OK, this is my first attempt at writing fan fiction, or any type of writing at all that involves dialogue and actions and stuff, so I don't know how good it'll be, so I'd really appreciate it if you'd take the time to review me, even if just to tell me it's good or even to tell me it's horrible and you're never reading another story by me again, that's cool too! Just REVIEW!

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I just laid there, the pain seemed to be gone, but I couldn't be sure. I had been lying here for at least an hour, just waiting for the pain to come back, it never did.

Finally convinced that it wouldn't return, I opened my eyes slowly, always hesitant, but what I saw in the first sliver of light that penetrated my eyes had me gasping for breath, shocked me into opening my eyes.

I saw everything! It was like I had never opened my eyes before, so much beauty, so much light, how had I missed this? It looked shockingly beautiful, I had always thought that the world was plain, so very ordinary, I couldn't of been more wrong.

There was just so much, I could see every little speck of dust floating in the air, every filament to the light bulbs, every grain in the wooden walls, everything. However, that wasn't the most surprising thing I saw. I saw a new color, on the end of the rainbow, one that I hadn't know existed.

And then there was the smell, I could smell everything too, but of course along with that came a thirst so unbearable I wondered how anybody could possibly survive with it. Luckily, or unluckily, depending on how you wanted to look at it, there were strong hands holding me down to the table. I looked up, curious as to who would be here with me, just to see the face of my best friend, Marcus.

With that realization came the flood of memory from what had happened from what seemed like a forever ago, before the fire ever burned in me…

It was just like any other day really, all of us were hanging out at Marcus' house after school like we did everyday, Marcus, Caius, and I. We just got into some crazy fight about nothing, but that was nothing new, that happened all the time, what happened next though, was nothing normal at all. Marcus got so infuriated he jumped at me, not only jumped on me, but bit me. At that point, as fate would have it, his dad walked in, just in time to see Marcus sink his teeth into my throat, and that's when the burning started… Marcus' dad grasped what was happening and simply ran over to his son (who had suddenly gotten half-way across the room by Caius' limp body) at a speed that couldn't be natural and put two big restraining hands on his shoulders, then yelled at him that it was time to hunt and pulled him out of the big room, then everything went black…

I was scared, I wasn't sure why, I only knew that it had hurt, and I felt different, not me. What had I become?

When the thought entered my mind, my first reaction was to jump at whoever had made me so scared and make them feel it back, it was just my natural reaction; I didn't like feeling afraid or less than anybody else. So, staying true to form, I grabbed Marcus' arm fully intending to rip it off, however, when I touched his skin, my mind was filled with thoughts and memories and memories of feelings. Not just any thoughts and memories, no, Marcus', like I was seeing everything he'd ever thought. Every time he was ever annoyed, every time he was ever sad, every time he was ever mad, every time he was ever sorry, every time he had ever loved, everything. The flow and intensity of his memories stopped me cold (no pun intended). At that moment I realized exactly what happened that night (I also realized it was 3 days ago, so I couldn't really say yesterday), Marcus was half-vampire, since he was male, and only males were poisonous, he had the power to transform me into a vampire himself. With that one bite, he did. Apparently Caius had been so shocked by what had just happened, and by my face as I lay there on the floor burning, that he started to scream. So, Marcus, in a moment of sheer panic, bit him too, just to make him shut-up, not realizing that his dad had just walked into the room and that he had just started the process of turning his best friends into vampires.

This whole time I was still connected to him, his face had an expression that I couldn't quite decipher, it looked like a mix of regret, apology, curiosity, and, strangely, fear. Since his thoughts quickly became a memory, I saw exactly what he was thinking, he was sorry he had changed me, he wondered how I must feel, what I must be thinking, how much I must hate him, but the fear came from a couple things. He was afraid that I would hate him, I was his best friend after all. He also realized that since I was a newborn vampire I could easily rip him to shreds, although he suddenly realized that I had no way to burn him, and that I probably wouldn't know I was supposed to anyway. He took comfort from that fact, he was almost smug about it. His expression began to show it too, and honestly, I didn't like it.

I finally released his arm, tired of all the memories, to look around the room for Caius. He really wasn't all that hard to find, he was, after all crying out in pain, I just hadn't noticed before I'd been so engulfed in Marcus' memories. He wasn't really shouting though, just mumbling something about the fire and how much it hurt. His body however, was writhing in pain.

Since Caius was… not really coherent right now, I figured it was time to tell Marcus about my gift, I was honestly a little freaked out by it, and wondered what he knew.

I turned my gaze to Marcus, who was watching me intently, and his look was, once again, a mixture. This time it was of only two though, a little bit amused, but mainly curious. Since he saw relationships and knew the connection between Caius and I, he wondered, I'm sure, what I thought of what was happening to one of my best friends. No doubt dissecting everything, wondering what I saw, what I thought, what I guessed, what I knew, I decided to answer him, ignoring the fact that my voice sounded different, a lot different, almost beautiful in a way. "I know everything Marcus" I said simply, my voice almost a monotone.

The look on his face next was almost funny, as it once again held a mixture of emotions, shock, disbelief, fear again, fear that I would expose us I'm sure, then extreme doubt. He knew there was no way I would be able to know everything, so he just laughed at me. I was pretty sure he thought I was insane, that or trying to convince him I did know all, so he would tell all, thinking I already knew, but in reality just giving me the information I so desperately wanted, he knew I was known for such stunts. I just laughed and every so slyly pointed to my head, the laughter and joyful atmosphere immediately vanishing, all he could do was stand there shocked and amazed before he finally managed a whisper that I knew was thick with skepticism, and I was sure I would never of been able to hear before, "Aro, what happened to you?"

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Kinda sorta a cliff-hanger, I know, I just figured it was a good way to finish the first chapter and I don't know how good it is since it's my first, and if it sucks I don't really want to keep wasting my effort on it. So review! Let me know what you think! I probably won't keep writing without any reviews though, so if you like it please tell me!