The group slowed as they drew nearer to the wolves.
"Look out, for the wolves down there!" I shouted down. The group's attention on me barely shifted to glance at the wolves. Apparently they didn't consider them a threat. 'They're wrong and they're going right towards their death. I have to warn them.' I continued to yell, urgent this time. "Don't go near them, I'll be fine up here. Just get out of here, they tried to rip my head off and I'm sure they'll go after you next!"
"It's true," my mortal companion said with fear. "They're fast too, they almost caught us."
Apparently these people couldn't hear us or were ready to die today because they didn't heed our warnings at all. They stopped at the base of the tree I was currently residing in, surrounded by the wolves. I waited for the bloodshed but was surprised when one of them stepped forward, speaking to us.
"They won't harm us. We have an understanding with them." Said what I assumed to be the leader of the group. He had pale skin and blonde hair, with well-defined aristocratic features that women swooned over and men envied; but what I was most awed by were his eyes. They were a beautiful gold color; looking at the other members of his group, I saw their eyes were similar in color.
"You speak to animals?" I asked.
'Un-freakin'-believable.' I thought to myself. 'You try to do someone a favor by warning them and think you're saved but the people turn out to be absolute lunatics who believe they can talk to dogs. Great.'
One of the vampires snorted. I looked at him. He had bronze hair and delicate boy-like features. I would guess he was around 18 or so.
Still smirking at me he said, "Carlisle isn't insane, he's telling the truth. They're shape-shifters and we have a treaty for this land here. They protect humans, and since you're carrying your next meal through our land they have the right to kill you and try to save her."
Next meal? What? I didn't—oh wait. "You thought I was going to eat her!?" I yelled. "God, gross. That's so wrong."
"What?!" My supposed-to-be meal yelled. "She was trying to save me. Jesus what is wrong with you?" She asked the wolves in question. "Don't you ask questions before you kill people?"
The vampires were all staring at us now with mixed looks of disbelief and shock. The wolves growled.
'Okeydokey, obviously they still want to murder me.'
"She's telling the truth Carlisle." The bronze-haired boy said with a look of shock on his face. "Both of them are."
"It's true I can feel the honesty radiating off both of them." Said another vampire, this one with lighter hair and many scars covering his body. Wait, were those bite marks? Yikes.
"If you aren't going to kill her, what were you going to do?" Asked the leader.
"I was trying to get us away from this other guy. He's like you but he's absolutely insane."
"You mean there's another vampire in the area?" The man asked. All the wolves growled.
'Vampire? Oh my god this can't be real life. I've gone insane. There's no such thing as vampires…right? Ohmygod. Does that mean I'm a vampire?'
"Yes we are vampires, and you are too. And we're still waiting for you to answer our question.
I pulled myself together. Being a vampire wasn't the end of the world, right? "I'm not sure. I was just running to get away from him. The, uh, other vampire. He was following at first but I think I lost him at some point. I just didn't want to stop in case he was still trying to find us."
"We can do a perimeter check, Carlisle." Said a different vampire. The guy was huge, with muscles on muscles and short cropped hair.
'He looks like he could kick some serious ass.'
"Sam says none of the pack picked up any other scents." The bronze-haired god said. He directed his attention to me. "Why don't you come down from there? We won't hurt you."
I looked at the wolves. "What about them? I'm not jumping down if they're going to try to rip me apart. They could kill her." I said, jerking my head towards the human I had clutched to me.
"You're protecting her?" Asked the blond leader. I gave him a funny look, hadn't we already gone over this?
"Well yeah, she's my best friend."