Hunting
It had been mere hours since I had fed, yet the Cullens insisted on taking me out hunting Vegetarian style. My last (and first) feeding had been my own mother, so I was glad to get that taste out of my mouth, for it was a constant reminder on how I had killed her by draining her dry. Edward, Emmet, Jasper and Carlisle were coming with me, while the females stayed behind, for reasons I could only guess. One of my guesses was fabricating the murder to be an accident, or to blame on Katherine. Why they needed all 4 women was beyond me.
"So who is going to teach me how to hunt" I asked as we ran through the forest. Edward was the fastest runner, while Emmett was the strongest. I could out run both of them at the moment thanks to my advanced speed from martial arts, and my augmented strength thanks to my human blood. In a year though, I would have said I could just keep up with Edward. "In your dreams" Edward smirked over at me. Right, mind reading thing. Carlisle said "Use your instincts David, smell the air, listen with your ears, taste the air." He stopped, as did the rest of us. I skidded to a halt. I then breathed in deeply thought my nose. "I smell..5 things that are the same" Jasper said calmly "Deer. An easy catch, not very filling." Carlisle smiled and said "Where are they?" I listened very closely. I could hear the scrunch of leaves to my left, maybe a mile away. I relayed this information to Carlisle. He smiled and nodded "Now, all you need to do is catch it, bite its neck..and well.. You know." He finished awkwardly. I closed my eyes, grief washing over me again. Almost as quick as it came, it was replaced with excitement. I looked up and my lip twitched into an almost smile at Jasper "Thanks" He nodded "Don't mention it. Ready for your first deer?" I nodded, and with that, we all went off in the direction.
The deer never saw it coming, one second they are grazing, the next, their head snaps up to the sound of 5 predators bearing down on them. They tried to run, but it was in vein. I tackled the closest one, and bit into its neck as we fell. I squirmed at first, but gave up and died quietly. The blood did not taste very good. Like beer instead of champagne. Yet it still got the job done. the burn was almost to a dull throb. I stood up when I was done, not a speck of blood on my clothes. The others were finished mere seconds afterwards.
Emmett had obvious disappointment on his face "You did that too well David, you were supposed to make a mess of things" I smirked at him and said "just because some of us are klutz's doesn't mean all of us are" Edward chuckled and said "ouu, want some ointment for that burn brother?" Carlisle laughed and said "alright, calm down boys. Well there goes any doubt of you fitting into this family David. My only doubt is that the house will still be standing 10 years from now" We all laughed at that, until Edward stopped and held up a hand to silence us. Carlisle suddenly look worried 'What is it Edward?" Edward shook his head "no, nothing like that. I smell Mountain Lion.. Two of them." he then smiled at me and said "Do you want to try the real stuff now David?" I raised an eyebrow "And here I thought you hated me, lead the way man"
We both took off running. I could tell by the fact I could hear no Mountain Lions that we had a couple minutes of running ahead of us. Edward was silent for a moment, before saying "I don't hate you David. What makes you think that?" I looked at him and said "back in the forest after.. The attack. You were making every excuse you could to keep me from being changed, and then you regretfully agreed with Carlisle. You were trying that hard not to include me into your family." Edward looked over slightly alarmed, and shook his head "No. I am glad to call you a brother. The reason I was regretful was because you had such a good life. Girlfriend..mother.. A nice cosy job while still in highschool. You had it all, you had a lot to loose." I raised an eyebrow at him and said "yet you changed Bella, she had parents, friends, even a job. She had a lot to loose too." Edward shook his head yet again "I did not want to change her, and fought against it. It's a long story which we will tell you later, but in the end I had no choice, like Carlisle had no choice with you. It was either change her, or let her die. I was selfish and chose to change her" I nodded. In the mere few hours that I have been a vampire, I had thought a lot about Grace. At first I thought I could continue what we had together, me just telling her what I was. Then after the..incident.. I knew it was best to cut all ties. Then I thought about making her one of us..since all the Cullens had wives, why not me? But now I realized that would be too unfair on her. She had a life to live, she would find someone human, who could provide for her.. Make her happy.. I would just spend the rest of eternity single. Edward shook his head "No, you won't David. We will find someone for you. It only took me a hundred years to find Bella. Rose found Emmett with in years of being changed. You will find someone.. Maybe a Denali. I know one who is looking for a mate.." He winked at me. I rolled my eyes "Thanks Bro."
That was when he held up his hand to stop again. "Smell that?" He asked with a big grin on his face. I sniffed and smiled "smells good." Edward nodded "There is on off to our left, preying on a deer, and there is one up that small cliff to our right. Which one do you want?" I thought for a second before saying "cliff. I don't think I could stomach another deer." To this Edward chuckled "I think its for the best. Your eyes are bright red already, you could probably go without the Lion." I growled quietly "you aren't getting two mr greedy pants." And with that I took off running for the cliff. With in seconds I was there. I looked up and could immediately see the best path up. I started climbing up the cliff with ease. When I was younger climbing rock walls used to leave me shaking and scared out of my mind, but now? This was easy, and I knew if by the slightest chance I fell, I would just land on my feet. With in about 10 seconds I was up the small cliff.
There the beast was. It turned when it smelled me. It yipped at me, before turning on its tail to escape. I didn't let it, I charged and tackled it to the ground. It swiped at me, but I blocked it. I then pinned it to the ground. I was faintly aware of its hind legs scratching at my belly. It didn't hurt so I ignored it. I bit into it's neck and started to feed. It held more tasty blood than they deer, and despite the size difference, about the same amount. Once I was done, I stood up, licking my lips, before turning. Of course Emmett, Jasper and Carlisle were there. They wouldn't leave me alone.. They didn't trust me yet..heck I didn't trust me yet. Edward's voice sounded from down below "We trust you David, they just wanted to watch!" I shook my head and said "I understand guys, I'm unstable. As newborns are." Carlisle shook his head "Not all are. Rose, Bella, myself. We weren't unstable. You just have to have a certain mind set. I believe you now have that. Jasper is just over protective." Jasper nodded slowly "You continue to surprise me every minute David." I simply shrugged.
After that, we turned to go home. The three who were up on the cliff with me jumped off with ease, landing on there feet running..I juiced it up a bit by flipping mid air before landing and running after them.. Maybe I would fit into this life after all..