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Prologue

(Marie's POV)

My name is Annemarie Adelita Montez and I am 232 year old vampire. Others may know me at Maria, the most dangerous warlord of the Southern Vampire Armies, but to my friends and loved ones, I am simply Marie. Sadly, there aren't too many of those.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Everything that others think that they know about me is all a lie. I'm no warlord. I don't even run this massive army. I'm as much of a prisoner as any of the newborns around me, sometimes more. At least after the first year, they get their freedom, even if it is through death.

My sisters by venom, Nettie and Lucy, are the true warlords of this army. I am what you would call a 'front'. In battle, the opposing army tends to go after me, since they believe that I am the commander, rather than my sisters. They use me, not only for my unusual gifts, but to protect themselves.

Nettie has a gift as well, but nothing worthy of someone's fear. She can compel someone to tell the truth, almost like sending out waves of truth serum. I, on the other hand, am a special kind of elemental. I can control the elements, no matter what they are. As long as they are part of the basic elements - fire, earth, air and water - than I can control them.

I also have the gift of allure. You see, before I was changed into a vampire, I was a Siren.

Now, before your thoughts get carried away, I was not the kind of siren you're thinking of in regards to a mermaid singing sailors to their deaths. That is only one kind of siren that existed long ago. Since then, we have evolved with the world around us. The myth says that in order to adapt, we got rid of our tails and need to sing, instead trading it with the power to allure those around us to their deaths. Again, that is just a myth to make the humans feel safe.

The mermaids are still around in the Mediterranean Sea. The kind of Siren I was is the kind that used the power of allure to get my way regarding the humans. I never liked to partake in those activities, but sometimes my gift slips. It is the type of allure that has an effect of all beings; sexual allure. You know when you're out and you see an incredibly beautiful woman who is dating many rich men and has never worked a day in her life and you sit there and wonder how she does it? That is the gift of allure at its best.

Anyway, now you can see the other reason that my sisters would rather have my image as the one ruling this army rather than themselves. It's a power play so that those around us won't try to attack their territory.

Many of you are probably wondering 'if I'm so powerful, why haven't I just gotten away from the two Satan's spawns.' It's kind of a long story.

The year was 1863 and the three of us had recently escaped the downfall of our sire, Benito, and his army. I detested the two of them, but I had no choice but to stay with them. I had no idea what life was like outside of wars and death in this immortal life. They said that if we wanted to survive, we had to stick together. Their way of doing so was to create our own army and fight for territory.

A/N: So, what do you think? Maria is completely different than what SM's story revealed her as. She is going to be the female lead and on the good side. If this is true, than what do you think really happened between her and Jasper and how he got to the Cullen's? Why are his memories of his time with Maria – Marie – so different from what really happened? All of these questions will be answered throughout the up-coming chapters.

Up Next: Begins in 1863; How Jasper really came into Maria's life.

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