Ch. 2; How are you crying?

I won't go into much detail of what happened next mostly because I can't remember what exactly happened during my transformation. But I will tell you what happened when I woke up...

October 5th, 1918...

Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime of torturing, my poor heart finally gave out and I was beginning to wake up. First, it was very confusing; I was waking up and hearing voices, then the next moment I would be blacking out again. But after what I assumed was about a week or so I woke up completely. It was very strange going to sleep someplace and waking up in a completely different location. But I already knew beforehand that I probably wasn't going to be in that same alley. I knew Aro wouldn't trust me. At first I didn't want to believe that it really happened and if I just shut my eyes I would open them to find myself in my room and Mrs. Masen and Edward would still be alive. Edward... immediately I felt tears spring to my eyes.

"Aro! Vieni qui! Lei si sta svegliando!" I heard a deep voice shout,

Trying to open my eyes it took several tries before I managed to completely open one. Then as I saw the room I was in I gasped. It was beautiful. The ceilings and walls were painted a deep red color with golden finish around the edges. The bed that I laid in was the exact color of the walls and was made out of a satiny fabric it also had luscious deep red curtains all around it. The floors were tiled and had little pictures from warriors in battle to angels ascending from heaven. In the center of the room I could see a rather large beige couch and matching arm chairs. There were people standing around my bed looking at me expectantly, like I was about to rip their throats out. "What...What is going on?" I heard a voice ask,, but immediately gasped and put my hands over my mouth. That was my voice. But... it sounded nothing like my voice. This voice sounded like it was almost singing. And it was higher and twinkled a bit.

"Mio caro! You are awake! How lovely! Oh, immortality suits you so well. I had hoped it would. " I heard a familiar voice.

Immediately my whole body tensed up and I was out of the bed in seconds. I felt a growl rip through my throat the second I caught sight of Aro. Why was I acting like this?

"Now now Lillian, there is no need for resorting to violence." Aro laughed, "You newborns are so touchy. Oh! Dear Lillian look at your eyes! They are so unique! Well, on to pressing matters, I am sure that you are rather hungry; so I have taken it upon myself to escort you to a private erm 'dinner'."

By this point I was thoroughly confused. "Aro..." I began.

"Yes mio caro?"

"What do you mean that I must be hungry?"

"Does your throat not burn right now?"

"No... should it?"

"Well... yes it should. If you will excuse me I must go and discuss some matters with the doctor." and with that, Aro turned and left the room. Once he left, the rest of the people also stood and exited too. So I was left all alone and confused.

Once they had gone I decided it was time to see if there were any major differences in me now. Well to start things off I could see so much better! Things were more clear and I could actually see every single dust spec floating through the air. Next thing I noticed is that I no longer had to breath. At first I was very alarmed at this but soon I just kept breathing like I normally did. I noticed that I was more aware of my surroundings when I breathed. I quickly scanned the room and sat up in my bed. Spinning my feet so they dangled off the bed I slowly lowered them to the floor. As soon as they touched the tile floor I stood up and began regaining my balance. I looked around and spotted a mirror next to a wardrobe. Walking over to the mirror as soon as I caught a glance at myself I took an unnecessary gasp. I was beautiful! My eyes had stayed their normal light blue to my relief. And my hair had changed a totally different shade and now was platinum blonde in little waves down to my waist. My skin was now a pale white color but I still had my full pink lips. Then I looked down to my body. I had always had a decent figure but now, I looked like a goddess. I had a perfect hourglass shape but still I remained short. ( I really am only around 5 feet tall.) after about five minutes of me just standing there looking at myself I turned and opened the wardrobe . It was full of beautiful gowns and shoes. I settled on fairly simple looking one it was blood red with a black strip down the front. And then I reached down and grabbed a pair of black slippers made of a satiny fabric. Once I was dressed I walked up to the door to leave the room when it suddenly burst open. Standing in the doorway was a girl who couldn't be more than the age of fourteen. She was fairly short but in my case she must have been a few inches shorter than me. Her hair was short and brown, and her eyes were the same shade of red as mine but her's had a glazed look over them. "Um... Hello." I said, not really knowing what to say.

"Hello. I am Jane. Master wishes to see you in the thrown room. I see you are already dressed. That is good. Please follow me at once." and then, she turned on her heel and stalked away.

I stood there for just a second trying to take it all in. Once I snapped out of it; Jane was already halfway down the hall and was about to turn. "Hey wait!" I called then began to run towards her. In a blink of an eye I was next to her and she stopped and stood there staring at me. Whoa, how did I do that? I thought to myself. Once I got a bit uncomfortable with Jane staring at me I cleared my throat and she snapped out of her trance.

We walked in silence the whole way, which was very uncomfortable for me. But finally we stopped in front of a large door. "This is where I will leave you. Aro is right through these doors. Have a wonderful day." and then she left. What a strange character. I think to myself. Taking a few unnecessary deep breathes I grabbed the door handle and pulled.

I stepped into a very large room with three thrones in the center on top of a small staircase. Seated in these chairs was Aro in the center, a man with dark brown hair on the left, and a man with platinum blonde hair on the right. "Lillian! How wonderful of you to join us! Brothers! Come and meet Lillian!" Aro jumped up from his throne and walked towards me smiling broadly.

Aro's 'brothers' rose from their seats and began to walk towards me. I automatically felt threatened and immediately got into a position to fight but once I saw that they weren't going to hurt me I threw this thought right out and stood up. "Your control over your powers is quite amazing." the blonde one said examining me as if I was a piece of meat.

"Yes. But it could be improved greatly." the brunette said with a bored tone to his voice.
"Honestly Marcus, the child has just woken up! And you say that she has not attacked anyone yet Aro?" the blonde questioned Aro, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Not a soul Caius. That is why we must train her! Her powers are unthinkable! Imagine what we could be able to do with her on our side!" Aro was getting excited, I could feel it. Wait... feel it? What is going on? I thought to myself.

"Calm yourself Aro. You are frightening the girl." the one called Marcus said quietly.

All at once all three turned and looked at me. "I would like to go home please." I stated clearly not wanting to beat around the bush.

They all looked at each other for a moment then all three began to laugh. "You know, in all of my six hundred years I think that is the first time someone has politely asked to go home." Aro said as he still chuckled.

I was becoming mad and very quickly too. "Níl sé greannmhar! Ba mhaith liom dul abhaile ANOIS! " I bellowed out, and immediately they all stopped laughing!

"How do you know Irish il mio amore?" Aro asked, his eyebrows raising.

"My family hails from Ireland. My father taught me the language. Now if you will not escort me home I shall find it myself!" I turned on my heel and exited the room, leaving behind three very dumbstruck vampires.

The nerve of those men! Talking about me like I was not even in the room! And then laughing at me when I asked very politely to go home! I was fuming to myself all the way back up to my room. By the time I reached it I was on the brink of tears. I wrenched open the door and ran to bed once I reached it I collapsed onto it and began to sob. I cried for what it seems hours before I heard a knock on the door. "Il mio amore? Are you decent?" I heard Aro from the other side of the door. Then I heard the door open and close quietly, he made his way over to my bed. I felt him sit down next to me and he began to stroke my hair. We just sat there for a few moments. Me silently crying and him just petting my hair. After a while I sat up and began to wipe my eyes. I heard Aro gasp. "What? What is it?" I asked alarmed.

"Il mio amore... how are you crying?" Aro asked, raising a hand to my face and wiping away one of the fallen tears.

"I do not know. I was upset about not being able to return home, so... I began to cry..."

"No, no. Not why, but how? Vampires are unable to cry... What you are doing is impossible!" "What do you mean? I have always been able to cry... It is part of life is it not?" I questioned not really knowing what Aro was going on about!

"When we become vampires all of our bodily functions stop. That is why vampires are unable to cry. But here you are now, shedding tears like a mortal." Aro tried to explain to me, but I honestly did not grasp what he was saying.

"Are you saying that I am some kind of freak?" I asked, feeling a whole new batch of tears spring up into my eyes.

"No, mio caro, you are not a freak. I am just astounded by your uniqueness. It is so enthralling!" Aro was feeling a little too giddy for my liking.
"Aro... what are some things that vampires are aloud to do?" I asked, wanting to see if this emotion thing was normal for most vampires.

"Well... we have amazing strength, and we can run at an amazing pace. Nothing can pierce our skin we no longer need to eat human food and we do not need to sleep, also in sunlight it appears as if we sparkle."

I had to admit the sparkling bit was a little funny. "So we can not feel what people or feeling or something like that?" I asked, not really wanting to say that its me that's feeling this.

"No. But some vampires have special abilities like me for instance, I can read every thought that has gone through your little head by just touching you. Wait, are you feeling someone's emotions Lillian?" Aro asked me, gazing at me with such an intensity that I know he could tell if I lied.

"Yes, does that make me a freak?" I asked him, suddenly getting worried.

"No! That just makes you all the more wonderful! You are an empath! Oh I knew you had something special in you! But of course I was expecting something bigger like you to be like Benjamin but ah well. One power is better than no power at all." I could feel the disappointment radiating off of Aro. New tears immediately came up.

"Why are you crying?" Aro asked, he reached for my hand but I yanked it away.

"Get out." I said quietly, my eyes staring down at the bed,

"What?" Aro asked, smiling like he had no idea what was going on.

"Get. Out." I said again,i shifted my gaze to his face, and I could tell that my eyes were blazing.

"Come now Lillian, you are not being reasonabl-"

"I said get out." I repeated. Clenching my fists up.

"I shall not be treated this way mio caro." he threatened, his eyes flashing a black color.

"GET OUT! CAN YOU NOT TELL THAT I DO NOT WANT YOU IN HERE?" I shouted, pushing him off the bed.

Aro stood there for a minute just staring at me. Then finally he spoke in a very calm voice. "I can see now that you being here is affecting you negatively. Forgive me, I was being selfish. I shall make arrangements for you to return home in the morning. Goodnight Lillian." and with that he turned and exited the room.

Now thoroughly exhausted, I stumble back to my bed and lay on it. Wait a minute... I thought Aro said that we did not need to sleep?Then why am I tired? I thought to myself, Oh well I will deal with this later. I closed my eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

I awoke several hours later in some sort of daze. Feeling the sunlight hitting my skin, I reluctantly opened my eyes. What Aro said was true; I did sparkle. I was a bit disappointed though. Although I did sparkle somewhat, my skin only glowed a little. And it was definitely noticeable enough to draw attention to me so it was still amazing all the same and I actually laughed at myself. I liked my new laugh, it sounded like a bell twinkling. A huge improvement over my last laugh which sounded like a donkey.

Making my way over to the wardrobe it dawned on me. I would be leaving today. A smile instantly appeared on my face. But my insides were churning (metaphorically of course). I really didn't know what to feel like. On the bright side I would be able to get back home to the place where all of my family was. But I hate to admit it, I would actually miss Aro. After picking out my outfit for the day, (I settled on a light blue velvet dress) I walked out of my room and headed for the throne room.

It took me quite awhile but after wandering the castle for about ten minutes, I found the giant double doors. I opened them without hesitation this time and walked right in. Aro, Marcus, and Caius were all sitting on their thrones. Marcus looked a bit happier and I could feel the joy radiating off of him. Caius was difficult to read. His expression looked calm but inside he was angry or frustrated. I couldn't really tell. Aro, was the easiest. His emotions before he noticed me was a mixture of sadness and frustration, but when he saw me it immediately went from sad to happy. "Lillian! How are you my dear?" Marcus called, a little out of character.

"I am well Marcus, thank you for asking." I replied coolly, not really knowing how this conversation was going to go.

"I trust you have all your belongings packed and ready to go?" Caius stated, a bit sadly.

"Well seeing I did not have any belongings to begin with I did not have to pack much." I stated.

"And you are sure that you want to leave?" Caius questioned, I glanced over to Aro and saw him staring at me, a glimmer of hope flashed through his eyes.

"Yes, I would like to go home." I stated carefully, glancing back at Aro. His head dropped a bit and once I spoke his emotions went back to sad. "But if it is alright with you I may wish to return when I get more control over my powers and adjust to this way of living."

"Well of course you will be able to return!" Aro said smiling, standing up from his chair, "Caius, run and get Carlisle. I will escort Lillian to her room to get her belongings."

"Remember Aro, she has already made up her mind. Do not try anything to change it." Marcus warned, leaning forward and giving him a glare. He then turned towards me and smiled, "I bid you farewell Lillian. May we see you soon in the future."

"Goodbye Marcus." I replied, not really knowing what to say to him.

Aro and I both walked out of the room and turned to go back up to my room. We walked in silence for a while before I decided to speak with him. "Aro?" I said.

"Yes Lillian?" He responded keeping his eyes straight forward.

"Who is Carlisle?" I asked

"He was a good friend of mine, he will be the one to escort you back home. I have also made arrangements for you to live in a small town in Indiana named Syracuse. It just got off it's feet and no one will know you there. We believe that it would best if you did not return to Chicago seeing you are just a newly born vampire, the temptation will be much lower in a small town than a big city."

"I see." I replied. I wasn't going to be able to go back home?

"Now, do you need any help with your bags? I can carry one if you would like."

"Well, actually I do not even have a bag. All I have is my clothes that I came in on, my jacket, and my hat and gloves."

"Well of course you are allowed to take anything you wish from the drawers. I realize that I really did not give you any time to pack before we left for here."

I wanted to state that I didn't even get a chance to even choose to come here but I remained quiet as seeing I was returning back home anyway. "But I would hate to take things that did not even belong to me." I reasoned.

"Ah, I see. But what you do not know is that those items were purchased for you while you were changing. So you see; if you do not take them with you, they will just remain in the wardrobe gathering dust."

"If you insist I shall take a few gowns." I mumbled looking down at the floor.

We had reached my room and we both stood awkwardly at the door. I hesitantly opened the door and motioned Aro to follow me. I walked up to the wardrobe and opened it staring at the many dresses inside. There was so many! I had no clue which to bring with me. "May I make a suggestion?" Aro called from across the room. I turned around and saw him sprawled out on one of the couches.

"If you think you could help yes." I replied.

Aro stood and walked over to me. "I suggest that you take... this one, and... this one. And the rest you could leave here for when you ever wish to return." He pulled out a green gown, and a pure white dress. They were both amazingly beautiful I picked them up gently. "How am I to take this with me on the ship? I have no bags!"

"Do not worry mio caro... we shall give you suitcases to carry your belongings. Now. Hurry and pack. Carlisle will be here within the hour." Aro stated, crossing the room to the door. He turned, "Oh, when you have finished packing retrieve your bags and go to the throne room." And with that, he left. Leaving me to my work.

It took about ten minutes of me carefully packing all of my belongings, but I finally managed to make everything fit into one bag without wrinkling my two new dress. I also grabbed a few less elegant dresses seeing how we would probably be on the ship for a while. I picked up my bag and made my way down to the throne room. Even though I had only been here a few days, this place was growing on me. I could say I was going to miss this place.

I reached the doubled doors and got a better grip on my suitcase then turned the handle. I was greeted by Aro, Caius and Marcus as usual but I saw that standing behind them were two others. It was that Jane girl I met my first day here and the other looked very familiar but I couldn't place where I knew him. "Ah! Here she is now Carlisle! Lillian, this is Carlisle Cullen. Carlisle, this is Lillian Montgomery."

(A/N: There's the second chapter! For all of you who want to know the translations.

Aro! Vieni qui! Lei si sta svegliando!-Italian- Aro! Come here! She is waking up!

Níl sé greannmhar! Ba mhaith liom dul abhaile ANOIS!- Irish- It is not funny! I want to go home NOW!

Mio caro- Italian- my dear

Il Mio Amore- Italian- my love

did any of you think it was weird that I made her speak Irish? I think it's kinda dumb but I wanted her to have something cultural about her. Welp! If you want ask any questions if I know the answers I write back. Review are appreciated but not required! Thanks!)