Vampire At Heart ( Completed )

Chapter 23

Clover's POV

After watching Olive's competition, we walked back to the main hall to see what time mine was. I fiddled with my fingers, peeling of my nails that I've been trying to grow for months. I notice Olive anxiously looking at me.

"Are you ok, Clover? You'll do amazing in your competition so there's nothing to worry about." She tries to reassure me but I don't look up from my fingers.

I hear her sigh and then we squeeze me into a hug before I can react. My eyes widen as I feel my clothes get damp.

"Olive your all wet from swimming! You're getting my costume soaked!" I complain, trying to struggle from her grasp. She smirks, pleased that I'm now talking. Robyn smiles at us and Olive drags her in as well.

People stare at us they walk by because of all the noise we're making. I moan when someone whacks me in the face with their hand and then steps on my foot.

Eventually, she lets go and we're all breathing for air. I look up and realise that we're getting close to the hall. I take a deep breath and step inside.

It's less crowded than it was when the day started this morning and there is now small corners around the room where competitions are held. I notice a dance floor has been placed in the middle of the room.

Robyn walks across it, looking down towards the sparkly ground. "This is where Robyn is going to win!" I say and she looks up at me nervously.

"Yeah." I notice she says something afterward but I don't make out any words.

We head up to the front and a bright, cheerful woman is sitting behind a desk talking to some people. "Let's go to her, she might be telling people when their competitions are."

We walk over and join the queue. It's not long before they leave and the woman is smiling brightly at us. "So what's your competition girlies?" She says and I cringe at the word girlies. But I compose myself. and continue.

"Um, Hearing please?" I ask and she flips through the paper beside her. She runs her finger down the list and she stops at one.

"Hearing is at 1:30. Is there anything else I can do for you, girls?" We shake our heads and thank her. As we walk away, I check my watch under my suit and it reads 1:00.

"Not long to go, Clover! I'm going to go and get myself and drink. Do you want one guys?" Robyn speaks up. We both say no and she walks off skipping towards the drinks table. I turn to Olive and look her straight in the eye.

"Olive.....What if something happens while I'm doing my competition?" I ask and she looks at me oddly. I pull her away from the crowds into our own separate corner. "What if my vampire powers come out? What if they think it's not normal to have that great hearing? They might test me and then find out I'm a vampire and then I'll be locked away forever!"

I continue on as Olive looks at me with a straight face. "If people find out I'm a vampire, they'll report me and then the demons will know my location. I could get kidnapped and then killed. The demons have been hunting me down for my whole life. Every time I've made the news, the demons have been one step closer to finding my location."

"I have been extremely careful my whole life, trying not to cause a commotion everywhere I tread. Trying not to get too stressed about things. But today I feel like I'm going to break!" I say a bit too loudly.

Olive rests her hand on my shoulder to try and calm my breathing down but my chest still rises up and down quickly. "Your powers won't come out. You have been trying to hold in your powers for your whole life right? You know how to control them from coming out. You know your limit to go. Trust yourself and don't get too stressed or they WILL come out." She finishes. Now it was her time to make her big speech.

I take deep breaths until my breathing returns to normal. "Thanks, Olive. You're a real lifesaver." I smile at her but she's drawn to the other side of the room. I follow her eyes and notice what she's staring at......

Robyn's POV

I refresh myself with some cold water. I feel it run down my throat and I sigh in pleasure. But then my happiness is ruined by a sudden thought of the scientists. I remember I have a job to do, even if it costs me my life. And everyone else at this school.

I don't even have the guts to stop it. Even if I don't do it, I will die anyway. The boys are long away from the school as planned, out of harm's way as they put it during our 'meet up'. My thoughts are broken when I hear a movement beside me and I move away from the drinks table.

But in the process, I end up bumping into a guy beside me and our shoulders touch. I hear him gasp so I look to make sure he's alright. I'm suddenly facing to face with a guy whose eyes are popping out of his skull and his mouth has dropped open.

"Are you ok?" I ask but he doesn't reply except grab me by the shoulders and start to shake me. I squeeze my eyes shut and hope that someone will realise that this guy is harassing me. Suddenly I start to hear noises coming from him.

"Don't do it! Listen to your heart and know what's right!" He screams into my face and I gasp while he continues to shake me. By now, everyone in the hall has now noticed what he's doing and is coming over to watch.

"I don't know what to do!? I don't have anyone to go to!" I scream back at him. His mouth still gapes open. He seems so shocked with my answer.

"You know what you need to do! You and only you can do it! Please listen to me!" He shouts. People come up to us and try to pull him away from me but he has a firm grip on my shoulders. His nails dig into my skin, causing them to bleed.

"I am!" I scream and I feel his hands fall down my arm and then they reach my wrist and he tightens his grip again. He holds my hand up and shakes it around.

"With this! Stop it with this!" He continues to shake my hand viciously, indicating to them. "You know what I'm talking about. I can read minds! Do what you need to!" He screams and then he gets dragged away by his classmates.

I don't say anything except fall onto my knees and watch the boy get dragged away from me. I feel two people come to my sides and then walk me out the room. I don't say anything. I just let them do it, whoever they are.

I get sat down on the floor and asked questions.

It's like I'm back at the lab again. Question after question.

and no answer to reply to them

I feel hands engulf me and I flinch.

There's my cover blown......

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Hello! I hope that everyone had an amazing Christmas and a happy new year! If you read the last author note, you would've seen that I said I wouldn't update during the Christmas term but I am back!

Also, I am pleased to say that I am almost finished with doing planning for Powers Colliding and that it will come out sometime February! But one thing to say is that once I release Powers Colliding, I will be updating both this and Powers Colliding once every two weeks.

I can't update two stories in 1 weekend! THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE! So I'm really sorry that at some point you will see a decrease in my posting.

Anyway, my next break is not for another 5 weeks, le sigh. Oh whale!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you next week!

Byeeeeeeeeeeee