Forbiden

Prologue

DEEP IN THE FORESTS of Grant, Wisconsin, lies a girl names Vadell Chevvy. That girl is me. Well I'm not exactly a girl, more of a old teenager I would say. I'm a vampire, I've been one for over two hundred years and yes, even though I am a vampire, I would rather not reveal my exact age. There are many creatures that roam the night that aren't human, vampires are the ones that tend to do that the most, and so does the werewolf. As you may already may know, vampires and werewolves don't get along, we never have. Since the werewolves and vampries are very teritorial about their space, we've created a border. Vander's Gate is our teritory, It's east of Wisconsin Rapids and It covers about roughly 20 miles, everything east of the Mayberry Bridge is ours. Hender's Lodge is the werewolves teritory and It's everything west of Wisconsin Rapids, west of the Mayberry Bridge. The pack of vampires I lead are called The Night Stalkers. I was made leader when out former leader, Randolf died while trying to protect us from a pack of vampires. They do not have a name but if you ever come across them, run. We hunt at night to protect our identities. I have no doubt in my mind that the humans would use us for experiments and do they call "Making The World A Better Place." I will do everything in my power as a leader and as a protector to make sure that never happens to us. I'll put my life on It.

Chapter 1
I'M SITTING UP IN my bed, unable to get even the slightest bit of sleep. It's eleven minutes past nine. I should be asleep but instead, I'm tossing and turning, thinking that It shouldn't be this hard to fall asleep. This is useless, I thought. So I put on a short red robe and decided to walk around the house for a little while. Maybe I could go over Madeline's house and stay the night, well morning. There are four people in the group, not including me. There's Toby, I've known him since he's rescued me from some pretty shitty situations in the past and has been flirting on me ever since because he thinks I should "Repay him." He's overall a good guy. Then there's Madeline, a feisty dirty blond with a short temper. I still love her like a sister though. She and I are the only female ones in the pack so we're the closest in the group. And then there's Galen, the calm in a crisis and my very loyal friend. We found him last year when he was a newly turned vampire, in a way, he still is.


HE KILLED MANY PEOPLE because he didn't know how to control his thirst for blood. My pack and I came to an agreement with him that as long as he controls his urge to feed then we wouldn't kill him. He still has his moments however that he wants to kill people, as excepted, but we make sure that he and the rest of us, are keep far away from the human race. And then there's Joey, Randolf's younger brother. He and I never really got along because he always thought when Randolf died that he should of been the leader. Obviously It didn't work out that way. However, he and I for the most part, get along in really dangerous situations. I live in my own house and the other vampires live in their own houses, except for Galen, he stays with Madeline until we can see that he can control his urge. We are a pack of vampires but we sure as hell cannot stay in the same house with one another. We'd kill each other.

Chapter 2
I DECIDED TO GET out of bed and walk around the house since It looks like I'm not going anywhere right now. I paced around the house for a few minutes looking for anything to keep me busy and I finally walked over to where the phone was. I guess I should call Madeline to see if I can stay at her place for the night, well morning. One ring..two rings...three rings.. "Pick up." I say out loud to no one. After the fifth ring a voice came on the line. "Goodnight gorgeous," Madeline says. I hid a smile. "Good morning to you too Maddie. Hey I was wondering could I come over there until we start hunting later tonight?" She hesitates. Another voice in the background. It sounds like Galen. "Who's that?" I ask. She still doesn't say anything. "Madeline." I know she's still on the line, she just won't say anything. "How about another night. I was already having company over-" I cut her off. "You're dating Galen aren't you?" She giggles. "Well?" I blow out a sigh. "Well? You know I don't like people in the group dating each other." Madeline scoffs. "Oh come on. You said you didn't like people in the group dating. You didn't say we couldn't." Damn It she got me there. "Now am I right?" She says with pride. "Fuck you." I say. "I think I've been fucked-" I cut her off again. "I'll see you later today and, actually show up for hunting and tell Galen I said hi." I said in a tired voice. "Love you too." Madeline said before she hung up. I get up from the chair and run back to my room to put some clothes on. There's a new book out today that I reminded myself that I should get. Johnny's Cafe&Bookstore is where I usually get my books from and must be open by now. Maybe I could run down to his place for a little, anything to get me out of the house. Johnny and I have been good friends for about three years now and he always lets me get discounts on the books there, mostly because I'm attractive, at least that's what he says.


I COMB MY SHOULDER length brown hair and grab my ruffle vintage inspired ciffton white blouse and black belt and get my black glasses. I get a wad of cash and put It in my wallet. It's too much work trying to carry a purse around these days. Us vampires aren't really effected by sunlight like the myths claim, but when we spend all day out in the sun then It starts to take It's toll. But me personally I just like sunglasses for the hell of It. The bookstore isn't far from here, just about eight miles. That might be long for any human to run but for me It's just like a walk around the park. I walk outside the door and see the sun is trying to come out of the clouds. This is early spring time weather and It's been raining and snowing here since December but not today. Today is different. My group The Night Stalkers don't like me not having a car to go places because they've been spooked as shit by these disappearances of vampire leaders lately. I keep telling them that I'm just fine without a car and I can walk there instead. Cars are polluting too much of mother earth anyway. She's suffered enough. I look around to see if any one's watching me and then I walk across the street to the woods. Nope. The coast is clear. I don't have any close neighbors around here that I know of, not for at least a mile. I start running at ligthning fast speeds into the woods. Only a werewolve could even come close to catching us, and if It was, this wasn't their teritory to claim.


SOME ONE'S CLOSE AND GAINING speed on me. I know this because I can hear the leaves and the grass rattle as another person runs through them. I jump high up in the trees to try and avoid him but he mocks my every step. I haven't looked back yet, I never look back. This person definitely doesn't have vampire strength. No, something that might be even more powerful. Something that makes a old vampire like me nervous and I never want to be in that position. I can see Johnny's bookstore from here. No one has even came close to catching me in the past two hundred years. I finally almost get to the parking lot, have I ever been so glad to a parking space before, and jump on the roof to get away from whoever trying to catch me. The leaves and grass are rustling as we both edge out of the woods into the cement. I feel a hand on my lower back. He's that close already?!

HE'S THAT CLOSE ALREADY? I jumped off the roof and landed on the cement ground near the entrance of the door. We I got inside I immediately close the door hard behind me. So hard in fact, I see a small crack on the window door. I looked and no one was there. "What?" I whispered to no one. I knew everyone on this side of the entrance was looking at me, I could feel their eyes boring into my back. "Something wrong?" Johnny said walking up to me. He has dark skin and a short beard and never told me how old he is. Which is understandable. He's always so nice to me. I shook my head in disbelief. "Oh no, a little paranoid today." I said facing him. "Aren't we all?" He said giving me a warm hug.


AFTER THAT LITTLE INCIDENT in the woods and the hugging Johnny, we kind of had a awkward silence. "So is there anything in particular you're looking for?" He said after about ten seconds of silence. "Yes and I already know where It is." He stepped out of the way. "Well then I wouldn't want to come in the way of your book hunting." I gave him a smile. "Thanks." Sometimes he says the most unusual things sometimes but I guess I wouldn't like him if he were any different. I walked to the back of the store where the fantasy section was and I got a few more books than I was intended on getting. The first one was called Queens Of Werewolf World, the second was called Sword Cut, and the third was Ghost Of Vampire's Past. Even vampires like to read a few books here and there. I walked up to the cafe and a beautiful blond girl came from behind the coffee machine to greet me. "Hello and welcome to Johnny's Bookstore&Cafe'. How could I help you?" She must be new around here because almost all the staff knows me as a regular. "Yes I would like a chocolate mousse and a vanilla bean please?" She already had the chocolate mousse in her hand. "Would you like to pay for the books right here?" She asked fixing the vanilla bean. "Yes I would." A guy with short black hair walked up in front of me and I held my hand to keep him from getting any closer. Uh-oh. He has the scent of werewolf. Not good. He must of been the one in the woods, I quickly assumed. Time to get him back where he belongs. "I'll pay for the stuff." He said getting a twenty dollar bill out of his wallet. "That won't be necessary." I said quickly getting my money out. "I'll pay for It." He repeated and handed the blond girl a twenty. She gave me a bag for the three books and go to bag for the chocolate mousse and gave me a large vanilla bean just as I as for. "Here you go and enjoy your books." I smiled and said thank you to the girl. The guy in the red tee with black hair was still following me to the entrance. My anger started raising, fast. I have to get out of here now before I start something. Johnny saw from behind the cash register and almost ran out of It. "Who's your new man candy?" He whispered. "He's not, he's just-" He came from behind me again. "A friend from a long time ago." He said grabbing my waist. This is what I do when I'm about to go off the deep end. Three...two....one, "Who are you and why did you pay for my books and drink? I could of payed for It myself. I don't need your help." Yep. Officially pissed off Vadell is back.

NOW I KNOW THAT was rude for me to be mean to someone who just did a nice thing for me but people don't do this kind of stuff often so I get rude and suspicious. He looks down at me. "Because you're my friend and no woman should pay for stuff while I'm around." He said holding my waist tighter. On a scale of one to ten on the creepo scale, he's definitely in the nines. I slowly try to slither my way out of his grip and Johnny's practically having his jaw down to the ground. "You got a boyfriend!?" He almost shouted alerting some of the people that were close around us. "Shut up." I said in a calm voice. He didn't stop there, he just laughed and put a hand on the guy with black hair's shoulder. "You got a lucky one. I swear this girl doesn't date anyone, ever! You better keep her and make sure you never let go of that one." The guy smiled back. "I sure will." He came down to kiss me on the cheek but by that time I had already got out of his grip and he missed. "Bitchy as always. She doesn't like kissing in public. Hold on Princess!" He said trying to catch me as I walked out of the door. "Wow." Johnny said still laughing inside. The guy in the black caught up with me. "Why are you going in the forest? You don't use cars?" I turned around and walked up to where he was. "You know damn well why I was in the forests so don't even try to give that talk. I should put you back in your place right now but since I'm being sentimetal, I'll let you have a pass. Look, I don't know who you are or who sent you after me but I assure you if you keep this up It's likely you won't make It out alive. Get out of here before someone might see you. You know you aren't supposed to be here. So thank you for buying my books and vanilla and chocolate but that's It. Leave me alone or you'll regret It later." He grabbed my arms as I walked away. My natural instinct kicked in and I almost snapped, almost exposing my fangs. "Get away!" I said and walked away fast through the woods. This time he didn't follow me.

Chapter 3
I AM SO ANGRY that I forget that someone was following me again. By the time I realised, I was already across the street from my house. I stop walking. "How many times do I have to tell you to leave me alone?!" I scream and turn around. No one's there. I turn back around. "Whoa! Where the hell did you come from?" I said to Joey. Out of all the people in the group, I didn't expect Joey to come looking for me. "Madeline said after the first time you called her, she couldn't reach you anymore and she called me." We stay silent for a few quiet seconds. "Well I'm fine. You can go back to what you were doing before. I'll see you tonight." I said walking past him. "Right. Tonight. About that-" I turned about sharply and quick. "What?" I said wanting to know what he was rambling on about. "You see, I won't be able to come, because I was going to hang out with my guy friends." He means his human guy friends. I've seen them before and warned him to stay away from the humans. I've warned everyone in our group to stay away. "No. You know our race must not interfere with the human race." He came a step closer. "You're such a hypocrite. Your friend Johnny is human and you were out there at the bookstore today. You're so full of shit." Three....two...one. "First of all, don't you dare talk to me as if I were someone beneath you. I know you would never talk to Randolf like that. He'd kick your ass in a heartbeat and I'm about seconds away from doing the same. And second, Johnny isn't human, he's a angel. He just works at the bookstore because that's always what he's wanted to do."


"WELL EXCUSE ME THEN. I didn't know we couldn't be around humans." He said so arrogantly. I grow irritate just listening to the boy. "If you don't show up to hunting It's fine, It's better than going near humans. The only reason why I'm letting you stay in this group is because your brother would have wanted you to, you understand? So if you don't decide to come hunting tonight, fine but don't except me to welcome you back in." He's been doing this for months. Hanging out with his guy friends late at night and chasing and hooking up with girls all around town-I'm frankly tired of It. And as I said that, I walked away. It's his choice-ultimately and I have done all I could to try and keep him away. He just walks away from me and back into the forests. I walk back into my house and I'm greeted by a: "Where have you been? I've been so worried about you!" Madeline says as I open the door. "Doesn't anyone know how to knock around here?" I say. Galen is sitting around my dinning room area. "Hello Vadell." He greets me to walks up to hug me. He sort of stops midway and looks at Madeline. "What's-" I can't finish the sentence because suddenly Galen is holding me and reaching for my neck. I push him hard away-so hard in fact he busts through my glass table in the living room. "Sorry." I said. He got up quickly. "It's fine. You had every right to do that. I was just-" I cut him off. "Yeah I know." I remember how hard It was to contain your thirst for blood. I was killing villages out. Those were the days. Getting back to the present however, "What's wrong?" I said after my neck quickly healed from such a small bruise. "Another vampire leader has disappeared. We think the werewolves are behind It."

Chapter 4
"NO SURPRISE THERE, LATELY I've been seeing a lot of them in our teritory." I say. Madeline looked shocked. "Hello? The leader that disappeared was from Malestrom." Malestrom is one of most commonly known packs in Wisconson. We run into them every now and then, but our paths don't cross that much and we don't really have much to say to one another. "So what you're saying is..?" I said drifting off. "So what I'm saying is you can't be just walking off to places without a car, or us. It's not safe here anymore. You need protection." Madeline said. I chuckled at that. "Well aren't you a part of Protection Service? I think I"m strong enough and smart enough to know when to stay inside, and as for me needing protection? I don't need anyone for that, I take care of myself just fine." I said. Galen brushed himself off and walked over to where Madeline was standing. "All Madeline is trying to say is you need to watch out for yourself, and the pack as well. Grand Falls isn't what It used to be anymore, we have to be even more careful." Galen explained. I understand that, It's just that I don't want anyone watching my back, I do a fine job at that myself at that thank you.