Claudia

Claudia Adapted from Anne RiceVampire Chronicles(Part Four)

"Ah... Look here! The two princesses...of darkness!" Lestat laughs as he looks at us.

"Lestat, please!" Louis whispers. As he be-cones us to sit down.

" Claudia, Claudia... I REALLY must admire you. Your trap was simply cunning. And how you ran away, oh! Simply amazing! I never thought you had it in you! Just like Louis..." He laughs.

"You're not angry?" I ask as Lorriane looks at us.

"Oh! No! Not at all! Rather, I am angry at Armad! That psychopathic vampire he is. Marius did right when he left him. And now... where were we? Ah yes... living situations. I see you three live together now, I presume?"

Louis nods.

"What if, I joined you? I'd-we'd forget the past and ..." Lestat taps his fingers on his kneees and looksfrom me to Louis and to Lorriane.

"Augh! Never! You're simply too-!" I explode as I stand up.

"Evil?" Lestat smiles at me.

"No!" Lorriane shouts and jumps up on the seat she is sitting on. We all look at her. She sits down again, clears her throat, "Long story, no one here is evil."

After a few seconds of staring at her Lestat whispers, "Another psychpath." And resumes, "Cunningly devious?"

"No!" I stomp my foot, "Weird and unpredictable!"

"Ah! But that is my way, and any ways. I am living with you, Louis has said his yes."

"Ah... but he is not the oldest now, is he?" Lorriane comes to the rescue, "I am."

"Sure you are dear, sure you are." Lestat laughs, " You are most likely younger than me, so it would not count, in my way."

"What makes you so sure?" Lorriane looks at him, and he goes, flying of into the wall with a 'crash!'.

"You!" He cries as he falls down and stares at her.

"Trust me, not even the powers that the Queen Of The Damned will do you good!" She laughs, "But I do not care if you live with us or not, for I could distroy you any time.... by just the snap of my fingers." She snaps and the seat behind her becomes dust.

Lestat, Louis and I just stare.

"What? There are lots of secrets that I know. I myself am a secret." She smiles and sites down as if nothing had ever happened, " I tell lots of lies to disguise these, just as my father does."

"So...?" I begin.

"Nope. All lies about that, what I told you just a while about? A lie. Lies." She smiles.

"Then what secret are you.... Lorriane?" Louis asks as he looks at her.

"Shh... secrets are to be kept, not to be destroyed by questions or fire!" She says, as she walks to the window, and sits on it, "I'd tell you, but then you'd have to die."

"Tell us!" I yell as I stomp towards her, just then I sense a sharp brightness as the room disappears into whiteness. I scream and fall to the ground, the brightness exploding before my eyes. I hear Lestat and Louis scream also, and then all goes quiet- and white.

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