Prologue: Rant, Intro, and Life
We've all heard the same stories growing up. Stories about fairies, gryffons, dragons, mermaides, and peter pan. But perhaps two of the most famous stories, or mythological creatures, are those who stalk the night…those of the moon. The beast in human form and the demon in human skin. I'm talking, of course, about the werewolf and vampire, two very fearsome and dark figures of ancient lore, said to fight the other on site… the two can not get along, one is hot the other cold, one fire the other ice, one sun the other night, one life and the other death. Even though they fight everytime they see each other, the world would be terribly out of balance if one of these species were to drop off the face of the earth. Like the sun and moon, both are needed for a perfectly balanced planet. But do any of us really believe in myths? Or do our childish fantasies of meeting these frightening creatures die as we age?
Even as a child, I have never believed in myths. To me it was sillly to believe in something that was born from the dark yet creative imagination of some person who existed and died centuries ago. A race of beings who change into wolves at night or when threatened? A secret world of beings who feed on blood to survive? It's nothing more than an imagination run wild. Or so I thought. Like I said, I never believed in that secret world…until I became a part of it. Maybe I should introduce myself. My name is Stella "Cat" Marie Watson and at the tender age of fourteen I went through the painful, unmentionable, unforgettable, unbelieveable, serious, and frightening change from ordinary/average/boring human to brave/bold/strong/fast/extra ordinary vampire. To say I thought I had become a cartoon character is an understatement. My totally normal yet slightly boring life suddenly became very interesting and frightening. I was now a creature of the dark, feared by many who believed, worshiped by those who were night goers or clueless, and hated by those who were of the other myth…and I was totally scared. Over night my eyes had gone from a beautiful jade green to a dark blue, which I didn't mind at all. I got a tutor too…not like for math or science or anything like that but for vampire…yea, come to find out each new vampire is paired with a tutor, although most call them mentors. They teach us the ways of the vampire, give us the rules of being one, and tell us what is myth and what is not about us. Cool right? Anyways, like the legends I had fangs (which took a long time to get used to), and like in a few old movies and some very creative and/or weird fanfictions I had claws…but they only came out when I was fighting or very angry. I also learned to fly like Lestat in Queen of the Damned. I can also read minds like Edward in Twilight. I also learned that all vampires have the same basic abilities: super strength, super speed, super senses, and we could put humans into a trance…how cool is that?We can't go into a humans home without being invited in first…but after the first time we're invited in we can go in anytime we want, we just have to be invited in the first time…which kinda sucks but I'm okay with it.
My vampire tutor also told me that every vampire gets one special gift and I was one of the lucky few who could read minds, saweeet! He also told me our hair grows fast, we heal from wounds quickly, garlick, crosses, and silver dosen't harm us like the movies and books fool humans into thinking. He went on to explain that if two vampires have a child, that child would be a normal human until between the ages of fourteen and sixteen where they would go through the change and age until the physical appearance of twenty-four. But if a vampire bites a human and changes them, the human will forever remain at the age they were bitten. He also said that unlike in Twilight we do not sparkle in the sun, we do not have to drink blood constantly, we are not pale white, we can have children, and we do not have gold eyes. Our eyes are like any humans, different colors (mine are blue and my tutors were a lovely shade of green) but they do go red when we need blood. When they are not red we can eat like a normal human, which I totally love since I really didn't want to give up my double meat, double cheese, double backon cheese burgers and soda. We can also go out in the sun but was have to have a special pendent on or we go BOOM! Only thing Twilight was right about was the rivalry with the wolves and the unability to sleep at all. With that said…it's time to begin my life story.