Chapter 2: Hunt
As we ran to the edge of Chicago, I tried to organize my thoughts. How do you go from being the rich daughter of a prominent lawyer one day to being a vampire the next? I had no answer to that question, so I quickly gave up on it.
I gazed up at the stars and sighed. How could this have happened? I was very confused. I don't remember ever feeling this confused! What an odd thing running was. I had never run before, because it wasn't proper. But now I was wondering if running felt this way to a mere human. I doubted that thought as soon as it entered my head.
Carlisle stopped us just as we made it to a clearing in the woods outside of Chicago. "We will hunt here," he proclaimed.
"Here?" Edward asked. He sounded more than a little confused. I couldn't understand why hunting here confused him. Of all the things to be confused about.
I stepped toward Edward, and then I said, "Of course here, Edward. Can't you smell anything at all?" I could smell everything! The thing that smelled the most appetizing was the deer at the edge of the clearing. It smelled so appetizing that I just let myself ghost toward the deer. When I reached the animals they all scattered, but I managed to catch my target: the big buck.
As I bit into the buck, I realized that it tasted disgusting. I didn't really care though, because it was satiating the burn in my throat. As I drained the animal I realized that my thirst could never be completely satiated. Ugh. Why me?
"Wow Elsie! That was truly expert! You have the hang of hunting completely. Now, Edward, it's your turn." Carlisle said excitedly.
Edward sighed, and then he charged forward. He was very graceful as he ran, like a cheetah or a mountain lion. I watched as he tackled a small doe. Hunting was very odd to watch. It looked like Edward was kissing the doe's neck rather than sucking the blood from it.
"Elsie, I'm going to go hunt now. You can hunt more if you want to." Carlisle said before running out of the clearing. I sighed, then ran towards the smell of animal blood.
As soon as we were done hunting I demanded that we go back to Carlisle's apartment as soon as possible to discuss Edward and my abilities.