I couldn't stop staring at my reflection in the mirror, tilting my head to one side or occasionally running my fingers through my hair. My strawberry blond hair darkened from the transformation, now a vibrant red was in my hair. My cheekbones were no precise and my lips fuller. BUt the one thing I couldn't stop staring at was my scar on my left cheek. It was so thin but it was still visible.
"You got that when Jerry shot at you." Emmett explained to me as we sat on the edge of the bed, looking at our reflection in the mirror in front of us. He gently reached out to trace it with his finger, no longer sending a shiver down my spine like he used to do.
"I remember you telling me once that the transformation was painful." I said to him in my new voice, something I was still getting used to. Emmett nodded his head as his fingers went to my neck and rested there.
"Why can't I remember the transformation? Why can't I remember any pain?" I asked in wondering, having my head tilt to the side one more time. Emmett stayed quiet for mere second.
"Sometimes that happens. According to Carlisle, some go through the transformation better than others." Emmett said in reply to me and I thought about it. If only I could remember it, thought that sounds weird for me to remember being in pain for hours on end.
"If only I could remember." I replied in a mutter and Emmett smiled, a low laugh coming from his throat. Suddenly a scent came into the room, something so appealing my throat was burning so bad. I clung onto my own throat as my eyes widened. Emmett placed his hands on my shoulders, rubbing them softly.
"Oh, you're hungry. You need to hunt. I can smell it too, it's a heard of deer passing by a few miles out north." I cringed, thinking of killing a deer. But my throat was burning and I wanted to cool it so much. Emmett stood up and held out his hands for me to take. I took them with ease, feeling how nice and cool they are, no more coldness and shivers in our touches. I stood up in front of him, my throat throbbing for something to cool it down.
"How about we get a bear, it's a good first meal eh?" Emmett asked, raising his eyebrow and I smiled. I loved his humor, making me feel warm all over again.
"Is there one close by?" I asked in curiosity.
"You tell me. Breathe in deeply, let some of the scents cloud you over. Tell me what you smell." I nodded my head, closing my eyes and taking in a deep human breath. Pine, lots of it from the forest outside, the linen of the bed sheets, the dust in the air, bark from the tree and then I found it: food.
"Deer." I said in a smile, smelling it and feeling my mouth water in antisipation.
"Try and find the bear. I know where it is, but I want you to find it yourself." Emmett said, testing me. I nodded my head and breathed in one more time. The deer was clouding me but I smelled something bigger, richer and fuller. My eyes snapped open and I looked up at Emmett with a smile.
"Five miles north." I said in a questioning tone. He smiled widely and I laughed, knowing I got it right. He then pulled me along and we glided over to the window. He opened it with his massive hands, letting the cool air come into the room and invade me more with new scents.
"Come on." Emmett said to me as he leaned in to me, inches away from my lips. I licked my lips, waiting for a kiss from him. But as soon as he was going to kiss me, he jumped out of the window and down onto the floor with ease. I groaned and smirked at him, seeing him look up at me with a cheesy grin on his face. Damn him for being such a tease.
"Well, come on slow poke." He said in a smile, sticking his tongue out at me and I smiled, at first scared of jumping out a window. But I launched myself out of the window and landed on the floor with delicate ease. I walked over to him as he held out his hand for me.
"Let's run." He said in a challenging tone as I took it. I nodded my head and we both broke into a run. It was a adrenaline rush, seeing things fly by us as we ran like there was no tomorrow. I was so fast now, feeling the rush in my body as I dodged trees and rocks like child play. Now I knew how he got to me so fast, and I loved it.
Emmett stopped in front of me after a few minutes of running, which meant a few miles for us. He smiled and looked around, I could see his eyes going a bit dark as he breathed in the air. I did too, smelling bear ten times better now. My throat was killing me, I needed to feed soon.
"This way." Emmett told me, running off to the right and I followed, catching up up with him with ease. I then saw it, the huge male bear alone in the forest, wandering into his own death trap. I wonder if he knew he was going to die today as Emmett crouched down low and sprung, ramming into the bear and the bear in return roaring aloud.
With seconds the bear was dead and defeated, limp on the floor with his neck aimed at me. Emmett looked up at me with his smile and I ran over, looking at my first meal as a vampire. It was so easy for him to attack it as he snapped the neck, having his own share. I watched in amazement as Emmett fed on the bear, making me even more hungry as he finished his share. He stood up, not a single drop on himself, but he smirked at me. I launched myself on the bear and drank what was left.
My throat cooled down within minutes as I drank the beautiful taste of bear. It felt like eating chocolate for the first time, addicting and wonderful. I wanted more of it, all of it down my throat and in my body. I never wanted to eat or drank anything as much as I did to that bear.
My stomach was full by then and my throat cool and satisfied. I pulled up from the bear, only to look down to see blood all over my pajamas. Emmett laughed as I fake pouted. He walked over to me and smiled, moving some hair from my crimson eyes.
"You'll get better at it, I promise." He replied to me, giving me a small kiss on my lips. But as soon as his lips touched mine, my vision went blank. For a mere second I thought I lost sight, but then a scene popped in my head like a movie. I saw myself being carried into a ambulance truck the night I was shot, then another scene showing Emmett biting me and injecting me with his venom. The last scene was of me writhing in pain in my bed, while Emmett watched next to me with a look of suffering and pain on his face as well. It felt like I was watching a episode of some kind of show on the television, one scene will come to my mind, then it would flash forward to another scene.
I snapped out of it and got my vision back, hearing a gasp from Emmett's lips as my eyes were wide in shock. Emmett pulled back slightly, though he still held me in his arms, looking at me as if I did something extraordinary.
"Evangeline, what did you just do?" He asked me in shock and I just shook my head with my mouth open.
"I don't know Emmett. But I....think I saw that past. I saw myself being shot, you biting me and then..." I stopped and closed my mouth, suddenly realizing what I saw. I was in pain that whole time, and it looked like it hurt like hell.
"Emmett, what's wrong with me?" I asked, suddenly scared of what was going on with me. Emmett just shook his head and held my head in his massive hands, no longer gentle then when I was human. He kissed my forehead.
"Nothing's wrong with you Evangeline, I just think it might be a ability you have." Emmett replied as he pulled away, looking down at me with his serious face. I thought about it for a mere second. A ability, like Edward, Alice and Jasper?
"We should talk to Carlisle and see if this is the case." Emmett told me and I nodded my head, needing to talk to Carlisle and see what was going on. He smiled and took my hand once again, and we both broke into a run.
We stopped right in front of the house and I smiled, looking at my new home. It was odd to think I was going to be with this family for all of eternity now, learning from them and being a part of the family officially. We walked to the house, hand and hand as Emmett opened the back door for me. I walked in slowly and looked around, seeing now one so far in my sight. But I could hear voices going on in the house. A couple were upstairs, Alice and Jasper, talking about something. Edward, who was in his own room was talking on the phone to Bella, I can hear her voice in the cell phone. Esme was humming to herself in the kitchen as Carlisle walked into the room, a smile on his face and his hands in his pockets.
"Hello Evangeline, how are you feeling?" Carlisle asked me in his doctor tone.
"Much better now that I am well fed." I replied in a smile and Carlisle laughed, looking at my bloody attire.
"I can tell." He replied as he looked from me to Emmett.
"Carlisle, I think Evangeline has a ability. When we touched, she saw flashbacks from the past" Emmett explained as Carlisle gave him a serious look. He then looked over at me and walked a bit closer to me. His scent was unique, just like Emmetts as he eyed me.
"Flashbacks you say?" He asked aloud.
"Kind of. I mean I saw the night I was shot, Emmett injecting me with the venom and then my transformation." I explained in a slow tone, seeing him nod his head and think to himself. I felt Emmett's hand on my shoulder as we waited for his prognoses.
"Sounds like a rare ability that I have only witnessed once or twice in my lifetime." Carlisle started as I saw Esme walk into the room from the kitchen. Her scent was sweet, but I focused on Carlisle. Esme stood by Carlisle, resting her hand on his shoulder as he started to talk.
"It's called Psychometry. Only a handful of vampires have it, making it extremely rare and powerful to have." Carlisle explained to me, but I still had a questioning look.
"When a person who has Psychometry touches a object or person, he or she can receive almost all of the information about the person or object's past, present or even future. They receive all that the person saw, heard or said also retrieving their history. Think as viewing tape recordings of the person or object's past."Carlisle pressed on as I was shocked. I never even heard of Psychometry before in my life. Now I can get a person's total history and back round by just touching them?
"Is this a trait she brought with her from her human life?" Emmett asked in a questioning tone.
"I'm not entirely sure. Most abilities come from a strong trait from the human life, but this is a rare case. Did this happen every time you touched Emmett?" Carlisle asked me and I shook my head.
"No, only once." I replied, having him nod his head and sigh softly.
"At any rate, this is something we should look out for in the future." He replied aloud as he eyed my attire one more time, "Now, Alice already shopped for some clothes for you to wear, so I suggest you change into something a little less bloody."
I only smiled, this was a good start for me.