On the Vampire (From the original unfinished work To Chill the Bone)

In today's culture, the vampire or vampyre as it is sometimes spelled, has become something else entirely. In Transylvania, terrified villagers spent centuries in fear of the undead ghasts; now however, the vampire has become objectified, albeit in a different manner. Modern interpretations of vampires are terribly inaccurate. In some vampires are considered "attractive." I however would find it a major disadvantage if my significant other, upon viewing me, would attempt to drain my blood. Perhaps there is some sort of asthetic pleasentry in having a parter who, when kissing you, misses, hits your jugular and drains you like a glass. True vampires, according to centuries of vampire lore, have numerous weaknesses. Among these disadvantages are sunlight, silver, mirrors, garlic, miscellaneous religious artifacts, sharpened wood stakes, and other assorted items, including the wolf-man. According to legend, even a person whose blood has been drained once by a vampire cannot wear a cross, be near garlic, or even be exposed to the rays of the sun. This creation is called a "pseudo-vampire." It seems to me that a supposed "vampire" or even "pseudo-vampire" would be a tremendous inhbibitor to romanticism. "Oh yes dear, let us take a long walk upon the beach," one could say, and mere seconds into the moment the poor vampire would be no more than a pile of ash. I would take it as an issue, if whilst dancing at a ball, my dance partner had no reflection. I would run like mad.

It is the duty of a vampire, whose powers include enhanced charisma, hypnotic sight, transmutation, flight, and enhanced speed and agility, to create more of its kind. In order to do so a person's blood must be drained thrice over three consecutive nights. If it is, on the fourth day the person will die and on the fifth day shall rise a vampire. The newly created vampire is under exclusive control of the vampire who created it. If the creating vampire is killed, after 1 week the vampire will regain some sense of self and then set about to create more of itself in the manner of its predecessor. This can prove to be a problem as vampires are immortal to a certain extent.  However it is fairly easy to destroy a vampire (one cannot "kill" a vampire as it is impossible to kill those already dead.) A vampire can be destroyed through the use of silver, a wooden stake, or a religious artifact. All one must do is go to the vampires lair in the daytime, as they are asleep, and plunge said object be it a stake, a piece of silver (it is easier to use a silver stake), or a religious artifact and plunge it through the heart of the vampire.