A Bloody Un-Fairytale: A Vampire Story (01) An Unusual Nightmare

Haha, well since I'm lazy I decided not to wait for feedback, and just start on the new story anyway! The title is still definetly open to debate, so if you have any good suggestions, be sure to message me!
Let the story begin! *grabs popcorn*

Cornella sprinted through the streets of the darkened city. The twisted shadows of Cathedrals and shops criss-crossed the crumbling roads of Old Praile. The sun was nearly gone, hidden beyond the horizon, but the gentle glow of fading sunlight lit her way. She deftly navigated the winding streets, pausing every so often to check a street sign, to be sure of her location; the Old City was a labyrinth of unexpected alleys, twists and turns, and even those who lived there sometimes found themselves lost.

As she ran farther, the fading sunlight was replaced with the harsh glare of the first streetlights turning on, casting bright pools of light every one hundred and fifty metres or so. The city council was working on installing better lights in the Old City, but until then, the lights remained few and far between. The sparse illumination gave the night an eerie feeling, and shrouded the ancient buildings in mystery. Cornella passed the ancient clock tower and sighed. She was late for class - again.

Cornella was a student; she worked at a small restaurant by day and took classes at RTU (the royal Terageon University) at night. She had recently graduated West Praile High, with top honours and a grade point average of 3.6 of which she was extremely proud. At seventeen, she was a few months younger than most of her friends and often wished she could have been born in January rather than December; December 29th to be exact.

Although she had only been going to RTU for a few weeks (it was the end of September), so far she had had no need to rush at all, except for this week. One of the other waitresses at the restaurant was on vacation, so Cornella was working a different shift, which left her little time to prepare for class. She didnt even have time to change out of her work outfit: the revealing shirt and short skirt all of the waitresses were required to wear.
SO cliche!
Get on with the story already! (Me: patience is a virtue, you know)

Cornella slowed down to pass through a particularly dark area, looking to the street signs for guidance. She huddled into her sweater, even though it was late summer, the temperature was unusually cool. As she passed the next street light, she stopped to adjust her skirt, if only she had had enough time to change!

She was so concerned with her appearance and punctuality, that she barely noticed that the streets were deserted. Although Old Praile wasn't exactly downtown New York; at this time of day in early autumn, there should have been plenty of people passing through the streets of the Old City on their way to nightclubs and galleries - after all it was only three minutes past nine.

Cornella assumed it had something to do with the recent murders and disappearances in the city. In the past month, 4 people had been found murdered, and 7 more had disappeared; an absurdly high number for a city renowned for its low crime rate. Now no one wanted to go out at night if they could help it.

Not that Cornella could blame them, in fact, if it wasnt for her course on the history of Terageon- there was no way she would be out. And Cornella would certainly not go out so late if History hadn't been her favourite course.
HISTORY IS HER FAVOURITE COURSE? This girl ought
I LOVE HISTORY! (Me: Okay then, good for you... *cough* crazy *cough*)
*yawn*

Most of her friends found history terribly boring, but Cornella was incredibly fascinated. There was something enticing about the distant past, about bygone eras of chivalry and monarchy; times of peace and war - unlike the modern world of skyscrapers and industrial machinery. Cornella was particularly interested in the time period the class was currently studying; the reign of King Reginald, and how he was overthrown and was returned to the throne with the help of an outlaw. Cornella was taking several courses, but History of Terageon was by far her favourite, partly because she found it interesting, and partly because she was in the same class as her best friend Emillia.

Glancing up, Cornella saw there was no trace of sun left on the horizon and all of the streetlights had turned on. Glancing down at her watch she saw it was now 9:09 and she was nine minutes late for class with a good eight and a half blocks left to the building her class was in. She sped up, wishing she had found a job closer to the RTU campus.

A growing feeling of unease made her stop and turn around. Seeing nothing, she shrugged, and kept running, determined not to be any later for class than she already was. She had no reason to feel unsafe at all, the murders had happened far from here.
Yah, yah we all know what's going to happen! (Me: oh do you?)
Continue...

Suddenly she saw something flash across the street, out of the corner of her eye. Whirling around, her heartbeat speeding up, she caught the image of a dark figure, just before it disappeared. Cornella continued running, more quickly this time, though she was gasping for breath and her legs were on fire.

In between gasps, Cornella was almost certain she could hear footsteps behind her. Whirling around again, Cornella caught the image of the figure for a second time. However, this time the glimpse was longer, and she was able to make out the figure was a man, or it seemed to be a man, anyway; its eyes were an unearthly shade of grey flecked with red.

Cornella barely had enough time to glance at it, before it disappeared. She looked around, carefully, but still seeing nothing, she began to run again, her heartbeat pounding wildly and her breath ragged.

Before she could take another step she felt strong arms around her waist, holding her still. Her breath caught in her throat as a silky voice whispered in her ear;

"Dont move and I'll kill you quickly."

What is it? What is it???

Let me guess, its a hot vampire, right? (Me: how do you know if the vampire's hot. Maybe its an ugly vampire!)

HAHA CLIFFHANGER! (Sorry, it just feels really good to be the author for once :D). For those of you who thin this story sounds cliche, read on, It may not be as cliche as it sounds. Thanks for reading the story! Rate and Message :D

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Thanks for reading! Here's a really weird picture of Cornella, on the Sims 2 :D. Part Two will be out momentarily! Also, if anyone can find a non really weird picture of Cornella, please send it to me! She doesn't have to look exactly like the picture aboove, you can use your imagination! Thanks! :D Rate and Message!