The tall young woman smiled at me once more, lighting up her golden orbs "Darren.... I think perhaps that there is something about my people that you need to understand"
I nodded, eager to learn more about the Sky Guardians that I had grown so fond of.
"At the beginning of time, we were vampires" she said softly
What? But, how?! Mr Tiny had creaed vampires, so then how could he not have created harpies? This made no sense, but I let her continue unquestioned.
"Desmond did not create us, we evolved on our own. Eventually we grew wings, although our love of blood remained, as well as our fear of the sunlight. Mr Tiny came to us one night and made my people an offer; he would modify us so the sunlight was as good as darkness to us, as long as we took to the skies and let him recreate our former selves and name them vampires. We agreed, fools that we were" Rose paused, sighing in dispair "What was to be our release became our inprisonment. You see; we can not live near most other races, they would kill us because we can't hide what we are. And so, Sangre Ver Rise was found by the harpies then and The Temple Of Wings built" Her pride seemed to return at this. I had to smile softly along with her, it sounded as if they had gotten the better of Mr Tiny in the end, somthing which only happened once in a blue moon.
"Rose..." I began, wanting to ask something too personal. No, I couln't ask that! Or could I?
"Darren, if you want to know how many similarities there are between our races, seeing as we were once the same; there are 3. We both drink blood, although we don't need it as often as vampires. We both can flit, the reason why we developed our skill for teleporting. And of course, our men can never sire children"
Well, there was my question answered. She must have been a mind reader or something.
"Wait, only your men cant have children? You mean that your women can!" I asked, startled
"Exactly. Personally, I've got a daughter living on the other side of the Ver Rise, but that is only because our men dont like seeing the youth sired by wizards; the only people that have ever accepted us"
"Vampires would accept you, if you werent looking to have children that is" I commented, hoping she did not see what I was hinting at. I wanted to be with the amazing harpie, but it could never be....
She gave me an odd smile "Harpies would be mroe than happy with vampires, if only it could happen"
What did she mean by that?