Chapter 2 The Awakening

It was not a sunny day, nor was it a rainy day when I awakened as a vampire, because it did not take but a day, it took many days in the spring and threw the winter of 1861 , the first thing that happened was my skills increased fast, the second change was the inability to go out into the sun without breaking out in boils and feeling my flesh burn as if my whole body was inches from a great flame and that was not all with the pain of the sun came stomach pain and a pain that dwelt in my very bones, the third thing that happened was the thirst for blood, I quickly noticed that blood seemed to not only quench my thirst, I also noticed that not long after blood would touch my lips all my pain would turn into vigor. By the time I had fully transformed into a vampire the fourth and final trait had begun to manifest itself, I no longer shined on the inside like I had before, Prince took notice "We use to have so much fun Evet, what happened?" he asked solemnly "I have become something, all I feel is emptiness, a deep melancholy, and this dreadful urge, an urge I cannot understand nor do I wish to utter" I replied "and yet when I'm near you, all that goes away and I feel somehow warm, your like a lamp to me" I added "And yet I feel colder" He snapped "All I ever see in you is sorrow, even when your supposedly happy, I can read you and I know something is missing, even your touch has grown cold" I looked at him as if to say something is missing but I stopped myself, before I could make matters worse "I cannot do this anymore!" Prince shouted "I cannot do this to you! If I'm all you have left in the world, then you must never speak to me again, do you understand?" A tear came to my eye, I quickly wiped my eyes with my sleeve before he could see that I was crying "Why?" I said choking back my tears "Just forget about me, never see me again and that way I'll be with you forever" Prince looked down "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" I shouted. I had to take a moment to compose myself before I looked deeply into his eyes "Tell me what's wrong, I wish to know" I said gently and soothingly "I have been called to fight in the war" he said flatly I gasped "Then I will wright to you, everyday" I said with a darkness to my voice for I knew that the day he was shipped out I would never see him again, though I fought hard to believe otherwise. It was a cold Spring morning when he finaly did ship out, there was due sprinkled on the grass and the earth sigh a calming breath and yet I felt as though the calmness of the earth was missplaced. As I watched the man I loved walk to the big, green, cage that would soon bare him from me, I felt that the very weather should be in as much an uproare as my heart was, thinder, lightning, wind, rain, clouds, haile, followed by time itself stopping for one man, but the world continued just as it had and the calmness in the air lingered, my world however, though cold to begin with grew colder still.

Chapter 1 life befoure the awakening

My name is Evet Jones, I remember what it was like to be human, perhaps that is the worst part of all, but I am getting ahead of myself. Everyone knows that if a human is bitten by a vampire they will soon become a blood drinker themselves, but there is another way to become a vampire, it is equally painful and far from glamorous, of course I'm talking about those of us that are born vampires. One of the most painful things about the Awakening is that it begins as a vampire becomes (in my case) a woman, therefor I remembered being human, but the time I had to be one was small and fleeting like so much ash on the wind. I remember one summer morning, before it happened, I was lying under a tree with my friend, Prince, we were both about thirteen and all the world around me seemed to fade away as I gazed upon his golden face, his hair was sparkling in the sun like fresh copper and his chestnut eyes gazed upward "Evet" he said, I held on to his every word as if every word he spoke was a word of ancient wisdom "Yes, Prince" I replied "Catch me if you can" he said as he jumped up and ran as fast as he could without destination. I laughed and chased after him but before I could catch him the bell rang, lunch was over and school commenced and ended not long after, on my way home I noticed the sun, it was warm on my skin, but not too warm, it was just right, I waked for a little less than seven feet when I heard Prince call my name, he was carrying a small box "It's for you, he said" as he held out the box. My heart fluttered with excitement What is it? I thought as I grabbed the box and opened it, it was a locket "Just what I wanted!" I exclaimed as I threw my arms around Prince and reluctantly departed from him only to turn back around "So I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow?" I called out, Prince nodded and with that we both continued down our seprate paths.