Only once

Chapter 6

Serena

Its the year 2031

I have been listening to the sounds of natural, it has become like music to my ears and since that fateful day I was granted a new beginning I have learned to expect the unexpected.

The days following that gruesome sight with the blood and guts of the dead tiger in front of me, I came to realize alot of things we had learned in school was not always just a part of history or some unknown facts but that they were untold truths hidden behind closed doors.

I remember learning about coronavirus in 9the grade, a year before that day.

It was all written as a simple man made flu that was being tested to create stronger medications for new flu like viruses.

Well... I was a bit of a reader and I loved romantic novels and fairytale endings, so vampires and werewolves was a must.

When I started realizing that eating meat and vegetables wasn't enough to keep me going I started to put alot of red flags together.

In the same year we were learning about coronavirus, we had a spur of animal killings on farms and within forests.

Mostly all were drained of blood and only had livers missing.

Later on a group of nearly 180 young men and women were reported missing within a span of a few weeks.

And to no ones surprise the animal deaths also stopped, or well became less frequent.

Thwre were lots of rumors about real life vampire and werewolves running the forests but like all normal things it was taken as fairytales.

But non of that matters anymore.

I don't care if I was a so called vampire or goblin or werewolf or alien...

I was me.

But than I remember my life before all this..

Growing up I wasn't allowed to leave the house.

I was taken to and from school and never spent time with my parents, they were like I said a little strange, but what's the one thing that was worse than anything is I had no siblings.

My only friend was Andrea.

We met at one of school in the bathroom the first time.

She was crying in one of the stalls and when she noticed me she was surprised and tried to brush her crying of but I was a stubborn one.

After nearly missing most of our classes I found out juts like me she was a pandemic baby and her family was all dead.

She had been living with her grandmother until the day before when she to died of the same or similar sickness as covid.

The word covid has become a huge taboo and unless we were taught about it in class we weren't allowed to do any research of our own.

So after that me and hwr became bestie, she had come to live with my family for a while and later was placed into a girls hostel, paid by my family.

I was happy because at least we could have sleep overs and spent to at my place when my parents weren't around.

But that all ended the day we were taken away, I still have hopes of seeing her on day, but since I am not sure she is like me that might never become a reality.

So all in all, I have come to the conclusion that the so called coronavirus that was a man made flu was actually, definitely someone trying to create vampires.

He might have succeeded but who knows...

The days I spent here have turned into years and finally tomorrow marks exactly a 1000 years.

Everything here has changed.

The rivers have become deeper and forests more lush.

Animals are also more in abundance and I have learned to only consume blood, but I never take more than I need and I never kill any of my so called food.

Funny isn't it.

I live free and happy, I am like that boy Tarzan...

Lol... Expect that I don't speak ape...

And well I guess me actually being a vampire that is.

As I go about my daily routine finding new places to explore I suddenly sense something isn't right.

The whole forest was silent, which was unusual.

I retract my steps and make my way slowly towards something familiar...

Voices.

Was I high from those purple flowers I ate earlier?

As I crept around the brush I saw the man I was seeing in my dreams everyday day since I came here.

I am definitely dreaming...

Is this really happening...

He looks around and squats down to look at the trail.

Suddenly he looked up and in a moment of sheer shock we locked eyes...