Jewel’s Secret

Growing up in vampire royalty

Ok, so needless to say - my parents were besotted with me. I loved them deeply in return. I felt linked to my mother especially. With Father, I could link to his mind, but it did not feel the same as with mother. I soaked up all my surroundings and was talking at 2 months old, very well in fact that my mother was very pleased as it was a Vampiric skill to read minds and talk elegantly. My father was constructing a new castle to the north of ours and challenged the suitor vampires to get all the building materials of highest quality to build it since I was going to live there with my mate.

The field of suitors was over a hundred and the materials were delivered with lightning speed. Father was trying to weed out some of them to find a match for me, but he was leaving the final decision to me when I turned 18. I think he was getting a thousand-year itch to go travel with mother all over, and not be responsible for a kingdom.

The castle soon grew to having many towers, turrets, and cannons built and more defenses added as it would be the castle of the ruling member of the coven, me mostly, I think. Father was very particular to make sure that there was no "weak" spot for an enemy to get through the thick castle walls which were over 6 ft. wide stones and cemented. Even humans came to help with building and crafting the interior walls and crafting furniture and weapons of defense. Father even hired a computer genius to make the castle high tech almost like a space craft built within its walls. Scanners and tech gear was at the doors and windows and opened by voice commands. I was fascinated with all the flashing lights and buttons, and all the action of the builders and engineers working on the castle. The builders were intrigued by my interest and even taught me engineering. I learned how to build the castle and all its secrets I knew about. I even made secret tunnels and hidden doors in various rooms, I had them make drawbridges, gates, and many fancy wrought iron decorations. Then, mother captured me and started me on lessons which I was more than ready to learn from her. Years passed as my lessons on being royal continued, I learned about vampires and then all the other supernatural beings out there.

Witches, were wolves, dragons, cat people, lizard folk, fairies, trolls, however none of the teachings ever said anything about hybrids. It was almost forbidden to talk about it. My mother said there cannot really be any blending of the supernatural beings as they can only be made from humans, well except dragons, fairies, and trolls, who are born that way.

The days were filled with learning about supernatural beings of all kinds. Many being born into the world some are made. Learning the status of each type of being also was interesting those most humans were on top of the hierarchy as some think that gives them more intellect and reason to be superior to others. Kind of a snobbery as most real super naturals were born one and not made into one. Were creatures especially think that they are above reproach for doing evil things to humans and yet creating more weres out of them. Vampires being a special kind of were since you have to gain permission from the "victim to turn them into of us" otherwise if not it will fail, and the person will go mad and crazy and would need to be killed to safeguard others. My mother never made any new vampires herself and my father made very few of them, once was my mother and me by being inside here when it was done.

Were wolves were an exception as they could pro create offspring. Also, with were cats and fairies, trolls and dragons. They all could have live births. Witches could be any species, of use from vampires to trolls and it was basically the capacity to perform magic. at the age of five I was very inquisitive about the other types of supernatural beings and how they were created. As I grew up more for my suitors would arrive and perform deeds for my father to win his approval and then try to gain mine but I too young to make that decision yet.

Kieran was very friendly towards me and shows delight in doing tasks for me and my father. He doted on me, and I think he could see that I was starting to grow into a young woman of my mother's bearing and looks. Justin would also be a close companion as I grew up and began to take on more royal duties and join events. I favored both of them as they felt like family since they did not return to their homes after my birth.

Connor would visit periodically, and Horace and Ori would also travel from the south to visit every few months to see how I was maturing. Several ladies were petitioning to be maids and ladies in waiting to me and I was still too young to make any of them close friends due to the age gaps. Being a vampire, I was quickly maturing and looked like a teenager at 6 years old. Mother fussed that I was growing up too fast, I giggled as she fretted over me.

"My lovely girl, you are growing way too fast already! Stop that immediately " giggles escaped as she tried to look stern at me.

"Momma tell me of Dragons and the war?" I asked her excitedly.

"Baby those horrible creatures are not to be searched for or discovered they brought to me horrible grief and sadness. So horrible that I do not want to talk about it. Let's learn more about our Vampire history, shall we?"

"Ugh! momma" Vampires are stuffy creatures really, I think to myself. "Momma what about the werewolves to the south of us?"

"We have special treaty with them my love. they stay to the deep south borders and keep out of our territory, so we don't have issues with the humans and the leaders of the humans. Many wolves will eat a human and we need to help protect the humans to be on good terms with them so we can periodically convert some to be vampires to carry on the great works your father is doing. He had the suitors of yours build new schools and even a university for the humans. They were much enamored with the new schools. I was thinking of sending you to a school, but I am not ready to let you leave home my dear. You are to stay with me until you grow old and gray, lol, well older, since you may or may not go gray, since you were born a vampire. What a silly thought". Her laugh filled the room, and it grew bright with cheer as I hug my mother to me.

"Momma, I don't want to leave from here either!"

"You soon will my sweet one"

"I want to go outside to play governor momma!"

"Ok, I see that the school age children are outside now, you should go and talk with some and make some friends and work on diplomacy." her eyes twinkle as I regard her quizzically.

"Why diplomacy, momma?" I look at her quizzically.

"Well, it is just good common courtesy to do so, and you will need to get some friends to play with before you grow more!" she laughs and pushes me out the door towards to school children from the village. "Play nicely with Ella she is close to your age maybe you can ask her to stay over for dinner?"

I walk to Ella slowly as she stares at me boldly.

"Hi Ella!"

Ella looks at me and smiles. "Jules! want to play? I am heading to the lake with my sister, want to come with us? Then I don't have to hang around with her and we can do what we want."

"Sure, let's get some stuff for swimming and some snacks from the kitchen." We grab out swimsuits and some snacks and sneak some cookies and pastries the cook was making and run off as fast as we can before Cook finds that we took. When we are far enough away, we burst out laughing. Ella takes a cheese Danish out and hands it to me and grabs one for herself, "MMM so good, how do vampires cook so well when they drink blood?"

"Years of practice" I burst out laughing realizing cook is over 200 years old.

"Got to have something to pass the time " Ella says through chewing. "That is funny though"

"I know right, you would think that we don't eat real food. I eat all sorts of foods though and maybe drink a glass of blood a week. I wonder why that is?"

"Maybe because you were half since you were born?"

"Could be" I wonder to myself how strange it is that we both can eat food and drink blood and then I realize we both were from the womb of our mothers, and they were turned almost at the same time, she was a day older than I was and from a neighboring Coven.

Her family moved to our territory a year before my birthday. Ella's mother a lovely woman like my mother was turned while she was human and did not know she was pregnant at the time. Her father was my father's brother. He saw her and fell head over heels in love with her at first sight, she fell for him not knowing he was a vampire it was almost a miracle that she was pregnant by him before he turned her on their wedding night. I felt a kinship with Ella due that the fact we were born vampire and not made.

We finish our Danish and get a drink of iced cappuccino from our baskets. Its times like this that I feel human and not supernatural creature. I think it is odd too, that we are not affected by sunlight like the rest of the coven who has severe reactions to sunlight. We play in the water and have a fabulous time at the lake.

We head back to the castle and see several new arrivals, mostly young men and sneak up to get close to hear what they are saying to my father.