My name is Mi'kha, and this is my story.
This story starts right after I moved to Forks, Washington.
Moved, again to another town, another school, new people, a new life.
the new girl- though girl is not really the right term- and always a curiosity.
I should be used to being 'the weird one' by now, but somehow it still sometimes catches me off guard.
Maybe this time, I'll finally be accepted...
Before I start, I should tell you a little something about me.
I was born some time in the 1650's -that means I'm about 359 years old- in sixteenth century London.
The strange thing about me -you know there had to be a catch- is that I was born AFTER my mother was infected by
vampire venom.
When the transformation was complete, her hart stopped.
But mine didn't.
And so she gave birth to me as a half vampire- half human child.
The pain of endangering me was unbearable for her.
I still, to this day remember the look on her face when she left me on the doorstep of a plain looking cottage,
just outside the barriers of London.
It looked fragile and had once been painted a bright shade of white, whith a crooked, dark wooden roof.
There were no glass windows, just sterdy looking shutters.
the little garden all around the little house was almost overgrown with herbs of all sorts and plants I didn't recognise.
Yes I said recognise, because I was more develloped than any average new born.
The woman opening the door was of an elderly age, at least that's what I thought by her appearance.
She had dark grey hair with obvious traces of the ebony black it had once been, tied up in a bun at the back of her neck.
Her skin was worn and pale, but fair, and her emerald green eyes sparked with a never satisfied wisdom.
She looked at me like she'd been expecting me "So, little one.. Here you are!".
Then she squatted down, and examened me carefully "You're quite pretty, I'm going to have my troubles with you"
she grinned softly as the lifted me up by my blankets.
When we entered the little house, I was amazed.
I never imagined it would be so spaceous, on the oudside it had seemed to be close to a ruine.
She walked over to the rocking chair by the fire place and sat down.
We rocked in silence for a while and then she said "Hello little one, my name is Elvira. Your mother asked me to raise you
until you are of adult age, as she was not capable to do so her self. But I think we can understand that" she smiled at
me softly.
"Yes, little one, I think we can learn quite a lot from eachother. Besides, you'll be the greatest secret the world has
ever known" she muttered silently and I thought about her words.
I didn't understand, what was so incredible about me?
DOn't get me wrong, I knew my mother sent me away because she was a vampire.
And I knew I wasn't vamire nor human, but why would that be such a big secret?
Her gaze broke me out of my reverie and she nodded with a gentle smile "I will tell you all there is to say when the time
is right, little one. And I'll teach you all there is to know, all in good time"
then she let out a big sigh and started rocking us again "you have an interesting life ahead of you" she whispered as she
stared into the fire.
After a while, she started humming a very soft and lovely melody.
Right before I drifted off in a peacefull dream she whispered "Yes, my little one, my Mi'kha. Interesting indeed.."
