The Vampire He Is (Vinnie Hacker)

Vinnie

This is the only way to kill her.

Walking into my old house brought back tons of memories and emotions. I was trying my best not to break down in front of Sarah even though she didn't come into the house with me. After the whole incident with Josh, it was pretty awkward for both of us. I looked around the house, dropping over old frames and broken furniture. The house reeked of dead rats, and I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible. I walked into my dad's room. His bed had collected dust and spider webs. Above his bed, on the wall, hung a photo frame, covered in dust and spiderwebs. It was a picture of my parents and Klaus and me. I took it off the wall and wiped off the dust with my hand, smiling at the picture. Who would have thought that forty years later, I'd come back to this house as an orphan who also happened to be a vampire?

There was something behind the frame. I flipped it over, and a loose piece of paper fell out. I recognised the handwriting as my dad's. "By the time you see this, I will be long gone. However, I had to let you know this. I am sorry for lying to you about Sheila's death; I just wanted you, boys, to look up to me. Sheila can be killed, but it requires her to turn into a hybrid, activating her werewolf side as well; only then can she be killed. I am writing this because I know that, like my sons, you will be wise enough to come here looking for answers, and while my journal has been burnt with me as I instructed Klaus, I hope this letter will be of some use. Sheila needs to drink the blood of her descendant for her werewolf side to get activated. Once that is done, you have to stake her with the wood from the old tree in this forest, laced in wolfsbane. It has to go through her heart; if not, she cannot be killed. This is the only way to kill her. I have faith in you, my sons. Lots of love, your father."

Reading his letter made me realise the danger we were putting ourselves into. The fact that my father knew to trust Klaus and me was a huge deal, and I swore not to let him down. I kept the letter with me and proudly walked out of the house; finally, we had gotten proof that Sheila could be killed.

I held out the letter to show Sarah, but when I walked out, she was on the phone, not paying attention to the fact that I'd just had a breakthrough. She seemed tense when she hung up. "Hey, is everything alright?" I asked her. She nodded in response, even though it wasn't convincing enough. I told her about the letter, which seemed to cheer her up a bit; it gave us hope. 

  "We have to head over to Alyssa's to discuss what we found," she stated, and I nodded. She held on to me as I sped off to Alyssa's. We were the last ones to arrive. 

  "We found nothing in the library," Louis stated. Kiara and Alyssa chimed in. "My dad found something," Kiara started. We gathered around her as she pulled out a document on her phone. "Sheila gave birth to a girl named Sarah. She then had a daughter. Unfortunately, she and her husband passed away in an accident a week after her daughter was born. A while later, she was adopted and moved out of here. That's all the information we have."

  We were now looking for Sheila's granddaughter, who was no longer living in Janesville; that was easy; I'm sarcastic. "How are we going to find her?" Klaus asked. "No idea," Alyssa responded. In an attempt to cheer everyone up, I brought up the letter I'd found. 

  "What good would that do? We still need Sheila's granddaughter to turn her into a hybrid," Dylan reminded, and I hung my head. I didn't realise that. "Hey, my parents need me home, so I'm going to head out. Good luck, guys!" Sarah said, slightly upset. Was that why she seemed down earlier at my place? I offered to drop her off, but she refused. We were just outside Alyssa's room when she pulled me into a hug. It was unexpected, but it felt good. I hugged her back, wrapping my arms around her lower back and resting my chin on her head. When she pulled away, I noticed her cheeks were bright red, but I couldn't blame her; I was blushing too. She walked off, and I went into Alyssa's room, trying my best to hide my grin.