Savanna

Chapter 3

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I know you would think otherwise when you read this chapter, so I better tell you right away that this story has no vampires.

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Standing there in confusion we didn't know what to do. They quickly moved to surround us in a circle. I took a step back, when one of them came to stand too close to me.

"What? What do you want? Who are you?" one of the girls asked. Her tone was confused, scared and sassy all together.

Neither of them said anything, only one of them stepped closer. He stood right in front of that girl who had just asked the questions.

"You know what I want?" he asked, cocking his head a bit. The girl frowned and waited for him to go on. The boy's glance slowly slid over us all, coming to rest on me, as I was the last in row. Then he looked back at the girl in front of her. His answer was short and simple. "You."

Before any of us could react, he grabbed her from shoulders and pulled her against him. We heard a piercing scream, when the boy sank his teeth into her neck. I gasped and almost fell to my back in shock, seeing his huge fangs - something I've never even seen in vampire movies - crashing into her neck. Crimson liquid trickled down her neck and dripped on the floor, while the girl was kicking and screaming but with no effect.

Our instincts clearly screamed run. Running backwards a few steps, my eyes stopped on Jake. I was astonished to see how calm he was. I couldn't believe he was here with them. That he was one of them.

Running down the hallway, trying to escape, we heard them follow us. I looked back to see them calmly walk after us. And that scared me a lot. They must know we have nowhere to go. We are trapped in this house.

I was scared to death. The beating of my heart seemed as loud as my breathing and tears were blurring my eyes. I stumbled a few times, but managed to keep my balance and continue running... until the hallway ended. A few of us ran to one of the classrooms where they started banging on windows, trying to open or break them. I saw the creatures walking over to the door of the classroom. Four of the boys went in; three continued coming our way, Jake amongst them. One of them had stayed behind. The first to attack. Who knows what he was doing to that girl now.

We rushed into the classroom closest to us. Quickly, we tried all the windows. None of them opened. Panicking, we looked around, but the classroom was empty. No chairs or even desks to break down the windows with. And then they appeared into doorway. I heard one of them say something to others whilst laughing, but I didn't hear their words. Now there was only one place left to go. Between this classroom and the one next to it was another door, which was shut at the moment, but hopefully not locked. We all ran towards it, but I was closer than others. I reached it and pushed it open. When I ran in, I heard screams from behind me. I turned my head to look back. One of the girls who was with me reached the doorway. But then one of those guys jumped out, pushing her out of my view. Another loud scream was heard.

The next thought I had was: I'm not going to survive. But I still told my stiff muscles to work. And then I noticed it. A window that was a bit opened. I rushed over to it and pressed my fingers through the narrow slit, using all my strength to lift it up enough for me to get out. My whole body was shaking when I tried to press myself through the now open window. And just when I got out, I saw one of them coming after me.

I looked around. Across the road there was a forest, but I don't think it would save me. Next to that old schoolhouse, about forty metres away there was some kind of bigger building. Without thinking any longer I ran towards its little green door. I prepared myself for the panic if it refused to open.