A Distant Memory
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Chapter 2: A Glimpse of the past.
Bpov
I keep having strange glimpses of these people I don't know. Normally I having visions isn't weird, because that's my power, but these don't seem to be visions of the future. It's almost as if they're memories but I don't know who the people are. Sometimes there are seven of us, and other times there are eight.
One of the clearest ones is one including several vampires and me standing in a large chamber. Sitting in the center of the room are three vampires clothed in black robes. They are surrounded by many many vampires. I'm surrounded by six vampires. Another enters, and whenever I see him, I suddenly feel an intense sadness and longing wash over me. I don't know why I feel like this because I have no idea whatsoever who he is. I know that in this memory or vision, I run towards him and kiss him.
There's another one where a little girl of about thirteen years old runs to me and she calls me "Mommy."
All I know about these people, well vampires, are their names and what they look like.
A blonde man, who seems older than the rest, is called Carlisle. In most of them, he is wearing a doctor's coat. From the visions I have, he seems to be the father figure.
The lady with caramel hair and a heart-shaped face is called Esme. She seems to be the mother of the group.
A small pixie-like girl with black hair is called Alice, and she is often seen with a tall blonde man called Jasper.
Rosalie is blonde also. She's very beautiful - like a model. I feel my confidence decrease just thinking about her. She's usually seen with a tall burly man with curly brown hair, called Emmett.
The last two are the ones I feel an intense curiosity towards. I only know their names are Edward and Allie, but I feel this strange emotion when I see them. It's a feeling I've never felt before. I feel similarly towards the others but towards these two, it's much stronger.
Allie looks a lot like me. She's about 13 and has the same dark hair as me. I can't think on any other word to describe Edward, except breathtaking. He's the most beautiful creature I've ever seen. He's got a strange shade of hair color – almost like bronze. He's tall with a well toned body and the most mesmerizing eyes I've ever seen.
There is one vision in particular that I do not enjoy seeing. It's the worst thing I've ever seen, and it won't ever leave my mind. It sends shivers up my spine thinking about it. There is blood everywhere. I'm sitting in the middle of a large room. The white walls are covered in blood. The broken piano on my right is covered in blood. The vampires in the coven are torn to pieces. They're all dead. In my arms is the little brown haired girl who called me 'mommy' and the bronze haired man. They're both staring up at me with eyes that used to be full of life, but are now blank.
That's the thing that strikes me about them – their eyes. Unlike any other vampire I've met, they all have topaz eyes like me. Annabelle has deep crimson eyes.
Annabelle is the one who changed me, and I've lived with her in Chicago for my entire existence. She has quite large coven. It's not as big as the coven from my visions. There are five of us and each of us has unique and special powers. As I said before, I can see into the future. It's not my best power, because it can be quite uncertain, and I can only see what happen within three months. I can also read minds.
My best friend, Dawn, has blonde hair and can change her appearance. She was changed when she was twenty. It makes it easier for her to mix with humans because she can seem as if she's ageing. She is average height. She has a very loud personality, and our love for all things random was the basis of our friendship.
Her mate is Christian. He's very tall and lanky. He doesn't look strong but looks can be deceiving. Of course, his being a vampire wouldn't have anything to do with his strength. Christian can control the elements. He's very quiet and is just a little too obsessed with Dawn. Not that she minds because she loves him deeply.
Antoine is a very good friend of mine. He can move and freeze things with his mind. He was changed not very long after I was. I think Annabelle intended for him to be for me what Christian is for Dawn, but both of us feel only brotherly-sisterly love towards one another. He's incredibly kind and has such a laugh. He cheers me up. When there are clouds in my sky, he's the sun. He banishes them, and I'm clear and happy again.
We're the opposite of each other. His skin is the direct opposite of my pale white skin. He's tall and muscular, whereas I'm slight and tiny compared to him. I think I reach his shoulder. He's loud and outgoing. I'm sort of quiet and shy until I get to know a person better. However, Antoine does seem to unleash the wild side in me.
Annabelle has long black hair and is very tall, much taller than Christian is. She's incredibly powerful. The most powerful vampire I've ever met. I know that her power is to block other powers, and that's all I really know. I've lived with her ever since I was changed, and yet I know very little about her. She likes to keep to herself.
I'm the only one in the coven that feeds off animals, and it makes me feel like the black sheep. I don't know why I feed of animals. Whenever I first went hunting, it just felt like the natural thing to do. It was instinct. Each of them tries to make me change my ways, and I almost did, until I started having the visions or whatever they are. I know now that there are others out there like me, and I hope to meet them some day.
I've asked Annabelle about them, but she started getting angry and told me forget about them. She told me I was being stupid, that it can't be memories because I've lived with her for my entire existence.
That's what she tells me, but I can't help but feel that she's lying to me. I try and read her mind, but she is constantly blocking it from me. I feel as though I'm missing out on something. Things don't seem to add up. I can remember being changed, but I don't remember my early years. I don't remember meeting Dawn, Christian, Antoine, and Annabelle. They were just there one day in my memories. It's like they came out of nowhere, but I seemed to know everything about them. It's very hard to explain what it's like.
"Isabella, do you want to go shopping?" Dawn asked me.
"Okay, I guess. If I must." I knew that I'd have to say yes, or she'd be constantly nagging me for the rest of the day until I agreed.
"Great. I'll just go get Christian and Antoine. Knowing them, they're probably fighting over the PlayStation." We laughed because it was most likely true.
Sure enough, when we entered the living room of out two-storey house, there was Antoine sitting on top of Christian, demanding him to give him the controller.
Christian then caused a strong wind to blow through the house, hoping it would move Antoine from him, but Antoine used his power to stop it before the house was seriously damaged. If anything happened to this house, Annabelle would have a fit. This is the third house in 18 months that they've destroyed because of their childish fighting.
"Guys, act your age and not your shoe-size. We're going shopping, and we need people to carry our bags. Want to volunteer?" Dawn asked sweetly.
"Like we have any choice in the matter," Christian chuckled.
We've been shopping for three hours, and there's still no sign of Dawn stopping. We went into a nice clothes shop, and she picked out a few outfits for me. She insisted I try them on. I managed to find room for the twenty or so bags in the changing room and tried on the outfits she handed me. I actually liked them all, so I bought them. I have the money so why not treat myself?
As I walked out of the changing room, bags in tow, I could've sworn I saw a small, black-haired girl and a tall blonde-haired girl leave the shop. They looked remarkably like the Alice and Rosalie from my visions.
I don't know why, but I chased after them.
A/N Hope you liked it. If you have any questions then let me know. All will be explained as the story progressess
Helen =]