*Hi guys! Now while this isn't my first fanfiction (I have 3 more, two Harry Potter and one Doctor who with a fourth one in progress of being written for another twilight OC), this will be my first twilight fanfiction but honestly I've had this oc in my head for AGES since I was like 15, I'm now 22 haha.

Anyways, here's the first glimpse, please tell me what you guys think and if there are any improvements I can make, please do let me know! *

Chapter 1

My heartbeat rang loudly in my ears as I threw back another glass, the caramel coloured elixir burning my senses as the liquid slowly but surely numbed my limbs the more I had. The low hum of some folk music in the background and the smell of black coffee still fresh under my nose.

I hadn't really planned to be here but when late night slowly shifted to early afternoon while working on a class presentation, I couldn't help but go into the first bar I found open to try and uselessly drink away any thoughts of the events that would occur later tonight.

To say I was a nervous wreck would be the understatement of the century, I scratched at my bare arm again lightly for what felt like at least the hundredth time and rubbed the ends of my raven black braids between my fingers, I didn't want the day to end so fast but on a day like today when you are trying to avoid the inevitable, it always seems to come up that much quicker.

I ordered one more glass as well as politely and slowly asking the bartender the time, trying and failing not to slur my words too much.

She smiled pleasantly, she had hair the colour of fire but eyes as blue as the ocean, quite the contrast. She passed me my last shot, stating calmly that it was around 4:30pm and that I should get out of there soon because she needed to prepare the small bar for the long night ahead.

Today was a Friday and as Friday nights go you can imagine how busy this bar would be even if it was a small village. I'd gotten here at around 11am I think and had drank myself into a buzz that made me feel everything but lively, today was a special day, even if it was special for all the wrong reasons in my eyes. I normally enjoyed parties and celebrating as I could drink mostly everyone under the table but tonight I felt everything except celebratory, tonight was one big dumb party to celebrate the occurrence of a rare blood moon.

I would have enjoyed the celebration if it were held under normal circumstances. I threw back the last shot, pulling my card out of my pocket and paying for my bill before slowly standing up and stumbling home.

I thumbled in my pocket for my front door keys, my hands tingling from the snowy walk home. My mother stared at me for a while before just sighing, shaking her head.

" Lils, þú veist að þú þarft að rjúfa þennan slæma vana þinn, það verður dauði þinn einn daginn" she smiled sadly before helping me with my heavy coat and guiding me to an armchair. (You know you have to break this bad habit, it will be your death one day)

I sighed heavily, looking over at her with glazed eyes and shaking my head, "Ég veit, ég veit, það bara .. Hjálpar mér að gleyma .." I looked back across to her with tearful eyes and she knew exactly what I was referring to.

(I know, I know, it just.. Helps me forget..)

"Jæja, af hverju ferðu ekki og eyðir smá tíma með ungu vinum þínum, ég er viss um að þeir hjálpa þér að gleyma þessu öllu" she spoke softly as she half smiled at me, a smile that said more than words ever could. (Well, why don't you go and see those young friends of yours, I'm sure they will help you forget it all)

Nodding in both agreement and resignation I pulled my phone from my back pocket, the screen lighting up to reveal a message already sent in the group chat we had.

'Hey Lilith! Fenn, River, Luca and myself are going to the mountains for a pre-full moon camp out, we've already got your favourites. ;P Don't be late Alpha ~ Felicity'

I couldn't help but smirk at her playfulness, Felicity was the second oldest in the group under myself, rolling my eyes at seeing her calling me Alpha. They'd all taken to calling me that lately, ever since they all started believing I have some sort of "alpha gene". It was a wild conspiracy theory that River had started.

"Það lítur út fyrir að ég þurfi ekki að hringja í þá þegar allt kemur til alls, þeir eru að tjalda á fjöllum áður en tunglið er úti, þeir hafa þegar boðið mér" I explained to my mother who just grabbed my coat back of the hook and held it up.

(Looks like I do not have to call them after all, they are camping in the mountains before the moon is out, they have already invited me)

Before heading outside I grabbed my set of bike keys, my helmet and gloves, then ventured out again, quickly down the bottle of water. The effects of the alcohol already burning out as I got on my snowbike and set off toward the mountains.

When I arrived, anyone that looked at me would have thought I was mad for going up the mountains in the dusk but there I was, navigating the paths of the treacherous terrain like it was nothing. I knew these mountains like the back of my hand, myself and my lack would use them as a stakeout for vampire watching (not that many would ever venture this far north) but also to keep ourselves away from temptation.

I soon pulled up near to their fire, Felicity waving me over and handing me a bottle of rum. I greeted the rest of them in turn and sat down close to the fire uncorking the bottle with a screw on my keys.

"So alpha, how long were you at the bar this time with the fire lady?" Luca asked crudely, punching my arm and winking at me.

I'd grinned at him, taking a swig and sighing, "She was somehow okay with me being there at 10am, even though the bar doesn't officially open until 5pm maybe later, I was probably there six hours at most", I took another swig and heard Felicity, Luca and River laughing like a pack of hyenas.

"That's still bad, you still don't deserve to be the leader when you are so clearly an alcoholic and a smoker" I heard Fenn exclaim in an aggravated tone, he'd pointed to the unlit cigarette in my hand to emphasise his point, "Not to mention I wanted nothing to do with any of this"

'This again' I thought to myself, another few swigs of rum, sighing and then looking him dead in the eyes.

"You were dying Fenn, what did you expect me to do? Just stand there and watch the walking sewer drain take your life away?" I growled at him, standing over him now and pointing towards his mate. "It's not just yourself you have to think about now Fenn, every decision you make in this life is not just yours anymore"

I made eye contact with River, she was the sweetest girl and she had been dying from pneumonia when her sister bite her to save her life, though our venom is a killer in high quantities a single bite can save a person from death even if they are then cursed by the moon for eternity.

She'd seen me scold her mate before, reminding him that he was alive because of me.

I walked back to my spot and stared at the sky, it would get dark soon. I lit my cigarette then, taking in a breath and eyeing Felicity, she smiled at me.

"So," Felicity cleared her throat, "do you think there will be any 'sewer drains' around tonight Lilith?"

I stared at the fire for a moment before answering, taking a breath of the cold air, "I don't doubt that there will be, what with the celebrations going on tonight, lots of fresh blood in one place and an easy disguise for humans going missing" I spat at the ground, taking another long drink and a breath.

"Good thing those humans have us around, right?" Luca declared, almost cheerful.

'Trust Luca to be the cheerful one when it came to killing vampires and protecting everyone' I thought to myself, smiling at him in admiration.

We sat there talking, drinking and eating until it started growing darker. I stared up at the sky again and looked to everyone else with cautious eyes.

"Let's go, we need to get ready quickly, I'll meet you all in the mountains, protect each other" I commanded, standing up and getting on my bike before speeding off towards a cave in the mountains.

Once inside, I started on my normal routine taking my clothes off, storing them away, hiding belongings like my phone, bike and watch and undoing my hair before I got to the cage that my father had used, stepping inside, locking it behind me and chaining myself to the wall.

I'd had to replace them before a few times due to breaking them or just general wear but the bars of the cage held well enough. I'd only ever gotten out of them once but I had not been caging myself away for very long, I only started after turning Fenn because I didn't want anymore humans to deal with this curse.

I tugged and pulled on the chains hard, before reaching down and lighting another cigarette.

'Might as well have one last one for the night' I thought to myself, breathing in the toxic air and savouring the feeling of it on my lungs as I waited for the moon to creep its way in.

I thought over the evening, thinking on the theory that Luca had brought up, that this moon would give us better control over ourselves, I sighed and blew out a puff of smoke.

'Just wishful thinking of the younger generation' I thought, humming to myself and staring out to the sky. The stars had started to come out though I had no idea how long I'd been sitting here for, slowly smoking my cigarette, it was almost down to the end when I saw the first glimpse of the giant moon in all its red glowing glory.

It slowly illuminated the cave walls, creeping through them like a river of blood light, then it caught my eyes and suddenly I couldn't look away no matter how hard I tried to pull away and hide from it.

I'd shot up, feeling the tearing and shifting of my skin as the change took over, letting out a scream with turned into a howl that could have pierced the sky.

The next thing I know, I was pulling against my bounds and trying to get past the bars which caged me.

I wanted flesh. I wanted blood.

I wanted to kill and claw, and rip apart fragile beings.

Long, solemn howls tore the sky that night, as if the moon itself had called out for them to sing for it. And so the might was filled with the howls of power that would always keep the red eyed demons at bay.

A/N:

I hope you guys enjoy the first glimpse!

To clear up any confusion, Lilith currently only talks in Icelandic to her mother, anyone else she reverts to English.

Also please tell me if I got the translations wrong! It's my first time doing a character who doesn't speak English as their first language.

Please leave a comment on anything you think I could improve on and I'll try and update every few weeks!