Chapter 3: The Mysterious Woman

We then spent the remaining hours of darkness picking up the bodies and taking them deep into the woods and burning them. When the sun started to rise we went to Stefan's manor. We all cleaned up a little, and then went to the living room.

Stefan was the first to talk, "As I said when we were fighting with the five rouge vampires, this woman here is a very special vampire with an even more special gift. You see the majority of vampires are like me and you, meaning that the only things that change from when we were humans is our immortality, strength, and our speed. However, there is a small percentage of vampires, like our guest here, that have unexplainable gifts. A lot of the gifts are not that powerful such as strength that can only be matched by a 'newborn.' Then there are ones like her with powers that are feared everywhere and for good reason. Now let's let our guest explain herself and her power." He looked pointedly at the woman.

I took a moment to comprehend what he had just explained to me while she took an unnecessary breath, most likely out of habit because I still did that to. She started off slowly.

"Hello, my name is Adelia," she bowed her head in a slight greeting. "He is right; my gift is very powerful and feared wherever I go." She went on to say. "My gift is one that allows me to paralyze someone no matter the distance if I know them. However, if they are strangers I need to be near them but they will stay frozen until I release them." I felt a shiver of fear run down my spine. She must have seem the look on my face because she said laughed. "You need not fear me unless you are my enemy, and right now, I think that we could make good comrades."

I gave a look of relief but that was just for show. On the inside I was more afraid of the realization that there were people out there that were like her or even more powerful than I was the night Stefan bit me. I was the first to speak after a long period of awkward silence "What do you mean by comrades?"

Instead of Adelia answering Stefan stepped in. "She must have heard of what I am trying to do.

"And what would that be?" I asked curiously.

"What I mean," he said proudly, "is my goal is to create a world where humans fear and respect us and vampires are not prosecuted."

I could tell that by way he spoke that this is a dream he had for a long time, and he dreamed of fulfilling it. Adelia said, "Yes, that is why I came. By the looks of that fight, it's a good thing I came when I did."

I agreed quickly, still grateful for that she'd been there to assist us. Who knew what would have happened if she had not arrived when she did. To change the topic, I pointed out that her eyes were almost black and she needed to feed. It had been awhile since the last time I had eaten so I too was hungry. Stefan said that he had ate just a few days ago and suggested that me and this new mysterious woman find a human together to let us have a chance to get to know each other since we would be together for a long time.

We left to hunt. As we searched for our prey, we asked each other questions like where are you from and how were you changed. I told her I was from right here. She said that she was from Asia and came here as fast as she could when she heard of Stefan's plan of a new world because people in Asia have developed ways to catch and kill us. I then asked her how she was turned and she answered that she was an orphan, and she had wanted to become one so she could live forever and have a family. And then she went on to explain that a few years after she was turned, the people she began to think of as her family were killed and that is why she came here in the first place.

Through the rest of the night I was quiet because I didn't want to ask her something that might make her more upset than she was after she explained why she came here. We went back to the manor after we drank our fill and our eyes were a bright red. Stefan asked how everything went.

"It was fine," I replied quietly, still worried that I'd upset our guest. Stefan didn't seem to notice my change in mood. He said that is was good and gave me clothes that looked very expensive and for someone that was a noble.

"Try not to ruin these clothes like the others. I don't have enough money to replace your clothes every time you go hunting," he joked. I thanked him and changed. As I went down the stairs, Stefan called after me. "Tomorrow we are going to start the first day of combat training so if we are attacked again you will be of more help." I caught Adelia smirking in amusement beside the fireplace.

I smiled. Tomorrow would be very interesting.