A soft humming permeated her blood-filled dreams, awakening Romana gently. She grunted slightly as she pushed her sore body up, startling the singer who was seated next to the cot.

"Easy, Romana, you barely survived the process. You've been sleeping for three days."

"Jerry? Where is he?"

"He's sleeping, hun. You had a rough time of it and he's bushed. He stayed up for 48 hours straight, watching over you. "

"Then who are you?"

"I'm Poe, I'm a friend of his."

"And did he turn you too, or did you choose to be changed?"

Poe chuckled, "He can't have changed me, sweetie. I'm a Lycan, I don't think we would be compatible even if he tried"

"Now, if you're feeling good enough, let's get you up and moving before V shows up. She can get irritable if provoked."

Romana grinned at the wink that followed that statement, accepting the helping hand up. "And Heaven forbid anyone irritate the V, yes?"

Poe giggled, stopping quickly when the door opened. "Just listen to her, and you'll be on your way to getting stronger in no time."

"Poe, is she awake yet?

"Yes V, I'm just helping her get up now."

"Good. Jerry's pacing out there, and we've got a bunch of regulars in the chat rooms, so we can introduce her quickly and possibly get others to help her along."

"That's a bit quick, have we had another wave of newbies converted again?"

Violet sighed, "Yes. I keep telling Flea to stop spiking people's drinks, but the Aussie is having too much fun to listen."

The two women looked at Romana as she bowed to V, teetering slightly. "Lady Romana, at your service, ma'am"

V rolled her eyes as she helped her steady. "Poe, will you get the door and we'll get this sot settled into the Fledgling camp for now. She can meet the chat regulars tomorrow. Go get someone to watch stay in her tent tonight, and hopefully she won't appear drunk in the morning."

V hoisted the spaced out vampire onto her back and jogged along to the camp, dodging people and shooting glares at any misbehaving noobs. Arriving at the obviously new tent marked "Romana", she laid the girl onto the bed, waited outside impatiently, wanting to get back to her husband. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Poe returning with another girl in tow, who once in sight was revealed to be Poe's sister, Rachel.

"Rachel, you'll be spending the night here. Watch over this newbie, and make sure none of the trolls come near."

Rachel gave a saucy salute and vanished inside with her sleeping bag. V and Poe could hear quiet squeals as Rach spied the cute girl, and they smiled at each other before vanishing into the night.