I sat disbelieving. This could not be happening to me. I could not be one of the eternally damned, but there was no other explanation. The mind reading, the speed, the amplified senses, and the blood lust just proved that I was a- vampire.
Who was this man other than my doctor? I knew nothing but his name and that somehow he was a vampire and a doctor simultaneously.
"Tell me about yourself. How'd you become- one of us."
Carlisle sighed and began. "I was born in the 1600s. I'm not sure exactly when, time was not marked well for common people, but I know it was before King Arthur's rule."
"My father was a clergy man, he led hunts when witches, werewolves, and vampires, weren't the objects of fables. When I was 21, he let me lead my own hunt. I was more careful, less quick to accuse monsters where they didn't exist. I was somewhat of a disappointment. After a while I discovered a true coven of vampires living in the sewers below London.
"When we charged they attacked. One stopped and faced us. I don't know why, he could have easily out run us, maybe he was to crazed from lack of blood, but for some reason he did. He attacked me, as I was the closest. It was very painful, but I knew what I was becoming. I crawled into a cellar, and hid in a barrel of potatoes.
I remained quiet as I was changed, and emerged immortal. I was disgusted with what I had become. I tried to kill myself, starving myself, throwing myself from great heights, and drowning myself. I didn't die. I was hiding in a cave, when a herd of deer crossed the opening. Half-crazed with thirst I attacked. I had completely satiated my thirst when I had an epiphany. I had eaten venison in my former life hadn't I? Why not now?"
I swam the channel to France, studying by night, with an eternity to learn. I practiced controlling my thirst so that I can do the work I love. Knowing that I can do things others can't and save a life is a wonderful thing.
I eventually made my way to a city called Volterra, Italy. There I discovered a large society of vampires called the Volturi. It consisted of: Aro, Caicus, and Marcus, nighttime patrons of the arts. These three brothers had a guard. This guard consisted of vampires with very special gifts. Aro can read minds like you, but he needs to touch you, and then he can read every thought you've ever had. Marcus can read relationships; he can feel the intensity between people. The members of the guard's gifts are even more threatening. Jane can cause you extreme pain, and Alec can completely cut off your senses, like a powerful anesthetic.
I lived with them for a few decades, and they tried to dissuade me from my "alternate food source" as they called it. We had different morals, and I eventually went my own way. I went from place to place studying, and working at hospitals, eventually having to move on when I didn't age.
And so I came to Chicago, taking the seldom-wanted night shift during the influenza so I could save lives. I had taken a liking to you and your mother, always a dangerous thing for my kind. Right before your mother died she pleaded to me to save you. To do whatever necessary to make sure you lived. I was lonely in my way of life. I had no companion, and when I looked at your face, saw the pureness and innocence, I knew that was the face I would want my son to have, so I changed you."
I sat there, at a loss for words as I contemplated that situation.
