Mara's Change

Time passed, fast, then slow; then fast again, and slow again... it was for a long time like that, little Mara didn't know how much time had passed but when she opened her eyes, they turned a brighter shade of gold than before, when she stands up it could easily see the changes within her.

If Elder Taros were to see her right now, the physical transformation in which Mara is going through would frighten him.

The first visible change is her height which changed from 3.9 feet to about 4.9 feet.

Then her eyes changed from red, then to a soft gold when her blood got swallowed by the dagger and now to a radiant golden luster; her hair from being silver with red highlights became a shiny black; her pale skin became even paler bringing out the new shade of her lips, crimson red; as she opened her mouth slightly, we could notice her two beautiful white fangs a plain sight.

Even though she was a child, her lips showed off her fangs, which were only supposed to develop when she turns fifteen years old, meaning that despite her age she could already hunt her own food.

But many vampires are lazy to do so and as the agreement between humans and vampires still exists, they make use of the former who offer their blood, to feed themselves without having to kill them or go hunting.

*

Little Mara did not notice her physical change, but she felt her blood active, every cell in her body which seemed dead before it was now active, her movements made the little girl feel a tingling inside her body, but the sensation was not unpleasant, as her blood exuded a satisfying relief to her small body.

It was as if her blood was rushing through her veins, strengthening them, making her body more resilient, stronger, and lighter. Contradictory but that was the feeling the little girl was being subjected to.

The warm cloud of energy was no longer small, and its color was darker, giving her the possibility of being able to see an eye inside it, a silver eye.

The feeling did not go away for a while, and little Mara saw her own body, she realized that her hands which had always been soft, were now softer than before, her nails, longer and pinker, her arms stronger; she felt more energy gleaming from the inside of her body to the outside.

When the sensation disappeared, she let out a breath which was holding it and realized that her vision was clearer, her ears could hear perfectly what the people on the other side of the door were talking about and knew that they were restless; she didn't know what else had changed, but she paid no more attention after the warm cloud of energy spoke to her.

"Little Mistress, the changes that happened in your body is because the Gate of Destiny absorbed a lot of your blood and it recognized you as its Master, making your blood go through the pre-baptism..." explained the warm cloud.

"..."

After a few moments of silence, "... I understand, but what is pre-baptism?" asked little Mara.

"Divine Baptism, better known as Bloody Baptism, is the one that every 15-year-old vampire takes part in, you can say that is a ceremony of initiation into their inner vampire, before the age of fifteen they can feed on blood, but their fangs will not have its complete form, and they cannot make use of them."

After a pause, he continued, "Like their bodies, they're strengthened, their blood goes through a painful process of evolution, which is dangerous, but only one in a thousand vampires may die due to the baptism."

"The Baptism is not only for that but also to show the other vampires if the 15-year-old will have a wonderful future, depending on what level of blood they awaken..."

"That means that-...." little Mara didn't finish speaking because the warm cloud interrupted her.

"That, when they awaken their inner vampire, the blood level tells how strong that vampire is, that's when the factions choose their members, and the factions discard the vampires with the lowest level of awakened blood."

"But how do you know what blood level they have?" asked little Mara as she frowned.

"That's easy, eye color, there are different ranks depending on their red and its shades, but there are two legendary eye colors that belong solely to the Vampires..." pausing the cloud, waiting if her little Mistress spoke, and she didn't wait long when she spoke.

"Ranks? ... What colors are the legendary ones?" asked with a grin full of curiosity.

"Red is the lowest rank, the redder the eye color the higher their rank, but the two legendary have their rank too, the rank above the others but not so much for rank one, is PURPLE which is not very common, but if one of these appears, they are part of the La Leader faction..."

"..."

"And the other legendary color?" asked little Mara tilting her head a little impatiently, seeing that the voice wasn't planning to continue talking, she screamed "Warm cloud!"

'Sigh.'

"They're the color you currently have, just like red and purple, there are different shades for each rank, but your current shade is the strongest of all, and it hasn't appeared since the last TRUE Supreme Leader disappeared."

Before little Mara could ask more, he spoke again, "Little Mistress, you can read all that in the Chronicles recorded by the previous Leaders, for now, there is something important you must do..." it said solemnly, implying that what he will say next is of absolute importance.

This made little Mara frown deeper, "What is it?"

"Little Mistress... CHANGE MY NAME!!!" it cried out to her in exasperation and sadness...

"Oh!" at that moment little Mara remembered to give him a proper name, "Hmm..."

The warm cloud was holding its breath, waiting for what kind of name she would give him, but she can't help it, being his Mistress, she has the right and the duty to name him...

After a few minutes of thinking, little Mara lit up her eyes and a huge smile adorned her face, "I'll call you... Heinrich, from now on," sighing in relief for not being one with zero manliness, the warm cloud upgraded its name.

/

"... Okay..." resignedly he agreed.

"Your nickname will be, Hien... ready," exclaimed the excited Mara.

*

After the pithy matter, little Mara decided to take a good look at the Hall, which is also one of the most lustful and modern she had ever seen.

Despite, her curiosity about everything around her she didn't move from where she was. She only looked at her surroundings.

They made the walls of an unknown material, but at first glance, it looked like metal but weird red metal.

The floor of the Hall, covered with softened carpet, soft to the touch, where she was standing she could feel the softness, it was comfortable to walk barefoot, every step could leave a mark on it.

The space used by the same is extremely large, compared to the outside that the door is wider, the interior is extremely extensive, if you can put an example would be like a baseball stadium; We can count its height with one hundred levels of a building can't be enough.

The distant ceiling painted like the night sky, full of stars and a full moon, but even though it looked painted, in reality, it was not... the light of the stars and the moon helped the best view of the Hall, so she, being a seven-year-old girl, ignored the small detail of the bright light, she was just immersed in the beauty.

But then a little voice interrupted her appreciation of beauty, "Little Mistress, in front of you there is something that you can see in the distance, like a big chair... you can walk towards it, take your time and see how far you can get..." Heinrich informed her.

"I see it from a distance, but why should I watch as far as I can go?" narrowed her eyes.

"Because you have not yet awakened your Bloodline," Hein replied with a nonchalant attitude.

"Bloodline?" little Mara frowned.

"Your Bloodline comes directly from the TRUE Supreme Leader, your baptism differs from the other vampires, they awaken a level of blood regarding their eyes, you awaken your Bloodline, which gives you special abilities, the fact that you have had a pre-baptism is the best you can receive in this Ceremony," he explained patiently.

"But you didn't explain to me what the Bloodline is..." little Mara pouted.

'Sigh' 'She is still a child, what can I do?'

"Little Mistress, you can read that better in-...." but before he spoke further, the impatient Mara interrupted him.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes... in the library, where are located the Clan Chronicles... (AHG!) This is frustrating..." she said while rolling her eyes.

'SIGH.' Sighing to show his defeat, Hein told her, "Bloodline is a special type of blood that is inherited by the successors of a supreme being, which gains special powers and is destined to rule, but before it awakens it has been in deep slumber."

"And I possess that special type of blood... I see..." murmured little Mara, coming to a moment of insight.

"If I have that Bloodline thing, can I become stronger in a short time?" asked little Mara.

"To become stronger, you have to go through some experiences, but your bloodline will help you because you have awakened 10% from your hesitated bloodline," answered Heinrich.

"Oh, then I need to wait..." she just shrugs.

"Then, the pre-baptism... is when I made some minor changes on my body and awoke a minor percentage from my sleeping bloodline..."

"That's right!" said Hein excited, 'Its Mistress can think by herself, despite being a seven-year-old girl.'