• Dear Diary,
    Let me introduce myself. My name is Hope, but I believe I should have been called misery. The world, I once believed was a wonderful place. Full of adventures and mystery. What a bunch of BS! It all started a year ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was Halloween, and like every Halloween my mother, father, and younger brother, Jacob went trick or treating around our neighborhood. Jacob, who was only four was dressed in a bear outfit, and I was a mime. We were getting loads of candy! It was seven at night and the sun was gone and the moon glistened our suburban neighborhood. My family and I were about to go home when their was a scream heard. Everyone stopped and I mean everyone. This scream was not a horrific scream, but a blood-thirsty scream. The vampires awoken. No one knows why or how but it didn’t matter. My family were about to run to our car when the whole power went out. You could not see your hand in front of your face. Tension and fear was heavenly in the air. We grabbed each other’s hand and ran to the nearest house. Jacob’s little hand grasped tightly to my hand. I can still feel how clammy it was. When we were running we could hear the screams of those being torn apart and we knew that if we did not get in a house soon we were done for. That is when I felt a quick breeze swept by me. I heard a shriek and my heart dropped. I could no longer feel Jacob’s hand. My baby bear was gone forever. I cried and my parents soon learned what happened. We all wanted to stop and search but we knew that if we did we would have Jacob’s fate too. We made it to a house and barged inside. Since we did not know that the creatures were vampires we just hid and hoped for the best. The house was vacant and we hid in the basement and cuddled each other. Everyone was crying for Jacob. I felt the worst. I should have held him tighter or maybe I should have carried him. It was too late though. I had no more Jacob. I had no more soul. Morning came and the creatures were gone. A sigh of relief until we got outside. Bodies everywhere. Each had two teeth marks to the neck and all lost much of their blood. It was horrific. I could not bear it and went inside. The police came and my family and I were questioned, but they knew we were innocent and grieving for a loss. They released us and we went home to prepare for my brother’s funeral and it was all long night. The news reported about the vampires and how to take precautions. It did not matter to me. I wanted to die, but I could not let my family grieve another loss. I kept a reason to live. To kill the bastards who killed Jacob and restore peace to my soul. That’s why I have you. To keep my thoughts and hopes privately so I don’t have to hold onto them anymore. If I’m going to have justice I need no mercy. They did not give humans or Jacob mercy so why should I. This world is not the same anymore, but I’m going to restore it once again. I’m going to have my revenge.