*DISCLAIMER*-I DON'T OWN ANTHING! ALL RIGHTS TO STEPHANIE MEYER. (SHE ROCKS!=D)
Who am I? I had no clue.
I don't know who I am. It is a constant thought on my mind. My family does not know much abut me. I just
know I came from Forks, Washington. That's where I was found and turned to what I am now. What my
family is, what we are.
Vampires.
My mother Victoria found me in pain and changed me. That's all she told me about the time I was changed. I could tell she was telling me about what I was for my own sake. I always look up to her and look up to her as my mother figure, we all do. But to me she really isn't a mother figure, I really see her as my mother. My sisters and brothers remember more about there lives than I do. Except for Ellamyese.
She doesn't remember a thing about her life but it doesn't bother her at all. She is to happy with her life now for anything about her past life to bother her now if she could remember. She has a special power, its mostly about her emotions. Something like what I have. Her appearance changes with her mood. Her hair, her eyes, and her face. But when she is content her emotions rub off on us, but with out her power her happiness would still spread to us. She is…hard to describe. She is defiantly down right crazy. That's definitely a good description for her. She is perky, not one of those annoying perky people you would imagine would be a blond, but she is always happy. And it spreads. You always want to be around her because she is very funny and when you're around her its makes you feel all tingly inside. That's part of her power.
My power is something like that. I really don't know exactly what my power is. Hard to describe of what we know about it so far.
I know things.
That's part of my power. I…sense…people's emotions sometimes or thoughts. I can hear things. Like a soft delicate whisper in the background I hear in my head that tells me, but I hardly hear it. I have to listen real hard. I laugh at my power because it makes me sound like a crazy person. When I first told my family about the whisper, they said I was schizophrenic. I thought it sounded so crazy I laughed. My power was schizophrenia? Wow, shocker. I didn't think of it as such a great power, compared to what I herd of other people like us who have special gifts too. But my family thinks its something special. Since we don't know much about it. I also influence my surroundings by my emotions somehow, I think. Kind of like Ellaynese. And that's all we know.
Ryan's power is not so great they say but I sure think so. He move things. His past wasn't a good one, he doesn't talk about it. His quite quiet like I am. Its easy to talk about things to him, he's a good listener. He is like a brother to me but at the same time acts like a father. We have lots in conmen and good friends. At least that's what I think, I like being around him but he prefers to be alone at times. I do to.
We are all odd balls to each other. But for some reason they see me as the weirdest.
And then there's Alexis and her husband Jayelren. There probably the most normal of our group. Alexisandrasis is very smart and beautiful. She is the smartest of us all, loves to learn new things. (And she's a blond! ) she is also probably the most beautiful of us. And her husbands equally handsome. He carries the most muscles and the most humor next to Ellaynese. He mostly likes to tease and pull pranks. He also likes extreme vampire sports. He used to like normal human sports, figures, but after becoming a vampire, they didn't appeal or entertain him much anymore.
As for my personality and interest, I'm much like Ryan. Quiet, keeps to myself, likes to be alone, reads, bla bla bla. My favorite past time turns out to be wondering who I am and daydreaming of the endless possibilities of what my life could have been like. All I know was my life is I was about 17 when I changed and was from Forks, Washington. And for once we well be moving to my town for the first time. I am very excited.
I've been trying to research about my life for the past 18 years of my twenty year life. The rest of my family is pretty young too. They haven't been vampires long. Most of us not even a century. Victoria is the oldest and I'm the youngest.
It was 6:00am in the morning and I was playing on my piano. I was playing the same melody I remembered from my human life. I don't know the name or who wrote it but I repeat it again and again, hours at a time. I sounds so familiar and soothing but at times it hurts to hear and I don't know why. It brings a lot of emotions to me. Music is one of my only passions, some songs are familiar and remind me of something but I don't know remember of what or why. Some bring me emotions. It was 8:00 when Ellaynese awoke me from my trance. I was playing my melody, my only wonderful memory from what was my life when she alerted me it was time for our first day of school at forks high school. Most likely the high school I went to in my life, most likely because it was the only high school in Forks.
I looked up at her about to answer to her reminder that it was nearly time in excitement when I got a feeling that hinted something bad. At the side of my excitement, I felt a warning.
My family had just got back from hunting since we where not yet use to resisting human blood but we did well resisting. It didn't bother us to be around them. As long as we held our breath when we where close. I resisted human and animal blood altogether. I couldn't stand the thought of drinking blood or hurting animals or any living creature, it disgusted me. So I put it of altogether.
We got into our sleek black sporty Ferrari. Before I got in I felt that warning or sense again of something. I hesitated as I got in. On the way my excitement was flowing like electricity in a wire about to be cut and set flares of flames. But at the side a fear of a warning hinted something. And I feared it be something bad. Jay talked about the car complimenting its speed but at the same time complaining it wasn't fast enough. Him and Alexis making plans to fix that, and Ellaynese was ecstatic on completing decorating the décor of our new house.
I thought back at to when we where house hunting in the area when we saw that big 3-story house that was part glass. I remember the amazement I felt as we looked around at it. I was in awe as we viewed it. And I still starring as we left it. Till know I thought maybe the house was familiar to me that might be why I was so surprised by it.
As we pulled up to the school, I got out not letting any fear make me hesitate. I looked around in curiosity. I felt my family's stares after a moment. They where curiously eyeing there surroundings but more curious waiting for my reaction. I suddenly felt disappointment that the school had no familiarity to me. But that sense of warring was hitting me harder.
"Ellaynese do you sense that?" I asked curious if her power didn't sense something like when she sensed something in one of us and suddenly felt like being near us. That was another detail to her power. Then suddenly I saw Jay and Alexis sniffing the air while Ryan hissed. And Alexis and Jay joining him after a good whiff.
"We're not alone." Ryan said in part growl.
"Alone?" asked Ellaynese.
"As in we're not the only 'ones.' " Jay explained.
"We have company." Said Alexis she looked towards the direction of what there words were meaning to.
"No. we are there company." Ryan stated. I followed there stairs.
There faces hit me hard, I couldn't turn away, but neither could my family. They were climbing out of there car already turning our way as expecting us. The first I saw where two females and a male. The first female had long blond curly hair like Ellaynese but thicker and more elegant, she was beautiful like every other vampire. I wasn't sure who was prettier, her or Alexisandrasis. Alexsandrasis looked younger, more of a girl then the other blond vampire who seemed older, mature. The second female was also very beautiful with short dark hair. She was short and petite. She looked pixie like and fragile but so gracious and graceful. She would make a ballerina weep in tears and make a graceful swan look like a clumsy toddler. And the male had many muscles that were very noticeable he was tall and strong. They were all well dressed. I couldn't see them all because the people and cars passing. But I wouldn't forget there faces during the day.
"Common, lets go." Ryan ordered. But the others were having trouble looking away from the others.
They began to walk away but I was still starring at the other family. having more trouble tearing my eyes away than the rest of my family was having.
I couldn't stop thinking of the family of vampires, the glimpses of there faces repeated themselves in my head. I grew eager to see them again in lunch, all of them. Maybe we would speak to them. In my next class I had Ellaynese. As we headed to our class I felt hunger. That was not good. If I could not control my thirst I would have to leave early. I regretted not going hunting with the rest of my family earlier this morning. Instead I put it of like usual.
I felt someone waiting for us in our next class. As we walked into our next class together I looked directly towards the students knowing my feeling would be coming from the crowd of students. I looked directly at the back and spotted the short fragile pixie like girl, but we knew better what she was. She sat spaced out from the rest of the students, she seemed board or alone. She seemed to be the only one of her family in the class, but know she wouldn't be the only of her kind in this class any longer.
Ellaynese introduced us to the teacher, but I stayed starring at the pixie girl. She looked up our way and her mouth dropped and she almost latterly jumped out of her chair if she hadn't restrained herself. At that first movement I had to hold back a growl that was building in my chest because I thought she wanted to attack. But a bright grin appeared on her face. She was glowing in happiness and her eyes ere literally popping out of her head. I swear I her squeal. I wondered if anyone else herd her outburst, but it calmed me.
I felt a feeling of shyness come over me and turned to Ellaynese. The teacher assigned us to few available backseats near the beautiful graceful pixie. I followed behind Ellaynese as she lead towards the back kind of protected. I noticed as her face changed with her mood like it always did and wondered if the humans might notice. Her eyes turned darker along with her hair as her emotion turned protective at the unknown other vampire. We sat in the two seats in front of the other vampire. The graceful pixie smiled at us brightly, especially at me. That calmed Ellaynese, she let go of my hand, which I didn't notice she was even holding for support as we approached the vampire.
Ellaynese looked back at the vampire smiling now, happy to know she meant no harm. I didn't look back, I faced forward shyly.
The girl stretched out her hand. "Hello! I'm Alice!" Alice. I thought.
"Hi! I'm Ellaynese!" Ellaynese took her hand eagerly. "This is my sister…" Before my sister could finish, the other vampire girl, -Alice- was speaking.
"Bella! Bella!" I wasn't sure, but I had a felling she was talking to me. I looked at Ellaynese who was still turned to the vampire-um, Alice, but starring at me in confusion. I turned slightly and looked at Alice. Before I could turn all the way, she was talking so fast, not even a vampire could understand. She was speaking a bit to loud, and her voice was rising as her eagerness grew. All I caught was vampire, how, missed, and the name Bella again and again. She almost jumped out her seat like she wanted to hug me. I watched her arms just incase she tried. When she finally finished, I looked at Ellaynese. She was starring at me as for an answer. I decided to introduce myself.
"Hi, I'm Persephone Madison." I stretched out my hand slowly, less eager then her and my sister. "Nice to meet you." I smiled shyly and looked up at her into her eyes, to see if I could sense anything about this vampire or the family.
Her face fell, and her smile slowly faded. She seemed disappointed and confused. I threw a quick glance at Ellaynese. She starred at her confused.
"Um, ugh." I wasn't sure how to continue
"Bella? … Persephone?…I don't…?" She stated obviously confused. Then the teacher interrupted. And warned us to pay attention. We turned around and faced forward. Bella?
Through class my thirst grew stronger and stronger. I soon started to panic. I glanced at Ellaynese wondering if to tell her, I had to go. I could feel someone starring at me. I knew it was Alice. I was curious about the family and wanted badly to stay the day and watch them or see them at lunch and looked forward to see if they had them for any other classes but I didn't want to put the non-vampires around me in danger. So I whispered to Ellaynese sensing Alice was listening.
"I'm leaving after class." I stated.
"Why?" Ellaynese asked.
"Your leaving Bella? Why?" Alice asked a bit to loudly. The teacher glanced our way for a moment.
Ellaynese looked over towards Alice, judging. I herd a whisper and listened closely. I knew Ellaynese was becoming skeptical of Alice. She was wondering if she was becoming to friendly or really was this eyes changed color as her emotions changed.
"I have to go hunting."
"Your going hunting! Bella?" Alice outburst was surprising.
"Be quiet back there. Pay attention" Warned the teacher as he looked back at us and his eyes tightened.
"Bella-" Alice started, leaning forward. Not even listening to the teacher, still talking a bit to loud.
"Persephone." Ellaynese corrected.
"My sister's name is Persephone." She informed her.
Alice starred at Ellaynese in awe. Then the bell rang and I got up quickly to leave. Alice reached out to me in alert. "Wait Bella!" Ellaynese and me looked at her in surprise.
I starred at her a moment longer and left.
Alice. What was it about that name? I don't think it sounded familiar. Why did she keep calling me Bella?
Bella?
I thought as I hunted. Who where those other people? Her family. I tried and guessed at there names. I closed my eyes and remembered the other two faces I got glimpses at. I listened to whatever I could her. At first nothing. Then I herd the faint whisper speak as I focused on the blond vampire.
"R…"
Then I thought of the muscular tall one. I saw a bright smile and herd a laugh in the faint whisper in my head.
"Mmmm." I said thoughtfully. I didn't know what that meant. I hadn't seen them smile. I opened my eyes giving up and looked around at the sky, wondering what time it was. I started home determining it was probably past school hours.
I slipped in through my balcony doors not wanting to see my family, I wanted to be alone. I didn't feel like facing them and being asked why I left early to hunt and hear them talk about the other vampires. They were not offended when I came into the house through the backdoors or sometimes my own window, they were used to it. They knew I liked to be alone and they didn't really bother me much when I was in my room wanting to be alone. So I was surprised when I sensed they wanted me and I herd the faint whisper in my head warning me, it sounded eager but scared. Soon after sensing this I herd them call me from the living room.
I cautiously walked out of my room and headed out the hall and into the living room. There on the love seat couch sat Jayelren and Alexisandrasis with hand in hand. They were starring in at our dining room that was connected to our living room, it was only a small wall that divided half of the dining room from our view. I saw my mother standing at the head of the long table with John Ryan on her left and Ellaynese on her right. But I couldn't see who they where facing.
I hesitated before I walked into the dining room, I looked to Alexsandrasis and Jayelren for answers or a sense. They looked at me there eyes big in worry. "Were in here Persephone. Come in." hearing my mothers voice eased my worry's.
"What's going on?" I asked Alexsandrasis. She smiled halfheartedly with mocking in her eyes but worry still hid in them hidden.
"We have company." She said at ease and politely as she could pass. But she was tensed. I didn't need my special senses to tell me that.
As I walked into the room a wave of tenseness over whelmed me. I hesitated and walked slowly and cautiously into the room towards my mother she turned to me and her welcoming smile gave me confidence. I walked straight towards her and hugged her. From the corner of my eye I could see strange unfamiliar figures sitting on the other side of the dining tables but I didn't dare look up towards them.
" How was your hunt?" She asked pleasantly. My smile brightened.
"Fine, mother. How are you?" I hadn't seen her all day. I could see John Ryan with his arms crossed protectively and his eyes a bit tight looking up at me. Him and Ellaynese watched me as I walked in a bit guarding. I shifted my sight to Ellaynese trying again to avoid seeing the other vampire family. Ellaynese was smiling up at me, her arms where now crossed over her chest as well protectively. She was happy but tensed at the surprise visit. I felt someone starring at me intensely. Someone was going a bit crazy in thought. I herd the whisper going crazy ever then before. It was loud telling me to much I couldn't understand. Yelling but it couldn't yell loud enough since it was only a whisper that told me things. And it couldn't tell me all it wanted all at once. This tensed me much. I stood there beside my mother quietly with both hands together, facing our company but not really looking at them.
" We have visitors, the Cullen's decided to visit us." John Ryan stated smiling. I looked at him smiling happy to have somewhere else to look.
"How nice."
"Hello Bella!" A very familiar perky voice yelled in glee. I looked directly at her trying not to look at all of them. I felt kind of shy. She jumped out of her chair.
"Alice!" A male I hadn't seen before was sitting next to her looked up at her disapproving of her behavior. But that didn't stop her. She ran around the table and hugged me almost tackling me. I flinched at her gesture. What was she doing? I felt my mouth drop in shock and a few gasps around the room. My family faces where confused and tensed at the gesture.
"Alice, please." A male voice said. I tried to break free from her but she held on tight.
"Its ok." I said reassuring everyone. She was snuggling her head into me her eyes closed then opening to look up at me with big eyes and a huge grin. I put my hands on her tangled arms around me. Trying to slightly push her off.
"Friendly, isn't she?" I asked, finally looking at our visitors for the first time. They faces where on us, confused and shocked. Tense but not afraid. No, they weren't afraid of us. I hope that meant there was nothing of us to fear of them, of an attack over territory. I noticed there gold eyes. They were animal eaters like us. I found the face of the eyes that starred intensely at me. I felt relief when I saw him, like for the first time in a long time I could breathe. And I didn't know why this was, it overwhelmed me. He was handsome. And I mean handsome, very handsome. There was something that hit me when I saw there faces, especially his. I had a hard time turning away from him. And I didn't know why.
"I told you! I told you!" Alice yelled loudly. "I told you it was Bella! See Edward!" Edward.
"Who's Bella?" Alexsandrasis asked.
"I don't know. She keeps calling her that." Ellaynese answered her, a bit confused. I looked at John Ryan for some help. Alice still had her arms plied around me.
"John Ryan?" he winced, noticing I used his whole first name. he didn't like that. But I always seemed to call him people by there whole names then there nicknames. Ryan preferred John but we still called him Ryan.
He got up and reached out to me hesitating not sure what to do, how to save me.
"Let go of her Alice." One of the vampires ordered.
She finally let go after another long moment. "We're sorry." One of them apologized.
John Ryan quickly put his arm around me protectively, he pulled me close to his side. I leaned my head on his shoulder excepting his comfort. Then there was a low hiss come from the other side of the dining table. I looked to see who it came from. It was the boy who was starring intensely at me earlier, he was furious. John Ryan pushed me behind him and hissed at the other vampire. My family quickly joined him, this is what they where waiting for, a warning of danger from the other family. Some members of the other family quickly joined too. I hissed along with my family realizing a danger, that might have been why my whisper in my head went haywire earlier.
The moment I hissed the other vampire who starred at me stopped suddenly. Then I stopped, and my family drew back along with me. They where listening to what I did, probably wanting to go along with what my senses warned me. They were following my league, except for John Ryan who was still hissing towards the handsome male. The other family stopped too.
"I'm sorry. My family gets protective of each other." Spoke the oldest one of there males. He sat in the middle of them. He acted as the leader.
"Be calm" I told John Ryan and my family took my advise thinking I spoke to them all.
"There not a danger." I reassured them all.
"Are you sure?" John Ryan asked not tearing his eyes from the other vampire. He had not yet pulled back his teeth, even though everyone else had.
"I think so." I said after a moment of listening to the whisper. It was faint and calm but still eager and excited.
"I'm sorry," the leader of the other family of vampires, the Cullens, reassured. "I see there is a lot to be explained."
"Yes there is." My mother answered.
"We all haven't been introduced." Ellaynese stated quietly gesturing towards me.
"Persephone," she poke to me, "this is the Cullens. "They where the other family of vampires in Forks we saw this morning." She was about to tell me there names when Alice cut her off.
"Bella already knows us." Alice interrupted." Tell us Bella how this happened." she gestured with one hand towards me.
"How what happened?" I asked starring at her dumbfounded.
"Why do they keep calling you Persephone?" The muscular one asked.
"That's my name." I said in awe.
"Bella?" a beautiful voice asked. I looked to see it was the handsome vampire. "Is that really you?" his voice broke a little.
"Of course its her! Cant you tell?" Alice said with glee and a big grin.
"Who's Bella?" I asked trying to get some answers.
"Victoria would you mind explaining?" the leader asked.
"Yes please explain" the handsome one asked a bit icily.
"Yeah! Someone explain what the hecks going on!" The muscular one asked irritated.
"Yes, explain why you hissed!" Said John Ryan.
"Everyone please let me talk to our visitors alone." My mom said. She decided to take charge and I respected that.
"I'll stay here." Said Jayelren. He was trying to be the protector of the family. Alexsandrasis looked up at him concerned holding on to his arm.
"I'll stay, too then." She said. I was a bit worried but I defiantly wasn't gonna stay here unless things got dangerous for my family.
"And I'll stay where ever Bella goes." John Ryan said rapping his arm around my waist a bit to protectively. Something a mate would do for another mate. I herd a growl come from him again. I glanced at him and John Ryan threw a scowl at him and tightened his hold on me. I herd a growl rumble in his chest.
I gave my mother reassuring look, letting her know I would be where she needed me. I would come right back if things got bad. She nodded at me in return smiling, letting me know she understood. I smiled back.
I began to leave the room when he ran towards me. "Wait, Bella." As he approached John Ryan got defensive again and began to hiss and growl at him not liking him being closer to me. But he did not growl or hiss or even look at John Ryan. He stared at me intensely again holding my eyes in his. These made John Ryan more mad and growl and hiss even louder.
"Stay here Edward." The name stung, I winced at the name like when I winced when I saw him and herd the name earlier. My mother had spoken. "You said you wanted an explanation and I would be happy to explain what I can." He stared at me intensely
"Let her go in peace." My mother said. I didn't know what was going on. Or why he stared at me, but it didn't bother me. He held my eyes for a moment longer and reluctantly turned to my mother slowly. He threw her an ugly scowl and glanced at her.
John Ryan put his hand on my back and nudged me, guiding me forward. I stared at him for a moment longer then turned away and began to walk away. It looked like it hurt him to see me leave. I suddenly felt guilty.
Ellaynese, Alexisandrasis, and Jayelren stood in a row watching me as I left. Ellaynese was somewhat happy for me but starred at me confused. She followed behind me and John Ryan.
I didn't understand the reason she was happy for me but she didn't show it, I just sensed it.
"Do you want to go outside?" John Ryan asked.
"Okay." I said quietly and calmly monotone.
We walked outside and I sat on the grass. They sat with me, Ellaynese eyes full of questions aimed at me. I suddenly realized I wanted to be alone.
"I think ill go to my room for a while." Ryan was leaning back relaxed.
"Okay." He said.
I could tell he wanted to talk to me but wasn't sure how to and so did Ellaynese. She had many questions I just didn't have answers too. My voice told me John Ryan wanted to explain why he acted like he did earlier. To tell me a secret.