Ch. 2
They walked in on a sight. The television was on, and Guitar Hero 2 was on the screen, but it was all but forgotten. A man who looked to be about twenty five, and a girl who could have been twenty were arguing in the room.
"There is no way you could have beat me at this game!" the man said. "You cheated. And Nessie was distracting me!"
"Nessie was sitting on the couch watching the whole time. I think someone's a sore loser," the girl yelled back.
"No, you can't beat me, my reflexes are way better than yours!" the man shouted back.
"Obviously not. And I just have way too much time on my hands," the girl explained.
"They like to argue," Jasper explained. "And Jake's not the best company in the world."
"Heard that," the man, Jake said.
"Shocker," the girl said. Then she turned to Damon. "I'm Nicole. Who are you, sexy?"
"Damon Salvatore," he replied in a charming, sexy voice.
"Salvatore, as in savior?" Nicole asked.
"Of course," he said before taking her hand and kissing the back of it.
"Hm...very, nineteenth century, Gone with the Wind-esque," Nicole said in a flirty voice.
"Well..." Damon began but glanced at Jasper, who nodded. "That's when I was born."
"Hm, hot. I'd go for 160 year old men," she smiled.
Damon looked at the television. "Guitar Hero 2? Want to play Free Bird?"
"Duh," she said and grabbed her guitar controller. Damon grabbed the other and they began playing pro face off on expert.
"Ten on Nicole," Emmett said while watching.
"You're on," Jasper replied.
"How about you tell us who wins?" Emmett asked Alice.
"That would be cheating," Alice said. "I'm not telling you." She turned to Jasper. "You I might tell," she said seductively. "No, you'll just have to find out." She walked away.
"Hello, Elena. My name is Alice," she said to Elena.
"How do you..." Elena started.
"Psychic," Bella explained.
"We're going to be good friends, I can see it now," Alice said, and smiled.
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"Now, why are we going to a small, unknown town in Washington, when we should be looking for the doppelgänger and another werewolf and vampire?" Elijah asked his brother.
"These are the men who turned us, best not to anger them," Klaus replied in return. "I've got it. Go find me a vampire in town, if you can, and report back. One of our kind, not theirs. The vampire in the sacrifice has to be descended from us, not them."
Elijah left his brother and the Volturi, and headed to town. Elijah heard Klaus explaining where he was going to Aro.
A vampire. They shouldn't be hard to find. Not for an Original, that is. Originals could smell vampires if they got close enough. He began his search, but it was hopeless, at least so he thought.
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"Five points?" Damon exclaimed. "I have never heard of a person beating another person by five freaking points! Damn!"
"Read it and weep," Nicole said. "Now what's my prize?"
"You know," Damon said, noticing out of the corner of his eye Jasper paying Emmett ten dollars, "Last person who asked me that, well, let's just say that relationship didn't end well."
"Why not?" Nicole asked.
"I'm a vampire."
"So you...ate her?"
"No, she turned me. Long story I'd rather not get into. She's a bitch."
"Sounds like it."
"You don't know her," Damon said warily.
"She was with you. That means she was a bitch for stealing my future man," Nicole said.
Through all this, Alice didn't want to stay in the room, with so many creatures she couldn't see. She quietly slipped out of the house, and headed to town.
—
Elijah noticed the girl. She was short and pixie-like, and had spiky hair. She was incredibly pale, and Elijah didn't think she had a drop of blood in her body, except the stuff she had been drinking. She looked like stone, which is what Aro, Marcus, and Caius look like, Elijah remembered. The only difference was her eyes were liquid topaz, while the Volturi's were red. She was a vampire, but not his own kind. The other Elijah neared her, she put her hands to her temples like she had a headache. But vampires can't get headaches, he thought.
"Excuse me?" he said as he approached the girl. "Are you alright?"
"Just a headache," she said sweetly.
"Mind if I try to help?" She shook her head, so Elijah stepped behind her and rubbed her head from the back.
"Thank you. That helps a bit," she said. "I'm Alice."
"Elijah. You know," Elijah began, taking a seat in front of her, "I wasn't aware vampires got headaches."
She looked shocked. "Vampires do not exist," she said coldly.
"Then how am I one?" Elijah smiled as he said this.
"You. You're giving me the headache."
"Me? Vampires give you headaches?"
"I have visions of the future. Only of humans and my kind of vampires, though. You are like the ones we have visiting our house. I left the house to get away from them and clear my head, but I can't seem to get away from you guys, can I?"
"Who is at your house?" Elijah asked, thinking maybe he could use whoever it was in the sacrifice.
"Oh, just a friend of my friend's. Not important."
No it wasn't. He would never tear apart friends if he didn't have to. He would keep looking. If spending time with this fascinating lady didn't keep all his attention. Alice, was her name? Pretty.
"That's interesting," he said.
He was genuinely interested in her life, Alice thought. She smiled at him. No, she had Jasper. She loved Jasper, but there was something about this man that was intriguing to her. Elijah, was his name? Interesting. Now if only she didn't get a headache every time she was near him.
"Why don't you turn it off?" Elijah suggested.
"Turn what off?"
"The visions. If you aren't looking for my future, you won't get a headache around me."
Can he read minds? She was used to that, being around Edward 24/7, but she didn't expect him to be able to. Then she really heard what he had said. It took her a minute to realize she actually was, subconsciously, trying to look for his future, as well as any other. With some effort, she turned it off, and the headache disappeared completely.
"Better?" Elijah asked smiling.
"Yes." He actually had a nice smile. She smiled back.
She has a nice smile, Elijah thought.
This could be the beginning of something good.