Special thanks to Random Sox and singergurlxoxo for keeping my hopes up. Sorry for taking so long to update! 8th grade is really insane around graduation time. :\
AN: Gwen's gift is adaptable. It will change as the story continues so don't be all WTF when it does cuz I'm telling you now. Enjoy!
The man that stood over my paralyzed body was truly huge. He was obviously a vampire but… his eyes… They were yellow… a Cullen maybe? I never heard of a Cullen like this. There was a doctor named Carlisle, Edward of course, and the crazy psychic, Alice. Those were the only Cullen's I had time to learn about.
If this guy was a Cullen, then they should have told us about him! He looked impossible strong and too well built to be an easy target.
At that moment another supposed Cullen came into view; my body went ridged. How is he alive! Every inch of his pale skin was covered in over-lapping scars one only received from a vampire bite. I wanted to scream. I wanted to be able to run away. I wanted everything to make sense again!
"Emmett, what did you do to her?" The blonde man asked clearly shocked that I was allowing them to be this close to me as a newborn- if only he knew, I'd run if I could..
I didn't like the way the blonde one looked at me. I tried to focus my blue eye, so I could see him without him seeing it, but it wouldn't let mesee him. Instead I saw images play like wind around him, and for the moment that was all I could see. They were images of him in an old army outfit. Him with blood red eyes and a drained body in his arms. A few images told me how he received so many scars. The pictures told me that he was in an army like me, and every newborn that was foolish enough to attack him ended up a smoldering pile of ashes.
The translucent images played in a line, like a film strip, telling the story of his life. Towards the end there were many images of him and a short pixy like girl. They seemed much happier then the ones at the beginning. What were these things?! How was I seeing those, no one else seemed to? Had my 'gift' changed? Was that even possible?
When my eyes refocused I noticed I was being held in a steel grip by the big curly haired man. I still felt stiff but I could move again, but something was missing… The violin! I struggled a bit, I had to go get it; Emmett's hold tightened. I struggle more; the blonde turned his attention to me.
"We can either take you to the house as you are or in pieces." He said through bared teeth. I stopped struggling. Riley always said that violin would get me killed since I've already broken four arms, a leg, and nearly had my right pinky cut off trying to save my mother's instrument.
"You don't have to be mean to her Jasper. We don't even know if she was in Bella's room or not." Emmett said.
"Shut up Emmett." Jasper sighed. Emmett just chuckled as I fought to be free.
If you told someone to shut up back at the warehouse you'd lose a limb. These guys acted as if they were brothers. It was nauseating.
"I'm just saying. I mean she's going to have to deal with Edward when we get to the house. So you might as well give her a break." Emmett said.
I tuned, whatever Jasper was going to say next, out as I tried to remember my defense lessons. They were fuzzy but I could still remember most of them. I went over how to break out of a bear hug. The whole "drop you weight" thing wasn't going to help, since this guy could bench press a building, but the rest might just save me.
I took a deep breath and was thankful that there were no humans around to distract me because once I was free of Emmett's grasp I still had to escape soldier boy over here.
With one swift movement I formed a fist and brought the knuckle up hard against Emmett's hands- which were laced together below me ribs. The moment his hand's flattened by the force I brought up one of mine to seize his. With my other hand I grabbed one of his fingers and used it to twist his arm off from around me and bring it behind his back.
The time I was on my feet again and had Emmett's arm nearly twisted off, Jasper was lunging for me. I just imagined he had a knife because I didn't know how to defend myself from someone how lunges at me without a weapon. When he was close enough I grabbed his arm, brought my knee up to his stomach, and brought my elbow down hard to his back.
With both my captures momentarily face down on the ground I took my chance and ran. The first thing that went through my head was "Holy crap that worked!" I ran back the way we came, snatched up my violin case as I passed it, and strapped it over my shoulder.
I could hear them coming after me; I didn't dare look back. That is, till I came to the base of a cliff.
"Aw, damn it." I sighed.
I didn't have time to climb the thing and I had already wasted too much time thinking about rather or not I could climb this stupid thing fast enough!
The sounds of foot falls coming after me were brought to a standstill. I turned around. Jasper and Emmett stood ready for whatever I might try next. And I stood there trying to figure out what I should do next… This was getting us nowhere.
I shifted my weight, and they shifted theirs. I glanced up at the cliff, considering climbing it again. My hands griped my violin case strap, a nerves habit from being human; the movement did not escape Jasper's eyes.
We stood there studying each other for a moment. Then Emmett lunged, I was ready for it, and he ended up in the same position Jasper had when he attacked me. Jasper was already on top of me when I was done with Emmett. We snarled and wrestled for a moment before I broke away. I took my chance again and started to run.
A familiar sound vibrated though the forest. I froze. It was music, a string being plucked, 'A' string to be exact. The violin… I spun around. Jasper stood there with a triumphant smirk on his lips, holding my mother'sviolin carelessly in his hand. I snarled. How dare he touch her violin with his filthy hands?!
I lunged at him. Blindly I might add. Right into the trap they had set. The moment I was about to rip Jasper to shreds, Emmett had me in a choke hold which, I struggled too much, would end with my head unattached from my body. I snarled. Not because of Emmett but because Jasper was still holding the violin in a careless manner. He could break it like that!
"That didn't take too long." Emmett said in a chipper tone.
"You're the one how let her go in the first place." Jasper growled and then looked down at me. "If you try it again I won't hesitate in breaking this." He threatened, holding up my violin. I stopped all struggles, and I was completely relaxed; physically at least.
They ran me back to the house, quickly this time and I tensed when it came into view, as did Emmett. The house looked like it was made of glass. The walls inside were all white with white furniture. The whole one color thing was creepy, but that wasn't what caught my attention. Standing it a window was a beautiful woman. She bared her teeth at me before she turned to said something to someone.
"They found her. You should take Bella home." I heard her mutter from inside.
"I'll take her. You kids should stay here." I woman's gently voice said.
"Thank you Esme." A young man said. "I'll come see you tonight." He whispered to someone but everyone could hear it regardless of his hushed voice.
"You better." A girl said, her voice was deep and ugly compared to the rest of the voice I heard from the house. Human, I guess. That must be Bella.
A snarl came from the house when I thought about what Riley said he'd do to her if he ever got the chance. Ringing her neck, draining her dry… my throat burned.
Jasper and Emmett waited a few moments for the human to leave before taking me in through the kitchen. My throat burned even more when we were in the house since the human's sent lingered in the air.
I had been careful not to let Jasper and Emmett see my eyes but I couldn't stop myself from looking up.
One red and one blue eye stared up in to seven pairs of yellow ones.
There was a gasp. Silence. Then a snarl.
Well hoped you liked it. Longest chapter I've ever written ( I think). As I mention before Gwen's gift is adaptable so I need ideas of what else it might change to when the time comes. Please make it scary! Like Jane torture scary! I want other vampires to fear my little Gwen. R and R Please!