CHAPTER FOUR
Waking up with Edward was something Bella grew very used to, the gloomy and cloudy day meant he was going to school with her. Edward and her were an official thing now, and was forced to get used to the stares of people. Slowly though, people began to get used to it, but there was still lots of answers she wanted, ones that she was going to ask Edward later today. After all, the Cullens weren't the only Vampires at her school.
Bella decided she didn't want to go to class and rather spend time with Edward, so she recommended they go into the woods near their school. After sitting and speaking for a while, she began to wonder. Edward explained to her about the "frenzy" they felt while having a drop of blood. It was something that made her a bit scared, her stomach turned as she thought of the idea of drinking blood. She hated cuts, how could she ever drink blood? It seemed like an impossible thing to her. She pulled her hood more over her hair as she and Edward were in the umbrage of a low tree. Rain was very annoying. Edward didn't seem to mind it at all.
"So..." she didn't know how to start off with the question. "Are, are West and Priscilla vegetarians like you to?" Bella began to twist a lock of hair around her finger.
Edward sighed. "I'm envious of those two, they're the only ones I know who are older then any Vampire I've met my whole life." He looked ahead of himself. "I met them only a few years after I became a Vampire, they act the same as they did then, both of them do everything in their power to try and act human as much as possible, so trowing parties, going to concerts, shopping, they even eat food, he Volturi had a problem with them for a while because they were so bold. But they're terrifying, they always have been."
Bella became curious, "...why?"
"It's really none of my business to tell you, but they were under a type of label for a long time, they were once seen as a trophy in our world, if anyone managed to kill those two, it would be something as you might thing of as winning the gold metal in the Olympics, or, becoming a president."
"Why?" Bella was confused. She felt silly asking the same question the whole time.
"They used to be traitors, if they came across any vampire who killed humans, they'd kill them with no hesitation." Bella stared with wide eyes. West and Priscilla seemed nothing like what Edward was saying, they were fun, giving, polite. "They see our kind as nothing but uncontrollable killers."
"But, they're like you, they drink blood." Bella said awkwardly.
"Everyone in our world knows the Flores Twins as vampires who never killed anyone, they were some of the first vegetarians. They only drink cow, lamb, pig, or goat blood because it's the only kind of animal that is breed to be eaten." Edward went deeper into their story. "West and Priscilla are one of the few who I cant read, like you, but I didn't need to read their mind since they were so popular for centuries. West had killed a vampire before he became one himself, the vampire who turned his sister into one, but no one knows if it was the vampire he killed who turned him into one or if Priscilla turned West into a vampire, they never told anyone. But the fact that a human had killed a vampire was big news 3,100 years ago."
Bella's eyes widened. "31...hundred?" She said in disbelief.
Edward nodded, "they are among the oldest vampires in the world, there were older ones them them, but they were killed by West. No one knows exactly how old they are, but they're much older then three thousand years. When there was a report of a vampire killed by a human a group of vampires came to hunt whoever that human was down near Peru, all seven of them were killed by West and Priscilla, and that was when their reputation was made."
"So, they just went around killing their own kind?"
"No, since they're really a part of the original people of this land they only killed foreigners, they believed it was the 'pale skinned' who created monsters, but it only took about a few hundred years for them to realize that vampires were of every kind of ethnic background. Still, they went on and worked their way up to America to kill our kind. But one day, the first day I met them, was the last time they attempted to kill one of their kind. Priscilla and West specifically went looking for my Father, Mother, and I." Bella pictured everything he told her.
West's and Priscilla's shoes made echoing clicks as they walked towards the Cullens. The year was 1929, just as the depression hit America the hardest, but that did not effect nor reflect on the five vampires, since they were dressed so nice. Esme wore a nice white dress with a scarf to cover her neck, Carlisle and Edward wore black tux's, the three came from an opera, they decided to leave early when they saw West and Priscilla in the front rows drinking wine with a few rich men. West's coat was off, revealing his vest and Priscilla wore a short, red, sexy, flapper dress.
"How are you three doing?" Priscilla said politely as she held onto West's arm. The Cullens couldn't help but notice how much they looked alike.
"Good, and you two?" Dr. Cullen asked alert of what might happen.
"We're doing swell." Priscilla smiled at her brother, but then she put on a serious face. "Dark allies are great for these kinds of things." Priscilla giggled and smiled her bright red lips. "Just do it so we can go to the other place." She let go of his arm.
West charged at Dr. Cullen, slamming him into a brick wall creating a large crater in it, Priscilla appeared behind Esme and knocked her to the ground. Edward tried to use his speed as an advantage and help Esme, but Priscilla obviously surpassed him and knocked him to the ground next to his mother. West threw Dr. Cullen down next to his wife and son, all three only had the beginning taste of who they what the twins were capable of. West lit a cigarette and blew out the smoke that filled his lungs, lungs that would never be destroyed by the drug. He looked somewhat odd looking so young with a cigarette.
"Whats wrong with you Dr.?" West asked and stared at him with his wicked hazel eyes, the only hazel eyes he knew any vampire had, besides his sister of course.
"What are you talking about?"
"You can't control yourself?" Priscilla said and leaned her head on her brothers shoulder. "Esme, Edward, plus the other brats you saved, what are you trying to do? Make our kind take over the world?"
"Priscilla, you don't understand." Esme said in an almost pleading voice. "We don't mean any harm--"
West and Priscilla laughed, it was so authentic you would think they had heard a very funny joke. West then sighed. "Yeah, creating monsters means no harm at all, you know, we really liked you, but I guess being a vegetarian just wont cut it for you three."
West charged at Dr. Cullen once again. Dr. Cullen was ready to fight him, but West's eyes widened in horror, he knocked Dr. Cullen towards the wall and shot around. He saw Priscilla stand with a beautiful face, wondering why West hesitated in killing Dr. Cullen. But she was unaware that a tall shadowy, back, figure was right behind her. The person was about to set a hand on her neck ready to crack it in half, but West appeared behind the person. Priscilla jumped away near the Cullens but was now alert about the new threat. She saw a hand sticking through the chest of the man who was standing behind her, West pulled his arm our and jumped near Priscilla, the one person he would die to protect. The man dropped to the ground and struggled to get back up, he was hissing and growling, and West lit an other cigarette as more figures in black capes appeared around them.
The one who was impaled by West got up as if nothing happened. He looked ahead of himself. "Dr. Cullen, Esme, Edward, are you three alright?" He asked in a deep voice. The Cullens nodded.
"Tsk," West looked at his bloody sleeve. "This is going to stain."
"West." Priscilla said as if she were scared. "There's more then thirty here."
"West and Priscilla Flores, we are the guards of the Vuluti Family." The man who West impaled must have been their leader, since the others were not talking at all, but were there ready for anything.
"You don't say, well thats why I like America, there is no royalty here--"
"Enough!" The man pulled his hood off, his deep tan skin, deep brown hair, and tall figure meant he was of the same decent as West and Priscilla. "You two caused as much trouble as it is."
"What do you want?" Priscilla said trying to take authority, "this has nothing to do with you guys, the Cullens have turned way too many people into vampires, they're destroying an important balance!"
"You two have done far worse." The man said. "My name is Zachery Sandro, you two are here by under arrest."
Four vampires appeared in front of Priscilla and West, all about to take a hold of them. West blew out more smoke. "Priscilla." He said as if commanding her to do something.
"Get away from me." She said in an angry voice, her eyes glowed a deep red, they four slowly backed away, running away in a complete speed, Zachery grew angry as they walked away as if nothing was wrong.
"You two just cant get over yourselves can you?" Zachery rushed towards them.
West smiled and looked at Zachery in the eyes. "Die." Zachery froze as if he had been impaled again. A slow desire to die began to grow in his heart.
But someone had jumped between them and had his pale white hand cover Zachery's eyes, Zachery collapsed. West's face was furious.
"Hugo..." West hissed, Priscilla looked worried and grabbed onto her brothers arm.
"I knew force wouldn't work on you two." A young polite voice said. His face looked as if he were no older then 18, he looked nice, caring, and his hair was shoulder length and tied in a low tail. He extended a hand to West. "Hello, West Flores, my name is Hugo Lopez, we need to talk."
West then relaxed and look at the Cullens. "You guys are so lucky," he then looked at Hugo. "Priscilla, our power wont work on this guy."
"I know..." she said in a weak voice.
"Then what happened?" Bella asked.
"Well," Edward began. "We left, but everyone found out that Priscilla and West agreed to never kill a vampire again, unless of course if they are attacked. And right after that they moved here and controlled everyone in the surrounding towns with their power."
"Like yours?"
"No, Priscilla is able to control people for five years at a time, so she has everyone believe that West and her are a freshman, then they leave for a year after they graduate, then come back to make everyone believe they just moved here, our schoolmates grandparents went to school with Priscilla and West."
"What can West do?"
Edward looked serious. "West's power is what I consider one of the worst I've ever came across, he can cause all hope on someone to fade, he can cause someone to fall into a deep depression and have that person commit suicide, and he can perform this on hundreds of people at a time. I told you about my father and that he tried to commit suicide and that it doesn't work, well West spend years toying with vampires having them trying to kill themselves over and over again. But once they met Hugo, a vampire who's able to cancel every power there is out there, that is when the twins stopped. Since West and Priscilla are twins, they also seem to have each others powers at times, well, or so the legends go, either way, West and Priscilla dislike every vampire, but Priscilla seems to get along with Alice out of everyone, or anyone we know." Edward looked down and sighed. "The twins soon faded into legends though and it got to the point where they are nothing but vegetarians who try to act like humans, they're not encouraged to be so bold, but they do as they please. They never killed a person and they never slipped after they became vegetarians, they're 'normal' now, as they say. But everyone knows that they could not beat them in a battle, if Hugo didn't have his power then West and Priscilla could have easily killed everyone that day."
It was silent for a moment. Bella spoke. "How many vampires did they kill?"
Edward looked at her. "Nearly 1000, maybe more, their life was dedicated to killing our kind, and it had just recently ended." Bella looked away. "To you killing vampires might not be a bad thing, but imagine if you knew someone who killed 1000 people? They would be murders, but in our world, the twins have far to much power to be messed with, so we just try to deal with them, plus they have allies, some just as strong as them. But no one has met or seen them other then the Volturi." Bella leaned her head on Edward.
Priscilla was leaning against the wall of the large red barn West and she were at. She breathed out staring at the mist she created. She stared at the dull gray hills that had patches of purple flowers on them. The sky here was just as gray as her home. She folded her arms and licked the red blood off her lips. She turned around and walked into the yellow lit barn. A dead cow laid dead drained of all it's blood. A calf was right next to it also dead.
"Are you done?" Priscilla asked West.
West wiped his mouth and looked up, he sighed and leaned back. "Yeah, I'm full." West got up and turned to the door as an old man walked in.
"Oh, you two are done already? Well that's good." he old farmer said. "Just have to get a hose, see you two next week." the man grabbed the hose and walked out. Priscilla had performed her power on him a few years ago so he would give the twins a few cattle every two weeks.
"Nice guy." West said. "His 14 year old boy smells really good too." West laughed. "Right?" he smiled Priscilla.
"Not really." Priscilla set her hand in her pockets and looked at the dead cows.
"No one smells good to you do they?" West began to walk towards his sister and wrapped his arms around her neck. "I've been worried about you lately." He whispered to her. "Your becoming an anorexic, all you had was a calf." He then squeezed harder. "I don't want you slip."
Priscilla leaned her head so it touched her brothers. "I think we need to pay a few people a visit."
West smiled. "I know, you've been thinking it all day, this twin thing never gets old, don't forget that." He kissed her cheek and quickly let go. "A bunch of guys are coming over now to play Gears of War II, lets go." Both disappeared in a second.