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The Lexi Starr Incident
By April Harrington
Thatâs what they called it. The Lexi Starr Incident. You may not believe it, but vampires are real. We all knew it, it was common knowledge. It wasnât an oddity, as people like you like to think. But it had never been this close. Not in Galesburg, Michigan. My name is Lexi Starr. And as you may have guessed, Iâm a vampire. I guess Iâll tell you how it all happened. Might as well.
It was October 15. It was bitterly cold, and windy, but I didnât mind. I liked it. As I was walking home from school with my friend and next door neighbor, Willow, it happened.
âLexi, do you feel like someoneâs watching you? âBecause I do.â Willow said. Maybe I should explain Willow. She was blond, and thin as a rail. A five year old could beat her in a fight. Willow was always paranoid, but I actually did feel like someone was watching me.
âYeah, weird right?â I said. I looked behind us. Sure enough, there were these two odd looking guys wearing black suits following us. âOkay, do they look like stalkers or what?â Suddenly, as we turned onto our deserted street, the men seemed to go faster. The first one was pale as snow and bald. The other was black and really tall.
âOh my god, we have to get away from these weirdoâs, or-âWillow never finished her sentence. The bald guy grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth.
âKeep quiet, and we might let you go. Itâs her we want anyways.â He said.
âMe?â I asked. âWhat do you want with me? Iâm just an oboe playing band geek!â
âYou are one of them.â
âOne of who? The band?â
âStop pretending you donât know.â
âWell, if you enlighten me on this extremely interesting subject, I might know.â
The one who wasnât holding Willow smacked me in the face. âYou are a vampire, Alexandrina Starr. You will come with us, and we will let your friend go. If you come with us, no one will get hurt.â
âYou promise not to hurt Willow?â
âYeah, whatever.â
âThen okay. Letâs go.â The man let go of Willow, who, with a startled look on her face, ran down the street and into her house. And then everything went black.
When I woke up, I was in a bedroom that looked exactly like I would like my bedroom. Punk rock posters all over the walls, purple furniture, a high tech computer, everything. It was perfect, except for one thing. The two men, sitting on chairs, watching me.
âWhat do you want?â I asked them. I was in a bed, and it had dark purple satin sheets, and it was perfect, and I would be happy. Except for obvious reasons, I wasnât.
âWeâll leave you to change into some better clothes. After that, just open your door and come out, and we will be waiting to explain everything. Got it?â
âYeah, whateverâ I said. They left, and I looked inside what must be my new closet. Inside, there were these amazing clothes. I brushed my hair, long and wavy black, and looked at the clothes. I got out a shirt with the band Queen on it, and some ripped black skinny jeans, and some purple high tops. And I was ready. I walked out the door. And the two men were waiting.
We walked down this really long hallway, and out into this huge room with long tables. This place had to be a castle. We sat down at one of the tables.
âAlexandrina Starr, you are a vampire. This place is a branch of Draculaâs Castle. As a vampire, you are a descendant of Dracula. No, your family are not vampires. It doesnât run in the blood line. We choose our own. But you are now a descendant of Dracula. This isnât a school, but you will stay here a while. Now you will meet the people you will be spending time with while you are here. Itâs almost lunch time.â
Just as he said that, I heard the sound of footsteps. Then, a whole bunch of teenagers burst through the double doors of the school. When they saw the two men, they knelt. I stared awkwardly through it all. After they got up, the proceeded to the lunch line. I, naturally, followed, because I was starving.
Thank god, they didnât have blood. That would not have been good. They had fish, so I got some of that, and some Mountain Dew. I sat down at an empty table. After I had been eating for about five minutes, a really hot guy came and sat down next to me. Wow, I thought to myself. You donât see that every day.
âHeyâ he said. âMy nameâs Jackson. Jackson Blane.â Okay, I have to admit, he was hot, but he was, how should I put it, stupid.
âLexi Starrâ I shook his hand. He ate lunch with me. We didnât talk much; he didnât have that much to say. After lunch, I started back to my room. I didnât get very far; some girl stepped in front of me as I walked out the door.
âWhy were you talking to my boyfriend?â
I tried to walk past her, but she blocked me again. âCan you please get out of my way?â
âNot until you answer my question.â
âFine, whatever. He came up to me, and started talking. Got it?â
âI donâ believe you.â
âYou donât have to. Now get out of my way.â
âThis isnât over. Stay away from him, got it?â
âYeah, whatever. Heâs stupid anyways.â And then I walked away, the girl standing open mouthed behind me, staring. Thatâs when I made my decision. I was getting out of here. Because everyone here was crazy.
I spent the rest of the day plotting my escape. I walked around the castle, and found that they didnât have an inch of security. That made escaping easy. As long as they didnât have guards, I was practically free.
And it was easy. I took a bus back to Galesburg. I found I was somewhere on the outskirts of Kalamazoo. And I went home. My mother was crazy with worry. âWhere have you been?!â she asked me. âWhy didnât you come home? I thought you got kidnapped or something!â
And of course, I lied. âI spent the night with Rachel. I thought I told you.â
âMaybe you did, I just forgot. But that doesnât explain why you didnât go to school!â
âI didnât have school today.â And amazingly, she believed me. And so it was over.
I was fine for a couple of days, but then I started feeling weird. Thirsty. I couldnât eat. I couldnât sleep. And then one night, I ate my cat. I just couldnât take it anymore! I was so thirsty. I just opened my door, saw Muffin, and went crazy. Amazingly, I didnât get one drop of blood on the carpet. Mom assumed she ran away. I didnât object.
And it started getting worse. After a month, I couldnât stand it. I went on a rampage. I didnât go to school. I just ran around in a black mask eating everyone in sight. But when the police came and there was no one left in the town, itâs not like I told them I ate them. They believed that an insane killer did it. I became a national celebrity for escaping the killer.
I enjoyed it for a couple of months. But then the people who worked at Draculaâs Castle came for me.
They only sent one person, and amazingly, I beat him. I was super strong ever since I had drunk all that blood. He snuck up on me, and I went all ninja and killed him.
And that was the start of my life as a vampire. Iâm in my old house right now, writing this. This is where I live. No one lives in Galesburg anymore. Theyâre too scared that the killer will come back. After all, they never caught her. (My own private joke.) Iâm afraid that the ghosts of my mother, and my friends, will come back to haunt me. But in a way, I want them to. I canât stand what I did. I guess Iâll just have to wait and see. They might be standing behind me right nowâŠâŠâŠ..
Publication Date: 10-15-2011
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