Jonathans POV

I couldn't tell if I was conscious or not. I did know that I was in excruciating pain. It felt like my whole body was on fire. After what seemed like an eternity, the pain seemed to recede slightly, only to return stronger than before in only my heart. I could feel it beating in my whole body, faster and faster until it stopped very suddenly and the pain was gone.

It took me awhile to convince myself that it was O.K. to open my eyes. When I did, I was shocked. I could see everything! Every dust particle, every place where whoever painted the wall stopped his stroke. I panned around, letting it all sink in, when I realize I was really, really thirsty!! Then, in a flash, I wasn't alone "I know how you feel, it's hard to be a newborn". It was the girl from the alley "'I'm Lucy, sorry, I wasn't able to get your name before I changed you." "I'm Jonathan. So, Lucy,… do you have anything to drink?" I replied, remembering my extreme thirst. She giggled slightly. "Technically no. But we can find something. Follow me" she seemed even more perfect now that I had my enhanced vision, and hearing, as I realized a moment later when I heard a fly buzzing 15 feet away from me. "What happened to me?" I asked myself, not expecting an answer. Then, it hit me.

"Oh, my god!" I shouted a little louder than I meant to, "I'm dead!" I heard voices from downstairs. "Looks like the newbie is finally letting it sink in." " Shut up Jett!" said a voice I recognized as Lucy's. "Well… are you going to bring him down or not?" said a voice I hadn't heard. I instantly visualized a woman in her late 40's; she had a very motherly tone. "Jonathan, come down." Lucy called, and I took a deep breath, realizing I hadn't done so since I woke up. I walked down the stairs.

Lucy's POV

My family was eager to meet Jonathan. They had seen him unconscious, but there was a certain tension to see what his personality was like. I had, of course, told them the story of when I found him but Sergio said vampire venom changes the personality occasionally. The only person who wasn't excited was Cielo but she never got excited about anything. I always wondered why she was paired with Jett, but somehow they made it work. "Umm, hi." Jonathan said nervously as he came down the stairs. "Hello Jonathan" Sergio said in a very cheery and welcoming voice. "This is Sergio," I said, beginning the introductions, "and Elise" "Hello Jonathan" she said in the same cheery voice as her husband. "Jett" I said, continuing introducing everyone. "Hey!" shouted Jett. "Jett gets a little enthusiastic when people come over" I said. Enthusiastic is an understatement, he was downright hyper, literally bouncing in the seat. "And next to him is Cielo." She gave Jonathan a look of such venom it made us all jump. "And lastly, Cristovao and Alexa." "Finally, someone my age!" Cristovao cheered. Alexa smacked the back of his head. "Now, Jonathan, I know you must have questions." Sergio stated. "How did you know?" Jonathan replied in a slightly sarcastic tone, which Sergio ignored. "But first, you must hunt." "C'mon" I said, "I haven't hunted in awhile either, I'll teach you." I grabbed his hand and yanked him out the door.

Jonathan's POV

"That was brutal." I said, as Lucy figured out which car to take. "I think we'll take the ME 4-12. By the way, they all heard that little comment. You're not the only one with super hearing." "Oops" I said, feeling a little guilty. "Hop in" Lucy said, snapping me back into reality. As I got in the car I asked where we were going. "As a newborn, we can't hunt around here, so were going to the Apostle islands." Sorry, the where?"

"The Apostle Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Lake Superior, only reachable by boat or canoe; it's the ideal place for newborns to hunt because there are almost no people and plenty of bears, moose, deer, and elk, anything you want to hunt." "O.K.." I said, taking it all in. "By the way, how could you possibly afford this car? There like, 300,000?" Lucy laughed. "Waaaay more than that, but when you live forever, your funds kind of build up." "Sergio has been working as a lawyer for about 100 years in his own firm, you do the math." And with that, we pulled out of the garage and started our long drive to the Apostle Islands.

Lucy's POV

"So." Jonathan began and I knew what was coming "We're vampires?"

"Yes, but not in the Hollywood sense, all that about dying in sunlight, being repelled by crosses and that garlic crap, that's all fake." "So, what is true about vampires?" Jonathan asked. Great, now I had him interested. I didn't want to have this talk now. "We don't have to sleep or breathe, all human food tastes like dirt, we live forever and some of us have certain special abilities, me, for instance. I can neutralize pain in others." "Cool…" Jonathan seemed mystified. "Anything else I should know?" "Yeah, be careful, because all vampires have superhuman strength, hearing, speed, smell, and sight. And with newborns, all these are amplified for about the first year." Reciting this like I did for Jett 15 years ago.

Jonathan paused. "I don't suppose you drink canned blood, do you? If not, I'm not gonna make it to the Apostles. If I could die, I'd be dying of thirst." I was instantly reminded "Oh! Yeah, I've got some in a bottle; I reached in the back and gave him an old coke bottle filled with deer blood. He drank the whole thing in one gulp. "Much better. What kind of blood was that?" "Deer" I replied "Hmmm, tastes kind of funny."

"I know, it'll be like that for the first few times because vampires were meant to drink human blood." Then, the question I'd rather have avoided for now. "So why do you drink animal blood?" Sergio was better at answering questions like this "Basically because we find the idea of drinking human blood inhumane." Jonathan suddenly tensed "If you've been looking at me for this whole time, who is paying attention to the road?" "Hmm" I said, leading him on. "Oh yeah, the road, I forgot about that.." "Jeez, are you trying to crash!! You're going 135 miles an hour!" I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing "Super senses remember, I have no need to watch the road, and besides, its not like the police could catch us, this car can go over 200 miles an hour. If they had a jet, then I would worry. But anything short of that isn't going to be a threat!" Then a scent hit our noses. "Ugh what is that stink?" Jonathan asked "Oh, no. Werewolves." I said with a hint of hatred in my voice. I whipped out my phone and dialed home, Jett answered "What?" "Put Dad on." I said, all business. "Hang on." I heard Jett calling Sergio. "Hello?" "Dad, there are werewolves coming to Chicago."