Amelia had awoken at dusk and had set to helping Tenley get ready for the day. The vampire child showered and did her hair and dressed in a slimming pair of jeans and a sweater. She looked to be about 7 or 8 by now, growing taller and wiser with each passing day. Her hair was brown, straight with a natural curl at the tip. It was long, reaching to the small of her back and held in place with a loose headband.

Just as soon as she was sure she was ready, she met with her mother in the kitchen where Amelia was already preparing some breakfast - B Negative with a hint of citrus. Her mother had a host of donors who freely offered their blood for her consumption. She paid them handsomely and promised that if they continued, they would be protected and never fed on. It as something that she held so close to her heart and had taken pride in teaching Tenley how to be respectful to those who gave them life.

Tenley was growing, sure, but it had only been a year since her birth. She had so much to learn that it kept Amelia busy trying to teach her everything. Not only did she have to teach her daughter how to be a vampire and respect others, but she had to teach her the basics of school as well. How else could she grow into an educated woman? It wasn't like she could attend public school and it was just too dangerous to hire a tutor.

But even though Amelia was trying her best, Tenley was lonely. She longed for friends like any other child her age. But her mother had been adamant that until she stopped growing, she could not go out and make friends. It had been a hard pill to swallow, but Tenley was trying to take the rules set forth by her mother in stride.

Amelia had set to work on wedding plans and Tenley settled herself in the drawing room located in the back of the house. It was here that she played quietly with her Barbie Dolls and Breyer horses pretending that she was a princess and these horses were her mighty steeds. In each and every story, there was always a prince charming just waiting to discover her. Tenley already saw what her mother and father had together, and she wanted nothing more than to find that for herself.

But there was a noise outside that caught the child's heightened senses. Immediately her thoughts of romance and prince charming left and what replaced them were thoughts of self defense. Something, or someone, was just outside her window. Slowly she picked herself up off the ground and moved towards the window. Pulling the curtain open just slightly, she peered out of the window that overlooked the back yard.