WOW! You guys are awesome! I got a lot of reviews for the last chapter, like 12! Much more than I expected, so I am REALLY happy. I HAVE to dedicate this chapter to HaileyandJacobBlack, she gave me a great idea for this chapter and I promised that I would use it. So, on with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
*******************
Lauren was laughing like a maniac at causing pain to one of the most amazing humans I had ever come across and I would make her pay for it. Dearly. I already was planning to kick her ass before this but her actions in the last few minutes completely set me off and now was the time to act against her.
"Congratulations, Lauren. You just single-handedly destroyed the life of a human being. Not just that but the life of someone who needed all the love and support she could get in her situation. She is carrying the best gift anyone could possibly receive and you ridicule her for it? You really are a sick fuck you know that?" Emmett had returned from taking Rosalie outside and he was chewing Lauren out like a dog.
"Like, whatever. She's gonna get fat now. Lol, guess little Miss Perfect isn't so perfect after all." she was cackling now and gripping at her sides and holding onto her groupies for support. I saw red and the necklace glowed with a blindingly bright light and suddenly my wings were out and I was flying towards Lauren but someone beat me to her.
Edward had thrown out his wings mere seconds before me and catapulted himself to Lauren and punched her straight in the jaw making her head snap back and gasp wildly. Obviously, he had held back because I heard no snapping of bones and nothing more than a big bruise would result.
By the time I had reached Lauren she was on the floor wailing and the room was silent, everyone staring open mouthed at Edward and I. Whispers then started, words like freaks and demons being thrown around and Lauren was scrambling to get away from Edward and I but I moved to stop her but she shrieked and passed out.
I snickered lightly and turned to face the shocked crowd, no idea how we would cover up a big secret exposure like this. There was over 50 humans that witnessed the spectacle that was before them and the option of killing them was completely ruled out. If we even attempted to kill even just 10 of them the Volturi would be on our asses in less than 24 hours, putting my family in danger along with Carlisle and Esme.
That left the option of wiping their memories or simply not doing anything, memory tampering was difficult and if not done properly could, either, not work or, completely make them unable to remember the simplest thing. That meant we would have to do nothing, nothing but a threat from us to keep the mouths of gossiping teenagers from blabbing our secret to the world.
"Shut up, right now! No one say another word." Edward shouted, effectively making the room go silent and look at the two of us expectantly. I looked pointedly at Edward, telling him that this was his job to explain to the children why we sprouted wings.
"What you have just witnessed is something you will never speak of. Your very existences depend on you keeping your stupid little mouths shut. If we find out you have told anyone about what you witnessed we will hunt you down and destroy you. Got it?" Edward asked fiercely and the humans nodded wordlessly, still frozen with shock and fear.
"Good," he growled and turned to face me, his previously murderous face smoothing into one of happiness as he took my hand and wound his fingers through mine, "Let's go, I think we owe some people explanations." he said, referring to Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Angela, Eric, and Saera.
All of whom, except for Rose, had seen the event which could, quite possibly, have been the biggest mistake of our existence as it put so many lives at risk. But, right now, we had to explain what just happened to those humans that actually mattered. I had turned around to look at our friends but they weren't there so I lightly sniffed the air and found their scents most potent right outside the cafeteria doors so I pulled Edward to the doors and left the room.
We found them sitting at the bench table that was rarely used, quietly filling Rosalie in on the recent events, shocking her slightly but not enough for any strong emotion to show on her face. They hadn't noticed us yet as they were so engrossed in telling Rosalie how amazing and terrifying I had been.
"Hey guys." I said, half-heartedly and they whipped around to stare at the wings still protruding from our backs, a minor mistake because we were out in the open. I quickly pulled them into my back and Edward did the same, then we stepped forward to the table, preparing to explain a difficult story.
"May we sit with you?" Edward asked. They murmured their consent and slid over, welcomingly, and Edward sat us down near the edge. The humans showed no signs of apprehension, only mere curiosity and understanding at the current dilemma we faced.
"Well, I guess we should start at the beginning, how we really met." I said, and that grabbed their full attention, their eyes locked onto Edward and I.
"I was born in France, sometime in the 14th century while Edward was born in Britain. Well, one day my father had told me I was to marry this disgusting man once I turned 15. I was terribly distraught so I ran to a meadow I would go to whenever I needed to be alone. I was sitting on a rock, singing the old lullaby my mother had once sang to me, when out of nowhere comes Edward." I chuckled at the memory and Edward smirked, remembering the scene also.
"Um, well, long story short, we met, fell in love, and got in trouble. Edward was a Lord and I was a princess, forced to marry the Duke and our love was more forbidden than the forbidden. Edward was nearly on the hanging row so we were planning to run away together only 2 days before I turned 15, that's when the real problem started." the girls got sad looks on their faces and the guys looked disgusted.
"I was waiting for hours on end for Edward to meet me in the meadow but he never showed. I returned to the castle to discover that he had been "murdered". That news almost ended me right then and there. I waited one more day and when he never showed I took my father's dagger, returned to the meadow, and drove it into my wrists." I showed them my arms which still had the long pink scars running vertically from the base of my palm to the crease in my elbow.
Alice cried out and buried her face into Jasper's shoulder who had pure sympathy shining on his face but his mask of cool calm was ever slowly breaking down. Rosalie had tears streaming down her face as did Angela but Saera was completely silent, only letting shock show on her face.
Edward was completely heartbroken as he grabbed my hands and placed butterfly kisses along the pink lines and caressing them with his lips ever so often. I grabbed his left arm and held it to my chest as I continued with the tale of two lovers.
"My mother of all purposes found me near death and quickly bit me, catapulting me into 3 days of gut-wrenching pain. Once the transformation was complete she explained what I was and told me that my dear Edward was still alive. That's the reason you all know me and I'm not somewhere, dead." I told them. Rosalie got a confused look on her face and asked the question that had been burning in everyone's mind.
"What are you?" I smiled briefly and answered her question with one simple sentence that would bring so many more questions.
"Why, my dear, we are vampires." I said, smiling, and everyone's jaw dropped to the ground.
"THAT'S FUCKING RAD!" Emmett said after a few moments of silence. That broke the tension and everyone busted up laughing, agreeing and blurting out questions faster than I could track.
"Whoa you guys, slow down one at a time. Here, we'll go in alphabetical order, Alice you first, one question." I said, gesturing for Alice to ask her inquiry.
"How can you be out in the sunlight?!" she cried, that seeming to be the primary thought on her mind.
"Well, one it's not sunny, it's overcast and two being burned by sunlight is a total myth, we actually really love being in the sun like any normal person would. But the only setback of being in the sunlight is that we sparkle, like we're made out of diamonds and if we were to go out in public… well it would not end well." I explained and she nodded and mulled it over in her head.
"Me next," Angela said, "ok so, why are you so cold and hard?" again, another question that they should have asked last.
"Because we are basically the living dead. Have you ever felt a dead person? Cold as ice. As for why we are so hard? Well, we are damn near indestructible and not much could harm us because our skin is diamond hard, it's a protection method, I guess, although it comes with the change." Emmett was next and he took his time to think of his question.
"What do you eat?" FINALLY! That should have been the very first question they asked as it was the most important thing they should be worrying about.
"Thank you so much for asking that Emmett, that really should have been the first question asked. That myth is the only one that is actually true, we do drink blood. But, our families are different we drink from animals unlike all the others who drink from humans." their shoulders had tensed when we confirmed that we our diet consisted of blood but they relaxed once I said we drank from animals.
"Also, we don't eat human food, period. Unless it is absolutely necessary we stay away from that crap, no offense. It tastes, literally, like shit to us. Just thought I would answer that before it was asked. Oh and, although we don't drink from humans that doesn't mean the temptation isn't there. Drinking from animals and not humans is like an alcoholic taking the stale water over vodka, not easy and certainly not very satisfying." I added, thinking of the bitter taste of animal blood.
"And I have to say," Edward added, "you all smell really good, better than most. But no worries, Bella and I have centuries of experience behind us so we won't kill you… yet." he grinned playfully, showing off his perfectly straight white teeth that were secretly razor sharp and could bite through titanium. Eric asked the next question.
"Why don't you have fangs?" he asked making Edward and I laugh loudly, leaning on each other for support. It was a few more minutes before we regained our composure and Edward decided to answer this one.
"Myth. Our teeth look just like everyone else's only they are ultra white, straight, and can cut through the strongest metal on earth. It's one of the many weapons in our arsenal." I growled playfully at them, showing them my glistening veneers. Jasper asked his question next.
"What other "weapons" do v-vampires have?" he struggled to get the word out, it was unfamiliar on his tongue and strange to be saying.
"Well, vamps have super strength, speed, and all of our senses are heightened 50-fold. Therefore, we can run faster than you can imagine, lift full-sized vans without any trouble at all, and right now I can hear a colony of ants running away from a swarm of birds in the forest." I said, giving a few examples.
"And, all of our body fluids are replaced with venom that can paralyze someone in pain if it gets into their bloodstream. It's used to keep or prey from running off while we feed and if you leave it in it will transform them into a vampire. But it's not very easy to not drink them dry because once you get a taste of their blood it's hard to stop, nearly impossible." Edward continued with the list of our natural weapons. Rosalie asked her question next.
"Why are you guys so gorgeous?" she asked, the tiniest hint of jealousy in her tone.
"We have to be so that we can lure in our prey, if we were ugly do you think anyone would come near us?" I teased her, making her smile and shake her head. Finally it was Saera's turn to ask her question.
"Are you immortal?" she asked, her voice very soft and unsure since she was new to this group and therefore very shy. Eric was looking at her, love shining slightly in his eyes and she pretended not to be aware of his presence next to her.
"Yes sir! I am around 6 centuries old but I don't look a day over 15. And Edward here looks 18 but he's a few years older than me, but only because he was born before me. You see, once you are changed you stay frozen in the state you were in before only you get more attractive. So I'll stay looking 15 forever." that only made them confused.
"Then how come your hair is long when the last time we saw you it was short, did you get extensions?" Alice asked.
"No, some vampires have… special abilities. I am able to do basically anything so I can change my appearance but only my hair and clothes, my height, face, and everything else I can't change." I explained.
"Then why are hotter than before?" Saera asked. Now for the hard part.
************************
Yay! There's the chapter, I hope you liked it! Bet it was kinda boring reading stuff about vamps, since you all already know it. Anyway, please review! If we reached 12 last chapter I'm sure we can get at least 10 this time! Bye.