Disclaimer: I don't own True Blood. I do own my o/cs Melena and Mariah.

Rating: T

A/N: Here's my sequel to Red Rain. This story will switch POV between the twins Melena and Mariah. Please review and give ideas. Enjoy!

Italics: Text in the story, flashback, dream, or thought.

Prologue

It had been four years since Tara gave birth to her vampire/human twin daughters Melena and Mariah. The girls physically and mentally were sixteen years old, they had aged four years for every one year. This needless to say frightened Tara who loved the twins more than anything and were the only reminder she had of her beloved Franklin. If they were to keep aging at this rate they would be in their thirties in only a couple of years. If the aging accelerated, like five years every year or more, Tara would have to watch her two girls grow old and die in a short amount of time.

Tara, grudgingly, went to Bill desperate to see if he knew anything about half vampires and how they aged. All Bill knew was that Tara wasn't the first woman to get pregnant by a vampire, but she was one of the only woman who had ever delivered successfully. It was common for these types of pregnancys to either be miscarrages or for the child to die soon after being born. It was rare for the half breeds to live over a year. Bill, wanting to help Tara and the girls, researched and talked to the oldest vampires he knew for months. Finally Bill found the information that he needed.

Half vampires in the beginning of their lives age four years a year, but after they reach the physical age of twenty they begin to age twice a year. When they reach twenty-six they age like normal humans. When the half vampire reaches the physical age of thirty they will stop aging.

Tara was estatic when she heard the news, even though the twins would roughly be the same age as her when they stopped aging, she didn't care. As long as they were kept out of trouble they would live a long life, and Tara would cross rivers and climb mountins to make sure they weren't near anyone or anything that could bring danger into their lives. That meant the twins weren't allowed to be around any vampire that Tara didn't feel was safe. That meant Bill Compton and Eric Northman.

The twins followed all the rules Tara gave them, except that one. When Melena chose to pursue Eric Northman, and Mariah chose to secretly be with Bill Compton the twins set off a chain of events that put them right where their mother didn't want them to be.

Danger.

To Be Continued...