Right after school, we went out heading to the parking lot. We were not sure what to do, but I knew that I needed to find more information about the vampire attack. We found ourselves kicking a soccer ball around, deep in conversation, when a figure approached us. It was the rugby coach, who had accidentally discovered us while looking for a new member for the team. "Hey, you two look like you have some talent," the coach said, eyeing our athletic build. "Have you ever considered playing rugby?" "No, I'm so sorry, Coach," I said. "But we are currently swamped right now. We don't have time for playing balls." "What about a full scholarship? Does it sounds promising to any of you?" the coach insisted. "The team offers weekly allowance and full tuition payment. I cannot just offer it to someone else." Jackson and I looked at each other, feeling intrigued. We had not considered playing rugby, but it sounded like an exciting opportunity. The coach invited us to join the team, introdu
The next day, as early as before sunrise, I started trekking heading to the village. I could barely sleep last night after Karen said something about my proposal. Karen was still snoring when I got out of her unit. I did not wake her up because similar to me, she also slept very late. Nonetheless, I already prepared on the table a cup of coffee, scrambled eggs, a cup of rice, and three large sizes sausages for her breakfast. I also left a note on the table that I cannot join her in heading to school after what happened last night. Both of us deserved to have a lone time to better think things through. "What are you doing as early as six in the morning, huh, Melvin?" Jelian greeted me with a smile on her face. Julian and Jelian are getting ready for school. After almost a month of staying at the village, Julian stayed away from me to avoid getting into conflicts. His twin sister, on the other hand, did the other way around. Jelian was still hopeful that our
At first, the vampire was caught off-guard. Simon landed a solid punch to his face, and I used my werewolf strength to knock him to the ground. "Do you think you wolves can defeat me?" he scoffed despite being pinned. "No, we did not think of that, poor vampire," Simon said back. "But we are not letting you cheat just to win the game." "We are not going to defeat you, but our wolves are going to beat you to death. We'll see who will remain standing in the end." I added. I was about to break the bone of his right shoulder but the vampire was fast, and he quickly regained his footing. He lunged at Simon, fangs bared, but I was there to intercept him. The game around us was starting to break down, with players from both teams taking notice of the fight happening on the field. But Simon and I were focused solely on the vampire. We had no idea where he came from or why he was there, but we knew for a fact that they needed to stop him. For several minutes,
Jared pushed the door open; the dress was still there, hanging eerily in the closet. Suddenly, the room started to groan, and the door slammed shut behind us. There was a chill in the air, and I could hear footsteps approaching us. It was then that we saw her—a ghostly figure who looked like the woman in the wedding dress that Francisco had seen earlier. She hovered towards us, and everyone felt a shiver down their spine. "What are you all doing here?" the apparition said. As everyone was getting terribly scared, I dared pointed the rays of my flashlight heading to the woman's face. She immediately blocked the rays of the light with her bare hands. Even so, I managed to see her face. She was the old woman who gave us the keys earlier. "You students are bitches." she uttered a profanity. "Get back to your respective rooms before I'm gonna charge you all with trespassing and noise complaints." The group ran out of the room as fast as they could. The adrena
"All right, Jackson. What is the best way to do this kind of situation? Think! Think! Better think something quick before she dies." I grabbed my phone in my pocket to call for emergency services. Unfortunately, my phone kept dying every time I switched it on. The water, I believed, causes it. So after getting no help, I checked Karen if she was still breathing. I place my ear near her mouth and nose to listen for breathing sounds. Then I look for her chest movement. After seeing no signs of breathing, I could not help but utter profanity when I have to perform CPR. Melvin is gonna kill me once he knows that his girl and I kissed lips to lips. But Karen and Melvin left me with no choice. No one can save her at the moment apart from me. There is no way Melvin's sleepwalking could lead him here. Even so, he cannot help me in his werewolf form. So, I mustered the courage to close my eyes and performed CPR. After applying CPR, I hedged my bets and placed her on
However, before the fire could swallow Melvin's body, I jumped as high as I can be and pushed him as far away from the fire. As far as I know, werewolves are scared of fire. After pushing Melvin out of the fire, I immediately took off my burning clothes until nothing was left but my boxer shorts. Then, I hold Melvin's head and pointed his eyes to the fire as it explodes Two seconds later, Melvin growled that almost break my eardrums. When he realized the towering fire in front of us, he lifted my body and throws me away in Karen's spot. He looked for something in the bus and went back with bottles of water and poured them into the fire before it could swallow everything nearby. From the way I understand it, it was no longer the "sleepwalking Melvin" who reacted that way. I am now seeing the real Melvin, my best friend. "Are you guys all right?" Melvin asked from the other side of the fire. I was about to raise my thumb but was cut off when I suddenly felt e
"It's all right, Melvin," Karen said, trying to lift my mood. "There were a lot of vampires in New Orleans. We could still find one." Three hours later, Karen and I found ourselves back in her place. We are seated on the couch with a bridge of deafening silence backgrounding the living area. If not because my phone dings, the utter silence could have extended. The message comes from Alpha Draku's beta, telling me that Karen and I must fulfill our duty as werewolf commanders with Johndale starting tomorrow. He also sends me all the details of our salaries and the schedule of reporting to Alpha Draku. Instead of on a monthly basis, Alpha Draku required us to report to him and the elders every quarter of the month or if necessary. "Karen?" I breathed out her name softly. "What?" she asked without dragging her face at me. "I might be out of here sooner." I said. "your wolf was already equipped with the basics of being a werewolf. And we are done with your train
"Both, I guess." Simon heaved a sigh. Our dilemma started to burst when Coach Green took the first few applicants through their paces on the field. The vampire students moved with lightning-fast speed and agility, dodging and weaving past their opponents with ease. The sound of growling and snarling was unmistakable as Simon and I watched from the sidelines. We continued watching in amazement as the vampire students continued to dominate the field. We watched as one of the vampire students tackled the ball carrier with incredible force, sending him flying across the field. It was at that moment that I realized that these vampires weren't anything like they had ever seen before. It was then that Coach Green noticed us observing the tryouts from the sidelines. He called our names and ordered us to join in the tryouts. "You boys think you can do better? Prove it!" he shouted. "Maybe I should back out now." Jackson chickened out. "I mean, I can graduate without t