I still don't own Twilight, and unfortunately, not Jazzy either… but oh, how I keep wishing… Oh, well.
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KPOV
When we got to the bottom of the stairs, there was a huge room, that seemed like it used to be multiple rooms, it was so huge. There were huge couches in one area, and they looked comfy!
We went into another room that looked like it would be a dining room. There was a huge antique looking cherry wood table with a huge, beautiful bouquet of dark red roses. They were the pretty ones that looked black on the edges of the petals.
I noticed on my way to the dining room that this entire house was actually like a mansion. I mean it was huge! These vamps must be rich! Why would they want me to stay here? Are they keeping me for ransom? Are they going to sell me away to Voray's accomplices?
Can I trust them?
I shook away my doubtful thoughts and concentrated. There is no way these people would have been so nice to me if they were just going to sell me off. I'm going to trust them and repay them for their help.
I stood in the doorway as everyone else sat down. Jasper squeezed my hand, silently telling me it was okay. He led me to the far end of the table and pulled out the chair for me. I saw Edward trying to hide a smile, along with Alice. It was obvious that they knew how I felt.
They must know what he is feeling too. I'm still not sure if I want to know.
I sat down and he took the chair directly to my left. I tried to relax a little, but I wasn't used to such a large crowd. I know eight people doesn't seem like a lot, but when you have been locked up in a room for the majority of your life, in my case both human and vampire, eight people is a lot.
I was still having trouble relaxing and I was starting to freak out. I threw a look at Jasper who instantly grabbed my hand and sent me very strong relaxing waves. I sighed and amplified the sensation he sent me. His eyes widened and I smiled.
"Are you an empath?" jasper asked me, with a hint of hope dripping off of his words. I smiled even more. "No, but I can amplify emotions and any feeling you can get, both in myself and others."
He nodded, but didn't look as hopeful as before. I squeezed his hand. I watched as the small movement made his eyes light up. Carlisle spoke up.
"Karma, how many powers do you have exactly?" He asked with wonder ringing in his tone. He look like one of the many doctors that had inspected me in Germany. But then again, none of them had been as nice as Carlisle has been, and I've only been here a week, and conscious for half an hour.
"I honestly don't know. I haven't really experimented with what my powers extend to." He nodded and opened this huge binder, full of blank paper. He pulled out a pen, and posed to begin writing. "can you explain the powers you do know about?" he asked politely, yet full of curiosity.
I smiled and nodded. "Yes, of course. I'm happy that you asked me nicely at least. In Germany, they demanded everything of me." I felt Jasper's hand go stiff and I saw his other hand clench out of the corner of my eye. I gently rubbed my thumb across his hand and he relaxed a bit.
I bit back a smile as I realized that I was comforting Jasper, even though I was the one talking about my traumatizing existence. I saw Edward let the smile show and he nodded to me. I smiled too.
I looked back to Carlisle. "The first power I ever realized I had, was my telekinesis. I was still human when I figured it out. I think I was fifteen or so, because Voray already had me locked up in a room at the age of thirteen.
"I was chained to the wall, so I couldn't move my arms, I really wanted some water, but I couldn't get it from the other side of the room. I tried to reach for it anyway and I concentrated on the water. The next thing I know, the water is levitating in mid air and floating towards me.
"I was so thirsty that I didn't even realize that it was me doing that until I was drinking the water. I tried different things after that, like cups tables, and I eventually got enough control over it that I could use it to unlock my chains.
"They had a lot of problems keeping me in one room after that. But when Voray discovered my talent, he put me in a big white room. The only things in there were a shower, a bed, and a toilet.
"He had the power to make other beings, human, vampire, werewolf, shape shifter, you name it, and make them unable to use their special abilities. His room was next to mine, and vampires don't sleep, so I was always being suppressed.
"When I was seventeen, I realized he had stopped suppressing them, figuring I wouldn't know the difference. That's when I made the mistake of showing them my shape shifter ability. I have been shifting since I was a toddler, or at least that's what my old nanny told me. She was turned into a vampire when I was locked up in Voray's custody."
Edward made a motion with his hand and I stopped. He threw me a confused look.
"You were in his custody?" He asked in a disbelieving voice. I shook my head. "Not in the literal sense, but he always used that expression, so I guess it just stuck with me or something." He nodded and continued.
"So you are a shape shifter as well as a vampire? How long did it take for you to go through the change?" This was actually a common question. I was very strange indeed.
"It only took me 36 hours to turn into a vampire. I have no idea why, but I think it might be because I was already so used to shifting, that it was just like getting used to a new shape." He kept nodding as I explained my hypothesis. I glanced at Carlisle, who had already filled a good amount of paper and had gone through his first pen and had switched to a new one.
Edward looked puzzled about something. "There is a group of creatures who live near by. They turn into giant wolves, but I've seen a werewolf before, and the only thing they have in common is the fur. They say that our scent is too sweet and burns their noses, and that our venom is deadly to them and would kill them instantly. Do you know what they are?"
I nodded I had heard about their kind before. "They're hybrids. They are half shape shifter, half werewolf. Somewhere along the line their genes must have mixed, and now they are all hybrids, because usually everyone in a pack is related in some way or another blood wise. I'm guessing they smell bad to you?"
Edward nodded smiling and Bella smacked him lightly. He shrugged at her and continued. "Yes, they do smell like they have the wolf gene… that's good information to have." He smiled at me and I just grinned. Emmet looked like he was still holding a grudge.
"So you can only turn into cats?" Emmet asked. I nodded. "Yep! Any animal that is a feline, I can shift into that form. It used to hurt when I was a young girl, but it stopped hurting by the time I was about ten, I think." I stifled a giggle as Carlisle pulled out another pen to right with. He had gone through so many pages already…
How could he right so much when I say so little?
I saw Edward shrug and I remembered his power. I mentally rolled my eyes at him and he grinned. I was starting to get used to them, and their strange size. It was oddly… comforting.
Edward nodded and I grinned back at him. I suspected he was alone once, just as I was, but I was too afraid to ask. I trust them all, after they saved my existence from Voray and the clowns. I don't even think I'll block them out very often, I might have to block out Edward though… he already knows how I feel about Jasper… No I trust him not tell…
I had an idea.
Edward, would you be honest if I asked you a simple yes or no question?
He nodded discreetly.
I continued. Is it safe for me to stay here with all of you? I mean, can I trust you all?
He gave me an understanding look and he answered out loud. "Definitely. No one here would betray you and sell you to Voray's followers. You can trust us. I promise."
Rosalie looked at me with pitying eyes. "Oh, Karma, what did that obsessed lunatic do to you?" She asked me. She was sitting on my right and she reached over to hug me with one arm.
I flinched, but I hugged her anyway. Emmet caught the flinch, as did Rose. Rose looked worried. "Did I hurt you? Are you sore?" She reached for my hand this time but instead I stood up. I let go of Jasper's hand and I turned around. I let the red shirt slide smoothly off my shoulders, leaving me in jus my T.
I looked over to Alice. "Alice, could you help me for a moment, please?" She was at my side in a flash, already knowing what to do, for she had undoubtedly had a vision. I saw Edward looked alarmed,, and I knew he had seen the vision in Alice's thoughts.
Jasper was looking between Edward and Alice helping me, and then he settled on watching Alice help me. She reached fro the hem of my shirt and pulled it up over my back.
A huge jagged scar slanted across my back, from the left side of my waist, to my right shoulder. It was a permanent scar that Voray had clawed into my back with his finger while I was still human. He had had me held down and forcefully put the scar there. I was told afterwards that I was then his property to do with as he pleased.
I saw Edward jump up, hearing my thoughts. He was next to Alice a second later. "Does it still hurt, after all those years?" he asked worriedly. My heart swelled. These were such compassionate people!
I shook my head. I looked back to Carlisle, who had know pulled out a second binder, and was now doing an incredible sketch of the scar on my back. I looked away from the picture. It hurt to know that it was there, even though I was a vampire now.
I felt the tears coming. You are so weak Karma the voices were echoing again.
No one wants you, Karma.
You are worthless.
Weak. Childish.
Not good for anything.
Just sell her off. Maybe someone will put her to use for something.
She'll never get anywhere in life.
So unbelievably naive to the world.
We're better off without her.
No wonder most of her family is dead now. They probably killed themselves to avoid her.
She's too needy.
Karma? That's not your name. You could never live up to that name.
You will never be worth anything.
Trash. Just a piece of-
"DON'T LISTEN TO THAT, KARMA!" Edward exploded. Oh no, he had heard everything. I looked at him, feeling numb all over.
"I told you, you should probably stay out of my head." and then I ran.
EPOV
You are so weak Karma. There were other voices in her head? She wasn't kidding earlier. I listened in horror as they continued to mock her, put her down, talked about her. Who could say such horrible things? Surely she didn't deserve them?
But she wasn't ever a normal human being, I realized. That was why she was treated this way. I listened to the voices. There was no way to justify these words, forever etched into her memory.
No wonder most of her family is dead now. They probably killed themselves to avoid her.
She's too needy.
Karma? That's not your name. You could never live up to that name.
That's her name now. She deserves that name just as much as the rest of us deserve our relative names! Who do these people think they are?!
You will never be worth anything.
Trash. Just a piece of-
That's enough. I've heard enough. "DON'T LISTEN TO THAT, KARMA!" I yelled.
Everyone was staring at me. I could see that in their thoughts. I could feel how she had gone numb through Jaspers senses. I stepped closer, she didn't even notice. Her cat-like eyes were dead as she stared into mine.
"I told you, you should probably stay out of my head." she said in voice, scarily devoid of all and any emotion.
Before I could blink, she had started running.
She ran away.
I won't let her leave. She reminds me too much of…
No, I can't think about her right now, I have to get to Karma.
I ran after her. I was the fastest runner. I already knew she would tire eventually.
I would chase her for centuries if it meant getting her back.
I used to have problems remembering my human life… but now…
I recalled all of my human memories.
She was in all of them.
Amber. That was her human name. I remember.
Amber… was the name of my twin sister.
OOOOH! Cliffie!!!! I'm so evil!! But you still love me right??
I know they don't actually look alike, but that will be explained in a later chapter.
Yes they are related, they are fraternal twins.
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