Alaskan Vampires

A Chapter by Tina Kline

Ann meets another Alaskan Vampire.

Winter had set in, the time of freezing cold temperatures and snow. Lots of snow. It was Ann’s first winter in Coldfoot Alaska with her family: Eddie, Tyler and Justin. The two teenage boys were getting their full enjoyment out of their six huskies and two dog sleds. Tyler and Justin had become quite good at dog sledding. But they all kept to themselves, only going to Coldfoot when they had to, which was rare. Ann and Eddie mainly spent time around humans when they needed to feed or when they needed to buy human food for Tyler and Justin or when they needed other things for personal use and household things. Once Tyler and Justin reached 18 years of age they’d become vampires and human contact would mainly be for feeding and household items since Tyler and Justin then would no longer need human food.

Ann woke from her sleep and sat up in bed. She could hear a wild windstorm crashing outside the cabin. In the distance, over the winds raging roar, she could hear wolves howling and closer the huskies howling in response. Ann smiled, such a pretty sound. She got up and went to the large picture window of the bedroom and pushed back the heavy drapes and then raised the blinds. On the other side of the glass the snow swirled in all kinds of little and big vortexes which splattered against the glass causing soft little wet sounds and flew about in all kinds of crazy patterns. Despite the storm Ann would still need to hunt. The blood thirst could not be ignored or denied.

Ann turned to look at Eddie who had not wakened yet. She always woke before him and he always fell asleep a little before dawn, always before her. She dressed first in insulated underwear, then put on jeans and a heavy sweatshirt and over that she put on heavy insulated clothes to keep out the cold. Even vampires could have difficulties with the subzero temperatures this far north.

Ann was taking no chances; no risks that she might be caught out in the open when day came because the cold weakened her ability to move or fly or both. Even with the heavy cloud cover a storm brings, day light still could be hazardous to a vampire’s life. A storm could be quick to arrive and just as quick to leave, but why take chances?

Once dressed she left her and Eddie’s bedroom. She could hear Tyler and Justin breathing the deep breathing of sleep. Ann stepped outside and shot straight up through the storm, rising higher and higher until she shot out of its top most layers into a clear night sky blazing with the shifting and hissing curtains of the Aurora Borealis. It crackled and hissed as it moved back and forth in the night sky, as if it was being blown by the solar winds. Its purples; blues and reds were dazzling in their brilliance and reflected off the top cloud layer of the snowstorm. Beautiful, Ann thought.

She hardly noticed the half moon or the stars with this display before her. She flew through the winter air seeking some lonely little clusters of humans or only one or two humans. She didn’t feel like going to a town or city this night. After leaving behind the storm she found a cluster of humans. What ever they were doing didn’t matter to Ann. She did think briefly they looked like they might be scientists or university people studying something out here in the wilds of Alaska. No matter, she fed off several of them while they slept, thus leaving none dead. As she left their little camp and made ready to launch back into the night air Ann heard something.

Someone was coming, another vampire!

Ann sped away from the camp some distance and came to a halt and turned to wait for the vampire to catch up to her. In less than a minute the vampire was standing before her.

The vampire was female, looking to have been in her late twenties or early thirties when she had been turned. She had long black hair, greenish eyes and was on the plump curvy side, which only enhanced her attractiveness. She was dressed similar to how Ann was, to protect herself from the punishing subzero temperatures.

“Hello.” The vampire greeted. “I am Sara.”

Ann looked her over, deciding if she wanted to be friendly or not. She didn’t sense any danger from this vampire.

“I am Ann.”

“I sensed you nearby so I wanted to introduce myself. You don’t live around here. I’ve never seen nor sensed you before.” said Sara.

“No, I don’t. I hunt far from where I live.”

“But close to where other vampires live.”

“I sensed no vampires close to the humans I fed upon.” said Ann. “Besides, I left none dead to cause any problem.”

“Forgive me.” said Sara. “I spoke wrongly. I meant no harm and, no, myself and my clan are not living close enough to this location to have had any problems by you or any other vampire feeding.” She paused. “I came to greet you, to extend the hand of friendship to you.”

Ann looked at Sara; a little surprised at hearing this. “Are there many in your clan?”

“No. Only four of us.”

“As with me.” said Ann. She didn’t feel comfortable enough to admit 2 were mortal teenage boys.

“We should get together. Become friends.” suggested Sara.

Ann smiled slightly, “That sounds nice.”

“That’s good. We vampires in Alaska are spread out so far apart we are rather isolated, unlike in the lower 48.”

“Sometimes I think that’s good.”

“It can be but not always. We can’t come to each other’s aid in times of trouble. We should support each other better.”

That sounds good in theory, Ann thought, but in reality vampires could be very territorial.

“Yes, having support and help would be good.” agreed Ann.

Sara moved through the snow, almost gliding over it, drawing closer to Ann. “Let’s agree to meet, you and I first, and make plans. See if we could work out a friendship between our two clans.”

“Okay.” agreed Ann. “How about in a month we meet here again. By then we’ll have had time to talk to our clans and think on it. If one of us, or both, wish not to continue with this, we don’t show.”

Sara smiled, showing her fangs. “That’s a splendid idea.” She would have clapped her hands together if she weren’t wearing such thick gloves.

“Okay.” said Ann. “I must get back to my clan. Perhaps we’ll see each other in a month to this day. Goodbye Sara.” Ann launched up into the Aurora Borealis blazing night sky.

“Bye Ann. Until 30 days!” called Sara.

As Ann headed home, flying back toward the raging snowstorm still holding over Coldfoot she wondered about Sara. Thirty days to consider whether to befriend her and her clan or not. She’d think about it a while on her own before saying anything to Eddie.

Ann had at last, finally, met one of the many Alaskan Vampires.

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