A/N: Hey! This is my very first fanfic so i hope it doesn't disappoint! Please Read and Reveiw it would mean alot and it helps me improve. Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I DNT OWN ANY OF THESE COOL CHARACTERS, STEPHANIE MEYER HAS THAT PRIVELIDGE (I CNT SPELL LOL)
Chapter 1 – Explanation
The burning agony coursed through my veins. What was happening to me? All I remembered was an extremely good looking young man bending over me and then it began to burn. My neck, my arms, my legs, everything screamed in protest as I pulled my convulsing body along the forest floor.
I couldn't believe how much it hurt. It felt like I was dying. Without looking where I was going I had crawled into a clearing. I looked up. A huge, magnificent house was in front of me. It looked like it belonged to a millionaire. I saw a young woman run down the steps in front of the house. Then I blacked out.
"Will she live? Those are pretty big bites!" A woman's voice was quiet, but perfectly clear.
"Yes she will live. But, who bit her? I'm sure the pack won't be happy if it happened on their land." This time, it was a man's voice that rang in my ears.
I opened my eyes. I was laid on an enormous comfy couch. Looking around me I realised I must have been in the house that I had seen yesterday. Inside was beautiful. A fantastic grand piano was stood in a corner and an astounding television in the other.
I turned my attention to the people stood around me. They were all mind-blowingly beautiful. I felt like a tramp next to the gorgeous clothes they where all wearing. I had on a pair of old holey sweatpants and one of my dads old t-shirts.
A man with dazzling topaz eyes knelt down beside me. He looked like he was in his late twenties, early thirties at a push.
"Hello. Can you tell me your name and where you are from?" He spoke in a low soft voice as if he was trying not to scare me. Up close I realised that along with the topaz eyes he had amazing pearly white skin.
"Erm, I'm called Kiera," I stuttered. "I live in…I can't remember…why can't I remember?" I was scared. This wasn't like me. I had known my address, telephone number and zip code since I was four!
"This is perfectly normal. Alice here can't remember a single thing since she was changed." He pointed to a pixie like girl sat on the stairs. She smiled and gave me a friendly wave.
"Where am I now though? What have I been changed into? Who are you?" Questions tumbled out of my mouth like wildfire. "What happened to me? How come it hurt so much?"
"Right, well. I think we have some explaining to do. Alice, can you please find Edward and Bella. I think this is Bella's area of expertise."
Alice jumped up and ran up the stairs so fast she looked like a blur. How was that possible? I must be seeing things. Now, more beautiful people where coming down the stairs. These two must be the Edward and Bella the man with the topaz eyes was talking about.
"Yes Carlisle?" Edward had a voice like velvet. "Has she woken up?"
"Yes. I was hoping that Bella could help. After all, she's new to this as well. Bella?"
"Carlisle?" Bella had a quiet voice. I noticed that she also had the topaz coloured eyes. What was it with these people and coloured contacts?
"Kiera here needs an explanation. I trust you will describe the situation?"
"Certainly I'll try to help…but what kind of explanation? Does she know anything?"
"Well, I don't think she had any idea what just happened to her. Try and find out as much as you can about her attacker. I think the pack with appreciate a full decription."
"Of course. May I use your office? Edward, will you help me please? And Jasper?"
A blonde haired man stepped from beside Alice.
"Where do you want me Bella? I shall wait in the study." He walked away with the air of a soldier. I wondered if he had been in the forces.
"Come on, we don't bite." Called Bella from the doorway. This sentence was strangely met by a small laugh from a huge burly teenager. "Emmett! Shut up!" Bella took my hand and led me into a grand study with pictures all around the wall. We were followed by Edward and Jasper.
"Now. All I ask is that you believe everything I say. It will sound completely crazy. I remember my first explanation" Bella looked at Edward as she said this and I wondered if there was anything going on between the two of them.
"I'm going to cut the story short to avoid confusion. You are a vampire." She said simply. As if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You were obviously bitten just before you found us because you where in the early stages of the change. Hurts doesn't it?" I nodded, dumbstruck.
"I don't understand. Vampire? Are you sure?" my voice sounded small and worried.
"As sure as I am one."
"Wait, did you just say you are a vampire? Is this some kind of sick joke?"
"No. No joke. Edward and Jasper are as well. Along with the rest of the family. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice…All vampires. Except they have been vampires for a lot longer than I have.That's why, even with the vegetarian diet, You will have red eyes for the first few years."
"I've got red eyes? Wait, did you say vegetarian? Is that even possible for a vampire? I though you needed blood. Don't you die otherwise?"
"Well, we still feed. Soon Carlisle will have to teach you how to hunt. It's just that, we don't drink the blood of humans. We make do with animals. As we get older, well, we don't actually age, but in about a year or two, if you decide to follow our diet, your eyes will turn golden. Like Edward's"
"Ok, so say you really are vampires. How did…wait. So, you found me outside right? How did I become a vampire?"
"Well, you must have been attacked. Can you remember another man, or woman who was with you before the burning started?"
"Yeah…he looked just like you lot as well. Pearly white skin and red eyes."
"Edward…you couldn't find me a mirror could you? I think it's time Kiera saw herself. I think that will help this whole thing sink in." Edward left the room swiftly. Bella seemed to tense up as he left. Jasper walked behind her and laid his hand on her shoulder.
"Thank you Jasper. Work's every time." She smiled as she looked at my confused face. "I forgot to tell you. Rarely, but quite often in this coven, vampires can have special…gifts. Jasper can control emotions. I was feeling stressed and his power is stronger if he can touch you. But he can control the whole room or surrounding area. Edward can read people's minds. Very handy in battle I can assure you."
"Battle! What?!" I felt shocked. The realisation of what was going on had finally hit me. I was a completely different species from what I had been a week before. Jeez.
"Don't worry. We have plenty of warning if anything like that is going to happen. Alice has visions of what will happen in the future."
"What about you?"
"Me? I can block things if I want to. Like another vampires powers. Edward can't read my mind and Jane doesn't affect me."
"Who's Jane?" the unfamiliar name threw me. How many of these weirdo's were there?
"Ah. Jane is a member of a very different very powerful vampire coven called The Volturi. But you don't need to worry about them unless you go around killing people, which I can assure you, Carlisle will not make that possible. Even im not allowed out of this house except on hunting trips. I still have a strong thirst for blood and haven't got myself under perfect control yet. Oh, Edward's back."
I turned as he glided through the door. He came and stopped in front of where I was sat. He held the mirror up to my face so I could see for myself.
I gasped. The reflection was a complete stranger. Her long brown hair cascaded over her shoulders in perfectly tousled curls. Her pearly white complexion made her red eyes stand out and her features were well defined and symmetrical.
"Oh my god!" I brought my hand up to my face and gently touched my cheek. So did the stranger in the mirror. "Is that…is that me?" I was completely astounded. I was…beautiful.
"Now do you believe us? I don't think a change like this is capable with today's plastic surgery. I mean, this vampire change thing changed my appearance dramatically as well." Bella gave me a small smile. "Ready to go meet everyone properly?"
I nodded.
"Don't think I have much choice do I?"
The rest of the day went by quickly. The family was amazing. Everyone was so understanding and friendly. I would have thought that vampires would be really hostile and unwelcoming. But that wasn't the case at all.
Carlisle. One hell of a man. Even though he was a vampire, he had enough self control to be a doctor. Working in a hospital every single day, surrounded by blood. Amazing.
Esme. She was lovely. A real mother figure to the family. She and Carlisle were married.
Emmett was funny. He made jokes and livened up the family. He was very competitive and had a huge amount of strength. Even by vampire standards. Apparently, for awhile I would be stronger than him though. New-borns had super strength. This shut him up for abit
Rosalie was easily the most beautiful person in the room. She seemed to be the most understanding because she had had no control over her change either. This seemed to make her slightly bitter though. She was clearly adored by Emmett and they didn't keep their relationship a secret.
Jasper and Alice seemed really nice. Alice was so small she looked like a pixie. Her walk was so graceful it reminded me of fairies. She danced around, always perfectly happy. Hers and Jasper's relationship wasn't as obvious as Emmett's and Rosalie's but the depth was obviously still the same.
But the most love seemed to radiate from Edward and Bella. He was always conscious of where she was in the room, not letting her out of his sight. If ever they where separated, Bella seemed to tense up as if she was in pain. I wondered what caused her insecurity when he left her. Maybe something had happened in the past.
For the rest of the night we talked about hunting, ways of life and how the family dealt with living so close to the humans. I slowly began to realise that being a vampire wasn't just about killing and fighting. These vampires had saved each other and the town a number of times.
Then we started to talk about the werewolves. This seemed even more farfetched than the fact that I was now a vampire!
I now knew that just a few miles down the road from where we lived was a large pack of werewolves. Despite the fact that vampires and werewolves were natural enemies, the coven and the pack had managed to work together.
Bella clearly had issues with discussing the werewolves as she went rigid and clung to Edward firmly. Obviously there was some private history about Bella that I was going to have to find out. This family was so damn interesting!
A couple of hours later a furious knocking banged against the front door.
"Who in the world would call at this hour?" Esme voiced everyone's feelings. The clock on the mantelpiece read three am. I turned with bewilderment towards the front door. Bella ran swiftly to it and pulled it open. She froze.
"Jacob…"
A/N: Hehe! Left you with a bit of a cliffhanger there!
i will update as much as i can but please be patient as im revising for exams at the mo so it might be a while. i will try tho!
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Lucie x