Pure accident XD it's meant as innocent, though I can imagine the people who were being chased being terrified lmao

If I were her, I'd just surrender myself to the heroes. Show I'm not a threat, explain myself. Even beg them to keep me away from villains. I was actually thinking of making a story like that myself, but I've done plenty of surrender stories before lol. Still, an idea for a part 2?

Citizens and heroes alike see me as dangerous and avoid me. Villains want to recruit and train me. That isn't the life I want. I made a home in a cave in the woods. I may not be a hero, but I can at least use my powers to protect travellers. And what, my friend, could my power possibly be?

De-skin.

Focusing my eyes on a living being, I can, without being near it, force the skin to peel away. I wish I could be a proper hero, but understandably, people fear me.

So I make the best of my abilities, saving people from being attacked, providing shelter. It's humble, peaceful, meaningful and rewarding. I would trade this life to be a typical hero... but otherwise, I wouldn't trade this life for the world.

Ah, ok. But I maintain that the woman in the image LOOKS evil :P

Shame... I was going to use the woman as a villain for the story lol

Is Maria evil? That woman looks so evil XD

This is brilliant! Justice is SO weak and pathetic lol! "HEY! NO FAIR!" Like, how old is he, five?

Didn't realise English wasn't your main language, I thought it happened just because you had one too many drinks XD considering that you managed to learn another language AT ALL, ESPECIALLY one with no consistent rules, I'll let the grammar slide (as I said I'm not normally that person anyway lol). Btw let me know when part 2 is up!

Looking forward to part 2! Since you were a bit drunk writing this, I'll gently point out that there are a few mistakes in the writing... I'm not normally that person, but normally people aren't tipsy XD anyway, good story and, as I said, I look forward to part 2!

New one on me. I just imagined that vampires can control how they feed: kill the victim, turn the victim or just drain the victim. In fact, before this subreddit, I just assumed a vampire biting you turned you!

Then you're on the wrong subreddit. Plain and simple, you are. The only thing that kept me from saying anything originally was the fact I was EXPECTING a sequel so you COULD fulfil the prompt.

Even if that's the case, the other guy was trying to give you helpful advice and I feel you were being rude and disrespectful in return. I feel the same way as them, and your attitude was just uncalled for.

I've heard a good rule that commas allow for a quick breath, full stops a proper breath. No human could read that sentence without needing a quick breath.

The prompt mentioned a deal. You ended with 'a vampire has infiltrated'. I know prompts are a guide, I've seen it myself where my prompts weren't answered to the letter, and I've also done it myself. But you missed the key part of the prompt - the deal. If someone says 'village', it doesn't literally mean a village, but you can't choose the middle of a forest!

Until you posted the sequel, they were right, the story didn't follow the prompt. I only knew a sequel was coming because without the sequel, this just wasn't reflecting the prompt.

And now the sequel is out :) I knew he was planning a sequel, otherwise I would have said something haha

Expanded!

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[Due to the popularity of this story - thanks for the silver btw - I'm expanding it]

It's been several months since the vampires arrived. Of course it's not been a smooth transition, especially when a vampire begins to get out of hand, but everyone has done their best to make it work.

Over the months, there had been a lot of development. Every day there would be more supplies; every day treasures and trinkets would be recovered. Some of the vampires decided that we needed more space and began constructing a wall outside the wall. The hope for everyone is that is we keep building and building, we can reclaim the whole planet.

It's not just the zombies that are now the norm - the vampires being here has had HUGE cultural impacts. Night jobs have been taken over by the vampires, allowing humans to be awake during the day and asleep at night. It's also become a daily routine for the vampires to feed, often taking from us at night to try to avoid causing pain.

But even bigger, is the fact that at some point, humans and vampires started sleeping together. At first both sides considered it taboo, but when the lovers refused to stick to social norms, it was decided that it's better to allow it to happen; in fact, vampire-human marriages are officially allowed!

We've also managed to build a small prison area. Not for actual criminals - anyone causing trouble just gets chucked back out if they don't behave - but for the safety of the vampires. I mean, when a vampire hunter seeks sanctuary in a place filled with vampires, what are we gonna do? That really did catch us off-guard. It happened about two months after the vampires arrived...

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"HELP! HELP! I'VE BEEN FOUND!" I rushed outside; one of the vampires, Fester, had already opened the gate. I pulled the man in, and the door was shut just before the zombies made it.

"Are you ok, sir?"

"Yeah, thanks you tw- WHAT THE HELL?" I looked at Fester, and realised that the man likely didn't know that the vampires were friendly.

"Oh, yeah, humans and vampires live together here. It's an agreement we have - they deal with the zombies and gather useful things, and they can feed on us."

"YOU EXPECT ME TO TRUST THEM???" The man pulled out what looked like a specialised weapon, which caused Fester to cower behind me.

"Sir, permission to turn him? He's a hunter!" he whispered to me.

"I got this" I whispered back. I cleared my throat. "Sir, drop your weapons, all of them! I won't allow ANYONE here to come to harm!"

"THEN WHY ARE THOSE MONSTERS HERE?" At that moment, a zombie made it over the wall. Fester automatically began running at it, but I grabbed his arm.

"Leave it. We'll retreat inside. Let this brave, strong man with a specialised weapon handle it." Fester grinned and nodded, and we began to run away.

"WAIT!" The hunter called. "I... I can't stop these things! Please help!"

I turned around. "Fester can help... but you just threatened to kill him!"

"Alright, I'm sorry, I won't harm anyone, including vampires!" I gave fester a nod, and he quickly took care of the zombie. Once he was done, he stared the hunter down, causing him to freeze. "Li- listen, please, I-"

"That energy to save you made me hungry." Fester approached him, putting an arm around his shoulders, and whispered "This will be over quickly." With that, Fester bit the hunter's neck. The hunter flinched, but he couldn't move. When fester was done, he patted his shoulder. "See? Was that so bad?"

After the ordeal, a meeting was held, and a unanimous vote decided that, from now on, any human or vampire seeking safety must be locked up for a period of time, to prevent any more trouble like that.

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And it's proven really useful. I take a visit to the 'prison', which is currently holding three beings: a teenage boy who definitely would have tried to kill the vampires - this whole thing is a game to him; a barely adult girl who seems ok with the vampires, but precautions; and a vampire, who was so hungry and desperate that the moment we granted safety to him, he tried to forcefully bite a young boy. It took three of his own to stop him. I'm here now to talk to each of them, starting with the vampire.

"Hello, sir." He looks up.

"Please... I'm sorry, I was rash... I'm so hungry..."

"I'm not ready to let you out yet... but, I suppose if you promise to stay put, I can let you feed on me." He nods. I open the door and step in. I feel his cold arm wrap around me. I close my eyes, then the sensation of being bit and drained takes place. He finishes, and looking so much better already, he wipes his mouth. He begins to leave, but appears to suddenly remember the promise he made and sits back down where he was.

"Thank you." He smiles at me and I smile back.

"No problem. I'll look into your release." I shut the cell door behind me and look at the boy, who seems baffled.

"Why did you let him bite you? He's a bad guy!"

"...Yep, you're staying put." Lastly, I turn to the girl. As usual, she greets me with a smile and a wave.

"You can use me next time, I don't mind" she says. I grin as I shake my head.

"I really wish I didn't have to put you in here, even temporarily." I unlock the door and allow her to leave. It's obvious she's relieved and ecstatic, but damn if she isn't trying to hide it! "Come on, let your feelings out!"

She looks at me, then instantly starts crying, a huge smile on her face, as she hugs me saying "THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH!" That gets a chuckle out of both me and the vampire.

"Geez, don't tempt me into breaking out!" he says.

"Sorry" the girl says, walking to his cell. "But I meant it earlier: if you get hungry again, I'll help."

"Appreciated. Maybe tonight? It's still early morning and I get hungry quickly..."

"I'll be here" she responds, before we both exit the building. As we do, I notice a woman, who seems VERY angry. Behind her is a very chill lad.

"Are you the manager? Tell this idiot employee to let me go!"

I roll my eyes. "Chuck her back out. She won't change. You! Come over." The woman is dragged kicking and screaming, while the boy just stares with indifference.

"I won't miss her as a mum. It was explained to us two that it's protocol, but she didn't care. Just don't hold me too long please, I go stir crazy quickly..."

I smile as I put a hand on his shoulder. "With your attitude regarding everything, you'll be fine." He gets taken in, and I appreciate one of the few times I can enjoy the sounds of zombies feasting.

I'll take that as a request haha

Thank you so much!

Glad you liked it :)