Chapter 4

Feezira felt strangely refreshed in the cool night air, and found that she could see better in the dark too. Her teeth started hurting, and as she clutched them, she could feel them shifting, becoming sharper, longer. She pondered what was happening "Maybe I got some sort of sickness from drinking too much mead?" She went over the diseases she knew of in her head, but none of the symptoms were the same. Then she came to a particularly horrible one, went over it, and then it hit her.

She had contracted Sanguinare Vampiris. She started freaking out, rapidly clawing at her face, and desperately searching for some sort of reflective surface. She found a mirror leaning against a wall, and the instant she looked at it, she screamed. Her eyes were now a very disturbing bright red, instead of the usual amber, her red scales had become darker, and blacker. Her teeth were what disturbed her the most, as they had turned into long, sharp fangs, and she cried out "I look like some kind of dragon!" All this was just too much for her, and she promptly fainted.

When she awoke, the shade she had slept under was nearly gone, and she could feel the sun burning her skin. She got up, and put on a black hood to hide her face. A nord walked up to her, and said "You and me, a brawl. I want to see if a fire mage is any good at real fighting. We bet 100 gold, deal or no deal?" he asked, waiting for her answer. "Deal" she said. She wasn't going to let this guy embarrass her. Feezira got out her claws, and prepared to fight. "Fight!" said a breton. Feezira and the nord circled each other, and then the nord swung a fist at her. She dodged it with incredible speed, and was instantly clawing at his face. She pinned him to the ground, slashing at him. A gust of wind hit her, and her hood blew off.

The nord's face went white, and he cried for her to please have mercy, and that she had won. She got up triumphantly, but when she did, the crowd all saw her face, and started backing away slowly. The nord ran away as fast as he could, forgetting about his coin purse. Feezira picked up the coin purses, and asked the crowd "What are you all looking at?" which made them all jump. Looking at all that fresh meat made her feel very thirsty, but she resisted and kept walking.

"This curse, how could it have happened? I couldn't have contracted it from those vampires in the cave, otherwise I would have transformed earlier" she thought. An image of Haldor came into her mind, she remembered his eyes, the way they burnt into her very soul. He was a vampire! She remembered the previous night, she remembered walking out of the inn, then blacking out. She had awoken at the inns backdoor, but she hadn't felt drunk when she left the inn. He must have used some sort of hypnotic magic on her, and then bitten her on the neck! But why? Why her? She needed to get this cured, and fast. She asked around town, and found out that Falion was said to have found a cure. She groaned at the thought of having to speak to him again, especially since his associate was the one that had turned her.

She knocked on the door of Falion's house, nervous at what awaited her within. Falion bid her welcome, and ushered her inside. Haldor was also there, and he smiled evilly when he saw her face. Feezira couldn't wait, and had to open her mouth "Haldor is a vampire! He turned me into one with his hypnotic powers and left me at the backdoor of the inn!" Falion assured her that Haldor was no vampire, and that she must have gotten the disease off one of the vampires in the cave. "I heard you have a cure, and I need one desperately" she pleaded. "All right, meet me in the clearing just outside town tonight, and I will cure you" he said, crossing his fingers behind his back.

Feezira's thirst was overpowering now, and it began to make her feel jumpy. She needed that cure now, before she went feral. She ran to the clearing, but to her surprise there was nobody there. "Hello, Feezira, glad you could make it" said a voice behind her. She felt a strong blow on her head, and everything began to spin. She had been knocked out.

Author notes:

The next chapter will reveal exactly what Falion is up to, and a slight peek at Beyn. I do not own anything except my OCs. Don't forget to leave me some feedback!