text: going to have to change first. I mean maybe you're a beauty right now to other doppys, but you're just not doing it for me in your natural form."
  "Understandable. Um, is there any particular form you would like?"
  "I dunno, surprise me? Wait, on second thought, don't surprise me."
  "I think I know of a form that will please you. I've heard you describe her enough to me that I think I can copy her."
  "Wait, who are you...oh."
  
  And before your eyes, you see Kayla transform into the image of Isabella, well ALMOST the image of her. She's not a perfect match since she's only working by your description and one major thing that's standing out is the eyes. Her eyes are still those blank white orbs.
  
  "Well? Does this work?" Kayla asks a bit hopefully.
  "I suppose it'll have to, because we don't have time for you to get it perfect. Well let's get this done. Now is there anything I should know about? I mean you aren't going to start transforming into a gray blob or something in the middle of this are you?"
  "Not unless you want me too sir."
  "Good and no I don't. Okay, come over here."
  
  Kayla comes over to you and the first thing she does is kiss you on the lips and puts her arms around you. It's weird, for multiple reasons. Least of which is because you're embracing something that looks like "Isabella" but obviously isn't her. While you appreciate the attempt at illusion, those white orb eyes are destroying it.
  
  "Hold on, stop." You say.
  "Did I do something wrong?" Kayla asks.
  "Not as such, but...you're going to have to turn around and bend over for this."
  "Oh, okay."
  
  During the act, Kayla takes every opportunity to insist that you rub her body and press up against her as much as possible as she wants to get your full "essence." While she said she wasn't going to turn into a gray blob during this, she starts having a very "squishy" feeling to you. It's almost like her body is partially melding on to yours.
  
  She tells you to hold her tighter and goes on about how good this all feels to her. You're a little reluctant to do so since it isn't like Kayla's a vampire and you could easily break her if you used all your strength, but then again, you partially feel like you're fucking water. And that of course makes you concerned that she's going to envelope you or something.
  
  None of that happens though, and after an "interesting" time with Kayla, you feel even weirder about it all and there's a sticky gray coating on most of your body.
  
  "Ew." You quietly say to yourself.
  "That was wonderful! I've never known someone so intimately like that! I could really feel all your power! It was all so intoxicating! Mmmm." Kayla says and continues to rub up against you and putting your arms around her body.
  
  She's in complete ecstasy and while you're not surprised due to your magnificent sexual prowess, there's shit that needs to be done.
  
  "Look, you think you can take lead the ghouls now?" you say and start separating yourself from her. (Which isn't easy since you seem to be literally sticking to her)
  "Yes, I think it should be easier now."
  "Good, get going. I want this done."
  "Very well sir."
  
  Kayla looks a little disappointed that you're already shoving her out the door, but you had no plans on making this a permanent "thing" anyway. It's going to be a little weird now though.
  
  However, you don't want low morale so...
  
  "Kayla, just remember if it starts looking bad, make a strategic retreat. I can always make more ghouls, but I can't replace you."
  "Why thank you sir! And I will, but hopefully it won't come to that." Kayla responds with a smile before transforming into you and leaving.
  
  Well, now things are going to be even weirder, but you'll worry about that later.
  
  All you can do now is wait and hope that the attack is successful.
  
  As it gets dark, you start to grow impatient and begin to suspect the worst, but Kayla returns. Not many ghouls follow her, but she's back. She knows how much you hate interacting with "yourself" so she transforms back into her natural form.
  
  "You're back, I was just about to go to Ulig myself. I trust it was a success?" You say.
  "It was, though as you can see, there were many casualties. Most of the ghouls I took with me died, including Stinky. A lot of the villagers were also massacred as well, but I believe they are more determined to fight against the fanatics after my speech to them." Kayla says.
  "Okay, it's the start. I'm going to head to Yilbov. It's the next closest village to us and hopefully they don't know what's gone on in Ulig yet, but I trust you let nobody escape."
  "No, none of them fled in the first place. They fought to the death."
  "Good. That's exactly what I'm going to give them."
  "Wait, don't you want anyone to go with you?"
  "No, I'm going to do this myself and stealthy because they're probably going to be even more alert for trouble. Better if I go alone rather than having ghouls tipping my hand. It's been awhile since I've done it this way, so it'll be fun for me."
  "As you wish sir. Just be careful. The hunters and Joachimites we encountered were well prepared. Silver shot, silver weapons, even bombs."
  "Not surprised but..."
  
  Just as you're about to complete your sentence, you see a ghoul running towards you. It's Lurky. He looks severely wounded.
  
  "Master! Master!" he shouts.
  "Lurky? Thought you might be dead. What the hell happened to you?" You answer.
  "I almost was! Caught and tortured! There are many many hunters and those crazy worshippers in the forest! A large camp!"
  "How many?"
  "Lots! Well...none now."
  "Wait, you telling me that YOU killed them all?"
  "No! I didn't even kill one! Had help! Someone like you!"
  "Someone like me? Wait...another vampire?"
  
  Before you even put the pieces together, a familiar figure arrives and gets all the ghouls attention in town. It isn't due to her naked body though, it's because this is a woman of great power and dominance.
  
  "Sir...is that..." Kayla asks.
  "Yes, that's her and if she's here, it can't be good."
  
  Isabella has arrived and judging by the look of distain on her face, she's not in the best of moods.
  
  She throws several ghouls out of her way and tells them to back off. They comply, but the fact they're all in awe of her and ignoring you completely is telling of how much power she's currently displaying. Even Kayla looks a bit entranced by her.
  
  Isabella approaches you and you just stand there like prey.
  
  Fortunately she just slaps the hell out of you. You take it since you don't have much choice and nobody is rushing to help you either.
  
  You rub your face and address Isabella.
  
  "Hello Isabella, you're looking as lovely as ..."
  "Don't fucking flatter me, I know how good I look! Ugh...this place...its crawling with ghouls. I don't know how you can stand the filth or the smell. I feel dirty just standing here. I understand you need humans to kick around, but I thought I taught you better than to associate with ghouls. Have you REALLY looked at the company you're keeping?"
  "Yes, I'm well aware Isabella."
  "Are you? Because I think if you thought about it, you'd realize that hanging around with humans, ghouls, and...shit...I don't even know what you're supposed to be." Isabella says temporary distracted by Kayla.
  "I'm a doppelganger. Heard much about you. Pleasure to meet you at last." Kayla says with a little bow.
  
  Isabella turns back to you.
  
  "Well, at least you have someone around here with a little class I guess."
  "Isabella, what are you even doing here? I thought you never wanted to see me again." You ask.
  "And I would have been glad to oblige. However, your actions here had consequences. Severe ones. Did you really think that you could just conquer a bunch of villages and it NOT cause any attention? My home is ruined thanks to you."
  "Wait, what?"
  "I suppose its more fool me for not paying more attention to your actions, I just didn't expect you to stir up a fucking crusade. The large group of Joachimites and hunters marched through Dert and burned the entire village. The poor dumb bastards never even knew there was a vampire living nearby."
  "They destroyed Dert?"
  "Yes, and by the time I found out about it, the crusade had already moved on towards your area. I might have known sooner, but I had already stocked up on villagers previously and had food for a while. In any case, my reliable food source was destroyed and I went to hunt the assholes who did it. Eventually I caught up with them and found your minion getting tortured. After killing most of them with only one or two managing to get away, I turned my attention to him. Of course your loyal minion told me everything that he didn't tell his captors for obvious reasons, however I sort of suspected you were the cause of all this anyway. I warned you and you didn't listen. You never listen..."
  
  And you feel like you're in the crypt again...
  
  Still, as usual she's sort of right. Doesn't mean you like it though.
  
  "Okay, I get it. So I take it you're here to help?" you say.
  "Help? Well that is an interesting dilemma. If you weren't involved, I'd probably finish off the rest of these fanatics and hunters myself and be on my way, but considering that you are involved, I'm tempted to just take off and leave you to deal with the rest of the situation. I've probably killed enough of them to qualify as revenge and it's not going to change the fact that I need to find a new place to live since my livestock has all been killed." Isabella says.
  "Can't you just go to Holgard or prey upon travellers nearby?"
  "Yes, I suppose I could, but ugh...that's not ideal. Then again neither is looking for a new home. In any case, I'm still not convinced on helping you."
  
  "Um...Miss...Isabella? If I may..." Kayla says.
  "Actually under normal circumstances, you may not, however since I'm more willing to listen to a complete stranger right now rather than my ex, you might as well dare to address me. Say what you have to doppelganger." Isabella remarks.
  "I...we...would be most grateful for your help. While you may have eliminated a great camp in the forest, there are still many enemies currently occupying the villages in the nearby area and as you said, one or two from the camp you destroyed got away. I can only imagine they are already on their way to warn their fellows which means they will be more prepared. I think we would be able to handle this situation much easier with your superior skills assuming you wish to help us, oh great mistress of the night."
  
  Isabella cocks her head to the side listening to Kayla trying to appeal to her sense of vanity.
  
  "Where did you find this one? It's good at this. It's respectful without being excessively annoying like a ghoul or quaking in fear like a human, and it almost comes off as sincere. It may even be sincere. However, I'm not actually interested in hearing your minions beg on your behalf. I'd rather hear YOU do it."
  "What for? I mean you either care enough about your revenge or you don't. I mean I was planning on taking care of this myself before you showed up anyway..."
  
  Kayla suddenly goes over to you.
  
  "Sir, I really think we should take her help. There are an awful lot of hunters still alive and we would probably lose less humans and ghouls with your ex helping us. It will just be better in the long run."
  
  > ask Isabella for help
  It would be the pragmatic thing to do. Isabella is a lot more powerful than you are and at the very least, it'll make all of this go a lot easier and quicker. You put up with Isabella's superior attitude for years, you can put up with it for this small moment.
  
  Also there is a small part...well a little more than small actually, that misses her.
  
  "Isabella, and I do mean this sincerely, I would like your assistance on this task. I fucked up, and should have thought about consequences of trying to carve out some sort of empire of sorts. Especially when I don't have much help to begin with. I got drunk with power and overly confident about everything. So again, if it will appease you, I'm begging for your aid." You say.
  
  Isabella looks at you as you try to look as humble as possible to her.
  
  "Nice. Not as convincing as your doppelganger though." Isabella remarks.
  "What? I'm being sincere! I really do want your help!"
  "Yes, I know you do and I even know you mean it, but my concern is, are you actually going to LEARN from any of this? I seriously have my doubts about that. Chances are when all this is over, you'll go right back to doing the same thing, perhaps even believing that you'll do it better next time."
  "So, you're not helping."
  "I didn't say that, stop presuming my actions!" Isabella snaps.
  
  There's a pause and then Isabella shakes her head.
  
  "By the gods I'm too sentimental for old flames sometimes..." she says to herself.
  
  "I will help you, but this is the last time! If you decide to continue acting like an idiot after this, you're on your own. Okay, give me the lay of the land so I know exactly where we're attacking."
  
  As soon as Isabella is given a map of the area and told where certain places are specifically, she seems uninterested in the specifics and repeatedly says she'll take care of most of the remaining villages tonight and any remaining ones she'll deal with tomorrow night.
  
  In the meantime you proceed with your own plan of going to Yilbov. Kayla stays behind with the ghouls.
  
  By the time you get to Yilbov, it feels like a very familiar scene. Namely when Green Eye's men were pillaging Maldito, though minus the rape and double the torture and burning alive.
  
  Several villagers are tied to stakes and begging for their lives. Some are saying they were forced to serve you, others claim ignorance, and none of it does any good of course. The fanatics are burning some infidels tonight and that's that.
  
  Meanwhile there are several hunters patrolling the village in groups of two. You manage to actually take out four of them before alerting everyone to your presence. It was a good try at least.
  
  "IT'S THE VAMPIRE! KILL IT! KILL IT NOW!" the head zealot shouts and quickly burns the rest of the villagers tied to stakes.
  
  Gunfire, crossbow bolts, and silver throwing knives are all fired or hurled in your direction. It's a bit chaotic with all the villagers running around, but at least some of them are taking hits for you, though perhaps not voluntarily.
  
  You take down several Joachimites, before the head zealot calls forth a beam of light from his hands and aims it at you.
  
  You feel it all right too, and it hurts like hell when it briefly hits your chest. You quickly get a nearby villager to use as a shield, but it doesn't work, you soon smell flesh burning as the beam burns right through the villager.
  
  You get temporary relief by ducking behind a house. The problem lies with the zealot being on a high platform in an open area and his spell seemingly following you without error. You peek behind the corner and see that he's still yelling about killing you all the while his victims are screaming and burning close around him.
  
  While you're pondering your best move to get to him, you get shot in your side by a hunter. His next shot would have been your head had you not been quick enough to dodge. You rush the hunter and break his neck with ease and trying to ignore the pain of the silver now lodged in your body.
  
  "Shit...need to finish this asshole. What this...oh this might work." You say and find a spherical metal object on the body of the hunter. It's a firebomb.
  
  You grab it and the body of the hunter and go to face the zealot again.
  
  "YOU CANNOT HIDE BLOOD LEECH! THE LIGHT WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU!" the zealot says as his light beams hit the body of the hunter.
  
  You smell the burn and it won't be long before it goes through, but you hopefully don't need that long.
  
  You throw the firebomb at the zealot, which misses, but it didn't need to hit him and you weren't aiming at him anyway. You just needed it to hit one of the burning villagers near him.
  
  Before you know it an explosion occurs showering the entire area with wood, flames, and body parts. You continue to use the body as a shield. Last thing you need is a random piece of wood flying into your heart.
  
  After the destruction has died down a bit, the remainder of the Joachimite fanatics clumsily try to bash your head in with silver cudgels. They fail and join the rest of the dead.
  
  And there are certainly a lot of them. This village is in complete ruins. Most of the villagers are dead or hiding, a few though are angry.
  
  "YOU! You brought this upon us all! Even Green Eye was better than this! You've been preying upon all of us and it stops today!" someone shouts and then you feel a silver bolt in your back.
  
  "Agh! Fuck! Ungrateful wretches!" you exclaim and turn your attention to the group of peasants that have grabbed hunter weapons to finish you off.
  
  They have about as much success as they did. Your wrath is swift and brutal. After putting down the minor peasant revolt, you address any villagers still around, but hiding.
  
  "If you still wish to live under my protection, you had best find shelter in the nearby village of Ulig. If not, then I suggest you take to the wilderness now, and forget about this place for the rest of your short lives."
  
  You take your leave of the village and head back home. A little slower than usual due to all the silver in the side of your body. You're going to have to get Kayla to help fish the stuff out.
  
  Eventually you get back home and find that Isabella is already in your lair and speaking with Kayla! They're seemingly having a friendly conversation as well.
  
  "Oh that doesn't surprise me, he's always been like that. I think his parents must have... oh speaking of which, look who just came back. Sheesh, you look a little worn." Isabella says.
  "Um, welcome back sir! I was just talking with Isabella." Kayla says a bit more nervously.
  "Yes, I've been finding Kayla an excellent conversationalist and it's rare I find those."
  "Hm, while you two were talking I've been getting shot full of silver! I thought you were going to help!" you exclaim.
  "I did and I finished."
  "...but...you couldn't have! How many villages did you get to?
  "Three. Five was how many you had right? You already dealt with one and I assume you just dealt with the other. Also, I managed to save most of your little humans in the process. You know what your problem is? You have too many villages to look after. You should just group all your followers in one big place. It'll be easier for you to rule that way, if you're going to insist on doing this."
  
  You have no words you just sit down still in pain. You think Kayla is going to ask if you're okay or go see to you, but instead she continues to hang around Isabella.
  
  "Hey, that's a good idea Isabella. See? Isn't it good you begged her for help?" Kayla says.
  "Best idea ever obviously." You say.
  "Okay I know what the problem is, your girlfriend isn't showing you proper attention, am I right?" Isabella says.
  "What?!" you answer.
  "Um..." Kayla stutters.
  
  Isabella looks at the pair of you back and forth.
  
  "Well that's what you two are right? I mean I've gotten a vibe between the pair of you and I'm usually not wrong on these sorts of things."
  "No!" you say.
  "Um...I suppose it's complicated." Kayla responds.
  "What's so complicated? Not like anyone else is in the middle of this...wait, he's not fucking a ghoul is he? Because that would be..."
  "I'm not fucking a ghoul!"
  "Then what's the problem? You two are fucking right?"
  "No!" you say.
  "Um...it's complicated." Kayla responds again.
  
  Isabella start to laugh a bit and you're getting annoyed. Kayla just remains silent.
  
  "What's so fucking funny?" you exclaim.
  "You of course. We're not together, do you actually think I care what you're fucking now?" Isabella says.
  "That's not the point."
  "Okay, look since I'm not going to get a straight answer from you, I'll ask your girlfriend. Have you two been intimate? Don't worry, I don't care."
  "Well, we have, but it was only once and I sort of talked him into it because it was part of a plan." Kayla answers.
  "Oh this just gets better. Talked him into it huh? I'm sure you didn't need to try very hard."
  "Okay, you've had a good laugh, but I don't see why this is any of your concern." You say.
  
  Isabella stands up and gives you a serious look.
  
  "I'll tell you why, because your actions have had consequences in my life for quite some time. From the moment you showed up at my crypt begging me for Gray Moss for Ral, to the moment when you had that frozen curse and even now you brought a crusade on my doorstep. You've been quite troublesome since we met, but I've been talking with Kayla here and I've found some illumination which I didn't expect to."
  "And that would be?"
  "That would be despite it all, I've always helped you out because I like you. And because I do, I'm going to go back on my word and help you again."
  
  And before your eyes, Isabella spins around and with one quick move she rips Kayla's head off and throws it across the room and into the wall behind you. You stand up as Kayla's headless body leaks gray goo from the body.
  
  "SHIT! What the fuck did you do that for?!" you exclaim.
  "What? You didn't actually love it did you?" Isabella asks.
  "No! But...she was a useful servant!"
  "She was serving nobody but herself. I talked with that one long enough to see that. You can't trust doppys."
  "Thought you said you never saw a doppelganger before."
  "I haven't, or at least not one in its natural form, but in any case I didn't say I didn't know anything about them. You don't live for centuries without reading tomes and books about things every now and then. That doppy had sex with you, meaning it most definitely gathered enough of your presence to take the next step, which was to copy you perfectly, dispose of you and take over."
  "What? No, that can't be right."
  "I'm serious. Have I ever lied to you?"
  "I suppose not, but still..."
  "Hell, it was getting friendly with me when you weren't here. I wouldn't have been surprised if it would have turned into you and then later some where down the road tried to get close to me in your form. Wouldn't have worked of course, I would have known that it wasn't you. Anyway, I should get going, it'll be dawn soon and I'm going to have to dig a hole in the ground. It's so undignified, but it is what it is."
  "You're leaving?"
  "Well, I told you I was just here to help. What, you weren't hoping I killed the doppy because I wanted to get back with you did you?"
  "Would it really be so bad?"
  
  Isabella walks over to you and kisses you.
  
  "No, but we're obviously in different places right now. Tell you what, assuming you survive another century, come find me in the Delantium Kingdom."
  "You not going back home?"
  "No, because you're most likely going to still be fucking around here and possibly drawing attention to yourself again, plus it's not going to be the same with Dert gone. Besides maybe I need a change of scenery anyway. Going to miss the garden, but I can make another one elsewhere, better maybe. Who knows? See you around."
  
  You watch as Isabella walks toward the exit of your lair, but before she leaves she stops.
  
  "Before I go, tell me. When you were intimate with the dop, did she look like me at the time?" Isabella asks.
  "Well... sort of...but not quite. It's complicated." You answer.
  "I knew it."
  
  Isabella laughs and leaves.
  
  It's been an eventful night and you've got a lot to do tomorrow night, but for now, you're going to get some rest.
  
  > Epilogue
  Epilogue 6: The Night King
  
  Year 36
  
  Maldito – City of the Damned
  
  Actually it isn't so much of a city as it is a large town. Having all the remaining peasants from the other villages resettle in one area certainly makes ruling over them all a lot easier now. Isabella had a good idea, but then she usually did.
  
  Damned is probably a bit a stretch as well since besides having you as a ruler and few ghoul guards running around, the town is more or less normal. The people here feel safe and just have to deal with their ruler feeding on a few of them every now and then. You're still probably more pleasant than the current Baroness in Holgard.
  
  You'd think ruling over a large town would have you a lot busier, but as it turns out, nobody really wants to bother you. Everyone sorts out their own messes and gets on with their mundane tasks. Even the ghouls don't bother you much if they can help it. You're essentially just the immortal protector and scare off would be raiders thanks to stories, rumors and truths.
  
  Even hunters or crusading types avoid the place ever since the failed crusade stories spread. Such types would probably be killed by the average citizens of Maldito anyway after suffering worse from them than they ever did from you.
  
  In any case, you've finally come to a balance with your desire to rule over your lessers. It's not quite how Isabella did it, but you still can't help being a bit more hands on.
  
  Never did you believe you would ever be in this position in your life (or unlife) anyway. It's a good existence and you've gotten over the whole brooding bit about just being "a prisoner" in another form. That was silly, you're a ruler, you're free to do whatever the hell you want.
  
  Well okay, you can't walk around in the daytime, but that doesn't make you a prisoner, just means you have limitations. You had different ones long before you were a vampire. Not like you were a lover of the daylight anyway.
  
  However, there are still moments you reflect on the simpler times back in Teckleville with your sister. Your days of being a rogue may be long over, but those memories will always remain.
  
  As you're engaging in your new past time of reading on a regular basis, you suddenly hear the sound of music. The strumming of a lute you think. It's not unpleasant either, almost soothing. You put down your book to investigate.
  
  As you get closer to the exit of your living area, the music is getting louder. You can't imagine that one of your ghouls has taken up the practice of being a musician and none of them were talented before you changed them anyway.
  
  The music is now making you feel so calm, that YOU begin to get suspicious. There must be magic at work and you're not thrilled if it's entering your home.
  
  You sense two figures approaching. Both living, though one is probably human due to the stronger heartbeat.
  
  "Lurky is that you? Who are you bringing to me?!" you shout before they even turn the corner.
  
  You get no verbal answer, but you soon see it.
  
  Lurky turns the corner and is swaying back and forth to the music with a stupid grin on his face. Behind him is the musician in question and you might be more concerned if you didn't recognize her immediately.
  
  While you can't go home again, but apparently sometimes home finds you.
  
  "Sis?" you utter.
  "Yep, it's me. Sorry about the music bro since I know it's probably affecting you a little, but I didn't know how else to get past your ghouls safely and they were getting ready to attack. I'd stop playing, but..." your sister replies.
  "Oh, yes of course. Lurky, leave this woman alone and let everyone else know, particularly the rest of the ghouls that she is an honored guest here. No harm is ever to come to her under threat that I'll kill everyone in the town slowly if it does."
  "Yes, master...wheee that music...awwww, it stopped." Lurky responds and then lopes off a bit sadder.
  
  With Lurky gone, it's now just you and your sister standing in the corridor. It's been so long. You don't say anything, you just go up and hug her which she returns.
  
  "Be careful of the mandolin, you don't even know what I had to do to get it." Your sis says maneuvering so her instrument isn't crushed as you two embrace.
  "Nothing too indecent I hope." You joke.
  "Ha ha. No, but it was certainly an ordeal."
  "I imagine so, if it has power to charm ghouls and affect the non-living. But we can discuss that later. How the hell did you even find me?"
  "I know it's just a town as opposed to a city, but I'm not sure if you realize it or not but this place is starting to get a reputation. Of course as a bard I try to keep up on such places of interest."
  "Makes sense, but how did you know that I would be here?"
  "Oh last year I had a run in with one of your vampire acquaintances, Isabella during my travels in the Delantium Kingdom. She approached me in a tavern after a show there saying how she had never heard music so beautiful." Lisa says.
  "Wait, you met Isabella? She approached you in a tavern completely naked and nobody batted an eye?" you interrupt.
  "She was wearing an elegant looking dress when I spoke to her, why would she be naked?"
  "Dress? Hm, she really did change a bit. Nevermind, go on."
  "Anyway I thought she was just flirting with me at first, especially when she said the line about me having similar features of someone she knew. When she found out I was your twin sister, she wouldn't stop talking and she told me about you."
  "Okay, we need to get comfortable for this reunion, let's go back to my reading room."
  
  You lead your sister back to your inner sanctum. The pair of you sit down to talk more.
  
  "Lot of books you have here, don't remember you being that much of a reader." Your sister remarks.
  "Yeah, well when you have as much time as I have, you tend to find different hobbies to fill it with."
  "But don't you run this place?"
  "I rule it, but the town practically runs itself. I'm basically just the big bad vampire guardian."
  "Vampire...I have to say I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around that one about you. I have so many questions."
  "Didn't Isabella fill you in?"
  "A little, but she mostly talked about herself and her past."
  "Really? In all the years I lived with her, she never said shit about much of her past."
  "I guess even with your vampy powers I'm still just naturally more charismatic than you. As I said I think she was just looking for company when she spoke to me and at the time I sort of was wondering about what else she might want to do. I mean I'm pretty much up for a lot of things and I've heard the infamous stories about vampires, but getting intimate with one would have still been a little scary since I wouldn't have much say in the matter if things went wrong."
  "Trust me I know."
  "Yeah, I guess you would. Still, I'm a little jealous, because don't get me wrong, I definitely would have rolled the dice if the opportunity had presented itself, but it didn't get past just talking and eventually she just bid me goodbye."
  "Yeah, Isabella is a bit traditional minded, as she would often be fond of pointing out. Though you aren't only one who has questions, I have questions too. I mean this is a big surprise to even see you! I thought for sure I'd never see anyone from my old life every again. I'm very glad that wasn't true. Even after twenty years you haven't changed that much. I like how you still wear the same colorful clothing, but you always were the flashier one."
  
  Your sister goes first and briefly goes into some of the places she's been. She says she actually passed through Holgard at one point, but of course she didn't know you were hunting people at night during that time.
  
  She also mentions that she recently visited your parents and besides being glad to see her, they also told her what happened with you a few months after she left. What's fascinating to you though is apparently you were cleared of murder months after you left!
  
  Your father managed to save Annah's life and with her statement and a few others who saw everything reluctantly stepped up to tell the truth, your actions were considered a justified crime of passion rather than outright murder.
  
  "So wait, am I still wanted there?" You say.
  "Well...a lot of time has passed and that sheriff who hated you is long dead now. Klint's father also isn't there anymore, so I think you're in the clear legally, but I wouldn't exactly say you're wanted if you know what I mean. Though Annah apparently still thinks highly of you."
  "Heh, glad she survived. What about mom and dad?"
  "They're fine. I suppose this would be a good time to tell you, we got a new brother."
  "WHAT?! They had another child?! When?!" You exclaim.
  "I guess shortly after we both left. I think he's about twenty or around that age. He's okay, a bit on the straight laced side. Guess mom and dad finally got the well behaved child they always wanted."
  "I guess so...sheesh...well I guess it's just as well. Not like they're going to ever see me again."
  "Oh come on, you could go visit them during the night. Mom would probably still want to see you and she wouldn't even realize what you were. Not sure about Dad though, but I doubt if he'd just throw you out on your ear as soon as he saw you."
  "Yeah, I just don't think it's a good idea, but maybe if you ever visit them again, could you tell them that I'm okay?"
  "Of course."
  "Thanks sis. And again, I've really missed you. I'm very surprised you came to see me even though you knew where I was. I mean I wasn't sure if you'd be comfortable with my condition."
  "Well as I said, it's still very strange to wrap my head around, but you're my brother and no matter what, I'll be by your side." Your sister says touching your hand.
  
  You and your sister look at each other in silence for a moment, knowing that despite your changed form, some bonds never die.
  
  "Well now that I've filled you in on some of my journeys, it's time for you to do likewise! Give me all the details because I trust that this will definitely be a very interesting story!" your sister says.
  "Well, as I said you might be surprised how dull day to day life can be for a vampire. Still, I'm sure there will be more than a few bits that will interest you. Some of which happened before I became one. I warn you though, it's a long story." You say.
  "Best ones usually are." Your sister responds.
  
  You begin your tale...