TWILIGHT
Brotherhood of the Dawn
Prologue Victoria's Army
Chapters
Braden
On the Move
Jenna Grey
Immortal Lovers
Hunted
Vow of Revenge
Pamela and Rob
Braden's Army
New Allies
The Cullens
Brotherhood of the Patheons
Army of the Vultori
War of the Volturi and the Patheons
Trial and Judgement
The New Order
Persona
Braden Dowman-African American Male-Former college football star convicted of drug dealing-New Blood Vampire Turned by Victoria-Vampire Gift-Ability to mimic the gifts of other Vampires
Jenna Grey-Caucasian Female-Doctor in Butte Minnesota investigated for selling prescription drugs-Braden's love interest-Vampire Gift-ability to heal injuries in humans and Vampires, ability to restore vitality if death occurred within a twenty-four period, ability to drain life from humans, vampires, plants, and animals.
Riley Biers-The first human turned into a vampire by Victoria when she formed an army to attack the Cullen family and Bella.
Robert (Rob for short) Lot-Caucasian Male and one of Braden's friends while they were growing up. Occupation before vampire bite prison guard-Vampire gift-ability to paralyze victims with a thought.
Pamela Lot-Caucasian Female and wife of Robert Lot-Vampire gift-none
Michael Otsen-Causian Male-Former Navy Seal wounded severely in Afghanistan-Vampire Gift-ability to shatter and destroy objects with a thought.
Prologue
Victoria's Army
"Where are you going man?" A prison guard named Rob asked.
Braden sighed, "Home to Fork-And this time things will be different."
They shake hands, "Take care of yourself and stay out of trouble."
Braden was six feet and half feet tall, African American with light brown skin, a shaved head, and a goatee. Braden had just been released from prison after ten years. He was 22, a disgraced wide receiver when he went in, arrested for selling drugs, and now he was 33. While in prison Braden did a lot of reading, he especially liked Greek mythology, Homers the Iliad. Braden had a photographic memory and would have to see something only once to get it. He also did a lot of boxing and working out while in prison. In fact he was the all prison boxing champion. Braden took a cab to the airport and took a flight to Forks, Washington. His brother is there to greet him and they drive to his brother's apartment.
"How is everyone?"
"Fine."
They say little to each other and when they arrive at the apartment his mother, uncles, and cousin are there. "SURPRISE!" They scream when Braden enters the room.
After the party Braden immediately gets in contact with parole officer and is set up with a job at the grocery store. Three days later he is on his way home from work when something throws him to the ground. He grinds his teeth as something bit him on the arm. Braden thrashes about on the ground as his entire body feels like it is on fire.
"Welcome to the army." A redheaded girl whispers into his ear.
Braden can see and count the number of times a fly's wings beat from a hundred feet away. He can also hear the march of ants on the ground and distinguish between smells of objects and people. The most intoxicating smell is that of human blood. Three days had passed since he became a Vampire and unlike most of the others Braden had a little self control something he learned from being in prison. In prison you learned not to draw attention to yourself and always be on guard. He sat on a car watching the other new bloods fight over a human.
"What did I say about making a scene!" Riley screamed slamming a car door to the ground.
Riley Biers, Braden didn't like him or the redheaded bitch he always mooned over. Braden new women and he wasn't buying what either of them were selling and Braden hated nothing more than being used.
"Something worse is coming-worse than any of you-and if you don't control yourselves you will be destroyed." Riley waved his hand, "Just clean up after yourselves."
"I'm thirsty." A girl with a mousy voice said. Braden looked down and there was Bree Tanner. Braden felt sorry for the young Vampiress and protected her from the others.
He sighed, "Stay here kid I'll get you something." In the blink of an eye Braden was gone. He got himself something drink stalking and killing a homeless man, then he found Bree a hooker and snapped her neck. When he returned he dropped the woman by Bree and stood watch while she fed. He snorted smoke from his nostrils like a bull as he waited. "When the time comes kid you are coming with me."
"Why?"
"Because this is a doomed adventure win or loose we die!"
"But why-the Cullens can't fight all of us."
Braden tried to convince Bree but she wouldn't listen as most new bloods were faithful to the vampires that turned them. The day finally came when Riley passed a sweater around with the scent of a human female on it. Braden smelled the sweater, but he had no intention of following the others. They started walking towards the water and in they went. Braden followed but he broke away from the group and headed north.
Chapter 1. Braden
Braden travelled through the mountains heading north away from whatever Victoria and Riley were heading for, he wanted nothing of that. He found some campers and feasted on their blood. He burned the bodies and destroyed their camping gear. He found a cave and decided to hide there until nightfall. When night came Braden crossed the Canadian boarder and made his way to Alaska.
It was midnight and night time in Alaska lasted six months. It was two in the morning so Braden broke into an ATM and stole all the money inside. He got away with three hundred thousand dollars. He rented a room outside of Fairbanks, Alaska and hunted in the mountains forcing himself to drink animal blood.
He got work at night as a stocker in a store and would anonymously send money to his family. As time passed Braden got into a routine and was able to hunt on his off days. He spent a lot of time at the library reading and because of his vampire enhanced mind he was able to remember everything he read and read at an inhuman speed.
It was time to go hunting again and Braden locked his apartment and sped through the forest into the mountains. He was stalking a bear and the blood from the bear would last him for the next month or more. He was about to attack when the bear is tackled by Garrett of the Denali Clan of Vampires. Braden is about to attack him when he is confronted by Kate. She punches him in the chest and Braden leaves his feet and flies nine feet before he flips and lands on all fours.
"This is our territory!" In the blink of an eye Kate zips over to Braden, grabs his arm and shocks him. Braden goes to his knees gritting his teeth, he looks into Kate's eyes and realizes what she is doing to him. He grabs her right arm with his free hand, pushing it away and then with the left arm he grabs her and shocks her. Kate cries out and by this time Garret has wounded the bear. In a flash he runs toward them and tackles Braden. They wrestle, but since Braden is a new born he overpowers Garrett and throws him into a tree. The tree is uprooted upon impact.
"He's a new blood!" Garrett screams.
They attack him at the same time, but Braden grabs them both and shock them at the same time. Until they pass out. "Why did you attack me?" Braden asked when they awoke.
"We are Denali Vampires and this is our territory-We don't like nomads."
"Nomads! I have been living here for the pass five months."
"Who created you?" Kate asked.
Braden sighed, "Some bitch named Victoria."
Both Kate and Garrett looked at each other and hissed at him. "Victoria is dead-she and her second in command were killed by the Cullens." Kate said.
"Yeah I figured they would loose that battle so I went the other way." Once again Garrett and Kate looked at each other. "Look I'm a little new to all this, Vampire shit-can I join your gang?"
They took him to the Denali clan home, after hunting. It was up to Sasha and Tanya as to whether or not they would accept Braden. Braden sat alone in the dining room while the Denali's had a heated argument, away from the cabin. Finally they returned to the cabin and it was Sasha and Eleazar who came to speak with him.
"The Vampire world has-" She hesitated, "-rules and laws. They are enforced by the Volturi-They don't give second chances and you are a Vampire created by a Vampire who no longer exists. If we took you in, we would place ourselves in danger, especially after that incident in Seattle."
"Is there nothing I can do?" Braden asked.
"Keep moving and don't draw attention to yourself-It may be that the Volturi aren't aware of your existence." Eleazar offered.
"We can give you money and tell you the places in the world to avoid beyond that we can do nothing." Sasha said.
They gave Braden a new ID and Passport under the name Braden Tanner, they also educated him on Vampire society, the Volturi, and the other Vampire clans. Eleazar walked him out and grabbed his arm. "One last piece of advice-Certain Vampires develop special gifts-Kate told me how you used electricity against her. I have the ability to distinguish what other Vampires can do. You have a shadow gift-and what I mean by that is that you can mimic the gifts of other Vampires. You are a very dangerous individual-I have never heard of or seen someone with that type of gift-In order to use your gift you must be able to see the Vampire perform the ability before you are able to use it." Braden shook his hand and was gone in a blink of an eye.
"We should have allowed him to stay." Garrett said when Eleazar walked back into the cabin. "He has a unique gift."
"If we take him in the Volturi will kill us all and Varo is looking for any excuse to destroy all involved in that incident with the Cullens."