C5- Vampire 101
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Third Person's POV
As John finished his story, he stares anxiously. He asked his concern.
"Now that I am a vampire what I should do? Can I still stay with my family?"
"Yes, of course, one condition." Tiffany stares at him intently.
"W-what condition?"
"Suppressing your blood-sucking thirst mode."
"...."
"We drink blood as you know. Our smell is heightened. So the smell of human blood is very sweet and attractive to us vampires. We have to control our urge to drink human blood especially kill them. So, as of now since you are a fledgling, you have to control your desire to drink human blood, or else you will kill your family. Since you are still alive in their knowledge, you should stay connected to them in communication but not physically. I doubted, if you go near them you might s*******r them. Otherwise, you must do what I've told you. Do you understand now?" Tiffany said not cutting her stares at him. He nodded.
"But, y-you... How do you live in this world? I mean you can drink human drinks. Can vampires eat human food, too?" He inquires.
"I am a Damphyre means I am human and a vampire."
"Whoah! That exists?"
"Yes. That is my advantage over another vampire. You see I am not pale as you or other vampires." He nodded at what I said.
"Yes. You are half pale and half rosy cheeks." He commented. I laugh at what he said.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Good description. Anyway, I also drink blood if I need it, too. Animal blood and human also."
"H-hey. You said we have to suppress our urge to drink human blood, why now you are telling me you drink human blood, too?" He protested.
"I drink frozen human blood, you i***t!" She hissed.
"Oh, we can do that?" His face was amazingly surprised at what he heard from me.
"Yes, of course! The reason why I forbid you to not drink human blood is that you are a new vampire and have no control over your urge to drink so much blood that you might unconsciously kill your victim if he or she loses her blood." She patiently explained to him.
"Oh, ok. So you have here frozen blood?" He asks with wide-open eyes and his mouth open big 'O'. Tiffany places her pointer finger on the bottom of his chin and moved his chin slightly upward.
"Close your mouth. A fly might be entered." And she smiled.
"Yea, you can get it in the freezer here." Tiffany walked towards the refrigerator and pressed the button on the wall at the back of it. The secret door opened. Lots of frozen blood inside the secret freezer made John shocked surprisingly.
"Oh, this is cool!" He amazingly gazing the frozen blood and touch them.
"Can I have one?" He looks at Tiffany to seek her permission.
"Sure. And hey, you can not go directly to the sun. Too many sun rays will make you burn to ashes. A painful death for our creature except me."
"Oh, but why only you?"
"As I told you I am a Damphyre. Thanks to my mother's genes. I inherit my mother's blood as a human. Do humans die under the sun?" She asked. He shooked his head.
"Yeah. You are right. But why in the movies, the vampire can walk under the sun, it's a modern world now."
"Hmp, that is a movie. But I tell you the truth, in some special circumstances, some vampires can walk under the sun. It depends on the blood they inherit or what. A vampire can walk in day time of course like in this country which is always cold and not has too much sunrise. You can wear shades in an emergency and always wear a jacket. Avoid your skin from touching the sun's rays. Until now we don't know if you are immune to the sun. We don't know who is your sire."
"Oh, that is cool. Yeah, it's rainy season now and the sun is not much here in the country." He said cheerfully.
"So your family will not suspect you. Regarding your food habits, you can practice eating human food so that you can enjoy eating food with your family. I can say, it won't be easy for you, I guess, but you can try at least."
"Oh, thank you so much for your information. But hey, what is sire?"
"It means your creator. You might inherit whatever power he has. If your sire can walk under the sun, so you will."
"Really? That is awesome!" He said excitedly.
"Come on. Let's continue this chat tomorrow. I want to go to sleep."
"Oh, you are sleeping? I thought vampire is nocturnal."
"In a proper sense, you are right. As for me, I inherit human habits like sleeping. And as for you. Don't go outside tonight. Make yourself busy if you don't want to sleep. It's dangerous for you outside for some vampires are evil rogues and they will kill you." John gulped and his eyes grew wide in shock when he heard it.
"Really? Why? What are rogues."
"Rogues are vampires without a coven or clan. But some rogues are living peacefully but most, like killing off his/her other kind. So many questions. I will tell you next time. I have to go sleep now. Goodnight. And believe me, some vampires s*******r their kind and do not visit your family for the time being because it will threaten their lives. Understood?"
"Ok. I'll be good. I'll follow you and believe you. I'll stay here all night and won't go outside." As John gets the remote control of the tv. Thinking that his family will be in danger he's willing to care and obey Tiffany's words.
"Good. There is a lot of food there in the refrigerator you can eat."
"Sure. Goodnight."
"Night." As Tiffany goes upstairs to her bedroom.
"Double check if the door and windows are close!" Tiffany shouted.
"Yes, sure!" And John hurriedly doubles check the door and windows if close properly. He gets the remote control, sits on the couch, and turns on the t.v.
The man with a fang with three women surrounding him showed on the screen. The movie was Bram Stoker's Dracula.
"Ahhh!" He startles and puts his palm to his chest. He felt his throat dry so he put the remote control on the table. He went to the kitchen, pressed the secret button, and the secret door opened. He get one pack of blood and then closed it again. He saw the straws over the refrigerator. He got one and pricked it. He enjoyed his sipping while going back to the living area. He sat on the couch. He got the remote control and continued watching t.v.
Meanwhile, outside was a heavy thunderstorm. The thunder made the Earth tremble and lightning draws into the night sky.
"Aaahhhhh!" A shadow appeared on the floor. He turned around to see who it was in the window but he saw no one. The lighting draws again in the sky with the thunder sound. He quickly pulled the curtains to cover the window.
"I know, I saw a shadow. My eyes not playing tricks on me, right?" He mumbles. He quickly turns off the t.v and puts the remote on the table and runs upstairs.
"Tiffany! Tiffany!" He shouted in panic. He doesn't know where Tiffany's bedroom is. There are five bedrooms on the second floor of the house. The left side has three bedrooms and two bedrooms on the right side. The middle room from the left side opened.
"What?" Tiffany ask. Her brows furrowed.
"Ahem..where is my room?" John asked with relief.
"You can choose the three-room except for this room." As she pointed to the left side room beside her.
"Ok. Thanks."
"I thought you watching a movie?" Tiffany asked suspiciously.
"No! No! No! I don't want to watch a movie. It's s horrible and ugly. I want to sleep now."
"Really? Are you sure you are ok?" Tiffany asks again, checking on him.
"Yes! Yes! I'm sure." He replied.
'I don't like to tell you about the 'shadow' I've seen because I was not sure about it. Maybe my eyes tricked me.' He thought.
"You look like high on drugs!" Tiffany said.
"What? How did you say that?"
"Because your face is horrible. Anyway, go to sleep now. If you don't want to watch a movie." She turned around and close her bedroom.
"Great!" John mumble and choose a room for himself. He chose the room across from his room of Tiffany, just in case.
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