My Life's Call For Help
Chapter 35
Seth's POV
Day One, according to Cameron, started the moment she was bit, so early Saturday at around 12:30 on May 5th; when we found her. That night we drove the two hours back to Forks. Alice, Nessie and Bella cleaned Cristy up and dressed her before they let me hold her again. With the blood washed off I was able to see all of the scars on her face and arms. I couldn't help but wish Alice had let me kill Hastings with slower and more painful methods.
Day Two then began at 12:30 on Sunday and Cameron day it would continue. I spent the whole day trying to fight my sleep; hoping my presence would help. I whispered words of endearment into her ears. Edward told me that she could hear, but that the pain was too strong to even think to respond. But it didn't matter; she just had to know I was here.
Day Three was just as bad. No matter how much I tried to fight it, I fell asleep. Edward must've moved me to another room because when I woke up Cristy wasn't in my arms. I followed her screams and pulled her right back into my arms. I apologized for what felt like hours for leaving her.
Today was Day Four; Tuesday May 7th. It was midday and Edward was trying to convince me to go take a break and replenish my body. Except for the time I fell asleep, I hadn't left Cristy's side and I hadn't eaten.
"Seth, you have to go; this isn't physically or mentally healthy. Your body needs food as well as an extensive nap to keep going."
"Edward, I have one more day before she wakes up, please just leave me be."
"No Seth, you have the rest of today, day four, then all of tomorrow day five. At 12:30am on Thursday is when she will awaken, it's still Tuesday".
"Edward, please?" He looked at me for a few seconds before responding.
"Will you at least eat something if I bring you some food?"
"Okay." I whispered, still tried. I figured the least I could do was try to work with Edward. I understood that he was worried about me, but he should be worried about Cristy. She was the one who was screaming her head off non stop, not me.
"Seth, I am worried about Cristy, but I can't help her, none of us can. But you, you I can help." I nodded.
"I'll be back up with your food shortly."
"Thanks Edward." He walked out with a faint smile on her features. Normally that would've had a chain reaction on me but not these past few days; not with Cristy's screams. They tore more and more away from me each day. At one point I had even considered pulling her out of the misery and pulling me with her, but I wouldn't end her, I just couldn't no matter how selfish it was.
"Cristy love you're almost done okay? I'm here. I love you so much." She just screamed. She was in pain and I couldn't do anything to stop it, I just had to continue watching.
Edward brought me some food a little while after that. A crap load of bacon, eggs and hash-browns filled my nose. My stomach immediately started to growl; I hadn't realized how hungry I was.
"Seth, here eat outside, it will probably only take you a few minutes to finish this." I looked at Edward before I sighed back down at Cristy.
"Love, I'll be right back, I promise." I laid her head back on the pillow as gently as I could and went outside her door.
"Thanks Edward."
"I'll forward that to Esme."
"Thanks Esme, it looks great." I'm sure she said you're welcome but I didn't hear anything except for Cristy's yelling. I took a deep breath before stuffing the food down my throat. It tasted so good and helped wake me up a little bit. Edward came back up the stairs with a whole carton of orange juice and I devoured that as well. The whole meal managed to taste like something out of an angel's cook book.
"Oh my God, that was amazing, thanks again Esme." This time I heard her say you're welcome.
I finished the rest of my day with Cristy. The only bad thing about eating was that it made my senses more aware and it sounded like Cristy was screaming louder.
Day Five was finally here. Yet, knowing that only made the day seem longer than usual. I tried to comfort her as much as I could. I told her there were only a few more hours left and that after we could take a vacation anywhere she wanted. I rubbed her hair and kissed her forehead still internally begging her to stop screaming, but she had no control. This is the type of torture I wanted for Kennedy, not my damn imprint.
The tears that had been running down my face for the past week hadn't stopped, if anything they got worse. I just wanted her to be okay so badly. I wanted the burning to stop her misery to end, I wanted it to be like before when our only problem was admitting that we loved each other and trying to get past her parents. I took a breath in attempt to relax myself. This back to normal idea I wanted would never become reality. I would just have to move forward. I didn't know the future, maybe it would be better. Maybe Cristy wouldn't hate me, maybe the baby would miraculously be born as Cameron predicted. Maybe Cristy really was the savior of the vampire world. If she was wouldn't there be a male vampire she was supposed to be with to help her control everything? I didn't know one thing about the vampire world, except to kill the ones who threatened society. I can't hold her back from her destiny. Am I suppose to help her find this vampire prick so they can get married and rule the world?
"Seth," I shot my head up slightly throw off by Edward's presence," you need some fresh air. You've been cooped up in this house for almost a week."
"Edward I have less than 24 hours."
"I know so go for a walk outside, she's not going anywhere."
"Edward I can't."
"Seth, I let you by last time but not today." I glared at him.
"Yeah, come on Seth, I'll stay in here with Cristy while you go." Nessie appeared by Edward's side, along with Alice and Jacob.
"Seth man, come on, I'll walk with you."
"I can't leave her guys." The tears were starting down my cheek but I quickly wiped them away.
"Seth, I saw something earlier this week." I focused my attention on Alice.
"What?"
"Cristy is definitely not going to hate you if you take some time for yourself."
"But what did you see?"
"She was ecstatic to see you Seth. Now come on. You don't want to look like a mess when Cristy wakes up. Go shower and clean yourself up then walk with Jake. Nessie and I will stay in here." I looked at all of them before giving in. As gently as I could I placed Cristy down on the bed and got up.
"Your clothes are in the bathroom." I nodded towards Alice and walked down the hall. The shower was already on and the heat from the room made me sleepy. I stripped and hopped in the shower and just sat there for a little while liking the feel of the water on my body. After a good 15 minutes I started to actually wash all the dirt and stuff off myself. When I got out I wiped the mirror to see how bad I looked. Surprisingly I didn't look as bad as I had pictured. Looking at me you would just think I needed a nap.
I used the lotion and got dressed in the sweat pants and basic t-shirt that Alice had laid out for me. I towel dried my hair and went outside; Jake was sitting by the door.
"You look a lot better," He got up and handed me a box, "Here, Alice got you some sneakers. Put them on so we can go."
"Where do you want to walk?" I didn't really care, if it was up to me I'd stay here.
"It doesn't matter."
"Good, let's go." One we got to the front door Jake started running and I followed. I wouldn't lie, it felt good to be outside. It was actually a nice day too. To see the sun shining in Forks was rare. We just continued to run until we were far enough in the woods where I couldn't hear Cristy's screams.
"Jake, we have to go back, this is too far. I can't hear her."
"That's the point Seth, you need a break."
"What if something happens?"
"Edward will call us and we'll go back."
"Jake, - I don-"
"Come on." He yelled as he started running again. I sighed and caught up to him. I didn't want to admit to myself that I enjoyed the quiet.
"Where are we going Jake?" He didn't respond.
"Jake."
"You said it didn't matter, so just keep up." We ran for a few more miles until Jake pulled off to the side and started to undress. We put our clothes next to this tree and shifted. It felt so good to be a wolf again, I hadn't even realized how much I missed it. I took off running as fast as I could through the woods and released a few howls.
Thanks Jake
No problem man
I don't know how long I was out there when I started to notice how dark it had gotten. I had to get back to Cristy.
Seth, let's go get something to eat, and then we can head back.
Okay. We ran back to the stop where we left our clothes and shifted back to get dressed. We ran some more until we found a town with a diner.
"Jake, where are we?"
"I'm not sure, but I'm guessing Colville, that's the name of the diner up there." I looked in the same direction as Jake and saw the small diner. We walked in and the waitress sat us at a booth near the back. It might have been small but it sure was packed. I was thankful that the waitress didn't try to flirt with us or anything; I really wasn't in the mood. Jake ordered a steak with mashed potatoes and I ordered a bacon cheeseburger with fries.
"I know you don't feel great, but do you at least feel a little better?"
"Yeah, and now that I think about it, Cristy would probably just be mad at me for not taking care of myself."
"Exactly, you just needed a breath of fresh air." The waitress brought our food rather quickly and we ate quickly before putting in another order.
"So, what do you think of Cameron?" I had been in my own little world with Cristy for the past few days so I didn't really know what was going on.
"He seems a little sketchy but he did lead us to the ground entrance to find Cristy and does know a lot."
"Did he tell you guys the next few stages?"
"No, he wanted you to be there but you wouldn't come out. It's okay though, we figured it would be best to tell everyone at one time, including Cristy." I nodded.
"What about Charlotte and Peter, are they still here?"
"Yeah, they need us to find their daughter." I growled lightly. I still didn't care for them at all. If it were up to me they would've been killed back in the forest.
"I know Seth, believe me, everyone wants them to disappear, but we made a promise."
"No, I didn't promise anything." He looked at me for a few seconds and then nodded. After our second order of food arrived we ate and paid. It was around 5:30pm when we left and we figures it would take us four hours tops to get back to Forks. We jogged deep enough into the forest before shifting to make sure no one could see us.
Seth, what time is Cristy supposed to be done?
We're guessing some time around 12:30am.
Okay, I just want to make sure you're there.
We got back into Froks at around 9:15, we had to stop a few times for the stupid teenagers walking in the woods. I was expecting to hear Cristy, but I didn't, there were no screams. We figured that maybe we just had to get closer so we can faster towards the house, but still nothing.
Jake, what the hell is going on?
I don't know, we are definitely close enough.
Do you think she's done?
No, Edward would've called us. Come on, let's hurry up.
With that Jake and I took off towards the Cullens place. When we were near Edward and Bella's house we quickly shifted back, got dressed and ran the rest of the way. Edward met us outside.
"Edward what happened?"
"We don't know she just stopped screaming."
"Is she okay?" I pushed past Edward and went upstairs to her room.
"We don't know." She laid there completely silent and completely still.
"What did Cameron say?"
"He's not here, he went to go feed." I let out a frustrated sigh as I got back in the bed again and pulled Cristy to me.
"Cristy love, are you okay? You can scream if you need to love, you don't have to hold it in, let it out." She didn't respond. Her body was limp; it felt as if she was dead. Her skin was pale, no tan at all, her lips were a faint pink and her hair was even duller than before.
"Seth, she's not dead, I can hear the venom moving through her veins."
"Alice do you know what time Cameron is going to be back?"
"No, I can-" Alice's eyes turned black and Jasper was instantly by her side.
"Ali, what do you see?" Her eyes remained black for a few more seconds before she came back.
"He's coming back but I don't know what time." I nodded and focused my attention back on Cristy. She was scaring the hell out of me. At least when she was screaming I knew everything was working correctly, now I didn't. I could only hope that the silence meant she wasn't in pain.
Cameron didn't return until another hour, about 10:30pm. He ran upstairs, also thrown off by the stillness.
"What happened, did she end early?" He opened the door to see Cristy laying there.
"We don't know."
"When did she stop screaming?"
"About four hours ago." He sat down and put his head into his knees. He sat there for a few minutes until he shot his head up.
"The quiet before the storm."
"What?" I didn't know what they meant. Cameron and Edward exchanged glances and Edward put his hands on his forehead as if he had an actual headache.
"What's going on?" Everyone was now in the room, in the doorway, or out in the hall waiting for Cameron or Edward to speak up.
"It's the baby's turn."
"What are you talking about, the baby is dead."
"No, the baby is still in there, but it's their turn for the venom."
"How did the baby survive?"
"The baby is the key, without the baby then the Potenza will die, no matter what. This is the next stage; I just wasn't expecting it until the last hour."
"So the baby is going through the same pain as Cristy was?"
"Yes, but the baby can't scream and if it's thinking anything it would be too low to hear. I just don't understand why it's happening so early." Everyone was watching him think again.
"Maybe it's because the baby is part wolf, that's the only thing I can think of. It would explain the time change." I sighed.
"What happens after the baby is done?"
"This is the peace before the storm. Since the time is off now, I'm not sure, but normally, the Potenza would scream for a few minutes before she wakes."
"What about the baby?"
"She is suppose to give birth one moon, or one month, after the change is done. But again, it could be different now because the baby is part wolf."
"So what do we do now?" Esme asked.
"I don't know; we just have to keep waiting." So that's what we did. We waited the next two hours and thirty minutes for something to happen. I continued to hold Cristy and told her time was almost up and that everything would okay. The pack came knowing that she would be waking soon and we were all packed in the room.
When it was 12:30am and nothing had changed, everyone looked towards Cameron expectantly.
"Cameron it is 12:30, nothing it happening."
"Who bit her?"
"I did." Cameron turned to Edward.
"Do you know that exact time that you bit her?"
"No, but it had to be around 12:30. When I got back to the car it wa-." An over the top loud high pitched scream suddenly released itself from Cristy. Everyone covered their ears; it was just too damn loud.
"Seth move from her now!" Carsile yelled at me and I quickly put her down and moved with everyone else on the other side of the room.
The retched sound grew louder and all the windows in the room cracked, shattering glass everywhere. Suddenly eyes shot open to release a solid white color and, all at once, Cristy's hair returned to its normal color, her skin became darker, her scars disappeared, and her lips changed to a light pink. Her eyes quickly shut and then, just like that, it was over. An uncomfortable stillness spread over the room and no one dared to speak, we all just stared at Cristy.
A few moments later she started to move. She placed her hands on her head as she slowly sat up. She pulled her knees into her chest and took a few deep breathes before she finally opened her eyes to look up at everyone.
I swear I fell in love all over again. Her eyes were no longer a greenish grey from before; they were now a medium green with a silver lining. And, with the combination of her slightly lighter skin tone, her eyes seemed to pop out at you; it was incredibly stunning.
Still no one spoke. We watched Cristy look around the room. She looked hurt and confused. I wanted so badly to say something but for some reason I couldn't. After looking over the room Cristy looked down at herself and started to observe her body.
"Cristy, sweetheart, how do you feel?" Carsile broke the silence and Cristy quickly looked at him.
"I'm confused; I don't know what's going on, where am I?" Tears started to stream down her cheeks and the sadness in those eyes killed me. Yet, at the same time I was ecstatic that she was still here. On top of that her voice sounded like diamonds and gems dropping on the floor, it was so beautiful.
"We're at Nessie's house. Cristy, would you mind telling me what you remember." She took a deep breath and looked at me before focusing on Carsile.
"I was home and my mom dropped me at the library. Then I woke up in this dark room chained down to this table, and Mr. Hasting's…" She cried harder but something was keeping me from trying to comfort her. She took a few moments before she continued, "He cut me up. Emon was there but she didn't help me. I thought I was dead but my body started to burn and it wouldn't stop. I begged it to stop but it continued. Then my stomach area started to burn intensely but I couldn't scream. Now I'm here." She looked at me out of the corner of her eyes again but I couldn't form words.
"Why is my skin this color and why does my voice sound different?"
"Cristy, we found you after Mr. Hastings' kidnapped you. You lost a lot of blood, so we had to," Carsile paused," we had to change you; you're a vampire now." She shut her eyes.
"Then why can I cry? Why do I have a craving for French toast and not blood? Why am I tired?" She continued to cry her eyes out.
"You're not a normal vampire Cristy; you're a little different from the rest of us."
"Would it be okay if I could just talk to Nessie for a while?" She looked at me for a second and then quickly looked back down. I was confused and I didn't understand why she wanted to talk to Nessie and not me.
"Not just yet, maybe a little later?" Cristy nodded.
"Would you like me to make you some French toast?" Esme asked and Cristy nodded.
"I'll be right back honey."
"There's no rush, you can take your time."
"Umm, Carsile, would it be okay if I took a nap while Esme cooks." He nodded. Cristy smiled lightly at him then positioned herself under the blanket. From the sound of her heart beat it was clear that she had fallen asleep instantly. Everyone looked confused so they all started filing out. I was walking towards her when Edward grabbed my hand and pulled me out as well.
"We all need to talk before she wakes up." We went downstairs into the living room and situated ourselves. Everyone looked at Edward, who was now focused on Cameron.
"Cameron, if you're here to help, then you need to do that. You have to stop piece-mealing us information. Tell us everything and now." He sighed.
"Every now and again, the Potenza will wake up and not remember her lover until the baby is born. It rarely happens, that's why I didn't say anything. You looked so stressed Seth, I didn't want to make it worse. " Everyone pulled in a quick breath of air and I could hear he pack start to release numerous growls. I could feel my heart begin to race and a sudden pain in my throat; I was going to vomit. I ran to the bathroom and threw up in the toilet.
She didn't remember me. That's why she kept looking at me funny and that's why she wanted to talk to Nessie; she didn't know who I was. I couldn't believe this, why wouldn't she be able to remember me? It was such a stupid and unnecessary stage of this idiotic Potenza crap. I just wanted Cristy back in my life, like it used to be.
All that we went through together all that we shared was gone, completely gone until the baby was born. Cameron didn't even know if the baby would be born in a month. I stood up from the toilet gargled and rinsed my face off. I couldn't stay be here right now, I couldn't do this. I left the bathroom and walked right out the house. No one said anything they just let me be.
Nessie's POV
I didn't know how to respond to Cameron's new information. I understood why he didn't say anything to us, but at the same time he needs to know that we don't mess around. We need to know everything. At this point I just felt really bad for Seth. Nothing was working out for him and I didn't know how to help so I just left him leave the house. Everyone started to calm down after Seth left and started asking Cameron more questions.
"Why doesn't she remember him?" Sam asked.
"I don't know, but whenever this happens the memory always comes back when the baby is born."
"Always comes back?" Cameron nodded.
"And it takes a month for the baby to be born?"
"Yes, normally but Seth is a wolf so I'm not sure. If anything it might take a month and a week."
"So around June 9th. Collin and Brady, go back to the reservation with Quil. Embry, Paul and I will finish this up." They nodded and I was just happy that Jake didn't have to go too.
"Dad, does Cristy still like Seth?"
"It's as if she's meeting him for the first time, like she's being re-imprinted on. When she first met Seth, how did she act?"
"He made her nervous so she didn't really want to be near him. She liked him but he confused her." He nodded.
"So Cameron, what's the next stage?"
"One day this month she will discover her power?"
"Woah! Can she fly?" Oh Uncle Emmett. Everyone in the room, including Rosalie, let loose a small smile.
"No, she can do a lot of things, but her main power is to humanize vampires and to bring people back to life. That's why she was so valuable to the Volturi."
"What! So she can make me human and if I die, she can bring me back to life?" Uncle Emmett was thinking the same thing as everyone else.
"Not exactly. For instance, if someone human, like one of the wolves, were to die she could bring them back to life, but she would only have a short time span to do so. She uses nature's life to give life back, that's one of the reasons why her eyes are green. She can also make vampires human for short periods of time."
"What's a short period of time?" Rosalie spoke up.
"There are rules to everything but I've seen it range from 1 week to 3 years; it depends on how much energy she has and what the vampire wants." A weird feeling spread around the room after Cameron spoke. What Cristy could do was bring the vampires their dream of becoming human again.
"What else can she do?" Jasper asked curious.
"Like I said, there are a lot of things, but I've seen her physically make people stop whatever they're doing, and I've seen her block everyone else out so she can focus on one person. I was guessing that's what she was going to do with Nessie. When she does that, only the people she wants to talk with can converse with her." I couldn't help but wonder what it felt like to be able to do all of these things.
"Okay, besides the powers what else should we expect?"
"One day this month she will have a dream about her past Potenza sisters and she will remember a lot of the information I'm telling you now."
"Okay and are there anymore stages?"
"When the baby's born you have to keep it near her. If she dies for whatever reason, the child will live on, but if the child dies the Potenza dies within a year. If you get a visit from the Volturi, which you should expect, they will go after the child."
"What's the point of Potenza anyways?" I looked over at Embry who was clearly annoyed with this.
"Many believe that she was created to keep peace and balance between the vampire and human world. A vampire could kill a human and then she could bring the human back. Or a human could be turned into a vampire and she could give him or her their life back." Embry nodded and sighed into the couch.
"Anything else Cameron?" Carsile asked.
"I've seen situations where the Volturi have wiped through cities to kill the Potenza, so be aware of that."
"Why do the Volturi want to kill her?" Jake asked.
"She's too powerful and could easily take them over if she's not on their side. Once she has that dream, she'll want to wipe them out."
"How do you now so much about this?" My mom asked.
"My lover, Zarrah, was a Potenza a long long time ago, but they killed her right after she realized she was pregnant." I felt bad for him and it was clear that my mom did too. It was clear the memory brought him pain.
"I'm sorry Cameron, I didn't know."
"It's okay. I'm just happy that I've been able to learn so I can try to prevent the killings. But it's also why I don't know all the answers. Before me the Volutri were clearly killing them off; I only know what I've witnessed or heard of."
"And we appreciate your help." Esme added.
"I know this isn't the best time, but Charlotte and I really need to get Asmerelda back." I'm sorry, but at the moment I was with Seth. These two stupid, uncaring and conniving monsters tried to kill Cristy and yet they have the audacity to ask us to help them?
I would help, but only for the child, not for them. My dad sighed.
"You said the Volturi have her?" Peter nodded.
"Your best bet would be to wait for Cristy to gain all of her powers so she can literally walk in there and take Asmerelda back." Cameron's idea was logical but I didn't want to make any plans for Cristy yet. She didn't even know she was a Potenza, hell she didn't even know she loved Seth.
"We can't just make plans to throw Cristy into a fight against the Volturi; she doesn't even have her powers yet?" I had to say something because if I didn't they would probably go upstairs and send Cristy on a flight to Italy.
"Nessie's right. We have to plan something else to ge-" Alice was cut off by a vision, her eyes were black.
"Cristy is going to wake up in five minutes." Alice spoke as she laid her head on Jasper.
"So when are we going to tell her?" Emmett asked.
"We have to tell her tomorrow," We looked over at Cameron. "If we stall, it will only be harder on her." Everyone in the room seemed to nod.
"Okay than, we'll finish this conversation later, and don't worry Charlotte, Peter, we will get Asmerelda back, we promise." They sighed and nodded.
"Dad, could I go talk with Cristy when she wakes up?" He took a few seconds to answer.
"Yes, but I will be in there with you."
"And so will I." Rosalie added. I went into the kitchen to grab the French toast off the counter and then the three of us went upstairs. I could hear Cristy yawning nad moving under the sheets, I knocked.
"Hey Cristy, it's me Nessie, can I come in?"
"Yeah." I opened the door slowly and we walked in.
"My dad said I could talk to you now, if you still wanted, and I bought you the French toast." She smiled lightly and he eyes stared deeply into mine; damn they were so beautiful.
"Thanks. Umm, I think I'll eat first." I handed her the food and as she ate her sin started to turn to its normal shade, before she was a vampire.
"Cristy, how are you doing that?"
"What?"
"Your skin, its changing color." She put the food down and her skin quickly started to change back.
"I think her skin changes when she eats." We both looked over to my dad. Cristy picked up her food and started eating again but this time she watched her skin. After it returned to its regular shade she stopped and again, it switched back.
"That's kind of cool." I smiled at her
"Is that my power? No offense but it's kinda' whack." She laughed.
"I don't know, try to do something else." She laid the plate on the comforter and concentrated on the glass on the floor from earlier. It started to shake on the ground before the pieces came together and placed themselves back in the window.
"Oh my God!" Cristy looked down at her hands as my dad, Rosalie and I stared at her.
"Try something else Cristy."
"Like what?"
"I don't know, I'm pretty sure you can do anything you want. Try to have a conversation with me without talking." Cristy nodded, took my hands in hers and stared into my eyes again. I started to feel light headed until I felt my mind kinda' disconnect from my body; it is hard to explain but I wasn't with myself.
Nessie, Nessie open your eyes. Slowly I opened my eyes to see an open green field. There were flowers everywhere, it was so peaceful. Cristy was sitting in front of me in the same position from the bed.
Cristy, where are we?
I don't know, you asked to come here. This is something I saw in your head, it looked nice.
Do you want to talk now?
Sure, I don't think that anyone can hear us.
Okay first of all, who is this? As if the grass were a screen, I saw Seth's face laying there like a picture.
That's Seth.
Where did he come from?
He's part of the wolf pack.
Oh, you'd think I'd remember him right?
Yeah. It was extremely depressing to have this conversation with her.
Does he have girlfriend?
Oooooo Cristy has a crush!
Nessie I think it's more than a crush. It's weird, but I think I'm in love with him. I laughed internally; it was happening all over again. She started blushing.
That doesn't surprise me. You guys would look good together.
When is he coming back?
How do you know he left?
His scent, it's gone.
Oh, well yeah he'll be back. She shook her head smiling
Don't I have perfect timing? I fall in love with a werewolf the same day as I turn into a vampire. Did I say it was depressing talking to her?
Anyway, I have some questions for you.
Shoot.
Okay, umm I'm not a regular vampire am I?
No, you're very different.
Am I like Spiderman "With great power comes great responsibility" I smiled at her. She was so smart.
Yes, you hit the nail on the head.
Then what's the responsibility.
I don't know if I am allowed to tell you yet. She looked at me confused
Why not?
Because…it's complicated. Just know I would never try to hurt you.
Well when you can tell me make sure you tell me. I don't really want anyone else to.
I promise.
Okay next question, when will I be able to see my parents?
I don't think you can?
What? The clear sunny sky in the field started to darken. I was starting to get a little nervous
You're a vampire now, and you know that vampires can't let humans know they exist. The only reason you know it because you were attack by a vampire, remember. She nodded
So I can't see my parents ever again?
I don't think so.
So then what, I just have them go on thinking I'm dead? The sky was pitch black now.
Cristy, please calm down, please. I can't talk to you like this. Nothing changed. I took a deep breath
Cristy if you were to see your parents, what would you say? "Hey mom, dad I'm a vampire now, so I can't live with you or be near you because it can threaten your life."
Nessie can I at least have the option to think about it? They at least deserve an explanation.
Cristy it is a tricky situation. If you tell them, and they tell someone else, the Volturi can not only kill them but they can kill you. Now we won't let that happen but no one once to be in that situation.
I know my parents Nessie.
Cristy I'm not trying to hurt your feelings and I don't want you to think I'm being mean. How about I help you figure something out?
I'm sorry Nessie, I know. She sighed.
Nessie, Seth's out there, he's touching my shoulder.
He is? She nodded
I think they're worried about you. You might look unconscious. We laughed
Yeah, we should go back out there.
Are you ready? I nodded. Suddenly I felt my mind moving until I was back on the bed. I took in a deep breath and found myself in my dad's lap.
"Nessie sweet heart, are you okay?"
"Yeah dad yeah, I'm fine. Where's Cristy?"
"She's right there. She came out of it a few seconds after you." I looked over at Cristy. Seth was sitting in front of her, patting her on the back.
"Umm," He cleared his throat," are you okay?" You could tell that Seth was try to stop himself from pulling her into his arms
"Yeah, thanks. I'm Cristy and you are?" Cristy held her hand out and Seth looked at it confused. I don't think that they have ever shook hands before.
"Oh, "he took her hand into his, "I'm Seth." He tied to hold himself together but you could tell it was killing him.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah umm, I'll be right back, I have to use the bathroom." He got up and left the room.
"Cristy looked down, clearly uncomfortable but she quickly recovered and looked at me.
"Are you okay Nessie?"
"Yeah I'm fine. It was a little weird coming out of it but yeah, it's cool."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, okay so what do you want to do?"
"What do I want to do?"
"I think you girls have done enough today." My dad cut in and patted me on the shoulder.
"Can we at least see how she moves?
"How I move?"
"Yeah with your new vampire skills and stuff." She laughed.
"Come on."
"Nessie slow it down. Seth and Jake will go with you guys."
"Thanks daddy. SETH, JAKE COME ON!" I yelled for them and they met Cristy and I downstairs.
"What are we doing?" Jake pulled me into his arms.
"We're going to let Cristy test out her new abilities."
"Is Edward okay with this?"
"Yes I am, but if anything goes wrong come back right away." With that we all went outside.
Seth's POV
I didn't know how to act. Less than 5 minutes ago she was introducing herself to me with a handshake. We've done a hell of a lot more than that.
"So, how do you feel, being a vampire and all?" She looked up at me with those beautiful eyes. It was so hard not to pull her into me and kiss her.
"Umm, I don't really know yet." Even when she was stumbling with her words, her voice was magnificent. Damnit I wanted her so bad. Even a simple hug would suffice for now.
"Well, if you want you could try running first."
"Yeah Cristy just go crazy." Nessie encouraged her and she smiled.
"Just run?" I nodded and she took off starting slowly and then accelerating. I tried to catch up to her but I was only in human form so I shifted. I was right on her tail when she turned around and screamed. Suddenly I was frozen, I couldn't move.
"You can't just do that! I don't know what type of powers I have, I could've killed you. Damint! If I'd killed you I don't know what I would've done." She took a few deep breaths, moved back and unfroze me. Everyone stood around and stared at our interaction. I just needed this to stop it was so frustrating.
Edward threw me some more clothes and I ran off into the woods to change. When I got back everyone was back in the house but Cristy was waiting for me on the porch.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you, I just got nervous. I don't want to hurt you, or anyone."
"It's okay, I understand. I shifted because I didn't want you to run off too far and get scared."
"Thanks." I smiled lightly at her.
"So, how is your day going so far?"
"It's been kind of crazy. Apparently I can do a lot now that I'm a vampire."
"Like what?" She looked at me and smiled.
"Are you thirsty?" Sadly the first thought that came to my mind didn't bring such clean images but I managed to pull myself together and respond.
"A little." She closed her eyes and was concentrating on something. All of a sudden I saw a water bottle float through the door way and land in my hands. When she opened her eyes I was already staring. On top of her inner and outer beauty, she also had powers!
"That is so freaking awesome!" She laughed and it sent chills down my spine.
"I would show off but Edward might kill me. I'm pretty sure he thinks I tried to kill his daughter."
"No, no, he was mad for a few seconds but he got over it. He's just nervous because you're so unpredictable."
"I understand." It was clear that all of this bothered her. I couldn't help but wonder how much worse it would get when she found out she was the Potenza. If she would just remember me, I know I could help.
"Well, it's been a long week and I need to catch up on some sleep." I was still frustrating and incredibly depressing talking to her. She didn't remember anything. Not the first time we met, or when we first kissed. Not even the Guitar Hero at the mall, or the time I came to Florida. Especially not the love making or our late night talks in her room. It was so hard to talk to her as if none of it happened. I wanted to be around her but it just hurt too much; I didn't know what to do.
"Oh yeah, go ahead." She stood up from the porch and started to walk inside the house.
"Good night Cristy."
"Night Seth."