Bite Me
I am a vampire, and therefore my duty is to learn about being a vampire. Or at least that is what Otis wants me to concentrate on. As a teacher, Mr. Otis never bothered me and I never bothered him. We had a perfect student-teacher relationship. He gave an assignment, I would do it without complaint, turn it in, he grades it, gives it back, simple as that.
Yet now that Otis is my oh-I-wish-he'd-be-my-future-uncle-in-law and my vampire guardian things are different. He didn't have authority over me as long as we remained outside his classroom and I still owned my jr. high promotion diploma.
He had gotten extremely frustrated with me and my devotion to Vlad's health. He was also rather irritated with Vikas for supporting me. It wasn't that he was mad at us, he was rather kind and still a fantastic teacher. But he was bothered by the fact I can't leave Vlad alone or stop thinking or talking about him. Yet after Nelly's success at getting me out of the hospital I expected Otis to pester me to do it again. I was ready for it actually.
By early morning when he came into the room I had already moved my seat across from the door. I sat cross legged; with my arms resting on the arm rests of the chair with my hands gripping the ends. He came in and was shocked and confused to find me sitting there watching for him as I waited.
"You want me to do training outside?" I asked. He relaxed and nodded. I sighed. "Alright, I'm ready."
He seemed even more surprised and Vikas smiled from behind him. Not even half an hour later I find myself in the middle of the woods. In a different clearing than that which I lost my mortality in, we began. I still was stubborn and grumpy about leaving Vlad, and made this fact known.
"Mina, Vikas and I will try to put thoughts into your head. Try and block them." I sighed, I hated their mind games.
I felt their thoughts pushing into mine and I brushed them off easily no matter the level of their efforts. They said, well Otis did, that I had extremely well developed mind blocking abilities as a human because I constantly would block out emotions until I knew and thought over how people would take them. So my own thoughts were often hard to come by.
I shoved harder and into their own heads and spoke in a snappy tone. "Bite me." They both sighed in unison. I sat down cross legged on the grass and stared to pull out random strands of the green stuff.
They seemed to be engaging in a silent conversation to my ears and I ignored them as I played with the ground. Finally they seemed about done and Vikas seemed to move around.
I looked up and was completely shocked and appalled by what I saw. I saw Vikas as his body seemed to change and distort. I blinked my eyes shut and when I opened them I saw a wolf in his place. The wolf stood calmly where Vikas had been with his same eyes and hair shade.
"Vikas?" I whimpered in confusion. The wolf calmly walked toward me and into my outstretched hand. His fur was soft and I smiled, it was Vikas. "Animorphing?"
I laughed as I scratched his ear and he seemed to enjoy it. I laughed even more when he licked my hand. Otis smiled widely and nodded to my question. Vikas leapt away from me, in a circle and into the forest. I watched after him and turned to Otis.
"Will I be able to do that?" I asked in excitement, leaning my hands into the soft grass.
"Someday." I heard Vikas answer from the bushes as he came out, pulling his shirt back on. "We just thought we should get you excited before we continue. Your mind abilities are still normal for your age as a newborn."
"But I thought you said Vlad still had a few troubles."
"Yes, but he is learning fast. You are a vampire, Mina; Vlad is only half vampire from his father. You must remember that." I pouted and turned away. "Your mind abilities are normal, you have studies Elysian correct?"
