Oneshot. The idea came to me and I decided it was worth writing. I hope you enjoy it!
Also, the phrase "What amuses you so, my love?" is coined by ME and I use it in lots of my stories. If it happens to be in Breaking Dawn; I will sue Stephenie Meyer for stealing MY thingy thing. MWAHAHAHA!
I had writers block from my other stories and I thought this would be a good icebreaker to my creative mesh.
Enjoy and review! Don't forget to check out my other stories too.
Also, finally, the quote at the end (last line – beginning of the end whatsit) I used that because I think it is a PERFECT analogy for her life. Not the end of her life, but simply the end of the beginning of her life. She began as human, and that is ending. She will forever be a vampire. Now normally I am modest but I am proud of myself and I just love myself for seeing that similarity... I just think it is so perfect!!
Disclaimer: This is stupid. If I owned Twilight I would be out making money and giving everyone Breaking Dawn earlier instead of making you wait, and then I would read it to see what I had written. I wouldn't be here writing a FANfic.
Bella POV
I was sitting in the Cullen living room, tired. We had just finished unpacking all of my belongings and clothes etc into Edward's room, and I hadn't slept for almost 36 hours.
I began to doze slightly, my head nipping back up every now and then, and I was thinking about whatever fancied my bored mind.
I listened to my heartbeat and started humming in my head a tune that went with my heart's pace. I was the only one in this whole house who had a heartbeat – even if I wouldn't have it for long. It would be nice to be able to have a pet... an animal that was warm like me. I laughed out loud at the thought. A pet in a house of vampires! Hmm... well, they were able to restrain themselves fine around humans who had much more appealing blood than any animals... it was worth a shot.
Edward stroked my hair. "What amuses you so, my love?" he murmured gently.
I went for it. "Well, I was wondering if I could get a pet, because I'm the only one living here with a heartbeat, and then I started thinking about how you guys might eat it and – OH!" I screamed. I had just thought of something awesome!
"What is it? Are you ok? TALK TO ME!!" I was just sitting there like a fool, with a massive grin on my face.
"Heheh... what if... what if you bit, like, a fish or a hamster or something and let it live? I WANT A VAMPIRE CAT!" I squealed.
Carlisle, who had just entered the room after hearing my earlier scream, froze in his tracks and Edward stiffened too. I waited smugly, knowing that this hadn't occurred to them before. Bite a human and let the venom work, and what do you get? A humanoid vampire creature. Why should the same rule not apply to other animals? Imagine King Kong as a vampire...
I snapped out of my reverie as I saw Carlisle's face stretch into a smile.
"We have simply got to try that," he murmured. "I only hope it doesn't hurt the poor creature too much... the pain might force it into shock and kill it... hmm... but I wonder-" he mused. With that, he turned around and walked out again, presumably to wonder about vampire animals.
I laughed again as I pictured a vampire fish. The image was so funny!
I came back down to Earth again and jumped up. "Come on Edward!" I squealed. "We're going shopping-"
"WHAT?" screamed Alice from upstairs.
"-for a pet!" I finished happily.
"NEVER MIND!" yelled Alice back down.
I smiled as he backed away, searching for a means of escape. I didn't pause to consider the irony of a vampire being terrified of me, because I was enjoying myself too much.
He madly dashed out of the room and I followed him into the living room, where I spotted a very unfortunate Jasper. I wrapped both arms around his waist and attempted to drag him out to my truck, and he let me, bemused. I grinned evilly to myself as I imagined him being in the middle of a pet store, looking intimidated.
I pushed him into my truck happily, and he stared at me. I saw Alice leaning against her window, slowly sliding down it as she collapsed with laughter. I gave her a little wave and she fell out of the window, still shrieking with laughter as she fell and landed messily in the bushes.
Her muffled chortling broke me into giggles as well.
I hopped into the cab and fired the engine. It rumbled happily, and I noticed Jasper's confused and amused eyes trained on me for the whole trip. We drove in silence but for our breathing and my heartbeat. He has gotten better at controlling himself now and can kiss my cheek, hug me, pick me up, anything, without having a problem. I was proud of him and happy to have him as my brother.
I pulled up outside the Forks pet store and got out, bouncing with excitement. I saw Jasper hop out, walk around to me and open his mouth to ask me something when he caught sight of the sign and gaped, looking petrified.
I took his hand and walked forwards. He followed obediently and we walked in.
He didn't have a problem resisting the blood smell because my blood was stronger and he had no problem with that anymore. He still looked intimidated, though, and very out of place.
I browsed through all the gorgeous little animals and found the perfect kitten which I instantly fell in love with.
It was a small, tumbly bumbly little thing with bright white fur and sharp, golden eyes. She looked like a vampire cat already! Pale, gold eyes, sharp fangs... I wondered how different she would look, and I was filled with an odd, bouncy happiness (it was very energetic) at the thought of us being changed at the same time and becoming vampires together.
I now was bonded irrevocably with the kitten and there was no way I was leaving it in that stupid little glass cage. I looked for Jasper. He was inspecting a budgie warily and I grinned.
I bounded forwards to an assistant and pointed enthusiastically at the kitten.
"You want Sylvia?" he asked pleasantly. I nodded happily and he grinned at my enthusiasm. He looked slightly too warm and he was looking me up and down a little too much... I felt myself automatically shy back slightly, and the man stepped forwards, lips curling around into a horrible smile. I took another step back, scared now, and then a cold arm wrapped around my shoulder.
I looked up just in time to see Jasper wink conspiratorially at me and then turn to the man protectively (who was looking quite put out). I thanked my lucky stars that I had Jasper with me, the automatic empath who had noticed the obvious lust in the atmosphere, and my fear. My hero!
"We'll take Sylvia, thanks. How much?" he asked calmly.
Sourly, the man replied, "200. Pedigree, she is," he snapped, having clearly raised the price just for us. Jasper smiled, and pulled out a credit card.
"Ok then," he said, striding towards the counter with me in tow. I pressed my head into his side (the top of my head only just reached the bottom of his ribcage) and walked with him, still very grateful.
He smiled down at me, then swiped the card. The sour, evil old man grumpily retrieved the gorgeous cat from its cage and dropped it unceremoniously into a box. I narrowed my eyes at that, and snatched the box from the man quickly, looking in to see if the kitten was ok. Its sparkling golden eyes stared at me sadly from the box and I wondered how well it had been treated at this store.
Jasper walked me away and we got to the truck.
"Will you drive?" I asked. I wanted to play with my new pet. He grinned and held a hand out. I tossed him the keys, cooing to my kitty.
As we drove off, I pictured myself with bright red eyes, white skin and fangs, then I pictured myself holding the cat with bright red eyes, white fur and fangs. Our eyes would shift to gold slowly and we would tame our urges together. And Edward would be there too, I guess, but still. It's even better to have someone close to you who is going through exactly the same thing, at exactly the same time.
I mused about how she might have her transformation faster because she is smaller and there is less of her to change. That made me a bit sad, but we would stay in the same room and everything and be together at the beginning, with Edward too.
That brought me to thinking about my life and how it was ending as a human and starting as a vampire. Later on I talked with Edward about it, how it was going to be this weekend.
"You can still back out you know," he said desperately. "I don't want to be your end!"
I cupped his face in my hands, looking into his eyes. His own softened before me and I spoke.
"See it clearly. It is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. It is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." I pulled him towards me and our lips danced the dance of love.
