There's no way to find
out what's inside you You cannot hide what's in you Cry to yourself Into the hole you fall deeper You cannot hide what's in you Cry to yourself
Until you fall into the hole
You dug for
yourself while you slept here
Too young, too selfish, too cold
And
when you find out what's been waiting
The moment you open your
eyes
You see your true reflection
The very first time in your
life
This will not be
denied
You cannot hide what's in you
This will not be
denied
Nothing will help
It's too late
to change what's been done
You do what you've always done best
You
run
Deeper the faster you
run
It won't stop until you accept it
Accept everything that
you've done
This will not be
denied
You cannot hide what's in you
This will not be
denied
Nothing will help
It's too late
to change what's been done
You do what you've always done best
You
run
(State of the Art- DJ Lethal featuring Chester Bennington)
Chapter 2
"Story time!" Alice plopped down next to Harry who had just finished eating a large lunch that Esme had supplied. She giggled and waited for everyone to sit down.
Carlisle told his story first. In the 1640s Carlisle had been the son of a pastor. His father had sent him out to hunt down witches, werewolves, and vampires. He had found a coven of vampires and been attacked. Carlisle had hidden himself until his transformation was complete and then proceeded to try and kill himself until he was forced to feed on a herd of deer. It was after that, that he had found he could survive on animal blood. He had then later become a doctor and eventually turned Edward, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett.
Edward had been dying of the Spanish flu when Carlisle had turned him. For a period of time Edward had fed on the evil people of society, but had then turned to the vegetarian way of life. Edward could read minds.
Esme had tried to commit suicide after her infant son had died. Carlisle had turned her and the two had been in love ever since.
Rosalie had perhaps the most traumatic past. She had been engaged to a real ass hole who had gotten drunk one night and taken turns raping her with his friends. Carlisle had turned her in a hope that she and Edward would fall in love. Rosalie had killed her fiancé and his friends before joining the coven.
Emmett had been found by Rosalie after being mauled by a bear. She had carried him over a hundred miles to Carlisle who turned him to save his life. The two had fallen in deeply in love and gotten married.
Alice couldn't remember her human life, but remembered waking up as a vampire. She had visions that eventual led her to Jasper. The visions had then led them to the Cullen family.
Jasper had fought in the Civil War and later been turned and forced to fight in the vampire wars. He had met Alice in a café and then they had joined the Cullen family. He had the ability to read and manipulate the emotions of others.
Harry poured out his entire life story. He spoke of his parents being killed when he was a baby, of how he was sent to live with his abusive aunt, uncle, and cousin. He told of getting his Hogwarts letter and the philosopher's stone, of fighting the baskalist in second year, of finding out about his godfather in his third year and helping him get away from the ministry of magic. In his fourth year he had been forced into the Triwizard tournament and watched his friend Cedric die. His fight year his godfather had died. In the summer of his sixth year he had started training. His friends had abandoned him and betrayed all of his personal secrets to the press. Seventh year brought about the war. Harry had killed Voldemort and Talon had taken him away while he was in a state of shock. He had woken up a few hours later when he was being given a cup of tea. After that a warrant had been set out for his arrest but they had already arrived in America.
Everyone looked at Talon who had stayed completely silent. He leaned back in his chair and ran one hand through his long black hair.
"My true story is a lot like Harry's. I had to lie to the Volturi and even you Carlisle. I can't really remember my age. I only know that I was twenty when I was turned and that a woman who wanted me as her lover had turned me. I had killed her after that. But my human life was very different, and quite a bit longer ago than the age I have always given before. Hogwarts had not yet even been imagined and Merlin had still been alive in my lifetime. In fact I met him once.
"I was born in what was once Camelot."
Everyone's eyes widened. Harry and Carlisle were even more interested, as they had grown up with stories of Camelot and Merlin.
"King Arthur had fallen, and things were growing darker by the day. Merlin had made a prophecy before he died. It stated that a child would be born of Morgan le Fay's blood line that would stand against darkness and bring about a new light to Camelot. Sir Gawain was my father, which made me the great nephew of King Arthur and nephew to Morgan. Aunt Morgan took me under her wing and taught me everything that I know."
Carlisle had fallen out of his seat and was sitting in front of Talon as if he was a child hearing a story.
"My father didn't approve of my interest in sorcery, despite his own knowledge of healing with herbal magic. After a while he left me to my own devices. I was twelve when Merlin predicted that someone in my family would bring new light to Camelot. Morgan believed that it was to be me with my sorcery. I would be able to fight away the darkness that was about to descend. But I finished my training at thirteen and I ran."
Harry gasped, causing Talon to look at the ceiling so that he would not see Harry's eyes condemning him.
"The darkness came in the form of an army; they had their own sorcerer with them, a powerful sorcerer who was skilled in dark magic. I was only fourteen, still just a kid. So…I ran like a coward. Camelot fell to the enemy. I lost my entire family minus my aunt Morgan who had fled to Avalon. I built myself a cottage in the forest and set up a business making medicines and spells of protection and fertility. When I was eighteen a woman started coming to my cottage. She would ask for various spells and potions. I was too blind to see that she was a vampire. At twenty she turned me. At twenty one I killed her. Perhaps that is why I felt the need to protect the boy who was to defeat the dark lord Voldemort."
Talon turned slowly to Harry. "You are stronger than I was. You stood up for your home, even if you knew they were to betray you. You saved your people while I let mine get slaughtered. I let Camelot fall. I wanted to take you away sooner, but I had to give you the chance to do what I could not."
Carlisle stood and rested a hand on Talon's shoulder. "You were a kid. You were scared. You shouldn't have been the one to save everyone. Neither of you should have been."
Talon laughed bitterly. "At fourteen my brothers had all become Knights of the Round Table. They had nothing but close range combat to rely on. I was fourteen and I could call a dragon to do my bidding, I could change the weather and cause disease among the enemy army. I did nothing but run." Talon sighed and stood before heading out the door. "I need to hunt."
Everyone watched as Talon left. They were in shock about his story. None of them held anything against Talon for running from the battle. A child should not have the weight of the world on their shoulders, no matter how skilled they happened to be.
Harry stood shortly after Talon had left. "I think I should head to bed now. It's late."
Everyone said their good nights to Harry, and then they all began to think of a way to cheer Talon up.
