At last, Veru and Miguel had finally come over to their place. City lights, city noise and city spots welcomed their innocent eyes. Things became colorful. As Veru saw those tall buildings enflamed by sparkling lights, she was like a kid which hungers for fun. Her eyes were full of astonishment and excitement for the new world she must walk in.
"Welcome to New York, Veru!! This is the most dreamed place of almost everyone in the world, and now we are here to study, to live! ", Miguel said with much excitement.
"Yeah. I know. It's so beautiful. The scent, the sights, the noise, all of them. They are so different from our quarters. I am excited to start my journey here, with you." Veru said as she turn to Miguel with a relief smile.
The two spent most of the night roaming around the city. They tasted the food, buy stuffs, play street games and mingle with the people. Both of them were trying to live normally, away from the usual world of vampires.
Veru wanted to pursue her dreams. She wanted to live normally like a normal teenager should. She doesn't care about those rules, she's an easy-go-lucky princess in short. And if she's going to choose,between being a princess or to be a normal human, she would rather chose to be a human.
"I am so tired, Miguel. It's tiring....I can't breathe....You....You made me so happy! This is the first time I've ever felt this feeling, being free, being normal!...", she said as she catch her breathe.
"Tiring huh? You never get tired. Since we were a kid, you're stronger than me, your smarter. And...we're normal by the way. What made you think that we're not normal, is there anything wrong with us?", he said with a questioning eyes.
Veru got into silence. She stands up from the bench they were sitting at. Then, she faces him with a serious face.
"You think we're normal? You think we are real...I mean really real human?" she asked.
Miguel was turned into silence as well. He knew this will lead into some little quarrel things.
"Veru, you know, I'm sorry. Just stop it. I am wrong just stop it. Listen to me --------"
"To what? To lies? We came here to study, to live normally, but it's still a mere fact that we're not. We will never be normal. We are vampires, and you know it sometimes hurt. Accepting the fact that, yes I am a vampire, a vampire princess. And still in the end, we're not and we will never be normal like those people. Period! ", she exclaimed while tears dropping on her eyes.
Veru, walks away. She doesn't know where to go. Pain is what she feels. All those time they make her believe she's normal, that being a vampire is not a cursed instead a gift. But since she saw the crime those group of vampires did, it changed. Tears continuously flow from her eyes, she walks fast, she wanted to get rid of Miguel by this time, she wanted to be alone.
"Veru wait! Don't go!", Miguel follows her, but she's really a distant far on him.
Veru find a place. She was in a playground. She saw a swing, and sat on it. Closes her eyes as tears drops on her eyes. She remembered her parents.
"I miss you", she whispered in the cold breezy air.
"Missing someone, huh?", a strange voice summoned.
"Yeah, just missing my parents from Spain. I can't believe it, that it is like this, it's just so hard being away from them, feeling alone even if someone is by your side.", she says with her eyes still closed.
Veru didn't recognized the strange voice. She thought that she was still in her imagination and was talking to the Guardian of the Wind, who was believed to be an unexpectable friend to everyone. Until she hears a continuous laugh coming from her side.
"Who are you? Why are you laughing?", she said as she stands up and gaze with curiosity with the stranger sitting in the swing beside hers.
"Oh, i'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb your "concentration thingy" here.. HAHAHAHA.. You're just so weird, I thought you're drunk.'Cuz you look like one." he said with a laughing tone.
"There's nothing funny you know! First of all, I am not on concentration mode, I am talking to someone!", she shouted with much embarrassment.
"Talking to whom, to the wind? Are you crazy, or maybe going to the process of craziness? HAHAHAAHA!!!" he said
Veru was much embarrass by this stranger. She can't hold it anymore, she step forward and slapped the stranger's face.
"I am not crazy. I am not drunk. And I am not weird.", she said while walking away.
The stranger holds his face. He was shocked by Veru's forceful slapped on him. He looks at her as she walks away.
"By the way, you're welcome, I had a nice time slapping your face, freak!" Veru shouted as she fades in the dark.
The stranger smiled in awe.
"She's cool. I want to meet her up." he said to himself as he stands up with a smile.
