Chapter two.
Twenty years later.
"Maureen." I rolled over in my huge bed, which was only used as something to lay on while I read. I missed sleep sometimes. Even though I'd said her name in a voice barely above a whisper she'd heard.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Are you ready to go?" I asked her. Today was the day we were moving. I loved the house we were in but we'd been here in Scotland for too long now. People were starting to question us. We'd all decided to go back to the states and when I'd suggested Forks they'd agreed.
I had a fairly large coven. Me, Maureen, Victor, Alwin, and of course little Penny. I'd met Maureen first and we became best friends almost immediately. We'd been with each other for five years before Victor joined us. Him and Maureen had fallen in love at first sight. It was another year before Alwin came along. Maureen and Victor had met him while out hunting and I'm pretty sure they brought him back with me in mind but we were nothing more than best friends. I'd thrown a fit to keep Penny. She was the newest member, joining us two years ago. She was a cocker spaniel vampire dog. I'd been out hunting when I'd heard tires screeching and when I went to see what had happened there she was. I knew there was no way she was going to make it and my compassion immediately kicked in. I hadn't been sure if I could do it but sure enough, I had myself a vampire dog. When I'd brought her back the others had all told me no way. But of course she won them over and I wouldn't back down so voila.
Maureen was able to control objects with her mind. We called her our little magician.
Victor could see the future. It reminded me of Alice which made me sad sometimes but his was a little different from Alice's in that his visions were a little more detailed and longer.
Alwin was like, well him. Reading minds. Only like Aro, he had to touch that person. We think it's because when he was human he was only aware of peoples' thoughts if he knew them.
As for me, well they called me the little protecter. I had a shield like a bubble around my mind and that was probably why the mind readers could never get inside my head. I could use it to protect my coven if need be. Although for some reason I could understand animals' thoughts. Maureen thinks it's because animals protect themselves by instinct so maybe they have a shield around themselves too. Once I get within close enough range of them I enter their shield and they don't notice me because of my shield. It's a confusing trait and we haven't quite figured it out completely yet. But it's kind of cool to know what Penny is thinking sometimes.
"I've been ready." Maureen called back up the stairs.
I hopped down from the bed which the movers would send to our home and grabbed the bag (which was lined with steel) holding Penny. I bolted down the stairs and we were on our way.