Thorns

by Vampasaurus

It's been a year since the Cullens and their friends stood up to the Volturi. With Nessie growing so quickly and the townsfolk starting to get suspicious, they've made the decision to move. Little do they know a newborn army is slowly growing near their new hometown. AU. Twilight and Canon Characters owned by Stephenie Meyer

25. Chapter 25: Boone

Boone

I began running aimlessly. I couldn't remember why I was out here. Something with Penny and those new vampires. I was mad at Chuck. I wanted to kill something. I couldn't put the pieces together; nothing was making sense. Penny couldn't be dead. That can't happen.

I took out a few trees as I ran. I didn't know what to kill and they were so easy to take down. I knew I was running in circles when I started passing the trees I had killed. I started making a new circle, taking out new trees. Chuck would be angry. He doesn't like us doing this because it's not normal. Apparently trees don't just break and fall over. Why the hell not? They're so flimsy. I stopped in front of a tree and went to place my hand on it when I heard something above my head. When I looked up I saw someone trying to climb the tree.

What the hell? I grabbed her by the ankle and started pulling her down. "Get down here!" She screamed and wailed. Penny! I knew she wasn't dead. But this didn't look like Penny. Maybe something happened to her. "Penny, what are you doing?" I slammed her onto the ground and looked her over. She was scrambling to get away.

"No, come back." She was screaming a name. Emmett? "I'm Boone." She must be confused. I grabbed her and slammed her back to the ground again. "Come on." I grabbed her legs and started dragging her as I ran. After she flailed around for a while she reached up and grabbed my arm. Oh, did she want to start something now?

"Wait until we get back! I want to show Chuck!" I smacked her again, but she continued to struggle. Maybe if I tried something new I could get her to stop. I grabbed her by the neck and lifted her. Wait, this isn't Penny… this must be the new vampire. "You killed Penny!"

I don't know what happened next, but I had dropped her. I looked and saw the mark on her shoulder; I bit her. I've never bitten anyone before. Maybe I'm supposed to bite. I usually just preferred ripping heads off and burning. Burning. Penny. I kicked her a few times then suddenly heard something. Someone was coming. Fuck. If it's Chuck, he's going to be pissed. I didn't want to have to kill him, too. I kicked the girl again and took off back for the house. He can feel good about himself and finish her for me.