Location: Whitby, England Year: 2043264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZVbYoxrvD
Nightingale's point of view264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9uhaomVZe
"Nightingale, what are you doing up so early? It's 12:30 in the morning."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1uSeffcaC
I turn around. "Mom, I'm twelve years old. Can I not go out for a walk?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOvrwsILuI
"At this time of night?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVFBIMscMh
"Mom, I'm undead. I'm a nightly person. Or, I should say monster."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBuz3T9MJV
"Sweetie, you're not—"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6HWU5cn6Z
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.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxmGFnHSZf
"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.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqg9wrdFRn
"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?264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCcNeEsR7G
Samual's point of view264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN24DUU9fx
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.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXBthwxxon
"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."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbxb68f8af
She just gazes at me. She lifts her hand up and touches my nose.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulVVmYZuqV
"What was that for?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUzY76zs78
"You're the first man I've seen since I was at least two."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbrk2NOvMi
"You're kidding." I sigh. "That's insane."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83skcqyZxA
"Or, at least, as far back as I can remember."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uPptWhZDD
"How old are you?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E4o9PHs42
"Twelve. I'm turning thirteen on November 14th of this year."
"My birthday's in November also."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOsSqjpos5
She tilts her head. "Is it really?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72dfJbuIWg
"Yes. I'll be turning 421 this year."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQgA58hUBW
She gasps. "You are not."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXEfvLk6qz
"I am." I smile.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4ntn1u4tx
"You're a vampire aren't you?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqnGtF7IA5
"Maybe."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3t1ogLQkn
"Oh, shut up."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQRBsMSafg
"Oh, fine. Yes, I'm a vampire. Or, basically, undead." I sigh and look at the beach. "What's your name? Your full name?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFkLcrpqtZ
"Oh. I, um … Mom told me not to tell that to people I don't know."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M2Vbk6Qrm
"Well, I'm Samual." I smile. "And plus, you already told me your age. What difference is it going to make?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4Uf07VcOq
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."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJr1GM45fp
"Then how do you do school?"
"Mom homeschools me."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYUKRIQaUj
"You said your name was Nightingale Starr Dracula, correct?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDU1rTXZODs
"Yes. I did."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl73dhkfmm
"Oh my God."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfKs4wVI5h
Nightingale's point of view264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwACkzr5VJ
He looks at me. "How is this even possible?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx58jB0LVx
"How is what even possible?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bPpZwNFJC
"Are you sure that's who you are?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx0dByq3vB
"Yes. What's wrong?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O44G2DJJS
Suddenly he says words I thought I'd never hear come out of a man's mouth. Especially one I just met.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZISB1LMTH
"I know who your father is."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1QKJcpuwx
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.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6lP2ZEAmv
I go to take a step forward and stop. Sunlight. I back up and look at mom.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGpm4N4G9o
She gasps. "Samual?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42tg3OmVyZ
He looks at her. "Nikki?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP5bd17dFh
"What are you doing here?" She looks at his hand. "Why do you have her shoes?"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxjDnuN6P1
"She left them at the beach."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM01bQx0sg
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."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2ZEq99ZdU
"What? But mom—"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBMH3oJ3IX
"No, I won't hear of it."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp94X7zLShI
"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."264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhEANQeQwT
"Sweetie, you—"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLxIEmDPSP
"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?!"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5dGnyaeTC
"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!"264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2RYtA4oXp
I hear mom sigh and set something down. She walks away and I hear a door shut in the distance. I sigh.264Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHK3YuImvY
