I turned around, as I neared the cemetry to visit my Mother, who had died a year ago, from lung cancer. I came to visit her grave every other month. I couldn't see anyone as daylight was beginning to turn to night. Even though I couldn't see anyone or anything just vehicles driving past on the road, I sensed a presence around me.
"Oh, Wolfie, I wish you were here," I said quietly, as my heart pounded.
I turned and hurried into the graveyard and quickly found my Mother's gravestone covered with flowers.
Sylvia Jones
1960 - 2011
Beloved wife and mother.
I knelt down and planted a red rose amongst the other flowers. I stared down at her grave. My bottom lip began to quiver, as my eyes filled up with tears and then they flowed down my cheeks. I heard a twig snap from behind and my head snapped round.
But there was no one there.
I quickly got to my feet and scanned frantically around at the spooky gravestones; willow trees, brown and orange leaves on the ground that had fallen from the other trees. My heart pounded in my chest.
Suddenly, someone appeared from behind a tree. A man. A tall, thin, pale young man, with a gaunt handsome face. His hair was blonde and slicked back from his face.
"Hello, my pretty," he said, smiling.
I walked backwards as he started walking towards me. I jumped in terror, as he appeared at my side and his long, bony, cold fingers touched my shoulders.
"Please! Leave me alone!" I cried.
He chuckled and grinned at me and my eyes widened in horror as I saw his vampire fangs grow.
"I have to say, my pretty, you have a lovely neck," he said, stroking the side of my neck and I felt how cold he was.
My body trembled with fright as the vampire was about to bite into my neck.
"Let her go!" roared a deep, masculine voice.
Both the vampire and I looked up and my heart fluttered with happiness.
"Wolfie!" I cried with relief.
"It's OK now, Jasmine. I'm here now," Wolfie said.
His eyes shone with warmth towards me and then they turned yellow and hard, towards the vampire. "Let her go now, you two hundred year-old leech, before I tear you apart!"
The vampire dropped me to the ground and got to his feet.
I clambered to my feet and leaned back against the trunk of the willow.