"I was the youngest major in the army. The other men often got jealous of me. I remember one night when Mark Richardson had gotten very upset…."

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Eddie's Bar. L.A 1862

We were at a bar on one of our nights off. Mark was getting really drunk. He started hitting on all of the girls. Then he walked over to me where I was sitting at the bar with a water. "Jasper! Sir! Master!" He called out before he hit my shoulder. "Richardson, stop this foolishness." I told him. "Ha ha! Jasper cant take a hit! I'll tear you to pieces Whitlock!" He yelled.

He swung a fist at me but I dodged it and punched him in the gut. "You'll regret your life!" He yelled as he swung for me again. I kicked his feet out from under him and he fell to the floor.

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"Mark never spoke to me again. Which was quiet alright with me. Now let me skip over a while and get to the….beginning of my life. I was in the army of two years by this time. I was placed in charge of evacuating the women and children from the city when the Union's mortar boats reached the harbor.

"It was past dark and I was on my fresh horse on my way back to Galveston when I saw three women on foot. I immediately went over to them to offer my aid. But as I got closer I could see in the dime light from the moon that they were the most beautiful women I had ever seen. So pale, so perfect….."

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Just outside of Galveston 1863

I was standing still just marveling at their beauty. "He's speechless." The tallest girl said in a voice that sounded like wind chimes. She had fair hair and her skin, like the others, was snow white.

There was one with dark hair and though she had very pale skin her features were that of a Mexican. But the one with blonde hair and a face of an angel leaned in toward me, her eyes half opened, and did something I did not expect. She inhaled deeply.

"Mmm," She sighed. "Lovely." The Mexican put her arm on the girls arm and spoke quickly. Her voice was too soft to be sharp but I could tell that was what she was going for.

"Concentrate Nettie." She said. She seemed to be the leader of the three. "He looks right - young, strong, an officer…" The Mexican paused and I tried to speak, but did not succeed. "And there's something more….do you see it?" she asked the other two. "He's compelling."

"Oh yes," Nettie quickly agreed, leaning toward me again. "Patience." the Mexican cautioned her. "I want to keep this one." Nettie frowned, seeming annoyed. "You'd better do it Maria." the taller blonde spoke again. "If he's important to you. I kill them twice as often as I keep them."

"Yes, I'll do it.," Maria agreed. "I really do like this one. Take Nettie away, will you? I don't want to have to protect my back while trying to focus." By this time my hair was standing up on my neck though I don't understand anything these beautiful creatures are saying. I know I should be scared by how this woman was openly talking about killing me. My instincts were yelling 'Danger!' but I was raised not to fear women, but to protect them.

"Let's hunt." Nettie agreed enthusiastically, reaching for the tall girl's hand. They turned around more gracefully than I had ever seen, and sprinted toward the city. They looked like birds as they almost took flight, running so fast, with their white dresses blowing out behind then like wings.

I blinked in amazement, and they were gone. I turned to stare at Marie, who was watching me curiously. I had never believed in superstitions in my life. Never believed in ghosts or any other such nonsense. Suddenly, I was unsure.

"What is your name soldier?" Maria asked. "Major Jasper Whitlock, ma'am." I stammered, unable to be impolite to a woman, even if she was a ghost. "I truly hope you survive, Jasper." she said in a gentle voice. "I have a good feeling about you."

She then took a step closer and inclined her head as if to kiss me. I was frozen in place. By now my instincts were screaming and yelling for me to run.

Her lips did not come to mine though. Instead they went straight to my neck, and as soon as her teeth made contact with my skin, the burning began. It hurt so bad I can remember screaming out in pain. Darkness soon over took me. I did not know where I was, what had happened, or why it had happened. All I knew of was the intense fire running through my body.

A few days later things became numb. I started to hear voices. Beautiful voices that I had heard before. Wind chimes. The sound of wind chimes. "Girls I think he's waking up." I heard one of the wind chimes sing. "Jasper? Open your eyes now Jasper, the change is done." the other said.

I tried to do as she said and when I did my eyes opened faster than I thought possible. I soon found out everything I did, I did faster than I could do before the pain.

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"I later found out the names of the wind chimes; Maria, the Mexican, who changed me, Nettie, the one with a face of an angels, and Lucy, the tall one with snow white skin.

They were all survivors of lost battles. Maria had rounded the other two up. Maria wanted revenge, the other two were eager to increase their….herd lands, I suppose you could say.

"They were putting together a army, and going about it most carefully. Maria had planned it all. She wanted the best army so she sought out specific humans who had potential. Maria gave us a lot of attention, more so than those before her. She taught us to fight, and be invisible to humans. When we did, we were rewarded.

"She would let us feed on as many humans as we wanted. Maria was in a hurry though. She new our newborn strength would lessen at it's year mark. There was six of us when I joined Maria. She added four more within a fortnight. We were all male, which of course meant we fought amongst ourselves. I was better in combat than the others though….."

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Maria's holding facility 1863

"Jasper, my dear, come here." Maria called out to me. I obeyed and went to stand before her. "I am pleased at your fighting skills but you are killing off all of my army."

"Sorry, ma'am." I apologized. "It is quite alright. The fighting is good but just try not to kill them okay? You will be rewarded tonight. Go have fun." I looked up at her and nodded.

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"Maria was a good judge of character. She put me in charge of the others. The casualties went down dramatically, and our numbers swelled to hover around twenty. This was considerable for the cautious times we lived in. My ability, as yet undefined, to control the emotional atmosphere around me was vitally affective. The newborns began to work together better than any newborn army had been able to before. Even Maria, Nettie and Lucy were able to work together more easily.

"Maria grew fond of me-- she began to depend on me. And in some ways I worshipped the ground she walked on. Now keep in mind that I had no knowledge of any other life. Maria told us this was the way things were and we believed her.

I put together a army of 23 in the end; twenty three unbelievably strong new vampires, organized and skilled as no others before. Maria was ecstatic…."

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Monterrey 1864

"Good job Jasper. Now everyone, it is time. Remember what you have been taught." Maria said as our army of 23 headed for the enemy. There were only nine it seemed like. I knew it would be easy. I could feel the fear rolling off of them; fear was weakness. We attacked in a isolated location as to not bring attention to ourselves.

I attacked one of the younger ones. I pined his arms behind his back and dug my teeth in his shoulder and ripped his entire arm out. I could feel the fear and hatred rolling off of him, but that only made me better at it. Because I could feel my preys emotions it made me do my job much faster.

After ripping both his arms off I continued to his legs then his head. If we were human we would all be drowning in blood. But because we were immortal no blood ran through our veins. I heard one of my own calling out in pain. I looked around and saw that we would win very soon. I started a fire in the middle and began running around, putting pieces of vampires into the fire.

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"In the end we lost only four of our own. But this victory only made Maria more greedy. It wasn't long before Maria began eyeing other cities. And I was right there beside her; fighting side by side….."

A/N So…What did you guys think? Pretty long chapter. So review and tell me if you hated it or loved it. Thanks,

-Esmefan1-Elissa.