Chapter 25: The Law
Nessie's POV
I gritted my teeth as I tried to think of an explanation. Or how exactly I was going to answer my grandmother's questions.
"Well?" grandma Esme asked me.
"Those are all excellent questions and I don't know how to answer them," I laughed nervously.
"How about you answer them truthfully," she said.
I sighed and rubbed the back of my head. I grimaced slightly. My family was not going to like hearing about my adventures today. But I knew that there was no possible way that I could leave her questions unanswered. "Well I met a guy that apparently knew me when I was a baby. We had gone for a walk when he heard a car accident happen nearby. I found this baby and he was dying. I thought I could save his life so I bit him and I accidentally changed him,"
"Wait a minute. You mean to tell me that you took off with a stranger. Turned a baby into a vampire. Then disappeared for the remainder of the day leaving us all very worried that something bad had happened to you,"
"Jacob isn't a stranger. He', well, he was my mom's best friend years ago. I don't think I'd be in any danger with him around. He's a werewolf,"
My words had apparently sent a wave of shock through her. "You were with a WEREWOLF?!"
"Um, well, yeah-"
She grabbed my arm. "Come on. We're going back home. Right now," she said. I didn't understand the sudden fear in her voice.
"But-"
"No 'buts' young lady. We are leaving right now,"
I sighed knowing that there was no way I was going to win this argument. Besides I'd already caused enough grief as it was. She called my grandfather to let him know that she'd found me and we would be home shortly. She didn't tell him about the baby. Or about me hanging out with a werewolf though.
At least the baby had quieted down now. I was surprised because from everything I'd heard he should still be screaming in pain from the change. I could see a crescent shaped mark forming on his arm where I'd bitten him.
The baby looked at me with curiosity. I felt a sudden and strong, overwhelming urge, to protect him at all costs. It was strange, irrational even, but in that moment I felt like I would give up my life for his if I had to. I didn't know it was possible to love a stranger baby so suddenly and so fiercely. I'd imagined that this is what happened to new moms. Not fourteen year old girls like me.
Needless to say the ride home was a very quiet home. The silence spoke volumes though. I could've cut the tension in that car with a knife. I shouldn't have left with Jacob like that. Maybe I should've left the baby in that wreck to die. I felt a stabbing pain as I even thought those words. No. I saved his life, right? How on Earth could that be bad?
The entire family was waiting for me in front of the house when I got back. The looks on their faces went from relieved to shocked to mortified in just a few seconds. It was only as I walked up to them that I really felt the pain of my broken leg.
Seeing that I was struggling my grandfather went to help me. "What happened?" he asked me.
"I'm pretty sure that I broke my leg falling of a werewolf," I gritted my teeth in pain.
"A werewolf? Well I guess that explains the smell. But that doesn't explain the baby,"
"It's kind of a long story,"
"We have time. You can tell me everything while I have a look at your leg,"
Grandpa took me to his office where he began to examine my leg. "Be careful I'm almost certain that it is broken but I want to do an x ray to be sure,"
I nodded in agreement. "So why don't you tell me what happened today?"
I nodded and began my story. Grandpa only interrupted me once. "You turned a baby into one of us?" the way he said that made me feel scared.
"Is that a bad thing?"
"That is a very bad thing. Immortal children are absolutely forbidden. It is a crime punishable by immediate in the eyes of the Volturi. Not only is the creator punished by death but so do all who know of the child's existence,"
"I'm sorry grandpa. I was just trying to save his life. I thought since my blood heals maybe my saliva would have a similar impact. I didn't mean to change him. Why is it so bad what I accidentally did?"
My grandfather breathed heavily and began telling me the stories of the immortal children. The destruction they caused because they couldn't be taught. Why the Volturi intervened and why the law was enacted in the first place.
"It looks like a clean break," he said showing me my x ray picture. "It should heal more quickly. I want you to stay off of that leg for a few days. Okay?"
"Sure grandpa,"
"and please no more wandering off with werewolves. They're not safe to he around,"
Jacob didn't seem very dangerous to me. I guess I had a knack for danger though. After all I fell in love with Alec. I felt a pang in my chest when I thought about him. Tears threatened to overflow. How I missed my Alec.
I couldn't sleep that night. I felt as if something were pulling on me. It was a strange sensation. One that I couldn't resist. I followed it to a room a few doors down the hallway. To my surprise the baby had been left there.
He was crying again but it was nowhere near as bad as it had been before. I picked him up and held him. The sudden love I'd felt for him earlier had only gotten stronger. It was inexplicable and irrational even. Maybe it was crazy but I'd give my life for him if I had to. My heart pounded. It scared me how intense my emotions had become for this boy in such a short amount of time.
I placed him back on the bed. As I was walking back to my room I overheard a conversation happening amongst the rest of the family.
"Obviously the only solution is to kill the baby. Maybe the Volturi will be more forgiving if we take the matter into our own hands," it was my uncle Jasper talking.
"As much as I hate to admit it that might be our best course of action," grandpa said.
No. They were going to kill him. I had to protect him. I had to save him. Even if it meant going against my own family.
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