Chapter Two
Pain. Pain. Pain erupting in every pore in my body, fire consuming my body and mind. I screamed and yelled for mercy. I wanted to die. But I couldn't. My body thrashed out involuntarily as I screamed in agony. But my captors wouldn't put an end to my suffering.
But instead of focusing on my burning body I thought about what would happen once I was done burning. The boy had said that I would one of them, a vampire. But I didn't want to be a vampire, I wanted to grow up, get out of the orphanage, go to college, get married, and eventually have kids. I wanted to have a life. And now Eleazar and his little girl friends are taking all of that away from me. How dare they! I didn't even now what was going to happen to me. They said they were very fast and strong, I guess like a super hero or something, but they also said they were immortal and that's the part I hated. I don't want to be thirteen forever, stuck in a child's body never being taken seriously.
And then, there's the blood part. That's how I knew they were vampires; how I knew I was becoming a vampire. I didn't want to drink any kind of blood, it was just plain disgusting and barbaric.
I wanted to die, not just to end the burning pain, though that is a part of it, but I wanted to die so I wouldn't have to face a new life as a vampire. I hated just to say the word.
As I was contemplating my fate, my body burned on and I continued to cry out for death. I thrashed but my flailing arms and legs hit to purchase. But slowly, gradually, the pain started to fade. My fingertips and toes were starting to become pain free, but the pain seemed to become more concentrated to my chest and it was unbearable, all the pain was gone from everywhere, except my heart. My torso bend and rose a few inches off of the ground as the fire reached its peak.
Then the fire subsided and I opened my eyes to my new life.
Carlisle's POV
"Something's coming," my daughter Alice called in a strained voice from the living room. Immediately Jasper was at her side rubbing soothing circles on her back as a vision flickered beneath her shut eyes. I walked into the living room to await her explanation, if Edward wasn't out hunting with Emmett then I would have asked him but he wasn't so I waited patiently. Finally Alice's eyes opened.
"Eleazar was out hunting and ya'll remember how he can detect special abilities in vampires and sometimes humans," she paused while we nodded, "well, he was drawn to a bookstore by a young girl's powerful aura. Then he did something horrible, he brought her back to Tanya's place and changed her. She just woke up and she hates him. She is going to run away. We'll be able to find her about five miles from Canada in thirty minutes.
"I can't believe Eleazar would end a human's life just because she is powerful! I can't believe this!" I repeated appalled, "What's this girls name?" I asked.
"Aubrey, I didn't see a last name."
"How old is she?" I asked expecting about 15 or 16.
"Thirteen and orphaned," she said and I gasped. What has gotten into Eleazar!
"Exactly how powerful is she? What can she do?"
"She's like nothing we've ever seen before. She can copy talents that have been used on her. For example, if Edward were to read her mind, she would in turn be able to read anybody else's minds forever. I just saw her future so now she will be able to see anyone else's future, exactly like me. Eleazar read her talent now she will be able to do that. Bella will shield her so she will be able to shield. And the powers she copies will never fade, she will always be able to use them, and they will be just as powerful as the original." She whistled almost jealously. She was right; this mysterious girl would be immensely powerful.
"So, just be meeting us, she will be able to read minds, see the future, control emotions, transmit emotions and shield. Plus, she will be able to sense powers. I am very against what Eleazar did, but I can see his reason behind this. Of course she will join our coven!"
Aubrey's POV
Everything was so bright and clear. I could see everything, individual clothing fibers, and dust particles in the air. I mean everything! And it was like cotton had been pulled out of my ears. I could hear the rain pounding, voices whispering somewhere else in the house, a refrigerator humming and a fly buzzing somewhere across the room. I also had amazing smell. It was exhilarating! I couldn't believe it.
While I was burning, I had been lying on the floor. Once I realized that I stood up, which was just as comfortable. My movements were blindingly fast and I remembered what they had said about speed and strength. I decided to try it out, I walked over to a wall and applying slight force I punched a whole in it. Whoops, that would cost money to fix but they deserved it. That's when I remembered about blood and instantly a fire flared in my throat. It was horrible and I hated those stupid vampires who did this to me.
Speaking of those stupid vampires, at that moment the strawberry-blond one called Tanya walked in.
After glancing at the hole in the wall she said, "Please refrain from smashing anything else."
"Why should I?" I challenged enraged.
"Because once you calm down, I will explain everything to you," she offered and try as I might I couldn't turn down that offer.
"Fine," I mumbled so low that a human wouldn't hear it was weird that I already referred to everyone else as humans as if I wasn't. Oh right, I actually wasn't.
"We are vampires and so are you. Eleazar changed you because he saw great potential in you. Every vampire is immensely fast and strong, they are immortal, extremely beautiful, have heightened senses, do not sleep, and never change. But some vampires have special powers, Eleazar and Kate do. Kate can send electric currents and Eleazar can tell if a vampire or human is out of the ordinary. That is how he knew you would be. You are gifted and he knows what your gift is, that is why he changed you," she explained I was silent as I let this information sink in. I realized how much I hated Eleazar and every vampire in this stupid house. They had taken my life away and I would never get it back. But I did have questions.
"Why does my throat feel like it's on fire?" I asked and as I addressed it the pain increased.
"Because you're thirsty. You new body needs blood. But don't worry we do not feed on human blood, like most. We drink the blood of animals. Would you like to go hunting now or later?"
"I don't want to do anything with you! I hate the lot of you! You took my life away! Just leave me alone," I shouted at her louder than I thought possible. My voice echoed through the empty house. I started to walk out.
"Kate!" Tanya called anxiously. The beautiful girl walked in before I could make it out and as her arm brushed past mine, she shocked me, powerfully. How dare she! I just wanted to leave. I was so angry that the edges of my vision were tainted red. I lifted one finger and touched laid it on her bare arm.
And I shocked her right back.
Confusion crossed her face as she stumbled back by the power of the shock I delivered. "Eleazar," she said in a regular voice but I knew he would hear. Just as I suspected, he was there within the next second followed by the female Carmen. "Why was she able to do that?" Kate asked Eleazar.
"Remember how I said that she was like nothing I had ever seen before, well she has the ability to copy any power used on her. Since you shocked her she is now able to shock everyone else, and she always will be able to, just like you," he explained.
"Would you please stop talking about me like I'm not in the room!" I shouted exasperated, this is exactly why I don't want to be frozen as a thirteen year old. "Now, explain to me what just happen, explain to me, not to Kate, or Tanya or Carmen, to me," I commanded all fear had been replaced by rage.
"Remember what Tanya told you about special talents, of course you do, well you are talented. You are extremely talented. You are a copier; you can do anything that someone else does to you. Kate shocked you so in your anger you shocked her back without thinking. But try again -on me- you will still be able to do it. But try to use less power this time, please," he cringed and held out his arm for me to try. I knew I do it with less power but I was so angry with him that I couldn't resist using a little more power than normal when I did so.
Obviously I had misjudged my strength because he fell to the ground and a plan formed in my mind during the two seconds he was on the ground. Kate, Tanya and Carmen had stepped back so I muttered a sorry and reached out to help him up. I could tell he didn't want to but he took my hand anyway and right when our skin touched I shocked him with as much power as I could. It work he fell backward twitching.
I leapt out the door and ran out the door as fast as my new body could carry me. They tried to follow but they couldn't catch me! I was too fast for them. I flew through the trees as fast as I could; everything was a blur yet I could see it with clarity. How ironic! I ran and ran without looking back.