Dark Desires

Chapter 6

After I get off the phone with Amelia I start planning our date. I think since she loves museums and history so much we should go to the civil war museum. I go online and book a date a month from today. Hopefully she'll be out of the hospital by then.

 Then I made a reservation at this diner near the museum that has their staff dress up as people throughout history. I really hope she loves the date. I go to pour myself a drink of whisky and start to think about all the different vampires I've encountered over the years. The vampire that turned me his eyes were yellow. 

All the other vampires I've encountered over the centuries eyes were all yellow. Why are my eyes red when I vamp out? Why is my eye color different? Does red eyes mean something different? It's not like I can just look up what's the difference between red and yellow eyed vampires? I'm starting to think something might be wrong with me. Maybe my red eyes have something to do with my bloodlust or maybe I'm defective. 

Maybe the venom that turned me was a bad batch. I thought maybe I might need to see someone who could possibly give me the answers I'm looking for. And maybe they could help me control myself so I could never hurt Amelia. The last time I was in Tombsboro, Ohio I ran into a witch. Usually witches keep to themselves. 

They are a Zen folk. But this one in particular was not Zen at all. Out of all the years I've lived and out of all the witches I've come across over the centuries, none of them have tried to hurt me. She tried to kill me before I could even say a word to her.

 I had walked into her shop to purchase ornaments for my Christmas tree and before I could even greet her she quickly told me I wasn't welcomed here. I was confused about what she meant. I told her I wasn't doing anything wrong and that I just wanted to purchase a few ornaments. 

She said again your kind is not welcomed in my shop. I figured out she knew I was a vampire. I tried explaining I'm one of the good ones but before I could defend myself any further she chanted something and then all of a sudden my body started to burn up from the inside out. It was like my blood was boiling. I cried for help and begged for mercy. She moved her hands around and using air she broke my left arm. 

Blood started pouring out of my nose. I didn't want to hurt the lady but she was going to kill me so I gathered the strength and picked up a set of decorative plates and flung them at her head. She fell unconscious. I took the ornaments I was looking for and left the store. Since that day I have never set foot back into that woman's store. 

But maybe she's had a change of heart. I decided that in the morning before I go see Amelia that I will stop by the witch's shop and see if I could get some answers. Hopefully I won't have to hurt her. I finish another drink then decide to head up to bed. I wonder if I will dream about Amelia. Vampires don't really dream that much but when they do it's something like no other. It's almost like virtual reality.

 Everything seems and feels so real. You almost don't want to wake up. I want to dream about me and Amelia's future together. I know it's early but I can really see myself being with her for the rest of my life. Hopefully she can accept my horrific past and accept the fact that I am the undead. I close my eyes and head to sleep. I start to dream. 

Or should I say nightmare. It looks like I'm in hell. My skin feels like it's on literal fire. I'm in chains and Amelia's standing in front of me. She has a stake. I cry out for her to let me go but all she does is stare at me. 

I ask her what the meaning of all this is and she says it's for all the pain and suffering I've caused the world. She says nobody should ever be able to live this long and she's going to make sure today's my last day hurting anyone.

 I beg for her to not hurt me and that all the hurt I've caused wasn't because of my doing. I don't mean to hurt anyone. She says to me that if I actually meant all I just said her mother wouldn't be dead right now. Before I could say another word she stakes me in the heart. I wake up sweaty and confused in my room. 

I realize it was all just a nightmare and that I'm fine. That was probably the worst dream I have ever had. I don't let it shake me up too much though because I know Amelia would never hurt me. 

I head into the shower and get dressed. My hunger appears. I head outside and see if I could maybe find an animal to kill instead of a human. I just happened to witness a deer frolicking through the woods. I run after the deer and devour it entirely. Animal blood isn't as sweet as a humans. It's more like vegan human blood. It's almost like a human but you can totally tell it's not really. It has a grainy taste to it.

 After I finish my meal I head out to the witches store. Hopefully she doesn't try to kill me again. I make it into town and walk up to her shop. It says closed but I opened up the door anyway. 

I walk inside and I don't see her around. I walk through the back of the store and there's still no one. As I turn around to walk out she appears. It was like she just appeared out of thin air. I instantly yell please don't hurt me. I really need your help. I come in peace. She lifts up her hand and starts chanting something and next thing you know I start to develop a huge migraine. My eyes and nose started to bleed then I passed out.

 I woke up and I was tied to a steel chair with steel chains and the brightest light shining above my head. The light was weakening my powers. I look up and the witch is in front of me. 

I ask her what is going on? She tells me that she told me long ago that my kind wasn't welcomed in her shop so why am I here? I tell her that I have this bloodlust problem that I can't control. I blank out at random moments and can't control my hunger. I tell her how I'm afraid I might hurt the woman I love if I don't find out the source of my issue.

 I also tell her how all the other vampires I've come across over the centuries eyes were yellow but mine were red. Her eyes begin to widen.

 She accuses me of lying about my eyes being red. I tell her that I'm not lying. She begins to strangle me through the air with just her mind. As I start to choke my eyes turn red and I start to regain strength. I yell at her I'm about to lose control. She stops what she's doing and is mesmerized by the fact I was telling the truth. She asks me "you really don't know what your red eyes mean?". 

I tell her no I don't. She tells me that red eyed vampires are known as pharaohs. I have never heard of the term pharaohs. She explains that pharaoh vampires aren't like other vampires. They have more abilities than the average vampire and they have a hunger like no other. She says pharaoh vampires have issues mastering their hunger until they've fullied matured. 

I ask her how long does it take for a pharaoh to become mature and she responds nobody knows for sure. I ask her how I could have possibly become a pharaoh but she says she doesn't have the answer to that question. In fact nobody knows how pharaoh vampires are made, she says. She explains that the history and lore behind pharaoh vampires are almost non-existent.

 No one has seen or heard about a pharaoh vampire since the middle ages. Most people thought they were a myth, she says. I ask her how one comes about killing a pharaoh and she says she doesn't know. She says no one has ever successfully killed a pharaoh. The same ways you kill a regular vampire won't work on a pharaoh vampire. She says she believes pharaoh vampires are truly immortal.