I knew what I was. I knew it the moment his warm blood trickled into my mouth. I was a monster and it had to change.
I sat beside the dead man's body holding my head in my hands ashamed. I could have easily known this man. He could have been my father, brother, or cousin. He could have meant something to me. Even if I hadn't known him he would have been loved by someone and I had killed him.
I couldn't remember anything. All memory of my location was dark. I knew nothing except for that I was a horrible creature who shouldn't deserve to live.
I glanced down at my pale hands, which I could see perfectly in the darkness. They shook both with shame and with fear.
How long would it be until I have to kill again? How many lives would I claim tonight?
I didn't want to know.
Something white on my wrist caught my attention. A paper bracelet. I read the words on the side of it.
Mary Alice Brandon.
This was all it said. It was a name. It must have been my name.
I waited for the bad dream to be over. I waited. I waited, but I didnt wake up. This nightmare was real. This is who I am now. I couldnt control the shudder that followed the though
The wind picked up in the north blowing a breeze through the trees above my head. My body stiffened as it registered the scent that accompanied the breeze. My throat burned hotter than ever. All that mattered was to put the fire out. A flew through the trees at an amazing speed searching for the source of the smell.
My running came to a halt as a vision struck me. It was a vision I remember having. It seemed to come to me often and I welcomed it warmly. I couldn't kill again. I just couldn't.
Disgusted with myself I ran the opposite direction of the scent, the only thing keeping me from turning around again was the vision that filled my head.
I had to find him.
I flew through the forest faster than I had before. The stars glittered above me in little twinkling groups.
I had to find the man that was keeping me grounded, sane. He was the only thing I had, my only hope. The only bright point in my life. I had never met him, but yet I knew I loved him.
I had to find Jasper
