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Glorious Sunrise#1 

"I love night times!" Eliot exclaimed as her mother came to his bedside one night.

"And what makes you think like that?" Gloria's mother, Jennifer, smiled down at her son.

"I don't know.." Eliot murmured. Then,after a minute of pause, he added. "Maybe I like it because it's quiet at night."

"I don't think so sweetheart. Nights are not as quiet as you might think." Said Gloria, frowning slightly.

"And why is that?" Eliot asked sleepily, rubbing his eyes.

"You will get to know it tomorrow night at bedtime story time." Gloria gave Eliot a hug and went out from the bedroom.

Gloria was wearing a lovely smile until she was with Eliot. However as the door closed, her smile faded and then a look of concern appeared. Then, Gloria stepped near the window and looked out.

"The day after tomorrow..Eliot would have to know it all.."

Never during his 7 years life Eliot knew that he would have to confront the tragedy and horror.

He also did not know that the soil of the graveyard 5miles away from his house, was wiggling and shaking as if something was ready to pop out...

"Not now Eliot!" The next day, Gloria's voice hollered. While she was busy packing mysterious trunks, Eliot was making a fuss for whining to his mother. "But I want to hear it now!" Eliot was neither a nasty nor a nosy boy. Nevertheless he noticed his mothers intricate and busy mood and guessed that it was related to the story which Gloria was due to tell Eliot that night.

"Eliot if you keep whining no story is allowed!" Gloria said flatly.

Stamping his little feet, Eliot went upstairs saying, "I'm going to go to bed mama." 

However Gloria stopped her son. "Uh-uh. You're not going to sleep there for almost a week from now on." 

Eliot tilted his head. "Why not? Where shall I sleep then?" He said.

"At the basement sweetheart." Gloria said looking down at the floor a little.

Eliot hated the basement. Thinking about it gave him goosebumps. So little Eliot said. "No mama no! I don't like it there. Besides my friend Tony said that at the basement there lives a monster!'' 

"Forget about monsters and such for now Eliot. It is necessary for us to stay there darling." said Gloria still packing two trunks, one for herself and one for Eliot. 

Eliot looked up at the clock and asked his mother. "When shall we go down to the basement mama?"

"Very soon. We'll be down there as soon as I finish packing trunks." Gloria answered...

An hour later, Eliot was following his mother down the shabby way to the basement.

Every step they took, the creaking noise followed. Little Eliot gulped and squeezed Gloria's hand.

Finally when the flight or stairs came to an end, Eliot could see a room illuminated by a fluorescent light.

One could tell that the light was almost as red and Eliot was freaked out of that.

Under the fluorescent light, there were two sleeping bags. One was bigger and was Gloria's while another small one was Eliot's.

Eliot wanted to go back upstairs and thought that by any chance his mother would let him go up even for a minute or two when he told something they missed. So Eliot said the first thing popped into his head. "Mama. We don't have a clock down here. Shall I go up and bring one?" 

However, Gloria said. "No darling. That might kill us both. They are very sensitive about sounds. whenever the striking clock makes dang-dang noises..." Gloria stopped suddenly and said again. "Eliot, I want you to listen to me carefully from now on. You must listen to me or else...something terrible might happen." Little Eliot gulped once again and then sat down covering his shaking little body under the sleeping bag. And then Gloria began the story which Eliot desired greatly to listen.

"It happened when you became a year old. You were too young to remember this all.." She began. "This Earth found new creatures..Only legendary ones we thought..They are called 'Dead ones among living ones' and more specifically Vampire or Dracula.." Eliot gasped. Vampire? Dracula? It was too much for 7years old boy to think about yet Gloria continued.

"Last time when those creatures, vampires I mean, appeared, was the first time we discovered them. And it was literally a catastrophe..." then, tears filled Gloria's big, beautiful eyes. "That year..we lost your father..." Eliot was astonished. He had always envied kids with father and used to ponder about his very own father. And now after so many days just thinking and wondering, Eliot knew now that the vampires killed his father. But even before Eliot could ask more to his mother, Gloria began. "They appear after 6 years of sleeping and in the sixth year's June 6th they wake up from the sleep.." Suddenly Eliot interrupted his mother.

"But why doesn't the g..government do something..?" He asked feeling very proud of himself for remembering the word 'government'. "We've tried whatever we could sweetheart...China even blasted a nuclear bomb toward their own country yet that doesn't matter to vampires..!" 

Eliot wanted to ask more and more. He wanted his mother to tell him everything but Gloria said. "It's time for you to go to bed Eliot sweetheart." Gloria kissed goodnight to her little son and stood up again then began to climb up the stairs.

"Where are you going mama?" Asked Eliot feeling very edgy by the fact he might have to spend few minutes alone down at the basement. "I will go up to check once again for closed curtains and locked doors." Said Gloria smiling slightly to her son. 

Then she turned the light off. And Eliot could hear his mother's soft voice telling him, "Dear Eliot things will go just fine if we stay silent.Mama is with you."

Clutching his teddy bear, Eliot drifted off to sleep Thinking about his mother's soft voice.

And the night grew darker......///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

_Written by Eleanor_