Hey everyone! Welcome to the beginning of this Fanfic! This started out as a crazy idea I had, an exercise to break my writers block. It still is, so I can't promise steady updates like my other fic "Ari's Return, While Others are Missing." winkwink
Anyway, the main character, Terryn, is basically myself, so she's been fun to write for. I know that this plot element has probably been used sooooo many times, but please, read. This might end up just being a one-shot, depends on the response I get. If I get a response, maybe I'll use this again on my writers block and update.
Well, here goes, hope you enjoy!
Rain pelted my body as I ran through the forest.
My light brown hair was plastered over my face, and I whipped my head savagely, flinging it to the side. Breath moved quickly in and out of my rosebud pink lips as I listened carefully. I couldn't hear him coming for me, so I continued onward. I had to go at a normal, human pace because of the rain. Tripping and falling wouldn't hurt me, but it would inconveniently stall me. I had to get as far away from him as I could as possible.
A few moments later, I heard two very loud claps of thunder. I winced in surprise. Even the sound of the wind rustling through the trees made me jumpy.
I was coming to an area where the trees thinned, and I proceeded cautiously. I crouched as I peered through the underbrush. He could be waiting for me anywhere; he was faster than I was.
Upon observation, I saw six people in a large clearing. Six deranged people. What would six humans be doing in the middle of a thunderstorm?
One of them had long brown hair, and was standing off to the side of the clearing, observing. The rest were spread out. A large, blonde one was holding a rounded stick, and a smaller blonde one was standing across from him. Were they about to battle?
Suddenly, the smaller blonde one threw a small white ball, and the larger blonde one hit it with the stick. When I saw the rate that the ball shot into the sky, I realized, to my horror, they were vampires.
One with dark, copper colored hair and a small one with short black hair shot in the direction the ball had taken. I was in that direction.
For a split second I debated running, but decided that I would be no match for the easy grace while running these vampires had. I quickly ducked in between two moss covered rocks and hunkered down, praying that the rain would hide my scent.
I jumped as the ball landed a few yard away from me. Had the big one really hit it so hard it hadn't fallen till now? I was stunned.
Panic ran in a loop through my mind.
They were going to find me. They would make me join them, or notify him of my escape. Then I would be forced to go back.
I may have been cocky, but I knew that even as I newborn, I didn't have the strength to escape six vampires. Especially since six days of non-stop running.
I closed my eyes and bit my lip as I waited. After a minute I heard two pairs of feet tramping through the underbrush.
I heard a male's voice.
"Alice? Do you see it yet?"
A higher pitched female voice answered. "No. I hope we find it, this is the seventh ball he'll have lost this week!" she giggled.
The male laughed. "If he loses three more Jasper has to give me ten dollars. I probably should have upped the stakes a bit higher."
The girl giggled again. "Well, I don't want my husband to lose any more money to you, so help me find it!"
They were drawing closer, and I stopped drawing air into my lungs.
Find it now and leave. Find it now and leave.
"I think I found it!" the male called. His footsteps came closer.
I silently prayed with all my might they he wouldn't find me.
The vampire's footsteps paused.
"Alice, stay still." He whispered.
No. No, No, No, Please no.
I bit my lip and stayed as silent as I possibly could.
All I could hear was the wind and the rain falling around me.
I almost wished they would find me already and just get it over with so I wouldn't have to endure this ongoing torture.
In less time than it took for it to register in my mind, a hand closed around the back of my cloak and I was yanked upward. I gasped as I was lifted up from behind the rocks and held above the ground. In a moment I was face to face with the most gorgeous creature I had ever seen, human or vampire.
"What are you doing here?" he demanded, his voice rough.
I was in too much shock of my capture and his beauty to answer.
"Are you working for the Voltori? I'm surprised they would send a newborn instead of Aro or Jane." He set me down on my feet, and the female came to stand beside him with her arms crossed. "Well, she's already been changed, you don't have to worry. Go back to Aro and tell him. And do not feed on anyone until you're at least one hundred miles away."
"What?" I whispered.
"I said, do not feed on anyone until you're one hundred miles away from here."
"Why?" I asked, not because I was planning on doing so, but because I was curious.
"Because if you did, you would spark a war with a pack of werewolves on the Quilette reservation, and we'd be left to deal with it."
"You- you don't have to worry." I stammered, trying to pull myself together. I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about.
"And why is that?" The female asked a bit less roughly than the male.
"Because..well…" Should I really tell them? Would they laugh at me? I decided that didn't really matter at this point.
My mouth ran away with me. "I don't feed on humans, I know it's strange, but it's the truth. I have no idea who your Voltori or your Aro, or your Jane is. I'm just on the run, minding my own business. So if you could let me go so I don't get re-captured, it would be greatly appreciated."
Silence was around us.
"You- you don't feed on humans?" The male said quietly, the hard gaze of his eyes beginning to soften. A bit of skepticism remained on his dark eyes.
I turned my gaze to the ground. "No, I don't."
"Why?" he asked. "How has it been since you've been changed?"
"I was changed eleven days ago."
The female's mouth dropped open.
I felt like crying, but since becoming a vampire I couldn't anymore, and right now I was greatful. I wanted to remain as brave as I could.
"You can't be serious." The male said, shaking his head.
I shrugged. "I am."
"A…newborn who hasn't fed on a human? Did the person who changed you have something against it?"
I almost laughed. "Just the opposite. I refused to murder innocent people. That's why I ran from him." I immediately regretted it. For a remark like that, they might just ship me back off to him. I had just insulted them. I couldn't expect any other vampires to follow the same ethics I did, it wasn't natural for them.
"Let me get this straight," the male said, looking bewildered. "you were changed eleven days ago. The vampire who changed you isn't against feeding on humans, but you don't feed on humans because you believe it's wrong?"
"Yes." I said softly, wondering if he was just trying to humiliate me. Would he find me a disgrace to his kind?
I was afraid. I was afraid if I stayed much longer I would be found.
"I have to go." I said softly as I turned away.
Just as I did, the male called, "Where are you going?"
The female came in front of me, trying to look me in the eyes. I felt very uncomfortable. I kept my eyes to the ground.
"Away. I have to get away and find someplace where I can hide before he finds me and makes me join him in his murdering."
I decided not to beat around the bush with using the term anymore.
The male walked around me to face me, standing beside the female.
"Do you swear that all you've said is true?" he asked seriously.
"Yes." I replied, looking up into his now golden eyes to show that I meant it. I couldn't put my finger on what was so different about them.
He nodded. "She's honest. Let's take her to Carlisle." He said, looking at the female. She gave him a small smile and nodded.
I took a step back.
The female smiled at me. "We aren't going to force you. Carlisle is right through those trees, he would just like to speak with you. You can run if you want afterwards, but please, just come with us for a moment."
"Why should I?" I asked.
"Because I believe we've found you your safe place." The male said.
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