hells chambers

Chapter 5

I pulled off the covers and tiptoed downstairs. I didn't really know what I was doing but I went outside. I kept thinking, daddy is in trouble, over and over in my head. I headed into the little forest that was beside my house. I walked for fifteen minutes, in my pajamas and no shoes, through the forest. That's when I heard it. I peered around the bush in front of me and had to stop myself from gagging.

"Dad?!?!?"I asked in shock. My dad's head snapped up and I gasped. There he was with a dead black throated robin in his hands. The chest was ripped open and its blood was all over my father's mouth. He was eating it. "Honey!!! I can expla..." I didn't let him finish. I ran as fast as I could towards my house.

I stopped when I saw my dad in front of me just leaning against a tree. "Baby girl. Please let me explain." My dad pleaded. I just crossed my arms and nodded. I was too shocked to say anything. He sat on a log and patted the spot next to him. I sat next to him, making sure we weren't touching. I looked at him, waiting for an explanation. He sucked in a breath of air before he started.

"Baby doll. You have too promise to not tell a soul about this." He implored. "Okay" I whispered. "Well I have been keeping a huge secret from you and mum. I am ........" He drifted off as he looked at his feet. "Dad please tell me." I croaked out. "I am a...a lamia." He told me. "A what??" I asked utterly confused. "A lamia. It's Latin for..... Someone who..." He tried to think of the right words to say. "Enjoys the taste of blood." Was what he chose.  

Wait. What?! I wanted to shriek in terror. Was my mind playing tricks on me?? I stared at my.....father not knowing what to do. He just looked at the ground. I thought about this for a moment. He never eats dinner with us, he always goes out during the day and he still looks the same way he looked when I was young.

"How?" was the only question I asked. "It was a long time ago baby doll" he told me obviously ignoring my question. "Dad how did you turn?" I asked again more seriously. He sighed and then looked at me with pain in his eyes. "There are two ways to become....this. The first is the more traditional way. The bite. It is the most common. Almost every vampire is bitten to become one." He told me. After it seemed like he wasn't going to say anything else I pushed him to talk. "What is the other way?" I asked him eager to learn more.

"The other way is to be born into it." He admitted while looking straight into my eyes. "The second way is much rarer then getting bitten. It only has been done thirteen times." Harold said and then he looked back down at his feet. I didn't know what to do. I just sat there dumbfounded. "How.....how were you turned??" I asked nervously.

He looked back up at me with such pain in his eyes. "I am one of the thirteen born with this curse." He choked out. He got up and turned to me. "C'mon it's late you need your sleep. We will talk tomorrow." He told me. "How on earth do you expect me to sleep tonight?!" I asked shocked while standing up. "You just told me that you're a freaking vampire and now you want me to fall asleep like nothing has happened?!?!" I snapped. "I know this is a lot to handle but you have to be strong. You're lucky you have someone to teach you the ways before you turn of age." He said. "Turn of age?? What are you saying?" I queried. "I don't have time to answer your question tonight but tomorrow I will answer anything you ask." And with that he was gone. I stood there in shock, paralyzed in fear. His words echoing in my head. "I know this is a lot to handle but you have to be strong. You're lucky you have someone to teach you the ways before you turn of age." I didn't understand what he meant.

I went back upstairs to my room and just sat on my bed with thoughts racing through my head. Thoughts I didn't even understand. The image of my father with that dead robin in his hands kept playing in my head. It was like a video set on replay. I sat there in till six am then I decided to take a shower and get changed. I knew I wouldn't pay any attention today in school so after my shower I went for a walk in the woods.

I was walking in the forest trying to look for that bird. That was when something caught my eye. I saw a sparkle underneath a pile of leaves beside the same lof my father was sitting on last night. I bent down and put my hand on the forest ground and then I felt something cold. I stood back up with the objest in my hand. I opened up my palm to reveal a ring with a pentagram and some Latin words. Spirtus,aura,caminus,aqua,humus.