I read the Host a few monthes ago-- when it first came out. I have been waiting for it to be available on fanfiction-- so enjoy!
Melanies' Point of View
I wanted to go alone. I didn't want Jared or Jamie to come with me to find Sharon. They didn't want me to get hurt. So now, here we are! In San Diego, California, searching for a "wild" humans.
We had been getting food in someones house when I saw her on the news. She was just walking by the live brodcast in Chicago. But I could tell that she was human. She was too stiff around the invadors-- trying to hard to stay calm. We had been on the other side of the city at that point, and were heading towards Arizona.
Jared had a feeling that we would find more humans there-- based on some lines my Uncle Jeb had carned into my old photo album. He said that if I ever wanted to visit him, all I would have to do, was start at the beginning. My father had told me, later that week, about the Stryder Ranch. I had gone there when I was a baby, and it had belonged to out family since its beginning. So that was where we were headed.
We had been watching the same house for several hours now. The young couple that lived there, was leaving for the night with some friends. It was a warm friday night.
"Let's go!" Jared whispered when the couples car was out of site. We ran up to the front door.
"Are you sure the house is empty?" Jamie whispered, as we got to the porch.
"Yeah-- they left!" Jared told him.
The front door was unlocked-- like all the others. So we quietly steped into the small two- floored victorian style house. Even though we knew it was empty, we still needed to be quiet.
"Go!" I whispered. We all had our seperate jobs on a raid. Jared headed for the kitchen to get food, Jamie stood gaurd, and helped Jared, and I looked for the bathroom to get toiletries.
I really like this house. It had a small sign on each door, telling what was in it:
Guest-room, Katies' room, Wanderers' Quarters, Lavatory,etc...
From the room that said Wanderers' Quaters, there was a low rustle as I passed-- as though someone was moving paper. I dismissed the thought. The house was empty, besides Jamie, Jared, and me.
I walked into the room labled Lavatory. I took a small canvas bag from my pocket and began to look for toilet paper, tooth brushes, toothpaste, hair products, etc, closing the door behind me.
Everything that wasn't in use was put into a small closet, just inside the bathroom. Everything I needed was in there, plus a few hair brushes and combs. I grabbed them all.
I just about to leave, when I heard a door in the hall open and close. Footsteps headed for the bathroom. The bathroom doorknob turned. I dived into the closet, closing the door quickly behind me.
The bathroom door opened and...