Half of a year

Heavy sounds of feet rang in the running woman’s ears as she raced through the forest in fear. She was already weak and had been running for hours but those blood suckers wouldn’t let her go.

Another wave of dizziness hit her as a dart full of poison hit her back. She had been deflecting it with her magic but it seemed she couldn’t hold them off forever.

“You can run but you can’t hide Alice.” The annoying voice of the vampire’s leader sang.

Alice heart thundered because she knew he was right. Her body was already getting weaker and weaker. She couldn’t properly use her magic when she wasn’t in proper focus.

The smiling face of her little daughter flashed her mind and it fuelled her to run faster. ‘I’m doing it for lily’ she comforted her hurting chest.

“Mummy where are you going?” lily said in a small voice holding the back of her mother’s dress.

Alice could feel the vampires coming and her magic ward over the house would not hold for much longer.

Alice lowered herself to her level and gave her a shaky smile.

“I’m going to get birthday presents. You’ll turn six soon.” She said.

Lily touched her cheeks with her small chubby hands.

“Why are you crying mummy?” she asked so innocently looking like she would cry too.

Alice body shook in pain but she held onto her smile and pulled Lily to her chest.

“I love you so so much Lily. I want you to always remember that.” Alice said fiercely to her and didn’t let go until she nodded.

Lily stared at her mum as a book appeared into her hands in a burst of purple flames. She thrusted it into her small hands.

“This is your early birthday gift. It will tell you everything about yourself.” Alice said as she brushed a stay hair from Lily’s face. Her face lit up in excitement at the early birthday present as she held it to her chest.

Suddenly the door burst open, it was her dad and his face was as pale as a ghost.

“Alice…they’re here.” He said.

“Tom.” Alice said as she stood to her full height. Lily stared up at her mum, wondering why her face was set to stone.

“I love you both. I’ll be back.” She said placing a kiss on Tom’s lips and Lily’s forehead. Tears streamed down her face and Tom’s face as he begged with his eyes to come with her. She shook her head, they couldn’t leave Lily all alone.

“You’re special, Lily.” That was the last thing she said as she stepped out the door.

Alice wanted to forget her last memories of her family, she felt it would make everything seem easier to accept. She stared at the moon, it was bloody red. The blood moon as it was famously called. The witches are hunted and killed for her blood by evil bloodsuckers. It was a banned practice but they obviously didn’t care. Witches were already scarce in the supernatural world.

A vampire jumped in her path suddenly but she was able to steer away from him, she kept dodging vampires until she figured out she was cornered. Although her boots were shaking in fear her eyes glowed manically at them causing it to flash purple for a brief moment.

“Give up. No matter how powerful you are you can’t take us all at once.” Gregory the leader said stepping out of the shadows with a sadistic smile. He was pale like the rest of his followers with bloody red eyes and sharp fangs. Alice wondered how he didn’t cut himself while he spoke.