Disclaimer: Same as always. I do not own Twilight or any of the characters in the book. I do however own the plot of this fanfic(kinda) and all the OC's including James, and the two nameless girls. Don't worry, they do have names which will be revealed in the next chapter. FF sucks in one way b/c it wouldn't let me keep the nice cursive script I had for that short little note. Oh well. I hope you enjoy this chapter. :D
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A man with short, spiked black hair with red tips, pale golden skin and emerald green eyes walks up the abandoned trail leading to a remote cabin in the heart of the forest. He smiles at the familiar sight. It is a small, homey, wooden cabin. On the front door is a bright, neon green sticky note addressed to him. He takes the note off the door and carefully reads the neat, cursive script.
Hey Doc!
Gone shopping. Be back later.
The stranger sighs and crumples the note in his hand. He lets the paper fall to the ground. He looks back at the cabin one final time. As he leaves, he laughs down the old abandoned trail.
James Talon Night
For the past hour, I have been running around in large circles. Even though I told Jake that I'd meet him back at La push, something has been nagging at the back of my mind and because of that I'm unwilling to go back. I don't know why any of them haven't tried to get in contact with me or if they even could, but that didn't seem to be important at the moment. The girl that I met today said something that's really nagging at me. 'That's for me to know and for you to find out. What does that mean?' It has a hidden message in there somewhere. The only problem is that I have to figure out what it is.
I just wish it was as easy as it sounds. Sigh.
I stop to clear my head and gather my thoughts. This always helps me when I am frustrated. As I am doing this though, I sense something that makes me uncomfortable. Whether it is dangerous or just nerves, I'm not sure but I decide to check it out.
Quickly, I run off in the direction of the possible threat. When I reach the destination, I can almost swear my jaw drops to the ground. The sight that I see in front of my own eyes didn't seem menacing at all. It actually looks…really cute. It's a small, wooden cabin located deep in the forest. I change back into a human and put on the jeans that I always carry with me. Warily, I walk up to the cabin, sensing for the first sign of danger. In the area surrounding the cabin, everything seems to be fine. No sign of trouble. I cautiously reach for the door handle. I open the door and find…
Nothing.
The inside is scarcely furnished except for a table, some chairs, a dresser and a few pictures. There are two other private rooms. They were both bedrooms and were scarcely furnished as well except for a bed in each room. Leaving the bedrooms, I walk back into the open space of the small living room and kitchen and set my eyes on the pictures sitting on the dresser. I take a special interest in these pictures since they are the only things in this small little cabin that might give me some sort of clue. The first one has a girl with jet black hair, golden tan skin, and hazel-brown eyes. Her eyes are shining brightly and holding her left hand out creating a peace sign and has her right arm around the other girl in the picture. The other girl has dark brown hair with blood red streaks and hazel-blue eyes. She is dressed like a punk and flipping off the camera but yet, she is smirking, as if she knows something and isn't let anyone else in on the joke. I smile and laugh at this picture before setting it back down in its original place.
The second picture has the same two girls except this time there are a few differences. The girl with jet black hair has white streaks now and the other girl, who had blood red streaks, now has beautiful golden highlights. This time she has a soft smile placed on her lips. The look in her eyes though tells me she knows a secret as in the picture before but again not letting anyone in on it. The shorter girl, with the white streaks has her hands on her hips and a playful, evil smile on her lips and this glint in her eyes. She looks as if she is waiting to play a predatory game and she is the predator. At this picture, I just shake my head and chuckle.
The final picture really catches my eyes. It's a picture of two girls standing side by side. The two girls look like polar opposites, black and white, good and evil. The taller one has a sexy, dangerous smile on her lips while her friend is smiling warmly with her hands clasped together neatly in front of her. The warmth in her smile doesn't seem to reach her eyes though. They are so sad and hurt, like smiling is a very draining task. To me, it seems like she is holding back tears, putting on a brave face for the camera. I look at the taller girl again and her eyes, though only very subtly, show anger. She looks like it is taking everything she has just to hold back. Most remarkable about these two girls though, is that the two girls in the picture look exactly like the girls that Jake and I met in the clearing.
As I am setting the picture down, wonder about their whereabouts and if they could possibly live here, I notice a small dark stain poking out from behind the dresser. Intrigued, I pull the dresser away from the wall and see more stains, some large and others small. The way it is, I think that it's splattered blood. When I get closer to really inspect it, a faint, distinct scent hits my sensitive nose. Blood.
"It's blood." I say to myself as a confirmation. My eyes narrow and my senses go on full alert. Catching another scent, this one stronger and just as distinct, I curse at myself for not catching it sooner. I let out a small growl. "Vampire."
With must haste, I leave the cabin, making sure everything is as it had been before I had entered. I plan on going back to La Push right away, but as a second thought I reenter the cabin and take the last picture I had picked up and shove it in my back pocket. Finally, as fast as I can, I run to La Push where I know that Sam and the others are waiting for me.
The two girls stand atop a building looking down at the bustling city below. Many bright lights lit up the night sky, cars honk their horns loudly, hookers and prostitutes stand on the streets below. As the people go on with their nightly routine, not one of them knows of the danger that awaits them. None of them know of the silent, dangerous eyes that are constantly watching them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
"I hate big cities." The shorter of the two said pouting her glossy lips. "There are too many people and not enough space."
"It's the only place we can go and get away with it. Why do you think that big cities are a prime target? There is an over abundant supply of food."
"I know. It doesn't mean that I have to like it though."
The two girls go completely silent and watch the life below, each lost in their own thoughts. It may not be the best way to get what they need, but it is the only way. When it comes to survival, they do what they have to do to survive.
Finally, both brought out of their thoughts, they walk over to a dark, deserted alleyway and jumped, landing softly and silently on their feet. Complete absolute stealth is the only way to live.
Putting on fake, sweet smiles, they walk out on the sidewalk in their short skirts, leather boots and skimpy tank tops. Every time a man passed by they would smile and move their bodies in very suggestive ways that was meant to seduce them. After many failed attempts, they got lucky, if finding two drunken bastards is what you would call lucky, then yes, they got lucky. The two drunken bastards were going to walk by when they noticed the two beauties. Lecherous grins broke out on both of their faces. The one guy approaches them.
"My, my. What do we have here?" He says slurring his words.
"Um, we're unfamiliar with the big city." The taller girl says with fake meekness. "We're lost."
"Why don't you let us help?" The guy asks. He touches the darker blonde's cheek. Outwardly, she looks like she doesn't mind it, she even smiles, but inwardly, she cringes and scowls deeply. If she could have avoid this she would, but it's just another part of life that she has to put up with. "OK."
The two men lead the girls into the dark alleyway that the girls had previously come from. The guys, with their backs to the girls, are smiling wildly, unaware of their fate. The girls are smiling as well, for the two poor bastards have just walked straight into their trap. Before the men even have a chance to turn around or even know what's going on, the girls have their fangs in the victims' necks, hungrily sucking the life-giving blood from their helpless bodies. When they have finished feeding, the two girls set the men on the ground, alive, and make it look like they passed out from excessive alcohol consumption. With their business done, they leave without a trace.
Once safely away in another state, the two girls sit down to rest.
"Ugh! Why do we have to do that?" The dark blonde girl asked. "Those guys were so disgusting and repulsive."
"May I remind you that you're the one that said big cities are a prime target because of the food supply?"
"Ok yea, I said that but-"
"Then stop complaining."
"Sorry for having morals. I just don't like taking blood without asking." She says with much bite in her voice.
"What are we going to do? You want to go up to some random person and ask 'Hey can we drink your blood because we're starving vampires and in desperate need.' Oh yea, that'll work just so well. We can't expose ourselves unless we want to die."
The taller girl sighs and looks away. "I know, so you don't have to be so dramatic. I just wish that there was a better way."
"Well," The shorter, lighter blonde says. "There are a few other ways, but I know that you won't go for them."
"Try me."
"We can try drinking from animals." The short girl says with little hope in her voice.
"Um, let me think. No. One, it's hard to find animals that have the right blood consistency. For example, cow blood is too thin and pork blood is way too thick. Besides, the last time we tried that, you nearly tore my head off for trying to drink from one of the cute little forest animals."
"Well, I can't help it. You know how much I love animals."
"It's ok. It's not like I really wanted to do it anyway." She sighs and stares off into the lights of the city below. "Even though I do complain sometimes, I don't really mind drinking from humans. Their blood is the right consistency, not too thick, not too thin."
"You know that's how I feel too. And if this is our choice then there is not much we can do about it, except to be extremely careful and not break our laws."
"Why don't we just rob a blood bank or a hospital or something?"
"Tried that, remember?"
"Really?"
"Yea. And we almost got caught."
"Oh. Right." She says a bit sheepishly. "Oops."
"We almost got killed." The shirt blonde says as a matter of fact. Then she closes her eyes and sighs deeply. "I just wish…guess it doesn't matter what I wish."
"No, tell me."
"I wish…I wish that the others were still alive."
The taller, darker blonde looks at her friend. Tears are streaming out of the shorter girls eyes. The lighter blonde puts her arms around herself and falls down on her knees, crying. The dark blonde embraces her friend in a loving hug as tears, too, spill from her eyes.
"It's going to be ok." The darker blonde says, rubbing her friend's back.
Struggling to speak through the tears and the sobs, the shorter girl asks, "How do you know?"
"I don't. But we're here aren't we?"
"Yea, and all of our friends are dead." She says bitterly. "Dead! Burned at the stake! And we couldn't stop it!"
"Hey, it's going to be ok. Trust me. We're going to make it, ok? We're going to survive this, just like we survived then."
"And how many more people are going to dire for us, huh? How many more of our friends are going to die to protect us?"
"We have to survive! Do you want their sacrifices to be in vain?"
"No…" She says. Then she mumbles something incoherent.
"Sis?"
"We couldn't stop it…" She whispers loud enough for the other girl to hear. Then she bursts in to more tears and clings onto her only friend and sister, the only person left. "Why couldn't we stop them from dying?"
"They chose to die for us, sis. They sacrificed themselves for us so that we could go on living."
"You won't ever leave me, right?" She asks looking at her sister with tears in her eyes.
"No. Never."
"Sister forever, right?"
The taller girl smiles. "Sisters forever."
This small promise, no sisterly vow, calms the short blonde immediately. She has stopped crying and hugs her sister tightly. Letting go of each other, they step back and smile at each other.
"Thanks sis. You always know what to say t make me feel better."
"It's my job." Both girls laugh lightly at this.
Awkwardly, they look around, not sure what to do at this point. When they look back at each other again, both girls start to giggle, then they burst out into laughing, falling to the ground, clutching their sides. Both of them are rolling around on the ground in hysterics.
"Look at us!" The tall blonde says.
"We must look like a bunch of idiots." The short blonde says.
"Hey! It's fun being an idiot at times."
"True."
The two of them stay like that for a while, just lying on the ground enjoying the sounds of the night life around them, watching the endless night sky filled with stars, drinking in its beauty.
"How many nights do you think we'll have like this?" The short blonde asks with her mind far off away in another place.
"That's a stupid question. Eternity. Duh."
"No. I mean, like this. You and me. Peaceful. No worries."
"Who knows?" She says with a dreamlike voice. "Let's just enjoy it."
"Agreed. Since school starts tomorrow. Err-today."
"Don't remind me." The tall blonde says whining.
"Hey, you're the one that lives this life. Before I met you, I was a nomad, but you wanted this life and I can't say I hate it."
"Only because I don't feel like constantly moving from place to place. This way, we can stay in one place for a while, settle down, and then move before anyone finds out our secret."
"Wouldn't it be much easier to be a nomad though? No connections, no attachments to tie you down or make it harder for you to move."
"Maybe, but wouldn't you ever wonder what it would be like to have someone waiting for you at home, or to stay with you at times, instead of constantly moving everyday."
"It was every few days and nomads can travel in groups but I preferred to go it alone. I did wonder at one time what it would be like to stay in one place for a while to settle down for a bit. Nut now I don't have to worry about any of that because I have you sis." She says smiling. "That's all I need."
"Oh, really?" She asks her sister, propping up on one elbow, grinning slyly. "What about Jacob?"
The short blonde continues to stare out at the endless night sky, seeming as if she never heard her sister's question. Then finally she sighs, closes her eyes and answers. "He will never love me once he finds out what I am. But strangely, I'm ok with that. Must be from being alone for more than a century or watching the ones you love die before your very eyes."
"You'll always have me sis." She says softly, grabbing her sister's hand.
"I know." She replies smiling.
Both girls slowly stand up and brush off any dust, dirt or grass that is clinging to them. The tall blonde looks down at the city with a dreadful expression. "Well I guess we better go hunting if we're going to school, even though I'm dreading it."
"Stop complaining. This is the life we've chosen. It isn't so bad."
"I love it. I really do. I just hate school."
"You should be used to it by now. You've lived this life since you were born. I've only started living this way two year ago."
"Eh. I guess. Anyways, let's go hunting. Those new clothes aren't going to buy themselves."
The two girls laugh at this little joke. Only the two of them, their doctor, who they call doc, know their little jokes and super, special, secret way of speaking. Ok not really super special but it is secret, in a way.
They head off into the city, probably the happiest they have ever been in all their centuries of living.
