Night Children: Dark Threats
Chapter Four: 1899
How To Catch An Invisible Man
The new-fallen snow glittered under
the bright moon like the unseen stars above.
The Foresight Coven House had a large front yard, showcasing the snow’s
white beauty
The white blanket seemed
magical. It almost felt to Annabelle
like the snow wasn’t normal.
She ignored the silly thought and
relaxed on the porch swing. A new book
rested on her lap while Charlotte
snuggled under her arm.
“Next year I’ll finally turn
nine.” The child vampire said with
glee. “I’ve been eight for a hundred
years and I can’t wait to be older.” She
tried to make her voice deeper when she said ‘older’ but failed. Ann suppressed a smile.
Memories flooded Annabelle’s
head. She remembered the night she woke
after living a hundred years as an eleven-year-old. Her body hurt and she had to relearn some abilities,
but it was glorious to finally age.
Sure, others would still treat her as a child, but she was slowly
catching up.
As long as Annabelle could
remember, people were amazed at how mature she behaved. Working with her father in his bookbinding
business at a young age helped her mature a little faster.
People assumed she was ignorant, so
she simply worked around that obstacle.
Now, after two hundred years of people looking down on her, she couldn’t
imagine anything else. It simply meant
more opportunities to prove them wrong.
She watched Charlotte beam with enough excitement to
light the world. This little one will
have the same life as Annabelle, resetting expectations with everyone she
meets.
Charlotte continued, “Selina said she’ll
start letting me help with their pranks but Samuel said I’ll still be too
young.”
Her soft voice began to whine, “I
don’t want to wait another hundred years Annabelle. Can’t you tell them I’m old enough?”
“I’m sorry but the last thing I
want is another vampire prankster sneaking around.”
Charlotte’s pale face scrunched up into a
frown. Her cherub cheeks dropped a
little, her tiny mouth curled up and her big eyes pooled like a forlorn
puppy. With her blonde hair in ringlets
framing her angelic face, Charlotte
resembled a sad porcelain doll. “Aw but
I’d be good. I promise not to nail your
coffin shut like they did to Roland.”
Annabelle couldn’t stop a laugh
from escaping. “That was pretty
funny. Listen, I’ll consider it, all
right?”
The child’s eyes lit up like the
moon. “Hurray! I can’t wait to tell the others.” She flew out of Ann’s arms and five feet into
the air. A light giggle escaped her lips
as she sped through the front door, almost clipping Roland’s ear.
“Hey! Why’s she in such a hurry?” He crossed to the wooden banister and leaned
back against it.
“She wants to start pranking once
she Advances.”
He rolled his eyes. “Oh no.
Not another one. The twins have
been tricking me for two hundred years.
I can’t take another one of them.”
She laughed. “The big bad vampire pirate is afraid of a
couple of children?”
“Evil children. Last week they filled my cape with
molasses. Molasses, Annabelle!”
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