The Secret

The Beginning

My name is Riley and I'm 16. I recently went through a 'change' that was nowhere near normal for the average teenage girl. This is my story. This is my life. Let's start from the beginning.

The night of my 16th birthday, something very strange happened to me. Once my party was over me and a group of friends decided to go camping on my grandpa's ranch. After we set up the camp we talked a while the finally fell asleep. Something made a noise outside of my tent that awoke me from my sleep. As I sat there listening, I heard a comforting voice call out to me.

"Riley." It said, "Come to me." I stumbled out of the tent wearing nothing more than a large, oversized shirt. Not being fully awake my body went towards the voice which spoke again.

"You have nothing to be afraid of anymore. Come into the woods and stop in the clearing then wait for me there." It was a guy's voice that I was hearing. I did as he said.

Once in the clearing not too far from the camp I stood and waited for him to come out of the darkness.

"I'm here." I said softly. The leaves started crunching louder and louder as he walked up behind me. I felt at peace but I didn't know why. He brushed the hair away from my neck with his gentle hand. I started to turn around but he put his hands on my waist and told me not too move.

"I want you to accept my gift. It's a dangerous one but in the hands of the right one it can be a wonderful thing." I didn't know what he meant by a "gift" but by the way he spoke to me I knew that it would all be ok.

"I accept." I said without hesitation.

He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "this will only hurt for a minute." I nodded and he kept his hands on my waist and kissed my neck softly then the pain hit. It hit so hard it brought me to my knees. I grabbed my neck and felt something wet. Blood? I dony remember anything after I looked at my hand.

I opened my eyes and it was light out. Slowly I reached up and touched my neck, it didn't hurt but there was a rough patch of skin where the person from last night kissed it. At first I thought it was a dream so I grabbed my phone and took a picture. There it was, a bite mark. It wasn't bleeding, it was faint, almost like a scar. What did this mean? Why did he bite me? Who was he?

These are questions that I intend to find an answer for.