- WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! “ I SNAPPED AT JENNA. SHE JUST STARED AT ME AS IF I WERE CRAZY. -WHAT DO YOU MEAN?” SHE SAID IN A WAY THAT MADE ME WANT TO SLAP HER. I ROLLED MY EYES IN FRUSTRATION AND LET MYSELF DROP ON MY BED DRAMATICALLY. - SERIOUSLY, JEN GIVE IT UP! THERE ARE NO SUCH THING AS VAMPIRES, PLEASE.” JENNA HAD AN OBSESSION WITH VAMPIRES, SHE SPENT HOURS ON END RESEARCHING THEM ON-LINE AND AT DIFFERENT LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES. SHE CLAIMED TO BE AN EXPERT ON THE SUBJECT AND TO BE CLOSE TO FINDING EVIDENCE OF THEIR EXISTENCE. I HAVE GOT TO ADMIT THOUGH, THAT AS MUCH AS IT WAS EXASPERATING AND ANNOYING I T WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF FASCINATING TO WATCH HER SPEAK ABOUT THEM; THE WAY HER EYES LIT UP AND HER CHEEKS FLUSHED PINK. SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING I STARTED TO GIGGLE OUTLOUD. JENNA, IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT WAS VERY OBVIOUSLY A MONOLOGUE, PAUSED AND GLANCED AT ME WITH DISAPPROVAL. BUT BEFORE SHE COULD SAY ANYTHING I MADE MY SPECIAL SILLY FACE AT HER AND PRETTY SOON WE WERE BOTH LAUGHING SO HARD WE HAD TEARS IN OUR EYES. THAT NIGHT SHE STAYED AT MY HOUSE . THERE WAS NO MORE TALK OF VAMPIRES , AT LEAST UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
AFTER BREAKFAST THE NEXT MORNING JENNA AND I DECIDED TO GO TO THE MALL FOR AWHILE AND MAYBE CATCH A MOVIE. ONCE AT THE MALL WE BUSIED OURSELVES PLAYING GAMES AT THE VIDEO ARCADE AND BROWSING THE MANY STORES. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL UNTIL I HEARD A FAMILIAR SHRIEK OF JOY. WHEN I LOOKED UP I SAW JENNA RUSHING TO A MAGAZINE STAND. I FOLLOWED CURIOUS AS TO WHAT CAUGHT HER INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT. SHE PURCHASED A NEWSPAPER AND STARTED TO READ IT AVIDLY. IN THE MEANTIME I DECIDED TO IGNORE HER UNTIL SHE WAS READY TO TELL ME WHAT SHE FOUND.. SINCE IT WAS EVIDENT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE A- WHILE I STOOD UP AND WENT INTO A MUSIC STORE. AS SOON AS I HAD SET FOOT INSIDE SOMEONE GRABBED ME BY THE WRIST AND PULLED ME BACK. - HEY! I PROTESTED AND SAW IT WAS JENNA, HER EYES WERE GLEAMING BRIGHT AND SHE WAS BREATHING HARD. -CHECK THIS OUT! SHE PRACTICALLY YELLED IN MY EAR. AND THEN SHE STARTED SPEAKING SO FAST AND GARBLED THAT I COULDN’T UNDERSTAND A WORD THAT SHE SAID. -WHOA! JENNA SLOW DOWN! I SAID IRRITABLY.
SHE DREW IN A BREATH AND GAVE ME THE NEWSPAPER, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT LAKESIDE CEMETERY . I GLANCED AT THE ARTICLE AND THEN AT JENNA. I COULDN’T FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE EXCITEMENT WAS ABOUT. SO I LIFTED AN EYEBROW QUIZICALLY. JENNA SAT DOWN ON ONE OF THE MALL’S BENCHES AND GESTURED FOR ME TO DO SO TOO. THEN SHE BEGAN TALKING SLOWLY, - DON’T YOU SEE CAT? LAKESIDE CEMETERY, THAT’S WHERE NOSFERATU’ S SUPPOSEDLY BURIED! HE WAS THE FIRST VAMPIRE, MORE LIKE THE FATHER OF ALL VAMPIRES, ANYWAY, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT AND THEY SAY THAT EVERY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS ON THE NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MOON, NOSFERATU RISES FROM THE GRAVE! VAMPIRES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO SEE HIM AND VENERATE HIM! ISN’T THA- -
-UNBELIEVABLE!” I YELLED.- THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT ?!”
-PLEASE JUST HEAR ME OUT CAT! LOOK, NEXT SATURDAY IS THE NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MOON. THAT’S WHEN THE MOON TURNS RED AS BLOOD.. I WAS THINKING WE COULD BOTH GO, BEING SUMMER VACATION AND ALL AND- JENNA STOPPED SHORT I GUESS THE FACT THAT MY FACE HAD DARKENED A SHADE HAD TO DO WITH HER HESITATION. I WAS SEETHING -ARE YOU KIDDING ME? AND WHO WILL DRIVE US? AND WHAT WILL WE TELL OUR PARENTS? COME ON JENNA GIVE IT UP! THIS IS JUST SOME SORT OF PUBLICITY STUNT , A HOAX YOU CAN’T POSSIBLE BELIEVE- NOW I WAS THE ONE WHO STOPPED. JENNA WAS MY BEST FRIEND AND SHE ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME NO MATER WHAT SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE AT MY SIDE , ALWAYS LOYAL , ALWAYS A GREAT FRIEND. JENNA LOOKED AT ME EXPECTANTLY. FINALLY I SIGHED KNOWING I WOULD REGRET THIS SOMEDAY -FINE.I’LL GET JAKE TO DRIVE US. LET’S DO IT.” JENNA HUGGED ME AND SMILED.
THE FOLLOWING WEEK…
ALL JENNA COULD TALK ABOUT WAS LAKESIDE CEMETERY,NOSFERATU AND VAMPIRES. I HAD RESIGNED MYSELF TO LISTENING..
SHE EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CEREMONY WHERE THE VAMPIRES GATHER ROUND NOSFERATU’S TOMB AND ROUSE HIM FROM HIS FIVE HUNDRED YEAR SLUMBER. I DUITFULLY ASKED SOME QUESTIONS AND SHE ANSWERED THEM ALL UNTIL I ASKED HER WHAT WAS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NOSFERATU’S RISING EVERY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AND PRECISELY THE NIGHT OF THE BLOOD MOON. JENNA HESITATED AND WHISPERED. -WHAT? I ASKED - WELL… THE VAMPIRES SACRIFICE A YOUNG VIRGIN, FEEDING HER TO THE NOSFERATU. THE VIRGIN’S BLOOD MAKES HIM MORE POWERFUL AND STRONG EVERY FIVE HUNDRED YEARS. A LONG SILENCE FOLLOWED HER STATEMENT. FINALLY, I BROKE IT - WELL THAT’S NICE I SAID SARCASTICALLY, PLEASE REMIND ME AGAIN WHY YOU WANT TO GO THERE? JENNA SMILED SHILY - I ‘M JUST CURIOUS THAT’S ALL. I ROLLED MY EYES AND SHOOK MY HEAD, BUT I COULDN’T HELP SMILING BACK. THE FACT WAS THAT I WAS GOING WITH HER NO MATTER HOW CRAZY AND FAR FETCHED IT SOUNDED.
FINALLY SATURDAY CAME. BOTH OF US GOT UP CLOSE TO NOON AND DECIDED TO GO SHOPPING FOR LASAGNA INGREDIENTS, IT WAS JENNA’S FAVORITE DISH. AFTER THE TRIP TO THE SUPERMARKET WE WENT INTO THE KITCHEN AND STARTED COOKING. WHILE WE ATE WE SAT DOWN TO ENJOY SOME MOVIES ON HBO. JENNA WAS QUITE SUBDUED AND HARDLY SPOKE AT ALL. -HEY, HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT TONIGHT?” I TEASED. JENNA SMILED AND SHOOK HER HEAD. - THEN WHAT IS IT? WHAT’S WRONG?” I WAS SUDDENLY WORRIED ABOUT HER. - NOTHING IT’S JUST I WAS THINKING THAT WE OUGHT TO BE CAUTIOUS TONIGHT.” I NEARLY LAUGHED AT HER WORRIES, BUT THEN I SAW THAT HER FACE WAS VERY SERIOUS AND I REFRAINED FROM DOING SO. - HEY IT’LL BE ALLRIGHT, WILL JUST BE IN AND OUT QUIETLY AND QUICKLY, WE’LL BE SAFE. NO PROBLEM.” I SAID REASSURING HER. JENNA LAUGHED SOFTLY = YEAH. WHAT WAS I THINKING, BESIDES MY BEST FRIEND WILL BE THERE!”. WE PLAYED BOARD GAMES AND COMPUTER GAMES. WE ALSO CRUISED THE INTERNET SOME. FINALLY IT WAS 9:45 PM. JENNA LEFT THE ROOM TO SHOWER QUICKLY AND CHANGE. AT 11:15 PM WE WERE ALL SET. MY ELDEST BROTHER AGREED TO DRIVE US THERE.
LAKESIDE CEMETERY WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVED, SO WE ARRIVED WITH 15 MINUTES TO SPARE. MY BROTHER SAID HE’D PICK US UP BY 1:30, AT THIS VERY SAME SPOT. HE’D FIGURED A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD COME TO “WITNESS” THE EVENT. (I WAS STILL SKEPTICAL).JENNA BARELY ACKNOWLEDGED HIM AND WAS ALMOST RUNNING TO THE CEMETERY GATE. -JENNA!” I WHISPERED HARSHLY. JENNA STOPPED AND TURNED TOWARDS ME. -WAIT FOR ME!” I SAID, IGNORING ME, JENNA STARTED WALKING ,ALTHOUGH SLOWER THIS TIME, I ROLLED MY EYES AND SHOOK MY HEAD, BUT QUICKLY FOLLOWED HER.
LAKESIDE CEMETERY WAS USUALLY VERY EERIE AND DARK, BUT THE FULL MOON WAS SET HIGH AND HER BRIGHT LIGHT WAS ILUMINATING OUR PATH, MAKING OUR SURROUNDINGS SEEM LESS FRIGHTENING IN A WAY. SUDDENLY, JENNA AND I CAUGHT MOVEMENT UP AHEAD AND HID BEHIND AN OLD OAK TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CEMETERY. WE WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES. WE DIDN’T SEE ANY THING AT FIRST, BUT THEN JENNA GASPED, HER HAND FLYING TO HER MOUTH IN THE PROCESS.
I STARTED TO ASK HER WHAT WAS THE MATTER BUT THEN I FELL SILENT AS I SAW FIGURES DRESSED IN WHAT SEMED BLACK ROBES WALK TOWARDS WHERE WE WERE. JENNA, HER EYES WIDE AND FRIGHTENED TURNED TO SAY SOMETHING TO ME, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE WERE SURROUNDED BY A REDDISH LIGHT. WE SEARCHED BEWILDERED FOR ITS ORIGIN AND THEN JENNA LOOKED UP. I LOOKED UP AS WELL AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW? THE MOON WAS AS RED AS BLOOD! WE STARED WITH OUR MOUTHS OPEN AT THE MOON, AND WE ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THE HOODED FIGURES. THEY KEPT COMING BUT, INSTEAD OF COMING TO WHERE WE STOOD THEY TURNED RIGHT. WE FOLOWED THEM WITH OUR EYES AND SAW THEY WERE HEADED TOWARDS A SECLUDED AREA. JENNA AND I WAITED WHAT SEEED TO ME LIKE AN ETERNITY UNTIL WE FINALLY DECIDED TO FOLLOW THEM. WE WALKED SLOWLY TRYING VERY HARD NOT TO MAKE A NOISE. WHO WERE THESE CREATURES? COULD THEY BE VAMPIRES? …..
WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM SOON ENOUGH. THEY WERE STANDING IN A CIRCLE. AROUND A CERTAIN GRAVE, THEY WERE CHANTING IN LATIN, THE CHANTING STARTED SOFTLY AND SLOWLY INCREASED TO A CRESCENDO…. I COULD SEE JENNA WAS SCARED OUT OF HER MIND. SHE GLANCED MY WAY AND HER EYES ALMOST FELL OUT OF HER SOCKETS, SHE TRIED TO SPEAK BUT HER WORDS WERE JUMBLED OUT OF PURE SHOCK AND FRIGHT. SHE HAD SEEN MY FACE, MY EYES, SUDDENLY AS RED AS THE BLOOD MOON’S LIGHT, SHE SAW MY MALCIOUS GRIN, MY SHARPENED FANGS…. YOU SEE I WAS ONE OF THE HOODED FIGURES, I WAS IN FACT A VAMPIRE. BEFORE I COULD SPEAK TO HER THERE WAS A CRY IN THE NIGHT, A TERRIBLE HOWL, THAT FOR ME WAS THE SWEETEST SOUND. IT WAS THE SOUND OF MY FATHER,THE FIRST OF US, THE GREAT NOSFERATU, AND HE WAS HUNGRY….
I TURNED TO JENNA AND SHE CRINGED AWAY FROM ME. -JENNA I SAID, - YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF. JENNA WAS TOO TERRIFIED TO SPEAK, TEARS ROLLED DOWN HER CHEEKS AND HER HANDS WERE TREMBLING. THE HOODED FIGURES, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, TOOK OFF THEIR ROBES AND REVEALED THEMSELVES. THEY STOOD ERECT, RED EYES GLEAMING, FANGS DRIPPING.
JENNA SCREAMED AS THEY POUNCED ON HER AND DRAGGED HER TO WHERE THE NOSFERATU WAITED. I CALMLY FOLLOWED THEM. JENNA’S CLOTHES WERE RIPPED OFF AND SHE WAS PUSHED FORWARD TOWARDS HIM. THE NOSFERATU GAVE ONE FINAL CRY AND WRAPPED HIS CLOAK AROUND JENNA, WHO DID NOT HAVE TIME TO MAKE A SOUND.
SOON IT WAS OVER AND WE ALL STOOD BESIDES HIS GRAVE CLOSED UP ONCE MORE FOR FIVE HUNDRED MORE YEARS. MY PARENTS AND SIBLINGS HURRIED TOWARDS ME, ALL CONGRATULATING ME ON AN EXCELLENT JOB. I SMILED ALL FANGS NOW…. TOO BAD ABOUT JENNA, THOUGH, AFTER ALL SHE WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
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