Chapter 3
Silence
Silence, complete utter silence, it was just how I liked it. The stillness of the night was accompanied by beautiful glistening stars that danced and swayed in their millennia long lives. The fresh scent of earth drifted around signifying that the following day was going to be wet and gloomy. I sighed and stood up from my soundless surveillance of the city. It had been a long first couple of days for my family, and everybody was very tired. They had all gone to bed early leaving me to a long night time of boredom. I stretched lightly and gracefully balanced on the very edge of the rain gutter and looked across the city. It glittered almost as brilliantly as the stars above. I decided that I would make a night time excursion around the city and see the sights tomorrow night. I sighed in boredom again and decided to play doomed.
I leaped down to my balcony and stepped into my room. The soft glow of my computer gave off enough light for me to easily see by. I slipped into the cushy computer chair and logged onto my doomed account. There were only a few other players online at this incredibly early hour in the morning. I scanned the name list and saw that two of the best players of the game were online.
I gave a small grin as I snuck up on the weaker of the two, Friartuck. A brief virtual fight later and I was the winner. I now turned my sights to the strongest of all doomed players Chaos. Unfortunately Chaos was quicker and destroyed me first. The theme music played as a bold message flashed, "Nightwatcher has been defeated! Would you like to restart?" I clicked no and signed off. I checked the clock and decided to start making breakfast for my family.
While I was preparing the coffee I had a withdrawal attack. I growled gutturally, this was not what I needed. I sleekly glided down to the lab and opened the locked refrigerator. Inside were dozens of blood bags, I selected one and took it upstairs. I picked a bendy straw out of the cupboard and shoved it into the bag and began to drink. It was surprising how good it really tasted, seeing as I shudder at the thought of it every time I walk down to the lab. I think this is the worst thing about being a Vampire, and trust me there are quite a few crappy things. I set my "drink" on the table and continued cooking.
An hour later mom came down the stairs as quietly as she could. I gave her a smile as she sat down at the kitchen table. I plunked a cup of fresh steaming coffee in front of her. She gratefully accepted it and relaxed. When I finished cooking breakfast and set it on the table a great thundering came from the staircase as dad raced down for his food. I rolled my eyes at his antics as he muttered a quick "thanks Danny!" and began scarfing his food down. I sat down with my parents and picked up my "drink" again. We all sat there just simply enjoying each other's company. The last pair of footsteps came from the stairs as Jazz made her appearance at last. She poured herself coffee and sat down as well.
Our relaxing morning was sadly interrupted by a knock at our front door. I got up to answer it and on the other side was Vlad. He happily barged his way in and waltzed into the kitchen. Mom and Dad began to happily chat away with Vlad as if he had been missing for years. Jazz excused herself and went upstairs to get ready for school; she had never felt comfortable around Vlad after he technically killed me. It was understandable really. Even I never felt comfortable around him, he had a thing for mom that he would never admit to anybody.
My parents finally checked the time and excused themselves to get ready for the day. Vlad grinned and turned his attention to me as soon as they left. "I suppose you know why I came?" I nodded "I heard your first day back was a bit rocky?" he asked kindly. I shrugged noncommittally, not really wanting to bring it up. He accepted my response and changed topics "so I hear that you made some friends?" I smiled and replied
"Yes, their names are Sam and Tucker." Vlad was pleased to hear this. He had thought that I would be condemned to a life like his, practically a recluse. Before our conversation could continue Jazz called from the doorway
" I'm leaving Danny and if you want a ride you have to come now".
I yelled back "I think I'm going to run today." I heard the door slam and her car start. I stood up and said goodbye to Vlad. I wondered up the stairs and grabbed my backpack and called out "bye mom, Bye dad." I heard them call goodbye as I walked back down the stairs and went out the backdoor. I stretched and took off.
If having to drink blood was the worst thing about being a Vampire was drinking blood, then one of the best things that I really enjoyed about being a Vampire was running. I can run up to 160 miles an hour, its quite enjoyable because I never get tired from it and it's a great stress reliever.
Exhilaration flowed through me as I darted through alleyways and navigated along busy streets without being seen. It was so enjoyably I was disappointed when I got to school. I slowed to a walk once I got within sight of the school only to see Jazz drive past me. She gave a little wave and parked up.
Two pairs of feet came stomping up behind me I turned to see Sam and Tucker. They both looked fairly tired but smiled at me anyway. I noticed that they both had bags under there eyes and commented, "What were you guys doing last night? You look like the living dead." I inwardly laughed at the irony of my statement. Tucker replied first
"We were both playing doomed last night and we were trying to beat this guy called Nightwatcher." I laughed out loud this time and they both looked at me oddly. Sam must have thought that it was because I didn't like doomed and snapped
"Just because you don't like the game doesn't mean that you can laugh at us!" I stopped my laughter and told them what I was laughing about.
"I'm not laughing at the game. It's just really funny that you were trying to beat Nightwatcher on doomed. Let me guess you must be FriarTuck and Chaos?"
Their jaws dropped and Sam stated "Your Nightwatcher!" I grinned and nodded. We entered the school and walked to our first class, which we had together. I sighed, it was an interesting start to my day and I could only wonder how much weirder it was going to get.
"So" she hissed spitefully "That's Vlad's new brat." She ran her claw like hands through her ebony hair. "Well let's see how he handles one of my minions, shall we." She laughed evilly as she slunk into the shadows.
Ok I am sorry for the wait, my nanny was visiting and I couldn't get to the computer for the past two weeks. It's a bit of a slow chapter but the next one will defiantly be a lot faster paced. You have also had your first glimpse of the villain of the story (she's an OC). Vlads back! whoot!The story will be updated again in the next couple of days so look out for it! Please review!