There's Always A Tomorrow: I Sacrifice My Soul
1 Halloween
Mina walked along side her cousin as he led her to his friend's house. Mina had just moved here to this small town and didn't know many people other than her cousin Henry. It was Halloween night and she was going with him and his friend to a Halloween party. Henry was going as a vampire victim and his friend was going as a vampire himself. Mina felt that she had to go with the theme somehow. She had to go as a vampire's bride. She wore a blood red dress with black trimmings and bats randomly about.
Mina was a young orphan, and as Henry says like his friend Vlad. Her parents died when she was extremely young and doesn't remember much of them. Then her Aunt and Uncle took her in, naming her a member of their family. But after years of moving from place to place all over the world with her aunt, uncle, and cousin Joss, she got tired of traveling. She wanted stability in her life and she knew her Uncle couldn't provide that for her. So she requested she move with her other Uncle Peter and his family. Though she felt terrible for asking, they knew she needed a stable home. They sent her to Bathory to live with her Uncle Peter, Aunt Matilda, and two cousins, Henry and Greg.
She had lived in many places while with Joss and his parents. She had lived in California, Florida, Paris, Romania... and many other places. Now, as she adapts once more to a new setting, her cousin Henry is dragging her around everywhere.
Now, dressed in a charming red dress and the small charmed necklace around her neck, she fallowed Henry. The necklace meant much to Mina. It was fragile and was held by a thin black ribbon as a loose choker. From the black ribbon was a red jewel held in silver, a perfect circle. The silver melted down into a small charm under the red jewel. It was a dead black jewel in the shape of a heart. The silver hugged the heart and flew out in semi-wide silver bat wings. Mina remembered the day she got the necklace... it was just any other day in her newest home in Romania. An old man was selling jewelry and grabbed hold of her hand, she yelped and tried to pull away. He stared off into space in her general direction and whispered in an old, raspy voice 'She is to die by day, but I shall see she dies by night. The strength of the Nosferatu is that people will not believe in him.'
When the man released her she ran as fast as she could away from the man. When she slowed and caught her breath, she noticed he had slipped something into her hand before he let her go. The small necklace lay in her palm. A strange tug at her mind told her to keep it, wear it, and cherish it. And she had since then, wearing it whenever she can.
Then, as her hand grazed the tiny bat wings, her cousin started to talk to her.
"Just wait Mina! You're going to love Vlad, he's great." Henry told her as they turned up the drive to the front door.
"I'm not worried." She told him. Henry rang the door bell and a woman opened the door with a smile.
"Hi Nelly." Henry cheered when he saw her. They hugged as they greeted each other casually. "Nelly this is my cousin Mina. She's new here."
"Oh nice to meet you. Come inside." She ushered both cousins inside the house. Even though Mina had just told Henry she wasn't worried, she always felt calm as she headed to do something but always felt uncomfortable when it was happening. Now in this strange, new house she felt so uncomfortable she wanted to scream!
The woman named Nelly had them walk farther inside, Mina going first and then Henry. Then a blur of black flew out from the hallway and jumped in front of Mina. Mina yelped in a high pitched voice and jolted.
"I vant to suck your blood!" Someone shouted and Mina turned around in unison with her cousin to find a boy her age. He had dark, near black hair and dark eyes to match. His skin was ghostly pale and he wore a cheap cape around his shoulders. The cape was spread wide by his arms as he smiled with his joke. Henry broke into a fit of laughter and held his gut tightly.
