Today is Yesterday's Memory
Summary – Edward is an ancient vampire searching for the love of his life that was ripped from him over 3 thousand years ago. Reincarnation. Canon pairing.
Stephanie Meyers owns all things Twilight. This story line is mine.
Rated "M" for supernatural subject matter, may not be appropriate for those under 18 years of age, and adult situations later in story.
My undying thanks for editing and their endless patience: John-Mark and Susan
To Issy: Thanks so much for your patience.
A/N: I owe you all an apology for taking so long with this up date. This story line is not talking to me. I appreciate you, and most of all I appreciate your patience. Thank you. It's a rare gift.
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Today is Yesterday's Memory
Chapter 7
The First Time He saw Her Face
(Edward reflecting on the first time he ever saw his beloved)
The young man, who would become Edward Anthony Cullen in the distant future, walked along the path that lead from his village along the river to a small lake with the hopes of catching some fish for dinner. The Sun was just beginning to rise above the hills when he caught a glint of red-gold by the river bank.
That's when he saw her for the first time.
When the girl stood and turned toward him, he was transfixed by the sight of the beautiful, fair-skinned beauty with red gold hair. It was the second time he'd ever seen that color hair on anyone. So of course, he became fascinated by her.
The first time he'd seen that color was on a priestess who was traveling and had asked his family for shelter for the night. As it was very bad luck to turn away a priest or priestess who asked for shelter, of course they had bade her enter into their small home and share their meager meal of beans,fish and a little bread.
During the meal he'd raised his eyes to the priestess and looked again at her hair.
"I see you're intrigued with my hair color, child." The priestess' words were the first spoken directly to him. The priestess couldn't have been much older than himself, but he was not insulted in anyway by the way she'd addressed him. Everyone who was not within the priesthood considered those who were not, to be children.
"Yes, I've never see that color before. Everyone I know has black hair," the future Edward confessed.
"It is said that those of us who have red hair, have ancestors who came from a drowned land that sank beneath the seas many many years ago. My own mothers hair was completely red, and she had green eyes, much as your own." the priestess explained.
"My parents have never understood why I have green eyes when no one else did." Edward said. The priestess talked more with him after that and he'd been sorry to see her leave. Even then, he'd been a very inquisitive Individual.
The girl looked down shyly and I couldn't see what colors her eyes were. Fishing forgotten now that he'd seen her closer up, "May I walk with you?" he inquired, and that was the beginning of their romance.
Several times they'd managed to meet by the river banks to sit and talk with each other. There soon developed a deep love between the two of them, and they had received permission from their families to marry. They were just days away from the marriage when, disaster befell them when they encountered the vampire that killed the girl, and had turned Edward into the same hateful creature.
After Edward had run from his family and village when his transformation was complete, he'd roamed the country side terrorizing the villages up and down the river until they managed to chase him away. He continued to roam seeking only his next meal for a very long time. Today he thought that, that had been close to two hundred years. His ability to hear other's thoughts was the main reason for his escaping his own capture over the centuries.
When he was finally able to be around humans, without wanting to instantly to drain them, he happened to hear a conversation between a wise man and a student about how the soul lived within many bodies for many life times in order to perfect its self for being rejoined with the Creator. Immediately, he appeared before the wise man and asked if it would be possible to find another from a different life again.
The wise man had been fearful, at first, that the vampire was going to kill himself and his student, but as they talked, he became more comfortable with Edward's presence.
The answer to his question was,yes it was, but would be extremely difficult to do, if ever. One would have to be a mind reader and even then it would difficult, unless of course you could read the akashic records.
Now, his life would have purpose besides feeding and roaming the world. He would find the newest incarnation of his murdered love and they'd live out eternity together.
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