The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

THE CHRONICLES OF VLADIMIR TOD

By Haley Chesley

T H E C H R O N I C L E S O F V L A D I M I R T O D

Today sucked. Then again it was one of the best experiences of my life. I stayed out late with Otis again tonight, against Nelly’s wishes. Otis has taught me to feel the presence of other Vampires. He’s getting a little suspicious though, and I can tell he fears me. He honestly thinks I’m the Pravus, and I’m beginning to believe him. After all, I did see him when I felt his presence, which is supposed to be impossible. And then there was that time last year when Joss stabbed me through the heart with a stake, and I didn’t die. It’s actually kind of scary. I feel like the whole weight of the world rests on my shoulders, which it probably does. That was the good part of the day. The bad part is that Otis is leaving me tomorrow. How I wish I could persuade him to stay with me!! But no matter what I say, even when I said how much Nelly would miss him, he won’t stay. Maybe things will change tomorrow.

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Man, I hate Eddie. Today was the first day of High School, and Eddie got a new camera over the summer. Guess what that means? Now he’s been following me around everywhere and taking pictures of me every chance he gets! He’s really getting on my last nerve! Then again, I get to see Meredith. Man I love that girl. She’s so pretty and sweet! I feel like I don’t deserve to have a girlfriend as good as she is. I’m sad we don’t have any classes together, and Henry doesn’t have any classes with me either! I’m glad Meredith doesn’t share health class with me though; the things we learn about in there are embarrassing and gross. So I guess that overall the first day of school was okay. But then that leads me to Otis. Gosh he just can’t stop lecturing me about what fresh blood tastes like! He’d rather me feed from the source, instead of plastic bags. And to make things worse, he wants me to move to Paris! He says that there’s a group of Vampires that live there, and there are human donors. These donors know about vampires, and volunteer their blood for these Vampires to feed on. I’d have to leave Nelly though, and there’s absolutely no way that I will. Especially since Otis is leaving, I feel like I need to protect her. But Otis says if I stay here much longer, she might become my food source, and so would Meredith. I wouldn’t let that happen, no matter how much more I’ve been thirsting for blood. Otis left after that. Not before he had dinner, and I helped him pack, but he still left. Could my life get any worse?

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Today was Matthew’s Halloween Party. I was having a pretty good time, until I got home. Meredith had us dress up as Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Bride of Frankenstein. Before Meredith came over and as I was getting ready, I talked with Henry. I don’t know what his problem is lately! He chose not to go to Matthew’s party, and you won’t believe the reason why. You see, he’s always had an easy time getting a girl. But it seems that now that I have Meredith, he wants Meredith’s friend, Melissa, to go out with him, and she just won’t do it. I wish he would just come; we would have had a great time. Never mind, I had a great time anyways, with Meredith. I swear she just gets cuter every day. As it turns out, I was one of only a handful of guys that dressed up. It was a little embarrassing, until I caught Melissa’s date, Mike, sulking, and kind of glaring at me. It turns out he was envious of my costume, so that made me feel better. When Meredith and I got back to my house later this evening, she stopped on the front porch, and kissed me. It was the most wonderful experience of my life! That is, until Nelly called out to me. I jerked back and realized that my mouth was open, and my fangs had come out. I had almost killed Meredith. Nelly sent Meredith home, and just as she was about to start lecturing me, I quickly explained how bad I felt anyways, which is true, and she let it go. Maybe I should go to Paris after all.

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Why do I have to be the Pravus? I just got attacked by a Vampire named Ignatius, who serves Elysia. He’s going to kill me. I was just walking home when he stopped me, by reading my mind. He then showed me his Sacred Name Tattoo, on his wrist. He demanded that I show mine, and I did. He wouldn’t tell me who he was, so I started walking away, but that’s when he grabbed me by the throat, and threw me across the sidewalk, and before I could recover, he had used his Vampire speed and grabbed me again. He threw me again, this time against a tree, and the breath was knocked out of me. But before I could get up, Ignatius was grabbing me by the throat once more, choking me. I pulled at his hands, and by some miracle got them free of my throat. I then twisted his hand backwards, watching the surprise on his face. Then, as soon as I had let go of his hand, he pulled out his dagger and was about to stab me in the side, but just before he did, I picked him up and flung him several yards, just as he had done to me. He slid to a stop positioned like a cat waiting to attack, and sprang forward at me, but I punched him hard in the chest, which knocked him backwards onto the pavement. I then used my Vampire speed to get to him, and I kicked him hard in the ribs, feeling them crack from the force of the blow. Ignatius then fled to a nearby car, which I then sped to and grabbed him by the front of his shirt. But just as I was about to punch him, the first rays of sun for the morning peeked out, and Ignatius howled in pain, and then fled. I proceeded to run home, and here I am now. There’s no point in trying to fool myself, I am being hunted.

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Today was a great day. Henry had told me a few months ago that he didn’t want to be my drudge anymore, but now he’s changed his mind. I’m so relieved I could cry! I’ve always enjoyed Henry being my friend, and that we always had each other’s backs. He said that he had really wanted to be released, but he also wanted to see if I would really release him. I’m still angry about this whole ordeal, but what can I say? I have my friend back, and in this moment I’m probably the happiest Vampire in the world. I’ll have him as my Drudge forever, and that’s all that matters. I wonder how things will turn out though, things still aren’t all better, I just hope neither of us dies.