18th October 1247
Children they are the breathe of the world. our future depends on their imagination and brilliance. That’s why it saddens me. I can not give birth to a child of my own. No baby boy or girl that would depend on me. No one I could love unconditionally. I am a vampiric being, a demon in most people’s eyes; maybe this is my punishment a childless eternity. Being the strongest being in the world does not give me a free pass of all of life's difficulties; no not at all it just means I'm the most breakable. When I see Amelia Blackthorn, a child of just 8 years old. Her world so big and she has a chance to make a difference. Nothing like my childhood, I was not treated like a child. My mother would keep me safe from the daylight, though as the moon rose her maternal instincts fell. she became a creature of the night. She would leave me to fend for myself. I was taught and left to hunt my own prey since I was just 6 years old. So quickly 6 simple years became 6000 long years of loneliness. Today was like no other day. I was walking through the house after the light in the sky burnt out. Amelia walked up to me and offered me her hand; she led me to a rose bush. And she plucked rose by its stem and said “Marion, you're like a rose once you pick off the thorns, you are left with something special". Her face lit up when I smiled. The moon shone on my pale skin. Amelia spoke the wisest and kindness words I'd heard in ages. I finally know what my existence is for to guard the blackthorns with my life, because they are what is pure and unique in this world.
I'm allowed to hunt with Edric away from others. The first night we hunted together, he carried a long silver knife with symbols etched into the blade. I just figured it was a sacred blade used in rituals. He asked me more in depth questions about my past, I told him everything. Every bone breaking, gritty detail. None of it fazed him. He was more intrigued by my sensitive senses that allow me to track an animal from up to 4 kilometres away. With years of taking my abilities for granted I stopped noticing how strange they must seem to humans. He asked me something nobody has ever asked me before "please could you teach me how to hunt like you did, all them years ago?”. I showed him how to crawl on the ground with out leaving tracks. For once I wanted to show someone what I was capable of. So I ran as fast as I could, not even stopping for breathe. I managed to run through the entire forest 3 times before returning with a pheasant in one hand and a full grown deer in the other. I had only been gone 1 minute. His eyes sparkled with amazement. That one look gave me the confidence to hold my head high. That night Madora and Edith cooked the deer and pheasant. And the whole family toasted to me. I'm no longer Godric's mistake or my mother’s secret I am a part of something greater than friendship and blood. That's family.
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Maid Marion's blood journal
FantasiAfter Thousands of years of running, i have finally found a place that i can call home. I now have a mother who is not the first demon to walk this earth. Her Children, Edric, Edith and Amelia consider me as their sister. Although my ever growing fo...
