Author's Note: This is my first Twilight fanfiction. I've been toying with the idea of writing something along this theme for a while now. I couldn't decide whether or not to make it AH or Hum/Vamp. I didn't get much feedback, so I made an executive decision. I'm off to a very rough start, so constructive criticism is definitely welcome.
"There Were Roses"
in the style of Cara Dillon
original lyrics by Tommy Sands
My
song for you this evening
It's not to make you sad
Nor for
adding to the sorrows
Of this troubled northern land
But lately
I've been thinking
And it just wont leave my mind
I'll tell you
of two friends one time
Who were both good friends of mine
Isaac
he was Protestant
And Sean was Catholic born
But it never made
a difference
For the friendship it was strong
And sometimes in
the evening
When we heard the sound of drums
We said it wont
divide us
We will always be as one
There were roses,
roses
There were roses
And the tears of a people ran
together
It was on a Sunday morning
When the awful news
came round
Another killing had been done
Just outside Newry
Town
We knew that Isaac danced up there
We knew he liked the
band
But when we heard that he was dead
We just could not
understand
The fear it filled the countryside
There was
fear in every home
When late at night a car came
Prowling round
the Ryan Road
A Catholic would be killed tonight
To even up the
score
Oh Christ, it's young MacDonald
They have taken from the
door
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the
tears of a people ran together
Isaac was my friend he cried
He
begged them with his tears
But centuries of hatred
Have ears
that do not hear
An eye for an eye
It was all that filled their
minds
And another eye for another eye
Till everyone is
blind
Now I don't know where the moral is
Or where this
song should end
But I wonder just how many wars
Are fought
between good friends
And those who give the orders
Are not the
ones to die
It's Scott and young MacDonald
And the likes of you
and I
There were roses, roses
There were roses
And the
tears of a people ran together
There Were Roses
Prologue
It was a time when vampires controlled the continental United States. Vampires may have been in charge, but the humans weren't taking it lying down. They were fighting back. There was carnage in the streets as far as the eye could see.
There were factions of vampires, however, that refused to take part in the ritual slaughter of humans. They called themselves "Vegetarians," feeding only on the blood of animals. These factions existed in peace with the humans, trying to keep them alive. These vampires valued human life so highly, because most had become vampires against their will.
We were a rag-tag group of Vegetarians and humans struggling to survive the ruthless, brutal war. My name is Bella, and this is our story.