Nightmare
A Twilight Fanfiction
It had started off as a normal day- well, as normal a day for a family of vampires, that is. We were idly sitting around, Jacob messing with a truck, and Renesmee watching him. Emmett was out in the forest, felling trees, and we could hear the loud thwacks of his axe against the yielding wood, echoing in the sunlit clearing.
"So, what should we do today, Carlisle?" Edward asked his creator and adoptive father. He already knew the answer, of course, but it was for the benefit of his siblings, daughter and wife- me.
"Well, nothing seems to be happening, so what would you suggest, Bella?" I started, not expecting him to ask me.
"Er... what about hunting again?"
"Really?" Emmett complained from the forest. Even though he was half a mile out, we could hear him as clearly as if he had been standing right next to us. "We hunted yesterday, and I'm still full, so I would imagine the rest of you are, too." I grimaced. He was right, of course. Even Renesmee, who was only half a vampire, unlike the rest of us, wasn't hungry. I thought back to the days when humans seemed to overflow the land, a mass tidal wave of temptation.
"Good thing they decided to populate the seas. Otherwise we might have gotten a tiny bit crazed with thirst. Jacob, you have no clue how lucky you are- the thirst is incredible!" I said, speaking my thoughts.
"I think I might have a vague notion," he chuckled. When Renesmee was younger, she used her talent of sharing her thoughts to fill Jacob's- and our- minds with images of blood. Edward suddenly leapt up, and froze like a statue, or ice sculpture. None of us needed more confirmation that something bad was about to happen, but Alice's shocked hiss as she read the future was confirmation enough.
"What's happening?"
Alec groaned, half of his right arm looking as if a meat cleaver had messily slashed it off. That couldn't have been the case though- the only one hurt in that scenario would be the cleaver. So what had gone wrong?
"It was something dark, and scary. It attacked Volterra, and killed- killed Jane! It didn't seem affected by her gift or Alec's, and looked bizarrely like you, Bella, except it wore an expression that no vampire could. Alec, what is it?" Alec shook his head.
"It was a look- a look of... evil. Not just malice- real, pure hatred. It couldn't have been your mate, that I know, but Aro- he just declared war on you. This is a real problem, Cullens- he won't stop till you- you're all dead."
"Wow. So did Aro do this to you?" I indicated Alec's arm.
"No. That was... the beast."
"Did you bring your missing pieces?"
"That would have been too risky- I left in the dead of night, while Aro planned the attack. Caius wasn't so enthusiastic though- an attack based entirely off Jane's death isn't his idea of fun."
"Ironic." Edward mused. "He was all for killing us that time with Irina."
"Things change, though, right?" I pointed out. Edward turned towards the tent entrance as Alice ducked out.
"You can't see the beast." It wasn't a question.
"Yes!" Alice moaned, exasperated and wringing her hands. "I don't know what it's next move will be, or even what will happen tomorrow- and Jacob and Nessie aren't helping either."
"Well, we should just wait around to see what it'll do. We'll be better prepared than the Volturi, at the very least." Although all of us questioned his judgement, none of us argued with Edward. A deafening howl sounded, giving me a major headache. Vampire senses were strong, sure, but sometimes they were a little too strong, if you catch my drift. Head still ringing, I crouched defensively- the howl wasn't just a migraine; it was also the signal; the beast had, indeed, followed Alec to Iceland, which was where we were.
The dark creature nodded to itself. The red-eyes had powers that it enjoyed possessing, and soon it would take the boy's powers, too. Killing wasn't exactly necessary, but it was an exciting experience, a challenge of the greatest sort, killing the vampires. It knew that the Italians would be attacking the yellow-eyes here, in revenge for the murder of Jane, the painful one. Not for the first time, the creature thanked it's lucky stars that it could copy nightmares and fears- otherwise, the murder of Jane would have been near-impossible. If there was a creature without a soul, it was the Nightmare.
Okay, so that's the end of Chapter One; Beginning. Might I just add that if I really did own the Twilight series, then you can bet your soul that it would go like this! BTW, this story is set in the 2330s, okay? So after the predicted melting of the poles, and when scientists say that humanity will start moving underwater. Central America is utterly submerged, the British Isles don't exist any more, and Hawaii is a distant memory.
This is going to be one heck of an adventure, let me assure you. Subscribe to changes! Oh yeah- one last thing. Bella recently celebrated her 301st birthday, so if Zafrina or Benjamin refer to a party later on, you'll know what it means.