Chapter 3-Pain
Emmett POV
The pain was like nothing I'd ever felt before, fire was raging through my veins, every part of my body had been set alight. Each second that passed I was wishing to have died in that car crash instead of being tortured with fire, I let out a final scream of pain and felt the pain numbing and fading throughout my body, a sense of relief washed over me and I was finally able to concentrate on the voices.
"I think he's waking up Carlisle" a concerned voice announced.
"It's about time" another younger voice giggled, these were the same two voices from the crash.
"Bella!" an older female scorned the younger one.
"Sorry Esme".
I was slowly able to open my eyes, everything was more defined, I could see each speck of dust, the filament from the light above me, everything was clear, it was like I was only seeing for the first time.
"Hello" The blonde angel from the car wreck was standing in front of me.
"Hi…"
"I'm sorry about what you went through, it's just you were…dying, I didn't want to leave you like that"
"So if I didn't die, but I was dying, what am I?…a vampire?" I started to laugh, but everyone around looked a little somber.
"Oh my god I am a vampire, hmmm that's pretty cool"
"You're alright with this?" Another blonde male vampire stepped forward.
"Yep, sounds cool, so I can't eat garlic anymore?"
"You can't eat anything" The angel spoke again, I would never get tired of hearing that voice.
"Anything?"
"Well we hunt blood, only off animals though!"
"Veggies then?"
"Yeah, you could say that"
"So what other stuff can we do?"
"Well we have super strength; super speed, inhumanly beautiful and we can't sleep…at all"
"No sleeping, this gets better, is my brother here? Did you get him?"
"N-no, only you were in the car"
"But, Can I still cry?"
"Ermm, no sorry"
"No that's good, or I'd be blubbering like a baby"
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, he'll be fine and loved…hopefully" Everyone was staring at me worryingly.
"Are you alright, Ermm.."
"Emmett, Emmett McCarty…do you think I'll be able to visit my brother?"
"I'm sorry Emmett, but no, you are certain to kill him if you visit him now, you would never be able to resist" The male replied.
"Oh right…Could I ask your names?"
"Of course, I am Carlisle Cullen, I work in the hospital outside of town, this is my wife Esme and our children Rosalie and Bella, there not biological, but ours all the same, and you'll meet our other two children when they get back from Africa, Alice and Jasper. Emmett are you feeling anything different, unusual?"
"Only my throat is really sore and dry"
"Don't worry we'll fix that, I mean anything else"
"Not particularly"
"You see Emmett certain vampires have special powers, Bella over here has a shield, she can protect from mental attacks as long as the 'attacker' doesn't go through, Alice can see the future and Jasper controls emotions"
"Em…wow!"
"Right we better take you hunting!" Rosalie practically dragged me out the door…
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10 years later
Edward POV
I dragged myself off the grotty mattress lying on the floor, I glanced in the broken mirror, my hair was its usual mess, my left eye was swollen shut, I cringed as touched it with my fingers.
"Dad" I whispered, praying he was asleep, I waited a moment for no-answer to come and snuck down to the kitchen, I went in the cabinet and picked up a new bottle of vodka, he'd never notice it was gone, he'd think he'd drunk it when he was out of it, I quickly stuffed it in my bag and ran out the door without bothering to change. We'd been in forks for 10years after the police began asking too many questions over the crash me and my brother were in, I knew exactly what had happened, but I was far too scared to tell anyone, so instead I have loathed my father since he picked me up in hospital that night, since then his drinking got worse and he became more and more abusive the older I got, school was awful, kids bullied me for the state of my clothes and hygiene so now I drink to get away from it, you'd think I'd know better, but it's all I know, so instead of the school tramp I'm now the school waster.
I trailed up the road to hell and sat of the bench outside of the entrance; I pulled out my bottle and took a swig.
"Erghh, McCarty you're an absolute failure, look at you, you gonna get off your face again today?"
"Probably Lauren, you didn't seem to mind last time" I laughed at that one, we were at a party with one thing leading to another, Lauren never lived it down, sleeping with the school waster.
"Lauren, leave it, come on" Jessica, Laurens second-in-command, began to pull her away, quickly turning to me to stick her middle finger up.
I began to hear the whispers as people flocked through the gates.
"Look at McCarty's eye, looks like he got into another fight"
"Oh look who's on the vodka again , pathetic"
"Tramp"
"Waster"
The insults whirled around my head, each slitting me like a knife in my side, picking up my bag I slung it over my shoulder and walked out of school. The whispers got quieter each step I took, I stupidly decided to go home.
"Edward, your home!" My father was standing in a puddle of his own piss.
"Awww dad, let's get you cleaned up" Even though despised him, I had to take care of him.
"But Edward, I tried to hold it till you came in" His words were slurred; he'd obviously been drinking from the moment he'd woke up.
"You did well, don't worry about it" My dad varied in his drunken moods, he could become really aggressive and violent, or like the mood he was in now, really reliant on me, like a child, I preferred this mood; I wouldn't get hit or kicked while he was like this.
I guided him up the stairs, tears forming in my eyes, life wasn't supposed to be like this; he was meant to look after me.
"Sit down, you wanna put you joggers on?" he nodded, I got out his joggers and slipped of his soaked jeans and underwear.
"Come on you should have a shower first"
"I don't want a shower, I just want to get this wet shit off" His mood was beginning to change; I had to tread very carefully.
"That's fine dad just put these underpants on" I passed him them and he slipped them on his still damp legs.
"Here's your jog…." He knocked the joggers out my hand and pushed me straight into the wall, I heard the impact and cringed in pain.
"You stupid kid, this is your fault I'm like this! I'm 45 years of age and I've wet myself, Jesus, if your brother was here…" I snapped when he mentioned Emmett's name.
"He's not here, cause of what you did, MURDERER!" I held my breath waiting for his reaction, it came entirely as expected, his fist went flying into my face and my head crashed again into the wall, I knew I was bleeding. My father's face came to mine with only a millimeters difference; I could smell the stale alcohol on his breath.
"Never speak to me like that again, or it will be a lot worse!" With a final kick in my chest he marched down the stairs. I couldn't hold it any longer and the tears flowed down my cheeks, I was already having trouble breathing, I slowly crawled to my room and opened, the bottom of my draws, pulling out a little sachet of white power, I lay it on a piece of cardboard and snorted nearly the whole pack.
I felt really strange…not like normal, the room started to spin and was beginning to go black, I urged myself to stay awake, I knew if I went to sleep I might not wake up, my eyes started to feel like lead, so I gave in and lapsed into unconsciousness.
Emmett POV
I broke my kiss from Rosalie
"What?" Her voice was like velvet
"Nothing, just a weird feeling"
"Ohhh" Her eyes were flirting with me.
"Erghh get a room" I glanced at Bella, sitting in the corner reading pride and prejudice for about the thousandth time, I laughed, apart from Rosalie I had become very close to Bella, she was the baby of the family and everyone adored her, she reminded me so much of Edward, she was the sister I never had.
"Get a boyfriend!" She threw a cushion at me, even though I said that, if anyone would get close to her I would become very over-protective, so would Jasper and Carlisle.
"Touchy!" She stuck her tongue out "Very mature, Bells"
"Leave her alone Em" Rosalie began pulling me upstairs
"Yeah, do as your told Emmy" Bella mimicked, I laughed as I went upstairs.
"Before anyone goes anywhere I need a word" Carlisle said calmly
"I know what you're going to say!" Alice twirled down stairs
"Yes, well" Alice giggled and stood with Jasper.
"Where moving again, to forks" I groaned I hated moving.
So I'm a bit worried about this chapter, I wanted to have Emmett introduced to the family before I went to present day, so I hope you didn't find that bit rushed
Ermm I hope the Edward bit was ok I've never written anything as….rough before so please tell me where I went wrong and I ended on a bit of a lighter moment.
Next chapter: Will Edward be alright???
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