The Vampire Blog by Pete Johnson

Author:Pete Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781407076270
Publisher: RHCP

CHAPTER TEN

Friday 19 October

9.45 a.m.

Sorry, blog, not to have been in contact any earlier. But so much has happened to me since my last correspondence – at the top of that tree.

I sat up in the tree for ages and ages, actually. I still had a really bad case of the gripes. But that’s all. I hadn’t crumbled away to dust or anything. So that was a bit of good news, I suppose. And feeling surprisingly cheerful, I finally clambered down the tree and decided to stagger home.

The mist seemed to hang over everything now. In fact, I thought if I stood still long enough it would start wrapping itself over me. So I stumbled forward, not quite sure where I was going.

The woods were deathly quiet too, as if everything had gone into a trance. But through the mist I could hear the odd noise like birds rustling and shifting about in the trees.

And then I heard something else: the sound of a human crunching their way through all the dead leaves. Was it Joel checking I was all right? Or had my parents come looking for me? No, they hadn’t a clue where I was, unless Joel had told them. Of course it could be Joel and my parents, all searching for me together.

But somehow I didn’t think it was. It was someone else. I tried to move faster. But the quicker I ran, the sicker I felt. Then quite suddenly I tripped over something – couldn’t see what it was – and went sprawling onto the ground.

A bird rose into the air with a sharp, warning cry. It sounded quite near me too. I decided to swallow my pride, ring my parents and tell them I was lost in the woods. I mean, how pathetic is that? I sounded about three. But I was ill and could hardly walk and I felt something edging closer to me. Something that filled me with fear, even if I didn’t know who or what it was.

I needed reinforcements urgently.

So I fumbled about in my pocket for my mobile. Where was it? I was still searching for it when I heard the whisper of a wing right above my head. It must be a very inquisitive bird, I thought, come to see this strange creature lying on the ground.

But then I felt something touch my neck. It didn’t feel like teeth or anything though. No, it was like being suddenly hit by a dart.

A poison dart.

Something started burning into my neck, while everything around me began slipping away. It was as if a black tide of sleep was rushing up my body. ‘Help …’ I managed to cry out. ‘Help.’

The black tide was speeding up my chest towards my neck now. Then, just as it was clutching at my throat, I saw someone: I could hardly make them out at all – it was just the startling red eyes I noticed and a horrible sour smell. Then I must have passed out.

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