Daria



Imagine... the moon is high, the sky is dark... You walk into an alley, and then, suddenly, you are grabbed and dragged away into the shadows. A sudden pain enters your neck, and then you are drained away into odd pleasure. The history of vampires is more than just blood.

Vampires appear to have originated from the Greeks, Indians, and Christians. They date back as far as the 1800's, some believe, but originally as far back as 5000 BC, and it is said Jesus had helped one. The 1600's, the days of the sudden "outbreak." Vampires were known all over Europe and in the U.S. and have been feared. Scientists now know that most of these accused vampires were really mere mortals who were diagnosed with tuberculosis. The common way to kill a vampire in this era was to drive a stake into their "hearts," another way was to shove a brick or stone into their mouth to prevent them from waking up and to feed, according to a book written in the late 1600's. Colonists said signs of the undead waking up were the bulging of their bellies. This was really caused by the expansion of organs in their body. Another sign was blood trailing at the corner of the mouth, really was because the person died shortly after eating--about an hour tops before death. Vampires are based on true and untrue facts -- legends. When you hear the word "vampire," you really think about a bloodsucking demon from the depths of Hell, or perhaps Dracula. The word "vampire" means much more than drinking blood from a human or animal for life energy. It means beings of the preternatural, beings with inferior psychological powers and strengths, beings who stalk the night, in search of prey. Beings whose natural enemies are the werewolves, or lycans (lycanthropes). Beings who claimed werewolves as slaves.

Blood feuds between werewolves and vampires have been believed to have lasted for a very long time. According to the movie //Twilight//, werewolves and vampires have been fighting for centuries. In //Underworld//, it is believed they have fought and are cursed to fight for all of eternity. A true part in history, in the Dacian War, the Dacian vampires had betrayed the werewolves, in which were their servants, and has become an unforgivable act that has doomed them to become eternal enemies.

While Hollywood has made you believe that the way to become a Vampire is through a bite with another Vampire, the actual way most believe you become a Vampire is through sharing blood. A Vampire would cut a vein through their arm as you cut a vein in //your// arm. Then let the blood flow into each other's system. It seems that Hollywood is not always right about myths and legends.

It seems the reason we humans like Vampires so much is that we believe the thrill of immortality is intriguing. We believe immortality will be fun for us--to never grow old, never wrinkle--but in truth, a Vampire would tell you, "You are wrong." Immortality tends to grow old and very lonesome. Watch your loved ones die while you live for centuries. Perhaps humans are just naive.

Imagine... the moon is high, the sky is dark. This is the truth about Vampires.