804 Years
Chapter 3.
I got into the dress I had worn two and a half nights ago, it had been washed by the maids. I put on a silver bracelet and my ruby rosary. I ran down the halls silently, not focused on my thirst or speed. I ran far and fast, leaving home.
I had chosen the gown as a symbol of good-bye.
I kept running until I came across a town. I halted, and killed all the villains it hid. I could tell what their crimes were and why they had committed them, and I was disgusted. After that, I kept running until I reached a cave behind a waterfall, careful not to get my dress wet. I used my gift, summoning my things to me. I used my amazing gift to make everything fit into a small knapsack. Then I left the waterfall-still not letting my gown get ruined-and kept running. I would pass through towns, staying at each one a few days in local inns before going on my way, but paying the inn keepers generously. Soon after, they would hear about the missing princess. But wherever I stayed, I learned their customs well. (I stayed longer in the second town than the first, and longer in the third town than the second, etc.) In general, the towns were all basically Spanish, but each slightly different. I didn't learn much until I crossed into other countries, where I delightfully learned their dances and cultures. I already told you this part, how I would learn the dances as a human first. I had done this in those villages as well. Each place was impressed with my dancing. I had passed through towns as a human, unless I was hunting villains or there was danger.
I remember clearly each one of these trips, for I was not fully human in towns and such. I seemed human, but I didn't age, had an amazing radar for danger, and kept these memories. But I let myself sleep. And one night in Vienna, I'd been a vampire for seven centuries now, I had a dream about Fredrick. I was confused. Was he alive? An agent for the Volturi? Innocent? "Vegetarian"? But I'd been found, and survival came first. I immediately shifted into a full vampire and fled after packing my belongings. As I ran away (I'd paid for my room when I left) I felt eyes watching me, watching me until I crossed the city's borders and into the wild country.