Vampires Will Never Hurt You

Mikey’s POV

I don’t know how much time has passed. I could have been out for days. We could have already moved into the new home. It could have been seconds. All I know is that after an uncertain amount of time, the pain started to subside, until the point that is was completely gone. If I was conscious, I would have sighed out of relief. Maybe being a vampire wouldn’t be as bad. I knew that Gerard had warned me about how the transformation would feel, but I do not think that anything would have ever prepared me for what I experienced. “I cannot accurately put it into words,” my brother had said. And now I understood.

So the pain was gone… Why wasn’t I waking up? I was trapped inside of my own body. I slowly began to feel numb. Like darkness was sweeping over me and taking away all emotions except, panic fluttered around inside of my mind. What did Gee say? Something about it being necessary for me to feed from him, right? Fuck. I’m dying, my brain thought. Strangely though, I almost seemed to accept it. It was quiet peaceful actually, if you can ignore the smothering feeling… Wait. Maybe that wasn’t part of dying. Neither were the quiet sobs I could hear filling up the space around me. The smothering feeling was getting stronger and it was harder to breathe. I need to wake up! The human—well, vampire—instincts were telling me to fight back. I gasped for air as I came to.

Gerard’s POV

I had forgotten. One of the most vital parts of the transformation. How could I be such an idiot?! In a second, I was at the back seat of the car, grabbing Mikey and running toward the house. Right now, I could care less if neighbors could see, or if my parents would find out about what I have done. I laid my brother on the floor as soon as I entered the house. Quickly, I bit into my own wrist ignoring the pain as my fangs slashed through the skin. I held my arm up to his mouth urging him to drink and finish. He can’t die, he can’t die-

“You can’t die!” I sobbed to him. I pressed my wrist harder to his mouth causing more blood to flow and drip down the sides of his face. No, no no no no no. He became ghostly pale. I was about to break down. This can’t be happening. It was all my fault. I was a ridiculous excuse for a vampire. I didn’t do it right. “Mikey,” I whispered. I was nowhere near giving up. Suddenly, he half sputtered and gasped as he awoke into consciousness. I quickly removed hand from his face, only to bring him up into a fierce hug. Moments later he responded.
“Thank you Gee, but you need to let me go so I don’t suffocate,” Mikey choked out. I realized that my grasp was a little too tight even to another vampire. My little brother the vampire… It didn’t go right.

“Mikey, you made it. You—”

“Are a monster,” a voice concluded from the other side of the room. I whipped my head around only to see our parents standing at the doorway of the living room, with boxes stacked everywhere around them.

“How could you have done this Gerard? How could you force him into your own sick lifestyle?” My mother brought her hand up to her mouth and hung her head like we were the sickest things she had ever seen. My dad shook his head in disappointment. Mikey shuffle out of my grasp, wiping my blood from his face.

“He didn’t force me into anything! I asked for it! And you would have known that if you had paid any attention to our lives or even bothered to understand me,” Mikey yelled, his voice escalating after every sentence. “I wanted this,” he whispered. “Fuck!” He gasped under his breath, suddenly. A pained expression was brought to his face and I completely forgot about my furious parents standing a few feet away.

“What’s wrong Mikey?” I asked worriedly. I saw him tilt his head back slightly and stretch his jaw open as his newly formed fangs protruded for the first time. I faintly heard my mother make a sound like a whimper or a cry but I could care less about her now. I gripped my brother’s hands in my own as he held them to the point where I felt like my bones would snap.
“It’s okay,” I repeated over and over again to him, trying to reassure him. I knew that it hurt like hell. It wasn’t pleasant having your gums ripped open as new teeth came out. When it was all over, he sat there panting with his mouth slightly open. He released his hold on my hands to reach up and touch the tip of his fangs.

“Stop! Make them go away!” My mom yelled. Right now I wish I could make my parents go away.

“You’re not helping,” I growled at them. I actually growled and I bet my eyes were glowing, because they both backed up a few feet, and I could hear their hearts accelerate. It’s not like I was going to attack them. But I was feeling very protective of Mikey as of the moment.

“Is there a basement here?” I asked unexpectedly.

“Yes, but why—” My dad responded as I cut him off.

“Because that’s my new room,” I said as I picked Mikey and myself off the floor. We left our parents standing there in stunned silence. I hope I haven’t just ruined my brother’s life.

“How appropriate,” Mikey spoke. “The vampire of the Ways’ house basement,” He continued mockingly. I chuckled lightly in response. As we entered the basement, now my room, I sat us down on the bare bed that was already here.

“Mikey, you’re going to need blood soon,” I told him regretfully. This won’t be easy for him as I could already tell from his expression.

“Can’t I just f-feed from animals?” He asked, stumbling over the word. I just smiled humorlessly, shaking my head.

“This isn’t Twilight, Mikes. It has to be human blood. I’ve already told you,” I sighed. My emotions were trying to play tricks on me and I was exhausted from the drive over here, and not having blood in a few days. We had the rest of the weekend to become situated and then we were starting school, the thing I dreaded the most. “Listen, I’ll talk to you in the morning, I’m really—” a yawn interrupted my words, “—tired. Just don’t listen to anything that mom and dad say. They don’t understand. I’ll deal with them,” I reassured him before he could get a word out. I guess he saw how my eyelids were beginning to droop and my words becoming more detached, so he just hugged me one last time before heading up the stairs. Once he was gone I collapsed against the bed, not caring that there were no sheets or pillows. The sun had come up and I hadn’t even noticed how much time had passed. I fell into a surprisingly peaceful and dreamless sleep.



Mikey’s POV

As soon as I made it upstairs, I fell onto the bed in what I guess will soon become my room. I was a vampire. The thought donned on me. A vampire… This is what I wanted. But I couldn’t grasp the full concept yet. Gerard told me I would have to feed soon and it was something that I was not looking forward to. As I lay on the bed, I tried to ignore the sounds of argument coming from my parents’ room. I didn’t even have to eavesdrop to know they were talking about me… Actually, I didn’t need to eavesdrop. I can hear them perfectly! I strained my ears to hear better and I made out their voices. I practiced a little with my new found ability. I could hear my brother’s light snoring all the way down in the basement and I focused on that. I matched my breathing to his as it became deeper and steady. Before I knew it, I was falling asleep in an uncomfortable bed that I wished was like mine back at my real home. Unfortunately, dreams- no, these terrors decided to haunt my unconsciousness.

I saw glimpses of fangs, gleaming in blood, watching in the ‘sidelines’, and then it was first person view. I was standing over two people. My parents, looks of pure horror in their eyes and blood all over each of their broken bodies. Gerard stood there looking at me in disgust.

‘See what you’ve done?’ His face contorted in anger. I, the subconscious Mikey wanted to run and hug him and try to fix everything, but I had no control over this nightmare. I opened my mouth to beg for forgiveness, but instead a feral snarl came out and I lunged at my brother, aiming for his throat…

Notes

The chapters will get better and more interesting. (Trust me) *starts singing I'm Not Okay*... any way, they will. Also comments are nice. I just watched Divergent, and I got my ears pierced yesterday. Yep that's my life. Bye.

-I Love All the Poison