I was running through the forest in blissful silence, well apart from the sounds of the forest but they don't really count. I had let myself go to my senses and was running ridiculously fast for no real reason. As I turned to head down to my river, I caught an unfamiliar scent. I stopped to listen and realised that it was coming straight towards me, I started running again, but this time there was no peace. I heard twigs snapping and then felt the vibrations that they made. I stepped up my pace but fairly soon there was a rustling in the trees ahead of me and a girl stepped out of the trees in front of me.
"Hello, I am Gayel" She was completely breathtaking, at least she would be if I needed to breath anyway. She had thick golden hair and piercing green eyes. She was dressed in a floaty green dress which was covered in layers of chiffon and flowers were weaved through it in parts. Around her head was a band of twisted twine in which small purple flowers were sticking through gaps. She looked like a forest sprite only she smelled like a vampire but with a strong smell of lilacs and honeysuckle.
She then gestured to the trees behind her, from which two figures practically shimmered in to existence. "My siblings"
"I am Alesstra" Spoke one figure; she was practically an exact duplicate of the first only shorter with more pixie like features. Her hair was exactly the same length and colour but twirled up in a bun on the top of her head. Around the bun there was a band of twine but the flowers were white instead. Her dress was a darker green and cut to mid thigh but of the same fabrics with the same flowers. Her eyes were also a bright green but there were slight flecks of red in them. She smelt of pine wood and lily of the valley flowers.
"And I'm Notchimine" The last figure said. He was much taller than both of them and towered over the shortest. His hair was also golden but cropped around his face, arranged messily but not purposefully. Around his wrist he wore a band of twine but instead of flowers there was a strand of green vine twisted in to the twine as well. He was wearing cut off brown trousers with a green vest top. It looked like there were flecks of grass woven through. His eyes were a very dark green, verging on black but seemed to exude wisdom. He smelt strongly of apple blossom and a tree that I couldn't name.
"Hi, I'm Bella" They looked at each other and Alesstra smiled gleefully. I was a little worried by this, to say the least.
"We would like to talk with you; do you think you could come with us please?" I wasn't entirely sure but I kind of get the impression that if I don't they will make me anyway. Besides, I am curious, I don't think I've ever met anyone like them and I for once I don't sense danger from them. In response I nodded and within seconds they had taken off, running through the forest. I had a hard time trying to keep them in eye sight.
Eventually their pace slowed, but not as though they were tired, simply as though we were nearly at the destination and didn't want to hurry things. The trees started to thin out quite quickly and the faint light I had seen for a while was getting brighter. Within moments we stepped out in to a clearing and were greeted by the sight of a small cottage with a thatched roof. It wasn't large or grandiose but still gave a slight impression of wealth. There was ivy climbing over most of the wall space but neatly trimmed around the window pains. The grass around the cottage was filled with wild flowers but the grass itself looked precisely cut, almost like someone had cut it with scissors. There was a little wooden chipped path which led through the garden from the house and down to a pond where two ducks were swimming. It was like a picturesque movie scene; it was a little too perfect.
The three continued straight forwards and rather than opening the door sprung lithely on to the roof and dropped through the chimney. After a seconds hesitation I copied them. Of course, as I was dropping myself down I was reminded of Santa and burst out laughing. As I reached the end of the two storey shoot, it opened out in to a small glass room and the others were exiting through a wooden framed door. I followed as they then walked through a cherry wooden panelled corridor with paler floorboards and rustic low beams and then looked around as a hidden panel opened up to a lounge area.
There were three dark leather couches placed in a square with the wide screen television as the last side. There was a cabinet in the corner on which a multitude of curious green liquids was placed and a huge bookshelf took up most of one wall; a quick glance told me that most of them were in either in Russian or Polish. Two other walls were painted a creamy white and were adorned with many paintings which looked hand painted, mostly of wood scenes. The remaining wall was completely glass and looked out on to the garden and pond. There was no carpet in this room either but the floorboards were pale and glossy, unlike the dark and fading floorboards of the corridor. It was a room that reflected a collision of tastes, none of which were extreme but were definitely distinct.
The three of them sat down and Alesstra motioned for me to copy, I perched lightly on the edge of the remaining sofa, still not entirely comfortable with my surroundings.
"Okay, so what are you, why are your eyes golden?" The guy started, staring at my eyes intently, making me feel slightly uncomfortable. Wasn't I the one that was meant to ask them about their eye colour? Surely mine was perfectly natural!
"We've seen those with red eyes that hunt humans, many of which we have destroyed but never before have seen gold, so please, enlighten us" Gayel spoke this time, her gentle tones much more calming than Notchimine's. So, they've seen other vampires too, hardly surprising really, considering how many there are at the moment. I'm not really surprised that they haven't seen another animal hunter because most vampires tend to prefer human blood and don't really care about the cost at all.
"I drink from animals, which is why my eyes are not the same as those who drink from humans but I am still unsure why the colour gold." They nodded there heads and seemed content with my answer so I thought I ought to ask my own question "So, why are your eyes green?"
"Isn't it obvious, we drink from plants" What the hell?!?!
"How do you do that?"
"The same way you do with animals just with plants"
"Okay, but how does it work?"
"Well, considering that plants still need nutrients to survive we wondered whether you could get the nutrients you need from blood from plants. And it turns out that as a vampire you only need certain minerals and such like and the plants provide them just fine for us"
"Wow, I hadn't ever thought of trying something like that"
"Well, it only works with green plants, like leaves as only the fluid in their leaves has proven to be any good for sustenance, anything else just gets coughed back up" At this Alesstra whacked Gayel round the back of her head and whispered in her ear
"Don't scare of the bloody company with your gruesomeness" Gayel simply smiled innocently at her.
"I'm really interested in your lifestyle, do you think I could stay with you for a while to find out more?"
"Hell yeah!" Alesstra shouted
Okay, so this is an idea that i've been discussing with my friends recently and decided I finally wanted to put pen to paper (or fingers to laptop keys but you get the idea), so let me know what you think, I would have put this up earlier but I got stuck babysitting my brothers, anyway, if you think it's a stupid idea then I won't carry on and if you think it's a good idea I will carry on, but either way please review and tell me your opinions
Oh and don't worry the Cullens will show up fairly soon, i'm just not sure when yet
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