My Obsession (Alucard Love Story)

Chapter 2: Knowing that my demise is imminent.

Elena's POV

My next occupations for the day were looking for food, where I got some edible berries to tame the hungry beast and looking for shelter and a weapon in case of wild animals. The last task was quite challenging since the only thing I had on me was my steel penknife. So I took some branches, sharpened the tips, making it look like a spear. I also used the knife to mark some trees along the way, just in case if I needed to retrace my footsteps.

The sun was setting and nocturnal animals were already coming out. I climbed a tree which would be my shelter for the night. My plan was to wait till dawn and see the direction the sun was rising as it is more sure than sunset. Then I would know where to go.

Night time settled in. I was sitting on a branch of an oak tree. I braided some creepers and were wrapped around my waist, successfully securing me against the trunk. The freezing air was continuously caressing my face. I hugged myself to provide more body heat. Crickets were chirping, accompanied by the dry croaks of frogs. A distant hoot was heard from the owl not perched far from my place. Apparently, the night predator was observing the rat who was scurrying around on the ground.

A tremor of shivers went through my body again. The atmosphere was quite nice though. I was particularly fond of the night sky and it's looming darkness with cold distant twinkling lights decorating it. The moon was completely another thing. It's shining beauty never ceased to amaze me. I chuckled at my thoughts.

" What a coincidence! My name is Elena Maira Atkins which means shining light from the dying daylight's fire... in simpler words, light of the sunset and I love the night and it's darkness. The sun is not that bad though..." I thought to myself. And I somehow dozed off on my uncomfortable yet secured spot.

Suddenly the crunching of leaves brought me back from my nap with a jump of surprise. I took the wooden spear I made and scanned the area. Someone was approaching. Thankfully, the moon was providing enough light to at least see the outline of the being. It was a human! Well, at least had the form of a human. However, the person was limping really badly, with arms in an abnormal angle. There was also something substance left behind while he was limping away.

By sheer curiosity and need for human interaction, I silently followed the being with my spear strongly held in my hand. All of a sudden, he came to an abrupt stop which caused me to stop as well. In a swift motion, the being turned around and it was then I knew that my demise was imminent.

Hungry red eyes stared at me. Its mouth hung open ,revealing sharp bloodied teeth, . The skin was of a greyish colour with chunks missing here and there. The zombie like creature crouched in a position with a low growl, preparing to jump on me.

I looked at my wooden weapon and back at the zombie... Back to the stake and the zombie... The stick and the monster... My death or my death...  The most preferable thing to do in that situation was to run. 

And I did. I sprinted away as fast as I could. However the zombie also was quite fast and seemed to be smart because he did not follow my zigzagging run that was meant to lose him.

"Must be a ghoul! Man why did I get to land in an horror anime? I only know the basic hand-to-hand combats that everyone knows... I'm gonna die!" I mentally screamed. I glanced over my shoulder again. I could have drowned in horror.

Behind me, instead of one ghoul, there was a group of more than twenty ghouls pursuing me, hungry for my flesh. "Come on...I mean I know that I'm attractive but that doesn't mean you have to eat me. We can sort it out. You know being vegan is not that bad", I tried reasoning with them when I stopped by a tree to catch my breath.

And apparently, they didn't like the idea of being vegan because they only replied me with roars and growls. Their pace quickened. I gulped and took off again, " I'm gonna die. I don't wanna die. I'm too young to die."