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My eyes opened slowly, as golden rays spilled into the room about me. I was in a bed, with covers up to my chest. I turned looking around feeling a slight pain stop me. I slowly sat up examining everything, my mind spinning slightly. My clothes that I had been wearing the night before were still on, my shoes had been sat down by the bed. I looked around for a clock, what time was it?



As I turned to the clock that was on a dresser, it read 12:30pm. My insides started to scream, I had missed two of my classes. I jumped up and put my shoes on. Racing out of the room, into a bathroom making myself stop.



On my neck was a small bruise, I touched my neck and whinced sligthly.



"Your lucky you know."



I jumped, jerking my neck into a very uncomfortable position. Lady Jay stood in the door way watching me, her hair was tossled from sleep and her eyes seemed to glow. Even though she wore no make up of any kind or clothes to accent her curves, she was completely beautiful and I found myself instantly hating her for it.



"What do you mean?"



My voice croaking, and I had to clear my throat.I forced the thoughts of her beauty from my mind, though it was hard to do with her standing infront of me.



"Well, as you have realized the after affects of a vampyre bite, hurt quite a bit more than the actual bite."



I smiled weakily at her, as she seemed to read my mind. She crossed her arms over her chest as if she were cold.



"It's much worse if they break the skin, because the skin swells and scabs. You have to do with the healing part of it, which sucks. You only got a bruise which is better, because it means he didn't break the skin, he just took blood through the skin."



I nodded, wincing once more as I felt the pang in my neck. But, I was greatful that I wasn't going through any of the things Lady Jay had just described.



"So, is Shady always been a vampyre?"



I had meant to ask him myself last night, but couldn't bring myself to. Lady Jay just laughed at me, and joined me in the bathroom to look in the mirror.



"No, Ryu sired him, just like he sired me."



I stared at her puzzled, and she picked up a brush running it through her pink and golden hair.



"Well, I was thinking that he was because of the fact that him and Ryu have slightly pointed ears. Since Ryu is pure blood, I just assumed."



She stopped and comtemplated it for a moment.



"No, I just think that is a mark of power perhaps."



I had to put that to memory, I wonder if Ryu would know anything about that.



"Is there anything physical that could point out a pure blood from a sired vampyre?"



She was now putting her hair up in a pony tail by this point. As she strained with pulling the hair back, and twisting the tie around she answered.



"Well, I don't think there is anything really physical that could be described to a human."



She then turned to me, and nodded for me to follow her out of the bathroom. I did, padding down the hall as quietly as I could realizing that there was people still sleeping.



"But, I'll tell you what. How about you take a look over this book?"



She picked up a rather rough looking book, that had seen possibly better days.



"What is it?"



I was unsure if I wanted to touch it, even though I'm not much of a psychic I realized this book had some power to it.



"It's a book of rituals, that vampyre's do. You might somethings in them interesting. Possibly to help you understand what exactly makes a vampyre."



I was now hypnotized by the book, and instantly took it from her when she held it out to me.



"Thanks, Lady Jay....but won't you get in trouble?"



She smiled rather wide, and I noticed for the first time that although Ryu had one set of fangs, she had double the trouble. I instantly shivered like I had last night.



"I don't think so. Ryu asked me to give it to you when you woke up."



That reminded me about last night entirely.



"What happened? I can't remember after I told Shady to bite me."



She shrugged as if there was nothing to really tell.



"Shady just took what he needed, then took you here. You don't have to worry about any of us taking advantage of you. It's not in our nature, or atleast not Ryu's or Shady's."



I nodded in agreement, even though I didn't know these people very well. I realized that I could trust them, but at the sametime they were still predators. I was about to ask further when my phone went off. I realized it was my mother.



"Hello?"



My mother seemed rather angry.



"Where are you Taloa?!"



I sucked in my breath.



"At a friends house...."



There was some movement in the background.



"Well, you better get home because you are in big trouble you understand? Your father is having a fit and...."



I hung up the phone, looking up to Lady Jay apologetically and grabbing my things from the couch by the door. I ran to my car then took off, wondering just what my father could be upset about now.

"Have you two ever been bitten before?"



I found myself saying,before really thinking about whom I was talking to.



Ryu merely shook his head no, and seemed amused that I would ask such a thing. Shady on the other hand seemed to comtemplate the question more.



"I don't get bitten, I bite."



Ryu broke the silence after a moment of them both sitting in thought. I turned my head to Shady, whom hadn't expected to be interveiwed, but if he had chosen to come to the little get together. He might as well of been some use to the paper I was writing.



"It all depends really, I like to do the biting. But, it is a real turn on when it comes to sex."



I had to avert my eyes, as I felt my cheeks burn. I wasn't that innocent to not talk about sex, it was just something that I was taught not to use in polite conversation. Yet, as it appeared I wasn't in polite conversation was I? I was talking about biting, of course sex should come up some time.



"So, you two are telling me, that you don't let others feed off of you?"



Ryu raised his eyebrows at me, I knew instantly that Ryu was way too dominant to let anyone feed off of him. Then Shady seemed to be the same way, but at the sametime he was gentlier.



"No, like I said...I do the biting."



Ryu held up his hands, and smiled at me flashing his fangs. I shivered, even though I wasn't cold. It wasn't the chill at all, it was the fact that even if Ryu didn't mean it as a threat, it still made my heart jump in my throat. I swallowed, and turned away from Ryu's smiling face.



I was about to question further as to why, when I heard foot steps behind me. My hair started to stand up, and I was about to jump away. When the foot steps stopped and the person whom had been behind me appeared.



It was Lady Jay, I had hoped that she would stop by even if it was boy's night out. Not, that I could really tell if it was or not. I wasn't so nosey to actually go up to everyone in the bar and ask them.



She smiled at me, as if we were old friends.



"Hey, How are you doing?"



Lady Jay seemed to stare at me worriedly and I didn't want to worry her anymore than I already had. Yet, I found that I really wasn't ready to answer any questions, because of the fact that I was trying to calm myself. I had always been afraid of people at my back, and with good reason. My mother had been shot infront of my eyes, but luckily had survived the whole serenario.



I nodded, but I realized that I was really tense, when I looked down at my hands and my palms were bleeding. I looked up at the three vampyres and saw instantly their eyes go black.



"ummm....Ryu? lady Jay? Shady?"



I turned to each one hoping that my voice, would bring them back to reality, or atleast my reality.



Ryu's and Lady Jays eyes returned back to their normal color as they got a hold of their blood lust, but Shady's eyes didn't.I shrank away from them all, knowing that I needed to get some first aid, so that my blood wasn't saturating the air around them.



I stood up to go, but shady caught my arm. I hadn't even realized he had gotten up. I hadn't heard his foot steps, nor the chair moving.



"You want to know what it feels like to be bit?"



He looked down at me with his black eyes, I shook my head and tried to pull away.



"You could add to your paper as a first hand experience."



He smiled at me, his fangs dropping from invisible sheaths. I turned my face to look at Ryu and Lady Jay, I was scared out of my mind.



"It doesn't hurt too bad, Taloa"



Lady Jay was speaking now, trying to reassure some confidence.



"When Ryu bites me, it isn't too bad when he doesn't drop his fangs. All you'll feel is the blood coming out, but if he drops his fangs it's just alittle uncomfortable."



I bit my lip, then looked back to shady noticing that he was still waiting for my answer. Although in movies they protray vampires as having no control when the blood lust hit you, it seemed that vampyres had some.



"But, what about when you bite Ryu?"



I raised my eyebrows cranking my neck to look at Lady Jay once more. She merely smiled graciously at me.



"He doesn't let me bite him very much or very long, usually after a while he either pulls away or growls at me."



I laughed nervously at the thought, then turned my complete attention to Shady.



"Don't you think the people in here would stare at you?"



Shady laughed softly, Ryu echoing it.



"You think we'd go to a bar were we could not show our true nature?"



I thought about it for a moment, then it made perfect sense. At any other bar, they wouldn't be so calm about the conversations that we were having. Then also in a human bar, people wouldn't leave us alone so much.



Ryu stood up then,



"Remember, Taloa this is my hood."



He walked over to a couple of girls that had been sitting and chatting for a while. He started talking to them, and within moments had one girl baring her neck for him. He looked up at me, his eyes completely black like before. He then turned away biting into the woman's neck.



I froze then, fear making my knees buckle. Shady steadied me then, and he bent down whispering in my ear.



"I can hear your heart beat, and I can smell your fear Taloa. Now, if you would please allow me to help you out...."



I knew what he meant, but what would it mean for me? I couldn't deny that I wouldn't mind experiencing some of it, but what should I do? I questioned myself, but I had to answer now.



"bite me."



I felt his lips press against my neck in a smile. I shivered because of the sensation, then his lips parted and his fangs pressed against my flesh. I sucked in my breath, and felt him bite in. There was some pain, but instantly I felt I couldn't stand. Shady held onto me, and I closed my eyes allowing myself to be drowned out into the darkness.

I drove home, and I ran up to my room with my school supplies. I scrambled to my desk, trying to write everything down that Janice had told me. It was frustrating enough that I had a chat with her without my notes, and it was even more frustrating that I would have to write it all down from memory.



Changing, so it was something that someone had to really think about. Not that it wasn't hard as a human, changing your temperment. But, it was one thing to change that, then another to change species...sort of....



I was tired, and I needed sleep but because of the encounter and so many unanswered questions. I couldn't even lay down to let it all sink in, I was addicted to knowing more of what happened. I wanted to talk to Janice, but I needed to know something else.



The bite, what did it feel like? Did the humans that were bit enjoy it? Could a vampyre make it feel good or bad? Was there something in their fangs that could do something to a human? How far did your trust have to go with something like that?



Question on top of question. I couldn't just turn in a paper without examining possibly every part of this so called mental disorder. I was starting to believe that it wasn't anything like that, it wasn't a state of mind....it was a state of being.



Ryu had been born this way, Janice had not.....either way they were vampyre's now. Ryu could say that he didn't choose the life of a vampyre, but something told me he wouldn't change that fact.



It was getting late as I pondered these things, I had already bothered Ryu so much over the information. I checked the clock, it was 11 at night. He was a nocturnal person right?



I picked up my phone, and dialed the number. The phone line rang, then his voice came through.



" You call so late, I swear I'm going to bite your ass."



I was a bit stunned, wasn't he always up this late? I checked my reflex to just hang up, and leave him alone.



"Sorry....I need to talk to you some more. I really want to know about a vampyre bite. The nature of it...."



He didn't say anything for a moment. I thought maybe he had hung up on me, because I had probably said the dumbest thing of all.



"Ryu?"



He cleared his throat alittle.



"Meet me at the bar in 30 minutes. I'm bringing a friend."



I jumped at the oppertunity to speak with him again. Was I infatuated with Ryu? No....but if infatuation existed for knowledge then I knew that is what it was.



"Thanks!"



I could only say that before the line went dead, as if he was in a hurry as much as I was. I didn't bother looking all over for my notes, they sat infront of me. My tape recorder was on my desk.



I merely piled my stuff together, and headed out the door. I felt so much like a little girl going to the candy shop, and her mom told her she could get her anything she wanted. My heart was pounding in my ears, my stomach was in knots. Why was I so nervous? I'd seen Ryu before....maybe it wasn't that....it was him bringing a friend.



I locked my door, and walked out of my house to my car. I had to take a deep breath and hope that Ryu's friend was nice.



By the time I had arrived at the bar, I realized that it was like boys night out. There was barely any women in the bar, and if there was they were working the bar. I felt completely out of place, and somewhat anexious.



For once I had been the first one there, as I waited. I watched for Ryu to enter, and he did with a man by his side. From where I sat I didn't notice many details. Ryu's friend was just as tall as him, with skin white like Janice's, but it had more of a pinkish human looking twinge.



Ryu walked over and sat down across from me, his friend following his suit.



"Hey Taloa." I looked over at him for the first time since they had sat down.



"This is my friend Shadow, but we call him Shady for short."



I started at "Shady." He was muscular, thick like the men you see in body building. He had dark brownish eyes, and hair like Ryu's was short and dark. He had alittle bit of chin hair, but not too much. Shady was rather attractive, so far it seemed all of the vampyre's had physical attributes that made me feel inferior. Yet, I couldn't help but notice that both Ryu & Shady had slightly pointed ears....could it be a mark of purebloods? Who knew?



So transfixed with starting and comparing them both. Ryu reached out to break the spell, causing me to jump. I blinked and looked at him.



"Are you star struck, or are you always like this?"



He and Shady began to laugh at me. I smiled weakily and felt my cheeks turning red.



"Well....I....ummm...."



I couldn't find anything to say, I just hoped that it wouldn't be like this throughout the whole time I spent with them.

She reached forward taking my hands in hers, and then looked me in the eyes. She didn't move any closer than she had to.



"You need to listen if you want to know the truth."



I blinked caught in her gaze, like a doe in headlights. She released me, as if she didn't like to touch anyone very much. She didn't seem to notice my momentary numbness. Infact she carried on like nothing happened at all. Did any of these people ever act like something had gone on?



"Please continue you."



I gave her my full attention now. She didn't really look at me, rather she turned away to gather herself a bit.



"Well, when it all started for me. I thought I was going crazy. At first I heard things that no one should hear. The next door neighbors radio playing softly. I asked my parents if they could hear it, and their response was no. So, immediately I waved it off to be my mind playing tricks on me. I had to take a walk, and passing by my neighbor's house was the song I had just heard."



She turned looking over to see if I was still listening. The hairs on my arms stood up, to think that she could hear that. I wondered if there was more than just the plan senses that made them inhuman.



"I was overwhelmed by this, and called Ryu. Of course he laughed at me and asked if it was a trip. I couldn't help but feel abit strange. Then I could feel things around me. Even if I couldn't see them, I could feel them. You know the creepy feeling you get, when you think you're being watched?"



I nodded to her question, not wanting to break the story she was telling me.



"I had to get used to it slowly, and i fed off the energy sources around me. Yet, it was nothing compared to what else would hit me later."



I rose my eyebrows in spectulations as to what she was referring to. Remember Ryu had been a vampyre his whole life, and couldn't tell me a story like this. It was a completely uncharted territory for me.



Lady Jay walked over and sat down next to me stretching her legs out a bit.



"The blood lust was the next thing to come, it hit me like a storm. My body went completely knotted, it was like a pain that you couldn't stop, and the only thing was to have blood. Ryu didn't let me have it right away, he forced me to control it."



I could imagine her withering with the pain of it, and Ryu coaching her.



"I remember laying there, and he would drag blades across his skin. I of course wished it would cut the flesh so I could have something to drink but he told me. 'You need to learn to control this, because there isn't always going to be food readily available.'"



I nodded, it was wise for him to teach her that, because from what I could understand....if you didn't control the blood lust it ruled you.



"yet, if anything the vision is something that is awesome to behold. Even in the darkness I can see things as if the moon is shining brightly into the room."



I laughed softly, then knowing that my eyesight would never be like theirs.



"Oh, I envy you there Lady Jay."



She looked at me rather amused, and yet seemed questionable to as why I would be jealous of vision. I stared at her for a moment, then sighed.



"I'm legally blind without my contacts in."



I smiled, though sadly because I couldn't enjoy the scenary like other people. My vision was still rather horrible even with lenses in, I could see but it would be blurry alittle. I knew eventually I would be completely blind.



"Atleast you can still see somewhat, Taloa. I don't know what it would put you at if you were blind and writing this."



I laughed again, and I felt better for it.



"I believe I would have a bigger imagination."



She nodded, I then realized that I had stopped her story in the middle.



"Please Lady Jay, what other senses do you have that help?"



She thought for a moment.



"Well, for one the sense of smell is both a blessing and a curse. I can smell things that aren't detectable by humans, but it sure as heck can be rather nasty sometimes. Then of course I can read minds somewhat, but it's alittle different. You sort of get into people's minds, then back out. Because you can hurt them after you've been in them awhile."



I nodded and it was interesting to think that she could be reading me right now. yet, somehow I could tell that Lady Jay wasn't one to dig into your private thoughts. Well, not unless she needed to.



I needed to get back home so I could write this down, before my mind forgot it all.



"Well, Lady Jay I think I am alright to go home."



She nodded, then stood up.



"But, before you go."



She placed some sunglasses on me.



"I don't know if it will help much for your eyes, but I never leave home without them whenever it's sunny."



She then turned walking away from me, I watched her go as if I was dreaming again. She was more graceful than words could say, and I turned feeling like jealousy would eat me alive once more.



I got into my car, and drove off toward home. I needed a nap as well as a good amount of time to add these findings into my notes.

I stood by my car and blinked at the sunlight. The fragments irritating my eyes until I could feel tears. I rubbed them trying to focus, but the light merely bleached through. I felt a slight pain start to build around my eyes and I groaned.



"I know how you feel." a woman's voice said to me.



I turned myself towards the sound, trying to open my eyes. Yet, the lids seemed glued closed together. A moment later, there was hands guiding me out of the sunlight.



Once under a roof, I began to adjust to the light better. The hands dropped away from me, and I blinked a few times then looked to whoever had helped me. I found myself facing the woman from my dream, I felt my knees buckle, and I took a deep breath not wanting to faint. I already fainted once, I didn't need to again. She looked at me worriedly, then helped me sit down.



"But...." was all I could say.



"You surprised me too." She smiled, her pretty face lighting up.



Instantly jealousy pooled into the bottom of my stomach. Not the type of jealousy were you want to be with someone's lover, more like the type were you wanted to be them. I felt inferior to her somehow, and it wasn't something I felt often.



"How?" I was confused, when I replayed her remark.



She shrugged "I don't know, you tell me? Ryu is worried about what happened."



I stared at her and my mind replayed my dream.



"Nothing happened, What could he be worried about?" I raised my eyebrows at her.



"Humans." She seemed alittle annoyed.



"You refuse to believe that your dream walking is real? And you are questioning my lord about vampyric life. Wow that is alittle strange."



Even through her explaination she was perfectly beautiful.



My mouth dropped, 'dream walking?' my brain couldn't grasp such a concept.



"Look, my name is Lady Janice. You can call me Lady Jay." She held her hand out to me as if trying to brush off what was said moments before.



I took her hand out of politeness and shook it. Lady Jay's hand was much softer and alittle warmer than Ryu's. After I had realized that, I felt like I had been holding her hand longer than I was suspposed to. I withdrew it quickly and smiled weakily. She looked amused with me, as much as I was amused with her.



"So, you're one of Ryu's Fledgings?"



She nodded softly.



"Well, then....what was it like?"



I felt totally unprepared for this conversation, because all of my notes were back at home.



"Well, it depends on the person. For me it was just little things. Ryu started me out with certain senses, because you can go crazy if you experience them all at once. I don't know if I would of handled it, but he was being careful. Thank goodness."



I shook my head, and I had to press my hands to my temples. This is not something that I was used to. So Hollywood was right, you could change someone into a vampire. Yet, how was it done? That is something that I would never know. I could only guess that there was some sort of blood exchange. Something that was too personal for Ryu to share with me.



"Taloa are you listening?"



I looked up, Lady Jay seemed worried again as if I was going to faint. I smiled as best I could.



"Yes, I'm listening sorry. I was just thinking about how it could be done."



She merely nodded, not volunteering the information. I guess there was no real way that I would ever know, unless I wanted to go through it myself.



'This life isn't for everyone' I could hear Ryu's voice at the back of my mind. Something told me that it wasn't a life that I could deal with, so all I could do was listen, write, and depict.



"Taloa?"



I blinked. "Sorry, I can be spacey sometimes."