Rise of the Hunter

ch.4 Different

I couldn't move. He was hardly two inches from me I took in as much of his scent as I could. He smelt amazing and his eyes. Those daggeringly dangerous eyes were gorgeous. I almost felt I could drown in them.

"Don't you speak." He asked in a rough tone. That's when I looked beyond his eyes and saw that glossy effect that only appear on vampires when I finally snapped out of it and pushed him off of me. This certainly took him by surprise since no one is stronger then a vampire. I took my stance and stared him down studying his every move.

He looked at me puzzled and looked like he was confused.

"Who are you, and why have I never seen you before?" He asked in almost a tone that was seductive he looked at me with a questioning look and didn't even flinch at my stance ready to fight.

I answered his question with a disapproving look. He came closer but I let out a low growl and he flinched back but with a playful look on his face. Fine. I guess I would make the first move then. I launched at him and he dodged. He was fast. But I was faster. This time I pinned him down in the dirt and had his arms spread out holding him down with my tiny body on top of him.

I held his head in a position to snap his neck but out of no where he was gone. Nothing was in my arms or underneath me. Just the earth. I looked around my blood pumping through my veins. Where was he? For some reason I actually felt longing like I was upset he was no longer underneath me... NO WHAT WAS I THINKING? Suddenly the wind was knocked out of me. I was hanging upside down by a rope. Great.

Just then I heard a soft sound. I will not hurt you, I'll let you down from this tree but you have to promise to try not to kill me anymore."

"NEVER!" I was furious now.

"Fine then I guess you're never getting down." He shrugged his shoulders hard and cold. "Or you know you could just here what I have to say, and maybe you could explain to me what's going on." He looked at me with certainty for some reason I couldn't say no to him I wanted to be let down and here what he had to say. All instincts had vanished. There was something different about him.

He saw in my eyes that I would cooperate and he smiled from the corner of his mouth and slowly let me down. "Now, why don't you go first, since you're the one trying to kill me."

I looked at him and started by raising my hair reveling my neck even though every nerve in my body tolled me not to. "My name is Becca Swan. I'm a Hunter, a vampire Hunter and I'm actually here to kill you and the rest of your family. It's my job to destroy the vampire population in order to keep our humans safe." I said in a very military sounding voice.

Not once did he look angry or insalted once. I was so confused. This is suppost to be a huge fight, but he wasn't fighting back.

"What's a Hunter?" He asked with actual curiosity. So I explained everything to him. The transformation, what it's like, even the special powers some of us receive. After I was done he said it was almost the exact same for full vampires and he even revealed to me what special power he had. A mind reader. This fascinated me, I actually wanted to know more about him. This was wrong all wrong.

"We're different you know." He said looking to the ground.

"What do you mean?" I asked puzzled

"My family and I are different, we're not harmful to humans. We have learned to control our thirst so now we only feed on animals." I flinched after he spoke these words just the thought of feeding on anything grossed me out.

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to be a monster." He brought his knees up to his chest and closed his eyes tightly. His hands balled into fists making his bones very visable. I looked at him wanting to comfort him, but I held back. I looked up to him though for wanting to be a better person.

"I guess that dosn't make you all that... never mind." I spit those words back in my mouth. WHAT WAS I SAYING. NO NO NO DON'T BE INTRESTEAD IN HIM HE'S NOT EVEN HUMAN! but I wanted to badly to just reach out and stroke his face. I flinched and instantly shot up from the ground at my move. He shot up too probably worried I was going to attack him again.

" I have to go." I said starting to walk past him.

"Please don't go just stay a bit longer, please." His pleading voice was agonizing but I had to leave before this got weird.

"Look I'm trained to automatically kill you, so be thankful that I'm even leaving right now. Fine you know what I'll make you a deal. I'll let you and your veggetarian family live but you have to stay away from me." With that I turned around and took off as fast as I could.

That night I dreamt of Edward Cullen and his dazzling eyes that pierced my heart and killed me for not killing him first. I woke the next morning in a panic. I reached for my light and looked around the room. Nothing was there. I held my forhead for a minute then got up and got ready for school.

The first thing I did before eat was call my sister. The only purpose for my existence. She had long, brown, wavy hair that almost looked black and she had a smile that could light up a dark alley. She was my most favourite person on the planet and I hadn't able to talk to her since I moved to forks. She was gone that day and I didn't even get to say good-bye.

The phone rang twice before...

"Hello?" A man said in a bulky voice. Oh no. I knew that voice. No they weren't going to do the to Gerty. I hung up and ran out the door.