Katrina

• Jessica Walker, Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2011

Katrina
I squeezed past the vampires skipping class and jogged down a flight of stairs. I was late for class because this morning I had found a guy covered in blood on the side of the road. Of course I didn’t leave him there, I rang an ambulance and waited till they were there but they told me I couldn’t see him for a couple of hours anyway.
Now, I was at school running late for class and replaying the scary moment I saw him unconscious just this morning.
I dodged the werewolves at the bottom of the flight of stairs and ran to room A1 which was an underground level.
Miss G had already started teaching our witchcraft class so I opened the door as quietly as I could but sighed when I realized Casey had saved me a seat right up the front. My footsteps gave me away and the teacher spun around. “Katrina, I’ve been waiting for you. I didn’t know if you were going to turn up. I was hoping you would show Mr Grey around today” Miss G asked with a smile. She was a good teacher and I didn’t mind her but this is the second new student she has asked me to show around in only a couple of days and the last one was a psycho who had tried to kill someone.
I nodded and took a seat in between Casey and Mr Grey. “Where have you been?” Casey asked not worried since last week I was late because I saved a bird. “I saw a guy unconscious on the side of the road so I stopped and called an ambulance” I explained. Her brown eyes went massive and her mouth fell open. “What happened to him?” She shrieked way too loudly and the whole class turned and stared. I smiled awkwardly before turning back to talk to her. “I don’t know. I’ll see him tonight” I whispered. She nodded and I suddenly remembered Mr Grey was sitting next to me. I turned to face him. “Sorry, crazy morning. “What’s your name?” I asked him. He had dark hair like the last one but he had gorgeous green eyes. “My name is Harley Grey” he said with a cute smile. “I’m Molly” I looked over to see Molly leaning over the table to shake hands with Harley. She was pretty, mean, wore her dress way to short and had a face full of makeup but the two seemed to get along since they talked the whole lesson.
It wasn’t till I was walking home; I realized why the vampire, Molly, had taken such a liking to Harley.

It was dark but the moon glowed in the sky. “Where did she say she was going to show him?” I said as I stopped walking. “The forest because Molly said it was pretty at night” Casey answered. “She is going to kill him” I shrieked and I took off towards to the forest.