Chrimson was sitting on Salinas bed clutching the letter from the vampire council in her hand. 'So this is why she was so upset! Why did she not tell me?' she thought. It didn't make any sense. Her mother never kept anything from her, especially if it was of this importance.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Chrimson asked the empty room.
"Cause I didn't want you to worry about this" Salina replied. Whilst Chrimson had been lost in her thoughts she had not noticed Salina enter the room. "You have enough going on and besides you can't marry a dead prince can you" Salina stated with a small smirk.
"Is this why you have been locking yourself away from everyone? You didn't want me to worry so you decided to do all the worrying on your own?" Chrimson asked already knowing the answer.
"Yes. You are doing something so important to a lot of people, you didn't need this burden on your shoulders. Besides I'm your mother and I have to protect you" Salina said with a small smile.
She pulled Chrimson in to a hug and held her as close to her as she could. Chrimson hugged her mother back just as tight. She understood her mother's need to protect her but it still hurt that she had kept something so important from her. Just then Chrimson remembered what she was actually doing in her mums' room and pulled away.
"Mum, where is Hermione?" Chrimson asked afraid of the answer. 'Please let Hermione be ok' was all she could think.
"Well ... you see Chrimson ..." Salina stammered out. 'How is she going to take this?' Salina was thinking when she heard a noise by her bedroom door.
"I'm right here" came Hermiones voice from the door way. She was in Remus' arms as she still didn't feel very stable on her legs yet.
"You're alright" Chrimson said letting out the breath she didn't even realize she was holding. "Sorry mum but I thought you might have done something to her" she said with a relieved smile. But then she noticed a guilty look on her mother's face. "Mum. You didn't do anything to her did you?" Chrimson demanded. She suddenly felt uneasy.
"Yes she did Chrimson. She saved my life and gave me a family" Hermione said to her. She was still in Remus' arms but now she was looking directly at Chrimson. Now Chrimson could see her face she knew what had happened.
Hermiones eyes were no longer the dark chocolate brown they used to be. Her eyes were now two different colours. One was vampiric violet but the other was a platinum silver.
Chrimson just looked at her mother and said "what have you done?"
"I've given her a reason to live" was the calm reply Salina gave back.
"Chrimson don't be mad at mum" Hermione said.
Chrimsons eyes widened in shock "Mum????" 'Why the hell is she calling my mum, mum? Unless .....'
"Mum? You didn't turn her did you?"
"No, I adopted her in the only way our kind can adopt a non vampire. She is now a half breed like you. You now have a sister, I hope you don't mind" Salina said.
There was not a sound in the room as all present waited on baited breath for Chrimsons reaction. Would she except Hermione as her sister? Would she be mad? Would she feel abandoned? Soon the tension was getting to be too much to handle and Hermione couldn't take it anymore. It was only when she started to try and get out of Remus' arms that Chrimson snapped out of her stupor.
"Well" she started with a small smile "I always wanted a sister"
Hermione froze not thinking she had heard right. She turned to look at Chrimson who had the largest smile on her face. 'A sister!!! I've got a Sister and she is brilliant' was all Chrimson was thinking. Suddenly Hermione was out of Remus' arms and across the room hugging her new family.
Saline realized something was missing. She looked over at Remus, who was turning to leave the newly formed family alone, then down at her daughters and had an idea.
"Remus," she called stopping him in his tracks. He looked back at her with sad eyes but a small smile. Saline understood he felt he had just lost a daughter and it hurt her to think it was her fault he felt like that.
"Remus, I'd like to say I'm sorry all this happened but I'm afraid I can't. But I would like to ask you to be Hermiones Godfather as well as Chrimsons. What do you say?"
Remus looked shocked and looked down at Hermione to see if this is what she wanted. When he saw her huge grin he knew.
"I would be honoured" was all he managed to say before he was tackled by an over enthusiastic Hermione.
"Thank you Godfather" Hermione said through happy tears.
