Years have passed since the first meeting of the un-dead fathers in their castle off the shores of England. An ocean away, in a brand new land, I now sat gracefully on the limb of a tree, eyes closed and ears open as I took in the sounds around me. My name is Angelica Mackenzie, I live, I breathe, I feel the sun on my face and I ... am a Living Vampire.

A descendant from a completely different species of vampires, the un-dead, as the humans had referred to them back then, a species that had almost been completely eliminated for many years now. Our last remaining fathers had created us by mating with human females; this is how my species came to be.

As the fathers had predicted in the late 1970's, the new species of vampires were discovered by the human race. As our numbers grew, it became harder to keep our existence a secret. So we came forward, only this time the population ratio of vampire to human was vastly increased. This time the "holy men" could not wipe us out, our new race was now untouchable.

The humans had no choice but to accept that we were part of their world. From the stories my own father had told me, it had been difficult for them, and who could blame them? Creatures of myth, we were to them. Stories of our kind meant to terrorize and shake their faith in the comforting security of their world. Now, the monsters of their nightmares, walked among them, living across the street, or hanging out at their local community locations. There had been an uprising of panic among the humans, especially those of faith in their God. We were the makings of the devil, they had believed, the soldiers of Satan, as they had called us.

It was not until our First Father's had come forward to create a truce with the human leaders of the world, so that to two species could live among each other, side by side, that a relative peace and harmonious union was formed. A new government had been created strictly for the vampires, to not only protect our race but to ease the minds of the humans.

The First Fathers, Michael, Jonas and Desmond had enlightened the humans with our "word" from our creator, assuring them that no human would ever suffer death by way of a vampire. That we would only bleed of the willing, and only take "pets" of humans who asked of it from us. With this, a truce of peace had been made between my vampire leaders and the human's leaders.

The panic and uncertainty of the humans had been alleviated some, and slowly but surely the two very different beings, human and vampire, had begun to co-exist as best they could. Complete acceptance was something our kind could only hope for back then, but our First Father's had given my ancestors before me faith that it would become easier as each generation passed. As usual, the wisdom of Michael had prevailed, and as time went on the humans prejudices against my kind diminished.

These days, humans had, for the most part become used to our presence in their world. Some chose to ignore us, some feared us, but most were intrigued, for those who had no fear of us; our natural pheromones attracted them, seduced them and drew them to us. Nowadays it was as natural to see a vampire walking around casually as it was for the sun to be shining, and we now, had the ability to walk underneath the sun, finally after a thousand years of darkness, when Michael created us, vampires became creatures of the light. We had finally made our place permanent in this world, and with that had fulfilled the aspirations of our First Fathers.

* * *

The sun was just beginning to set. The sky was illuminated with a brilliant orange, pink and yellow glow that painted the clouds. The last few rays of sunlight broke free of them and cascaded over the East river, causing it to glitter like diamonds. Right now no unwilling human would be happy to stumble upon me. For those of us who chose to practice the act of drawing blood, it was hunting time and even though our laws were meant to protect the unwilling, some remained wary of us, believing that at any moment a vampire would turn and take them, willing or otherwise.

It was the darkness I believed that unsettled them. When a human came across us during the day we appeared just like them, easing their superstitions. But at night when our fair skin illuminated in the darkness we appeared almost ghost-like, arousing memories of gruesome tales of the night-stalker who hunted them and fed on their blood.

Although I was a practicing vamp, a hunt was not my objective for this evening. Something had distracted me however, causing me to pause and change my course. I perched upon a large tree that hung lazily over the river, peering across the water, my eyes roaming, searching the trees and scanning the river banks. I breathed in deeply savouring the smells that surrounded me. The smell of pine and spruce from the forest around me was the strongest; there was a faint smell of salty sea water in the air, mixing with the mud and the grass from along the river bank.

I loved it out here in the village. Everything was still and quiet. A complete opposite of the busyness of the city I now resided in. I spent most of my free time out here and had become familiar with all the scents, so when I had stumbled upon something new it had been curious to me. I had spent the last few weeks chasing the origin of the scent but it always evaded me. Even now it seemed to be nothing more than just a change in the air as it was carried by a breeze. Still I had stopped and waited to see if the source would stumble upon me.

Finally I allowed my eyes to wander towards the setting sun. I knew it would be dark soon and my father would be waiting. Just as I realized I couldn't linger much longer something different caught my attention then, and I straightened up to listen. My senses sharpened. Humans were near, I could smell them. I could feel them approaching, my body tensed in anticipation. I hadn't expected a run in with some humans at this hour, it was late and getting dark, and I was in the middle of the woods. What were they doing out here? I thought to myself, mildly irritated.

I jumped from my branch, landing gracefully and silently on the ground. I debated the idea of just hiding from them, maybe even taking off. One could never know what to expect when running into a human. Sometimes it could mean trouble, but if I took the trail I would have to cross paths with them, and I didn't want to alarm them. I sighed and glanced around. Then smiled to myself as I stared into the distance and saw what was coming.

Two teenage boys were walking and conversing with one another, heading right towards me, completely unaware of what they were about to come across. I smirked. Teenage boys were nothing to run from. I thought to myself confidently, this could actually be very interesting. I stood firmly and waited for them to notice me as they continued to advance my way. They both stopped dead in their tracks when they finally saw me. I kept a safe distance of about eight feet. Close enough to appear approachable, far enough to give them a chance to run if they felt the need to. They recognized me instantly for what I was.

"Shit!" one of them exclaimed as he saw me. His eyes waved over me and he stared in awe. The other took a nervous step backward standing slightly behind his friend, clearly weary of my presence.

I took in a deep breath and concentrated as I released my pheromones into the atmosphere around us. Vamp pheromones were our best choice of weapon. Human beings were unusually susceptible to their effects, it gave us the power to manipulate emotions, and both boys instantly calmed and stepped towards me.

One was slightly older, perhaps nineteen. He had short blond hair and green eyes. His clothing was loose fitting, a dark oversized sweater and baggy jeans. He wore his hood up. The other was younger. Their scent told me they were related, but the younger of the two was a red head. His hair was longer and shaggy and his clothes unlike his friend were grungy and unkempt.

"Are you a ... vampire?" the red head questioned, his voice a mixture of fear and admiration.

I smiled sweetly.

"It would appear as such." I said smoothly.

"Are you ... you know ... hunting?" the older one asked, his smiled widening.

"Not tonight boys." I replied, smiling at their infantile curiosity.

"Well I live here in the village," the oldest explained. "My name is Dylan, this is my cousin Matt." He motioned towards the younger boy.

"Nice to meet you," I said, amused at their excitement of running into a vampire. Older humans would have been more cautious of me, some might have even run, but this boy was genuinely ecstatic.

"You have no idea how great it is to meet you!" he said excitingly. "I've been bitten before," he turned to Matt. "Dude, it's the most insane high!" he turned from me to whisper to his cousin, thinking I couldn't hear him. "Plus she is hot, and all vampires are always up for fooling around before they bite you!"

Matt turned to me and stared wide eyed. His innocence to my kind was almost attractive. What an experience it would be for him. I turned to Dylan and sighed, rolling my eyes. A venom junkie, I figured, too young to realize the dangers of perhaps and most probably getting mixed up with the wrong type of vampire.

"Do you have any pets?" he inquired.

I smiled. By "pets" of course, he meant human slaves. Willing human's vampires bound to them, turning them into mere morsels, their blood slave, to drink of whenever they wanted, among other distasteful things. This was a practice that was no longer as popular as it once had been. As the years went by more vampires turned against the "Word" and took blood from whoever they wanted, without binding their human to them. Technically as long as the human was willing, it wasn't breaking any laws and therefore went unpunished.

The fact that the new race of vampires had blood coursing through them also gave us other options. We could now feed off each other. Something our ancestors had not been able to do. Unlike them we did have blood, a beating heart, the need for air, and a sense of hunger. Hunger not only for blood but for food and nourishment as well. Blood to us now was our immortal drink. We needed it to retain youth, our beauty and our strengths. We no longer needed it to survive, unless, of course, if we wanted to live forever. Without it we would age, like a human, grow old, and our bodies would eventually give up. I myself, had never liked the idea of taking a pet, but did however only bite and draw blood from the willing. I had only been feeding for two years, since the age of twenty, and I chose only people who were experienced in the act of giving blood to a vampire. I had no experience in taking a pet or seducing a willing. Lucky for a young vampire like me, there were plenty of humans like Dylan who willingly and enthusiastically offered themselves up as a blood source.

My eyes narrowed as I gazed at the boys.

"I don't take pets." I answered coolly, but politely.

Dylan smiled. "I guess you wouldn't, you seem young, are you young?"

"I'm of the same generation as you, Dylan." I answered, gracefully stepping closer to them. "But older, I'm twenty-two."

"Cool, what's your name?"

"Angel."

"That suits you," he commented. "You look like one." He smiled impishly at me, his eyes suggestive.

I blushed slightly; I was not ignorant of my appearance. Being a vampire had its advantages, one of which was beauty. No imperfections. We were designed to be perfect, desirable and approachable, meant to entice our prey. However, sometimes the attention an un-fearful human lavished upon us was uncomfortable or down right annoying. I stole a glimpse down towards the river at my own reflection. I was petite, with long wavy black hair, and like most vampires, fair skinned. I was proud of my appearance, but to myself looked no different from others of my kind.

I even felt I paled in comparison to most. I was smaller than most vampires, short, for lack of a better word. While most beautiful vampires had bright blue or deep brown eyes, far more defined than that of a human; mine were a fair golden brown. I enjoyed having the unique eye color, for I blended in better with the human race, more so than others like me. It was mostly my scent that gave me away, a vampire scent was overpowering to a human and difficult to ignore. I smiled appreciatively at Dylan for the complement anyhow.

"If you'll excuse me, boys" I purred, slowly making my way to stand behind them, heading towards the path that would lead me to my destination. My eyes never left them and their eyes never left me. I gave them one last gleaming smile and winked at Dylan, he smiled back coyly.

With that I was gone. My vampire speed had me yards away from the boys within seconds. Once I knew I was well out of their sight I slowed down to a walk. I took in another deep breath, hoping to once again trace the scent I had caught earlier; my shoulders slumped in disappointment when I didn't.

Whatever it was, a scent so sweet, so tantalizing, so ... captivating, it had been keeping my attention for weeks now, continuously distracting me. The smell was familiar, I knew it was one of us, a vampire, but somehow different. Why this scent was so irresistible to me, I did not know, but I intended to track it and find the source. Though not today, today I was going to visit my father. Perhaps he could enlighten me as to why I was so drawn, and so obsessively consumed by it.

After all, my father was over 400 years old and well knowledgeable when it came to the workings and meanings of our world. He was my blood, my guardian, my tutor, and my best friend. I continued on eagerly towards his secluded cabin, looking forward to our visit, and in search for answers.

* * *

My father, Dorian Mackenzie was an old fashioned vampire, born and raised in the times where it had still been necessary to keep our existence a secret from humans. He had also been, and still remains, a loyal follower of the "word" of our first fathers. He was believer in mating for life and protecting the surety of the survival of the new living vampire species.

Now, even in this new time, he was very comfortable and set in his ways. He still resided in the home he raised me in. The very same home he had built when he first came to North America during WWII. The cabin was built in the middle of the forest, far from any human residence and hidden in a remote location. It was unlikely any humans would stumble upon it. He had chosen the location because at one time he had traveled a lot, until I was born, then he brought me here and we settled in the small county in Nova Scotia ... New Scotland, as my father still referred to it.

As I approached from beyond the trees that surrounded the property, I took a moment to gaze at my childhood home, and reminisce. So many memories I had from here, learning to excel my strengths, learning to defend myself, learning to hunt, to swim and to grow various plant life. Almost every time I wandered over to my father's cabin I would ask myself the same question, why did I ever leave this heaven to reside in the city? Of course the answer was simple, I was not meant to live a life of solitude. My father had shooed me out, insisted I blend in with the world more. Meet more humans, and more importantly, other vampires.

I brought myself back to the present and began making my way to the front door. It was a modest two story cabin, built entirely of wood from the trees that had once flourished in this clearing where the cabin now stood. There was one door and several wide windows, having no electricity; their purpose was to provide light during the day. Now that it was dark he had drawn all the shutters, preventing the light from his candles I knew he had burning from illuminating the outside, making the cabin, all but invisible now that the night was upon us and the forest, draped with darkness.

As I looked at it from the outside now, it dawned on me how frightful the house might appear to a human at night. To them it would seem dark and unwelcoming, perhaps even gloomy, but to me it was home. It was my sanctuary, my place of peace and love and solace.

"Don't dawdle child, come in here." I heard in a gruff Scottish accent, coming from inside. I smiled, it was my father, I never had to knock on his door or call him to tell him I was coming, he was very aware of my scent and he always knew where I was or how to track me. Not that I could call him anyways, I thought to myself. The male refused to use modern technology; he didn't even have a phone.

(Continues...)

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Vampire Heart

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