Oddness in it's Pure Form
I was running. I couldn't help myself, energy was pumping through me and I couldn't stop my legs from carrying me wherever they wanted.
The clouds covered the sun, which was good. I might even stay here for a few weeks before moving on.
My light blond hair blew behind me while my red eyes moved over the trees. I could hear small animals hiding just as I ran by. How clever they were.
The scent of this place was wonderful! Wet trees and the ocean air mixed together made the perfect smell in the world to me. Suddenly a new smell hit me, another vampire...no many vampires headed straight for me.
I skidded to a halt, the ground being brought up by my sudden change of speed. I whirled around and headed back the way I come but I could tell they were going to catch me.
I could hear them coming up beside but I didn't want to look at them, it would make this to real for me. I've got to be the first one to make the attack or they'll kill me.
I changed my direction as fast as I could but a bronze haired vampire cut me off, crouched ready for my attack. He hissed at me.
My feet stopped on there own just like when they started to carry me before. I didn't crouch like he did but stood straight up with my chin held high even though my instincts told me other wise.
"Stop, she won't fight" someone stated behind me. My nerves were on end, I couldn't take this much more. I was hoping they'd just kill me and get it over with, apparently not.
"We weren't going to kill you unless you give us a reason" the bronze haired vampire said, standing up slowly from his crouch.
I heard one of the seven vampires behind me move towards me. A growl came out of my chest before I could stop it. The vampire stopped moving.
Suddenly I realized that they weren't nine other vampires here besides me, there was something else. It had a heart beat.
I whipped around and seen a blonde vampire with golden eyes closest to me but my eyes moved to the heart beat coming from a small child standing next to female vampire with long dark hair.
The child had bronze hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her cheeks were red from the blood running through her body yet I wasn't tempted by her blood. She didn't smell like a human or a vampire.
I took a step towards her without thinking about who was surrounding me. I was on the ground suddenly, pinned down by the long haired female who was growling at me that hurt my ears.
"Bella" a short vampire with spiky hair whispered to the vampire on top of me. "Let her up."
"I won't hurt her" I whispered up at her. She tightened her grip on my forearms until the bronze haired male spoke.
"She's telling the truth" he stated.
The female vampire, Bella, leaped off of me and sprinted back to the child's side. I slowly got back up and faced the blonde male vampire that had tried to approach me just seconds ago.
"Hello, I'm Carlisle" and he stuck out his hand for me to shake. Whoa, didn't see that one coming...
I grabbed his hand slowly and gently and shook it. "I'm Andie."
It seemed like everyone relaxed after that. Calmness had spread through me like ice. Everyone else's frames relaxed as well.
I finally looked around at all the others circled around me. There was a big, muscled up vampire with dark hair that was curly.
I let my eyes go to another man with honey blond hair, tallish, leaner yet still muscular. I could see scars on his face, no, his whole body that was from other vampires; vampires that didn't survive after meeting him.
I moved my eyes away from him to the short pixie looking one with short spiky hair that had spoken earlier.
A small, slender woman with a heart shaped faced and caramel hair walked up to the two of us and stuck out her hand too.
"Esme Cullen. It's nice to meet you" she said, smiling brightly at me. Suddenly I was reminded of my mother, who was probably dead by now.
"It's nice to meet you too" and I took her hand.
Carlisle cleared his throat. "Since you seem to be in control, why don't we head back to our house so we can talk?" he asked, already turning to start running. I nodded.
I followed Carlisle and Esme while everyone else fell behind, probably to make sure I don't go all crazy on them.
A blond female ended up beside me that was beautiful even for a vampire while the short pixie one got on my other side.
We broke into a clearing and a gorgeous house stood in the middle. I could smell vampire scent all over the place but there was something else. It smelled horrible!
I entered the house. It was bright and airy, I liked it. I followed the other two into their living room. Esme was seated on a love seat while Carlisle stood by a glass wall at the back of the room.
The others sat or stationed themselves around the room. "Why don't you sit by Jasper, Andie" Carlisle suggested, pointing to the honey blond with the scars. I stiffened but sat as far from him as I could.
"Andie, why don't you tell us about yourself?" Esme asked, pulling her legs up to her chest.
"Sorry?" I asked, unsure of what she wanted.
"How you became a vampire but why don't we let you meet everyone else?" Carlisle exclaimed.
"You're sitting next to Jasper as you know. This is Alice" he pointed to the short, pixie vampire, "Edward, Emmett, Rosalie, Bella, and our little Nessie" he finished, pointing to the little girl.
My eyes rested on her longer than the others. An idea suddenly struck me. She's half vampire! How!?
My stomach dropped. That can't be possible! I wiggled in my seat but turned to face Carlisle again.
"Your story, please" he said.
I nodded. "I was born in New York, 1979. My family and I went on vacation to Texas. I left the hotel to get some air and a vampire ended up getting me on the way back to the hotel. The next thing I knew, I was in a war. I didn't stay with the group for only a week then I left right before the sun rose. I've been traveling since, staying to the North. That's it, nothing more" I explained, staring up at the ceiling.
"Interesting. Jasper here has also been in the war. Of course many years before you" Esme stated, looking at me like this would please me. I stiffened just like Jasper did when I heard the word war.
I turned to look at him fully on. He had turned to look at me as well. I cracked a weak smile at him then stood up.
"I better get going. I think I'll head north, maybe to Alaska," I stated, slowly heading for the exit.
"There's another family like ours up there. We'll call and let them know you're coming" Carlisle said, going for the phone on a table stand next to one of the couches.
"OR! Or I could stick around here if you don't care!" I almost yelled in a high voice that didn't belong to me. Emmett smirked and Rosalie chuckled while Carlisle stopped.
"Wonderful! We're going to have to let the pack know you're here. Edward would you go tell Jacob that we have a visitor" Esme asked. He nodded and ran out of the house. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the child wiggle with excitement.
"Pack? Like another group of vampires?" I asked, looking at Esme.
"No, like a pack of werewolves" Alice stated, grinning, leaping up from her couch. My body locked up. I've heard that there were wolves before back when I was still in Texas but not here?!
"Nice, Alice" Bella said sarcastically, giving her the thumbs up. Alice smirked and gave the thumbs back to her.
"So, they're real? Werewolves, I mean. I've heard rumors but I never..." I heard Edward running back and he was being followed by giant paws. The werewolf was with him.
A smell came to my nose. It was like animal and human mixed. How disgusting! A tall Indian came running through the door. He had shaggy black hair and beautiful skin that I was jealous of immediately.
He hurried and picked up Nessie and cradled her against his chest. From the look on his face you would have thought he was holding the most beautiful treasure of all time.
"To him that is the most beautiful treasure" Edward stated, sitting down next to Bella. Holy crap, mind reader...How cool. I grinned at Edward and he smiled back.
"How long will you be staying?" Jacob asked me. I shrugged and looked at Carlisle for an answer.
"As long as she wants. Now, is anyone else coming to meet our guest?" he said, looking at Jacob.
"Tomorrow" he mumbled, gazing down at Nessie. I felt another stab of jealousy. I'll have to find myself a mate. I made a mental note of it.
We sat around for hours. I listened as everyone told me their story. I enjoyed Bella's the most of course.
"We need to go, Nessie needs to go to sleep" Edward said to Jacob, who was sitting in the corner with her. Reluctantly Jacob handed her over to Bella and they ran off into the woods.
"Do they not live with you?" I asked Alice.
"No. They enjoy their privacy" she answered then grinned when I went silent.
Jacob left shortly after. For most of the night I watched TV or walked around the house with Alice and Esme.
"So what are your eating habits?" Carlisle asked when I plopped down on the couch across from him. I was confused.
"Human. What's your?" I asked, my brow furrowed. He chuckled.
"Animals. Not as tasty but it keeps you strong. Andie, I'm going to have to ask you that while your here that you eat animals or leave the area to hunt" he said.
Animals? How odd...
"I'll try your way. It should be educational" I stated, grinning at him.
I heard Edward and Bella running back and also from the other direction paws running this way. There was more than one werewolf coming this time.
During the hours that I had been here, Alice and Emmett told me all about the wolves that lived in La Push just a few miles away. I found the imprinting very interesting. I had even wished that someone would feel that way about me, not a werewolf of course.
I saw the others running to us from out the glass wall while the paws turned into feet outside near the porch steps.
Jacob came walking in with three other guys and one girl. They all had beautiful skin and black, shiny hair. All the guys were big and muscled, even the girl had lean muscles and was taller than the average girl.
I hadn't really noticed that Edward and Bella had entered the house by now. Nessie was passed on to Jacob and he went and sat in a corner with her.
"Uh oh. We've got a problem, Jake" Edward said just as Jasper stuck his head out from the kitchen. I looked at them with alarm.
Edward looked at Jake then me then one of the tall guys that had just come in. "We have a new imprint" he whispered. Just about everyone gasped at was in the room and I even heard Rose upstairs gasp.
Jacob stood up and put Nessie down and walked over to a tall guy. He dragged him out of the house but the man's eyes never left me. I was frozen in my seat.
"What just happened?" I whispered, looking at everyone in the room one at a time. Everyone stared at me in shock.
"Seth just imprinted on you" Bella whispered.
"I-I thought that only happened to, you know, humans?" I asked, shock making me stutter in the first time in years.
"Apparently not" Emmett mumbled before laughing.
I heard someone running up the porch steps then the man, Seth, ran in first and Jacob right behind him. "No Seth! We need to figure out what is going on first and you're not going to concentrate with her here" Jake said angrily.
I got a good look at Seth for the first time. He had shaggy hair but not as long as Jake's. He was tall but not as tall as Jacob and he was muscled up but not like the others wolves was. He had dark brown eyes that went deep.
I suddenly thought of what I must look like, sitting here all calm with my creepy red eyes looking at Seth with curiousness on my face.
Jacob tried to pull him back out side but Seth pushed him off. He was looking at me like I was the most beautiful thing in the room instead of Rose. Is he going crazy, Edward?
"No, Andie" Edward answered, looking down at me.
"Andie, Andie" Seth repeated in a far off voice staring at me with such love that I looked away. Here I was thinking that werewolves and vampires were supposed to be enemies, well I've been wrong before.
"I think I'll go upstairs to the library" I stated and hopped off the couch. I hurried to the stairs and as I passed Seth, he let out a whine that sounded more wolf than man.
I dropped the whole human pace and shot off like a rocket. I was up the stairs in half a second. Muttering started from down stairs and I stayed at the top of the stairs to listen.
"Is it possible for a vampire and a werewolf to be together?" Alice asked.
"Maybe. Andie might have been meant for Seth when she was human" Edward suggested but still sounding puzzled.
"I don't care. Let's just leave it alone" Seth breathed happily. I heard him sit down on the couch that I was sitting earlier.
"That so disgusting Seth. You imprinting on a leech! Do you know that you'll never have kids?!" the female wolf said. My insides burned. She just had to remind me.
"It doesn't matter. We can adopt if she wants" Seth replied coolly. I heard Edward chuckle, like what he heard in Seth's mind was funny.
"I think we should just watch and see what happens over the next couple of days," Carlisle cut in. A few of the others agreed with him.
"So what's going to be the story? Andie can be Emmett's cousin, what do you think?" Rose asked. Emmett let out a booming laugh and I couldn't help but join in from the top of the stairs.
"That's a yes. Okay next line a business, what about Sam's pack?" Jasper asked.
"What about it? They can't do anything to Andie, she's Seth's imprint" Bella stated wisely. I grinned. From the way things are sounding, I'm going to be safe from all the wolves.
"Andie, are you going to come back down from the 'library' yet?" Alice called up to me. I giggled but stayed where I was.
I stayed up on the stairs for six hours before Leah, Embry, and Quil decided that they were going home. Embry and Quil waved goodbye to me but Leah just marched on out.
After a few minutes Seth poked his head around the corner. He grinned up at me.
"Are you going to be staying up there until I leave?" he teased and walked towards the stairs. Seth put his foot on the second stair since his legs were so long.
"Maybe. Depends on how long you stay" I answered seriously. His grin fell from his face. I heard everyone in the living room head outside so they wouldn't over hear us as bad.
Seth headed up the stairs to me. His smell came to my nose. It wasn't as bad as I remembered.
"I won't bite, that's you, remember?" he whispered, just a few feet in front of me. I stayed as still as possible with him so close, what is he doing?
He reached toward me with a steady hand and brushed my hair back from my face. I jerked back from his flaming touch. A growl came out of my chest before I could stop it but it died in my throat because I felt calm suddenly.
Jasper was at the bottom of the steps, checking on us to make sure I hadn't killed him or something. I glared down at him. He must have a power like Edward's.
"Seth, I think it's time you left" he stated. Seth nodded, smiled at me even though I just about took his face off and headed back down the stairs.
"It's not nice to mess with people's emotions, Jasper" I said in a deadly voice. He didn't seem surprised that I had figured it out.
"I believe it was necessary to save Seth from a face lift" he reported back. I grinned, I couldn't help myself.
"Did you come up with that one on your own? It was pretty good" I giggled and ran up to the library for real this time.
