The Umbra

Chapter 1: The Airport

(Sonja POV)

Sigh. I hate when humans stare. It has to be one of the most irritated things for me. But I have to pretend I don't notice. I wouldn't mind a child staring at me, However the adults should know better. Anyway, here I am sitting in one of the most uncomfortable chairs, with half my coven, mind you, waiting for the announcement that will say they are boarding the plane. I wanted to sit close to the door but no. The lights in the airport are so strong we have to sit in the darkest corner 40 feet away. I hate glowing like diamonds in the light, But I guess it's better than combusting into fire. We are just barely out of the light enough to not glow. And it doesn't help that my coven is drawing so much attention with their rowdiness. And this isn't even my whole coven, Not even half. With me now is Titus, Lylah, Rachel, and Adonis.

Lylah is a red headed, pale skinned beauty. She looks like she never eats though. Such a scrawny little thing. Lylah is my shield. Literally. She has the gift of shield. To be a shield means you can't be harmed by another Vampires gift. Even if the gift is only mind reading, You won't be reading her mind. She can also project her shield onto others to shield them. That's why I bring her along almost everywhere I go. She makes me feel safe. While she's making me feel mentally safe I have to admit that I worry about her a lot. I do care for her as I would a daughter. She was 16 when I changed her. Back in 1906. Yea I know pretty young but I had no choice. As a human Lylah had been kidnapped and she was brutally beaten and almost stabbed to death. I was in the neighborhood, I could smell all the blood. By the time I got there she was alone, lying in a drainage ditch, left for dead. I would have just killed her to put her out of her misery but, when her eyes meet mine.. I just couldn't. Something clicked in me, telling me to save her and take care of her. I had heard this saying a few hundred years ago from the Irish, "If a bird comes to you with a broken wing, help it, Feed it, nurture it. For it may be an angel in disguise." Which is why my nickname for Lylah is pigeon. I let out a slight smirk thinking about it but then quickly dropped it. But don't worry, The man who hurt my Pigeon, was found with his head ripped off in the very same drainage ditch he left Lylah in. He was announced "Mauled by a wild animal."

Rachel has long dark brown hair and slightly tanned skin. You can tell she was a lot tanner as a human. Rachel is a very and Italian beauty. I don't really know much about Rachel's past life. Shes still pretty young for a Vampire. From my knowledge she was changed in the 1960's. She doesn't talk about it much so all I can really tell you is she got too involved with the Italian mob and well.. You know what happens if they get mad at you. But anyways One of my coven members named Aviur found her and rescued her before they could lay a hand on her. And then the asshole brings her to our hideout. I mean here's this perfectly healthy human girl in my house and I almost had an aneurism from anger. He brought a human to our hideout for her "Safety". That didn't fly with me. You don't bring humans home unless there dinner. So I gave him an ultimatum. Change her, or Ill rip her throat out. Simple as that. So that's how Rachel came to be. I can call her my friend and all. She's good with me. She was raised Italian, And let me tell you, I love Italian women. Always asking how your doing, If your ok, If you need anything, Always ready to take care of you. You gotta love it. But heaven help you if you piss her off. Let me tell you though, good thing Aviur changed her. Because she has a very nice gift. Rachel can convince you to do anything she wants. If she wants you to kill yourself, You'll kill yourself. If she wants you to rob a bank for her, You'll rob it. I don't know if its her way of words or her looks, Maybe it's both. But it's a gift I have a lot of use for.

Don't even get me started on Adonis! I can't stand that little prick. He grew up in his human life as a Rich, spoiled, pretty boy And he wont let you forget it either. I think he's about 21 maybe. And it doesn't help that he's still a newborn. Oh yea, he's only been a Vampire for 3 months. Lord knows I can't stand Newborns. He's shallow, spoiled, sarcastic, and a womanizer. But I told him from the get go. You wanna be a womanizer? Not a problem, But don't bring it over here to the coven. I gave him a strict rule to only play his little games with the human girls. Because all we need is for him to piss off some vampire broad and she wants to get mad at the whole coven. I can handle that kind of a situation within two minutes but why go out of my way? I wish I could just dismiss his ass but he's our only tracker, and a damn good one at that. And he has newborn blood so it makes him incredibly stronger than the average vampire. For now.

Now Titus. Titus has shoulder length wavy dark hair. And he's tall and ripped. He stands at about 6'4. And he has the body of a body builder. Titus is only a little younger than me. Give or take a hundred years. Me and him are the only ones who were born in the B.C.'s in our coven. He was about 27 when he changed and if I remember correctly it was by some random vampire who was attacking his village with some newborns. Ugh Newborns. Such barbarians. Anyways Some dog like creatures killed some of the newborns and scared off the rest, Leaving Titus bitten but not drained. Thus changing him. A really interesting thing about Titus was that after he was changed he left his country, Never said which country he was from but he settled into Greece. Now in Greece there were no Vampires in that area yet, So he was the first. Anyways he changed his name with hopes of starting over with his new life and that name happened to be Hercules. Need I say more? Yes Titus was the incredibly strong demi god you all know. Except he's not a demigod he's just a Vampire. I guess that's just how the ancient greeks explained his strength. Even for a Vampire He's incredibly strong though. Which was why I recruited him. Me and him didn't meet until the 1600's though and by then he changed his name back to Titus. Even though he looks like a brute, he's actually one of the wisest Vampires I know. I trust him as my friend and my second in command. Heaven help me before I strangle these degenerates.

Rachel : "Adonis why are you picking your teeth in front of all these humans? Put the tooth pick down and close your mouth." She spoke quietly but frustrated like.

Adonis: "I got stuff in my teeth I just had a broad before we got here." –He said nonchalantly-

Rachel: Rachel's voice would grow more irritated. "What did you do, eat her skin or drink her blood? There's no reason you should have anything in your teeth"

Adonis: "See that?" He pointed to his arm looking towards Rachel. "Every time you speak it pinches one of my nerves."

Rachel: "Are you saying I'm getting on YOUR nerves?" She said angrily looking almost insulted.

Adonis: He grazed his index finger under her chin and smiled sarcastically. "Nothing gets past you Darlin'"

Rachel: "Ugh! You know what Donny one of these days your-" She was cut off by Titus.

Titus: "That's enough." Titus didn't even have to raise his voice. You didn't want him too, trust me. Titus' voice is so deep and masculine and Authorative that you would just be too scared not to listen to him.

Me: I looked to Lylah to see that she looked a bit down, a mixture of boredum and fright on her face. "What is it Pigeon?" I spoke in a soft but serious tone.

Lylah: "Well.. I did my homework on the Cullens and-"

Me: "We have absolutely no reason to be afraid of them." I tried to assure her.

Lylah: Oh no, no, it's not them Im worried about.. Its.. well.. Ok so they are these Native American tribes right? Well this one is called the Quiluete tribe and they descended from Wolves. Well some of the people can transform into wolves, And I'm not talking just your average wolf I mean… There huge Sonja! And strong and fast. And just our luck but, They hate vampires.

Me: "I don't understand, If they hate us then why let the Cullen's live in peace with them?" In all my years I had never seen these shifters but I had heard of them amongst Native American tribes.

Lylah: "Because Years and years back The Native Americans and the Cullen's made a treaty to share the land, but there were conditions, Like the Cullen's couldn't step foot on the Reservation and they can't kill Humans to feed or change a human to a Vampire. If they do, The wolves have the right to Kill them.

Me: I showed no emotion in my face the whole time. Even though this was quite interesting. "The wolves sound like no joke."

Lylah: "There not! But get a load of this, When the Volturi went to Forks for the hybrid child situation, The wolves were on the Cullen's side. It's like there ok with the Cullen's now but not any other Vampires. If they sense us coming they'll try to kill us. "

Me: "Really? They were prepared to fight with the Cullen's AGAINST the Volturi? Maybe after were done with the Cullen's we can Have Rachel speak with the pack. And I wouldn't worry about them pigeon. They don't stand a chance against my power." Now I'm not full of myself. I'm the most humble Vampire out there. But it's true. Once I get you up into mid air, You're not going anywhere, You're done. However I can only use my power so much before my energy gets drained. So trust me there have been times where I've had close calls.

P.A.: "May I have your attention please. We are now boarding flight 106 Chicago, Illinois to Forks, Washington." As we all stood up we Adonis would speak rather loudly.

Adonis: "Finally! Im starving over here, I was a second away from Mauling that cute broad over there." I widened my eyes to this dumbass' remarks, but before I could say something Titus smacked him upside the head rather hard. Damn that had to hurt. "God! Damn it Old Man! Your too big to be hitting on people like that man!" Titus would place his index and middle finger and thumb on the back of Adonis' neck gripping him hard, making it painfully hard top move.

Titus: "Has all the blood you been drinking all gathered up to your head or are you just born this stupid?" He spoke quitely.

Adonis: "Ah… eh.. Damn.. All natural man." Even in the powerful clutches Of Titus, Hes still able to be sarcastic. Impressive.

Titus: "Keep you damn mouth shut until we get to forks, or I'll put you through 10 walls with one throw." Without awaiting an answer Titus let go and began to walk ahead making his way to the gate. He won't admit it but he's just as eager as I am to meet these Cullen's. I can only hope that there's no trouble. Little did I know the surprise we'd get once we arrived in forks.