Blood and desires

#Human World#

#Present Day#

#10:55 pm#

On this cold chilly night, the natural black hugs the stars as a mother does to her newborn. This might seem like a metaphor but under the dark and quiet sky of Los Angeles, a beautiful mansion stood out from the familiar architectural design of the Obama's estate. A modern house that served as shelter to a single mother and her ten-year-old daughter.

"Mom!" Hailey nuzzled closer to her mother as she tried to absorb her warmth.

"Yes baby," the mother sat upright on her daughter's bed and stroke the kid's hair.

"Tell me a story, I find it difficult to sleep." She let out an exasperated sigh.

"Hmm!" The mother tapped her chin repeatedly and her brow furrowed in thought.  "What story do you want to hear Lee? It is past your bedtime."

"Story about the mystery of Los Angeles."

The moonlight brought a comforting beauty as it served as the softest of flashlights illuminating the room while the bed lamp dulled in comparison.

"Once upon a time, thousands of years ago before the creation of men, mythological creatures roamed the surface of the Earth but their major place of abode was the city of Angels, Los Angeles. As a matter of fact, they owned, governed, and controlled the city."

"Now this is some creepy and unique story, not the same old dog and elephant story." Lee rolled her eyes and her mother chuckled.

"Los Angeles was divided into four quarter where the vampires, witches, werewolves, and sirens all occupied. The vampires were known to be the bonafide leader as they did rule the entire Quarter."

A harsh wind blew and tore the curtain from its initial position. As the mother ventured deeper, Lee's heart hammered fast with her pulses racing. The story wasn't only different from her usual bedtime stories, it was deliciously unique and terrifying.

"As the creatures thrived on, War began to set in between the creatures because they all wanted to take part with leadership. The vampires were biased and they banned the witches from using dark magic, limiting their practices to little or no magic. Any witch caught practising magic was fed on as a means of execution by the vampires and that didn't sit well with the witches."

"The wolves were neither treated fairly either as they forced them to evacuate the quarter and occupy the bayou when a wolf killed a vampire. Things weren't great with them all. The older vampires called a meeting between the North and the south vampires to amend things. But the ruthless ruler refused to yield to the council's advice." The mother raised her brows and hands for dramatic effect.

"And what happened?" Beads of sweat assembled on Lee's forehead and a fat one tickled her nape.

The mother's baritone went lower and she muttered with eyes wide.  "And one day, a prophecy of doom was declared and they were all eventually wiped out." She snapped her fingers in Lee's face and the kid snickered.

"God was disappointed with the creatures so he decided to rebuild the world. It took him seven days to complete the project and on the sixth day, he created animals and humans. He gave us a developed and more advanced brain and made us dominate the earth. We became the next creature to wander around the perimeter of Earth. The end." The mother stood up from Lee's bed and tried to tuck her in properly.

"But what if some of them went into hiding and they were not fully wiped out mom?" Lee's head jerked up-- waiting, anticipating, and nervous as hell.