Let me tell you a little more about myself, Dear Reader. I am the original vampire; that you know. But what else do you know about me? Precious little, after all. You know I have lived a long time; a painfully long, dreary time.
You know I changed Aro, Marcus, Carlisle. I wanted to change my dear Eleanor, my friend.
What you don't know...could fill a thousand books.
I will let you in on just one secret, something you must have wondered; do I have a gift, any gift?
Of course I do. Because I was the first, the trial run if you may, I have gifts. Yes, I said gifts, plural.
My favorite...you could never know who I am, reader. I could be your friend, a stranger on the street. I have no need of contacts. When I was...born, if you like, I had the crimson eyes of all vampires. Well, excluding those who view animals as a form of sustenance; although that was the original plan. I digress.
I say I could be anybody, because I could. My foremost gift, the one that gives me the most pleasure - I am changeable.
I don't like the term shape shifter; that implies something completely different. Besides, a shape shifter can shift into one thing only. I can be anything. Or more precisely anyone.
That old man shuffling down the street?
That could be me.
The beautiful girl you saw at the nightclub?
That could be me, too.
Nobody knows this secret, not human or vampire. Except now for you.
Another secret, a hint if you will, as to my true identity? I am a woman.
I bet that will surprise you, after all I have the bloodthirsty tendencies of any coarse barbarian.
But female I am, though obviously not puny and pathetic as most others of my gender.
More of my secrets...well they will have to wait, I'm afraid.
Until you know more of my stories.