December 20th, 1606
London, England
The skies were dark and ominous, gray clouds hanging low in the sky like a gloomy canopy. Strong winds were brisk, catching the large sails of the ships in the marina sharply and snapping them to attention. Three ships in particular were bustling with activity, the energy full of promise and fear. The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery were being inundated with supplies and passengers in preparation for the long journey on the horizon. Today they were setting sail for the New World. The Susan Constant and Godspeed were what you would expect from transcontinental vessels, but the Discovery was different. Smaller and of unknown origin, the Discovery only held 21 occupants. Or so the record shows. Unbeknownst to the King's men who inspected the ship, there were three stowaways in a hidden chamber beneath the floor of the lower deck. These strange travelers were pale, almost translucent in skin color, and cold to the touch. But what would have startled the other settlers more would have been their red eyes. Eyes filled with no compassion stood out as red rubies against white faces. Hiding in the bowels of a ship they bought and donated generously and anonymously to the Crown, the three uncounted passengers finally were headed west to elude the suspicious glares of the English and their propensity to burn odd neighbors at the stake.
After several arduous months, on May 13th, 1607, the Discovery, Godspeed and Susan Constant shuttled its passengers onto the new, strange land. The Susan Constant and Godspeed promptly turned around and returned to London, but the Discovery stayed. Seemingly haunted, it traversed back and forth along the Chesapeake Bay. The residents of the second settlement of Jamestown, never saw the three mysterious benefactors and pretended the ship didn't pace back and forth, like a panther ready to pounce. But the locals were not so lucky.