*Blair's Point of View*
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Before I could fall on the floor, I regained my consciousness by biting my lips with my fangs. It sure hurts, but the arrow got its poison, and I need to fight it by drinking my blood.
I finally got up, and I saw the woman with a concerned look on her face with teary eyes. Why is she crying? I did not die.
"Claudette," she uttered.
How the heck did she know my second name?
"Who are you?" I asked her curiously. But instead of answering me, she touched my face, and tears finally fell from her warm blue eyes.
"You're alive," she said, and her touch was just so comforting and soft.
She caressed my cheek, and then she hugged me. Well, this is weird. It's like I know her, is she my mo... No, Marge said that she's dead.
I broke up from her hug, and I stared at her like I was looking for an answer. I need answers. I went in here for it.
"My child." And, she said it.
My tears are building up in my eyes, but I held them back.
"Are you my... mother?" I asked her, and she nodded while crying.
"Oh, Claudette! You're really here. Are you all alright? Don't worry; I'll punish that guard later for...." she began, but I cut her off.
"Where were you?" I asked her as I remembered that everybody made me believe that my mother is dead. I went through a lot without her.
"I'm so sorry, Dear. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have left you. I should've brought your dead body with me." She explained, and I just gave her a perplexed look on my face.
"Wait, what? Did you leave me? All these seventeen years, I believed that you were dead. That's all that they said. Marge even said that. That all you've left for me is this necklace." I confessed and showed her the necklace.
But she gave me a puzzled face.
"Seventeen years?" She asked me, and I nodded my head.
"Yeah, I'm seventeen years old. Almost eighteen. Why?" I answered, and she took a deep breath.
"Can we talk inside my room? I will tell you everything, and it's a long story," she asked me as she turned to walk inside.
"Yeah, sure. That's what I came for." I uttered as I followed behind her.
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"Claudette, you need to change your clothes. It's wet. Here," she stated, and I can see jeans, shirts, and underwear floating in front of me. Ooh, so cool.
I am changing clothes in my mother's bathroom, and fudge, a bathroom alone is like a freaking five-star hotel room. And, I went out, and I saw her just came inside from the door. She talked to somebody outside because I could hear it. I forgot to turn back to human mode.
And thankfully, she didn't let me wear their kind of clothes. It's weird but so elegant.
"So, um... Are you hungry?" She asked me nervously. Like, she's shy towards me. Well, I should be the one who will be shy because I'm freaking borrowing clothes.
"Uh... No. Not yet. I drank a liter of blood before we got here." I replied, and she nodded.
"How did you get in here? I thought Cassandra's having a vacation at her best friend's house," she asked me, and she seemed not crying now.
"Well, we teleported. And Sander told me that I should see their queen, to know something about me being a witch." I began and paused because I needed to breathe.
"Um, in case you don't mind, Mom. Can I ask you a favor?" I continued and asked her. Then, her face lightens up.
"You called me your mom?" She let out, and she smiled warmly.
I saw a tear escaping from her eye again, and I truly feel so bad for making her cry.
"Yeah, you're my mother. Right?" I answered, and she nodded. What's wrong with her always crying?
"Yeah, what favor, dear? Anything you want, I will give it to you," she replied with teary eyes. Can she just stop? I'm gonna cry too.
"Uh, can you bring me to your queen? I really need to ask if I am a witch or something." I asked her, and she just gave me a warm smile.
"You are here facing the queen, my dear Claudette," she answered, and with that, my jaw dropped with my eyes wide.
Why didn't I notice she's wearing a damn crown? And that woman earlier called me her highness?
"Oh, fudge! Forgive me, Your Highness." I cursed and kneeled in front of her while bowing my head. I am giving my respect.
"Hey, Claudette, you don't need to do that. I am your mother. Stand up, please." She told me.
"But still, you are the queen," I argued, and I looked at her in awe. Wow, a queen.
"Come here, my dear," she uttered and held me by my shoulders.
I stood up, and she led me to the couch, which was so expensive.
"Sit. I need to tell you everything," she spoke, and her face turned serious.
"Okay," I mumbled and took a seat beside her.
Geez, now I'm nervous. Storytelling time.
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After my mother told me everything, I have learned that I was born 239 years ago. Fudge it! Am I that old?
And, my mom is 267 years old. She gave birth to me when she was twenty-eight, and I was born dead, and she was still a princess by that time. She had a tragic romantic relationship with a vampire.
My father was the prince of the vampires at that time, and later on, became the king. He was the reason why there's peace between the vampires, the witches, and the werewolves. The previous vampire king disapproved of his son's relationship with my mom because they are not alike. A witch and vampire being mates are never acceptable.
And, also for my mom's side. Mom gave birth to me in Transylvania because she escaped from her parents and ran away with my dad.
But the bad news was I am dead, and the war was starting between the three races. Nice tragedy.
Some vampires betrayed their king and killed him. So, my dad had to fulfill his obligations as the prince, so he became the king. The war lasted for a month, and it only ended when dad requested a peace talk to every leader of each race. He was a very wise man, but the queen of the witches, which is my mom's mother, still didn't approve of their relationship. So, mom and dad never had a chance to be together. Very sad.
Mom didn't bury my dead body in the ground, and she constructed a small shelter that serves as my grave where she engraved my name on it.
And, she doesn't have any idea why I came to life after hundreds of years. Well, me too.
I told her also that the vampire leader is named Marcus, and he's not my father because my dad's name was Dracovick Sperova.
I have heard that the vampire king Draco has put himself to sleep years ago, and when the time comes, he will rise from the dead and rule again.
And, Mom told me that maybe it was because he was in his hibernation that I came to life. Maybe we are cursed. And, she got the point.
She wanted to know who Marge was and how she found me. She wondered how Marge got an Octavia's Crystal because it is really hard to find and so expensive. In case if Marge is a witch too, she can have it together with some other crystals of the witches. There are three others—the Mirak's crystal for making portals to go to other places. The Haram's crystal which the seer uses, because it makes the person who possesses it see the events in the future, and there are very few of it. Then the last one is the Verdana's crystal, which the elders have destroyed because it's the one that could make curses.
And, that makes sense when Sander told me that I could be a human and have a human aura if I have an Octavia's crystal. That means Marge is a witch too because I saw that she has an anklet that has a crystal, like this too. That's why I can't sense her if I'm a vampire. Mmm, sneaky Margie.
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We are now at the dining table, and we are about to eat. And, I am now facing a lot of meat, and I don't eat meat. I'm a freaking vegetarian.
"What's wrong, Claude? You don't like the food?" My mom asked me worriedly.
Well, we have agreed that she'll call me by that name for short and I didn't argue because she's the one who gave me that name. And, my mother's name is Claudia Cavanaugh.
"Well, if you didn't know, Aunt C, Blairie's vegan." Sander butted in who is sitting in front of me.
The annoying part of this reunion with my newfound family is Sander, and I are actually cousins. Her mom is my mom's younger sister, Alexandra. They own and manage a huge medical school in the human world. And Sander is attending that school. Sander is still young because her mother and her father got married twenty years ago. And now, she teases me for being two hundred and thirty-nine years old that I'm a freaking grandma.
Well, she's not really annoying but rather weird. Pryce's best friend is my cousin. That’s great, right?
"Oh, is that so? Cook some vegetables for the princess." Mom ordered the chefs, and with that, my eyes went wide. Geez, being called a princess is so damn weird.
After eating, we decided to go back home so that Pryce's servants won't go crazy about why Sander's gone and Pryce's still asleep.
My cousin put her to sleep when we left, and she will only wake up if Sander wants to wake her up.
Mom has mentioned that I also have my witch powers but still haven't arisen yet, because my vampire blood is more dominant than my witch blood. Mmhmm, I really am a witch.
I have also learned that every witch has its field of power. It is an element where a witch controls it—fire, water, wind, and earth. And, the remaining abilities to make spells and other stuff have to be learned.
Sander's field of power is water. My aunt Alexandra is water as well. Mom is the wind, and I'm expecting that mine will be like her too. But we still don't know.
The power of fire was not that common because there are only seven Northern witches who have had that power since their existence. And, two of them were my grand grand grandparents, who both died more or less five thousand years ago. The others are also dead. The only one living was the witches' eldest, and she's the head of their council. She's more than three thousand years old, and she really is so old.
As we went home, I promised Mom that I'd visit her often and I'll bring Marge with me the next time.
And, after bringing my cousin to her room at Pryce's house, I decided to come back later since Pryce mentioned last night that the three of us got to go somewhere today. It's Saturday, and we're free to go wherever.
 I am just so excited. It must be another date.