Location: Whitby, England Year: 2043476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidduSAFsJo
Nightingale's point of view476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCbjm87Qwx
"Nightingale, what are you doing up so early? It's 12:30 in the morning."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPbZbGan3k
I turn around. "Mom, I'm twelve years old. Can I not go out for a walk?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xfBXGS0aj
"At this time of night?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2uiRIaSzh
"Mom, I'm undead. I'm a nightly person. Or, I should say monster."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQiqvJc7l1
"Sweetie, you're not—"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfBavwLrBK
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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNosIpFFzA
"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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorD609xYE1
"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?476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCW3v0Snws
Samual's point of view476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0gOZGYZeY
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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAcRuQnbOO
"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."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwJ8mRbDtj
She just gazes at me. She lifts her hand up and touches my nose.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCAVDqmLJB
"What was that for?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4tm1RXhrb
"You're the first man I've seen since I was at least two."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeEIBFmkQt
"You're kidding." I sigh. "That's insane."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkafAzN8H7
"Or, at least, as far back as I can remember."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1cEQ4LlvM
"How old are you?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkERr6aXDsD
"Twelve. I'm turning thirteen on November 14th of this year."
"My birthday's in November also."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoDGQTRs2H
She tilts her head. "Is it really?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMhN4EPAQK
"Yes. I'll be turning 421 this year."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQkx48ePQ0
She gasps. "You are not."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkVQougfyx
"I am." I smile.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqg6TDNNcl
"You're a vampire aren't you?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAHqEFQsEK
"Maybe."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6ciNwtERr
"Oh, shut up."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LW0uIdi7F
"Oh, fine. Yes, I'm a vampire. Or, basically, undead." I sigh and look at the beach. "What's your name? Your full name?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSMaHNwF5q
"Oh. I, um … Mom told me not to tell that to people I don't know."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRLiXaVvcN
"Well, I'm Samual." I smile. "And plus, you already told me your age. What difference is it going to make?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z4aDPQK0c
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."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyzKLRdor3
"Then how do you do school?"
"Mom homeschools me."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdVKr401Qy
"You said your name was Nightingale Starr Dracula, correct?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgs00bnz6Q
"Yes. I did."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeb8d803xP
"Oh my God."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3X2gTa4YQ
Nightingale's point of view476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4hhbxYpID
He looks at me. "How is this even possible?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzDG5QTWtn
"How is what even possible?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLya5x9FDuw
"Are you sure that's who you are?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XquCzjoEM
"Yes. What's wrong?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvG0mW4i8G0
Suddenly he says words I thought I'd never hear come out of a man's mouth. Especially one I just met.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RqCpbcpvR
"I know who your father is."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZa1sRKyqn
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.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaISWJBSOcD
I go to take a step forward and stop. Sunlight. I back up and look at mom.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aLZopQvNq
She gasps. "Samual?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZDjvSWIQU
He looks at her. "Nikki?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoE1eEv2jt
"What are you doing here?" She looks at his hand. "Why do you have her shoes?"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw6H39Qkm1
"She left them at the beach."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzEiy1qhg1
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."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSyvvakfty
"What? But mom—"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkn4yEnXCxD
"No, I won't hear of it."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWcqLghfz5
"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."476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOgGPBjWFa
"Sweetie, you—"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPTCQEvtSn
"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?!"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ejgl4YUfV
"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!"476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kyaXGqIQc
I hear mom sigh and set something down. She walks away and I hear a door shut in the distance. I sigh.476Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJDOjMwen5
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