Midnight and Terra: A Turned Story

2 Years: Still a Newbie

"Midnight, need I remind you you are still a Newbie? You just challenged a two hundred year old Vampire. She may've killed you." Ferrum scolded. I grinned, twirling hair in my fingers and batting my eyelashes as him.

"But you're three hundred. And I know how much you love to come to my rescue." Ferrum, unable to stay mad at me, grinned too.

"Fine." He admitted, dropping his anger. I fluttered away, jumping up into a tree. He followed, keeping his possessive closeness. It grated on me, and I wondered how old I'd have to be before I could strike out on my own.

"You." A cool, melodic voice rang out, and a Vampiress with dark blue hair and frost blue eyes appeared at the base of my tree. Ferrum watched her in fear and respect, and an underlying wariness. I judged her to be older than him by maybe a hundred years.

"Lacy. It's been a while." He replied, nervousness in every word, even though he was trying to be cool.

"You killed Lily. I'm very tempted to kill you." She said calmly. I shivered against the trunk of the tree.

"I'll let you run if I get the newbie though. Seeing as you killed my companion." She decided. Ferrum was gone instantly, and I was alone with the other Vampire, and this time no Ferrum to save me.

"Are you going to kill me?" I asked, surprised by how brave my voice sounded. She smiled at me winningly.

"No, no. I just wanted to scare Ferrum. He's an ungrateful piece of gutter filth." She said sweetly. I stayed in the tree, wide eyed.

"You coming down?" She asked. I shook my head. Sighing, she jumped up to meet me.

"What's your name?" She asked, sitting on a branch so she was level with my head.

"Midnight. What's yours?" I replied. No wonder Ferrum had been so nervous about coming to this town. And how I'd manipulated him until he had! I got myself into this mess.

"Glacier. I'm four hundred and two. I turned Ferrum, almost three hundred years ago." She smiled.

"I know you tricked him into killing Lily, but she was becoming tiresome. I've never met a more pliant, sugary Vampire in all my life. She didn't have a strategic, manipulative bone in her body, but you." Her eyes glimmered as she spoke, portraying her passion.

"Still, stop killing Vampires. I wouldn't wish death upon her just because she's boring." Glacier scolded finally. I nodded in excitement. This was the Vampire I would be spending time with from now on? She was the opposite of Ferrum's boring, protective nature.

"I haven't um, eaten in a week. Do you have a source?" I asked nervously. Lacy grinned and hopped out of the tree.

"I'm due for a drink myself, but my source lives a town over. How fast can you travel a mile?" She quizzed. I considered it quickly.

"Just over two minutes." I admitted. It was much slower than Ferrum, and must be unimaginably slower than her.

"Well, that won't do, will it? I'm hungry now. We'll have to fly." She floated up into the air, grabbing me by the waist as she passed. I clung to her as we floated higher and higher, because if she dropped me, it would really, really hurt.

"It's ok Midnight. You aren't scared of heights, are you?" She teased lightly. I grinned, despite my fears.

"No, but the ground does look particularly scary. Usually I'd have Ferrum fight it for me." I replied just as cheekily. Inwardly though, I sighed a little. I'd gotten used to Ferrum, I had his measure. Lacy was new, and I think she'll be harder to work out. It'll probably be worth it though.