“Your parents were murdered by what was it again?” Sarah said.
“Muggers,” Emily replied, trying to convince herself as she said it.
“Do you really believe that?”
Emily stayed silent, staring out the window as the car moved down the street.
“If you have any doubt in your mind what so ever that your parents were killed by something else, something….supernatural perhaps then listen to me and give me the befit of the doubt.”
“I believe you,” she whispered.
“Good; then there’s something you need to see,” she said as she instructed the driver to pull over near the cemetery.
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“Where are we going?” Emily asked as she raced after her watcher, who was walking quickly through the cemetery.
“Look at this,” she said, handing her a newspaper clipping.
It was a very small article, barley a paragraph but it caught Emily’s eyes none the less. The headline read: Young Boy Found Dead. Earlier today a young orphan identified as Simon Devilin was found dead. Cause of death in unknown but he had to punctures in his neck. Emily stopped reading.
“Here we are,” Sarah said indicating Simon’s grave, “He should rise soon.”
“Rise?”
“Yes, I believe he was turned.”
“Do all people who are bitten turn into vampires?” Emily asked, she was afraid of the answer. She hated the thought of her mother and father, she wouldn’t say it.
“No, only if they make you drink some of their blood after you’ve drank theirs.”
Just then a hand broke through the dirt of the grave, Simon’s hand, Emily thought as she let out a scream of surprise.
“You’re going to need this,” Sarah said as she tossed the slayer a stake.
“Wait! What am I suppose to do?!” she asked panicked as Simon began to hoist himself out of the grave.
“Stake him through the heart.”
“Why don’t you do it?”
“I’m not the slayer. The slayer slays; the watcher…”
“Watches?”
“No, the watcher trains the slayer and helps her….”
Just then Simon punched Emily, catching her off guard.
“Ow, hey no fair. I wasn’t ready,” she said as the vampire lunged for her a second time. This time she blocked his attack and tripped; causing him to fall flat on his face.
“Stake him,” Sarah yelled.
“Oh right,” she said as she grabbed the stake and plunged it into Simon’s back, just missing the heart.
In response the vampire got up and back handed, causing her to land on her back. Quickly he was on top of her, she could sees his fangs glistening as he brought them closer to her neck. She used all her strength to hold him back as she slammed the stake into his chest this time making her mark. She watched as the vampire disintegrated in front of her and covered her in dust. She got up and began brush herself off.
“Not bad, next time try to be a bit more aggressive thought. Its best to stay on the offensive,” her watcher stated.
“I’ll keep that in mind, next time I almost get eaten, whilst you watch,” she said exasperated.
“Don’t be so dramatic.”
“This is the perfect time for being dramatic.”
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Sarah and Emily sat together in the parlor of Sarah’s home, our home Emily reminded herself.
“Sarah, is there a way to tell who killed my parents?”
“If the vampires were well-know then yes possibly if I had a good description. But keep in mind most vampires don’t have autobiographies. Why do you ask?”
“No reason, just wondering.”
“If you’re seeking revenge I suggest you stop. It could get you killed; besides vengeance is very unbecoming.”
“Okay, I ‘m going to bed. Goodnight.”
“Goodnight,” Sarah said as Emily began to leave.
“Sarah?” Emily asked, “You said one slayer was born into every generation what happens to the old one when the new one is called?”
Sarah frowned, “The only way for a new slayer to be called is for the old one to die.”
Emily refuse to ask the burning question on her mind: who was her predecessor? She wasn’t sure if she wanted to know the answer because if she did her inevitable death would seem too real.
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A young girl ran down the dark cobblestone streets, her hair which had come undone flying, wildly behind her. She looked behind her she was scared, something was coming for, something bad, something that wanted her dead. The younger girl quickened her pace. Her footsteps fell hard against the empty cobblestone road. She held her skirts bunched up in one hand while the other covered a wound on her stomach that was dripping blood.
Suddenly, she tripped and she knew it would all soon be over. This was the end she had known it was coming but she had never expected it to be so soon. She got up, making one last final attempt to flee from her attack but she was too late. He grabbed her and pinned her against the wall as he drank her blood deeply.
“How?” Emily asked from where she was watching the display, “She’s the slayer, was he very powerful?”
“No, a tiny foot solider in the devil’s army,” Dru cooed from where she was standing next to Emily.
“How could she be killed by an ordinary vampire?”
“Power is fleeting. It shifts like sand. One dies and from the ashes another will rise. You’ll be next. If you’d like I could offer you eternal life,” Drusilla whispers the last bit.
“Never. Why would anyone choose that?”
“Better to reign in hell then serve in heaven.”
“You’re crazy.”
“Silly little girl. All puffed up and mighty because she’s the slayer. Hurt my feelings, she doesn’t know her place. Naughty, naughty, we are in control, no matter how many times the white knight wins, evil lives on forever. You could join us. I’ve always wanted a daughter. William bought me a bird but it’s gone and died.”
“I’d rather die,” Emily spits back.
“It’s your funeral,” a voice says from behind her, its Spike. He grabs her and throws her into a coffin, slamming the lid shut. Emily punches at the sides of the box, she can’t breathe and she is desperate to get out.
Emily gasps as she quickly sits up in bed, her face in covered in sweat. It was a just a dream. It was just a dream she keeps repeating it over and over in her head but she’s still shaking.
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