The Alpha's Vampire

[Chapter {1}]

"Mom, why do we have to move into such a huge house?" Is it really necessary if it's only the two of us who'll be in it," I asked the slightly tall raven-haired woman in front of me.

"Yes honey, you know vampires like to live in big houses. It's kind of like our thing."

"Mom, you know it makes me really uncomfortable when you speak like a teenager and the fact that you're two hundred and sixty-five years old just makes it creepy."

"Well, look who's talking about creepy. You're a vampire Callum, everything about you is creepy."

"Well, that makes two of us, after all, what's a child without its mother," I said, smiling sweetly.

She just rolled her eyes at me and carried our luggage inside since our little argument had taken place outside.

My mom and I are sort of outcasts, even among our own, vampires that is. It's not like they want to kill us or anything, they just treat us with way less respect than other vampires, especially me, since I'm a newborn.

I'm seventeen, like actually seventeen and not the four hundred and thirty years old seventeen looking kind.

That's why I said I'm a newborn and I still have eighty-three more year before I can finally stop being referred to as a newborn.

There are really few newborns presently, so I'm being treated like an egg, yay me, although I think that me being treated like an egg has more to do with my structure than being a newborn.

Vampires are usually tall, including females. Although the females aren't usually as tall as the males, they are still pretty tall when compared to the average human. So my 5'6 self is a minuscule height for a vampire, especially a male.

Back when we were still living in the clan, I was the shortest male and second shortest among the females. The shortest female, who happened to be a one thousand and fifty-year-old female, was sadly my only competition, which made me an easy target for the vampires. They already treated us like crap so that was just a bonus on my part.

That's why my loving mum suggested that we moved away till they become more accepting, which would be in a pretty long time, because vampires can be really stubborn.

I entered into the already furnished house courtesy of my mom's sister, who is the only one who treats us like regular vampires.

I retrieved my luggage from where my mom had kept it and took it to my room. I unpacked everything and, with the help of my vampire speed, I was done within five minutes. A regular vampire would have done it within two, but I'm still working on my speed.

So I should probably tell you guys why my mom and I are sort of outcasts. Well, you see, at one point in my mom's life she fell in love and, as luck, in this case bad luck would have it, he was a human. Because she loved this man so much, my mom was able to gather the courage to tell him what we were, which was a mistake on her part because she put him at risk.

Somehow, word got out that my mom was in love with a human and that she had told him about us vampires. One night when my mom was away, they came and killed him. I was only one year old by then. Even if I didn't really know my father, I was still proud of having a father like him because not once had he ever told anyone our secret. In fact, he wasn't even that freaked out when mom told him and, like the awesome father he was, he carried our secret to his grave.

My mom had been angry but mostly heart broken, so she sought to isolate herself from the clan, focusing solely on raising me. This just fueled their hatred for her more and somehow the hatred passed to me, which isn't a surprise really, as I can't say I'm a really likable person. The only vampires that have ever shown me affection are my mom and her sister. Some try to tolerate me, while others don't even care and openly show their distaste.

I was not a pure blood vampire, rather one that was conceived from the union of a vampire and a human. Appalling, as they'd frequently remind me.

What made people hate me even more was the fact that I was given a gift, as some people like to call it, but to me, if sun immunity makes my clan hate me more, how can you call it a gift? Yes, I was immune to the sun and most vampires thought it was unfair, hence their jealousy. My mom told me it was from the vampire goddess as a compensation for what the vampires did to the love of her life. Sometimes I find that hard to believe, but I just go with it.

A plausible explanation, though, would be that I inherited it from my dad's human genes. That's a theory that makes more sense.

The bullying or shunning anyone they chose to do to me was due to my appearance, was an occurrence I had to grow used to overtime. I had white hair and blue coloured eyes, unlike other vampires that had raven coloured hair and black or grey eyes. I have already established the fact that I'm short, making me an easy target. They scorned me cause of the way I looked, which, mind you, is most probably genetics. Sometimes it was jealousy, but most often it was hatred for something outside the norm.

"Hey honey, what are you thinking about? Your eyes are watering" I heard my mom's voice say as I felt the bed dip beside me. Yeah, I am emotional, and I'd like to think that I'm a pathetic excuse for a vampire, really.

"The clan," I simply responded, not looking at her.

"Oh honey you shouldn't be thinking about them because they're not worth it. If they can't see how beautiful love is and learn not to judge others no matter what or who they love, then they're really more idiotic than I thought."

"If love caused you all the pain you had to pass through, then I really don't want to fall in love mom."

"Shush, don't say such a thing, Callum. Love is a beautiful thing to experience and even if I have to suffer for it, I'll not have it any other way."

"You'll love the feeling you get from falling in love, Callum, so when the time comes don't try to resist it no matter who it is, okay."

I hummed in response, and she kissed my forehead and pulled me in for a hug. After about five minutes of hugging, she released me.

"You know you're starting your first day of school tomorrow, right?" she asked.

"Yes Mom, my, how can I forget about my first day at a regular human school?"

"Don't be like that sweetie, it'll be fun, all you have to do is adjust to their lifestyle and, with your vampire knowledge, senior year shouldn't be hard for you now, should it?"

Oh, the irony of that sentence, even back at the clan school had been anything but fun. I'm not even sure you can put school and fun in the same sentence.

"Easy for you to say, it's not like acting like a human when you're not one is difficult, nope, it's a piece of cake."

"Callum, I didn't say it was easy, but I know you'll be able to do it because you're special and also because I'm your mother and if you fail I'll whoop your butt."

"Thanks Mom, geez, how encouraging," I said, my voice coated with sarcasm.

"You're very much welcome honey, now go to bed so you'll wake up in time for school."

"Gosh mum, I'm a vampire, I don't need to sleep and night is basically our go time."

"Well, if you want to get used to pretending to be a human, you should start acting like one fast, besides sleeping early can be really.... refreshing."

"And how do you know that," I asked.

"I pretended to be a human for ten years, Callum, I think I'd know."

"Fine," I huffed, "Goodnight mum."

"Night honey," she said, closing my door gently.

Once the sound of her footsteps receded, I stood up and went to look out my window. The view was beautiful. I have always been one to like high places because you can see the whole world from high up, hence my room being on the highest floor of our tower-like house. The house was not really in the open because of its weird style, but if found, it wasn't bad enough to raise suspicion.

My mom needed space away from humans to practice. She is a fully grown vampire after all, and part witch too, but that's a secret no one is supposed to find out. Knowing my mom is also sort of a hybrid like me gives me a comfort I find rather hard to admit. After staring out my window for some time and trying hard not to think about school, I finally decided to heed to my mom's advice and turn in early. Hopefully it'll calm my nerves a little bit.