The Awakening

When a human is turned, they go through "the awakening." This is when the human body has fully converted into the new vampiric one. They will feel weird from their human body, no longer working with the body or being able to do so much before they get tired. They are now in complete control of their body. The only thing they cannot control is the hunger.

Creation
To become a vampire a human is drained to the point of death and is then fed with the vampire’s own blood. The reason this happens is due to a chemical in your drain called Dimethatryptamine. This is a chemical released from your brain at the point of death, considered to ease the transition between life and death for the individual, in actuality this chemical is used as a biological cement if you like. If a normal, healthy human is fed vampiric blood there will be no change because the body will reject this infected blood, the immune system will fight it off like any other foreign body. So the reason that a vampire has to drain their victims is to bring the victim’s body to the point of death in order to extract this chemical into the blood stream. It is only then, when the dying body is in a state of survival desperation that it will incorporate the vampiric blood into it’s system and therefore use it as a life source. And then you have a new vampire.

Alot of changes take place with this change. The unconscious limitations of the brain which are put in place to stop the human body from over exerting it’s self are removed allowing for the increased amounts of speed and strength that is apparent in vampires. This new found domination of the brain allows for not only a full control of bodily processes but also redirection of the energy from the blood that is gained from feeding, what is known as Vitae. It is said that a vampire is dead, and for all intents and purposes it is true but a vampire’s heart will still beat, not to keep it’s self alive but for the sole purpose of transporting an excess of energy for when it’s needed. So if a vampire was to do normal day to day actions, the amount of energy required would not need the heart to pump to sustain it. Yet if it had the need for any of it’s heightened abilities, then the need for energy would be greater so the heart pumping would be required for that. This brings me to a point which you may be able to work out for yourself at this point: Staking a vampire in the heart. This will not kill a vampire, yet it will not allow for the extra energy to be transported around it’s body, weakening it greatly.