AN: This is the first chapter of my first fanfic, so I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, Stephanie Meyers does.
Chapter 1 – BPOV
"Come on Bells you can do better than this" Jacob laughed from next to me and I joined in with his laughing. We were sat in his bedroom playing on his video games. Well Jake was trying to teach me to play them but I was as clumsy as an avatar in a game as I was in real life.
"I'm trying Jake, not my fault this game is impossible" and I playfully shoved him in the shoulder as hard as I could because of his wolf strength and he still barely moved, even then I knew he had purposefully moved to make me feel better.
"Bella ten year old kids have completed this game" His laugh became louder as he found my struggles increasingly hilarious. And although I was laughing with him at first, where his laughing grew stronger mine grew weaker. I was quickly becoming tired of the teasing. Ever since the Cullens left me six months ago my temper was becoming shorter and I found myself defensive whenever I was mocked or teased. Deep down I knew Jake did not mean any harm and was just being his usual playful self but I couldn't help but snap.
"Jake it isn't that funny!" I shouted angrily at him and he sobered himself straight away.
"All right, sorry. Jeez Bella calm down. I was just playing with you" He whined and went into a sulk next to me. I instantly felt bad for snapping at him.
"Sorry Jacob, I didn't mean to yell at you. I know you were joking, I just, you know I've been defensive since they left. But I am better at controlling it around you" I looked at his face as he absorbed my apology and he eventually let out his big grin.
"It's okay Bells, I know you didn't mean it" I thought he was going to leave it there but he scooted towards me until our sides were pretty much touching and he put his arm around my shoulders. Internally I groaned, I knew where he was going and I was getting tired of it. Ever since Edward left me Jake had been pushing for me and him to0 date but I didn't feel like that for him and every time I rejected him I hoped he would take the hint. But he was persistent and would try again a few days later.
"Look why don't we go out tomorrow night? We can go get something to eat and then watch a movie, maybe that will make you feel better, you know getting out there again" He suggested lowly.
"Jake I've told you multiple times before. No. It's just not gonna happen between us. I don't like you that way and I only want to be your friend. Why can't you accept that?" I exclaimed and stood up from the bed so that there was space between us. His face darkened and became angry as he jumped up and stood in front of me.
"Well why not Bella?! Who was there for you when your leeches left you? Who made you smile again? Who did you just say made you feel less defensive? Why can you not just give me a chance?! Why are you still waiting for your blood sucker to come back for you?!" He bellowed at me.
"Yes Jake you did all that for me and I am grateful but I can't make myself have feelings for you! You do make me less defensive because you're my best friend who I thought would understand and I can tell you about the Cullens completely because you know what they are. Not because I have feelings for you" I screamed back at him. "Besides why would I want feelings for you when you could imprint on someone else one day huh? Why would I want to set myself up for another heart break? And I gave up waiting for him a long time ago Jake, just because I am over him doesn't mean that I want another relationship" Jacob began shaking and I was getting scared that he'd phase. So I stormed out of his bedroom and when I was leaving the front door I heard Jake shout one last thing to me.
"Don't come back here Bella! Our friendship is done!"
When I heard those words I began running home. Jacob had driven me here on his bike and from the look and sound of things I wasn't getting a ride home tonight. When I had crossed back into Forks I let go of my tears. I had just lost my best friend because I didn't return his feelings. I had no one to lean on any more and no one I could talk to properly. Granted Angela was always telling me I could tell her anything and I had a feeling I could but I couldn't tell her about vampires and werewolves or anything supernatural. She would either think I've gone insane, like the rest of the school which makes no sense considering I was talking and acting normal again, or she might believe me and ask questions before probably becoming paranoid. So no I would never tell her.
I looked around at my surroundings and saw the trees thinning up ahead, thank god I'm almost home I thought happily. It was about another ten minutes walk to my house but still not too far. Glancing at my watch I noticed it was now ten thirty, I had been walking for almost an hour. Taking longer than usual I mentally told myself. It was now dark and it was getting hard to see too far ahead, suddenly my foot caught on a tree root and I was sent crashing to the ground.
"OW FUCK" I shouted as I collided with the ground and hit my knee on a rock. I lay for about a minute in shock before I pushed myself up and stood, I wiped as much of the dirt from my clothes as possible before I carried on walking, a limp now on my right leg as my knee throbbed. I had taken about five steps when two figures appeared in front of me, causing me to jump back and almost fall again. I looked to the two people that had almost given me a heart attack and when I saw their faces my blood froze with fear.
There was a boy, with dark brown hair that was quite long, I guessed that if it was brushed straight it would fall to cover his eyes, however he had it brushed in a way that it remained out of his face. He was about 5'0 in height so he was smaller than myself. His lips were not thick but not thin either. The girl stood next to him was shorter than he was and had blonde hair. They appeared to be twins and I found myself captivated by her angelic features. She seemed to have been sculpted by a master artist. They both wore black robes and most of her face was hidden from me. Another matching feature between the two was their red, almost glowing eyes. They were vampires. And they stuck with the traditional diet.
The girl had a glare fixated on me and I was growing uncomfortable under it. They boy spoke to me first.
"You are Isabella Swan" He stated more than questioned and I nodded. He smirked then looked to the girl who seemed to be glaring harder and colder at me. She turned to the boy and had it not been for my time with the Cullens I would have thought they were just looking to each other, thankfully I recognised that they were actually having a conversation that I couldn't hear. When they focused their attention back to me again the boy was the one that glared this time. I looked back to the girl and saw her talking too fast for me to catch into a phone. When she hung up she sent me a vicious smile that surprisingly didn't scare me but calmed me.
"Congratulations, you get to come with us instead of dying today" and I felt something hit the back of my head then darkness encompassed me.
When I woke up I was on alert. This was not my room! The room I was in had stone walls that were more than intimidating to me. One window was above the single bed I was lying in, providing the only form of light from the moon outside. The room itself was bare, the bed was the only furniture and there were no decorations anywhere. I threw my legs over the side of the bed and stretched as I stood up. As soon as I was stood a wave of dizziness washed over me and it was then that I became aware of a pounding in my head. The small wooded door was flung open and I jumped to face it. In the entry way stood a male vampire. He looked to be 6'7" tall with a muscular body and he appeared to have a slightly olive complexion which looked strange with his chalky pallor. His black hair was short and cropped. He had the dark red eyes of a human-feeding vampire. His robes were light grey but still every bit as formal as the ones worn by the two vampires in the forest. Before I could ask him where I was his deep, masculine voice spoke to me.
"You are to come with me" it was fairly obvious to say that I was petrified of his appearance, he looked bigger than Emmett so I nodded and walked over to him. When I reached him he took hold of my left arm, I didn't understand why I wasn't planning on running from him, he'd reach me before I took ten steps, I had no idea where I was and I doubt I'd be able to find the exit of this place.
He remained silent while he took me to wherever he was taking me and his eyes stayed facing in front of him. We came to a stop outside a huge double door. The door was medieval looking and was probably centuries old. The vampire that had hold of me turned to the vampires stood on either side of the doors and they pushed them open.
As the doors opened I felt my heart rate increase as my fear did. What was going to happen to me and where was I? These questions and ones similar clouded my thoughts making my nervousness build. The room that was revealed was like the rest of this castle, stone walled and large. However this room had velvet red decorations adorning the walls with a large V in the centre of each. In the middle of the V's were a coat of arms. At the far of the room steps lead up to a platform. On the platform were three grand, golden thrones and each one was occupied by three faces I had seen before. I suddenly realised where I was and who these people were. The throne on the left was occupied by a lean man with shoulder length pale blonde hair, on his face he wore a scowl. The throne on the right had a man with long dark brown, almost black hair. He had the broadest shoulders of the three vampires on the thrones. His face seemed uninterested and deeply sad, until he looked to me then something made him smile ever so slightly. Finally the throne in the centre was further forward than the other two, the man who was sat in this throne had a creepy smile on his face, his black hair was swept behind his shoulders and he was leaner than the blonde. All three of them carried a milky film over their eyes and their skin look papery and chalky. The man in the centre rose when the vampire escorting me brought me to the middle of the room.
"Ahhh thank you for retrieving our guest Felix" He spoke excitedly but still held authority. Felix nodded and moved to stand along the edges of the room. Taking a look around I noticed there was a large number of vampires in the room. I counted ten not including the three leaders. Amongst the ten were the two vampires that caught me in the forest, the blonde girl was still glaring at me and it hurt me which shocked me and confused me. Why do I care if she glares at me? The man who had spoken then addressed me.
"Now you my dear have caught my interest. I had sent my two best guards out to dispose of you and yet it seems that their talents would not work against you. When my dear Jane told me of that I knew that I had to meet you and see it for myself. May I?" And I caught on that he had asked to take my hand. I knew they were going to kill me I congratulated myself on figuring it out then stopped myself when I remembered what I had figured out. I gave him my hand and when he touched it he closed his eyes and as the moments passed I grew uncomfortable with waiting for him to do something. Finally he let go of my hand and let out what I can only describe as a mix between a laugh and a squeal.
"I found absolutely nothing. How delightful, her mind is blank to me. A human able to thwart our gifts" And the gasps came from every vampire here. I sent him a puzzled look and he became aware that I had no idea what he was talking about.
"Sorry my dear, you see like your Edward Cullen" I stiffened at mention of the Cullens but he continued "I can read thoughts, but unlike young Edward I see every thought you have ever had as long as I am touching you. And like I suspect was the case with Edward I cannot see inside your head. Alec and Jane, who I sent to dispose of you also found their talents ineffective. Alec takes away your senses and Jane creates unimaginable pain" my eyes widened in shock. Edward had always told me he couldn't read my mind because I was his mate. But it turned out that there were other vampire powers that couldn't work on me.
"Judging from your reaction it is not something you are consciously in control of. Now my dear I have seen you in the mind of another who wished for you to be killed for what you know, which is our usual practice, she also wanted the Cullens punished for allowing you to know of our existence. However given your talent I would like to extend an invitation to you, join our guard and we will obviously turn you. But before you answer tell me exactly how you came to know the Cullens and why they seemed to leave you after so fiercely defending you from other vampires"
I began the long story and by the end of it Aro gave me an added incentive to join his guard.
"We will not punish the Cullens for revealing themselves to you. Instead if you join my guard I will allow you to decide what happens to them and should you decide they are in need of punishment you will be allowed to exact it yourself. Now will you join us my dear?" I noticed Jane was now stood behind me and I knew she would either kill me or turn me.
The longer I considered the offer the more it appealed to me. I wanted to be a vampire. I wanted revenge against the Cullens.
I nodded my head and the second I had I felt sharp teeth pierce the soft flesh of my neck and then the venom began burning as it flowed through my veins. Jane sealed the wound and I barely felt hands moving me as the flames coursing through me got worse. Time seemed to slow down as I became consumed by the flames, I tried to withhold my screams but I couldn't say if I was successful or not.
Three days later
I was listening as my heart rate became slower and slower. The beats weaker. Eventually my heart gave its final sickening thump and stopped. Never would it beat again. I opened my eyes for the first time in my new life and was stunned by what I could see. Every detail and crack no matter how small in the ceiling above me. Every speck of dust floating lazily in the air. When I went to move my limbs so that I was standing I moved far too quickly than what I was used to. I could smell every scent in the building. From the smell of the old stones, to the damp earth below and the smell of those around me.
Turning I realized I was still in the throne room and the guards who were there when I arrived were stood watching me. Breathing in again one scent seemed to called to me. I knew it wasn't my blood lust when every person around me was a vampire. No it was something else. That smell practically turned my body itself without my conscious control, and when I turned to face it, I was met with the most beautiful and breath-taking sight. This person was someone that I wanted to know everything about, I wanted to run to them and hold them. I wanted to be near them and never leave. I don't understand why I feel the way I do, but I don't believe I have the strength to fight or stop these feelings even if I really wanted to. I wouldn't say I was in love with this person because I that is ridiculous but I knew I could if they would allow me the chance. This person could quite possibly become my world.
AN: Well I hope you liked what you read, please review and tell me what you liked and what you didn't
