I woke up and looked at my alarm clock. It was 4:30 am, the time I normally got up. I knew that something was going to happen, but the weird part was that for once I couldn't tell if it would be good or bad.
got out of bed and gathered my clothes to get into the shower. I put my clothes in the bathroom and went back to my room to see if Kaylee wanted to get up. I wasn't going to wake up Mallory. The last time I had woke her up this early she attacked me and I was not in the mood to fight for a change.
Kaylee?" I said softly. "Do you want to get up now or in a half hour?"
Kaylee turned to glare at me. "Are you psycho? Did you sleep at all? You kept us up till 3 am and expect me to get up now? LEAVE ME ALONE!"
I took it she didn't want me to answer so I went and got in the shower. I dressed in blue jeans and a T-shirt. Then I went back to my room to wake up Kaylee.
"What are you thinking? Did you not get the message earlier? LEAVE ME ALONE! I DONT WANT TO GET UP!"
"Ohh well. You've had two whole hours of sleep. How much do you need? What ? Is that bed so comfortable you don't want to get up?"
"For your information I need more than two hours of sleep. Thank You Very Much!"
"Whatever. Do you want to sleep the day away?"
"What time is it?"
"Five"
"And one more hour is sleeping the day away?" Kaylee asked.
"It's an hour wasted." I said.
"Will you two shut up?" Mallory shouted at us.
"I'm not the one yelling." I pointed out.
"Did I ever say you were?"
"Yeah last Tuesday." I said laughing. Then a pillow slammed into the back of my head. "OWW!"
"That's what you get." Mallory said.
"You'll pay for that later." I said
"Whatever"
"Why do we have to get up now?" Kaylee asked.
"Because you said we would go on a hike today."
"Yeah so I meant at like 7."
"By time you two get ready it'll be 7:30"
"Ha ha we're not that slow." Kaylee said.
"I'd beg a differ." I murmured.
I'm not going." Mallory said.
"Why not" I whined.
"Because I want to take care of the birds."
"Whatever the only bird you like is Lily and there are 29 more birds."
"Yeah well I don't feel like hiking."
"That I believe."
"Yeah Yeah. I'm getting in the shower."
"Okay hey Kir can I use your bathroom?"
"Sure. What do you two want for breakfast?"
"Don't care" Mallory's voice came from across the hall.
"Eggs!" Kaylee said excited.
"Okay."
After breakfast me and Kaylee headed for the woods while Mallory headed for her bedroom.
After about twenty minutes I wasn't as excited about the hike. Kaylee didn't shut up the whole way.
"Are we almost there? Where are we going? Kirstyn why are you barefoot?"
"For the thousandth time, we are going to that meadow and we will be there in about ten minutes. Also I'm barefoot because I'm faster barefoot."
"You know what you, me, and Mal need?"
"No but I'm sure you'll tell me."
"We need to take a vacation. Maybe to L.A.?"
"Yeah, like we can afford it."
"Well?"
"Well wha...shh" I said listening very hard.
"What is it?"
"Shut up!"
"What's going on?"
"SHHH!"
"Why?"
"Shut the fuck up!"
She fell quite as I placed the sound that had stopped me."SHIT!" I screamed. I grabbed Kaylee and threw her on my back. Then I took off like a bat out of hell.
"What the hell is going on Kirstyn? Put me down! Kirstyn, why the hell do you look so freaked?" Kaylee asked.
"What's going on is there is a wolf chasing us. No I will not put you down. And I look so freaked because I am, because A WOLF IS CHASING US!"
"How do you know?"
"Because I have good hearing and it was either a large wolf or a small bear about thirty yards behind us heading fast in our direction."
"And you think you can out run it?"
"I've out ran a few before now shut up and let me concentrate so we are neither wolf food or have our faces planted in the ground."
Kaylee was quiet then. While we had been screaming back and forth at each other I had hear the wolf gaining ground but now that I could concentrate it was still gaining ground but it was barley gaining it.
This was the longest a wolf had ever chased me and the first time i had ever carried someone during a chase. After a few hours I heard the wolf suddenly stop and I did to.
"What the hell, Kirstyn?" Kaylee asked as I dropped her. I was panting from the run but I was proud of myself I had protected my friend.
Kaylee stood up and looked at me. "Why did we stop?"
"Because the wolf stopped I panted."
"How do you know that?"
"Because unlike you I'm not deft."
"Prove that there was a wolf." She challenged.
I grabbed her arm and pulled her to the edge of a clearing we had passed through. I pointed to a bunch of black fur on the other side of the clearing.
"Fuck that thing is huge." Kaylee said when she spotted the thing.
The wolf lifted its head and howled. It wasn't howling in pain or loss. It almost sounded challenging. Another wolf came into the clearing from what would be our left, never crossing the center of the clearing to get near us. He walked up to the black wolf which was noticeably larger than him before turning to face us.
I looked into the eye of the majestic creature and took a step forward towards it. It held my stare looking as mesmerized as I felt. Then I felt something pull me back. Ripping my gaze from the eyes of the magnificent creature I looked back to see Kaylee looking terrified.
I heard a branch break in the distance and once again let my instinct take over I lifted Kaylee and ran to the center of the clearing and to the smaller wolf that was still looking at me. I turned to see a red haired, younger version of myself.
"Tori what are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm known as Victoria now. I was going to finally finish off those mutts but I'd much rather get the only family I have left back."
"Tori I don't know why but I think it would be a very bad idea for you to cross the center of this field."
"Let her cross it then we can end this once and for all." A strong, attractive, unfamiliar male voice said from behind me.
I turned to see that the smaller of the two wolves had vanished and an amazing looking young man in shorts was walking out of the woods taking its place. I looked the young man in the eye and said "Finish what?" The second my eye met his I recognized the eyes of the wolf.
"She is a killer and it's my job to kill her when she passes the center of the field she will be in my territory."
"That is my sister and you will not kill her. She disappeared when her and my mother and I got into an accident six years ago. She hasn't changed at all except she no longer has the injuries. Everyone thought I was the only one that survived. She was driving and we had gone out to celebrate my promotion and my mother died instantly and I thought I lost my sister. I'm not letting you take her from me no matter what she has done."
"It's not only that she killed people it natural for my kind to kill her kind."
"Werewolves vs. humans?"
"She is a vampire." He said softly.
I turned to look back at my sister. This time more closely. Her skin was pale like it always was in winter. That was unusual because in summer, like it was now, she would always be tan. She held herself with a cat like posture in almost a half crouch. She stood like predator. then I locked eyes with her and her eyes were blood red. Like crimson death and there was no hint of her ocean blue eyes.
"She is isn't she?" I said tilting my head to the side as I watched her.
"Yes, but don't worry. Sam and his pack, including me, will keep you safe."
"No need. Like I said she s my sister, she won't hurt me." I said walking forward. I was almost to the center of the clearing when I felt a hand wrap around mine.
"Please stay here with me." the man asked.
I turned looking at my sister then back at him. "I'll come back please keep my friend safe." and I crossed the invisible border.
Tori immediately pulled me into a tight hug. I hugged her back shocked by the reunion. then Tori pulled me behind her.
I couldn't see because she had turned me so my back was to everything.
"JASPER!" I heard Kaylee scream.
"Kaylee calm down." I said turning and slipping past my little sister."STOP" I said and there was a rustle as strong blond vampire landed from the tree above our head.
"Who are you and how did your friend know my name?"
"I'm Kirstyn and Kaylee knew your name because she is an avid reader and well i told her about a few things I put together and I managed to find stuff from the civil war with you in it both before and after your disappearance and she is a big fan of yours."
"Why are you protecting the sadistic thing behind you."
"That thing happens to be my sister." I said sudden venom in my voice.
"You know you can't protect her from me, right?"
"Give my two weeks and I can beat you." I said.
"Really and how?"
"Three days to change and the rest of the time training."
"What makes you think you can beat me then?"
"I just out ran a werewolf while carrying Kaylee on my back. I think with training and advanced senses I'll be near unstoppable."
"NO!" I turned to see the young man still there.
"I'm sorry but I am trusting you with the life of my friend but I need to be able to protect my sister. I don't even know your name."
"I'm Embrey please I'll have to kill you too and I can't do that. I imprinted on you. When a werewolf imprints they..."
"Embrey I know what Imprinting is. But imagine someone wanted me dead. you would do anything to stop that right?"
"Without a second thought."
"I feel the same way about her. This is my sister. I grew up with her we help each other with high school drama and we were always there for one another. I'm not going to let that change, just because her heart isn't beating. I'm twenty six and I've experienced the feeling of having no one at all. Tori is the only family I have left and I can't lose her again."
"Do you want me to change you now?"
"Let's find a more privet place." I said turning to walk away.
"Come on Kirstyn you can't just leave me here. What about Mallory?" Kaylee said.
"Call her tell her to sell the house and use my money to come here and buy another house. Tell her to bring Tom and Luis, but don't tell her anything else. I'll meet up with you in three days after I've hunted so that way it'll be less tempting to kill you."
"But...Kirstyn,"
"Let's face it we got to Forks and at least this time there were no portals."
"That was just a story once you do this that's it it's done there is no turning back."
"Something magical is going to happen in all this. I can feel it there is something building in my blood and this will help it. I just know it." I said.
With that Victoria and I left. She started running and I followed. Her pace wasn't super fast just a little offer human speed, but I kept up with it. When we stopped we stopped at the docks. There was a low murmuring and the sound of breaking objects. It was late and I was getting tired after all the running and the near sleepless night.
"Come on." Tori said pulling me into a small room. The room was separated from the rest of the dock area.
The room smelt of mold and decaying flesh. There was a bed in the middle of the room and the rest of it was empty. There was a cold breeze even inside the room bringing with it the fishy sent of the docks and increasing the smell of death.
"Lay down. It will make things easier. You will be in a lot of pain in the next few days." She said looking sad.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I don't want to put you threw that pain." She said.
"You had just been in a car accident. You would have been in pain no matter what. You also always had a low pain tolerance. I have always been extra ordinary with pain. I won't let it hurt."
"You don't understand it makes you feel like your burning."
"I have always loved fire and I've always wanted to burn that's the one near death experience I haven't had yet."
"But..."
"Tori I don't burn. I have walked through burning buildings, threw the heart of the flames and I have never burned. I'll be fine." I said lying down on the bed.
"I'm so sorry for this." She said then she sunk her teeth into my neck. Her teeth were so sharp that I didn't even feel them cut threw my skin. Then for the first time in my life I felt fire race through my veins. I was shocked and exhilarated. This was the first time I burned.
I had been shot, I had drowned, been stabbed, woken up during surgery, been stampeded, been hung, and almost died a million other ways. I was excited to experience a new death. I wasn't one to want to die, but seeing as it hasn't ever happened with as many times as it should have I liked learning how each death felt.
This one was not much different than the rest. There was pain and now that I was accepting it the pain was fading. I heard the door open and I looked up to see a young man walk in.
"Riley" Tori said.
"Did you bring us a snack? Why is she already bleeding?"
"I'm changing her. This is my sister."
"Tori you remember the Twilight books I used to be obsessed with?"
"Yeah. Kirstyn don't talk you'll just make it worse."
"I'm fine." I said sitting up. "They even got the names right, Tori you can't go around killing people and changing them just to avenge the death of someone whom only loved you through convenience."
"He protected me through everything and he was killed. So his killer will pay, and we will have this territory."
"We aren't going to kill people. It won't be easy but it is going to happen."
"Human blood tastes the best."
"I don't care you are done killing humans, and that includes changing them." I said suddenly furious.
"I'm not stopping...
"YES YOU ARE." I screamed. I felt and instant completion of my transformation. Then i felt my skin rip. I exploded from myself and was on all fours. I looked down to see white fur and paws. I turned my head realizing that I had just shifted after becoming a vampire.
I was pure white and when I looked back I knew I couldn't be any larger than a normal wolf because my clothes were still on me. I took a deep breath relaxing and I looked around the room again, this time I noticed a mirror.
I ran to it and was there in less than a second. I looked into the mirror and saw that I was in fact a white wolf. I still had my blue eyes and my heart I could feel a slight slow beat from.
I relaxed and forced myself to transform back. I turned to face Tori. Her and Riley were staring at me.
"Well Embrey doesn't have to worry about me dying or becoming a full vampire." I said with a half smile.
"What just happened?"
"I think my experiments with genetics paid off or my time messing with witchcraft has had an effect."
Tori looked at me funny. "I would hide in the woods and light incents and said chants. I was trying to calm myself. I would do it every time someone died."
"The genetics?"
"My job. I was the guinea pig, so to say. They would come up with something to mess with my DNA and I would inject it or drink it or whatever. I guess this is the result."