Unstable

Chapter 3

On the very long car ride to our new residency, my mom explained to me what was happening and went more in depth about everything,"So, how did we come to be mom? I mean our kind."
"The first vampire started out as a human male named Ambrogio. He was an Italian born adventurer whose fate brought him to Delphi, in Greece. A series of blessings and curses transformed him into the first vampire."
I put my head in my palm,"He must have had a lover of some sort."
She smiled,"Of course, her name was Selene. She became the goddess of moonlight, and every night she would reach down with her rays of light to the earth and touch her beloved Ambrogio as well as all of their children - the newly created vampires who carried the blood of Ambrogio and Selene, together."
"How romantically fake that sounds."
Mom laughed,"You are still quite keen. Greek gods had nothing to do with the formation of vampires. We evolved. We may have started in Greece though."
I asked picking my teeth,"What is your story?"
"I am a rarity myself. Both my parents were vampires. I was born on the country side then recruited at a young age to be an apprentice at the Castlze. When I was suppose to be 20 or so I began touring and visiting different covens. To find out why we're disappearing so quickly. Then I met your father. That was when everything changed. That was why I kept you in the backyard most of your childhood. I didn't know what creature you could become. That was also why my side of the family was never around. And when they were, they kept their distance from you."
"Grandma and Grandpa... You said I could not sit with them. I recall this. Especially when they drank."
"That wasn't always wine they were drinking."
"I see. Why did you bite and beat me?"
Then she told me what really occurred,"Genevieve, I killed dad. I never beat you. I never have hit you. I will never harm you. Twas your father. That's why he's deceased. Just know I love and care too much about you to ever hit you."
"I do not remember him hurting me. Just you biting me and your face, so I assumed..."
"Darling I would never dream of hitting you, not even for punishment. Anyone who dare lay a hand on you will be murdered by my hands instantly. For Wendell, his time finally came."
I implored,"What for? Why did he do this to me?"
"He stabbed you and turned out to be some sort of demon. I was not about to let him kill you. Believe it or not, he abused you your whole life. So I was faced with the horrible distinction to turn you into a vampire while you were on your deathbed."
"I do believe he hurt me. My memory recalls some pain when he is brought up." She seemed worried by what I remembered. I saw it in her thoughts,"I am going to let you explore your new self. I can already see you are beginning to get a handle on it." I held her hand. I knew she was leaving out parts but I trusted her,"How did I turn?"
"Venom. Every vampire has some form of venom. Venom can either kill, turn, or wound the victim." I nodded and she went on,"Any questions you have I will answer them but, you are going to change and it is going to hurt. You will make new friends and you will learn to hide the vampire part and act more human."
"So we are never coming back home?"
"Sorry baby, we cannot. We have to move to a new state." I began to cry silently. My mom looked at me and said,"Vamps do not emote much. How are you crying?"
I shrugged,"I am sorry mommy." She ran her hand through my hair,"No one likes change honey. It is going to be hard I know especially the first few years. Sometimes you will not have complete control. But let us not have to move because you killed someone."
I looked at her and cried more,"I do not want to kill people. I wanna have control. I wanna be human normal."
"You will one day with practice and training. You are not allowed to kill people. At least not on purpose. We eat animals only. Or whatever you get your energy from."
I looked out the window and sighed. The trees were making me feel alone in this new freedom. I was just learning. I wondered if my life would get tangled up with new adventures or finally having someone to share these experiences with. Around my age. No preference, but I knew that somewhere out there I'd find someone. I had all the time in the world now.

Mom and I used to watch vampire movies together. Some of the information from the movies was true. I wiped my eyes and decided to embrace and accept myself. I asked,"Does this mean mystical creatures are real?" She explained to me that they were to some extent. She was telling me about the rumors that were fake about each creature I inquired about. I became entertained and forgot about the beast inside me that hadn't really drank in a while because my mom couldn't find time to train me,"I'm just glad you got over the guilty feeling when you drink. It is something you have to get used to. It also is strange seeing you like that."
I asked confused,"Why mommy?"
"You were always the shy type. You know conceal forget to feel. But when you turned it is like you literally broke away from being bashful." I was becoming thirsty again. I had to restrain myself from jumping out of the car and eating a different car,"Can we eat anything else and live off that?" I asked trying to hint at my thirst.
"Not exactly. The food that you are used to you may eat but, it will not really keep you alive or work like blood does. There are other ways of feeding also. You will learn as you drink." She didn't pick up on it,"Oh ok." She pulled into a gas station and said,"I will be right back."
I nodded and said,"I am a bit thirsty."
"I will be swift then." She left and I tried to keep my mind occupied but, my monster was strong. Just as she was coming back. I couldn't do it anymore. I let the monster take over. Mom saw this and quickly got in the car and drove away to this forest. The whole time she told me to hold on and to try and relax and control myself in the most beautiful mom voice that a part of me calmed down,"we've got this together Eva. You and me got this. I won't let you fall." I looked in the mirror and my eyes turned black and my fangs came out this time on both top and bottom which kinda hurt. It was eight in the evening by then. She pulled over when we got to the forest and she said,"Have at it, I will follow." I was about to punch my window but my mom grabbed my fist and scolded,"Be civil. Ladies do not act so rash. Open the door dear." I did and ran out. I was absolutely super fast. It was cool how my brain could slow down things so I could see them at such a speed. My body was a lot more stronger now. My legs were adjusted to run this way after a few test runs with mom. As things zipped past me, I majorly smelt three things: oak and two types of blood. One called to me more than the other so I followed that one. It was a black haired human man. The beast rejoiced. But the human was like, bro you're gonna be in so much trouble if mom finds out. After a short debate with either party that took place in my head I decided that I didn't care. I wanted it because I was thirsty and I deserved it. Because I'm worth the spoils.

I began to stalk my prey. I could feel another pair of eyes on me. I knew my mom was watching but I used my human side to play like I forgot. The man was all alone. He would die with his last thoughts being about his family. My mom was in my head. Stop. Do not even think about it.
I want it though mommy. I thought back. My mom insisted. But I pounced anyway. Mom screamed,"Neva, No!" I had knocked the man down. He let out a blood curdling noise and the adrenaline rushed through me as I grabbed through his chest and pulled out his heart. My mom gasped as I bit it and put it next to me. The man stopped moving seconds after and mom came over to me. He died looking into my eyes. His eyes turned black and his thoughts quieted. The last thing I heard from him was not him screaming for his life but his thoughts thinking maybe there's a chance. I was drinking from the opened valves left behind from his heart. Mom sighed and picked me up. I fought her and slowly the beast disappeared but not completely. Because she was always there. Mom put me down and flicked my nose,"Hey!"
"What? What?!"
"What part of animals only do you not understand?"
"I could not stop, let me finish."
"No, just chill out." She put a hand to her head and looked at the man. Then she breathed,"You are a savage brute when you hunt. Look at your already blood stained clothes. I half expected this though. Blood is the hardest thing to wash out..."
"Please allow me to eat."
She sighed,"Tell me when you are thirsty from now on ok?"
"Yes, please. Now let me drink. I will share."
She laughed,"You know, it took me a while to get used to having to drink blood. You seemed to have already excepted it."
"Those vampire movies looked cool mom." I said returning to the valves.
Mom laughed again and said,"I need to teach you how to kill without getting blood all over you."
"May I eat the heart?"
"Tis the best part my dear. Usually it counts as a full meal. But after all you have drank tonight, you should be fine for the next week." I bit into the heart looking up at her,"Watch out though." Blood squirted everywhere.
"Oh fudge."
Mom chuckled and said,"You stalk very well. But you kill by breaking the neck. Easiest way to go. Or you hit the femoral artery in the leg." She pierced his thigh with her fangs and she drank as it poured out. "That is similar to a beer can." I said. She looked at me and raised an eyebrow. I looked away in thought,"Not that I can ever randomly remember doing four beer blasts." She rolled her eyes.
"I knew you were not all that innocent. But you needed to cope with the pain somehow. I always wondered how you did." I finished his heart and I licked my hand as we stood up,"Genevieve, must you act so inhumane?"
"What did I do now?" I wiped my hand off on my shirt and used my sleeve to swab off my mouth. Mom shook her head,"Leave the body here. Come now honey. We must  get you cleaned up and those stitches out before they become embedded."
"I noticed I heal fast." She nodded as I glanced back at the life I destroyed,"Do not even. You drained the poor soul. There is nothing left in him." When we were back in the car, I looked down at my blood dirty clothes,"Do I turn into a bat?"
She chuckled,"No dear. But you are apart of the alpha humans now."
"Do I get, like, mind reading powers?"
"Nope, just mind communication. You have some gifts. Perhaps that is why you emote. We will find out about them later as you learn and train I suppose. Some vampires are said to be able to turn into bats or wolves, others cannot. Some are said not to cast a reflection, but others do. We are not able to shape shift. Only those brought up in the wilderness can and our cryptic cousins. Those who can see their reflection are more human to a degree."
"Why do humans smell better?"
"Because you used to be one and your heart wants to beat again, but it cannot. I do not know yet, but you might be a hearteater."
I looked out my window,"What are you?"
"Hearteater."
"Yum it tasted good. Will we ever come back?"
"I cannot say dear. Maybe."
"Do I still have to attend school?"
"You do. So learn how to not murder people."
I sighed unhappily,"What about the brain?"
"That is an acquired taste and if not eaten completely will create a cannibal zombie vampire. That drinks blood and eats brains and other vampires."
"Scary, how would you kill one of those?"
"Wooden stake." I glanced at her,"You are lying right?"
"I swear. When you have been alive since Julius Cesar you start to look like a zombie vampire." She joked, I assumed.
"Can I get pregnant?"
"Hell no."
"Ok." I smiled a little and she playfully punched my shoulder.