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super strength) my mother started to calm down. She actually started to seem interested in what I was telling her.
     
    “I’d never have believed vampires existed,” she said. “I'm just glad you don't have to drink blood.”
     
    My mother then asked Cathy to show her vampire form. Cathy transformed, and my mother asked if she could touch her pale skin. She touched Cathy's face and then looked back at me.
     
    “What do you look like?” she said. “What do you look like in your vampire form?”
     
    I realized that I might not be able to get out of talking about griffins.
     
    “Well, it turns out that I'm part griffin, mom,” she said.
     
    “A griffin?” she asked.
     
    “Yes, griffins were creatures that existed long ago. They were very powerful; in fact, they were more powerful than the vampires,” I said.
     
    “Did you get bitten by one of them too?” she asked.
     
    “No, it turns out that I have latent griffin DNA,” I said. “One of my ancestors must have been one. The griffin DNA makes me look different when I transform.”
     
    My mother looked like she was in deep thought.
     
    “Could one of you please go fetch the large trunk in my bedroom,” she said. “There’s something in there I want to look at.”
     
    “I'll get it,” Cathy said. She walked quickly to the bedroom and brought back a large, wooden trunk.
     
    “Thank you,” my mom said. She proceeded to open it and dig through the contents: photographs, letters, notes, and other items.
     
    She proceeded to pull out an old photograph. It was yellowed and worn.
     
    “This is your great grandmother, Martha Norwood,” she said. “My mother told me she was a good woman, and that she was a historian. I remember her also showing me, this.”
     
    I looked at the photograph of the long haired woman with haunting eyes, and then my mother pulled out a large envelope that looked a hundred years old.
     
    “These are your great grandmother's notes,” she said. “She had the crazy idea that one of our ancestors was from another planet.”
     
    “Look at this,” she added.
     
    It was a photograph of a painting that depicted some kind of creature. On the back of the photograph there were the words, “The griffin. Munich gallery. 1932.”
     
    “Wow,” I said.
     
    “This is yours,” my mother told me. “I'm giving it to you.”
     
    I took the photograph and envelope and hugged my mom.
     
    “Are you okay?” I asked. “I know this is all a lot to take in.”
     
    She was quiet for a moment.
     
    “I just want to see what you look like,” she said.
     
    Getting on my knees, I sat down on the floor and took my mother's hand.
     
    “Don't be scared,” I said.
     
    I started to raise my power level. For a moment I saw a white aura around me, but soon the light took on a golden hue. My skin then turned the color of amber, and I could feel my fangs and claws come out.
     
    Looking at my mom, I could see her staring at me.
     
    “Your eyes aren’t black like theirs,” she said. “Your skin, your eyes, and your hair have all turned golden.”
     
    “I'm just glad you aren’t scared of me,” I said.
     
    “I could never be scared of you,” she said. “Your my son, Eli, and I love you.”
     
    I felt tears welling up in my eyes.
     
    “I love you mom,” I said, and embraced her.
     
    “We love you too,” Cathy said, as she and Sarah joined in.
     
    A few moments later, I asked Sarah if I could talk to her for a moment; I left Cathy in the room to talk with my mother.
     
    “I need to ask your permission about something,” I said.
     
    “I already know what you’re going to ask,” Sarah said.
     
    “You do?” I asked.
     
    “Yes, you’re going to ask if you can turn her into a vampire,” she said.
     
    “Well, I was going to ask if you would, because I don't know what would happen if I turned her,” I said. “I don't know if she’d turn into a vampire, a griffin, a hybrid, or what.”
     
    “If your