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BLOODY SECRETS
SO LYK HI;
MY NAME IS QUINNZEL AKA QUINN. I'M HALF HUMAN, HALF SPIRT. THEORETICALLY AN ABOMINATION. MY MUM'S A SPIRIT WHILE MY DAD'S A HUMAN. WHEN MY MOM BECAME A WANDERER SHE WENT TO THE HUMAN REALM AND FELL IN LOVE WITH MY DAD. SO MY MUM DECIDED TO STAY IN THE HUMAN REALM AND MARRIED MY DAD WHEN SHE FINISHED UNIVERSITY WHICH WAS AGAINST THE LAW. THEN THEY HAD ME 2 YRS LATER, HALF HUMAN AND HALF SPIRIT, AN ABOMINATION. WHEN THE REALMERS FOUND OUT, THEY ORDERED MY MUM TO BE EXECETED, BUT AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED SHE DISAPPEARED (AND THAT'S MY CRAPPY ORIGIN STORY).
MOST CREATURES GET THEIR POWERS WHEN 13 BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WILL APPLY TO AN ABOMINATION LIKE ME, SO I KEPT MY FINGERS CROSSED. BUT THEN I DISCOVERED SOMETHING WHEN I CLOCKED 11. THE SUPREME COUNCIL INVITED ME FOR A MEETING, THEY TOLD ME THAT I WILL GET MY POWERS EARLIER SINCE I'M AN ABOMINATION.
WELL THEY WERE RIGHT I GOT MY POWERS WHEN I WAS 12. DURING CLASS I STARTED DISAPPEARING AND APPEARING. PEOPLE NOTICED AND KNEW I WASN'T HUMAN; WELL FULL HUMAN. IT WAS EITHER THAT OR THEY WERE CRAZY AND SEEING THINGS (OBVIOUSLY, THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE SANE, WHICH I HIGHLY DOUBT). AND LIKE THAT THE RUMORS CAME. THEN PEOPLE FOUND OUT ABOUT MY SECRET FROM A GIRL NAMED CINDY (I HAVE NO IDEA WHATSOEVER ABOUT HOW SHE FOUND OUT MY SECRET AND TRUST ME THAT HAS ME SERIOUSLY WORRIED). I WZ THE HEADLINE OF MY SCHOOL FOR MONTHS (UP TO A YEAR EVEN), UNTIL A NEW CUTE BOY JOINED MY SCHOOL TWO YEARS LATER . I WZ HEAD OVER HEELS FOR HIM. I MEAN HE LOOKED LIKE A MODEL FROM A HIGH FASHION RUNWAY OR STH. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO CONFRONT HIM, SINCE I HAD NO FRIENDS TO SUPPORT ME. I THOUGHT IT WILL BE HARD FOR HIM TO NOTICE ME, CONSIDERING THE LOUD & LARGE CROWD OF GIRLS ALWAYS AROUND HIM. WELL, I WZ WRONG, ALSO CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I'M POPULAR IN MY SCHOOL. WELLLLL.....THE BAD KIND OF POPULAR. THE GIRLS THAT WERE ALWAYS AROUND HIM TOLD HIM ABOUT ME AND WHY AM AN OUTCAST. THOSE FREAKING SNITCHES. I GOT ANGRY AND MY LOCKET BEGAN TO GLOW RED. OH YEAH! I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, BEFORE MY MOM'S EXECUTION AND SHE DISAPPEARED SHE GAVE ME A LOCKET AND TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD NEVER TAKE IT OFF(IN MY MIND I WAS LIKE, I'M JUST FIVE GIRL. YOU CAN'T EXPECT A FIVE YEARS OLD TO NOT BE CARELESS). SHE WAS ALSO A WEARING A LOCKET, SIMILAR TO MINE. AND THE END OF THE DAY I PROMISED HER I'LL TRY MY BEST NOT TO LOSE IT (NO PROMISES). BUT I NOTICED SOMETHING HAS BEEN WRONG WITH IT LATELY AND IT ALL STARTED HAPPENING WHEN I GOT MY POWERS. I KNOW THIS MIGHT SOUND CHEESY (WELL TO BE HONEST, IT IS CHEESY), BUT IT WAS AS IF, MY LOCKET WAS RESPONDING TO MY EMOTIONS. ANY TIME I FELT A STRONG SENSE OF EMOTION MY LOCKET WILL GLOW A DIFFERENT COLOUR. AND I'VE GONE THROUGH ALL KIND OF EMOTIONS TO FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH COLOUR MEANS:
HAPPINESS- YELLOW
ANGER- RED
LOVE- PINK
SAD- BLUE
DISGUST- GREEN
FEAR- PURPLE
HUNGER- ORANGE
LAZY- GREY
DYING- BLACK (DON'T ASK HOW I KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE)
SO ANYWAY ABOUT THE NEW BOY, I JUST FOUND OUT HIS DEEPEST AND DARKEST SECRET AND THAT SECRET WAS DEADLY I MEAN SERIOUSLY DEADLY, UP TO THE POINT WHERE I ALMOST GOT KILLED (AGAIN😑). SO HERE'S THE GIST OF IT.
DURING BREAK, MY CLASS TEACHER THREW MY LOCKET INTO AN ALLEY. I WAS SERIOUSLY ANGRY BUT WHAT COULD I DO. IT WAS ALSO MY FIRST TIME THAT THE LOCKET WASN'T ON ME. I DECIDED TO GO GET MY LOCKET BACK. THERE WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM. THE ALLEY WAS A RESTRICTED AREA. THAT SNEEKY TEACHER PROBABLY THREW IT THERE PURPOSELY. BUT JOKES ON HIM CUZ I DON'T CARE ABOUT BREAKING ANY DAMN RULE, AS LONG AS I GET MY LOCKET BACK (YH, I'M A BADDIE😋😎) .AS I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE ALLEY I HEARD SOME NOISE. MY HEART STARTED BEATING FAST AND IF MY LOCKET WAS ON ME IT WILL PROBABLY BE GLOWING A FAINT SHADE OF PURPLE (BUT THANKS TO MY TEACHER IT WASN'T). I SERIOUSLY NEEDED TO GET MY LOCKET, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WZ KINDA SCARED, BESIDES THE RUMOURS I HEARD ABOUT THIS ALLEY CERTAINELY WASN'T HELPING ME AT ALL. I WAS EVEN STARTING TO RECONSIDER THE WHOLE 'NOT CARING ABOUT BREAKING ANY RULE THING'. AT THE END OF THE DAY I DECIDED TO GO; BESIDES EVERYBODY ALREADY THINKS OF ME AS A WEIRDO. WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? BUT TURNS OUT I WZ TOTALLY WRONG (YOU KNOW THAT THING THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN CARTOONS; WHEN SOMEBODY WILL BE LIKE "WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN", AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WORST ACC HAPPENS, WELL TURNS OUT IT'S REAL, I ACC JINKED MYSELF *cries in disbelief*).
I SAW THE NEW GUY WITH A GIRL AND IT LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE KISSING. EEEW! I SAW MY LOCKET A FEW INCHES FROM THEM, BUT I DECIDED TO IGNORE IT FOR NOW. I COULD ALWAYS GET IT LATER. RIGHT NOW, CURIOSITY OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING HAD TAKEN OVER MY ENTIRE BODY. I DECIDED TO GET CLOSER TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING. I KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK I AM DISGUSTING, BUT THIS IS MY CRUSH WERE TALKING ABOUT. BUT WHAT I SAW SHOCKED ME. I SAW SOME BLOOD ON THE FLOOR AND I WAS LIKE WHO KISSES TO AN EXTENT OF BLEEDING. I SAW SOMETHING SHARP AND POINTY. TWO FANGS BURIED DEEP INSIDE THE SIDE OF THE GIRLS NECK (WAS HE GIVING HER A HICKEY *yuck*). I WAS WONDERING HOW SHE WAS JUST STAYING IN ONE PLACE WITHOUT FEELING ANY PAIN (CUZ TO ME THEY LOOK AS PAINFUL AS HELL), THAT'S WHEN I LOOKED AT HER FACE AND NOTICED THAT SHE WAS IN A TRANCE. THE BOY FINALLY REMOVED HIS MOUTH FROM HER NECK. TWO SMALL HOLES WHERE NOW VISIBLE ON THE GIRLS NECK. HER EYES AND THAT OF THE BOY WERE BOTH GLOWING RED. THERE WAS ONLY ONE REASONABLE CONCLUSION I COULD COME TO, HE WAS A VAMPIRE FROM THE VAMPIRE REALM. BUT THEN WHY WAS HE HERE AT THIS AGE. WE WEREN'T YET THE AGE OF A WANDERER YET. EVERY BODY IN MY SET WAS STILL 14. SO HOW THE HELL DID HE GET HERE. AS I WAS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING, I REMEMBERED THE WHOLE REASON WHY I WAS HERE.
MY LOCKET!!!
*three exclamation marks for emphasis*
I TURNED TO THE DIRECTION OF WHERE I LAST SAW MY LOCKET BUT IT WASN'T THERE. I RAISED MY HEAD UP AND THEN NOTICED THE CUTE BOY WAS NO LONGER THERE TOO. ONLY THE GIRL STILL STANDING WITH HER EYES STILL GLOWING RED. AS I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE CUTE BOY DISAPPEARED TO I TURNED AROUND TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR MY LOCKET, THAT'S WHEN I SAW THE CUTE BOY STANDING THERE WITH MY LOCKET IN HIS HAND STARING AT ME AND SMIRKING. BUT RIGHT NOW I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT HIM WHAT I CARED ABOUT WAS MY LOCKET. I STARTED TO GET ANGRY AND I KNEW IT CUZ MY LOCKET STARTED RESPONDING TO MY NEGATIVE EMOTIONS EVEV THOUGH IT WZN'T ON ME. I WZ EXECPTING THE BOY TO SAYSOMETHING LIKE 'HEY THERE CUTIE YOU LOOKING FOR THIS' WHILE HOLDING THE LOCKET IN HIS HAND BUT HE DIDN'T. SO I DECIDED TO START TALKING
ME: HEY CUTE BOY GIVE MY LOCKET (GOD KNOWS WHAT POSSESED ME TO CALL HIM THAT)
CUTE BOY: IT'S THAT SERIOUSLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT RIGHT NOW
ME: YES, IF NOT WHAT IS, I NEED MY LOCKET BACK
CUTE BOY: ….
ME: CUTE BOY GIVE ME MY LOCKET (*sighs in disappointment* THAT SOUNDED WEIRD AS HELL)
CUTE BOY: CUTE BOY? SO EVEN THOUGH I'M POPULAR SOME PEOPLE STILL DON'T KNOW MY NAME
ME: Y WOULD I WANNA KNOW UR NAME, BESIDES DON'T START CHANGING THE TOPIC
CUTE BOY: (SMUG) UR RIGHT, IT'S PROBABLY ONLY U
ME: ....
CUTE BOY: BUT U KNOW MY SECRET
ME: WHICH SECRET
CB: OH PLS DON'T PLAY DUMB, I KNOW U SAW EVERYTHING I COULD SMELL U FROM A MILES AWAY
ME: (GLARES AT HIM) R U TRYING TO SAY I SMELL BAD
CB: NO, NOT LIKE THAT. I MEAN YOUR BLOOD. Y R U SO DUMB? (SIGHS AS IF DISAPPOINTED)
ME: HEY, DON'T CALL ME DUMB, BESIDES, YES I KNOW YOUR SECRET…..SO WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT?
CB: WELL SINCE YOU KNOW MY SECRET...
ME: ...….. [CONFUSED]
CB: I GOTTA KILL YOU
ME: ….. {SPEECHLESS}
CB: WELL NOT THE EXPRESSION I WAS EXPECTING.
ME: WHAT!!!!!!!! {SCREAMS SCARED}
CB: (SMIRKS) OOH, NOW THERE'S THE EXPRESSION.
ME: WE LITERALLY JUST MET, WHY THE HELL DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME
CB: YOU KNOW MY SECRET NOW AND I GOTTA PROTECT IT
ME: WHO SAID I WAS GONNA TELL ANYONE
CB: WELL YOU WERE RIGHT WHEN YOU SAID WE JUST MET
ME: (HOPEFUL) SO DOES THAT MEAN YOUR NOT GONNA KILL ME
CB: (SMIRKS) IT JUST MEANS I CAN'T TRUST YOU
I SERIOUSLY NEEDED TO RUN AWAY, MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER AND I KNEW IT CAUSE MY LOCKET STARTED TO GLOW PURPLE IN LEVI'S HAND INDICATING FEAR. I TRIED TO RUN AWAY BUT I COULDN'T, EVERYWHERE I TURNED HE MOVED TO BLOCK ME. VAMPIRES HAVE THE ABILITY OF SPEED, THAT'S WHY HE WAS ALWAYS ABLE TO APPEAR INFRONT OF ME. BUT HIS SPEED WASN'T LIKE ANY OTHER VAMPIRES OUR AGE (NOT THAT I'VE SEEN ANY). HIS WAS ON THE NEXT LEVEL. BUT THAT WASN'T THE IMPORTANT THING, HE STILL HAD MY LOCKET. I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF HERE WITH MY LOCKET, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS HOW? BEFORE I COULD EVEN MAKE ANOTHER MOVE HE HAD ALREADY ACTIVATED ANOTHER ONE OF A VAMPIRE'S ABILITY CALLED CHARM & DAZE.
{CHARM MAKES THE VICTIM TO BE MAGICALLY ATTRACTED TO THE HOST, WHILE DAZE WILL MAKE A VICTIM TO BE.... OK, TO BE HONEST I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAZE DOES YET, BUT LOOKS LIKE I'M ABOUT TO FIND ABOUT}
MY BODY STARTED TO MOVE TOWARDS HIM. HE STILL HAD THAT FLIRTY KINDA CUTE SMIRK ON HIS FACE. BEHIND HIM WRE HIS NAILS. HE WAS ALREADY HARDENING IT SO IT WILL EASILY CUT THROUGH HUMAN FLESH. WHEN I WAS FINALLY CLOSE ENOUGH HE BROUGHT OUT HIS HAND. IT WAS PALE AND HIS NAILS WRE LONG AND SHARP (IT WAS WHITE IN COLOUR). I CAN'T BELIEVE MY CRUSH IS THE PERSON THAT IS GONNA KILL ME, I KNEW HE WAS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE, HE OBVIOUSLY HAD A DARK SECRET, BUT I DECIDED TO GET BLINDED BY LOVE (HONESTLY I THOUGHT THIS COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN WEBTOONS, BUT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING TO ME AGAIN). HIS NAILS WERE ALREADY DIGGING INTO THE SIDE OF MY NECK, I TRIED ONCE AGAIN TO MOVE, BUT I COULDN'T. ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD SOMEBODY SHOUTING,"HEY, WHAT ARE YOU KIDS DOING HERE". IT WAS A TEACHER.I WAS SO RELIEVED; FOR ONCE I WAS HAPPY TO ACTUALLY SEE A TEACHER.
"ANS ME YOU IDIOTS".
I TURNED TO LOOK AT LEVI, WONDERING WHAT EXPLANATION HE'LL GIVE THE TEACHER, ONLY FOR ME TO NOTICE THAT HE HAD DISAPPEARED. THAT IDIOT BAILED ON ME. HE RAN AWAY WHILE I WAS FACING THE TEACHER, LEAVING ONLY THE GIRL AND ME HERE. SINCE HE LEFT, HIS POWERS ALSO STOPPED WORKING ON US.
TEACHER: ARE YOU DEAF….WAIT, IS THAT YOU QUINN?
ME: (SCARED) YES SIR!
TEACHER: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE…. (ANNOYED)YOU KNOW WHAT…. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW AGAIN, JUST GET OUT OF HERE AND I'LL PRETEND I NEVER SAW YOU.
ME:THANK YOU SIR.
MEANWHILE: {IN LEVI'S ROOM} LEVI'S POV
LEVI: I WONDER WHETHER SHE'LL TELL THE TEACHER, AND I FORGOT TO GIVE HER BACK HER LOCKET. THOUGH IT'S REALLY WEIRD.
PETER (MY BFF): WHY IS IT GLOWING RED? THAT'S HELLA CREPPY.
LEVI: BY THE WAY IS SHE THE ABOMINATION, EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, SHE'S KINDA CUTE.
PETER: [ANNOYED] U HAVEN'T ANSWERED MY QUESTION
LEVI: (IGNORES HIM) IT'S A SHAME I HAVE TO KILL HER, BUT SINCE SHE'S AN ABOMINATION NOBODY WILL NOTICE RIGHT. EVEN IF THEY NOTICE SHE'S GONE, THEY WON'T CARE. BUT I NEED TO GET BACK TO HER AND PROBABLY THREATEN HER, SO SHE WON'T TELL ANYONE FOR THE MEAN TIME. I WONDER WHY I DIDN'T KILL HER WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE, WHY WAS I HESITATING.
PETER: [SMIRKING] CUZ YOU THINK SHE'S TOO CUTE TO DIE
LEVI: [ANGRY] WILL YA DO ME A FAVOUR AND SHUT UP!
PETER: YOU CAN'T LIE TO ME. AM YOUR BEST FRIEND.
LEVI: WELL BECAUSE OF YOU, NOW ALL OF US COULD GET EXPOSED.
PETER: DON'T WORRY; SHE WON'T TRY ANY THING STUPID AS LONG AS WE HAVE HER LOCKET. IF SHE DECIDES TO REPORT US TO THE REALMERS, THEY'LL SEIZE EVRYTHING IN OUR POSSESION INCLUDING THE LOCKET, AND FROM THE WAY SHE WAS ACTING LOOK LIKE THE LOCKET IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HER, WHICH ALSO MEANS WE CAN USE IT TO BLACKMAIL HER TILL YOU KILL HER.
LEVI: WOAH, WOAH, WOAH. CALM DOWN EINSTEIN. SINCE WHEN DID YOU GET SO SMART?
PETER: FROM THE LAST TIME YOU ALMOST GOT US KILLED.
LEVI: [POUTTING] I THOUGHT WE PROMISED NOT TO BRING THAT UP.
PETER: WHY? YOU KNOW BRINGING BACK OLD MEMORIES IS MY SPECIALITY. ANYWAY ARE YOU READY TO ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE A TINY BIT OF FEELINGS FOR HER.
LEVI: EEEW! NO, SHE'S AN ENEMY AND NEEDS TO BE KILLED.
PETER: WOAH! NO NEED TO GET SO SERIOUS DUDE, I WAS JUST HAVING A LITTLE FUN. BESIDES FOR THE 14 YEARS I'VE KNOWN YOU, I HAVE A FEELING THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN KILL HER (SMIRKS) SINCE SHE'S YOUR ONE TRUE LOVE
LEVI: (ANNOYED) I FEEL LYK I'LL END UP KILLING U INSTEAD
PETER: HEY! BUT I'M INNOCENT
I IGNORED HIM AS I ROLLED MY EYES AND WENT OUTSIDE.