Hi everyone! I am back! And I've got a new chapter for you! I've got too many stories at this moment, so it's only one chapter, but it's eeh… long for what I normally do. Enjoy this new chapter.

Disclaimer: I believe I didn't say this before, so this is for the whole story: I don't and will probably never own twilight!

Chapter 3: Tirza, the familiar girl

Kevin felt very strange. One moment he was climbing up the stairs, the next he heard hissing and felt pain like he had never before. Then he saw only black and felt numb, until he felt a searing pain in his neck and a strange burning filled his veins. It spread through his body very fast. Suddenly, he remembered his father's words.

"It felt like I was burned alive."

A vampire? Was he becoming a vampire? Why? Then he remembered the stairs and the pain. What had happened? The burning didn't stop for a whole lot of a time, but after a while everything became clearer. Sometimes he heard the sound of breathing and he heard other things.

A while after he had started hearing things (AN: ouch, this sounds like he's going crazy, but he is not, I assure you.) he heard someone speaking.

"I hope he won't be in too much pain. I would hate myself all my life if he is."

Who was that? Kevin didn't know until… he recognized it. It was almost like the music like voice of Ilfert, but it sounded clearer and it was like there were a thousand bells ringing with it. Just why was he talking like that? He couldn't think anymore, because the burning started to fade from his limbs and his heart sped up and burned even more.

A soft hand grabbed his and held it, while Kevin almost felt like screaming. 'Pain, pain!' was the only thing he could think of. His heart sped up even more and then fell silent. The burning was gone.

He opened his eyes. What he saw was confusing. Everything was so detailed, he could see little pieces of dust in the air. But also his hearing had improved magnificently. He could hear cars and people from the entire town. Suddenly Ilfert spoke.

"Please forgive me, my son. I have given you a cursed life."

He immediately understood what had happened. He had fallen down the stairs, he had almost died and Ilfert had turned him. And now he felt guilty, because he had done that, because he felt that what had given his son was something nobody wanted. He smiled to his dad, who looked even more beautiful than before now.

"Don't worry dad, I will."

Ilfert gave him a confused look.

"You will what?"

Kevin arched a brow.

"Forgive you, you told me you thought you had given me a cursed life…'

Ilfert shook his head slowly.

"No, I hadn't said anything, yet. Wait, what am I thinking of now?"

Kevin saw a pancake with jam coming in his mind. He frowned.

"Pancakes with jam?"

Ilfert nodded and gave him a bone crushing hug.

"Congratulations, my son, you have a special ability, you can read thoughts. Only a few vampires have gifts. Guinevra is the only vampire I know with an ability and she has a lot of them. And maybe the Volturi…"

Kevin gave him a confused look.

"O- Okay, thanks, I guess. What are the Volturi?"

Ilfert smiled.

"In the vampire world you have 'governments'. The Volturi and Sanguine's group. Sanguine's group is the most feared one, because Sanguine is a very strong vampire. But Sanguine's group only has vegetarian vampires. They kill every vampire that kills or tries to kill a human in their territory. The Volturi only have one rule. Hide yourselves from humans, don't let them know we exist."

Kevin nodded, but suddenly grimaced. He felt a burning sensation in his throat. Ilfert smiled a sad smile.

"I think you need to feed. Follow me."

They got out of the house at the backside. Ilfert told him not to breath, because humans were close by. Suddenly Ilfert started to run. Kevin followed him quickly. He ran quickly past his dad. Running was fun, he decided, but he was thirsty, so he stopped at a lake to wait for Ilfert. He sat down and looked at his reflection in the water. His clothes were still bloody. He had a bite mark in his neck, almost invisible against his ivory skin. He looked very tired, because of the dark circles beneath his eyes. He was almost as beautiful as Ilfert now!

He turned around and saw Ilfert smiling at him.

"My beautiful son."

This time Kevin knew it was a thought, because Ilfert's lips didn't move. It embarrassed Kevin to hear all those stupid father things from Ilfert's thoughts.

"Stop thinking about me, dad!"

Ilfert smiled softly.

"Sorry, Kevin, I can't help it. I'm just so proud."

Kevin rolled his eyes. Then his throat reminded him that he needed… blood. Ilfert saw this and told him to breath.

"What do you smell?"

He smelled animals, many animals. He tried to focus on the nicest smell. From that one was on to his right and two were close by. He told Ilfert this. The man smiled.

"It is a mountain lion, Kevin. You like that one? Okay, I'll let you take it this time."

Without a second thought, Kevin raced toward the animal, killed it gracefully and drank the blood. When he looked to hi side, he saw Ilfert wresting with the other. Chuckling, Kevin noticed that his father was not as graceful as he was. When Ilfert was done, he looked up only to see Kevin laughing at him. He looked at himself. His clothes had traces of claws and teeth on it and it was a bit bloody, but Kevin was totally the same as he had been before. No traces of a fight, except for the blood traces that were already there from his fall from the stairs.

"You're very graceful, even for a vampire, son. I'm so proud of you."

Kevin smacked Ilfert on the head and then he saw something he'd never seen before, Ilfert winced. His dad, the invincible man, winced.

"Sorry, Kevin, I had forgotten to tell you that newborns are stronger and faster at first.'

Kevin blinked.

"Shit, sorry dad!"

Ilfert smiled and shook his head.

"Don't worry, my son. It took me years to learn to control myself enough to be around humans. I've gotten ourselves a cottage in the forest. There, I'll teach you everything you need to know to be around humans."

Kevin gave his dad a small smile.

"Thanks, dad, you're the best dad ever. But eeh… is it normal that I'm still thirsty?"

Ilfert nodded and Kevin rolled his eyes.

"Let me guess, that's because I'm a newborn?"

Again, Ilfert nodded, smiling.

"Being a newborn has many drawbacks."

After they had hunted, Ilfert went to the bottom of the stairs, where Kevin had fallen. It was still bloody. He planted a sad expression on his face.

"Kevin, please lay down, don't breath, don't move."

Kevin did as he was told and suddenly he felt Ilfert's fingers brushing against his skin. From the touch of it, he knew it was blood. What was he doing? His limbs were pushed into an uncomfortable position. Then, Ilfert pushed his head to the side. Then his footsteps removed themselves.

A moment later he heard some faint talking and a thought. He started to recognize thoughts now.

"I hate lying."

That was Ilfert. What was he doing? And then a bit of buzzing and the voice of the neighbor.

"O, poor dear, he really loves his son. It's all my fault, that stupid cat."

It was strange to hear other people's deepest feelings and thoughts.

Both the neighbor and Ilfert came in now. The neighbor gasped, but Kevin didn't move. Then he heard a very low voice.

"Listen, Kevin. They are going to burry you. You won't like it, but I have to do it this way. I have asked Guinevra for help. She has put up an illusion covering you. As for how I can reach her. She is always reading my thoughts for help. It's a special way I know to use. She only does it to keep our kind secret."

It was a strange sensation to be at his own funeral. People were crying over him. His friens were giving speeches and even Mike Stills was crying. He glanced through his eyelashes once. He saw Tirza Tomson, the nicest girl of the class, leaving white lilies and a note book on his coffin. After that he was buried in the ground and it was a bit quiet for a long time. Then he heard Ilfert's thoughts again.

"Kevin, I'm going to get you out of there, wait a second."

Only seconds later he was free from his prison. Ilfert destroyed the ground around the grave, after he had grabbed all presents from the top of the coffin.

"Memories of your life."

And after moment of silence.

"How was it, to be at your own funeral?"

Kevin shrugged.

"Strange. It felt weird to hear people talk about you like you should be honored. And all those people were crying, even Mike! And poor Tirza. She was thinking about how much she loved me. I never knew, but I don't think I could have loved her that way."

Ilfert smiled.

"You'll never know."

After that, they ran away and brought the funeral presents to the forest cottage. Kevin stayed there, while Ilfert rented a moving car and brought everything else to their new place.

Kevin trained there for years. After four years, they moved back into a tow. The first day, they were welcomed by a what Kevin thought was a very cute girl.

"Hello, welcome here, I'm Cindy Laslow, nice to meet you!"

Kevin grabbed her hand and kissed it.

"Hello Cindy, my name is Kevin Mustrow. Nice to meet you too!"

Cindy pulled her hand back and snorted.

"Pig."

With that she was gone. Ilfert was chuckling at him.

"You're not lucky today, my boy."

But Kevin was still smiling.

"Her thoughts said other things."

Ilfert started laughing now.

"My boy's first love!"

Kevin punched him on the arm.

"Shut up!"

Another girl was walking toward them.

"Hi, I'm Jessica. You have to be the new people here, Ilfert and Kevin. I'm seventeen and I'm currently single."

Kevin rolled his eyes. It was obvious even to those who couldn't read her thoughts that Jessica wanted a relationship with him.

"Ow, you must have been greeted by that cow, Cindy, already. Don't worry about it, I will take care of her."

She tried to put her arm around his shoulders, but Kevin rushed away from her in a not vampire way. He shot her an angry look.

"Get away from me, whore! Even Cindy is better than you."

She huffed, turned around and ran away. Kevin turned to Ilfert with a smug smile on his face.

"She was thinking of crying."

They still lived in the same cottage in the forest, but decided it was best to go into the public now. He would go to school for now.

Kevin and Ilfert went to buy some clothes and other things. While Kevin shopped for school stuff, Ilfert went to get some clothes. When they met each other at the cottage again, Ilfert told him about the things he had heard.

"Many vampire attacks have occurred here. It's very suspicious. My guess is that it's a newborn and that he or she has no control yet."

Kevin flinched at the word newborn. It was still very fresh to him.

"We have to catch the vampire, don't you think Ilfert?"

They waited until night time before they went outside again. Ilfert was about to give up on the search, when Kevin heard a faint voice saying "Blood, blood, blood." Ilfert frowned.

"A thirsty newborn. Quickly, have you got the vial with animal blood?"

Kevin nodded.

"Okay, open it now!"

So Kevin did. The next moment Kevin was rolling on the floor, fighting something much stronger than he was.

"Here! I will give it to you for free!"

He handed her the vial and she drank it in one second. Afterwards she began to cry. Now he recognized the figure. Her clothes were torn and her hair was not in a very good state, but it was clearly Tirza Tomson.

"I'm such a monster!"

Kevin shook his head.

"No, Tirza, you're not a monster."

At her name she looked up.

"Wait a sec… Kevin! Bu-, bu-, bu-, but you're dead!"

Ilfert offered them his hands.

"We can go to our cottage and there we'll talk."

They ran to the cottage. Kevin opened the door.

"Welcome to our home. We have been living here for four years, since… since I was bitten."

Tirza stared at him with big eyes.

"You were bitten too? But your eyes?"

Kevin smiled at her.

"I am a vegetarian vampire. I only drink animal blood."

Shaking, Tirza turned to Ilfert.

"But then, you're a vampire too!"

Ilfert nodded.

"I have been for several hundred years. And I can tell you the story about Kevin. The story is not much different from what we told you. It only happened three days earlier. And I discovered it immediately. I didn't want to lose my son, so I bit him. It took three days for the change to happen and then we faked his death as to make no suspicion around us. I freed him from the grave and we took all the stuff with us. So there really is a coffin in our house, Kevin's. He never lies in it, though. It's for the sake of memories. All the presents are in it."

Kevin grabbed Tirza's hands.

"I read the notebook over and over again. Those poetries were really sweet, Tirza."

She blushed. Then he heard her thoughts.

"I can't say I'm thirsty again, they'll think I'm stupid."

Kevin stroked the back of her hand.

"You're not stupid, come on, we're going to hunt. Yes, I can read your thoughts, that's my ability."

She smiled and nodded. Tirza became the new part of the family.

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