THE CURSED VAMPIRES

The moonlight shone brightly upon the lake, the stars glistening in the distance as the light danced across my skin. I sat there silently, watching the ripples from the fish in the lake. It wasn’t long until I heard a rustle in the trees behind me, it was my brothers. I’m sixteen. My Father, the Alpha of our pack, was meeting with other Alphas about a problem with one of the neighbors, a clan of vampires. Our eldest brother, Jackson, was there because, after this year, our dad is planning to retire as Alpha.

My brothers sat around me, told me about what they had heard which was to go straight to the leader of the vampires.

It was dangerous for us to fight the vampires; so many good wolves have died due to them, including my mother, our Luna. Dad hasn’t been the same since that tragic night... I, on the other hand, grew from it. That very night, I shifted for the first time. It should have been a happy night for me and the other sixteen-year-olds, it was our first full moon, but it also meant it was the best time to attack. New werewolves didn’t have the best control of their bodies yet and that night, a few of the warriors, my mother included, followed us into the woods to make sure we didn’t get into trouble.

I was attacked. The vampires wanted me, dead or alive; mom got in the way and for it, she was badly hurt. I held her hand when we both shifted back, I held her as she died in my arms. The vampire that killed her was torn to pieces, but I didn’t watch. I was too busy being held back by my brothers as my mother was taken from me. My eldest brother had wrapped me in a blanket to cover me while he and our brothers took me back to the house. I cried the whole way there. We didn’t see our father for days after that.

We all walked to the house when the other Alphas began leaving and went straight to our father. He was sitting at his desk in his office. All five of us piled into the office, me, sitting in a chair, Jackson was in the other chair, then the triplets; I was the youngest child which also meant I was the most overprotected, probably because I’m the only daughter.

“So, what’s the verdict?” Jeff, the oldest of the triplets asked; dad glanced at all five of us, sighed, then answered,

“I go to the King of the vampires tomorrow. See what we can arrange to stop everyone from getting killed.” he looked at Jackson, “Jackson will accompany me, I’ll arrange extra guards for the pack while I’m gone. Jeffery, Wesley, and Thomas, your job is to protect the pack and your sister.” I stood,

“Dad, I can protect myself, I don’t need the triplets to babysit me.”

“Aiday, it’s not that, it’s just, I don’t want to lose you like I lost…” I watched him, but my temper got the better of me and I stormed out of the office and into my room.

I was watching a movie on my laptop when there was a knock on the door. Pausing my movie, I went to the door to see it was Jackson, I groaned and walked back to my bed, “Are you here to tell me that I need to go apologies to dad for my outburst?” he chuckled,

“No, even though you should. Dad and I are leaving first thing in the morning, so I just wanted to say bye.” I threw myself back on the bed, “You know, it’s not a bad thing to have the guys protecting you. We lost mom two months ago because she was protecting you. She knew that you are going to be important to our pack one day, and I believe it too.” I started playing with the silver lock of hair on my head,

“Yeah, but I doubt I’m that important. I’m just your typical daughter of an Alpha.” We chuckled a little.

“Baby sister, there is nothing typical about you.” I got up and went over to my desk and grabbed my notebook. “I’ll leave you alone; be safe. Dad and I will be back in a day or so. Love you.” I smiled and hugged him,

“Love you too. Be careful.” Jackson shut the door on his way out; opening my notebook, I saw the picture I drew of my mother, the spots where my tears had hit. I went over to the window and sighed, “I miss you, mom.” I flipped to a spare page and started writing; for about a month, I’ve been writing letters to my mother, just to help. I didn’t have any friends in the big house and I’ve been more of an outsider at school, just because I’m the daughter of the Alpha, everyone expects me to be this prissy princess when in reality, I’m a nerd that has a title. The only person I had was mom, but when she died, I stayed quiet for the first month after she died; the boys were worried about me, so they got me notebooks to write in to help, which it has. I curl into a ball watching the moon before shutting my eyes and drifting off to sleep.

The next morning, around eight, I stood with my brothers as our father and Jackson got in the car. When they drove away, the triplets all looked at me,“What?” I asked,

“What do you want to do?” Thomas asked, I glared,

“How about, ditching you three and going for a run.” I bolted for the woods, but the Beta’s son tackled me,