"A full moon?! Really? Today of all days...," Damian mumbled, exasperated.
"This is a nightmare! Werewolves are loitering out there! She could get hurt, Damian!" Emily shouted and pacing back and forth while gesturing with her hands.
"Calm down, Emily!" Damian said, raising his voice above Emily's, tried to calm her down.
"She doesn't know what's roaming out there! Who knows what could happen to her! She could get killed and you tell me to calm down?!" Emily freaked out even more.
"Hey… She's my daughter too," Damian said, took her hands in his and looked into her eyes, "You don't think I'm worried? I know she's in danger, but you need to calm down. I'm going to find her, Emily. You stay here, okay?"
She nodded her head. "Be safe, Damian," she said right before he used his vampire speed and ran into the woods.
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Becca was a fast runner. She ran as fast as she could, followed wherever her feet led her to. She didn't know the area around there, but she kept running. She didn't want to stop. Becca was upset and a little bit taken aback by the spanking Damian had given her. She needed to take her mind off things; to calm herself down and the only thing to do that was to run it off.
She ran off until she needed to catch her breath. She looked around and she realized she was in the middle of the woods, surrounded by huge tall trees.
Still with her heavy breath, Becca put her arms around herself. It was very chill out there and Becca regretted that she didn't get her coat on her way out of the house. Speaking of which, she was pretty sure either Damian or Emily or even both were chasing after her and she would get in trouble when she was back in the house, but first, how would she get back to the house?
She didn't know the way back to the house. She didn't even know where she was. Becca was lost and alone and she was a little bit scared because it was getting darker and darker.
A long howl from the distance interrupted her train of thoughts. It made her even more scared. Her whole body was trembling when she heard rustle from behind the trees and bushes.
She took a few steps backwards and her feet stumbled upon the huge roots above the ground and fell on her bum. She winced, but tried to not make any sound.
A huge shadow came on her sights and her eyes widen when a big wolf walked toward her. The wolf was unusually big. Becca realized it wasn't just any wolf, it was like a wolf came out of a movie… A werewolf… She heard about it a lot, but she never thought it was real. She thought it was just some random myth, until she saw it with her own eyes.
The wolf was about four-foot tall, with dark brown fur. His golden eyes twinkled as the light from the full moon shined down on him. He showed his teeth to Becca and she couldn't even let a single breath came out her mouth. She tried to jerk away, but her whole body was petrous.
The wolf kept walking toward her and when he was about to suck his teeth into her soft skin, Becca closed her eyes tightly, didn't want to see whatever that wolf wanted to do to her; most likely to make her as his dinner.
She heard a loud crack, but nothing happened to her body. She was scared to open her eyes, but she was also curious of what happened. Becca slowly opened her eyes, just to find claws of the wolf tore into Damian's shoulder, and he hissed at the pain and shoved up with all of his strength, knocking the wolf off his back.
"Oh my God! Damian!!" Becca shouted hysterically.
"Stay where you are, Rebecca," Damian told her while attacking the wolf down.
The wolf was incredibly fast, but Damian was three times faster. Becca had her jaws dropped. She couldn't believe her eyes.
Damian showed his fangs and tried to tear the wolf with his fangs, but the werewolf attacked him first. Fortunately, Damian could avoid the wolf's bite while Becca watched in horror.
Damian grabbed a sharp stick from the ground and stabbed it down in the werewolf's heart. The stick went into the werewolf's chest causing him to bleed out and collapsed dead to the ground. Damian stood up and approached Becca who stared at him with her big blue eyes, wasn't able to speak.
Damian crouched low in front of Becca and asked, "Are you okay?" He was clearly concern.
"I'm fine, but how could you… Fast… Fangs… Wolf…," Becca couldn't form her words into a coherent sentence.
"I will explain it when we get home. It's dangerous out here, Rebecca," Damian told her.
"But… Your wounds…," Becca trailed off, remembered that the big wolf had attacked Damian.
"These?" Damian asked, showing the wounds on his shoulder, "It's nothing. It will heal in no time."
Becca watched in amazement as the wounds healed rapidly. Damian carried her in his strong arms and sped to the house.
"Whoa! I felt like flying!" Becca exclaimed as Damian put her back on her feet when they reached the living room.
"Becca! Thank God you're okay!" Emily exclaimed and pulled her into a hug, "Did you get hurt? Is anything hurt?" she pulled back the hug and gave her a once over to make sure she was okay.
"I'm fine," Becca assured her. She turned around to look at Damian.
"Thank you for saving my life," she said sincerely and gave him a hug. Damian smiled and hugged her back.
"I wouldn't let anyone or anything hurt you," Damian whispered.
Emily stood beside Damian and asked him, "Did you get hurt?"
"No, Emily. It was just a little wound."
"Don't tell me it's a werewolf bite," Emily said worriedly.
"Well..."
"Oh my God, Damian! You couldn't be serious!"
A smirk played on his face, "I'm just kidding. Don't be too serious."
Emily looked at him in disbelief. "You're a dick," Emily whispered in his ear so that Becca couldn't hear her.
"But you still love me," Damian said and landed a kiss on her lips.
"Eww guys, get a room," Becca made a face that made both Damian and Emily laughed.
"Not funny, guys. But, on a more serious note... I need an explanation. What just happened?" she gestured to direction of the woods.
Emily looked up at her husband, didn't know where to start. Damian looked hesitant as well.
"Well? Is anyone going to answer me? Or you guys just going to stand there staring?" Becca asked.
"Okay, but promise us you won't freak out," Damian said.
Becca rolled her eyes. "Oh, please. What could possibly freak me out more than a bad big wolf out there who tried to eat me alive?" she said.
Damian gave her a solid swat on her already sore bum and Becca winced in pain. "Ow!" Becca complained.
"No rolling eyes," Damian warned her.
"Fine," Becca said, still with a lot of sass.
"Want to drop the attitude or want to get back over my knees so soon?" Damian simply asked.
"Sorry," Becca dropped her gaze to the ground, didn't want to test Damian's patience.
Damian took a deep breath before saying, "We're vampires."
Becca stared at them blankly. The only thing that escaped from her mouth was a 'huh'.
"You're kidding right? This isn't April Fools. It's not funny," Becca said.
Emily shook her head. "No, this is not a joke, Becca. Your dad and I are vampires," Emily told her slowly.
Becca took a few seconds to digest the information, trying to make sense of everything. "We wanted to tell you this earlier, but I had to deal with your attitude first and then you ran away," Damian chirped in, "We are vampires and the wolf who attacked you was a werewolf. They turned really aggressive every full moons."
"This doesn't make any sense… Vampires and werewolves are just myths," Becca said, more like to herself.
"Rebecca… Vampires and werewolves are real, so are witches and other supernatural creatures. You've seen the wolf, you've seen my speed, and you've seen how fast the wound healed on me."
Becca looked at Damian then at Emily then back to Damian again. "Okay, I believe you," she said finally.
"That's it? No argument, no throwing stakes at me, no tantrums, no tons of questions? Wow, you take it a lot better than Emily when she was a human," Damian commented and he got a playful punch on the arm from Emily.
"What? I'm just telling the truth," Damian smirked and winked at her.
"I've seen it all and it was pretty cool," Becca said simply.
"You think you can live with that? Extraordinary things that we do around here?" Emily asked her.
"Sure. Why not," Becca stated and shrugged her shoulders. "This sure would make my life more interesting."
"Rebecca, listen to me very carefully. No one can know about this, okay? We keep our existence a secret. People around here know us as humans, not vampires," Damian said, tried to give her explanation.
"Did you just tell me to lie?" Becca asked mischievously and a smirk played on her lips.
"Yes, but only for this matter. You realize if this information spread to the world, we're gonna be in danger and so does every supernatural creature out there?" Damian told her.
"Becca, you don't know what's out there. Vampire hunters are everywhere and they are really dangerous," Emily added.
"Okay. Just asking," Becca said, put her hands up in surrender.
"But... Just so you know. I won't tolerate any other lies, got it?" Damian said, raising his eyebrows.
Becca nodded her head and turned around about to walk up the stairs.
"Where do you think you're going?" Damian asked her.
"To my room," Becca said innocently, looking over her shoulder at Damian.
"I think you owe us an apology," Damian said.
Becca whirled around and asked innocently, "What did I do?" Damian gave her a warning look.
"Ugh… Fine…," Becca mumbled, "I'm sorry for running away and make you worried."
"Oh, sweetie," Emily said, walked toward her and gave her a hug.
"Am I in trouble?" Becca asked, looking up at Damian when Emily pulled back the hug.
"Surprisingly, you're not, but I don't want a repeat of this. It's dangerous out there. Do you understand, young lady?" Damian said sternly.
"Understood," Becca answered.
"Okay. You can go to your room," Damian told her. With that, Becca turned around and dashed upstairs.
Becca closed the door behind her after she stepped into her room and took a deep breath. This is a terrifying yet exciting beginning, she thought to herself. She just laid down on the bed, replaying the day in her mind until she fell asleep.