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Here's chapter 2... it's a little floppy... nothing happens... but I hope you like it...
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Yoshida Hotaru :)
The hallway seemed dark compared with the glimmer of the great room. It was illuminated by dim lights in the roof. It made me feel like I was in some mine tunnel. I barely see the end of it; it seemed infinite.
"Raen, isn't it?"
"Uhh… yeah"
"I'm Chelsea…" she smirked. There was a brief pause before she started to speak again. "And when was the last time you drink blood?" she asked. I didn't like the way she said that word… blood… it made me nervous…
"I… oh… uhmmm…" I mumbled.
"Tell me when" she insisted. I knew I had to answer her.
I sighed defeated. "Not so long…" I lied.
I saw her smirked. God, no! She knows I'm lying. "You have to be thirsty" she commented.
"No…I'm-I'm fine…" I lied again and gave her a fake chuckle. "Why would you think that?" I chuckled falsely, nervously, again. What a bad lair I am, I thought. The burning in my throat was getting worse.
"Do not lie to me" Crap… "You ARE thirsty. Your eyes are black now. That means you have not drink blood in a long time" she said.
My eyes… I put my fingers over my cheekbone, gently rubbing the tips of my fingers against my skin. I remembered that I hadn't seen me in the mirror since that awful day. I never thought they had change color, I still thought they had that hazel color "How?" I asked curiously "I thought the only thing that…"
"The horrible burning in the throat?" she glanced back over her shoulder "That is part of it. And even if you drink blood, the burning will not leave" she grinned "But when your body needs to be feed, when it demands blood, because you have not drunk it in a long time, your eyes turn black" she smiled "Do not worry, kid, you will drink soon. And when that time come, they will turn red" she smirked wickedly.
"But I… don't mind not to drink blood" I said nervously, trying to forget the pain. Alistair's words echoed in my head: If you don't drink blood, the burning in your throat will be stronger, it will be more painful and hideous, and the desire of blood will be uncontrollable.
"That is new" she was like talking to herself, saying this things out loud like I wasn't there "a vampire without the necessity of blood…" she paused a millisecond, like thinking what to say "Stupid" she snorted "And a newborn one…" I saw she rolled her eyes "worse than those stupid vegan vampires" she finished. Gee, what a fierce, I thought.
I wanted to say something… "Uh…" was the only thing that came out.
"Do not worry. After you taste blood" Dammit, she knows "and when you are done with your training, your ideals will be different" she smirked grimly "You will be a real vampire" I didn't know if she said that to herself or was a comment or what.
Wait, what? So am I not a vampire yet? What am I, then? A DOG? I really wanted to yell that to her, and more. But it wasn't the time to do it.
Two minutes, I think, had passed since we left the great room and in the way to… wherever we were going to, we found the tall red-eyed, Felix, going to where we were.
"Hurry" he said to my guide "Corin is waiting" he looked at me right in the eyes. I felt like his piercing red eyes penetrated my nonexistent soul. "And you know that she does not like to wait" he said to her again over his shoulder with a smirk. Then he just disappeared.
After some seconds, after we advanced more (stupid infinite hallways) and felt this urge to ask "When?"
"When what?" she looked at me with a raised eyebrow and a confused glare.
"My training. When will it start?" I asked more clearly.
"At night" she said with a smirked.
When the sun touch the ground and no one can see you sparkle. I sighed. I started to think of my parents. I missed them… Stupid melancholy. Then, there it was, the stupid awkward silence. I tried to remember Maria's face. I knew I saw it but I didn't know why I couldn't remember. I wanted to know with what purpose she bit me. At that moment a memory hit me, a memory that Aro didn't see. I remembered that when we were face to face with the three monsters, one of them said "We have to kill them first, and then we can take her".
I woke up from my thoughts when I didn't feel her hand against my wrist anymore. She had left me and in front of a big wooden door. Dammit. I took an unnecessary breath and hold it. I was nervous, and that wasn't a good sign. I sighed and knocked as softly as I could.
The big wood door swung slowly to the inside.
"Hello?" I asked, my voice echoed inside the room.
"You are late" a woman appeared at the door. She had straight dark brown hair over her shoulders and red eyes. Her face was familiar to me.
"Uhmmm…" I mumbled "I'm sorry" I apologized.
"You made me wait here like a life" she whined and narrowed her red eyes "next time you should be faster" she said, taking my wrist and pulling me inside the room.
"Do not yell her, please Corin. She is just a kid" another voice said. It was from a woman, a fair-headed one, which was sitting on a sofa. Next to her was another blonde. They looked familiar, too.
Then it hit me. I remember them, and Corin, too. They were at the great room, but they left before… I don't know when. They left so fast I didn't even notice until I saw Jane.
"That does not mean she will do whatever she wants to do" Corin said bitterly.
"I'm really, really sorry. It would not happen again" I promised.
"Don't be sorry, sweetie. This just happened once, okay?" the soft voice of the other blonde echoed. I nodded nervously and Corin sighed in disbelief.
Corin moved from her place and in a blink she appeared in front of me with dark clothes in her hands "Here" she handed me the dark robes "you have to change your clothes. Aro's orders" she saw me from head to toes with a disgusting glint in her red eyes "I have to go. Jael and Toris are outside" she smirked and disappeared through the wooden doors.
Someone has to explain me this thing about the eye-color change.
"Corin" Aro greeted her with a smirk "Heidi is going to arrive soon with… our meal"
She moved next to Felix, the place where she always waited.
"So, you met Raen, didn't you?" Caius asked. She nodded.
"Wonderful" Aro cheered. "Something unusual between her and your gift?"
"Why? What do you mean?" she asked curious.
"Well, you see, my dear, this kid has a similar gift like Bella's" Aro smiled crookedly.
"She… has a mental shield?" she was perplex. What a new…
"Not exactly a shield, dear. A mental mirror, in fact" Caius smirked grimly when Aro said that "You see, when she protects herself, mentally, she also reflects the gift…"
"Can I ask how do you know this?" Corin interrupted Aro. Such a disrespectful brat.
"Oh dear" Aro smiled "she saw one of my memories when I was seeing her thoughts" his grin faded for a second. Corin looked at him with widened eyes.
"She also reflected Jane's and Afton's" Marcus added with his depressed voice. Jane flinched at my side when she heard her name. Even if she didn't show her emotions to anyone, I knew she didn't like this girl, Raen, and how she affected her with her own gift.
"Afton's?" Corin was still amazed with all the information she was receiving.
"Yes, since she entered the room until we finished… our work" Aro smirked when he said the last part. "Apparently, she didn't know about her gift and she has used it unconsciously"
"And do you know why Maria bit her?" that question attracted everyone's attention, including mine. They never even mentioned the reason.
"Maybe, she still has that newborn army…" Aro commented, his grin never fading.
"I think she needs one of our visits" a sadistic grin appeared in Caius's lips.
"You look adorable, darling" blonde #1 commented after I changed my clothes.
"But why you didn't change your shoes, sweetie?" blonde #2 giggled. When blonde #1 looked down and saw that I was still wearing my Converse, she bursted in giggles.
"I think it's enough the fact that I'm wearing a skirt and tights" I said, smiling and taking a seat between them.
"Oh darling. What a special thing you are" blonde #1 giggled. She put her pale hand over my head and began to stroke me.
"So, sweetie, what is your name?" blonde #2 asked after a brief moment.
"Raen" I said proud "Raen Witt"
"That's a very interesting name" blonde #1 commented with a warm smile. I couldn't help but smile back.
"And how old are you, sweetie?" blonde #2 made a question again.
"Twelve" I said with a small smile.
"Awww, darling, you are so young" blonde #1 said.
"But you know, Athenodora, I am amazed that Aro still has not called her to go back there with them" blonde #2 said to Athenodora.
"Oh, Sulspicia, I think maybe it is because she needs to know about us and our coven first" Athenodora told Sulspicia.
"Oh, yes" Sulspicia cheered "We are going to tell her stories"
It was funny. They were thrilled. They were talking joyfully like I wasn't there. They started to stroke me again with their pale and delicate hands, and then they started to untangle my hair with their skillful fingers.
"She will be like the daughter we never had" Athenodora cheered. Those words made my dead heart sink. It hurt… the fact that I remembered my parents hurt…
I knew they noticed I wasn't all right when they stopped chattering and playing with my hair. I looked down.
"What is wrong, sweetie?" Sulspicia's soft voice rang in my ears.
"It's…" for a moment I was going to tell them "It's nothing" I finally spoke out with a sigh.
"Owww, darling" they both hugged me tightly, at the same time "Tell us, what is it?"
"I missed them" I sighed.
"Your parents…" Sulspicia guessed.
I nodded and hugged them back.
"Owww, sweetie. Do not worry. We will make you feel comfortable in here" Sulspicia gave me a warm smile that made me feel better.
After a few milliseconds they started to play with my hair again, tying it into braids.
Then my mind reminded me of something.
"I think it's time for a story…" I voiced.
"About what, darling?" Athenodora asked.
I looked her in her eyes "Can you tell me about our eyes?" I asked her "y'know, why they change color?"
"Oh, well" Athenodora began "It is a little simple… It depends on our age and our diet…"
"Age? Diet?"
"Let us explain" Sulspicia put her hand over my shoulder.
"Yes, our age and our diet…" Athenodora continue "When you are a newborn, your eyes are bright red; if you drink human blood…"
"Human?" I thought out loud, interrupting her.
She nodded before she spoke again "they will still be red, more vivid as you continue drinking it…"
"But if you drink animal blood" Sulspicia started to explain now. They both giggled when I looked at her amazed. So there's another option, I thought "They will turn golden, lighter as you continue with… this type of blood" she said the last part with disdain.
Now I was perplexed. Golden? Wow. "Those vampires with golden eyes are known by the name of vegetarian vampires" Athenodora said with contempt.
"We respect their decision of not wanting to drink human blood, but we do not like it at all" Sulspicia added with a serious expression.
"Oh!" Athenodora voiced after a moment, and made me jumped quite a bit "We almost forgot. When you are thirsty, your eyes turn black. If your thirst grows, your eyes get darker" she finished.
"Like yours right now. They are black as coal" Sulspicia smiled.
"Oh…" was the only thing that escaped from my mouth. I really thought my eyes were still hazel.
After some seconds, I started to hear something… someone coming.
The doors opened wide, reveling Corin at the other side. Her red eyes glimmered mischievously and her lips wore a crooked grin. She looked right at me.
"What?" I blurted without thinking. Her grin got wider. It reminded me of the Cheshire cat and not in a good way.
"Aro needs your presence" she said with glee in her voice. That request didn't sound good to me. I stood up nervously "The presence of the three of you" she looked now at Sulspicia and Athenodora. They both stood up and grabbed my hands. I knew they supported me. "Raen, there is a surprise for you" her red eyes lit up with mischief and she locked them with mine. I thought it was impossible but her grin got wider.
This is not good.
