Aom Phiyada (nang'ake)
Fah Chanika
The clear water was still that night. I moved closer to it...afraid of what I might see. I touched the cold surface and
felt a shiver down my spine. I closed my eyes and began to listen to the whistling of the soft winds. Then slowly, the
memories of my past began to flow back into my head. The past...the horrid past. The memories of the past that forever
changed my life. The life that I must live with for eternity. I could still remember like it was yesterday...
"Mother,I'm so cold. Mother..." I whimpered softly under my blue covers. Mother put her cold hand onto my forhead and shook
her head gently. "Mother...what's wrong with me?" I asked. Mother just turned her face away from mine to hide her tears.
"Are..are you crying? Mother..am I going to die?" I asked worried about my proble fate. Mother wiped her cold tears away
and turned to look at me with a very concerned look on her pale face. She gently wiped my dark hair away from my eyes and
kissed me gently on the forhead. "My daughter, there is something I must confess." "Mother...what is it? What'd the doctor
tell you? Please, I can take it." I said trying to hold back the tears. "It is something, I thought I could change. I
thought I could change the course of time for you, my daughter. I...failed." Fresh tears began to fall from her grey
eyes. "Mother...I do not understand." She didn't respond back to me but instead offered me a clear cup with red fluid
in it. "Drink this, daughter. Then I will tell you...everything." I was so confused. What was this liquid that my mother
was trying to offer to me? I was hesitant at first. Then I slowly took the cup from her and examined it. It was thick and
it was red. Redder then any other color red i've seen in my short life. I took a glance at mother. She showed no emotion.
I slowly smelled the aroma of the liquid. It smelled fresh. I closed my eyes and slowly put the cup unto my cold lips.
I drank it. It went quickly down my throat. Right away, I felt a burst of energy, of life rushing into me. I've never
felt so alive, so fresh. I opened my eyes and smiled at mother. She didn't smile back. In fact, she still didn't
show any emotion at all. "Mother...I feel...good. Mother, I think I am cured. The medecine that you gave me..it worked.
But, what was it?" I was curious. Curious as to what the liquidation that went into my body was. I wanted more. I felt
an urge of lust for it. "It is done. My daughter, you are a demon. A vampire doomed to roam the night in shadows of
those of the humans. A demon that will one day wipe out the human race." She said it so coldly that it sent goosebumps
over me. "Mother..I do not understand. How..?" I was in shock. Sweats began to fall from my forhead. All of a sudden
the cold look that mother gave me changed. She softened up a bit and looked at me with her sad grey eyes. "And yet...
you still have human traits. My traits." She said softly, almost in a whisper. "Mother...you're scaring me. Please
tell me what's going on?" I was in tears, lost...confused. " You need to know about who you are, my daughter. You are a
vampire princess. You're father...he was the king of the vampires. He was not a very nice one at that. He...came upon me
when I was sleeping soundlessly in mine bed. He took advantage of me and there you come to be. He couldn't kill me so he
fled. Humans and vampires cannot be together. I tried raising you to be like me...a human but...I have failed. I guess,
you can't fool fate. Fate has it's paths for everyone, human and vampires alike." She stopped talking. I did not know what
to say to her. Do I believe in what she just told me? I do. Mother had never lied to me. Especially if it is something
serious like this. "Where is father now?" I asked gently. Mother turned away from me. "I do not know. But sometimes, I feel
his presence nearby. Protecting you...looking after you. But I didn't feel him for a long time now." She looked sad. As if
she missed him even if he did rape her...and had me. "Did you love him?" I wanted to know. Her answer wasn't what I was
expecting. "No, I didn't." She said it with such sadness in her voice that it brought tears to my eyes. I wiped them
away and wrapped my small arms around her. She didn't move. Her body was so cold but I didn't care. I hugged her tighter,
letting my tears flowed onto her dark blouse. "Come, there is much more you need to know."
That was then. 14 years ago. I was young, such a young age to learn about demons and vampires. It's hard to believe that
I am one. I've only heard about stories, scary stories about vampires. Never in my life had I imagined I was one of them.
The cold one....the different one. Mother taught me everything she knows, but yet there is more. But mother died before
she could tell me. She was human, and was very sick. But I do know this much. I am being hunted. Yes, there is a klan out
there who are hunting us...me. They are an organization called 'PAKS'. And they'll do anything they can to get rid of us.