"MOVE BITCH GET OUT DA W-" well shit, don't you just love the sweet voice of Ludacris at 7 AM. I to change that alarm, but it really does the job. Time to get ready and head out. Just as I've finished my personal hygiene and breakfast, I call up my sister from a different mister Malaya so we can go to the bus stop together. I've known Malaya since A-levels, she transferred to my 6th form in year twelve and we've been friends ever since. After two rings she picks up "you ready sis?" "Yeah, meet you downstairs in 5 minutes" "okay" with that I cut the call and head downstairs.
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6 hours of uni and 4 hours of work later I am knackered but I've got to complete my presentation for tomorrow. "Lia! Boss man is calling you", my co-worker Daniel tells me. Okay, but boss man, who still uses that? anyway, I go up to my boss, Stephen's office "hey Stephen you asked for me?" I say while peaking my head in the door. "yeah, yeah come in" with that I step in fully and shut the door behind me. What's going on, am I being fired I don't think so, I've come on time done my work and everything. "is everything okay?" I say after he hadn't said anything.
"It has come to my attention that you have been aggressive" Oh wow "aggressive, how exactly?" "Customers have complained that you come off as aggressive when answering questions" I have neve-, almost forgot the colour of my skin "I have never 'come off' as 'aggressive', they ask for my opinion on what poster or merch to get and I give my opinion, they ask for directions and then I give them politely you can ask anyone here," I say defending my honour "you see what I mean aggressive, and I did ask everyone here and they confirmed it" wait what wow nice to know when I am not wanted. "so because I am black I am automatically aggressive" what did I expect when I was the only black person here, "no one said that, but unfortunately I am terminating your employment here, we can't have you chasing away customers" wow.
So here I am walking home in the rain with no umbrella, dripping and jobless. Great, just my luck, there is no taxi around, and I am 15 minutes away from my dorm. I need to cro-, "oof" a force from behind pushes me and my chin kissed the ground causing me to bite my tongue, that's definitely going to bruise. Then I feel a sharp sting on my neck did they just break my skin with their teeth? What the ?
"HELP! HELP! hel-"I began felt faint and my cries became slurred as my attacker kept consuming my blood till I could barely register anything "please I don't want to die" my back feels lighter now... maybe I'm not sure "die no" "d- "and it all fades to black.
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"Talia wake up" what? who is that? "Talia!" open my eyes and I'm met with bright light and an unfamiliar room. "so you're awake" I look to my left and there's a slightly older dark skin sis sipping tea, just staring at me.
"Um.. who're you? How do you know my name? Where am I?" she drops the cup on the table beside her while still staring... "uh you good sis?" "pftt, sorry I had to, I'm Vera" she said with a goofy grin on her face "okay, Vera where am I?" I ask while sitting up. "you're in my house, I brought you here after last night" flashes of my attack came into mind, I checked my elbows and felt my chin and nothing. I could've sworn I fell and scraped myself. My clothes are also different, she probably changed me, but why?
"You're probably very confused but I can explain; no you did not dream your attack and you did die, kind of" by the time she's done my eyes are the bulging out my sockets "I DIED!" "calm down that's not the worst part" there's more? How is this sis so calm while I'm sitting here visibly alarmed? "you know how you died? yeah, now you're a vampire" eh? "I'm sorry did you say I died?!" "you are a vampire now, fortunately for you, the vampire that attacked you was a newborn and instead of only sucking you dry it also inserted its venom into you; rookie mistake; so here we are" is this real, this shit only happens in movies man.
"You don't believe me", of course, I don't hoe, how am I supposed to believe I died yesterday and became a vampire? "you want a mirror then?" she said as she stood up and walked towards the vanity table to get said mirror I'm guessing, now I take a better look this room looks like the bedroom, very...green though, indoor plants are scattered around the room with green and brown furniture, even the bedsheets have a forest design "mirror to do what?" "look at your eyes", she comes back with the mirror in hand and gives it to me.
I couldn't believe my eyes, literally. gone were my brown irises, in their place, were blood red irises, also I got dem glossier brows now, my skin, on the other hand, wasn't pale though. I opened my mouth to see my canines were significantly sharper and longer than before, why didn't I feel any discomfort, there is another thing bothering me "if I am a vampire now, why am I not running around looking for blood now?" she takes a big gulp of I guess the last bit of her tea and puts the mug down "while you were still 'asleep' i gave you blood already, though not fresh, so you won't be hungry for a while" oh okay "so this is my life now."
"you got any other questions?" "no, I gue-" flashes of David my dog getting eaten by that monster came to my head all of a sudden. Why now? "Talia!" I jump "yeah what?" she looks at me tilting her head downwards with her eyes on me "I lost you there for a minute you good?" "I'm fine, wait how do you know my name" "a bit of a late reaction don't you think, anyway your wallet was on you so I saw your ID," she said while waving my wallet that she pulled out from nowhere? "where were you kee- nevermind," I said shaking my heading.
"Soooooo, are you going to tell me about that little moment you had there?" "just a memory from my childhood, I'm confused as to why it just came up" she puts her hand under her chin "you wanna talk about it" "I mean it's just, my dog died when I was a kid, it was eaten by something that didn't look like a typical animal, it stood on its hind legs with the head of a wolf, maybe seeing as I am this, that memory was triggered, I guess this explains that who would've thought we aren't alone" I laughed bitterly looking down. "I'm sorry for your loss, must've been traumatic for a kid, it may have been a rogue Lycan from your description, but to eat a fellow canine that's grim."
There're other creatures? "wait so what other creatures are there?" she smirks "well it'd be more fun to show you, I'll leave you to freshen up and we'll go 'sightseeing'" she stands up and leaves the room shutting the door behind her. So this is my life now. Vampires, Lycans, and whatever the frick is out there.