Location: Whitby, England Year: 2043474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb59Zh5MvnO
Nightingale's point of view474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGRAWIdRQF
"Nightingale, what are you doing up so early? It's 12:30 in the morning."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCP2uKXRYq
I turn around. "Mom, I'm twelve years old. Can I not go out for a walk?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwHDq9wVX1
"At this time of night?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHoSx4YZe5
"Mom, I'm undead. I'm a nightly person. Or, I should say monster."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNEkBShHvA
"Sweetie, you're not—"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRAieoQYUv
I slam the door shut and breathe in the night air. It's been so long since I've been outside. Since I was maybe two or three. So I haven't been outside for nine or ten years. I walk across the yard to the road. I turn on the road and walk for about 500 feet. Then, I break into a run. As I get closer and closer to my destination, I get faster. By the time I'm halfway there, I'm sprinting. Mom and I live in a brand-new house that's two miles from the Jonathan Harker Foundation. Then, it's another half mile to the beach. That's my destination. The beach. It takes me only five minutes to arrive. I stop right before I touch the sand. I slip off my shoes and poke the sand with my toe on my right foot. I put my entire foot on the sand. Then, I lay my other foot on the sand slowly and bury my feet in the sand.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pkFCdEIDH
"Oh, I love that feeling. The sand slowly running through my toes. And this is the first time I've ever done this." I smile slowly. I run to the shoreline and stop. I look down. I poke the water with my toe. I put both feet in the water slowly and sigh. I smile and let down my hair. I hold the ribbon in the air and let it go. I let my hair blow in the wind and let the waves splash on my feet.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRfyBsbUUe
"Woohoo! This is amazing!" Suddenly, I see movement to my right. I look over and see a man step out of the water. My eyes widen. He's the first man I've seen in my life since I was at least two. He smooths back his hair and smiles. I tilt my head and look at him, confused. Who is he?474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSkJr4mZ1Q
Samual's point of view474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RCPnhwog9
I step out of the water as I hear someone yelling. I smooth back my hair and smile. This. Just like Dracula. I look to my right and spot a girl looking at me with her head tilted and a curious look on her face. She's absolutely beautiful. I walk over to her and she turns and runs. She picks up her little night gown and grabs some shoes. I stop. She stops and looks back. She sets her shoes down and sits on the rock. I slowly approach her and sit on the rock beside her.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqoGgYKGIB
"What are you doing out so early?" I ask. "You look awfully young to be out here alone. And there doesn't seem to be any vehicles or adults around."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjWxJJsgY7
She just gazes at me. She lifts her hand up and touches my nose.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHo9Qxi8cF
"What was that for?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2c43Mz9be
"You're the first man I've seen since I was at least two."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVdlyzLgkY
"You're kidding." I sigh. "That's insane."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1YiYJNppB
"Or, at least, as far back as I can remember."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRCNbSUgmP
"How old are you?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsuQ5uV2AU
"Twelve. I'm turning thirteen on November 14th of this year."
"My birthday's in November also."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLjyTa1H1A
She tilts her head. "Is it really?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBOfraqRvl
"Yes. I'll be turning 421 this year."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtG4lVlSYmV
She gasps. "You are not."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUyLdV7WiF
"I am." I smile.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdvEDCqmPq
"You're a vampire aren't you?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMU8E2Rrb3q
"Maybe."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VCkCnCDrJ
"Oh, shut up."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR07Naq4gq
"Oh, fine. Yes, I'm a vampire. Or, basically, undead." I sigh and look at the beach. "What's your name? Your full name?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtmzcngopM
"Oh. I, um … Mom told me not to tell that to people I don't know."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeTqBbt7ED
"Well, I'm Samual." I smile. "And plus, you already told me your age. What difference is it going to make?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKRJk65nPg
She sighs. "Alright. My name is Nightingale Starr Dracula." She gazes at the ocean. "I was born undead. Mom won't tell me who my father is. She said that as a baby, I cried for him and that my first word was dad." She sighs again. "Sometimes, of a night, I get visions of some man. I don't dare tell mom. I don't want her to get suspicious or something. I've asked her several times who my father is, but she just clams up and doesn't say anything when I do. I don't know what to do. She said that he lives in Romania. I've been thinking about trying to go there, but I'm only twelve. I also haven't been outside since I was at least two."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tgnT31d7A
"Then how do you do school?"
"Mom homeschools me."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9dDGBvwFh
"You said your name was Nightingale Starr Dracula, correct?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdouJL0BtU
"Yes. I did."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv662k0XNmG
"Oh my God."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtNdVu9exy
Nightingale's point of view474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL8UN7QRhc
He looks at me. "How is this even possible?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoileRHrEv
"How is what even possible?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52AQMkMPBA
"Are you sure that's who you are?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf62IXakSjC
"Yes. What's wrong?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rpBC1cztp
Suddenly he says words I thought I'd never hear come out of a man's mouth. Especially one I just met.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABLUPFry38
"I know who your father is."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegv0vOxpPR
I jump up. "No, no. That's not possible. There's no way. That's not …" I turn and run back home. There's just no way. After 1,500 feet, I stop and turn around. He's just standing there. With my shoes in his hand. I gasp. My shoes! I start to take a step forward and change my mind. I turn around and keep running home. It's almost sunrise. I've got to get inside before the sun comes up. I see my house in the distance. I run through the yard and race to the back door. I open the door, dart inside and kick the door shut just as the sun streaks across the backyard. I get up off the floor and race into my bedroom. I shut the door and lean against it. I sigh. Suddenly, the doorbell rings. Oh, crap. He followed me here. I groan. And mom's off today. I open the door slowly and peek my head out. I open the door the rest of the way and quickly go into the kitchen just as mom opens the door.
"Hello?" She looks at the man.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7cMoPco1D
I go to take a step forward and stop. Sunlight. I back up and look at mom.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0ZHGKneAh
She gasps. "Samual?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWNsk95I5O
He looks at her. "Nikki?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIyvQhiYVB
"What are you doing here?" She looks at his hand. "Why do you have her shoes?"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSxRpcTlAq
"She left them at the beach."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWQ7pZrjap
She looks at me. "The beach?! What have I told you about going there? Nightingale, the Harker foundation is out there. Do you realize what they'll do if they find you? They could do anything." She sighs. "Do you know what? No more going outside. I forbid you from going outside until you move out, young lady. I'm not having this. Not happening. Go to your room. Now. I'll bring you your shoes later."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlhAjSoZtU
"What? But mom—"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbtd79El89
"No, I won't hear of it."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97kU6eByXh
"Fine. I'll never come out then. Never. Not even to eat. If you won't let me enjoy myself, then fine. I'll isolate myself."474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIf1NX3NA1
"Sweetie, you—"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkY78rsaQw3
"No! I'm twelve years old, mom! Twelve! I've stayed inside for ten fricken years! And God forbid, you wouldn't even tell me who my father is! What the heck?! Do you not want me to know anything?!"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRPqfOneDv
"That's not what I—"
"I'm done! D-O-N-E! Done!" I turn away and storm off to my room. I slam the door as hard as I can and scream until my throat hurts. Then, I slide down my door and pull my knees close. I sob onto my knees. Ten minutes later, I hear a knock on my door. "Go away!"474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P15VsUrXD
I hear mom sigh and set something down. She walks away and I hear a door shut in the distance. I sigh.474Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7gKGcCHJz
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