I was walking into the woods, with wonder at the beautiful, but wet place I was standing in. I stopped in my tracks, when I heard a rumble coming ahead of me. Then, it happened, before I could register to move, a herd of deer stampeded towards me. I thought I would surely die, but oddly, I didn't. The pain was unbelievably horrible, radiating through my whole body, and I wished my death would come fast.
Out of no where, a group of people came. But, they weren't the normal people, they were like gods and goddesses. They stood over top me, in a semi-circle, talking about my situation.
"What are you going to do, Carlisle?" asked a huge, muscular boy around my age.
"I don't know, but if we don't do something, she will die." said a handsome, young male blonde.
"You're not considering, that option, are you?" asked a beautiful, blonde girl.
"Rosalie, it might be the choice that is best." answered Carlisle.
A small pixie-like girl came to me, checking how I was doing. The others called her, Alice.
"Alice, be careful, she is bleeding terribly!" spoke a motherly figure, named Esme.
The whole time they spoke, two of the boys stood back. One looked quite distraught, trying to hold back something. The other, named Edward, looked at me with a passion of rage. It made me uncomfortable, but I was in too much pain to think of it anymore. All of a sudden, the pain got worse, and I screamed in horrific pain.
"She won't make it much longer." said Esme.
Then, Carlisle came to me, and bent down low to my level. In a flash of an instant, he bit into my neck. I didn't know what the hell was happening, but then the pain became even worse. It seared through me like I was on fire.
Even through the pain, I felt somebody pick me up. I squinted my eyes open, to see it was Carlisle. But, when I looked off from him, all around me and him was a blur. I just closed my eyes, and buried my head into Carlisle's chest. Then, in a mil-o-second, he stopped, and put me down on their sofa.
"We'll just have to wait now." spoke Carlisle.
A FEW DAYS LATER
The pain eased through the days. But still felt like fire inside of my body. Somebody was always there by the sofa, trying to soothe me. But, no matter how much they soothed me, I still was in immense pain. Then the pain stopped, and went to my heart. I yelped in pain.
"It's moved to her heart" said Carlisle.
Esme came to me, and tried to comfort me.
"It's okay dear, it will all be over soon." spoke Esme.
Hours later the pain in my heart stopped, and so did my heart. But, oddly enough, I was still conscious. I knew I should be dead, but I wasn't.
Then, I heard soft conversations. But, they were very distinct, and I could hear every word spoken.
"Why did we do this, she didn't have to be like us?" said Edward.
"Edward, I couldn't just let her die, especially if she had a choice." Carlisle said.
I didn't really want to hear more, so I tuned them out. I even pretended to still be out. I stayed completely still, which weirdly was quite easy for me. My plan was working until…
"She's done changing, she is just lying there pretending." said Edward.
How did he know that? It made me mad, and I just wanted to slap him. Then, Esme came over to me, and tried to get me up.
"Come on sweetie, you don't have to be scared. Come on, get up." urged Esme.
As she continued on, I finally decided to get it over with. So, I opened my eyes, and slowly sat up.
"Hi dear, my name is Esme, and this is my family. What's your name?" she said while showing me her family.
When I looked at them, I knew they were not human. Yet, I was wondering if I was like them, too.
"My name is Robyn." I said.
"Hi Robyn, I'm Alice." Alice said.
"Robyn, where's your family?" asked Carlisle.
"I don't have a family, I have lived in an orphanage my whole life. Until recently, when I ran away. I hated that place more than anything, and I just had to get out." I told them.
"Well, if you like, you can stay here with us." offered Carlisle.
"YES, you must stay with us, we could go shopping all the time, and do fun things like that!" spoke Alice.
"But, I don't want to put anybody out." I said.
"You could never do such a thing, and we want you to stay here." said Esme.
I looked at all of them, and they all looked welcoming. Well, except for Edward, the blonde, Rosalie, and the awkward one, Jasper. Then, I decided if most of them wanted me, I could give it a try.
"I guess, I'll give it a shot" I told them.
"YAH!!" screamed Alice.
"Good, welcome to the family" said Carlisle and Esme together.
I figured out on my own, that Carlisle was the head, with Esme as his wife, the second-in-command. Rosalie and Emmett were together, and so was Alice and Jasper. The only one not paired was Edward. Maybe that was why he looked so mad.
I walked over to a mirror, and what I saw was a changed me. At first, I didn't even know it was me, but I eventually recognized myself.
"What the hell, what am I?!" I said.
I was panting like crazy, trying to figure what happened to me. Maybe they gave me plastic surgery!
"What did you do to me?" I asked.
"Robyn, calm down, if you just calm down, then we'll explain what has happened." Carlisle told me.
So, I just breathed very slowly, and calmed myself down.
"Okay, explain." I told them.
"Well, when you were trampled by the herd of deer, you were close to death, but I saved you." Carlisle explained.
"You see dear, we're vampires, or the "cold ones", and we turned you into one of us." Esme continued.
"WHAT!!!" I shouted.
"Don't be frightened Robyn, you'll live forever, and hopefully be happy all your years." Carlisle told me.
"Live for forever, well, I never wanted to die, so maybe this will be cool." I said.
After, some chatting about the unusual situation, everybody, except Rosalie, Emmett, and me, went up stairs. I looked at the clock, and it was passed seven o'clock at night. So, even though I wasn't hungry, I thought I should eat something.
"Do you have anything in the fridge, I think I should eat something?" I asked Rosalie and Emmett.
Just then, Rosalie got a wicked idea in her little blonde head.
"Oh, sorry, we don't have anything here, but I'll go get you something." Rosalie told me.
"Thanks!" I said.
Emmett was about to say something, when Rosalie winked at him, basically telling him to stay quiet. That wink made him smile, so he kept his mouth shut, for the benefaction of his love.
TEN MINUTES LATER
Rosalie came back and handed the Wendy's burger bag to Robyn. Robyn looked at, and thought this was going to be the best meal ever!
She was about to take a bite, when Edward heard Rosalie's sinister plans. He ran down the staircase, and everybody else followed him. When the others saw, they tried to stop me, but at that exact moment I bit into the burger.
"EW!!" I hollered.
The burger was horrible; the most disgusting thing I had ever put in my mouth, well except spinach, of course!
"Robyn, where did you get that burger?" asked Carlisle.
"She got it from Rosalie." said Edward, who was blazing with fury.
"Rosalie, you know all human food is vile to us!" Carlisle said.
"You should be ashamed of yourself." scolded Esme.
I just sat there, trying to get all the disgusting burger out of my mouth. Then, I got very, very angry.
"You bitch, you knew, and you just let me eat it!!" I hollered.
I took the burger, and shoved it into Rosalie's perfect face. She screamed and ran up into her room, while everybody else laughed.
I ran to the bathroom, and locked the door. I hated Rosalie, and I hated this life as much as my last life. So, I filled the bathtub all the way up, and got in. I plunged my head under the water, trying to end my life.
Just then, Alice had a vision.
"Uh,… Carlisle, Robyn is in the bathroom, trying to drown herself!" Alice voiced.
"WHAT!!" Edward screamed.
"Well, she is in the tub, plunged under water." Alice said.
"Great, we've got a suicide risk on our hands!" Rosalie said sarcastically.
"Rosalie, you have said enough for today." Carlisle said sternly.
"Well, we can't just let her stay in there." Esme said concerned.
"It's not like she will die, she's a vampire for Pete's sake." Rosalie said.
"ROSALIE!!" Carlisle said.
At this tone, Rosalie finally shut up, and planned to stay quiet.
All of the household flew up the stairs, to the locked bathroom. Edward turned the doorknob, but not a budge moved.
"Robyn, open the door, Rosalie was just being a prick, ignore her, that's what I do." Edward said.
"No, I just want to die!" I told him.
Then, Edward kicked his foot against the door, shattering it into pieces. Carlisle entered first, scooping me out of the tub. He carried me to the sofa once again, and placed me there. The others hovered over me, like I was a naughty kid, just caught doing something bad.
"Wow, that was exciting, will you do it again, Robyn!" Emmett said enthusiastically.
At this, I stood up, and walked over to him. I looked at his grinning face, and knew what to do. Just then, I spit a mouthful of bath water into his smiling face.
"Shit!!" Emmett groaned.
"Who's laughing now?!" I asked Emmett.
"THAT WAS GREAT!!!" Alice screamed, while laughing her head off.
Emmett and Rosalie went upstairs, and didn't come out the rest of the night. Then, Esme came over to me.
"Robyn, since you are part of this family, you need to show your family respect. That includes yourself. Once, before I turned into a vampire, I tried to commit suicide. But, Carlisle saved me, and I'm happy now. You might think life will never be good, but it will, you just have to be patient. Now, you can go clean up that mess you left in the kitchen." Esme told me.
"Yes ma'am, and thank you." I said.
Alice, Jasper, Carlisle, and Esme went upstairs. I headed into the kitchen, but the mess was not there. So, I turned around to leave, when I ran into Edward.
"Did you do that?" I asked, while pointing to the now clean kitchen.
"Yeah, it wasn't that big of a deal." he told me.
"Thanks, I guess, but Esme told me to clean it." I explained.
"Well, what she doesn't know, won't hurt her." he said, giving me a mischievous smile.
All of a sudden, he left, and went upstairs. I just stood there, confused, yet ecstatic.
I went over to the front door, and opened it to get fresh air.
A flash of seven vampires swirled around me, making me stop.
"Where are you going?" Jasper asked.
"I just wanted to get some fresh air." I explained.
"Next time, have somebody go with you. You're just a newborn, and not able to control yourself. If you smelled a human, well…" Carlisle said.
"You'd go crazy, and track it down. With this, ending in it's death, by your hands." Edward finished.
"More like, by mouth!!" Emmett said.
I just glared at him, but I did think that it was funny.
"Tomorrow, I think we should hunt." Carlisle stated.
"Good idea." Edward said.
THE NEXT MORNING
"Come on everybody, let's go get some grub!" Emmett said.
We all left and went into the deep woods.
We were going as fast as lightning, and I being the newest one, was the fastest. I looked at Edward cocky like, and all of a sudden, I rammed into a huge oak tree. I slid down the tree, and was upside down on the ground.
"Well, you might be faster, but you're not brighter." Edward said sarcastically, with a huge smile across his face.
"Ha, ha, very funny." I said.
Edward helped me up, and we got down to business. Emmett killed a grizzly bear, and Jasper a male elk. We started on for some more, with me at the lead. When it happened. I got a whiff of something delicious! The smell made me go crazy, and all I wanted, was that creature. I stopped, and tried to figure the direction of the thing. When I found the direction, I went for it.
"Carlisle, she smells a human, STOP HER!!!!" Alice screamed in horror.
Behind me, all seven of them raced to get me. I knew I was getting closer, and I wanted it more than anything else in the world. But, all of a sudden, Edward slammed into me, knocking me down to the floor.
"STOP! LET ME GO! I WANT IT!!" I shouted, wriggling to get free.
Emmett and Jasper held on to my arms, while Edward and Carlisle held my legs. They were making sure I didn't get away.
"Robyn, you need to calm down." Esme told me.
All of them took me back to the house, still holding me tight in their grasps. The whole time, I was still trying to get to that creature, that I craved so desperately.
They put me down, but still holding me. Carlisle came over to me.
"Robyn, you have to settle down, or you're really going to put yourself, and the rest of us in danger. We don't hurt humans, because we think it is wrong. Since, you're part of this family, you have to abide by our wishes. If not, you'll have to go. But, hopefully you'll stay with us." Carlisle told me.
I breathed very deeply, and eventually calmed down. I couldn't even smell or taste the scent of the human even more. After a few more minutes, they let me go. Carlisle said we were going to hunt some more, but not me. He thought I had enough hunting for today. He asked Edward to stay behind, and watch me.
Everybody left, except for me and Edward.
"I don't need a babysitter." I told him.
"Frankly, I think you do, especially after the last ten minutes of what happened." he said.
We just looked at each other for a very long time, until he opened his mouth, and spoke to me.
"I'm sorry, I know it's hard for newborns to control their thirst. I've been there many times myself." he told me.
I looked up into his eyes, and I felt something in the pit of my stomach. I fell in love in that very instant, with Edward Cullen.
"What?" he asked.
I moved closer to him, and kissed him on the mouth. We stopped, and he looked into my eyes.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing, just nothing." he said.
Then, he kissed me back, and I knew he had the same feelings for me.
The kissing became more intense, and I started to take his shirt off. He stopped me.
"Not yet." he told me.
He gave me one more kiss, and zoomed up to his room. I was about to follow him, when he came back down. He was about to show me something, when…
"STOP, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR US!!!!!" screamed Alice.
"Oh, god." Edward groaned.
"Edward, what is Alice bunkers about?" Emmett asked.
"Well,…" Edward said.
Edward turned to me, and went down on one knee. I could hear Esme gasp in shocked happiness. In his hands was a beautiful diamond ring, very old, too. It had been his mother's, from his past life.
"Robyn, I've loved you since you tried to fake us out when you were done changing into a vampire. Will you marry me?" he asked me.
I couldn't believe it. I wanted him to love me, but I didn't think he liked me this much. But, nevertheless, I was happy, and I wanted it more than anything.
"I will!" I said.
When I told him my reply, he scoped me up into a huge, loving hug. I knew, in that moment, that I was happy. My second chance had arrived.
Then,…
"Robyn, can I plan you're wedding?!!!" Alice asked.