A Life of Thirst
Zoe Ho, Group 3: Fiction, Korean International School
n autumn of 1812, a group of 12 Canadian tourists visited the Great Wall of China. They went there in the
dead of night for a hike.
“
It’s getting late, we should go back,” the ginger haired girl squeaked.
“
Yea, I agree,” the long, blacked hair girl replied.
Then one of the tourists, who had blond hair, spotted a light few miles away and shouted, “Guys,
wait!! There’s something over there. Let’s go check it out first!!” Without waiting for his friends, he started
walking towards the light. All his friends had no choice but to follow him.
When they got closer and closer, they can see drips of fresh blood on the floor.
They looked each other with panic in their eyes and then kept following the trail of blood. However the trail of
blood end after the tourists walked for about 5 minutes. They were about to turn around and walk back to where
they come from, when suddenly, there were shadows running around them. When the shadows stopped running
and stood still, the tourists can see them more clearly. There were five of them. All of them has eyes as black as
ink, lips as red as blood, skin as white as snow. All of them were very pretty, so pretty that it makes them looked
creepy. All males were dressed in black T-shirts and jeans and females dressed in black sleeveless shirts and
short skirts. Three of them looked about 17 years old and the rest looked about 22 years old. One of the male
who looked about 22 years old stepped forward and said, “Hello, tourists of the Great Wall of China. We hoped
the trail of the blood we put there made you have a good walk.”
“
Who… who are you??” one of the tourists asked.
“
My name is Peter. And these are my friends: Leo, Thalia, Edward. And she is our leader: Hazel. We are
vampires.”
As soon as the tourists heard the word vampire, their faces turned as white as ash. Some of them started to
turn around and tried to run away through spaces between 2 vampires. But the vampires were fast, they stood in
front of them immediately and grabbed them by the neck, then hit their head on the floor with such strong power
even the floor cracked. Only the 17 year old female vampire, Hazel, stood still and didn’t move. One of the
tourists who got hit by Peter tried to stand up, but Peter kept holding him down.
Finally Hazel started to speak, “Peter, we can’t be mean to our guests. Release him,” Peter obeyed. Then
Hazel started walking towards the tourist, she put her finger on his lips and said “Shh… its ok. It will be quick.
You won’t feel a thing.” After that, she held the tourist’s head up, found a spot on his neck, and put her sharp
teeth through the skin and into the blood vessels. Then she started sucking the blood, gently at first, but sucking
quicker and quicker. All the tourists who were still alive watched in horror as Hazel sucked the blood of their
friend. Some of them tried to leave, but the vampires stopped them all.
Finally, Hazel finished drinking the blood. She looked up, looking satisfied, and said, “Hmm… that was a
really good meal.” Then she looked at her vampire friends and said, “I’ve got my dinner already, the rest are all
yours.” With that, all the vampires started sucking blood from all of the tourists. Soon after, the vampires
finished their dinner; they all stood beside Hazel and then stared coldly at the dead tourists.
The tourists started to change. First, their bite marks on their necks started to close very quickly on their
own. Then their skin began to turn as white as snow, their cracked lips became as red as blood. One by one, the
tourists opened their eyes; they were all as black as ink. Then Hazel stepped forward, with a creepy smile on her
face and said, “Welcome to the vampire world.”
In the winter of 1912, the Great Wall was covered in pure white snow. It made the Great Wall look like
the most beautiful place in the world, no one was there expect a group of 17 tourists visiting the Great Wall of
China.
It was crisp winters evening, the sun had almost set. It was very cold at that time, all the tourists were
arguing whether to continue walking or if they should leave. Suddenly a wolf howl came from the left side and
one of the tourist screamed, “Let’s get out of here.” All tourists agreed this time. However when they turned
back to the way they came from, a wolf jumped out from the brushes at the side of the Great Wall and landed in
front of them. Then one by one, more wolves stood behind the first wolf. They were a lot bigger in size than
normal wolves and have eyes that are silver, like the full moon. They all have different colour fur, some have
dark brown, some have light brown, and some have black. The tourists stared at them in horror. But that was not
the end; the wolves have started to change. Their eyes and ears got smaller and smaller. Their fur also grew
shorter. And they started to stand on two feet. They didn’t stop changing until all of them became human.
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