The First Night

"What the hell do vampires have against hot water," I screamed at the wall. That was the coldest shower I'd ever taken. I quickly dried my hair and slid into the floor length, long sleeve, brown bag of a gown the queen gave us to sleep in. I walked out of the room to find the guard Peter sitting on the my bed. Great! Just the person I wanted to see. The small room was pretty bare aside from the bed in the center of the room and an empty dresser.

"We have nothing against hot water," Peter smiled. "We just know that cold water kills the germs off you humans better."

Either that or it's just another way to inflict pain on us.

"I wasn't trying to listen, but you we're speaking very loud." He continued.

I just stood there and stared at him as I swallowed back the ugly words I wanted to say. I looked at the door that connected my room to Lily's and saw that it had been closed. I then looked back at Peter and saw that he was walking towards me. Great I guess this is the part where he eats me. I guess it won't be all bad though. He is gorgeous after all, in a dark mysterious I want to bite you kind of way. I laughed to myself as I thought this.

"Pretty silent tonight are we?" I looked at Peter trying to measure his mood before responding.

"I…..I ….. I just don't understand you Peter yo…"

"It's Sir Peters to you," he said ugly

"Exactly! Your kind one minute at my house saying you want to help me and the next your dragging me in chains threatening to feed me to other vampires!"

"Peter, Peter, Peter! I knew you would come!" Lily ran out of her room and into his arms and he hugged her back warmly.

"Yes, I'm sure you did. But don't forget you have to call me Sir Peter in front of others so we want get in trouble."

You mean so WE don't get in trouble. What's with this guy. I snatched Lily out of his arms and walked back to my bed.

"Lily he is no friend of ours."

"Yes, he is Scarlett." She said innocently. "He means well. He's just not use to dealing with female humans so closely."

"O let me guess you can read minds now!" I joked

"No, Peter told me" she climbed into bed and slid under the covers. "And I only knew what the Queen was thinking earlier because she was practically shouting it in her head."

"Forgive me Scarlett I do want to help I just ha…"

"If you wanted to help then you would not have brought us here" I said cutting him off.

" I had no choice" he said starring at the ground.

"Scarlett don't be mean to Peter"

I starred at my sister in disbelief once again. She was taking this animal's side over mines. She offered him a seat next to her on the bed and he tucked her in.

"Tell me a story Peter please, please, please," She bagged. ¨My father use to tell me one every night¨

"Ok, just a quick one. And I have to put you back in your room when you fall asleep." He shot me a mean look. "You'll be safe sleeping in your own room."

"You said you wanted to help us," I said.

"I do."

"Well you can start by telling us what's going on, why we are here, why do you wanna help us and how do we get back home. Those are stories I would like to here."

A few moments of silence went by before Peter began talking. "You're here because I turned you in to the Queen. I knew your father John. He worked for me and was a good friend of mines."

"I doubt that. My father had any friends especially not any of your kind". He rolled his eyes and continued with his story.

"If you didn't know my father was the King's brother."

"So that's why we call your Sir, cuss your royalty?" I asked.

"Yes," he answered as if he this fact disgusted him.

"My father was killed many years ago and Ive begun taking his place as chief of the armies. Your father was the best human worker I've ever had. He designed many of our newer weapons. He was a great asset to our army and if I'd known of his sickness I would have turned him myself.

"You would have turned him because of his skills not because of your so called friendship"

"Don't interrupt me again" he hissed, showing his fangs. I looked over to Lily for support but she was already fast asleep.

"Your father told me the secrets of Lily and your family. I knew he would be killed for keeping Lily's abilities from the king and queen and I helped him hide his secrets. When he died I had no choice but to turn you in"

"You had other choices. You didn't have to tell anyone"

"Yes I did! If anyone else had found her,….you can´t imagen the horrows the horrors she would face." He started pacing back and forth in the room mumbling something under his breath.

Lily, Lily, Lily that's all I've been hearing since I've arrived here.

"And what will become of US here"

Peter stopped pacing and started rubbing his head as if I was annoying him. "Lily will be trained to master her skills. If she shows promise she'll probably be changed in a few years. Everyone has orders to be kind to her and so you have nothing to fear."

"And what of me?" I almost screamed with a hint of jealous I couldn't even deny.

"You are lucky to be alive. I suspect the queen is keeping you here not to upset Lily. Other than that there's nothing special about you"

He said this all very rudely and went back to starring at Lily. I stood there in shocked. The queen wouldn't keep me alive and these nice settings just to please Lily, would she? The thought of him calling me not special really bothered me.

"But the prince he,…"

" The prince is a spoiled child." He said nastily as if he knew what I was about to say. "He has no true interest in you, he only wants you because he was told he couldn't have you. " Peter paused and looked me up and down. "Believe me there's nothing more."

I could feel the tears building up in my eyes. Then why didn't the queen just give me to him. I was on the verge of crying when Peter walked over towards me and gently grabbed my shoulders.

"I know this all sounds very harsh but if you want to survive here you've gonna have to learn these things. I assume you'll be a common worker to the queen, you'd do best to get on her good side and you'd do that by staying as far away from William as much as possible. I'll help you all I can but you've got to be smart."

I looked into his now reddening eyes and smiled. He face looked so full of concern. This lasted only a split second before a low growl came from him. He let go of me and quickly rounded the bed, lifting Lily up as if she was a feather and walking back towards her room. By the time I blinked he had her back in her bed and was closing her door. He stalked passed me towards my door and I chased behind him.

"What's going on"

"Leave Lily in her room and remember what I said. The queen's favor is what you want everything else is useless." He slammed the door behind him.

What the hell. I walked back towards my bed trying to let it sink in what I'd just been told. Before I could gather my thoughts, there was a knock at the door. I jumped into to bed.

"Can I come in" I heard a silky male voice ask. The voice seemed full of sarcasm.

I didn't answer I just slid deeper under my covers. I heard the door creak open but I still stayed hidden . 2 minutes went by and 100 millions thoughts we're rushing through my brain. There hadn't been a single sound since the door creaked.

This is silly. I'm hiding under the covers like a four year old. If something wants to get me in this place it would have done so already. I bet it's just Peter playing a stupid trick. I heard a laugh and pulled the covers off smiling. But instead of Peter there were a pair of honey brown eyes staring back at me capturing me with their beauty. William.