Chapter 3:
It was lunch and Beau and I had invited the Cullen's to sit at our table with us. We went to the food line and paid for our food, a necessity in order to stay under cover. After all we very well couldn't break the cover law after we had been the ones to create it. Once our food was payed for we walked over to the table in the corner of the room that nearly no one dared walk up to. There would be eight of us at this table that usually only seated two.
We situated ourselves next to each other, as always, and Edward and Edythe sat on our other sides.
As lunch wore on they all seemed to gain confidence around us. We learnt that their creator was a vampire called Carine, who appeared to have worked with the Volturi for a short time which explains the familiarity. Carine was the eldest of their 'family' and was born in the 1640s, to us she was still a child. Hell, even the Volturi were children compared to us.
They mentioned that they recently had some trouble with the Volturi. Why you may say? For no reason at all. I was ready to teleport to Italy and wipe out the whole race but Beau stopped me. He was more rational then me, he always thought before he acted, where as I am more impulsive and do things on a whim.
Beau and I created the Volturi a few millennia ago to enforce the law, but they were seeming to be more trouble than they were worth. We made the laws, they just made sure that they were enforced. We weren't very strict about laws apart from one. That our existence remains a secret.
Why? You might ask. Because Beau and I have been one the planet since the dawn of time, we acted as exterminators if you will. We were around when humans first began to evolve, we witnessed the birth of life on earth, so we know what the world turns into when humans know about us.
Beau and I were given one simple task that had to be done, the rest was up to us. The task was that we try to keep the universe at peace with its self. We got rid of anything that stood in the way of that. What do you really think happened to the dinosaurs? A huge meteor came from the sky and wiped our and entire species just so happening to leave a couple of life forms around. Yeah sure. Humans and their ridiculous theories. They were just too aggressive, too stupid to realise when they had caused enough damage, so they simply just disappeared.
Humans get few things right but when they do they usually hit the nail right on the head, so to speak. Evolution; correct. String theory; correct. The divide of Pangaea; correct. Most of their theories have yet to be proven which is why they are still just theories. But they are easy to work out when you have seen as much and know as much as Beaufort and I.
I felt someone kick me from under the table and realised that I had been lost in thought and that everyone was looking at me.
"I'm sorry, I was daydreaming. What were you guys talking about?" I asked.
"We asked you or Beau, whoever wants to answer, who created you guys? How old are you?" Emmett asked.
"Well, um, it's a really long story and not really one that can be told in the cafeteria. So how about you come to mine and 'B's' house later tonight, you can bring Carine and Earnest if you so wish." I offered, knowing that they would say yes and that Carine and Earnest would also come.
"Thank you, that would be great. I think there is much we have to learn about each other." Edythe said softly, briefly taking a sideways glance at Beau. "And I just need to know…" She hesitated waiting for us to prompt her.
"Yes?" Beau asked.
"She calls you 'B', so what do you call her?" She said this timidly, like she had just asked the most outrageous question of all.
Beau broke out into laughter, and I knew that I was officially in trouble. He had many nicknames for me and I knew that he was going to pick the worst one he ever made up.
"Hmm. Let's see. There's Bumble Bee, Betty Boo, Bipity Bopity, oh and my favourite one of all! Given to her by a total stranger…" he paused.
No! I thought. Not that one, please. No! No! No!
"Blossom Butt!"
NO!
Everyone burst out into fits of laughter, Emmett fell off of his chair because he laughed so much. I put my head on the table and sighed in exasperation, when suddenly I felt someone stroke my hair, telling me that I shouldn't be embarrassed. it was Edward.
"It is not as though you can do anything about it now, it's alright." I smiled at him, silently thanking him for cheering me up. It was odd how I suddenly felt so inexperienced and young the minute Edward showed up, and weird how I didn't seem to mind all that much.
Just then the warning bell rung, singling the end of lunch. It was time for gym.
"What do you guys have next?" Archie grumbled, clearly upset about something and when I read his mind and found out what he was annoyed about I laughed, touching Beau's hand to tell him as well. The corner of his lips twitched but he reacted no further than that.
"What's so funny?" Jessamine asked noticing my giggling. She too was upset about not being able to read our emotions, but it was a different kind of upset, more concerned than angry.
"Well to answer your questions, we both have gym next, and Jessamine, what is funny, is that your dear mate seems to be slightly annoyed by the fact that he cannot see our future. Neat power by the way." I said, folding my arms approvingly.
"Thanks, but it would be even better if I could see you two as well, but I can't. It's like you don't even exist!" Archie threw his hands in the air in exasperation. "And also, Edythe, Edward, Jessamine and I also have gym, let's walk together."
"Sounds good. I'll explain why you can't see our future on the way." Beau turned around and began walking in the direction of the gymnasium.
"So which one of you is gonna tell us why our powers don't work on you?" Jessamine asked.
She wasn't trying to be intrusive, she was just curious. Wouldn't you be? Jessamine was an interesting character, she was aloof and mysterious, but evidently extremely dangerous. She was covered from head to toe in bite marks, clearly the result of all of the vampires that had attempted to kill her and died trying.
"Do you want to tell them or should I?" I asked Beau.
"It's your turn, if I am correct, which I am." He nodded, thinking back to the last time that we had told somebody about us over three thousand years ago.
"Well, basically, Beau and I aren't like other vampires, were are the originals." I paused waiting for that for to sink in.
"Like the first ever vampires?" Archie squeezed.
"Yep, the first ever. We didn't get created by evolution, we were created with a purpose, one goal. That't all we live for. We keep the universe at peace. We know who created us but they do not permit us to tell others, we must not change others beliefs. But make no mistake, we are very similar to you but very different. More powerful, less ruled by instincts." I stopped again letting them catch up or ask questions if they wished.
"So, how old are you?" Edward ask me timidly.
"It's hard to tell. When we were created, there was no such thing as time. A year could pass like a minute, a decade like a year. But we now suspect that we are about 13.8 billion years old." I waited for them to take it in, to process it.
They still hadn't spoken once we had reached the gymnasium. We split up then, Beau, Archie and Edward heading to the male changing room and Jessamine, Edythe and I heading to the female one.
"So, you're telling me that you guys have been around for over 13.8 billion years?" I heard Archie asked Beau.
"Yes" Beau answered bluntly.
"Wow!" Was all Archie said.
"So Edythe," I said grabbing her attention. I put a bubble around us so that Beau and the others could neither here us talk or use their gifts on us. "you like Beau huh?" I asked nudging her with my elbow.
"Um, maybe?" Her answer was more of a question than a statement.
"I'm not going to give you the whole 'treat him right or I'll kill you!' speech. But let me just say this; he has been waiting for a mate for nearly 14 billion years, so just take things slow. And understand that, as perfect as he may seem, he makes mistakes like the rest of us." She nodded letting me know that she understood.
"Same goes for Edward, except he's only been waiting for just under a hundred years. But in those 100 years, he has suffered a lot, some on my behalf some on his." She looked down at her feet in what looked like embarrassment.
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