Chapter 3
Thanks for all the favs, follows and reviews. Here's the third chapter of Rags to kind of Riches I hope you like the story so far. I apologise in advance any spelling or grammatical errors I try to spot them before I post, but some still manage to slip through.
I do not own twilight.
I will be away for a week so this will the last chapter I post until I get back.
Tanya's P.O.V
'Where is that sister of mine now', I thought, I really can't take her anywhere. You would think that being a thousand year old vampire she would have some common sense, but alas that's the thing about common sense it's not very common. We were in Seattle on a shopping trip as Katrina got bored in Denali. The city was theming with people, humans were going about their daily lives, Christmas shopping was in full swing.
When I finally spot my dear sister, she's standing over a human girl like a lion hovering over their prey. "Kate" I yell, I can't believe what she is doing. I make my way over to the two of them, making sure that the girl is ok, with no lasting damage. "Are you alright?" I ask her, she replied that she was fine. I gave my sister a glare for being so reckless. How she managed to bump into a human in the first place I will never know.
While I check over the girl, a wave of sadness engulfs me as I see that she is homeless. I can tell by her clothes and what she is carrying, a sleeping bag and supplies. I notice her starting to fidget under my gaze the poor girl is probably embarrassed. I see her zone out for a moment so I round on Katrina, "what where you doing, that you couldn't see the girl?" "Well em you see I kind of got distracted" I shake my head in disbelief.
I turn back to the girl to see she is still in a different world. That's when I really get a good look at her. She has wavy brown hair that comes just past her shoulder blades, she's about 5"6 to my 5'8, she's a little on the thin side but that's probably from living rough and not getting enough food. Her eyes are a rich mahogany. I try to get her attention by calling her, I hope my sister hasn't permanently damaged her.
She looks up at me and that's when I get lost in her eyes, they really are the window to a person's soul. I can see pain but also love reflected in her eyes. As soon as our eyes make contact something deep inside me clicks into place, it feels primal yet delicate and complete. I realise that the girl standing before me is my mate. My Mate. The one I have been looking for, for the last thousand years. The one person who is perfect for me, who is my other half, the one who completes me. I stand on the spot frozen not moving a millimetre. I have found my happiness, my world in this girl. It's exhilarating and scary yet, I know that whatever happens I will be happy with her. A thousand thoughts are running through my head at once. If I wasn't a vampire, I think I would have combusted by now or smoke would be billowing out of my ears. 'Is she ok?' 'Why is she living rough?' 'If Kate has hurt her in any way ill kill her'.
I stand there not moving, I can't look away I am transfixed by her beauty. I have never seen a human or immortal this divine in my entire existence. I don't speak, I just absorb the feeling inside me, it's as if a tidal wave of emotions have hit me and I have to wait it out.
I can sense Kate moving beside me, looking between myself and my mate, I know it won't take her long to put two and two together and I'm right. I see that Cheshire cat grin on her face as she congratulates me. I see my mate pick up her belongings off of the ground and walk away from me. I still cannot get my body to co-operate with me all I can do is whisper the word "mate" in her direction after she leaves. Kate is hovering in front of me with a look of worry and happiness on her smug face. I eventually unthaw as Kate drags me down the road towards our hotel. The pain of realising I am leaving my mate makes me snap out of the body bind I am in. As soon as I get my bearings I come to a halt suddenly, I glare at Kate. "Why are you taking me back? I have to go after her, I don't even know her name, if she is ok or not" I start to panic. Kate places a hand on my shoulder asking me to calm down when I don't she apologises to me right before she shocks me, its powerful enough to bring me to my knees. "Tanya" she implores "it would be weird if you went after her she doesn't know what's going on, come back to the room, we will ring the others to discuss what's happening, the we can track her down."
When we make it back to the hotel room I immediately begin to pace around our suite. Kate rolls her eyes at me and calls Irina. She answers on the second ring, she assembles the rest of our family. "Well what is it?" I can imagine Irina pouting right now for being left out of the loop. "Tanya found her mate" Kate blurts out. On the other end of the line there is complete silence then a cacophony of noise, questions fly everywhere "who is she?" "Where did you meet?" "Vampire or human?" "What do they look like?" I answer them in order, "I don't know who she is, I met her after Kate knocked her to the ground, she has long brown hair, slightly smaller than me and is the most beautiful person I have ever seen and she's human".
Later after nearly an hour on the phone I tell Kate that I am going to go find my mate. I run at vampire speed to the last place that I saw her. I take a deep breath and instantly I am plagued by her scent. I smile to myself at how easy it was to find it. I track the scent for a few minutes at human speed I find her scent congregating in an alleyway behind a restaurant. I jump on to the roof above me and peer down to spot my mate with another woman, I suppress a growl. I don't want to be noticed. I catch the tail end of their conversation. I see them both getting comfortable for the night and I do the same. I worry that my mate might get sick from the weather but I push it to the back of my mind.
I notice the older woman falls asleep almost instantly while my mate lies awake for the best part of an hour before she finally succumbs to it inevitably. Too soon she starts to become restless, she starts muttering and mumbling in her sleep. I realise that she is having a nightmare. I'm about to go down to her when the older woman wakes up. My heart is hurting for my mate I can't go down and risk being seen just yet so I stay on my perch. "Bella" the woman calls. I finally have a name for my mate 'Bella' I sigh it suits her perfectly.
The woman says something about her nightmares. When Bella says that it was about her ex-boyfriend, I crush the phone that's in my hand. "How dare she have a boyfriend", the rational part of my brain kicks in they are not together anymore, she's single I hope. But if I ever find the ex-boyfriend I will hurt him like he has hurt her.
Kate finds me early the next morning before the sun is up. "So you found her then, I see" "yes" I don't bother to turn around "she has had a boyfriend" I murmur. Kate just raises her eyes at me "learn that all in one night?" I glower at her. "Get to know her, go out with her, and become her friend then girlfriend if you have to, fall in love and live happily ever after" she says. I smirk at her and think 'let the games begin'.
