The New Vampire in Town

chapter 10

There were wolf howls and crickets heard outside. Demetria smiled at the sounds. 

"It's mostly about focus," Wren sounded very serious as she described flying and changing into a bat. "You have to think of yourself as a bat before you can instantly turn into one... Be the bat.... Be... The... Bat..."

Demetria took a few calming breaths, and tried it out. Her eyes were closed as she concentrated.

"Just imagine yourself becoming the bat," Wren continued as Demetria's eyes were shut. "Imagine you flying into the horizon... The wind in your wings and hair... The breeze just passing you in the endless night sky... Just being a happy young vampire with a future ahead and being a proud creature of the night..."

Demetria concentrated harder and imagined herself being a bat. She felt her feet rise, but wasn't turning into a bat, however she gained her vampire look as she rose.

"Do you feel yourself in the air?" Wren asked, she didn't seem to notice that Demetria was floating. Maybe her eyes were closed too.

"Yes... But, I don't feel shorter..." she says softly, opening her now demonic-looking eyes.

Wren had turned herself into a bat, her wings rapidly flapping to carry her flying body. "Whoa... Never saw that before... Except maybe on TV..."

Demetria looked down and floated to the reflective water, taking a peek. She was full vampire true form. She looked worried, would they kick her out for this?

"Wanna try flying?" Wren offered as she kept flapping her wings, she was amazed with this transformation. "At least you don't have giant ears that can hear a mouse sneeze..."

"Oh, I can hear a bit... but, sure." Demetria smiles about the flying. She felt braver in this form.

Wren smiled. "Alright, follow me, I know a route we can practice... Try to keep up!" She then flapped off, nearly zooming, but not too far away for Demetria.

Demetria flew after her, as it was controlled by thoughts, her face was determined. Wren smiled as she kept her eyes forward and trained Demetria.

Morty was watching from the spot she was sitting in. 'That's my baby girl...' She purred about how wonderful a person Wren was growing up into being, even if Wren had no idea her mother was still watching her in the form of a pet kitten.

Demetria listened and soon was flying good enough. This was fun even and she felt confident she wouldn't make a fool of herself now, thanks to the girl she counted as a best friend. Wren took Demetria back near the school, she came down to the ground and poofed herself back to normal. She then looked at her hair slightly and the pigtails were all over the place, she then quickly rubbed them down and made her hair to look neat and put the ribbons back in place. Demetria landed with a little stumble, but ended on her feet still. Her hair was in its tight braid so it was still neat. She turned back into her more human form.

"You okay?" Wren asked Demetria, smiling.

"Yeah... A bit weak, but not as much as last night." Demetria smiled.

"Oh, no doubt, we're all lucky," Wren said softly. "The Count feels fortunate that we live next door to the world's worst vampire hunter... Too bad we can't say the same for his sister..."

Demetria tilted her head.

"Tinto told me," Wren looked into Demetria's eyes softly. "It's how Oskar came to the school, this happened before I came around though... Oskar's parents were invaded by a vampire hunter, he was able to take out Oskar's father and left Oskar's mother to raise a baby bat all by herself... After Oskar was born, she found she couldn't take care of Oskar by herself or raise him in a horrible world we live in, so when she could, she sent him to live with the Count and train him to become a good vampire since he had no father figure... It was said that Oskar's mother would return someday, but she hasn't..."