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The Monster I’ve Become

Inspired by Falling In Reverse - I’m Not A Vampire Revamped

I’ve written this like a script but I’m open to suggestions, hope you like it!

Can you imagine becoming something so evil without asking for it, learning about what you've become, and realising you can't do anything about it or warn people about the threat you pose because the would destroy you?

The scene is set in 1540 a wealthy man and his wife in their 20's are roaming the grounds of their estate on a sunny day

Ct Oswald: There have been rumours amongst the wealthy that a new count will be arriving from a faraway state soon he's quite controversial in his home

wife: why is that darling?

ct Oswald: apparently he acts quite strange?

wife: that's hardly new there are more than a few strange gentlemen in this country

ct Oswald: no, he's a new strange he's rumored never to be seen eating...drinking or sleeping even by his servant's

wife: well that is peculiar? is he a degenerate?

ct Oswald: actually I've been told he's quite intelligent

wife: what's his name?

ct Oswald: His name is Count Ronald of red ruins

wife: that place? I thought it was to be abandoned to the rebellious decades ago?

ct Oswald:....it was

Count Oswald has a troubled look on his face, his wife is puzzled, they continue walking in their gardens processing the information trying to piece it together

The scene cuts to a few days later, it shows a dock on a stormy day, servants are unloading items off of the ship onto carriages. Some of the servants are talking quietly amongst themselves

servant 1: I'm scared to touch this stuff who knows what might happen to us

servant 2: what do you mean, what's wrong with it?

servant 2: you've heard some of the rumours, haven't you? about the owner of these possessions?

servant 1: yes but we still have a job to do no matter what matter of creature they belong to at least he's not here

servant 2: but he might catch our smell or something, track us down?

servant 1: but we're helping him so why would he want to track us down?

As they are talking the owner of the servants catch them talking

Hugh: Oi you two! you're here to work not to spread rumors that's not why I pay you get back to work!

They finish unloading all of the items off of the boat and onto the carriages which are shown winding down a long road to some gates, The camera pans up and shows a large dark house which are nearby some extremely high cliffs.

The next night a posh carriage drives up to the front door of the house the door is opened and a man gets out he has jet long black hair and wears dark/grey clothing he holds a cane although it is just for aesthetic, his head of servants address him

Margaret: everything has been made ready for your arrival sir, is there anything I can get for you, some dinner perhaps?

The Count keeps his eyes forward

ct Ronald: that won't be necessary

Margaret: yes sir...

He enters the house and dismisses the servants for the night. He explores the mansion and comes to an upstairs balcony at the front of the house and takes a deep breath looking fatigued.

The camera pans behind him to see the town and docks in the far distance.

Ct Ronald: it's still as hard to be around these people as I remember I would almost miss that mount of rock and ruins

His hair lightly blowing in the evening wind. The next day the town is busy as the market day has approached, people are out in the sun as horses are pulling into the square marrying heavy loads and expensive goods from other towns and countries. Groups of women can be seen walking together catching up on the latest gossip

Elizabeth: Ladies did you hear the new Count arrived late last night?

Anne: My servants were talking about it this morning apparently his head of house is quite frightened of him, apparently, he's quite intimidating

Mary: but he is a handsome man it seems I've seen his portraits, his quite enchanting you know

Jane: all these men are the same, rumours spread like fire but they just flirt and try to impress everyone

Elinor: I'm quite curious, whilst I was speaking to the captain of the ship which brought him here, he told me some quite unnerving stories about his origins

Elizabeth: Well don't keep us standing here wondering to ourselves enlighten us.

As the ladies wonder about the new arrival to the town the men are also having similar conversations

henry: this chap seems to be quite different from the usual sort we'd have around here, what do you suppose is wrong with him

Gregory: he could be ill in the head I suppose?

Richard: but not enough to have him committed to an asylum

Eric: but he is a strange man there's no denying, mary and I have seen his portrait I don't know what it is about him but there is something I don't like...something dangerous

Gregory scoffs

Gregory: superstitious as usual my friend, it does you no good to overthink these things

Eric: I have my doubts, but I could be wrong after all I have yet to meet him

The day soon runs into the evening and a gathering is held at a noble's house for the wealthy to come and celebrate the host's son returning from battle. As everyone arrives and talks, the newest arrival to the town is announced.

Servant: The Count Ronald Radke

Everyone looks up at the top of the staircase as the count descends, cane in hand dressed in his finery but still unnerves the whole room without saying a single word. He is approached as he takes in his surroundings.

Countess Isabel: Good Evening count Ronald, please allow me to introduce myself I am countess Isabel Rochester it is a pleasure to meet you

ct Ronald: the pleasure is all mine countess

Isabel: We have long awaited your arrival it has been the news of the town for weeks, you have quite the reputation

Ct Ronald: I've heard about these rumours from distant friends

Isabel: rumours are just words that have neither been confirmed nor denied but they are hard to ignore as I'm sure you are aware?

Ct Ronald: I am, unfortunately, I have built up a number of which before even reaching these shores

Isabel: we all hear stories either from friends who have ferried supplies to your island or rumours from people who dare to go near the so-called cursed place

Ct Ronald: do you believe them?

Isabel: come again?

Ct Ronald: do you believe them? the stories of what occurs on the cursed island of the red ruins, the stories about myself? that I am a dark creature that lures people in only for them to never be seen again?

Isabel: I believe what I see Count Ronald and I have not seen any of the stories that have supposedly occurred near that place nor of yourself.

Ct Ronald: so what do you think of me thus far?

Isabel: I think your an enchanting young man, whose past makes me curious yet I thoroughly enjoy our conversation

Ct Ronald: thank you for your compliments

Isabel: may I introduce you to my friends, they are quite eager to meet you?

Ct Ronald: I would like that

The Count takes a deep breath and still without smiling manages to withstand the scents and same old conversations with most of the people attending the gathering, he has grown used to hearing the same questions repeatedly although this had allowed him to practice a few responses for each question without having to reveal too much.

2 days after the gathering starts to struggle with his hunger and need for the only thing he can consume that will satisfy him, he takes his first victim...a servant girl. He wanders to the servant's quarters 2 floors down. Below the kitchen and cleaning areas.

servant girl: Sir, are you alright, may I help you with anything?

Ct Ronald: I am quite alright just lost in my thoughts I hadn't realised where I was going

Servant girl: may I be allowed to escort you back upstairs?

Ct Ronald: Actually I haven't been able to explore the mansion fully would you give me a tour of your quarters.

The servant girl blushes but acknowledges his request and signals for him to follow her. the go through a series of corridors and arrive at the servant quarters she turns to look at him but before she can say a word he grabs her throat and shoves up against the wall

Ct Ronald: Forgive me

His eyes turn red as he bites her neck, blood dripping down her clothes staining her skin a rich red, she tries to struggle but it's no use she is dead in minutes. He makes sure no one is around and covers her in a blanket and carries her body through a door which leads to servant exit outside, he digs a hole in the bushes, and body is covered with mud. he wipes his mouth and hands and covers his shirt and returns inside.

A few hours after

Margaret: Sir have you seen Greta? she is a servant with brown hair she's gone missing

The count realising this must be the girl he disposed of just hours before

Ct Ronald: No I haven't, please inform me if she is found

Margaret: yes sir

Chapter Two

The days go by slowly and the servants start to get concerned with their master's routine, how he is never seen during the day unless it storms, how he never eats or sleeps yet seems to be nourished. After a few weeks, 3 servant girls have supposedly gone missing their deaths were blamed on common men who were seen with them not long before they died who were getting too close when they were rejected.

Joyce: Sir, there is someone to see you

Ct Ronald: who is it?

Joyce: she says she met you briefly at a gathering a few weeks back

Ct Ronald: send her up

A woman walks into the room it is Countess Isabel.

Isabel: nice to see you again Count

Ct Ronald: you too countess to what pleasure do I owe your visit

Isabel: I haven't been able to stop thinking about you these past few weeks

Ct Ronald: I'm flattered

Isabel: please, tell me about your past life before you arrived here

The count considers whether to lie and have her walk away or to actually tell her what he is and the horrendous things he's done...

Ct Ronald: On the island of the red ruins I arrived there having been forced to stay after being kidnapped from my home as a child, I survived for a whole with the other unfortunate people who were abandoned there

Isabel: I've only heard from ferrymen about the horrors that have occurred on that island, are any of them true?

Ct Ronald: whatever do you mean

He already knew what she was going to ask.

Isabel: Is there a creature who lives in the red ruins who has dwelled there since before it earned its name and reputation, who doesn't eat or sleep who only survives on the blood of mortal men?

Ct Ronald: this...is true

The countess gasps

Isabel: so the stories are true? oh, how awful! how his poor victims must have suffered! have you ever seen him?

Ct Ronald: I did...once I felt sorry for him he was terrifying I followed him after he took a woman while everyone slept...I saw him take her life before she had the chance to scream it sent chills through my core and down my spine I will never forget that night

Isabel: does he still dwell there?

Ct Ronald: He left not long ago, I don't know where though

Isabel: that's terrifying, he must have killed hundreds at least! the reports of the population on the island have been going down rapidly over the last few years although that's not entirely a bad thing

He looks out the window as he listens to what the Countess is saying wondering again why such a creature like himself has been allowed to stay between life and death for so long

Isabel: Does it still linger in your mind? the memories of that place?

He has a confused look on his face

CT Ronald: why the sudden interest in what dwells in my head

Isabel: I've been beginning to suspect for a while now

The count knew what she was thinking a skill he could never be rid of unfortunate for him, he had known what she was thinking since they met, she had been suspicious for a while but now she was certain... he would have to make sure no one else found out but he must be careful on how he did it

CT Ronald: what do you mean countess?

Isabel: I have studied so-called men like you before...the ones that come from your island you see they come here to be examined then burned to see if we could find a way to rid this world of the creature from the red ruins

CT Ronald: and have you found a way?

Isabel: my husband suspected that burning was the only way but our test subjects were already dead so we could never be sure

Ronald knew how he could be destroyed after all he was not the first of his kind to dwell in the red ruins...

There was a creature who had been there for thousands of years, she was the one who made him what he is

Isabel: this was until we found the child of another creature who had previously resided there, our fishermen went near the island although it is illegal for civilians, and the child was unaware it was being watched. it was captured and brought back to our dungeons and the governor tested ways to kill it

All Ronald could do while she told her story was sit in horror...he never knew the woman who turned him had produced a child only that she had died mysteriously which was uncommon for their kind.

CT Ronald: what happened to it?

Isabel: eventually the sun came up after days of storms and rain, the guards on duty saw first hand what happens when sunlight touches a vampire. in fact, the screams were almost enough to make you feel sorry for it but not quite

CT Ronald: that's horrific but unfortunate

Isabel: you mean you feel sorry for it?

He knew he had to make sure she didn't suspect him any more than she already did even though the only way to get a vampire to feel empathy is to let it witness the torture and death of its own kind.

CT Ronald: of course not, but after all, it was only a child and did not deserve to live such a life

Isabel looked at him puzzled she didn't know whether he was who she thought or not there were a few signs but in her years of searching and research of these creatures she had never discovered a vampire that did not feel empathy for the torture of its own kind.

The night was beginning to turn late and the count had to make the decision of whether to let this torturer live or whether to kill her as soon as the chance presented itself

Isabel: it's getting late I should be going, this was an...interesting conversation thank you for speaking with me

CT Ronald: the pleasure was all mine countess

The countess smiled but stood still she and the count stood staring at each other until they rushed to each other embracing a rushed kiss, they hurried to his chambers still embracing each others kiss. taking off each other's clothing as quickly as they could he pushed her down onto his bed her hair unravelling, he stood for a moment taking in every inch of her porcelain skin before leaning back in for the kiss, his tongue slips into her mouth and she accepts. As he stood topless over her as she felt every bit of his chiselled pale chest. As he explored her breasts she wrapped herself around him and maneuvered herself so that he was now the one laying down, a surprised look came across his face.

Ct Ronald: I've never seen that done before?

The count said smirking up at Isabel

Isabel: if you like that you're going to love what I'm planning to do

They continued to kiss passionately as she removed his trousers to show what had been hiding inside she smiled at him, his eyes fixated on her, she mounted him, small moans escaping her mouth as bucked her hips making the count moan with pleasure enjoying every minute it wasn't often he could experience these moments of pure pleasure anymore. He is inside her he closes his eyes feeling everything more intense as a vampire it only increases his enjoyment, for a short while he can forget about everything he has done and what he will do in the future and take in this rare occasion. After what seems like a long time their moans get more intense their breathing gets quicker and more passionate, sweat drips from their naked bodies then he looks up at her knowing what her fate will be, she looks down at him mesmerized his hair laid out behind him, his deep brown eyes staring back at her his strong arms guiding her hips, his veins pulsating through his skin, he moves suddenly by grabbing her legs and wrapping them around his waist and standing up so she is resting on his hips he lay her down in the same spot and increased his speed forcing her to let out a load moan he caressed her breasts as her hands clenched his waist, one hand stays taunting her nipple while another moves down her stomach down to her clitoris teasing it while keeping his speed and rhythm he leans down kissing her slipping his tongue in her mouth they both start to reach climx as their breathing starts to get quicker and quicker as the moans get louder then they both start to throb as she releases letting out a deep breath then he does the same forcing another moan from both of them.

He steps away from her breathing heavily and redressing himself while she calms down her own breathing. Isabel has a puzzled look on her face as she starts to redress herself.

Isabel: don't you want to rest with me?

Count Ronald looks out of his balcony at the night sky, stars gleaming down at him

Ct Ronald: I don't do much sleeping

Isabel: Just as I suspected...

Ct Ronald: excuse me?

Isabel: I had my suspicions about you from the start...ever since I saw you for the first time at the gathering

Ronald stood there in silence realising his secret was out

Ct Ronald: and what do you intend to do with this information?

Isabel: I intended to tell my husband so he can come and arrest you to take you to our dungeons

Ct Ronald: are you going to torture me like the others you've found?

Isabel: if I told you that you'd make a run for it and we can't have that. but I suppose since you already know I might as well stop trying to hide it, I love torturing your kind

Ct RONALD: WHY?.... WHY DO YOU DO IT

Isabel: because you creatures are an abomination! you aren't meant to be in this world you're meant to be in hell!

Ct Ronald: I suppose given your way you'd have me talk a walk in the sunlight?

Isabel: you wouldn't get off that easy, and I'm going to make sure you don't

Isabel storms out of the room and down the corridor, but the count is too fast he catches her dragging her back into the bedroom

Ct Ronald: you didn't really think I'd let you leave with you knowing what I am did you?

Isabel struggles trying to break free of his grasp but its no use his strength outmatches her by miles

Ct Ronald: my existence may not be what I wanted but I'm not dying at the hands of mortals

She tries to scream as he reveals sharp fangs that appear from nowhere but he sinks his teeth into her before she has the chance, as she starts to weaken he pulls back for a moment.

Ct Ronald: Now do you believe the stories? 

Her eyes widen 

Ct Ronald: Everything about the red ruins and creature who lives there is true...ALL OF IT, all the deaths and rumours about the THING who has dwelled there for centuries...it...was all...me....

She tries to scream realising who he really is but he latches onto her neck once again and blood drips down from his mouth as he lays her on the floor her head and neck in his hands, her eyes start to flicker as he drains her of her energy and blood and after only a few seconds her life force disintegrates and she lies lifeless on the floor...

He looks down at his newest kill, the same recurring feeling rising up from inside him...the feeling of disgust and hopelessness.

Ct Ronald: No matter where I go or what I do I always end up doing the same thing over and over...WHY CAN'T I JUST DIE!

Although these moments are not a rare thing he must continue to find ways to survive without being discovered for a vampires death is far worse than their existence

Ct Ronald: How do I make sure this doesn't come back to me? I need to get rid of you first

He takes the countesses body to the same graves he has put the bodies of the servant's girls and some other village people who didn't really have many connections, this way there would be less suspicion when they went missing.

After the body was disposed of he shapeshifted into Isabel, something he could not do for very long, and found Margaret

Ct Ronald: The count has told me to inform you he wants to see no one for the rest of the evening, he needs some time to himself

Margaret: thank you, ma'am, it was nice of you to visit

The count having done this a few times no longer felt nervous to pretend to be his victims anymore, as long as his secret was kept safe he didn't much care what lengths he had to go to. To ensure he covered his tracks completely he also made sure that Isabel's husband Count Bayard (a rather large man) saw her enter their estate and as soon as he got the opportunity he would leave for the morning was soon to arrive.

Chapter 3 coming soon!!