Creatures Of Myth (JM Book 1) (A Jupiterville Book)

Going batty (Tori)

Once upon a time, my friends pushed me of a cliff to see if I could fly. It turns out I could fly, but that's not the point.

Why is pushing someone off a cliff or roof or tower considered acceptable? They did it in at least Maximum Ride book, Hotel Transylvania 2, and I just got pushed off a cliff. This is just a bad idea on so many levels. People jump off cliffs to die. How hard is this to understand? Cliff fall, bad idea.

Robbie and Piper missed the point of this as I landed back on the cliff face.

"Why?!" I squeaked in my tiny bat voice. No kidding, they cracked up.

"This is not funny!" I squeaked, flapping my bat wings frantically. Now that I had flown as a bat, I couldn't manage to do it again. Great. Story of my life continues to suck. And being thrown off a cliff had turned me into a bat, and now I couldn't manage to turn back. I fell over.

If Piper and Robbie were more than half human they probably would have died from lack of oxygen. And if I could figure out how to turn human again, I would kill them.

"Hey," Piper said, tears streaming down her face, as she laughed, "At least you can fly."

"It can't be that hard." Robbie replied, grinning. I got the feeling that he was about to make one of his classic jokes that me and Piper will probably end up telling any future girlfriend he may get to scare her away.

"After all, it can be done with a little faith, trust and pixie dust!" He yelled, hopping on one leg, while flapping his arms like a chicken. We all cracked up this time. If you don't know why, you really need to see someone do it in person.

I also learned, besides how to turn into a bat, it is bad to unturn into a bat on a cliff edge. I fell off again. Maybe not fell. I ended up sitting on air for a second.

This time my vampire reflexes failed me. I landed in the water. Running water. I feel everything in my body fail me. I guess this was like incentive for not failing, but vampires pass out in running water, and don't wake up until they're on land and dry. Great. Now I regret reading that book on vampire weaknesses.

Piper and Robbie better pull me out. As half vamps they're immune to water, holy and running. They have pretty much no weaknesses if you don't count mortality. But they can suck blood.

Since becoming a vampire I have learned why vampires are so pale despite all the blood we drink. We're full of blood veins. And I'm not saying we aren't full of tantalizing blood, or that distribution is bad. Vampires are cannalbalistic, being former humans and all.

Being unconcious, but not actually unconcious sucks. It's just me and my thoughts. Until someone pulls me out, which is apperently not happening.

I start to panic. I'm going mad! What if I'm here forever. I better not be here forever. Piper and Robbie are unnaturally strong, but not strong enough to fight off me. Stupid running water. Whoever cursed the vampires must have wanted them trapped on an island or something. But then there probably would be no exception for full moon flyovers as a bat. Also I can use uncovered bridges. Not covered ones.

At this point it burns my humanity. Or maybe my vampireness. Either way, covered bridges hurts. Moonlight helps. Maybe they didn't want bridges to be used as protections from sun. Robbie and Piper aren't exactly experts on this. Their humanity is a protective chain on them. My humanity is fuel for a fire. Soon all I will be is fire. Raging fire that competes with sunfire. It's weird. If the moon is like water, or a sun reflection on water, why does moonlight heal me?

Confuzzled am I?

I want out. This water is boring me. I panic again from boredom.

Still bored. I'm not breathing now. Did I breathe before? Well, After Before The Water. Not Before Before Before.

Why does moonlight heal if it's literally reflecting the sun? I'm confused.