A God Amongst Monsters

Leah and Seth were playing in the forest when they heard a loud 'THUD'. The sound seemed to have come from the place where the river was . They thought about inspecting the source of the sound and moved towards it. Nearing the river, they saw a fairly huge crater by the side of the river. As they moved closer, they could make out the form of a man inside it. The man seemed to be lying on the ground as if unconscious but very soon, they detected movement. Leah and Seth were simply watching as the creature made out of the crater. They were assessing if that being was a threat or not. The man rubbed off the dirt from his robes before addressing them.

"Which place is this?"

"It is the Quileute reservation in La Push." Seth answers

"Where is that?"

"The USA! Earth ! Milky Way galaxy!"

"Earth? Midgard! Interesting. It has almost been two centuries since my last visit."

"Did he just say 'centuries'?" Leah spoke for the first time.

"He is one of them Leah. We need to run now!" Seth knew he wouldn't be able to defeat a vampire all by himself, not even together with Leah. They had almost no experience in fighting. Also he did not want Leah to get hurt. They started running towards the pack with all their might without changing.

"Amusing!", was all the stranger uttered.

Now all alone by himself, the stranger started exploring the woods and beyond. He came across a mountain where he caught a rather peculiar sight.

There were two people surrounded by a pride of lions. The stranger was familiar with the animals. During one of his previous visits he had watched a lion kill a group of people. He wondered if he should try to rescue these unfortunate souls but quickly shrugged the thought away, after all, he was not his brother and it was his father who took special interest in humans and cared for them not him.

"Their potential for growth" the stranger uttered the words rather sarcastically, mocking his father.

He decided to go on about his exploring leaving the souls to their fate when he noticed one of the two moving at an impossible speed before going for the jugular of a lion and draining its blood before savoring it. The other person who was a female followed the suit and killed a lioness in an instant before gouging on her blood. The stranger's eyes got wide at this unexpected development and he uttered "Interesting". The stranger decided to observe the two humans or whatever these creatures closely while also maintain a safe distance. Who knew what these creatures were capable of? It never hurts to be safe after all.

The stranger moved stealthily among the shadows of the trees and finding a tall tree close to the creatures, he climbed it. Crouching on one of the branches, he observed as these creatures killed and drained blood of all the lions, sparing two cubs that were there.

An act of mercy? Or just ensuring that the food supply doesn't wean? Midgard has gotten even stranger than the last time I visited.

He was brought out of his reverie by someone's presence

"There are not many people who can sneak up on me", the stranger said before turning to face the person who sneaked up on him.

"Who are you? What are you doing here and more importantly why are you spying on us?"

"Us? You mean you are with them?" the stranger said

"Don't worry my intentions are not hostile. I mean you people no harm."

"You couldn't hurt us even if you wanted to" said the blonde female

"Let me rephrase my words: I am just a passer-by. I only meant to observe." The stranger said.

"You still haven't answered my questions". Edward and Bella who were feeding until now, noticed the commotion and appeared on the tree in an instant.

"Easy now! You don't want to hurt me." The stranger said.

"We have no intention of hurting you. Just answer my questions" Rosalie asserted.

"As I told you I am just a passer-by. I was just observing your species. I must say I am quite intrigued. The name is Loki."

" 'Your species'? is he not one of us?" asked Bella who was still getting used to her vampiric abilities.

"No Bella. I can hear his heartbeat. It is quite strong." Responded Edward, her mate.

"Does he mean us harm?" asked both of the females

"I don't know. I cannot read his mind. He might be like you-before you were turned."

"So he is a human!" Bella concluded.

"I am not quite sure of that either. He might be, might not be. Carlisle might be able to say accurately. He is the expert in genetics."

"I am not a human. I am someone you cannot even hope to comprehend."

"We need you to come with us" said Rosalie

"Excuse me?"

"To our home. Our foster father might want to meet you."

"And what if I say no?"

"We cannot allow that. We need to make sure whether you are a threat or not."

"Guess I have no choice then."

The Cullen trio took a defensive stance, getting ready for a counter attack.

"I mean I have no choice other than going with you three."

"Why are you so compliant now? What are your intentions?"

"Maybe he is here to harm Renesmee, the Volturi might have had been informed of about her." Said Rosalie.

"No one has even seen Renesmee. She has not even been out of the house." Edward said.

"I don't know what or who you are talking about. I will come with you people because it will give me an opportunity to observe your species closely."

"Truth is out." Rosalie commented.

Bella, Edward, Rosalie and Loki then set off for the Cullen mansion.