Joan's Point of View
As soon as I open my eyes, I see someone leaning slightly over me, his eyes are red and his hair is as white as snow. For a moment I feel my throat burning, as if I had to drink a river just to soothe this pain. When I get up, I hit the man near me hard; he seems unprepared for my strike and flies through the trees.
I look at my hands and start wondering how this is possible, I look around and smell a sweet and pleasant scent coming from the direction of the city of Rouen, but before I can go that way, I see the same man appearing through the trees. He does not seem happy as he cleans his clothes and looks at me with some displeasure.
When I start heading toward the city, he appears in front of me and punches me in the stomach so hard it almost creates a hole. He then grabs me and drags me to a tree where he breaks my legs; the pain is so intense that I can't help but scream.
-"Don't worry, they will heal, I'll be right back!" says the man.
As soon as the man returns, he brings a human body and a deer and looks at me.
-"The sweet smell you smell is the blood; you need to drink to control yourself, or you could end up causing a catastrophe!" says the man calmly. "The question is, do you want human blood or animal blood?"
I look at the carcass and the body; the smell coming from the body is so sweet and intoxicating, but I have to resist. Against all my will, I start drinking the deer's blood, horrible but at the same time so satisfying.
-"I see that you are better and your legs seem to have returned to normal; I apologize, but I couldn't leave you with the possibility of causing a massacre in my absence!" says the man as he extends his hand toward me.
I reach out my hand and he helps me up.
-"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Joan asks, confused.
-"My name is Kael. I kind of ended up saving you from the fire. Honestly, it was painful. My skin may be immune to many things, but fire isn't one of them!" Kael says with a small laugh.
-"Yes, I was going to be burned. How am I still alive, and why do I need blood?" Joan asks aggressively.
-"You were going to die, so I brought you back, kind of!" Kael says. "The truth is I turned you into the same as me: a vampire, a creature of the night that feeds on the blood of the living."
-"A vampire?" Joan says, stunned. "You turned me into a monster? You condemned my soul? How is that possible!"
I honestly can't believe it, I look at my hands, which are now covered with the deer's blood. What have I become?
-"A monster? Maybe!" says Kael thoughtfully. "But that man you carve on the cross once told me it is not our nature that defines us, but our actions. If what he said is true, then it is you who decides!"
Did he talk to Jesus? Did he also have visions? But why? Every time this creature speaks, I get even more confused.
-"Did you have visions of Jesus?" asks Joan, more confused than ever.
-"Visions? No no, I was with him!" says Kael now with a sad look. "That was before he was killed, it's something from the past!"
Dead? Could it be that I caught a demon who hit its head, is this my punishment?
- "For you to see it die, you would have to be old, very old!" says Joan, in disbelief.
- "When one is immortal, time is just a matter of perspective. I stopped counting a long time ago, but I must be over 3,000 years old!" says Kael, as he thinks.
- "3,000 years? How is that possible?" says Joan, incredulous.
For a moment, everything I thought I knew about reality hit me with such force that I couldn't tell where I was.
-"Does God exist?" Joan asks while her body shakes.
-"He believed so!" Kael says.
-"And you? Do you believe?" Joan asks while looking into Kael's eyes.
-"I believe that he believed, just as I believe that you believe, isn't that enough?" Kael says with a small sigh. " Well, if vampires, werewolves, and probably many other things exist, I believe that God wouldn't be the strangest to exist."
-"Werewolves ?" says joan, confused.
We talked for a few more hours until he said he had to go. Since he didn't think it was safe for me to go to Rouen at the moment, he told me to stay in the forest until he returned and to keep away from people in case i couldn't control myself.
Kael's Point of View
As soon as I arrive in the room, Léa is waiting for me and asks why I got home so late. I explain everything that happened to her, and she looks at me and says that I never told her it was possible to make someone like me.
I understand why she seems angry; in the end, part of me hopes that she can have a normal life and maybe eventually forget the world i live in.
When the next day comes, I return to the forest and see her near a river, naked, now clean. Her short hair is dark brown with golden eyes and fair skin, but not like snow, a more natural color.
-"I brought you these clothes; I don't know if they're your size, but it's definitely better than being naked!" says Kael as he hands over the clothes.
-"Thank you!" says Joan as she gets dressed.
I wouldn't define her with the usual beauty of a woman; her body is a bit more robust, but her face is definitely attractive.
-"Where are you looking?" asks Joan.
-"You are different from most women," says Kael. "In a way, a rarity."
-"I guess that's a compliment, if it is, thank you!" says Joan. "And now, what should I do from here?"
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Hello everyone, I would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter, regardless of your culture or religion.
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