CHAPTER TWO: MY PEOPLE
The day I turned into a vampire, in a way, was the day I died. Today, I see the irony: I did not want to die but I still did once I succumbed myself to darkness. Even so, I won't regret that choice. I made that choice fully knowing I couldn't turn around after making it.
The leader of the vampire group took me in his arms and took me to their dwelling. I don't remember what happened after he bit me. All I can remember was waking up on a stone table that was surrounded by twelve vampires, including their leader. They had their hoods off, so I was able to see their faces. The leader was standing at my feet, holding a very ancient looking book in his hands and speaking in the vampiric tongue. He, after a few minutes, stopped chanting and cut his wrist and poured some blood in a goblet. The others did the same and poured some of their blood in the goblet. Then, one of them came towards me and cut the sleeve off my shirt from my right arm. He, then, took a needle and drew a symbol on my arm. It was painful. They were marking me as one of their own. After he drew the symbol, he waited for the leader to speak. He said: "Today you will reject your name and you will be given a new one". I looked into his fiery eyes and he looked into mine. He, the, said: "You may choose a new name or would you prefer that I do so?". I nodded and said in a steady voice: "You may choose it for me". He nodded and said: "Jade..arise and come forth". I sat up and the "tattoo vampire" quickly drew my new name underneath the symbol. I quickly noticed that the table was in the middle of a chamber made of stone. There was a circle on the floor with engravings on it, the table was in the middle and on the table there was painted the symbol they tattoed on my arm. The twelve vampires were standing outside of it. I walked towards the leader and he motioned that I must walk out of the engraved circle. As soon as I did so, I felt a sharp pain on my neck which spread throughout my body. The mark on my arm was bleeding and burned. My whole body felt like it was being set on fire. The pain almost brought me to my knees but it didn't. I did bear it and stood as firm as I could, clenching my teeth. The leader seemed very pleased and handed me the goblet. He told me to drink it all. I obediently took it and drank it. As I finished drinking, I felta shudder run through my whole body. My body trembled. I felt so cold. I dropped the goblet and felt my fangs coming out. I felt my body change. I felt a new type of strength run through my body. The mark on my arm glowed for a few seconds and turned black. It stopped bleeding. It had healed. I gasped in confusion. I wondered what was happening. The leader dipped two fingers into the goblet in what was left of blood in it. He smeared the blood on my forehead and said: "You are one of us now". My knees gave in and I fell on them. He kneeled down and bit my neck again. He drank some of my blood. I closed my eyes and shudered in pain. He, then, picked me up in his arms and took me to his private chamber.
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