| --- Chapter 3 --- �Nightmare?� Seth laughed a melodious laugh. �You look at me as if you see a ghost. Well let�s start with this; I�m not a ghost, a vampire or anything related to that. I cannot tell you if vampires have never existed, but I can tell you that most stories are just legends. Now about me. A thing you CAN call me is a creature of the dark. Almost just as human as your friends, the only difference is that I�m awake at night. I don�t sleep, although I don�t like to be outside when it�s light. I�m going to tell you a little story and I would really appreciate it if you would listen to it. Then you can decide what you want to do. Do I have a deal?� Brian nods his head, not able to speak. Seth gives him another smile. �There is only one other creature like me alive. Walter. Walter is not what you call my friend, he is my biggest enemy. I live peacefully at night, travelling all over the world for as long as I can remember. I have seen everything when it still was nothing. I have seen the whole world been born. The first humans, the first kings and the first new techniques. I have lived as long as I can remember. Always being outside, loving the night. The moon is for me, what the sun is for you. Walter is just like me. Together we have seen everything started to happen, but we have never been friends. We weren�t enemies at first, but friends we have never been. My live isn�t really that bad. Especially those last years. I must say that I really like the fact that those young kids go out at night. I�ve slept with the most beautiful boys and girls from your world. I�ve probably tried every drug and every drink and I like my live. Walter is the opposite of me. He doesn�t like live. He doesn�t enjoy himself, he kills. He takes girls with him and kills them. All those murders that aren�t solved� I dare to bet with you that almost all those are committed by him. Jack the Ripper? Walter the Ripper would be better. He has become a legend in some countries. A story that makes the kids scared and warns them for the cold world outside. I think the creatures like count Dracula is inspired by him. He wants to kill and his most beloved target is me. He has killed me already two times, and now I have only one live left. Don�t you ever believe that we are immortal. I guess no creature on this earth would want to be that� I have only been able to kill him once, so he�s ahead of me. Now about you. I don�t know why you are becoming like me. You are still human and I don�t think you will ever become exactly the same as me, but you can�t sleep. Just like me. I have got the feeling that you are going to help me with my fight against Walter. I also have got the feeling that Walter would want you. If you accept my friendship I will try to protect you from me, but you must remember that he is very smart.� Brian is silent for a moment. Then he speaks again. �I don�t think I understand that last part� about me.� Seth laughs. �Well it is at least something that you believe my story about Walter and me. I don�t think many humans would.� Brian sighs. �Let just keep it on the fact that I haven�t slept for over a week� and that I like fantasy.� Seth grasps his hand and shakes it. �May I congratulate you with the title of �my first friend ever�.� Brian shakes his head. �You are crazy.� �I�ll take that as a compliment. Alright, but I shall try to answer your question. Like I said before I don�t understand it either, but I guess I understand a little bit more than you about this matter.� Brian snores. �You can�t sleep and when I observed you when you were sitting in the wet grass of your garden, totally spaced out, I couldn�t help but notice some similarities with me in you. I have been all these years alone, without any real friends and there were a lot of nights in my life that I was doing just the same as you, just staring at the moon, because that�s the most beautiful thing I know. I�ve observed you the entire week and even sometimes with daylight, although I normally avoid that I just knew you were becoming the human version of me. And I just knew that you would be a danger to Walter and he to you. I can�t explain that feeling, but I trust it. In all my years on this Earth I have learned to trust my feelings.� �I don�t know why, but I had the feeling that I could like you very much since you started to talk to me. Have you really observed me all these days?� Seth smiles. �I sure did.� �So if I just summarise your little speech then I have a new best friend, I can�t sleep because your feeling and Walter wants to kill me.� �I knew you were smarter than you looked like.� �Great.� Next Back Back to the Index |