Chapter 2

Everything was fine when I was coming back, of course, not to mention the weirdest meeting of my life!

I was coming home until I noticed that I was being followed, the strange thing is that whenever I turned around I didn't see anything at all. At least, not in the beginning ...

- Okay, who are you and what do you want with me?

- Do you think it's Luci?

- I don't know Clara. For me she was bigger.

In front of me was a girl about my age, fair skin (too pale even for me), and black hair, long and straight. And only now did I notice that there was an identical one behind me. I don't like this at all.

- Can you stop talking about me like I'm not here and explain what you want?

- I am Clara and this is my sister Lucinda - he said pointing to the girl behind me.

- You can call me Luci.

- Okay, I'm July. But you still haven't told me what you want with me.

- Douglas wants you to come with us. Now without further questions ...

I don't know what happened next, only I remember getting hit on the head, and ... Nothing more, to tell the truth I don't even know who hit me. Was it Clara or Lucinda? Whatever, I just know that now I am in a room that is not mine, with one of the two twins (yes, I believe they are twins) watching me waiting who knows who to explain something to me that I don't give a damn about listening to. I just want to know why they kidnapped me. Couldn't they just have asked me to come here, wherever it is here?

- Ah you woke up, how good Douglas was already impatient.

- Where am I and who are you?

- I'm Clara, remember? Lucinda has a white streak in her hair.

- That's not what I meant.

- So what do you want to know?

- Why am I here and, by the way, where exactly is it here? What do you want with me?

- We brought you underground. Relax, it's safe here, but as to why you're here, Douglas will explain it to you.

"Sure, because that is very comforting."

- But who the hell is this Douglas guy?

- Me - A tall (handsome) guy with brown hair and almost as pale as Clara and Lucinda entered the room. - And you must be the famous July.

- Myself. I can know what you want with me - I say already losing patience.

- Robert even warned me that you were impatient.- he pauses- You'll discover everything soon, soon ... - and when he says that he leaves.

- If the intention was to make me more confused, know that they succeeded!

- Patience July, we will explain everything to you - and now she also leaves.

"Wonderful, alone again!"

I think it was about fifteen minutes before someone came back, and ... My God, it can't be ...

- Hi July, how are you? Do you still remember me?

- It can't be, it's not true. How is that possible, I went to your funeral! I will visit you at the cemetery whenever I can, and for what ?!

- Calm daughter I'll explain everything to you.

- Explain what? That you faked your death for all these years? That you let me suffer for all this time? - I can't hold myself anymore, tears roll down my face.

- Hey - he speaks in a reassuring tone while pulling my chin to look at him - I had my reasons for doing this, don't think at any time that I didn't miss you, but it was necessary.

- And what reason was that? May I know what may have been so important for you to abandon your daughter and pretend to die?

- Calm July, I'll explain everything, but I want you to come with me somewhere, ok?

- I don't know if I want to go anywhere with you right now.

- Please daughter, I promise I'll explain everything to you.

- Okay, but I want to know absolutely everything that happened and what were your "mysterious" reasons.

He asks me to go after him. We didn't say anything until he stopped at a house a little brighter than the room I was in. He asks me to sit on a couch that, to my surprise, was spotlessly clean.

- And then you can start.

- I think I better start with this place.

- And me thinking that only I was finding it strange that you brought me to the sub-soil of ... Where exactly?

- We didn't leave Rick Frost, we're just down town.

- And why are we on the sub-ground of the city?

- Look, I know it may sound crazy, but we're on the ground because we can't go out in the sunlight.

- Okay, because that is less strange than the fact that I am on Rick Frost's subsoil. In fact why can't you go out in the sunlight?

- July, I know it may seem impossible to you, but I need you to believe what I'm going to say. We are vampires. And that's one of the reasons why I need to fake my death.

- I can't believe what I'm hearing. I really believed that you could have a reason for disappearing all these years and you come with me? I can't, I want to leave, that's enough for me!

- July, I'm serious. If you don't want to believe me, I'll show you.

He disappears for a short moment and appears behind me. I just can't believe my eyes. How did he do it? This can't be real, I can't believe it!

- There is no way this can be true, this is impossible! How? Why?...

- Calm down baby, I know this may seem surreal, but it is the truth and I couldn’t stay with you for long because they could be suspicious and I couldn’t put my family at risk.

- And mom? Where is she? Is she also a vampire? Wait, I thought vampires couldn't have children, am I adopted?

- Calm down, one question at a time. First, your mother is not here and she is not a vampire. And no, you are not adopted. It is rare but we can have children.

- How is this possible?

-It's simple, as we are neither fully alive nor dead we still have living cells, so ...

"No, I'm not talking about that, I mean, how is it possible for vampires to exist?" I thought it was just a myth.

- All myths have a reason to exist.

- Okay, but you said that mommy is not here and she is also not a vampire, so where is she and what is she? In fact, WHAT AM I?

- I'll tell you about that later, you've already received too much news for just one day. Sonia was supposed to have explained everything to you, it should have been easier to tell you ...

- Did Sônia know !? Why didn't she tell me?

- Sônia is your mother's cousin and I asked her to take care of you until you turn 17, but I think she gave up and wanted to be with you.

- She had no right!

- I know, but you will have plenty of time to talk. When dawn I want you to come home to get your things, Clara and Lucinda will show you the way out, and July, please come back as soon as possible, we need to talk.

I nodded and he took me back to the room, where I fell asleep. I still can't believe my dad is a vampire. And what am I? A kind of half-vampire? Where is my mom and what is she? There are so many questions ...