BPOV
It's been 9 months. I haven't seen my family in 9 months. I have this gut feeling that something is very wrong. Victoria found this vampire that can turn off powers. She can't turn them off while there in use though unless they are always in use like Edward's power. I have secretly been experimenting to see how far away she has to be for my shield to work. I think that it will work when she is a mile away. After I was taken Victoria brought me to some cave where I have been stuck for 9 months. Victoria also kept a human here all the time. She had meant for me to become tempted and drink but somehow I kept resisting. For some reason, shortly after I was brought here she took away my rings. Next time she leaves the cave I am going to escape but it will be hard. Victoria only has her and 1 other vampire but I am weak. I haven't hunted since before I came here. The girls name is Bree and the other vampire is Riley.
"How are you?" Bree asked.
Bree is a nice girl. The only reason that she's helping Victoria is because Victoria told her a bunch of lies. It's the same situation with Riley. The only difference is that Riley and Victoria are lovers.
"I'm good"
"Why did you kill Victoria's family?"
"I know that Victoria told you a bunch of lies so you probably won't believe me."
"I'd like to hear your side of the story."
"The only family Victoria ever had were two guys, James and Laurent. When I was a human James wanted my blood. My family wouldn't allow him to drink me. He ended up dead. Then shortly after I was turned Laurent and Victoria showed up again. They tried to kill me but my family protected me. Laurent ended up dead but Victoria got away."
"What about Victoria's baby girl?"
"As far as I know, she never had any children."
"Why would she lie to me?"
"She wants revenge for Edward killing James. She can't do it alone."
"If you were telling the truth you would be dead."
"I don't know why I'm still alive and that's been bugging me. I promise that the second I find that out I will tell you but right now I just don't know why Victoria is keeping me alive."
She was about to reply but Victoria came in.
"Has she been good?"
"Yes"
"Where's Riley?"
"He went to go check on the situation."
Victoria walked away. They had mentioned "the situation" before. The more time that passed, the more it was mentioned. I had been trying to figure out what it was but still had no clue. The last time I had asked my arms had been ripped off. After that I only spoke when spoken to.
It has been 3 hours since my last conversation with Bree. She just left to go hunting and get another human. They only stayed in the cave for about a week before they were killed. Victoria and Riley are in another room of the cave. I test my shield and it goes up. I quietly creep out of the cave and find myself in the middle of the ocean. I had always thought that the cave was above ground. I started swimming and found myself by the Great Barrier Reef. I could hear a boat coming so I swam away. It would have been extremely hard to explain how I was able to swim this deep without any gear. After about an hour of swimming I could tell I was getting close to shore so I swam up to the surface. I looked around and saw that I had managed to find my family's land. When I got to land I immediately started looking for them.
I could tell immediately something was very wrong. The paint cans were still open and the cars were still in the driveway. It smelled like they hadn't been here in months. The radio was still plugged in with the switch in the on position. The music wasn't playing so the power was probably off. There were no pictures on the wall. All the bedrooms looked like they had been ransacked. Clothes were sticking out of drawers, on the floor, and thrown on the bed. Edward's CD's were on the floor. After closer inspection I realized that the only CD's missing were his Debussy CD and a disk of his piano compositions. Alice's makeup was all over the room. It was obvious that she was looking for something. Carlisle's books were scattered on the floor. I ran down to the gate and found that the mail bin was overflowing with ads, bills, overdue notices, and shut off notices. The oldest thing that I could find was from 9 months earlier. It was obvious they had left in a hurry. 2 questions plagued my mind. Where did my family go and why? What is going on?
