Sorry for the long post, but I hope you enjoy the story.
I have one vampire that I really enjoy playing at the moment, as she's part of my legacy family. Her name is Caitlyn Pearce. She was born a human along with her twin brother, Wilson, to an in-game woman (forgot her name) and a sim I created named Armani Pearce, who was also the father of my legacy founders, her older half-brothers, Charlie and Westley. The story started when Caitlyn and Wilson were children. With the death of their father, they were now orphans and had been re-homed to separate families. I was playing the half brothers at the time, who had also recently lost their own mother and were raising their two younger siblings. Despite this, they decided to adopt their half-siblings. So, Caitlyn and Wilson moved into the Old Salt House in San Myshuno. Unfortunately, by that time family relationships were well established within the household and the newest twins never really felt like they fit in. Charlie and Westley did their best to make them feel welcome, but it was never enough.
Charlie and Westley had spent much of their adult lives caring for their younger siblings. Though this was a selfless act of brotherly love, it was not what either of them had planned for their lives. Charlie moved out first, into an apartment across the square with his girlfriend, Star Bheeda. Westley, still single and searching for a purpose in life, agreed to stay behind and wait until he was sure his siblings could survive on their own before moving on with his own life. So, when the last of them, little Apollo, became a teenager, Westley moved out, too. That left Caitlyn and Wilson alone in a house with two sims who never truly accepted them as part of their family and made for some interesting teen years. As soon as they aged into young adults, Wilson fled the house, moving into a little home in Windenburg with his boyfriend, where he still resides today. Caitlyn decided to stay, though she feared she might not be allowed to. Her sister, Poppy, had left to start a family of her own with her new husband in Brindleton Bay, so that just left Caitlyn and Apollo alone in the house. Apollo had been a toddler when Caitlyn and Wilson had joined the family, so her relationship with him had fared a bit better. But not by much. For a while, things were fine. They both had jobs to keep them busy, so they didn't see each other much. But Caitlyn never really knew what to do with her life. She had no friends, apart from her her brother and half-brothers, whom she hardly ever saw anymore, and her job was simply a way to get out of the house; it was not meant to be permanent, nor did she really enjoy it. Eventually, Apollo found a girlfriend, who moved into the Old Salt House with them, and they started having kids. Not for the first time, Caitlyn was worried she would be asked to leave, but she and Apollo came to an agreement: she could stay if she agreed to help out with the kids. Knowing she didn't really have any other options, Cailtyn agreed. It was around the time Apollo's twin daughters were born that Caitlyn met Lilith Vatore.
Caitlyn didn't know Lilith was a vampire at first, but after a few encounters, Lilith invited Caitlyn to her home in Forgotten Hollow where Caitlyn learned all about Lilith's secret. Caitlyn knew instantly that she wanted to be a vampire, so she asked Lilith to turn her right then and there. Lilith agreed, but not before warning her that the decision would eventually cost her the life of everyone she had ever loved, but Caitlyn insisted anyway, so Lilith complied. Three days later, Caitlyn was a vampire. Apollo and his girlfriend, Charity, were not happy. Thus began the slow decay of the tentative friendship they had built over the years. Apollo, despite being an occult creature himself, did not want a vampire around his family, especially his daughters, who were still very young at the time. But Caitlyn was never asked to move out. Caitlyn always suspected it might be because Apollo now feared her and what she would do to him or his family if he tried to force her to leave the home she had just as much a right to as he did. So Caitlyn stayed, spending much of her free time learning from Lilith the ways of the vampire and honing and building her vampiric skills until one day, Lilith taught her how to turn other sims into vampires. With this new found knowledge in hand, Caitlyn went to visit her brother, Wilson.
She hadn't seen Wilson in a while, though they had kept in contact over the years. He invited her into his home and they talked for a while before Caitlyn set her plan in motion. She waited for Wilson's boyfriend to leave the room and then turned her own brother into a vampire. Now she would never have to say goodbye, and they could spend the rest of eternity together. Wilson wasn't exactly happy about the ordeal, but he wasn't exactly unhappy either. Caitlyn went home that night feeling as happy as she had the night she herself had become immortal. She never told Apollo what she'd done, but he did notice that she would leave the house more often and wondered where she spent her days.
Caitlyn found herself spending more time with her brother, teaching him the same skills Lilith had, and still was, in some cases, teaching her. She knew the effect the sun could have on a vampire, so she cautioned Wilson to avoid it as much as he could until he had earned enough skill to shield himself from it permanently. This went on for a while, with Caitlyn splitting her time between Apollo's children (there were now three) and her own vampiric offspring. Once she was satisfied that Wilson had learned enough to keep himself safe, she left him to continue his life as he pleased, and her own life continued on as it always had. Until one fateful winter day.
To her surprise, Caitlyn had been invited to her sister, Poppy's, house to celebrate Winterfest with her family. Katelyn accepted and showed up promptly for the celebrations on the appointed day. The fireplace was lit, the presents were piled high, and there was plenty of good food to go around. Later that evening, as they were all gathered in the living room, Father Winter appeared beside the fireplace and began handing out gifts to all the children. After his gift giving duties were done, he struck up a conversation with the adults, including Caitlyn . They had a surprisingly pleasant conversation, and before Father Winter left that night, they had made plans to meet later that week. Their meeting ended up lasting all day and all night, and Caitlyn returned home feeling invigorated. But that feeling would not last long.
It soon became apparent that Caitlyn was expecting. She called Father Winter to tell him the news, unsure of how he would react. She learned that in the time since they had met, he had moved on and was now married to someone else. He claimed he would help with anything she needed, financially or otherwise, but Caitlyn wasn't so sure he meant it. She hung up the phone, feeling lost and unsure of what to do. So, she turned to Apollo for guidance. Their relationship was still on the rocks, but so far, they had managed to survive everything their lives had thrown at them, and this was no different. Caitlyn explained her situation to Apollo, again fearing she might be kicked out, this time with a baby to care for. But again, Apollo came through, and he and Charity agreed to help her raise her child along with their own. After all, it was the least they could do to repay her for all the free babysitting she had given them over the years. Caitlyn eventually gave birth to an adorable baby girl, whom she named Noelle in honor of the girl's father. This way, she reasoned, at least Noelle would have something to remember him by.
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