Chapter 3 – To Tell or Not to Tell
I was pacing around the entire house waiting for Raquel to get back home. Aunty had her nose in all sorts of books spread out all over the table. I paused and watched her as she read a page from one then dashed to another and read another page. If it were under different circumstances I would laugh, but this was serious. Our mission now took a backseat while we try to fulfil the prophecy.
‘Here it is, I knew it was written down somewhere’ she jumped up and down clapping her hands.
‘The Prophecy? You found it in writing?’
‘Off course!’
I walked over to her and looked at where she pointed. There it was in black and white for anyone to see. The lines which had been passed down from generations of vampire families.
‘We are vampires, blood suckers
Every warm blood’s nightmare
We live in the darkness
In the shadows
But there exists a group of warm bloods
Who no matter what, will protect us
We owe our lives to them
So we must protect them
These numbers 111110 must never be forgotten
These numbers will be a guide to when the war will start
Protect the warm bloods
Keep them safe from our kind’
‘I’m home!’ Raquel yelled.
‘Check this out. The prohecy’ I pointed to the text and she read it slowly.
‘Wow’
‘Well now that we know that it’s real, we have to honour it. I’m sorry kids, but the mission is now put on hold. Look at these numbers. If you put a space after each second digit we get a date. November 11 2010’ Aunty was still looking at some books.
‘The date the war will start. That’s what Dad used to say the numbers meant’ said Raquel
‘Yes, and that is today.’ I said looking at a calendar on the wall behind me.
‘But aunty, Trevor?’ Raquel’s brows were furrowed and she bit her lips looking outside.
‘Don’t worry sis, we will be protecting him. Just like the prophecy says’
‘You think his family is the group of warm bloods in the prophecy?’
We looked at Aunty for an explanation and she was ready to deliver one.
‘I don’t think. I know. Years ago before you or your parents were born, when the first vampires came out into the light without burning to their death, their coming out party was witnessed by a little girl. As you know we vampires don’t age but on that very day, that little girl saw a boy who came into the light. His skin glowed brighter than the sun and his hair looked silky smooth. His eyes were the colour of emerald and she was drawn to them.’
‘I’ve never heard this before’ said Raquel sitting down quietly.
‘Because not many of us know it. Anyway, the boy and the girl stood staring at each other. The boy could hear her heart beating very fast and he could almost taste her blood as the wind blew her scent towards him. Slowly he approached her baring his teeth and licking his lips. He was astounded as she also approached him instead of running away as others did. He stood in shock as she touched his cheeks and giggled. You’re cold she said and she removed her cloak to place around his shoulders. I know what you are and you’re so beautiful. She walked around him and admired him from every angle. You look like an angel she said. Slowly he felt the desire to eat her go away and they began to talk. She made him carry her up high in the trees where they sat talking. He got apples from trees nearby for her to eat. She was only 10 years old and he was 14. After a while the girl heard her mother calling for her but she didn’t reply just yet. She saw her step-father coming out of the house with a kitchen knife. Together they watched as the two began to argue over the girl. The step-father wanted to sell her to a much older man so they could get some money, but the mother wouldn’t and she slapped him for suggesting it. The man was enraged and he stabbed her and left her for dead. The girl cried silently on the boy’s shoulders. He was angered by what he saw and he leapt down on the man ready to kill him. The man was scared and when he looked up and saw the girl his fear grew. He tried to run but the boy was too fast and he was dead in a matter of seconds.’
‘Wow, he killed for her’ I said softly as I suddenly became intrigued by the story.
‘Yes. He made her wait while he went to call his mother who rushed back to see the body. She was saddened by the girl’s tears. She made up her mind on the spot and then began to work on the mother. The girl screamed but the boy told her it would be ok. After a few minutes she girl watched in amazement as her mother’s eyes opened and she coughed up blood. She asked the boy if her mother was now of them but he said no’
‘WHAT? How is that possible?’ asked Raquel
‘Shh. The girl ran to her mother who looked at the women and the boy in awe. She immediately realized what had happened when she saw her dead husband’s body. She looked at the women who smiled at her and she said thank you. As the women was about to leave, the mother called her. They looked at each other for a while and then finally the mother told her that whenever her and her kind felt threatened and needed a place to hide, they must come to her. And that is what happened. The two women became the best of friends. Until she died vampires from all over came to her house and never once did she fear them.’
‘The first warm bloods who protected our kind’ I said more to myself then the others.
‘But what about the boy and the girl?’ asked Raquel
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