CHAPTER TWO
After I unpacked my few items and looked around the house, I discovered the small cottage to be to my liking. It was simple but charming. It didn't have a huge amount of furniture, but it would suffice. I didn't need much, and I had a large sum of money tucked away if I felt the need to splurge on anything.
I left the house quickly as the burning in my throat became prominent. And I had to admit, it was always fun to explore new territory. As soon as I was out of the door, I let my instincts take over and followed the delicious scent of elk I had smelled earlier. I soon found a group of them and drank them without hesitation. I could practically feel my eyes turning golden again. I was just finishing up the last of the elk when I noticed a new scent. It wasn't a scent that I recognized, but I could tell it was getting closer. So I hid up in a nearby tree until the animal emerged. I felt somewhat silly, hiding from some animal. But I couldn't help but being caught off guard, for it wasn't often that I was unable to determine the identity of a scent. I heard a branch crunch underneath the feet of whatever creature was coming towards me, and I focused on the spot I had heard the noise. I froze when I realized what I was seeing.
The creature I was hiding from wasn't any animal I could drink from. It was a vampire. I had very rarely run into others of our kind, and I had never been around them in a permanent residence. I carefully examined the vampire. He was hugely tall, scarily muscular, and he wore a goofy grin that took away all frightening pretenses the first two characteristics would lead you to believe. I got the impression that he was a huge teddy bear that would just be the epitome of fun to hang out with. I made sure to hold my breath as I heard him speak.
"Rosie, I promise I smelled something baby. It smelled like another vampire. It's still here." I watched in terror as a strikingly gorgeous blonde vampire waltzed up behind him. She looked around the area in the forest and turned to the man.
"Emmett, I believe you. I smell it too. But they aren't coming out quite yet, wherever they are. We'll just have to tell the others to be on guard." Others? How many were there in this coven? And their eyes are golden like mine… They must be of the same diet. I'll have to investigate further later. Now I just have to them out of here. I quickly decided that they had to leave, and they unsurprisingly followed suit. I didn't take a breath of relief until their scent had completely disappeared, thanking God for my gift of mental manipulation. Fear seized me as soon as I was alone, and I climbed out of the tree. I have apparently been hunting on someone else's territory, and I wasn't sure how forgiving they'd be. Now I'd have to find entire new hunting grounds.
I ran home quickly before I had any other encounters with this other coven. But if they had topaz eyes like me, surely they couldn't be that bad? Surely we at least shared the same value of human life? The little voice inside of me argued that I should get to know them, but my better half knew it was best to leave it. It was no use to try and get tangled up in dramatic friendships. All they would end in is disappointment. I'm a monster anyway. No use trying to cover it up by fake friendships.
I collapsed onto my floor when I got home, and just rested in the corner of my small residence. I thought about the coven. I thought about starting school tomorrow as a junior at Forks High. I thought about my unborn child, and I rubbed my stomach in grieving adoration. I thought about the villain who did this to me. I thought about the monster that he had made me to match himself. I thought about what my dad would do to him if Daddy were still alive. I sat there, lost in thought of my dad for what seemed like all eternity until it was time to get ready for school the next day.