I Only Bite When

Chapter 4 - Why Me?

Without thinking, I ran into the woods, following the sound of her screams, hitting tree branches out of my way and running straight through muddy puddles, not caring about anything else but Cara's safety. I no longer knew where I was. I hadn't come across these parts of the woods before. I ran and ran until the screams became louder. I'm getting closer! I thought as I began to run out of breath.

A few moments later and I saw her. Cara. She was being attacked by a woman. "HEY!!!" I shouted as anger took over. The woman looked at me for a split second and smirked, then began to hit Cara again.

I saw red. I ran up to her and used all the karate skills I knew. It had been a while since I took that class but I gave it my all. I hit and I kicked and I hit again, I was beyond angry at this point and my adrenaline took over.

The woman tried to fight back but she didn't know any karate. After a few moments, I heard Cara shout my name in a very angry tone. This shocked me, she sounded angry at me. I was so confused.

I stopped immediately and looked at Cara. She looked extremely worried. "C-cara," I managed to stutter, "what's wrong? Are you OK?"

Cara looked at the woman, who was now on the floor, clearly very injured by me. I didn't understand. I thought Cara would be pleased with me sticking up for her.

The woman gingerly stood up and Cara began to crack a smile, which confused me even more. "Well," Cara smirked as she looked at the Unknown woman, "she's definitely passed the test." she said as she then focused her attention on me. The woman managed to laugh as she stood up. "I'll say," she said as she held herself in pain. I was beyond puzzled at this point. "Test?" I asked, "what test? Cara, what's going on?!" I began to grow increasingly angry. Cara smiled. "Our little initiation test." I suddenly realised what was going on.

"Initiation test... You mean... You faked being beaten up by this woman?!" I shouted in disbelief. "Hey," the woman replied "I have a name. I'm Bianca." She said as she held out her hand, waiting for me to shake it. I looked at Cara who nodded. I decided to shake her hand even though I really didn't want to after I had just been so evilly tricked. "Alright enough with the pleasantries, what the f**k is going on Cara?!" I shouted. Cara giggled. "I have a very unique and significant proposition for you, Raven." She said as she motioned me to follow her as she walked further into the woods with Bianca. I was extremely nervous and curious at the same time. I followed them as I wanted to know what was going on, although my gut feeling was telling me to just walk away.

After a couple of minutes, we arrived at a part of the woods that looked like something you only see in the movies. There were a circle of cabins, with tables and chairs in the middle.

As we arrived, people emerged from the cabins, all looking at me. I suddenly felt sick.

I began to slowly walk away. I've made some bad decisions before but this definitely topped it off for me. Cara rolled her eyes. "Raven, wait!" She said, almost pleadingly. I stopped and turned to face her. "I didn't mean to scare you, just please hear me out!" She said as she pleaded with her eyes. "Fine." I replied, "but you've only got two minutes to explain or I'm leaving." I said as I defensively folded my arms. Cara nodded. "So you already know that me being attacked was staged, however the question is why we did it." She said as she circled me. I stayed silent as this girl really began to intrigue me. She's so... different. "Well the answer to that question is because we wanted to test you and your moral compass. You see, you already proved to be a good person when you helped out my sister, Steph. But this one really proved to me that you stand up for what is right." This angered me. "You mean your sister faked being chased by a random man?!" I shouted. "No. That was very real. Which is what got me thinking you'd be a perfect fit for our little... movement." Replied Cara as she looked me up and down.

"I'm just going to be very straight with you here, Raven. I know all about your family life. How your mother can't work. How you are left to do everything. How your only source of income is your mothers benefits and your part time job. Your little friend Jenny is quite the gossip as you know, and it seems your life isn't off limits to her." This hurt me. How could Jenny do that to me? She was supposed to be my friend, not talk about me behind my back. "So I'm going to offer you an opportunity that will change your life for the best," said Cara as she smiled.

"We're vampires, Raven. Vigilante vampires, to be exact. And we want to recruit you as our newest member."