A Vampire Tale

Prologue

This is it. This is the end of me. My name could be added to the long list of victims that will soon come. Taylor, my best friend in the whole world, is a vampire.

"Taylor, please stop," I say as I try to push him away. He holds me tighter as he continues drinking from my neck. "Please... stop," I cry again. I managed to get away from him but I fall to my knees, weak from the loss of blood. I stare at my best friend as he wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

He had a worried look on his face which is rare to see. "Brenda, please be okay! I'm sorry for doing this to you," he said as he picked me up from the ground. He carried me away from the forbidden woods as I slowly sank to unconsciousness.

The last thing I saw was Taylor, staring at me with fear and guilt in his dark eyes. He is the reason why I'm like this. He is the reason why, if I live, I'm going to have nightmares tonight. The thing is, I should be afraid of him now, but after knowing someone for years, I still wasn't afraid of him.

I place my hand on his cheek and whisper weakly, "don't worry about me... I'll be alright." Those were the last words I said to him before darkness completely took over. In my dream, I remember the day at school when Taylor and I received detention for being late. We were talking about random stuff until I asked him a certain question. I asked him, "if you could be any one of these things, what would you be? A. Goblin B. Werewolf or C. Vampire." He shook his head in disgust when I mentioned vampires.

"I hate vampires. They are evil, bloodsucking demons," he said in an angry tone. When I asked him why he hated vampires, he wouldn't say anything. His face hid every emotion from me, without betrayal. His eyes were the same way. Taylor was always a silent guy ever since I can remember. I also thought he was pretty handsome too, just like all the other girls in the school.

When I awoke, I found myself surrounded by familiar faces. Mom and Dad, my older brother Trey, and my second best friend, Jason, were surrounding me by the bed. I saw everyone I cared about except for one face. Taylor isn't here. My best friend in the whole world is now a vampire. How did he become one in the first place?

"Honey, what happened to you? Are you hurt?" Dad asked me.

I sat up but mom pushes me back down, "don't get up too fast! You'll get dizzy." I touch the place where Taylor had bitten me but instantly regret it. The pain felt like four sharp daggers were stabbed into my neck.

I look up at my parents' faces, ''mom? Dad? Where am I? Where's Taylor?"

Mom took my hand as she said, "you're at Jason's house right now. Taylor carried you all the way here from the forbidden woods. He told Jason that you lost a lot of blood but he wouldn't say how. Jason called us so we rushed over here as quickly as possible."

Jason walked over to my side, "why were you two in the forbidden woods, Brenda? You know that's suicide."

I shook my head, "I don't know why I was in there. I don't remember what I was doing before going in there." Jason sighed as if he didn't believe me. He knew I was lying.

Dad stood up from where he was sitting and turned to Jason, ''call Taylor now! I want to talk to him about this!" Jason nodded, obviously knowing what dad meant by talk.

Trey came close to my ear and whispered, "you were bit by a vampire, weren't you?"

I shook my head no, knowing my brother shouldn't know the truth. "Vampires aren't real."