Okay- the note below was the original note for this chapter. Just a few changes- I added Jasper's chapter anyway, which you'll find is chapter 2. I am nowhere near as pleased with it as the first chapter or even this one, but it was distraction for the day (which will probably cause me to stay up three hours later the day before my biology assessment is due but oh well) and I wanted to see people's opinions to it. Skip the next few bolded paragraphs if you want, just more of my babble.
This was my original first chapter, when the idea was poking me in the back of the head going 'write me, write me, write me, write me' continuously. I of course obliged but then when a friend of mine got confused I wrote the previous chapter (which I have to say I'm much happier with than this). There was going to be a chapter that explained what happened when she first woke up, but I don't think it needed to be said. We all know what happens- the thirst, the nearly killing someone but stopping. You know, the usual. But that was in Jasper's POV which I have to admit is more difficult to write- all the emotions bubbling around with the added bonus of Daisy's power (which you'll find about later if I get enough happy responses to this chapter hint hint)
Thank you so much to BubbiGurl23, Chicki Babie and Red Reaper (that name made me chuckle- you might find out why later) for the reviews. Just for Red Reaper and everyone else who is curious, the name of the chapter is the point of view it is. I hate naming stories and chapters and that seemed like the easiest way to go. Anyway, constructive criticism will be greatly appreciated, particularly for this chapter. Again, any recognisable characters do not belong to me. Duh. Well on with the story …
We found her sitting in the old tree, hiding from the world behind the leaves. If it weren't for Edward being so attuned to her scent and thoughts, I fear we never would have found her again. I knew we couldn't coax her down easily- she is incredibly stubborn, annoyingly sometimes. So Edward went into the tree to talk to her, he offered me to but they have a closer bond. He did turn her.
'You lied to me.' I hear her whisper in the voice that sends shivers down my spine. I'm not sure if it's because I fear her when she's like this, or whether I fear for her. 'You said their bite would kill me. You LIED TO ME!' She screamed and the birds that were resting in the tree flew off suddenly, showering me with leaves and feathers.
'Daisy, I told you not to go near them for a reason- they're dangerous.'
'More so than us?' The question is also dangerous. He knows the answer, and so does she but she asks it just the same.
'Dizzy-' He begins softly, using the nickname only he is allowed to use. 'How do you know that their bite does not harm us?' Edward asks the question for my sakes only- he can see clearer into Daisy's mind than anyone else's.
'I asked Seth to take a small nip.'
'When he was transformed?' Edward's velvet voice shook slightly with the fury coursing through his veins. It went through my mind to go warn Seth but I knew I would be more useful to calm Edward down here.
'No, I just asked this guy to bite me out of the blue. Of course when he was transformed father.' The name she calls him still causes me to smile and my heart to sing out. Our own little girls. 'He can handle it.'
'He's only been able to transform for a few months.' We all know the meaning behind this statement- werewolves are at their most dangerous when they had recently transformed for the first time. Whether it's because they're vulnerable, not learned enough of self control or not able to keep their temper, it's just a fact of life. A very twisted life, but our life none the less.
'So was Jacob.' She muttered bitterly. I could feel Edward's glance at me between the leaves that separated us. Neither one of us was sure whether he should be mad at me, Jacob, Seth, Daisy or simply worried about his two girls. No one wanted to find out- the acceptation probably, was Daisy when she was in this state.
'Bells didn't ask him to bite her just to find out if he would kill her or not.' He never refers me to Daisy as mother. I doubt he wants to push the title onto her. And there's the fact that quite a bit of the time she wouldn't refer to me as mother either. She is incredibly temperamental and if Edward didn't act like her father she wouldn't call him that either.
I know her response before she says it and I want to stop her before she opens her mouth. To protect him from the guilt and anger.
'No, instead she asked you.' I feel someone land from the tree beside me and at the moment I'm not sure which one of them stalked off from the conversation. The flash of blue-black hair tells me it was the newest member of our family.
'Daisy-' I call after her but she ignores me.
'She's going to go talk to Alice.' Edward informs me. I think it annoys her that he can see clearly into her mind- more clearly than anyone else- and she can't do the same. Her power is much more beneficial, but as a sulky teenager would do, she disagrees with me.
'Edward,' I begin and I don't know where to go from there. There is so much I want to say, but at the same time I want it to stay silent truth.
'I shouldn't have turned her.' His gaze is so fierce that it almost burns my cool skin.
'Don't say that.' I tell him, more confident than I should feel. He does that to me.
'I should have listened to you.'
'No. Edward, if it weren't for you she would either be dead on the streets or near it with no one with her. She loves you, and you feel the same- I can feel it. It's just that she is around us so much I'm sure she wishes she can have someone she can feel about like we feel about each other. It's just a fact we have to get used to. And if she feels that way about a werewolf, don't you think it might have the slightest chance that severed ties can be fastened together again?' He suddenly grabs me to him and hugs me violently.
'I love you so much.' He whispers softly in my ear.
'I love you just a little bit more. Go after her.'
'Come with me.'
'Of course. How could I be separated from you for more than a minute?' He chuckles softly and kisses me softly before walking off, his arm still firmly secured around my waist. Out of the corner of my eye I see him grin suddenly and I know he's talking to Alice. Sometimes I get a little jealous of their connection, but I know that it's nowhere near as deep as ours. Just a little more convenient.
'Dizzy?' Edward calls into the apparently empty room as we reach the attic that acts as her room. The girl steps out from behind a sheet connected to the ceiling, looking still furious.
'Go away.' She says bitterly, and with help from the sliver of sunlight peeking through the window I spy her open suitcase from behind the sheet. This confuses me- if she were leaving she would not need a suitcase. We could circle the world in a day and never get a speck of dust on us.
'Daisy!' Edward yells. Her mind must have drifted to something that she was trying to keep out of it. 'You thought to trick us?' That must explain it.
'Not you.' The venom in her voice is brought down a notch, with slight regret taking its place. I tried to think of who she would have tricked with the case. Who would have been trusting enough to believe she would take it. Who loved her enough at the same time to care. I knew the answer before Edward spoke it allowed.
'Esme and Carlisle.' He growled. Fury was beginning to radiate from his skin. I had never seen him this angry at the child. 'You would do this for a mere pup?' The words stung her more than he realised they would. Guilt flooded into his eyes.
'Not just a pup. More than a man than you could ever be!' She screams this, and out of the corner of my eye I see the window crack from the pitch of her voice. His eyes tell me more than he ever would- she doesn't mean it, but wishes she could. She suddenly chokes back a cry and I know he is talking to her silently. Trying to save me from this horrible fight. Thunder claps in the distance and rain begins to roll off the windows. Before she can fight me off I hold the girl in my arms.
'I'm going.' She whispers in my ear and pushes me from her.
'Let her. I left the most gentle of men and it only made me appreciate him. She will miss Carlisle to much soon.' He whispers in my ear and I know that he is trying to convince himself as he talks. That means that the girl does not even know what is to come. In a way that could be negative or positive. It's all in the mind, as Alice says but she normally includes the statement with a laugh and a slight punch to Edward's shoulder that would shatter a normal human.
She'll be back, and somehow I don't need Alice to tell me that.
