Chapter 7 Let It All Out
"I was born to a vampire and a witch, that doesn't happen every day. You see, my father was the nephew of one of the Volturi leader. His own uncle had bitten him. You guys know what the volturi are right? Yes? The exist to stop rabid vampires, mostly newborns, going crazy and threatening the secretive existence of vampires but they weren't content with their authority over the vampire world .You see, there was this century long tension feud between the ministry of magic and the volturi, for decades prior, the volturi had been trying to overtake the wizarding world. When my mum and dad fell in love, my dad had no second thoughts about packing up and leaving. They ran for almost a decade, but when they had me, things got serious. My mum and dad had this vampire friend you see, he was a "veggie" vampire just like dad, but he held a respective place with the volturi. They named him my godfather, and he positioned himself with the volturi for a few years. So as to be able to warn them when the volturi attack. When they did, I was hidden at my godfather's house back in England, this was the reason not many people knew of my existence. I grew up there, after my parents were killed, hence the British accent, His coven/family became my brothers and sisters. They were all older than me. And they were all their vampires. They taught me English, Maths, Science, and languages, they were only 17/18 and they each taught me a subject. Like my very own school "
"If you were hidden, why couldn't you go to a normal school? You could've made human friends" Trust Seth to think about things that no one really thought about.
"Well, I did go to reception for a while, for you guys I think it's called kindergarten. But then I got picked on because of the colour of my hair. And my older sister wouldn't let me dye it because apparently it was "in"" She picked up a strand of her hair, tugged at it and let it fall back gingerly on her shoulder, she smiled gently , probably at the memory of her foster sister. "At about 10, I was in the park near the house. And I was approached by a vampire. Naturally he was curious; I mean I must have reeked of their smell. But his thirst got the better of him and he attacked me" she rolled up her sleeves to show us the thin scar m her skin rippled at the edges in the shape of a crescent moon. I couldn't contain my growl, she looked up at me for a second before deciding that she probably was hearing things, since I resolutely looked in the opposite direction,
"My family got there in time and disposed of him. But they had been incredibly uneasy with me in that time period. After a month from that incident, they dropped me off at a human foster family. They promised me that I would never see them until I was I was old enough, and that it would be good for me because this way unnecessary vampires could be avoided." she gingerly ran a finger over the ripples in her skin, a tear dropping on her wrist.
"When I lived with my human foster family it was the normal life I'd always wanted. My godfather forbade me from doing any form of magic lest I was discovered by the family. But I led a good life there, I had a younger brother and I EVEN got to go to school"
– Laughter. I even smirked. Breaking the tension.
"What? I liked school, sure I got teased a bit and I had to pretend that all the classes were new to me despite the fact Id been taught them practically six or seven years early." Her face fell before continuing,
"One day, when I was about 13, came home from school and found a note pegged to the door. It reeked of vampires," she scrunched her nose slightly, probably in memory of the smell. "They'd taken my foster mum, but my little brother was in some afterschool club and my dad was still at work. They'd only guaranteed her safety f I didn't run away. So I had no choice but to follow them. You see, the volturi have three leaders, and my grandfather, who didn't know of my existence until then, was one of them. Marcus, he was called. He didn't really care for anything but killing me. But his fellow leader was intrigued by my skills. I was a freak show to him, and he was bent on experimenting with me" before she turned to look at me, eyes burning with pain, I hadn't realised I was shaking. If I was to burst into the wolf form, I was going to hurt her. So that kept me under control; - for the mean time. Sam beckoned her to go on. Tears were forming in her eyes,
"I was put on display for his friend. They would try feed me blood, I- they would bring in humans and force me to bite them. I never did, never could. I had no thirst for blood and so couldn't overcome the repulsive idea. But one time, they - brought in my foster brother and they-they '
the tears were fully flowing from her eyes that had returned to their exquisite grey-purple colour. Sam looked at me pointedly, obviously telling me to comfort her since there was no one to her left side. I hesitantly touched her shoulders, as she hid her face behind her hands, my heart panged in pity for her. And I embraced her with my arms cradling her as her emotions over took her. She must've gone through so much and all the despair I felt over Bella felt like nothing in comparison. I stroked her hair while her crying softened to sobs, as she prepared to continue.
'Natalia, Natalia you don't have to carry on'
She shook her head against my chest and I slowly released her to see a firm brave face put on.
'no, I want to, I've kept it in me for so long, I have- no need- to, ' she smiled at me, and my heart missed a beat. I released her quickly and nodded curtly, pressing my lips together to stop me from returning the smile. My skin burned from the contact, I'm glad I was still wearing a t-shirt or it would've been even harder to concentrate.
'They brought my human foster brother to my cell, and when I refused to bite the human there, they bit him in front of me and let vampire venom infest his veins. They locked me in a room with him, while... While his body was changing and he was screaming and writhing in agony and then... I didn't have a choice, there was no other way' she broke down in fresh tears. This time Emily left her seat and went to comfort her,
'I killed him, my own damn brother and I killed him, but I didn't have a choice, he would have
turned out like my grandfather and even if he didn't prey on humans then they would kill him... I didn't have a choice I... ' she sighed, breathing while tears were still running down her face 'They saw my fireball for the first time then. And obviously found out I was an elemental, he was ecstatic. And from then on, things got worse, I didn't let them see my quintessence, for all they knew, they just
thought I could control fire. They'd let me go weeks without food, I was a lab rat to them, they thought I would be valuable against the war on the wizard and planned to threaten me into taking part but , I ran away . And that's when Jacob found me, I had been trying to kill myself for days, Car accidents, buses, I even stabbed myself. But I soon figured out what was wrong'
