The Change

3- Answers

I sat in the middle of the floor completely concentrated on what I was being told. JJ finished then asked “Confused?” I was crying but through the tears I managed to say “so...I can never die, but bleed. I breathe but it doesn’t matter if I stop.” I must have looked puzzled because JJ knelt down next to me and held me close until my sobs subsided.

“I can’t go home, J” I whimpered as he stroked my hair softly. He nodded softly “you're like my sister you can stay here I’ll let mum know” and with that he stood up slowly then passed me his jumper. I smiled and breathed in the scent of him. I shivered.

A little while later he came back up and said “Jadie’s going to cover for you but you have to go home eventually” he looked at me sympathetically.  I smiled up at him and said thanks then turned back to my book and wrote;

ME

I’m not human, I’m immortal. I can do abnormal things with ease like bend metal bars; I can fly through the air and always land on two feet or in a crouch. I don’t need food to live, nor do I need oxygen. I breath, I talk, I eat I look normal, but I am far from it I am Vaman. I am not the only one we are a cross between vampires and humans. But are not like either kind. We are a kind of our own. We are here to help other. I can save lives, for I will heal and don’t die, ever. My life is everlasting.

JJs eyes burnt into my back. I shivered. I rolled over to face him. I showed him what I wrote. I smiled softly. I then noticed the sleeves of my jacket rolled up. He must have noticed the marks. I grimaced at the thought. “I noticed” he murmured.  I blushed and looked away. “Let me look” he said gently coming over to me. I flinched at his touch and whimpered softly. “You can tell me why when you’re ready he said.

After a little more discussion on what we were and what our purpose was I went to bed.

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People attacked me from all angles. Somehow I was still standing I didn’t know. I then shot up through the air. Fly. I thought and I was floating up into the sky. The faces of the attackers started up at me. Then...BAM. I was down. Pain splinted my body. I cried out in pain.

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James shook me awake. “What happened? What was it?” His voice was panicked and scared. I got my breath back and told him everything. He held me tight. “Does Jadie know you’re immortal?” I asked looking up at him with my sleepy eyes. He shook his head. “She can’t. Not yet at least”. I nodded unsure what to say.

I must of fell asleep again because when I woke I was cuddling James’ jacket and curled in his bed. He sat in the bay window of his room. His shadow long and dark on the floor. I smiled. “Tell me last night was a dream and I’m not really Vaman?” I asked hopefully. He glanced at me “I wish it was Ell trust me” he said softly, crossing the room instantly at my side. I blinked. “You, we should I say are Vaman. We can’t change who or what we are. What I just did is only one power we have the others you will learn with time.” He glanced over me.  “Can I still eat?” he laughed. “Of course you’ve been eating since the day you was born” his smile widened amused at my stupidity. I then realised if my other family members weren’t like me I was adopted or a child or a Vaman born out of wedlock.

We ate breakfast then I got the bus to the place I was to assume was home... I opened the door and then i was bombarded...