Dhampir Queen

1st Change

Phoebe continued partying with her friends in the club, and was amazed at how much better her sense of smell was when the burning quit. She also noticed her heart beat only two or three times a minute, no matter how active she got.

'I want to run.' Lilith said as she was dancing with a guy she had no clue who was.

'When we are done here and make it back we will go for a run.' Phoebe replied as she was having a blast with all the people.

She kept ordering the reinforced wine as Duncan had called it, who she realized was keeping a very close eye on her. She somehow knew it was out of concern for not only her, but the patrons as well as some of them were clueless Humans. She smiled as she walked back to the table with her friends after their last dance together, and they all decided it was time to go. It was strange for her as she had felt the blood burn as the Vampires called it, but was not experiencing the blood lust that she had read was common for a newly changed Vampire.

'I don't think we are a Pure Vampire. I think we are a Dhampir.' Lilith said in her mind when she realized Phoebe was thinking about it.

'Why do you say that?' Phoebe asked as the walked into her small studio apartment to get changed.

'Because even when our blood was burning, the urge to drain everyone dry was missing. In fact until you started drinking the infused wine and cooled it, the thought never would have occured to me like it would have if we were Pure Vampire.' Lilith replied. 'But I don't think we are a true Dhampir either, as it just feels wrong. I don't know if I can explain it properly yet. I do want to change however so can you hurry it up slow poke.'

Phoebe laughed as she put her running shoes on, and walked back out quietly as she began running through the dark streets. She held back a bit until she got to a running path she had found, and knew it was 15 miles from end to end. She also could feel that someone was watching her, and she smiled as she knew the perfect spot to trap them along the path.

She launched herself as fast as she could go, and felt amazing as her muscles tightened allowing her to go even faster than she could before. 10 seconds later she has covered 7 miles, and was standing in a little grotto just off the main path as she felt her fingers turning to sharp claws as Lilith began merging into her body. Her eyes were now a deep purple, and it only took a few seconds before Duncan stopped on the path in front of her.

She snuck out behind him while he was cursing himself for losing track of her, but knew she was faster than any Vampire or Dhampir she had ever seen. As he was 1500 years old and had survived many Dhampir attacks, he had seen many of them.

"You know it is kinda stalkerish to follow a lady home without permission." she whispered in his ear making him jump 5 feet in the air and 10 feet forward while he spun and shifted in the same instant which made her laugh. "Down boy, I haven't actually changed fully yet." she said while still laughing as he stood up slowly.

"Maybe you should." he said in his Vampire form looking at her with his fangs showing dramatically. It however would be hard to hide them as they were 2 inches long and thin like needles.

'Ready Lilith.' Phoebe asked as she her mind. She could feel the entire process as her facial features changed slightly, and somehow even her hair color was different. The one thing she didn't expect was to have wings on her back, but could feel them extend from her spine, right between her shoulder blades.

"Oh Lord, this development is definitely not expected." he said as she spread her wings and could tell she would be able to actually fly with them.

"What?" she asked as she opened her eyes and the Purple was so dark now it would look almost black in the center to Humans.

"There hasn't been a Vampire Queen of any kind in 10,000 years. Yet here you stand, a Queen." he answered in utter shock at what he was seeing.

"How can you tell?" she asked him.

"The wings are a dead give away. Only Queens have them, and now no matter what you are the Council cannot touch you. In fact most Covens would easily renounce the King and join you if you made a play for power." He told her as he shifted back.

Phoebe did the same and looked at her watch that was reading 230 in the morning. "I have to go change and get to work. If you are going to keep following me, you need to get better at hiding so I can't ambush you like that again." she said smiling which made him laugh a bit as well.

"It would be my honor to protect you." he said blowing formally with his fist over his heart.

"I do not need your protection, but thank you for the kind offer." she said as she turned and ran full speed back to her apartment. She didn't even slow down as she went up the stairs and had her keys in her hand as she rushed inside.

Phoebe had made it the most of the way through her shift at the diner when her best friend Jessica walked over to her while they were in a dead time.

"Why is there a Vampire across the street that can't seem to take his eyes off of you?" Jessica asked her while they sat and drank a cup of coffee as neither had diners in their sections.

"Hey Jess, have you ever heard of a Vampire Queen?" Phoebe whispered as she had known for awhile Jessica was a Vampire.

"I know they are extremely rare, and extremely powerful. It is said the first Queen Lilith could even fly with her wings. There have been 3 in history, but the other 2 couldn't fly with them. Did use them as powerful weapons and shields though." Jessica said. "What does that have to do with pretty boy?" she asked looking at Phoebe.

"Well I had an interesting experience at the club last night, and he kind of helped me through it." she replied as Jessica hadn't been at the Club.

"What happened?" she asked concerned.

"Well it felt like my blood was on fire, and he took me into an office and helped me cool it down." Phoebe said making Jessica laugh and squeal as she realized what it meant.

"You are a Vampire aren't you?" she whispered as a few people looked at them. "And he gave you blood? Was it his?" she whispered excited to hear the details.

"Yes, I think I am a Vampire. No it wasn't his, he poured it out of a baggie. Made him mix it with Wine when I realized what it was." Phoebe said as Jessica laughed as she had been nervous about being a Vampire because of that reason.

"Well you remember what my father said, if you become a Vampire my Coven will assist you in any way we can."

Phoebe looked at her with a smile. "Would he say that if he knew I was a Queen?" she asked her best friend who's eyes went wide. Jessica could see that her hair was still fire red, and thought it was just a dye that looked sexy as hell on her bright blue eyes.

"No way are you-" Jessica said looking at Phoebe as her eyes turned the same dark purple they had been last night. "Holy s**t, you might be." she said amazed at what she was seeing. "If you are, it could change everything."

Phoebe laughed nervously. "I don't want to change anything. I just want to get by in my life." she said with a sigh before they both went back to work.