Moonlight

by wildrumpusstart

Emily is just getting the hang of being a wild thing when another boat washes up on the shore, inside is a Scottish hybrid vampire named Annabelle. She is running from the volturri because she has 2 gifts and they feel that she can be used as a weapon. This results in an alliance with the wild things and the vampires to protect Annabelle. A sequel to Where I Went For Acceptance.

4. Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Protection

They looked at me quizzically, as I explained, "She is the offspring of a female human and a male vampire. It is generally beyond the ability of most vampires to be this close to a human physically and still resist the lure of his/her blood. Human/vampire hybrids are therefore an extremely rare occurrence. The whole process is extremely risky and can easily fail due to the fragile human body."

"So, who's the Volturi?" Judith asked.

"It's the closest thing the vampire world has to royalty...they enforce the law."

"Like?"

"Not to reveal the existence of vampires to the human world, that would be complicated. And you can't create an immortal child."

"But she wasn't bitten."

"I know, why are they after you Annabelle?"

"Because, I have two gifts."

"Two what?" Judith asked.

"Gifts," I explained. "In their world, some vampires have special powers...but I've never heard of any with two gifts."

"So what does this have to do with the Volturi?" Carol asked.

"They probably think she can be used as a weapon."

"So what'll happen?" KW asked.

"They'll track her down, but I doubt that they'll come here."

"Well," Douglas spoke up. "I don't think so, I mean, don't vampires not need to breathe?"

"She needs too, there's blood in her."

"Well, then they can swim here in a flash...what do we do then?"

"We fight."

When I said that, Carol walked out. I followed him out and we had our first argument since I came here.

"Do you get a kick out of near death experiences or something Em?"

"Dad, this is the right thing to do-"

"Don't tell me you've already grown attached to her!"

"I have, I guess I've learned from the best right?"

"Em..."

"What?"

"This is different, you are not sacrificing yourself, don't even make me think of that image!"

"Will you just listen!"

"I am your father now! You listen to me!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH, if I wanted to be ordered around, I could've stayed home!"

"What?"

"If there's one thing you've taught me, it's to stand up for what I believe in...and that's exactly what you're depriving me from doing!"

He let go of the reins a little when I said this.

"Just please be careful."

"I will."

I knew he was scared out of his mind that I would be killed, and let me tell you the truth, I was scared too. Not for myself, but for everyone else.