Short Stories

The Singer Lost to Time

It drifted all around me. The song wrapped around my while body, keeping me still. I closed my eyes and let the music flow through me. I giggled a little as it lift tingly sensations behind. I opened my eyes to face the strange hooded person kneeling before me. The strange person sang the mystifying melody. The first that surrounded us turned bright the  flickered out. There were words that floated in the air from the strange person.
               "Let's end the night
                       With a bite.
                              Try to win
                                   Without a sin."
I woke with a gasp. The words of the last lyrics rolled thought my mind as I sat up slowly, feeling very sore and tired. I winced as a sharp pain came from my calf. I climbed out of bed and stretched, my muscles screaming. I groan. The sky outside the window nearly bed showed early morning.bk sighed. Only a couple hotel of sleep again.

I make my way to the kitchen and start the coffee machine. I'm not a coffee person, so I use it to make hot chocolate. The clock on the stove cowed 6:32 a.m.. Shaking my head, I get me a cup of hot chocolate and sit on the arm of a couch by a window in the living room.

My parents were business perplexed, so they weren't always home. It doesn't bother me much, they spoil me. But I don't use most things they give me anyhow. Christmas was around the corner, so the Christmas tree was already up. Presents were already underneath.

Christmas shopping today. I thought to myself. I took another sip before turning the television on to occupy myself.
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It was about one when I finally got ready to go to the mall. I changed into something warm. I didn't have a car yet, so I had to walk. It wasn't a long walk, about twenty minutes.

I got to the mall and it was partly packed. People doing Christmas shopping or regular shopping were going in and out of stores. People just hanging sat in chairs or benches around the mall. The food court seemed packed and as I drew near, I saw it was kids from my high school.

I swing around before I was seen, I don't have many friends, trying to stay out of the spotlight. The most popular crowd seemed determined that I become one of them. I shudder am continue my shopping.

As I walked away, a boy turned toward me, a grin lighting up his face. He had on all dark clothing.

Weird. I thought, frowning.
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It was about five o'clock before I left the mall. Since it was winter, it was already dark. I whistled as I twirled my house keys on my finger. Snow fell in sheets, covering my footsteps. I smile because it seemed peaceful.

Across the street, someone was humming as the sat on their steps. I squint my eyes as I pass, but couldn't see who it was. The humming hit me, the feeling from my dream went down my spine. I froze, my breaking coming out in pants.

"Who are you?!" I screamed.

The figure rose, the humming continuing. The person began to make its way to me. I stood stock still until the person was in front of me. There was enough light to see the face. His eyes were dark brown. The hood hid most of his hard, but a black wisp fell across his eye. He smiled, teeth gleaming.

I gasped, stepping away. He had fangs! He reached out and grabbed my arm, pulling me back to him. My body flushed against his. He yanked my head to this side, exposing the flesh of my neck.

"Welcome back, Princess." He murmured against my neck. "Let's end the night with a bite. Try to won without a sin." Hearing the words from my dream made the back of neck prickle and my skin turn out. He clamped his mouth around the flesh of my neck, successfully sinking his fangs into it.

He finally let me go and I crumpled to the ground, grasping my neck,.feeling the blood pour out. "What did you do?"

"I set you free."

Indeed he did. I felt a change in my body. It began to burn as it raved through my body. A light laugh fell from my lips. I began to change and I realized, I began to die.