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I stood staring in the mirror at the girl dressed in a long flowing black dress.

"Do I have to wear this?" I turned back to Damien who leaned against the doorway tugging at his collar.

"Yeah, it's a formal occasion."

"Oh…" I looked down at my silk covered palms and wondered if this is how my day was supposed to go.

"Still waiting to wake up?" I looked up shocked to see Damien had moved up behind me. He placed a black rose behind my ear and smiled at his handy work.

"Do flowers always die when we touch them?" I asked nudging the black pedals.

"Not for all, the late queen used to have a green house that she would tend to in the night."

"I see…"

"Are you afraid?" I locked eyes with him in the mirror.

"What gave it away?" I asked sarcastically.

"Your pulse, your breathing, and you keep tugging on your hair." I froze noticing I was doing that right now.

"Will I be just like you?" I whispered letting my hands drop.

"Not as good looking of course." He winked and walked to the door. "Are you ready?" I turned to face him, why was this happening? Why couldn't I have just left the bookstore and went out to lunch with Tim and Alice. Instead of them disappearing and being picked up by this vampire who apparently was a guardian. Which I still didn't understand. And why was I sent into the human world. Did my real parents not want me or was I in danger? And why would I be in danger? What was there to be afraid of? Were vampires not the only supernatural creatures here? I felt dizzy with all the questions whirling through my mind.

"Relax. You're over thinking everything." He put my hand on his elbow and led me out the door.

"Can you blame me?" I glared up at him.

"It'll all seem more real after the transition…"

"What if I'm not who you think I am?" his eyes widened and he looked down at me.

"You are who I know you are." Something in his eyes forced me to not look away. But how could he know who I was when apparently I didn't even know. My shoulders went limp. What if all this was real and everything I knew was a lie? What then…

"What will happen after the transition?"

"Well once they inform us on who your family is we will most likely go to live with your family."

"And you can just do that?"

"Do what?" he raised an eyebrow confused.

"Leave everything you have here all to go with me?" he laughed.

"I have nothing here, all I have is you." I blushed and looked away. Why did he have to say something like that? So serious and sincere yet it had to be untrue. He led me down a different hallway that seemed to be getting bigger as we went farther. At the end of the hall I stood out front the large wooden door with Damien close beside me.

"Does it hurt?"

"No…" He pushed opened the doors and I covered my eyes as the light from the room basked into the dark hall.

A line of thrones were placed around the room with men sitting in each. There were eleven and behind each chair stood one guard dressed in the similar black uniform as Damien. He led me by the elbow forward closer to the men.

"Hello Amy, my name is Adrian." The man in the center rose to his feet and reached out a hand. I looked to Damien first but he seemed to be eyeing the man. I reached forward and took his hand.

"Nice to meet you…"

"Likewise, we've been looking forward to your arrival for quite some time." I nodded, unsure of what they wanted from me. "We are the council of eleven and we are here to help you to awaken your vampire side as well as announce your birth family." I nodded again leaning an inch away from the man.

"She seems apprehensive…Maybe she is not ready."

"Quiet Sebastian!" Adrian growled and turned to the man sitting to his left. "She is ready."

"I agree, I don't think I'm ready." I stammered and felt Damien tighten his grip on my wrist. Sebastian smirked while Adrian stared shocked. He seemed lost of words as he walked back to his seat.

"Why do you not think your ready?" A new voice whispered from behind me. I turned to see a man with silver hair staring at me curiously.

"This is all still very weird for me to understand and I'm not sure if I'm dreaming all of this."

"Yet you stand before us with no fear?" the man motioned his hand and Damien stepped away. The man began to circle around me watching carefully. But something in his gaze felt sinister.

"I never said I wasn't afraid…"

"So you are afraid?" he whispered more to himself as I nodded. "But the real question is of what?" he raised his gaze to me and stepped forward grabbing my wrist. I tried to yank it away but even for an older man he had incredible strength. He smiled and fear shot through me as he pulled a knife out. I tried to pull away but he held tight. The knife sliced against my wrist and I watched as the blood fell into the cracks on the ground. He stepped away and I held tightly to my bleeding wound. I turned hoping to run but then I saw that the blood was moving through the crevices of a symbol. As each end of blood met the symbol glowed and a light shot from the ground. I gasped and couldn't see the people. The light was engulfing me.

"Help!" I screamed and I looked down to see the light begin to glow from my body. My skin was glowing and I watched shocked as my wound sealed itself right before my eyes. What was happening! I shielded my eyes from the light and I could feel something pulling inside. If felt like there was a magnet inside my chest and this symbol was trying to pull it out. I cried out and fell to my knees in pain. I watched as my blood in the crevices changed from red to black and saw in horror as a line of blood moved in the form of a snake and ran itself up my body. I felt its cold dark texture as it wrapped from my hip bone up my side and attached right below my collar bone. Another sliver ran up my body and connected the same way. I felt tears falling down my face but as I reached up and touched the tears I saw that they were not clear they were also black. I screamed and felt my body sag forward and the black rose fell to the ground next to my cheek. Still pristine as I am coated in darkness and begin to die.

I smell rust…yet I can't open my eyes. My body stings…yet I can't move at all. What's happening? I hear voices and try and listen but can't seem to focus in but then I felt a cold hold on my forehead and I felt life flow back into me. My eyes flew open to lock with a pair of clear blue vacant eyes.

"You are awake…" he smiled happily but I can still hear the angry voices around.

"What's going on?" I whisper as he helps me to sit up.

"Your seal…" he mumbles and motions to the symbol around me. Of course I don't know what it means but judging by the looks it's not good.

"I knew it was you from the moment you walked in here. You looked just like your mother…" the man muttered fondly and picked up the fallen rose.

"What does it mean?"

"It means our future, the symbol of the Night Rose. The blood of the pure." I cocked my head to the side.

"What?"

"Blood of the late king and queen…" Adrian growled eyeing me. I sat stock still next to the man unaware what to say.


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