Author: Zeynep Bakırcıoğlu (14 years old)
Translator: Mehmet Akif Acar (14 years old)
I am in the school garden, and shouting sounds are coming from outside again. People are shouting and yelling at the school principal. The school personnel tried so much to stop people that he had no strength left. I hate him. A no, not the school. I hate the garden. Of why did we come outdoors?
- It was a terrible idea to go outdoors, Layla. I can't stand these sounds
- I already brought you for you to hear the sounds, Nathaniel.
- Do you want to maltreat me, then let me give you the happy news. I can't stand this outcry anymore!
- No, I don't have a plan like torturing you only I want to tell you that they don't shout in vain.
- I also know this, but we can't do anything.
Oh, pardon me. You entered the development part of the event. By the way, I am Nathaniel. Let me tell you the whole story.
Actually, everything started 100 years ago...
Once upon a time, we vampires and humans were living apart. An illness happened among us, namely vampires, afterward. The name of the disease was "Bat Virus". This virus led most vampires to die. That's why exalted Count Dracula (he is our first vampire brother) gave an order. They were going to go to the world of humans. And were going to breed by marrying humans. By this, our tradition started. Every year in June, tests were made for the children who turned eight. If they were humans, they would continue to their normal lives. But if they were vampires, they would go to the "Vampirezone" school, which is where we are just now. And learn the rules of vampires.
I remember my selection day like it was yesterday. They brought me to a pitch-black room. They first tested if my skin was burning in sunlight. Later on, they tested if I had a frailty in human blood. And I turned out to be a vampire. Just like my mother and brother. They took me to school too. But of course, I was visiting my family. The medicine they were giving was decreasing my frailty to human blood.
But things have changed after 100 years. The grandson of Count Dracula ordered vampires to split off from humans. Of course, most vampires and humans objected to this. They wanted to see their family. But Dracula's grandson was as obstinate as him. He strictly denied it.
That's why people were shouting in front of the door. Because our principal is the grandson of Dracula. And vampires are so angry at him. The dialogue you read above is the dialogue between me and my friend before I made trouble. Yes, I might have mixed things up.
That day, I couldn't resist not seeing my father and my small brother, and I escaped the school in twilight. Even though it was hard I succussed escaping from the walls that looked like The Great Wall Of China. And returned back to the world of humans. Of course, they found me and brought me back, but they learned that I escaped once now. Everyone who misses their family tried to escape after me. In the end, Dracula's grandson couldn't resist and removed the ban. But he put a restriction, nobody was going to know who was human and who was a vampire. Everybody's identity was going to remain secret. Nobody objected. In this way, a new period started for humans and vampires.
As you understand, your mother, father, brother, or your nearest friend may be a vampire, or maybe even you... There are vampires among us!