Ancient Love - A Supernatural Tale CH 1

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INTRO: All he wants is to find true love, but will it be his demise?

Eric V. Tepes was your average teenager, except for the fact that he is 117 years old. As a human-vampire hybrid, finding true love isn't easy.  Until after meeting his 'Angel' Yasmine his life now feels complete. As their relationship continues to blossom, could it be in danger? Secrets are kept from them as they face problems within the supernatural world. These problems they will have to face as one to help prove that their love is meant to be. As history brings along Ancient trouble... they will fight until the end to be together but will it tear them apart or strengthen their love?

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A hybrid who only wishes to find true love, but will this desire he longs for be his demise? 

Love is all I ever wanted in life. All my life I've searched for the right girl, but none have ever come my way. Being alive for 100 years would make it harder too. Eric Vlad Tepes...that's me, a hybrid boy some would call me because I have a dark history about my birth. I'm a human, but I'm also a vampire thanks to my Dad, Drac Tepes, but hey, it was true love that brought me here and I have no problem with that. I hope that can be me someday, finding true love is my dream I so truly wish for.

I use, to live back in Romania with my Mom and Dad for almost 99 years. When my Mom passed away from old age; my Dad didn't take it so well. He started becoming his old legend again, Dracula, he killed the innocent in our town thinking he would never get caught, but he did. So, we had to leave Romania because of the high order of the Vampire King, he's basically in charge of all vampires of every race, he's so high and mighty that nobody knows his real name except his servants. So, we just call him King or Maxwell.

The Vampire King wanted peace with all humans -even if we didn't exist to them- he still wanted no activity from us at all. He wanted all vampires to stay in the shadows, so he sent me and my Dad to Forest Hills, Michigan in the United States. So my Dad could get help and start over again with his new life. This rule was for all supernatural's around the world, no human should ever know we exist and live in their world. We live in a condo surrounded by tall trees with a city right up the street. While two blocks down was my high school Forest Hill High; a cool simple school where I had many friends. This would be my 100th year attending H.S. because I got my immortality at 17. It's a cycle I must repeat until I know I can trust my Dad to live on his own again.

Helping my Dad with this new process wasn't easy, but as days go by he is slowly getting better. To help him we no longer feed on bad human beings, we now feed on animals to satisfy our blood lust. My Dad wasn't around much when I was a child it was just me and my Mom...so it asks the question: why would I even help him recover from his mistakes? It's because I feel bad for him, and for losing his one true love, and having to deal with this problem all alone, so for now I will help him for as long as it takes. Even if it means having to repeat high school over and over again until he gets better. I never imagined all this change could take place in just one year, so for now I go to school, hang with friends, and work part-time as well as going night hiking with my Dad. Change is hard, but it's for my Dad so it's worth it. But what I saw last night while hiking is a change I'll never forget, something that would lead to an epic change in my life that would be described as ancient.

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It was Friday, June 15, 2015, in the afternoon and I was attending my last class of the day; gym class. This class was a fun experience every day, except for the part where some days I 'accidentally' use my special abilities (even though I shouldn't) while running the track outside. Some people thought it was cool how fast I could run, but others thought differently. This is fine with me, I've always been the oddball in school ever since I came here in the spring of my sophomore year. I mean who would become friends with a guy who's 6 ft. tall, has mild- pale skin, along with blue eyes and long black hair, and loves the emo style. That's right...this is me and I wouldn't change a thing. Finally, the bell had rung and it was time to go home and stay home forever- in my book- because it was finally summer vacation (yahoo, I've say every time since 1915). I was walking home with my friends Zoe and Zac (who were twins) and Beck. We were all friends because of our so common personality and dress styles which, consist of wearing some leather and combat boots. As we walked through the city we chatted about summer break and all our plans we planned to do.

"Well if you guys know me I plan to..." I said proudly until I was cut off.

"Work and hike and sleep" joked Zoe, Zac, and Beck.

"Ha ha...very funny guys" I said while laughing along.

"But it's true man, you always do the same thing every summer since you became friends with us. Don't you do anything with your family or maybe that punk girl you work with at your high and mighty job?" explained Zac.

"Hey I'm a complicated dude and for a family time let's just say me and my Dad love to spend time together at night than hanging around in the sun." I answered with a smirk. Both the twins rolled their eyes as Beck said "You never answered the girl part Mr. Smirks-Sir-Lot".

"Oh, would you look at the time I got to run...have a fun break guys!" I said while running down the street. "PUNK!!!" they all screamed as I ran away.

I arrived at T.G.I Friday's where I have worked part-time for almost a year since my sophomore summer vacation. As I walked in the door, there she was my Angel with Dark Wings and her name was Yasmine; the girl my friends were bragging about just minutes ago. She has been working here for almost two years, so when I joined she was able to show me the ropes. She loved the punk rock style and combat boots as much as me; she was an average height girl and had tan color skin and amber color eyes with brown short hair always covered with a knitted hat so only her bangs would show. All of this is what hit our friendship off great...that connection I felt as I got to know her was nothing I never felt before, and I believe she felt it too. One day Yasmine even confessed to me about a week ago, and I accepted them with open arms, but I was never able to tell her how I felt too because our boss interrupted us and told us to 'GET BACK TO WORK!'. But now here we are on a Friday working the night shift with a full moon shining on us. Yasmine and I talked while we were cleaning the tables so we could close the restaurant for the night. "So how was your last day of school Yaz?" I said as I cleaned.

"Boring as usual...besides the part where I hanged with my friends...so besides that." Yasmine said while cleaning the dishes.

"Well, at least we can see each other all day through the summer now while dealing with these snot-nose customers." I said smirking.

"Yeah, it will be great. Especially with the boss here 24/7, its paradise." Yaz said, sarcastically. We both laughed while still cleaning up until we finished and locked it down.

It was 10:00 p.m. and I was walking Yaz home as usual while holding hands. She looks at me with those beautiful amber eyes that glowed as the moon shined on us.

"So, Mr. Big Man... you got any big date plans for us in our summertime fun" she asked as she bashfully blinked her eyes pretending to be one of the girly girls.

"Hmm, how about a camping trip that includes watching the night stars, rock climbing, and a movie on my tablet. Hey, it can't all be a naturist." I said smiling.

"Fine with me as long as I'm out in the forest with you and the wildlife...it's the perfect date to me" Yaz answered. She always was a nature person which is why she moved here; living in an apartment -right next to the forest- all by herself with her Grandma paying the rent, which is so cool in my book. As we enter her block we said our goodbyes as I kissed her on the forehead, she's a girl who tries not to show her emotions but I could tell she was happy when I did it and I was happy too.

I was finally home and ready to go night hiking with my Dad, but he left a note on the fridge saying he had to work the all-night shift and would be home in the morning. Seeing my Dad come home in the morning always cracked me up. When he would either have an umbrella over him or sometimes even a huge sun hat. Good thing for me because I'm a hybrid and could go out in the sun and eat human food too, while he couldn't. He's probably used to it, considering he's been alive for over 500 years. So I dropped my book bag on my bed and changed into my running shoes and headed out to hunt. The moon glowed brightly that night as I ran, dodge, and jump through the forest. I spotted a deer and attacked it with one swipe draining all of its blood until it was lying dead; even after that, I was still craving blood. As I hunted for another animal to help fill the tank, I smelled something delightful in the air. A hint of vanilla which was so sweet and savory, then any other vanilla I've ever smelt before. I used my sight to pinpoint the location of the target and saw it was a wolf, but it smelled different from all the rest, so I ran after the scent. Running as fast as the Flash I reached the peak of a mountain where I saw a big majestic wolf. Considering the size, I guessed it was a werewolf, which didn't shock me because there were supernatural beings all around me back in Romania, even here too. But, what shocked me was its smell because normally a werewolf would have a daisy smell and vampires would smell like roses (I know weird right). I gazed at it from behind a rock on the mountain, it was beautiful from it black wavy fur to its amber glowing eyes, all I saw was a beauty, as it stared at the full moon. Then all of a sudden I saw the wolf change right before my eyes into a teenage girl. As I stared, I accidentally kicked a pebble and the mysterious girl turned around...and I couldn't believe my eyes the mysterious werewolf was... Yasmine.

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"Yasmine!" I said shocked. She turned around in a stunning motion muttering "Eric what are you...did you see...I mean-".

"I never expected you to be a werewolf, but man I'm I shocked" I said smirking.

"Listen, Eric, you didn't see anything! Do you understand me!?" Yasmine screamed.

"Wait, you don't have to hide your secret from me because I'm a-". Before I could finish my sentence an earthquake struck the peak of the mountain. For some reason always in Michigan, an earthquake happens out of nowhere, and this one was the most dangerous of them all. A crack began to form under Yasmine's feet as the peak of the mountain began to fall. Yasmine began to fall with the mountain as my other side took over and I dived to save her.

BOOM. The rock side had fallen to the ground, crashing into pieces. Luckily for me, we were both safe and sound in a tall pine tree, looking at the damage the mountainside had done. I held Yaz in my arms as we both were looking down and she asked "How did you...I mean that was amaz-". She stopped talking once she stared at me seeing my glowing blue eyes and sharp fangs descending from my mouth.

"Vampire...you're a vampire" stated Yasmine. She began to smirk at me and with the full moons light on us, I couldn't help but wonder what she would think of me now. Then by accident, we both ended up saying "We need to talk!" We looked at each other smiling knowing greatly we had something new to talk about rather than our average discussions. 

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