…something in my DVD collection. I had a couple of large storage racks filled with DVD and Blu-Ray movies.
The one that caught my attention, however, was my copy of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” I really liked in the
movie how Dracula was depicted. His powers seemed to be almost endless. He could change his form and he was
both highly persuasive and seductive. He was also something of a more tragic figure rather than someone who
was purely evil.
I quickly realized that I wanted to have that sort of power. I was also wanted to spend some time on the dark
side, so to speak. So without hesitating any further I made my wish. I wished that I was a vampire who had
the ability to shape shift into any form that I desired. I wished that I would have an enormously high level
of persuasion on any person that I wished to have. I wished that I could seduce any person I so wished. But
I also wished that I was not affected by sunlight and that I wouldn’t need to sleep in a coffin or in dirt or
anything like that.
Once I finished my wish I felt a gagging sensation in my throat. I tried to swallow it away but this only
made the feeling worse. I quickly realized that I was choking. I couldn’t do anything to stop it. I
desperately gasped for air but it was all to no avail. I collapsed on my bed and felt the breath leave my
body. Everything went dark.
Suddenly I took a huge, gasping breath as my lungs resumed their purpose. The light returned to my eyes and I
could see clearly again. I began to make out the shapes of my room. I felt my breathing return to normal and
I sat up. It didn’t seem as though any time had passed. I couldn’t tell if anything was different. Then I
looked toward my television. It was off so it reflected back as if it was a mirror. I gazed at it and saw
that there was no reflection of myself. I ran into the bathroom and again I was greeted with no reflection.
I decided this wouldn’t be something I’d want to be seen by any other person. So I wished that I was able to
cast a reflection. My mirror image rematerialized in its proper place. I tried to see if anything was
different about my appearance. I looked the same from what I could see. Then I opened my mouth in order to
see my teeth. Sure enough there were two long, sharp, vampire fangs in plain sight. After the slight initial
shock of seeing them, I found that I loved the image they cast. They made me look menacing and frightening.
I smiled wickedly at the thought of using them.
But I came to another realization. Just as I didn’t want to risk someone seeing no reflection, I didn’t want
someone to see these fangs. Even if they thought it was a gag or a costume, I didn’t want to attract unwanted
attention. So I wished that my fangs would appear only when I wanted to use them. They slowly shrank out of
sight.
I thought about some other aspects of typical vampire lore. I needed to eliminate any possible complications.
So I wished that I was immune to such things that supposedly affect vampires, like garlic, holy water and
crucifixes. I even wished that I couldn’t be affected by a stake through the heart. I decided that I'd
covered enough for now.