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Nine days pass and I follow the spells instructions to the tee. I finally hang the ribbon over my bed at the very hour I finished the spell. When I come out and walk into the dinning room Jada hollers at me “Raven would you hurry up Mom and Dad will be here any minute for dinner and you still haven’t set the table.” I run into the kitchen and grab the plates and silver ware and cups then go into the dinning room and set the table. Jada and I were just finishing setting the table when the door bell rang. Jada just nodded her head toward the door for me to go and answer it so I went and opened the door. “Hi mom hi dad. We are so glad you decided to have dinner with us. Jada made her specialty and my favorite, Spaghetti.” Mom and dad come in give me hugs and head into the dinning room they give Jada hugs and kisses. Then we all sit down and eat and have small talk. About an hour later they left. As Jada and I clean the kitchen I turn to her and say “you know they never have been much for spending time when I am here. You are definitely there favorite.” Jada just looks sadly at me and says “Raven they love all of us equally. You know they just treat me differently because of the medical condition I have. Hell it’s the only reason you live with me instead of us living on our own. All of you are afraid I will be alone when I have a seizure and wind up hurting myself. But the fact that you would give up your personal privacy just to make sure I am ok you know makes you my favorite.” I just cry a little and hug her because I know she is right. Once we finished cleaning the kitchen she went back to work on her computer and I decided to got to bed. Once again falling asleep to ‘I knew I loved you’ by Savage Garden.

Now this is where everything really began. The ninth night. The night the dream started.

I am sitting in my room its the middle of winter and I have my window cracked so I can feel this crisp winter air. I am writing in my journal. I finally finish I get up and close the window, turn off the light and crawl into bed. I'm woken up by a very cold breeze. I sit up in my bed and press my back against the head board. I look around the room. I see that my window is wide open. I try to focus so I can see the rest of my room. I suddenly realize that someone is standing by the foot of my bed between me and my bedroom door. I start to scream but before I can he is by my side with his hand over my mouth. I look into his eyes and no longer wish to scream. He drops his hand and smiles. I see his fangs glisten in the moonlight. I know I should be scared but all I want to do is offer him my throat. He gently caresses my cheek. I feel as though I know him. My soul knows him. I offer him my throat but he doesn't take it. He kisses my lips softly and then whispers in my ear. Not yet your not ready just yet. But one day when I come I will take you with me. Then just as suddenly as he entered he was gone.

I wake shivering from the cold. I look around me frantically and realize that it was just a dream. But it felt so real my skin still had chill bumps. I shook my head and decided to get some milk. As I walk into the kitchen I notice the light in the living room is still on. Forgetting about my milk I go into the living room and Jada is sitting in her chair with her hand to her forehead and her laptop on the floor. I rush to her side and drop to my knees frantically asking “Jada are you ok?” Jada looks up at me a little dazed then faintly smiles. “Oh Raven yes dear I’m fine just a little break through seizure nothing to worry about. Hell it’s the first one this year. The first one in a year so I am doing better.” I smile at her and say “Jada I think its time you went to bed you are over working yourself. I mean damn its three o’clock in the morning and your still working.” She laughs softly and stand with my assistance I walk her to her bedroom and stand at the door as she gets into bed. “Now promise me Jada you’ll get some sleep don’t be getting back up to work ok.” Jada laughs softly “yes mother”. We both laugh and I turn the light out as I leave the room. I pick up her laptop and set it on the table beside her chair. I go back into the kitchen and fix myself the glass of milk I got up for in the first place. As I sit at the small table in the kitchen I think about the dream. What could it possibly mean? It felt so real but it couldn’t be a prophetic dream. I mean how could it. No I’m sure it was just wishful thinking. After all I have always been infatuated with the vampire mythology and this was supposed to be the night my true love appeared. I guess the spell failed and I was just making a dream to help sooth my disappointment. I rinse the cup out and set it in the sink and go back to bed.

That was a strange year. I had that dream every night none stop. Jada met a man on the internet and started dating. Our eldest sister Rachael Sue was the first to meet Jada’s new man and amazingly she liked him. Rachael never liked any of Jada’s boyfriends, neither did I for that matter, but she liked him. Later that month she passed away. That was a hard time for all of us. But I have to say it was the hardest for Jada. Mainly because her and Rachael were finally starting to get along and become close again. But the year wasn’t all bad for her Marcus her boyfriend proposed to her and Jada of course accepted. I haven’t been happier for my sister. He is the perfect man for her.

This is a story about life, love, and death. And its my story. My name is Raven Ó Gallchobhair and I am a vampire. I shall start this story at the beginning where all stories should start. It begins in the year 2002.

It’s the middle of winter and the air is crisp and cold. I look up and see the clear night sky full of stars and the full moon. I walk to my altar and kneel in front of it. I say a quick prayer to the God and the Goddess.

I reach for the 4 red ribbons for my spell and place them on top of each other, making sure the ends are matching. As I tie a knot starting in the center of each ribbon working outward on each side I start to recite the spell.



With knot of one, this loves begun

With knot of two, love shines through

With knot of three, love comes to me

With knot of four, my heart will soar

With knot of five, this spells alive

With knot of six, the love is fixed

With knot of seven, by blood and kin

this spell is cast and love will come in

Force and form attend to me

as I will, so mote it be



I then thread a bell on each end of the ribbon bunch. I attach a lock of my hair and drop of my perfume saying,



The breath of Goddess sparks the flame

True love lives and knows my name.



I now tie the ribbon around my wrist and it shall stay there for 7 nights. I also must remember to Repeat The Breath of the Goddess 7 times. Then once the eight night comes I hang them over my bed and if I did the spell right my love should appear on the ninth night.

Once I have finished my spell I turn and glance back at the house. I see that the lights are on in the living room. Which means my sister is home. I start to clean and put my altar back in order as I hear the door open. “Raven what are you doing out here get back inside before you catch a cold!” my sister yells from the back door. “Girl you are half naked in nothing but a shear robe have you lost your damn mind what if someone sees you walking around like that and it sure as hell can’t be keeping you warm! Get your ass inside!” I look at my sister Jada and simply shake my head and smile. “Well Jada you should be glad I even have the robe on because the spell I just did actually called for me to be sky clad.” Jada just laughs and says “thank the gods and goddess you have some sense.” I finish gathering my things and walk into the house and as usual Jada has a nice roaring fire going in the fire place.

Jada wraps a blanket around my shoulders and asks “So what and who was the spell for this time?” I look at her a little sheepishly, “Well actually the spell was to bring my true love to me.” Jada looks a little shocked but smiles and says “you mean to tell me for once you are doing a spell to find love for yourself instead of for someone else’s love life. I am amazed.” “Well hell Jada you know how I feel about doing spells for self gain and besides my love spells have helped many a lonely and troubled soul. You know how I feel about helping people find true love. It gives me hope that maybe one day I’ll actually be able to find true love for myself.” She looks at me and smiles sadly and softly says “I know Raven and one day you will find the love you so long to have. But don’t try to hurry it because if you do you might get hurt to often in the process.” I just smile and go to my room to put my things away. When I come back out into the living room I sit down on the over stuffed black velvet chair (my favorite chair and piece of furniture in the house) and wrap up in a blanket. Jada hands me a cup of her hot herbal tea and brushes my hair back. Then looks at me and says “drink up it will sooth you.” I slowly sip the delicious tea and look over at her “Sis you always have a gift with making delicious tea.” She smiles sweetly and goes back to her work on her laptop.

I finish the tea and start getting sleepy so I get up give Jada a hug and say “goodnight sissy I’m going to bed sweet dreams.” She looks up from her work yawns and says “Good night Raven. I still have a lot of work to do but I’ll see you in the morning.” I walk down the hall to my bedroom and turn my CD player on. I put in my favorite mixed CD and fall asleep to ‘I knew I loved you’ by Savage Garden.

“Raven. Raven wake up. Raven its time to get up for work.” I hear Jada’s voice and grumble. I grumpily ask “What time is it?” Jada laughs and says “its seven in the morning and time to get up and get ready for work” I throw the covers off stretch and get up. “Damn I hate day jobs! Hey Jada when are you going to talk to your boss about giving me a night shift.” She just laughs and says “Raven just get ready.” I get up and get start getting ready for work. While I am in the shower Jada popped her head in the bathroom and said “hurry up Raven your going to be late.” I grumble under my breath about damn day jobs and how I hate being up this damn early. I get out of the shower quickly fix my hair and make-up and get dressed. “Alright Jada I’m ready. But I’m still saying that you should talk to your boss about switching me to night shift.”