Confessions of a Vampire

*sitting down with a human I met a few nights back on a hunt, crossing my legs and getting comfortable. Noting his nervousness with a smirk, asking him what he wishes to know. I chuckle lightly at his request to be told what being vampire is like. Leaning back and lowering my voice as I speak*

Being vampire is the most exciting and boring thing you'll ever become. *Tossing my hair back over my shoulder, I pause a moment before continuing, quickly getting lost in the tale of my kind*

Being trapped in this body, this shell can become a prison of sorts. I've walked the night for 847 years now. This body has served me well at times and been my biggest disadvantage at others.

I came to be during a time when my kind was hidden in shadows. We dared not venture out into society much for fear of being found out. It was a dangerous and exciting time to be vampire. The parties, the grand balls lasted deep into the night. Men and women partook of spirits often and we fed well without ever being suspected.

I was lucky in that my maker took the time to school me in the ways of vampire. Without his guidance I fear I would've been staked or burned very early on. You see I was an impulsive human, used to getting her way. *pauses to watch the breather shifting in his seat*

That often helped when I was hunting. Most men could not resist me when I turned on the charm. We fed well when I put my mind to getting what I wanted, but it also became a hinderance when I was dead set on having the unattainable.

Back then, we were not known for obeying rules. We did as we pleased for the most part. The AVL and Authority are fairly new systems of government in our culture. For the first 400 years of my existence very few rules existed. It was a simpler time. We all knew that too many deaths brought suspicion to our doors. We had excuses for why we weren't seen around town in the daylight hours and we moved frequently to avoid suspicion. *laughs softly to self* There was once a vampire circus that traveled around the countryside to avoid detection.

The humans were used to low life criminal types being among the nomads of their society so any deaths then were simply chalked up to the "circus freaks".

Things remained simple and fun until some of my kind started to wish for the rights that humans had. The newer vampires were missing the world they'd left behind. That's when talk of a governing body started to be tossed about. Next thing you know, the Authority was formed and laws were implemented. Laws we all were subject to. Gone were the days when you answered only to your maker.

Some adapted well, others were not so inclined to follow rules. That is when members of our kind began to become killers. The revolt against the Authority was unorganized and didn't last long. The Authority made examples out of anyone that fought the new world order.

They did not however, stop some of us from becoming rebels and killers. Though I guess that was always going to be the way things went. After the Great Revelation, things got much worse for us. *stops and stares at the human for several long moments*

It seems that members of your kind wish to humanize us and treat us as equals. And it appears that some of my kind wish to be nothing more than glorified humans with fangs. *growls*

We are NOT human. We are vampire and we are natural predators. You are our natural prey. Your kind has made us the killers that we are now. Coming out of the coffin was bad enough, but to humanize us is despicable.

We do not need your protection, or your rights. You are not our equals.

*growls and vamp speeds over to the young man, tearing into his throat before he even knows I've moved. Draining him and destroying any and all evidence that he was ever here.*