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Rebirth
The pain had stopped. I didn't open my eyes. He might be here, lurking, waiting for me. I heard mumbles across the house. I couldn't hear that far away before…
"What are we doing here? I mean seriously, she is no use to us." A beautiful voice said. By the pitch, I assumed it was female.
"This wasn't school girl gone bad. It was one of us." A male's voice answered. Just as mesmerizing. I kept my eyes shut. Maybe they would go away? Maybe I could go back to this morning, living, nothing wrong. My life would never be like that again. My eyes stayed glue shut. I didn't dare see the reminders of the past.
"See if you can hear anything." A different woman's voice said. Her voice was softer and didn't have the iciness to it. How many were there of them?
"Bedroom. Hmm… Next door on the left." A males' voice said, not as old as the last. That's four. The footsteps got closer and my body had tensed involuntary.
"There she is." I heard the first woman said, annoyed.
"If you can hear me, nod, signal us that you're actually alive." The first male said to me. My eyes fluttered open, slowly. My vision was crisper and more detailed. I could see normal objects with more depth and more meaning. I looked even further; the people that had come to the rescue were just gratifying. They were just beautiful, unexplainable, had to see for yourself, this kind of beauty. My mouth dropped just because of this sight.
"Who? What?" I got out. I almost started crying. There beauty would make grown men cry.
"We are the Cullen's'." Said the second woman. She had caramel hair that was curly around her abdomen. She a skirt and a light blue sweater, long sleeve, of course. She wasn't very tall, even in heels.
"I'm Carlisle. And we have to tell you, what you can do, what you are, and how to stop what you could do." Said the first male. He was a bleach blonde, and had a gray turtleneck on. His eyes were just like melted copper. He was very pale, but when you lived in Washington, you were just pale, but not as pale as this family.
"I'm Edward." Said the second male voice that I had heard. His hair was in a mess, it had a rust touch to it, and his eyes were the same as Carlisle's, I looked at the others, just the same. Must run in the family. He was too tall and was wearing a jacket and slacks. The blonde woman stole my attention. She looked at me with distaste.
"I'm Rosalie. And she is Esme." Rosalie said. She pointed at the caramel colored haired woman. She was shooting nasty looks at Edward. I noted that he just ignored them.
"What's your name?" Carlisle asked, Rosalie had packet me some clothes in a suitcase and went to get my toiletries.
"Charlotte." I said, softly. My throat burned. Imagine putting a cardboard tube down your throat and putting about three curling irons on it too.
"She needs blood." Edward directed that statement to Carlisle. He looked at me like he was just disturbed, or worried?
"I got her. Charlotte, why don't you come with me? We will get you somewhere safe." Said Esme, walking towards me. She had such grace. Rosalie had my bag in her hand and Esme helped me up.
"Cover your eyes." Said Rosalie. I knew just exactly why.
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"So what am I? I have to be not human; I just gulped a whole glass of blood. And I know for a fact that isn't hum… No! I can't be! You're joking. Right?" I said almost in tears. The burning decreased, but it was still there. I had to ignore it. The cup of blood had been the most satisfying thing in my short 16 years of life. It was like putting dynamite in your bloodstream.
"Yes, you're a vampire." Carlisle said without emotion.
"I can't be? I mean… I didn't suck any vampire blood! I don't sleep at night! Look it's light out! I can't! But what are you then? All of you?" I shouted, almost knocking the coffee table over.
"We are too. I am the oldest. Then it's Edward, Esme, and Rosalie, then you. We don't sleep, don't eat, and don't have coffins. And we can't go out in the sunlight. We sparkle." Carlisle said, ashamed. I laughed. Rosalie gave me a look.
"Wait, what? We sparkle?" I said laughing in between words. The whole room just looked confused.
"Um… That's funny?" Esme said.
"Actually yes! Have you ever read Dracula?" I asked.
"Yes. It's an excellent piece of literature. But fictional." Carlisle said.
"Another thing, there is a plus to this." Rosalie said looking passionately in the mirror.
"What would that be?" I asked her. Not even acknowledging her shallowness.
"You are just too beautiful!" She smiled and handed me a mirror. I couldn't even figure out if it was I. I had my features, but I still didn't at the same time. My long black hair had curled into ringlets; my eyes had turned that golden color, but with a hint of red color.
My necklace hung on my slender neck. A Celtic trinity knot, I have had it since I was little.
"Do the police know about me? What about my relatives?" I asked them.
"We have adopted you, they just agreed. Don't ask me why." Esme said. She came to hug me and kissed me on my left cheek.
I heard Rosalie move. She didn't make a sound, for a human.
"Rosalie! What's wrong?" I asked her.
"I need to hunt." She said.
"Take Charlotte. She needs to learn." Edward said, he had a crooked smile. Cute!
"Hunt?" I said puzzled.
"We hunt animals." Said Rosalie.
"Oh, so no humans?" I said grinning.
"No." Carlisle said shaking his head. Gosh can these people take joke?
"No we can't." Edward said.
"Did you just read my mind?" I whispered. He nodded in approval. I was taken aback.
"Different, don't you think?" Carlisle asked. It was my turn to nod in approval.
"Charlotte. Ready?" Rosalie asked me.
"Yeah. Should I be scared?" I asked. They all laughed.
"C'mon!" She grabbed my arm. I was surprised and threw her across the room and she hit the wall.
"Sorry! Are you okay?" I asked. She just got up and laughed.
"Strong. That's going to be fun to handle. Let's go out the back. She led me into another room then out a door. The woods were a perfect setting, the noises, and the blood? I just took off. I was running faster than light itself. The trees and leaves just breezed by.
"Charlotte!" Rosalie yelled. I didn't even care. I smelled something sweet and it smelled, human…