A College for Vampires and Creatures of the Night :: This Kiss Will Shake The Venom Out Of Your Soul {one}

Vampires dont exist. Neither do demons, lycans, sorcerers, shape shifters, angels, fallen and any other creatures within the complex webs of anyones imagination.
Thats what they always tell you, and thats the mentality Ive developed over the 18 years of my life.
Often in the nerve-racking process of a class debate, I am - by default - always batting for the "vampires dont exist" team. Coined as the epitome of dark beauty, it would almost seem prevalent that vampires should be feared by all. Yet, we dontwe indulge in their fantasized existence.
I gave out the final words of my speech in this mock debate, a ceremonious farewell to the last year of high school. I read off my palm cards...something about how such obsessive inclination towards these creatures of the night is detrimental to our society. But I was lying all along. There is something you should know.
Deep inside, I had vampire blood. But I dont believe it and I wont believe it.
It wasnt until I was 16 that the truth about my family was told. My mother was human and my father was a vampire. I dont know what happened to them that left me all alone. But I dont believe it and I wont believe it.
I havent shown one hint of vampirism in me at all... I was damn afraid of blood, even my own. I didnt have pointy teeth or eerily pale skin. I was tanned and blue eyed, about the only cliche thing was my black hair.
I felt deceived that my parents should pull such a dirty trick on me. But would they really? Deep within there was still the skepticism that maybe my rationality is wrong. Maybe it was time to question my heart... do I trust my mother?
The orphanage had kept a letter my mother had written to me, she made them promise they wont show me until I was old enough to understand.
But two years later, I still dont understand.
I made my way down the podium, and since it was a mock debate we laughed it all off and dismissed the adjudication. It had been a few months since the official graduation and today would be the last farewell after-party, and tomorrow sees the trip to a new opportunity in life.
College.
I smiled as I gazed along rows of dainty white cupcakes crusted with pink cream shaped like frangipanis. I was glad high school was over, so many years of knowing I was different from everybody else. I couldnt help but show my diffidence, which has instantly made me an outcast. High school was over, though I was sad to let the people Ive known go. I mean, when you think about it, in the end even the Alpha girls turn out pretty nice. Behind the nine layers of foundation and that million dollar smile, they are just like us Beta boys and girls the average kids. And then you start to appreciate all the Gammas and the Deltas, even when they snort when they laugh at your jokes, they are the most loyal friends anyone could have.
Sure, the first few years of high school, even up until the last year, we were all
categorized species of animals the Populars, the Goths, the Nerds and the Geeks just to name a few. No contrary to popular belief, I wasnt a Goth. But today, at this party, it will actually be the only day where you will catch the geek and the popular cutting a slice from the same chocolate cake. We are all the same in the end, and finally I realize all the time weve wasted feeling disdainful towards one another was a gimmick. Ill miss them all, sincerely.
I just hope college will be the same.
So tomorrow came and indeed, this would be the dawning of a new era in life. I read through the acceptance letter again. It was a scholarship. I was over the moon the first time I read it; and the effect hadnt worn off yet even as I read it for the hundredth time. A full scholarship to Kings College. I dumped my carry bag in the backseat of the cab and sat in the passenger seat. I read the address on mothers letter as the cab pulled away from the grey old building of the orphanage. This would be the last time Id see this place.
Past the weeping willows and daffodils drenched in a slice of gold from the setting sun, I watched as my past faded away. This was the college my mom had chosen for me, she said it was important I went there. She hadnt told me anything else about it, just that it was her and dads wish for me. And then I realized I couldnt pay for another college even if I wanted to - I had nothing else left. This was opportunity knocking on my doorand...so I took it. Like any other human being would.

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