used to be such a sweet girl, what a pity ending her life. I stepped out of the shadows and I knew that they saw me. He pulled the break just before he could hit me, as if it would affect me.
"Oh my God! That's Sam. I dated her three days before she disappeared. Even the police asked me some questions about her. So no suicide involved. Pity cause she's a bitch. What are we going to do; should I talk to her?"
Bitch his mama. I didn't even wait for the girl to utter one word, I sprinted to his side of the car and tore the door as if it was made of marzipan, and threw it behind me. Super strength does come handy. I waited a dramatic pause as I heard them screaming. I didn't want to admit this but I was having fun in a very dark, twisted way. I reached for the girl and pulled her towards me. I broke her neck in a split of a second, leaving her dead body on her terrified date, who by now was screaming like a little girl, trying to get out of a crib. I couldn't wait any longer. I twisted her neck and found a juicy artery just waiting for me. I bit and sighed in relief as the dark, red liquid rushed inside my mouth, diminishing the burning as I gulped harder and harder.
He somehow escaped from the other side while I was distracted with the girl. I was almost finished but I decided to go after him. I would be able to catch up with him even if he had the latest Ferrari and had an hour head start. But still it was better to have them both dead. I left her body unwillingly lying on the stained seats. In less than a second I passed him. He didn't even see me running. He bumped in me and fell on the ground while I didn't even stagger.
"So, do you want to give me another chance or am I only a bitch for you, Gabe?" I asked him with a little smirk on my lips. My mum always used to scold me for playing with my food.
"P-p-please leave me alone. I won't tell anyone." he stammered
"Sorry. Too late." I said as I lunged for his throat and bit. I drained him dry in a few minutes. His corpse lay lifeless in my hands. I put him inside of the car. I was back in control of myself and I really couldn't believe what I did. I killed two people in less than an hour. I was a murderer that couldn't be stopped. I had to die. There was no other way to save the innocent. I swore to God that I would do everything in my power to kill myself.
I had to get rid of the car and the bodies. Malta is not a good place to hide a homicide but technically I'm not a person, am I? I racked my mind to find an ideal place where two teenagers might loose their lives. They could fall into the sea after consuming an exaggerate amount of alcohol. That was the best answer to my problem. I found the car door a quite a few meters away. I twisted the metal and fixed it, more or less. I put Gabriel's body on the back and buckled up the girl's body. I rode in the driver's seat. Fortunately, the car was automatic, so I could drive it without causing more deaths. I knew a place facing the sea where teens usually go to take drugs and have sex in their cars. It was the perfect location for an 'accident.' The car was so slow. Though I was near the place I couldn't risk being seen by a police because I was a good two years underage to drive and oh right! There were two corpses inside the car.
Fortunately I wasn't seen by anyone and the place was isolated. I pulled Gabriel's body and buckled it up next to the girl's. I intended to go down with them and go to hell to pay for my sins. I pushed Gabriel's foot on gas pedal and the car sprang forward, towards the edge. The car slowly sank as it began to fill up with water, I closed my eyes.
Then I remembered. I didn't need air. It was so stupid. I tore a piece of my dress (or what was left of it) and wiped the steering wheel. I got out through the window and swam to shore.
Well I read some stories were they used to pass something through the heart to kill a vampire. I knew a place with very sharp rocks. So suicide plan B was my last and only hope. I ran and in about fifteen minutes I arrived. This was hopefully the end. I didn't think about it twice. I scanned the bay for the sharpest rock and jumped. The point would go straight through my heart. Only a few milliseconds away from my second death. The point soon made contact with my skin, but instead of piercing it. It crushed into small pieces almost tickling me. So becoming a kebab does not kill a vampire.
I was out of ideas. I had only one other choice. I had to leave Malta and go to somewhere with forests and wild animals, that way I could avoid accidents and learn to control my hunger. I decided to go to Italy. I could settle there for sometime. I started swimming towards Sicily. Since I didn't need air I could arrive there quickly without needing to catch my breath. I saw the coast of Sicily after three hours of non-stop swimming. I was soon there but it wasn't over. I had to run across Sicily, and then I jumped in the water dividing the peninsula from the island. I was in Italy finally, but I had to find a place with thick vegetation as I felt that the dawn was near and that meant that people would wake up. I found a place of refuge by the time the sun rose. Maybe the sun could kill me. I rushed out hoping that it would be true but instead of bursting to flames my body shocked me once more. My skin sparkled like a million crystals. The skin was too beautiful to belong to a murderer. I felt ashamed of the fact that I was beautiful only to attract humans. My beauty was all bait.
Just then I realized what my change meant, I lost my annoying family that I still cared for, I lost my friends who turned out to be unworthy bitches and worst of all, I could never see Cam again. I would never hear his ridiculous laugh that made me want to laugh too, or stare at those beautiful eyes that seemed as if they where looking at my soul. My eyes suddenly felt moist but tears didn't pour down my face.