Hey guys, I'm back with chapter 2! I'm sorry if it seems draggy or boring because most of it consists of much talk and no action. To make it up to you guys, I'm updating straight away! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own twilight or Bree or Diego, or they would be living happily ever after by now.
Chapter 2: You guys are what?
Bree's POV~
Carlisle walked to the woman with the caramel curls. "This is Esme Cullen, my wife." He said holding her hand. Esme smiled and shook my hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Bree." She beamed, warmth emanating from her.
"This is Emmett Cullen, my son."
"Hey there, lil' sister. You like competitions, I hope?" he shook my relatively small hand with his grizzly paw, grinned and showcased some dazzling grizzly teeth as well.
"Rosalie Hale, my daughter and Emmett's wife." I could not help but gaze in awe at her heavenly beauty.
"Hello," she said stiffly, her arms crossed. It looked like the goddess was pouting. My eyes flickered nervously to Carlisle, who just shook his head and continued to the mindreader.
"Edward Cullen, my son. As you know, he has a special ability. He can read minds."
I shifted uncomfortably at that thought. I was going to have to find a way to keep all my thoughts private. I could never seem to control them sometimes. Edward looked as if he was suppressing a laugh and I immediately looked down, embarrassed.
"This is my fiancé, Bella." Edward held onto Bella tighter, as if he were afraid I might suddenly lunge at her. Fiancé? How could he stand getting married to a human? Especially one with such delectable blood? I peered at Bella, who seemed flushed as Edward pulled her in closer, her cheeks rosy. I swallowed and took a step back. I needed to restrain myself before things got ugly. Edward seemed to have read my thoughts and stepped back as well, pulling Bella along with him.
"Edward, you should take Bella outside."
"Yes, Carlisle."
"I don't understand. How do you guys stand it? Don't you feel the urge to...?" I trailed off, not daring to complete my sentence.
"There is something you need to know about our family Bree. Our family considers ourselves as vegetarians."
Vegetarians?
"We feed on animals." Carlisle continued.
"Oh," I said lamely. Other than the blood of humans, I had never thought of feeding on the blood of anything else. It just didn't seem normal.
"That's why our eyes are this shade of yellow. You see, Bree, animal blood dilutes the substances on our bodies, that's why our eyes are gold and we vegetarians are a little less powerful than non vegetarians."
Everything made sense, except the last part. The Cullens were the strongest coven I had ever seen so far. Everyone of them remained unscathed from the battle.
"But even if you are vegetarians, don't you ever have the urge to revert back to your normal lifestyle?" I asked.
"It's difficult at first," Carlisle explained, "But after years of practice, you practically become immune to the scent of human blood."
"Um, when you say by years, how many do you mean?"
Carlise chuckled. "Is three centuries a good enough answer?"
My mouth fell open. Holy! These vampires have been around for centuries? And I thought one year was old!
"Woah!"
"Yep. I guarantee you will be as immune as me by the time you're 300 years old."
"Wait, but isn't the hu-Bella, afraid?"
"No, she knows she's in safe hands. Besides, Edward loves her and would never allow any harm to come to her. And futhermore, it's already decided that she will become one of us."
"One of us?" I blurted. "Why?" As far as I knew, nobody chose to become a vampire. Most of us were forced into this life.
"It was Bella's choice. She wants to be with Edward forever and would do anything to secure that, even giving up her own humanity."
I couldn't help but admire her - Bella. To give up everything for the one she loved... But then again, I was sure I would have done the same for Diego, and vice versa. Diego. I tried to ignore the many daggers that pierced through me as I thought of the one person who could make everything better just by smiling.
"Bree, are you okay?" Carlisle asked gently. "You were in a daze..."
I looked into his golden eyes. They reminded me of an eagles' eyes. "Oh, I'm fine. Thanks." I croaked, trying to pull myself together.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah,"
"Bree, if you have any problems, remember you can always talk to us. We are your family now." Carlisle's eyes were sincere.
Family, huh? I slowly scanned the faces in the room. I was grateful that they were trying their best to welcome me, even though they probably weren't used to newborns popping in on a daily basis. For once in my life, I had a complete family. Well, not that I was welcomed by all, but nevertheless, it was the family I never had. One which I would not be scared to come home to, but one which I would be eager to return to.
"Yes. Thanks, Carlisle."
Nodding ever so politely, Carlisle continued to introduce Jasper and Alice. Jasper, the friendliest of the lot merely narrowed his eyes when I tried to shake his hand. I was intending to ask if Jasper and Rosalie were really siblings but decided against it. Jasper looked like he was ready to tear me to shreds if I were to step one toe out of line.
"Nice to meet you, Bree! I'm Alice!" The tiny, pixie-like vampire shook my hand enthusiastically. "We'll be great friends! I can see it!" So Alice was the one who could see the future. I could never imagine what it would be like to hold such power. Gazing into her friendly face, I took a liking to her immediately.
"Now, that you know all of us, maybe you would like to go for your first hunt? You should be pretty thirsty by now, no?" Carlisle asked.
"Hunt?"
So was it ok? Anyway, thanks for the reviews! You guys are what keeps me going!
I'll work harder on the plot, I promise!
And p.s. I know the part about animal blood dilluting the substances in a vampire's body is untrue but I just thought it would fit well
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This is Luna signing off~~
