Wassup people? It is currently 1 in the morning. About 10 hours ago, I saw the Twilight movie...It's Wonderful!!!! I won't spoil it for anybody, but I highly recomend that you go see it if you can. I said that I would update on the day that I saw the Twilight movie, but I had to get 5 reviews total. Well, I only got 4 altogether but because I'm a nice person, I'm going to update anyway. This is to celebrate the Twilight movie. Whenever I read this chapter, I'll think of it. Hope you all like it!(And I made this one extra long just to celebrate even more! Go ME!!! XP)
Epov
The journey has been anything but pleasant. First of all, the Carlisle look-alike didn't keep his promise. He and his coven haven't hunted for us and, quite frankly, we're starving. When their coven went out to hunt, we got the privilege of being tied up to trees by the ends of our vines that were still wrapped tightly around our wrists. The girl vampire with the straight black hair touched the tree that we were all tied to with the tips of her fingers. Her hands and the tree began to glow softly, then the light died out and the tree seemed to be made of metal and we couldn't rip it up from the ground. So, basically what I'm trying to say is that we weren't able to get away.
For approximately four days, we had nothing to eat and we were long overdue for blood. Each one of us slowly lost our energy. It began with Jasper, then Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Esme and finally, me. Carlisle was still doing well, though I could tell that he was beginning to tire too. Every day, the brown haired vampire would look at us sadly, especially on days when she was going hunting with her coven.
One day, after our captors were gone for a while, I sensed someone coming toward us. When I looked at Carlisle, I could see that he was staring at some trees directly ahead. I looked too and saw the trees begin to rustle. I thought it was the wind, but apparently not, because the brown haired vampire walked through. She was dragging something behind her and my mouth began to water at the scent that was coming off of it. She pulled seven dead deer through the bushes and set them down in front of us. She looked at all of us, one by one, with a smile on her face. I noticed just now that she had a beautiful smile.
She walked up to the tree and put her hands on it like her fellow coven member had done earlier. She and the tree began to glow, but this time instead of the vines getting tighter around the tree trunk, they began to loosen. She looked at us carefully.
"I'm breaking the rules right now, you know?" she said. "I feel sorry for all of you and what you're going through. There's no doubt that you're hungry, so I brought these for you. I know that you all feed only from animals so that's exactly what's on the menu. I'll have to release you temporarily so you can eat…but please don't run away. My coven will track you down and you'll have no hope of escaping, I'm afraid to tell you. All running will do is get you all and me into trouble. If that happens, I think I'll be more hesitant about helping you again. Now GO!!! Feed quickly, my family is returning."
So, we all fed for the first time in weeks. The deer blood tasted especially delicious, probably due to our unbearable hunger. I finished before anyone else. I looked up at the brown haired vampire. She was looking off into the woods to our right. She was probably watching out for her family. This girl, she was different from the rest of them. It seemed that she was the only one who felt pity for us.
Then I recalled with a shock that she had released us from the vines. So, she must have the same gift as the other vampire. I've never heard of that. I thought that vampire gifts were unique and only belonged to one vampire at a time. Maybe she had some other gift that lets her borrow gifts from other vampires.
She seemed kind. She cared for us, so that had to mean something. Perhaps she didn't approve of what her coven was doing. Now that I think about it, she didn't help her family when they captured us. She just looked away with a sad look on her face. It may seem crazy, but I think that she can be trusted. I wasn't going to tell my family this though. They just wouldn't understand. I didn't even understand. It was kind of just a gut feeling. Well you know what they say, when in doubt, follow your gut. Wait, do they even say that anymore? Ugh, I'm rambling. I just don't know what to think of this girl. She is so foreign to me.
All of my family had finished feeding by now and the brown haired vampire was getting rid of the deer corpses. Suddenly she appeared from the trees with a fear written all over her face. She quickly pushed us up against the tree and made our vines bind and imprison us again. She mouthed 'I'm sorry' and backed up a few steps and turned away.
Just then, her coven came through the trees.
"What are you doing here, dear?" the woman who looked a little bit like Esme asked.
"I just got here a few moments ago," the brown haired vampire replied.
There was a short silence.
"Well anyway," the Carlisle look alike began. "I believe that we will arrive back in England tomorrow morning if we continue on traveling now. I advise you Cullens to enjoy the fresh air while you have it. I think that you may not have it again for a while once we get to our destination."
My coven and I looked at the vampires one by one to see if they were just bluffing, just trying to frighten us, that they were all just telling a joke. They weren't.
We arrived in England the following morning just as the other vampire coven leader had predicted. The vampires said that we were nearing their home. All of us began to worry. What exactly were they planning to do with us? The brown haired vampire looked more and more worried as we got closer to her home. I wanted to ask her what was wrong, but there were two problems with that theory. One, her coven was right next to us, so she would have been overheard if she even answered at all. Secondly, I wasn't close to her. I never have spoken with her. I didn't even know her name. So, I didn't think that it was a good idea to ask her, at least not right now.
It didn't take long to arrive at their house. Along the way, we had gotten a few curious glances at the vines that were still around our wrists. Other than that, it was a relatively quiet trip.
Once inside, my coven and I got dragged quickly through the many halls of the house. We were taken down into the basement and thrown onto the floor. The vines came off of us and we were free to move. The bad part was that the vampires were going back upstairs and were going to leave us down here alone. The brown haired vampire looked at us with a speculating expression on her face. Then her face got determined. She turned around to face her leaving coven.
"I've had enough of this," she said. "These vampires have done nothing wrong. Why should they have to suffer this way? I know that you all don't agree to this either." What was that? Her coven didn't think this was right? Then why were they doing this? It made no sense.
Her coven leader, the Carlisle almost-twin, turned around and stared at her. He seemed sad and angry and the same time. This was one of the few times that he had his emotions showing on his face. He usually kept a blank expression on.
"That's enough. We have to do this for the sake of our coven," he spoke in a low cold voice. "We need to save ourselves."
"Are you saying that you're hurting this coven just so we can be safe!?" she asked, outraged that this could be his reason.
"Aye, that is why," he replied. "Why should we care about them? My first priority is keeping my family safe and that is exactly what I'm doing. I couldn't care less about what happens to anyone else." I could tell that he was lying just by looking in his eyes. He cared very deeply about other vampires too. I could see that capturing us had hurt him. That got me thinking. Could he actually be a vampire that can be trusted?
The brown haired girl looked at him for a long time before sighing and asked, "Can you at least let them have an actual room instead of this filthy cold basement?"
"Aww, have you gone soft, sister?" the vampire with curly black hair asked. The brown haired girl just gave her a exasperated look and returned to looking at the coven leader. He was watching the brown haired vampire closely and was silent for a long time before nodding slowly.
"Fine, they can stay in one of the rooms. They have to share. I'm not willing to give up a room for each of them. It would just take up too much free space."
The brown haired vampire smiled brightly and ran up to him and hugged him tightly. He looked surprised but nevertheless, he returned her hug. She then turned around to look at my family and I and motioned for us to follow her. Her family followed us upstairs, but then spread out, all of them taking off in different directions. The brown haired girl led us to a big pair of light-blue doors and swung them open wide. She walked in and we followed.
Inside the room, it was beautiful and VERY big. The wall in the back of the room was made entirely of glass and overlooked the private garden in the back of the house. That meant that when the sun shone through the windows, we wouldn't have to hide from the unwanted eyes of the public. The walls were painted a light gold color and matched the carpet which was a darker shade of gold. There were seven beds in the room that we would probably never use. (Except Emmett and Rosalie if you know what I mean…) There was a big television on the west wall with a few soft couches in front and the east wall was full of bookshelves and CD shelves as well as the beds that I just mentioned. There was a big stereo there as well. All along the west wall, there were doors. The large glass wall had curtains that you could close to get some privacy. There was also a balcony.
"The doors all lead to fully stocked closets and bathrooms. Each of you have your own closet, but I can't say the same for the bathrooms though. Two of you will have to share," the brown haired girl said.
"Thank you," Carlisle replied. "This is certainly better than that cold wet basement."
The vampire girl smiled at us and told us that we should look around and see if the room was to our liking. She would be waiting on the balcony while we looked around. I already knew that I would like the room, because it had a lot of music that I could listen to, so I followed after the brown haired girl and stood next to her on the balcony. She turned and smiled at me.
"So, do you like the room?"
"Yeah, but I'm a little worried about sharing one room with my whole family."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Should I try to find you another room?"
"Don't worry, I'm only joking. Everything's just fine."
She smiled at me and looked off into the garden below. I decided to ask her some questions that were on my mind.
"So, why did you and your coven take us here?"
Her face fell and she turned slowly to look at me. She looked into my eyes for a long time before sighing and closing her eyes. When she opened them, they looked a little weary.
"I honestly don't know. We got orders from our leaders to capture you all mainly because they want to speak with you about the way you eat. My father never really explained it. I doubt that he even knows himself. When he questioned our leaders about it, they told him that they would destroy our coven if we disobeyed their orders or asked any more questions. We were all weary of this mission from the start."
"Who do you work for?" I asked.
She paused for a moment, than she answered, "The Volturi."
I sharply took in my breath. So, she couldn't be trusted and neither could her family. That saddened me for I was beginning to like this girl. She read my sorrowful expression and quickly began talking.
"No! Believe me, it's not like that. We trust the Volturi no more than you do. We're only working for them so that we can keep an eye on them; make sure that they're doing nothing barbaric. Well at least that's how we thought it was. Lately, they've been doing bad things and yet my father has done nothing about it. It started to worry him as well as us, and he said that he would take action if things got any worse. This, what we've done to you now, is horrible enough to be considered worse. Yet, he still does nothing. I think that it's because our coven is threatened but I can't be sure."
"What could happen to my coven and I?" I asked.
"I don't exactly know," she replied. "Though, I'm certain that whatever it is, it won't be good."
She sighed. "This is my fault. I could have tried to hide you away somewhere, but now it's too late." She was silent for a little while. "Why don't we talk about this some more this afternoon? I need to clear my head."
I nodded. " What do you do to clear your head?"
She smiled. "I play my piano."
I smiled too. "I play as well."
"Maybe we can have a duet together later. It would be interesting to see who's better."
"I'd like that," I said.
"Well, I'd better go now. My family will be wondering what happened to me," she smiled.
As she turned to leave, I remembered something that I wanted to ask her.
"Wait," I called. She turned around and looked at me. "What's your name?"
She smiled. "Isabella, though I'd prefer that you called me Bella."
And with that, she turned and left, leaving me standing alone on the balcony.
AN: Alright, so please review people!!! Next time I might not update if I don't get enough reviews and you have to admit that my review goals are fairly easy (and I count people twice if they review twice, as long as it's not on the same chapter that they already reviewed on.) Altogether, I'd like to have 6 reviews to update. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! If you did, then please review and if you didn't like it, please review anyway and tell me what I can do to improve!! Alrighty then, I'll be back when I have my total of 6 reviews.
