Excerpts and other Free Story Ideas
This is a collection of various story premises, tangents, and scenarios that have intrigued me enough to earn their place in writing, yet for one reason or another didn't quite satisfy the direction I wanted my fanfiction story(ies) to take. Therefore, they are presented here for your enjoyment and/or inspiration. All of these excerpts are based in true-to-canon characters and relationships, and are easily or naturally E/B centric. Though I won't be continuing them, I would love to see any of these ideas expanded upon in true-to-character detail, and if you feel inclined to do so in your own writing- please let me know in a review so that I can have a chance to read it! Thank you!
For Your Information: Whether it is in the form of a Free Story Idea (FSI), a Deleted Scene (DS) from any of my non-crossover published stories, or an Essay of one aspect or another of the Twilight series, each chapter will be its own excerpt. So if there is a particular one you're looking for, feel free to scroll through the chapter index!
* * * FSI- Vampires Enslaved * * *
[Thanks to Moelike and michellephants whose existing stories helped inspire this scenario.]
Many years ago, an obscure scientist ran across a strange forearm-and-hand-shaped stone in the woods somewhere, and discovered (accidentally) that not only did it's torn edge absorb any blood that was spilled against it, but also that the stone hand became animated for a time thereafter. Thus he came to believe in the existence of vampires (apparently this was a forgotten limb of a long ago destroyed vampire), and found he had the means to perform experiments concerning them. For dear life, he kept his find a secret.
Eventually, his experiments brought him to discover a certain substance that could be benignly introduced into the human bloodstream, and which would subsequently weaken any vampire who drank it: the vampire would not only become severely slowed down to approximately human speed levels (according to how much serum was currently in his system), but also lose any supernatural physical strength advantage he had. The vampire would remain in this subdued state until and unless he received enough un-tainted feedings of blood to dilute the serum in his body and revive his abilities. (The scientist never knew about vampire talents, so would not have known that they remained unaffected.)
After this finding, for the good of humankind- the scientist finds a way to secretly mass-distribute the anti-vampire serum into the human world's food supply. (How, exactly?) As a result of this, weakened human-drinking vampires start being discovered all over the globe (always in populated areas, and usually caught shortly after the sun comes up), and the human populace has to figure out what to do with them within a relatively short period of time. Natural fears, plus the inability to actually kill them (without additionally weakening them by starvation, that is), no doubt color humanity's choices of how to handle them... and caught vampires end up becoming either enslaved or imprisoned as the humans work to ensure that they will remain forever so.
What will the vegetarian vampires do about such a situation? Will they be discovered? Could this threat spread to them (wild animals' food supply would likely be harder to target), and if so- what will they do to ensure their safety from it? Will they have to become seafood-only vegetarians, just to be safe? How many others could they help? Will any human-drinkers wise up before it's too late, and turn vegetarian? Will some of them manage to escape to the ocean (where humans couldn't effectively follow) so they could remain free enough, even while affected by the serum's effects, to hunt humans another day?
Is there any hope for a captured vampire? How much does the humans' inherent fear affect the way they are treated? (Revenge, anyone?) Just how much can/do they get away with? Also, since vampires would still have (and probably try to use to their advantage) their alluring good looks even in their weakened state, would there be an accidental rise in the birth of hybrids (until the humans figured out the consequences of certain actions, at least)? Maybe some such humans would have reason to seek out a certain unsubdued vampire doctor…