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Chapter Four Monsters
October 31st 2009
One Year Later
Two Years Old
This year I made the decision not to go out anywhere near humans. Even though I wanted to see the happy celebration that was Halloween and once was my birthday. But after the tragic events that happened last year, that I caused I couldn't bring myself to do it. I didn't want to risk taking anyone else life especially on the day my own had been taken for me.
My feet crunched softly under the light layer of snow that had fallen the night before. I sighed softly watching the sun glitter off my skin; this was still something I had yet to get use to. But then again there was so much about my new life that I had not gotten use to. Having to kill innocent people to survive being one of them. But the biggest thing was the visions I had when touching a human. I may not have remembered my human life but I was sure that was something that hadn't happened to me before in my human life. I wondered what caused this power and if every vampire could do it. I wondered if every vampire had some kind of power.
I walked for hours and hours lost in my own thoughts. Visions coming every now and then. Most of them were of the change in the weather. Nothing interesting or at least nothing I cared about. But one startled me, they were of a group of vampires, at least that's what I thought they were because they had pale skin like mine. But their eyes, they were all a startling butterscotch color. What could that possibly mean? I stopped in mid thought hearing the soft sound of leaves and snow crunching from in the distance. I breathed in the air around me, the sent wasn't human. Did that mean they were like me? Startled and afraid I quickly made my way farther into the woods and into a cave.
I hid in the cave far enough back that the sun wouldn't hit my skin and attract attention but close enough to the front to where I could see. A vision flashed before my eyes and I knew the group, two men and a woman. The first man was tall and had shaggy blonde hair, the next man was a bit shorter still tall and was African American and had dreadlocks. The woman though had long red curly hair a couple shades more intense than my own red auburn hair. I stayed hidden as I hard them approach talking in low voices.
"James you can't keep playing games like that. You'll get us exposed one day, do you really want that for us." The African American man said to the blonde man, I now knew was James. James snorted and rolled his eyes and snorted his arm wrapped around the woman.
"Oh shut up Laurent, I can do as I please and we won't get caught. Plus what's the worse that could happen if someone figured out who, what we were? We'd destroy them and that would be the end of it." He said in an arrogant voice, and the female giggled snuggling into him. He kissed her forehead smirking. Laurent narrowed his eyes glaring at James. So they were vampires!
"Don't be so arrogant James, you and I both know what could happen. The big V could come into play and they would destroy us." Laurent said with a soft growl, glaring at the blonde vampire. Who were 'The big V' he spoke of? I was so confused. They looked like they had been vampires for years, maybe they could help me. But I was to afraid of them to even think of stepping out of the cave to ask for help.
"Leave James alone Laurent we're fine. If we haven't gotten caught by now, we won't. We're vampires this is how we live and how we feed." The red head said stoking her mate's bare chest. James smirked down at the red head and kissed her forehead. Red had confirmed that they were in fact vampires; oddly it comforted me to know there were others like me out there. Sometimes I felt as if I was the only one. Laurent went to say something but stopped his eyes scanning the area. James and the red head stopped and began doing the same thing. They all sniffed the air before looking at each other.
"Do you both smell that as well?" Laurent asked still looking around. The others paused for a minuet looking around the area still sniffing the air. I felt my stomach drop to my knees. Oh god please don't let them smell a human, it had been two weeks since I'd hunted! And I did not want to kill on this day, not again! I delicately sniffed the air, but came up with nothing. No smell of human anywhere near. What could they possibly smell? Then James spoke and I froze.
"Yes, there is another vampire in the area, and close too." James said growing defensive as he looked around. The red head stiffened slightly walking slowly. Shit! They could smell me! It only made sense since I had smelled them before I'd seen them in my visions. I quietly sunk back father into the cave not wanting to be found. I really didn't know what their reaction to me would be. The all began moving around when the red head stopped suddenly. James went to open his mouth to speak, but she held her hand up as if to say 'sh'.
She slowly made her way towards the cave I was in sniffing the air much like a dog would. Laurent and James followed her on defense and protectively, James more so than Laurent. If my heart could beat it would be racing. I didn't dare move to hide further, in fear I'd make a noise. I hoped if I stayed perfectly still, and didn't even breathe that they would pass and leave me alone. I'd never faced my own kind before; I didn't know what to do if I had to defend myself. I didn't know how to fight or kill a vampire. I didn't even know if you could kill a vampire. I knew I couldn't kill myself; I'd tried and failed many times over the past two years. The bite marks on my arms were proof of that.
As she grew closer I got a better view of her even though it was pitch black in the cave. The perks of having vampire eyesight. She had long curly fiery red hair, it almost looked unnatural, but you could tell it was. Her skin, like mine was as pale as snow but she had light freckles over the bridge of her nose stretching across her face. She was exceptionally beautiful, but I guessed most of our kind was. She was tall, taller that me but that wasn't a hard thing to do seeing as I was tiny at my 4'10 and a half stature. She was curvy and over all perfect, I was oddly jealous of her looks. She crouched down as she reached the cave.
Her eyes scanned the cave and I prayed she wouldn't see me. Obviously my prayer wasn't answered and her bright red eyes landed on me. I could feel my eyes widen and I sunk back in fear. Her sharp defensive demeanor changed when she saw my fear. Her face and eyes softened and her body relaxed. She even smiled softly at me moving in a bit more. I suppressed a whimper and cowered back. She stopped quickly and held her hands up as if to say she came in peace. But I didn't trust her enough to believe her.
"Well hello there little one, why are you hiding back there?" She asked softly her voice sounding musical. I stared at her with wide eyes in fear and wonder, but I didn't respond.
"Are you scared, I won't harm you I promise?" She said softly inching closer to me smiling. I looked at her before nodding slowly, answering a yes to being scared. I felt stupid and childish for admitting so easily to being scared. Once again the woman smiled at me, but in this smile was understanding. James spoke from outside the cave his voice sounding dangerous.
"Babe, what are you doing? Did you find it?" He asked a protective growl in his voice. My eyes widened and I cowered back more shaking softly in fear. The red heads eyes narrowed and snapped back towards the entrance of the cave.
"James, shut up I have it covered, and yes I found her. Give me a fucking minuet!" She snapped at her mate before turning back to me her eyes soft again.
"Here sweetie, come here to me I won't hurt you I promise. My name is Victoria, the two men outside are James and Laurent. They won't harm you either, I won't let them." She promised and in her voice was a warning tone to the men. She held a pale hand out to me. I looked between her and her hand for a couple minuets before slowly retreating towards her, when I reached her I grabbed her hand clutching onto it in fear.
The woman I now knew as Victoria slowly backed out of the cave standing. She stood and helped me to my feet bringing me close to her side, almost in a protective manor. I looked up from her side to get a look at the two men. James was the first I saw. His red eyes were bright red and defensive, the look on his face was deadly and I cowered into Victoria's side. She wrapped her arm around me tightly. Laurent was next; his bright red eyes took me in, looking me over. When he saw how tiny I was, and how scared I was his defensive look faded away. He smiled softly at me as his body relaxed back into a normal state.
"Hello there tiny one, I'm Laurent." He spoke in a soft friendly voice, with an accent that sounded French to me. I looked up at him with wide eyes and waved softly. James just glared at me as if he didn't trust me and didn't say anything.
"James, don't be such a fucking dick! She's obviously frightened and is no harm to us." Victoria snarled at her mate. James sighed and backed down sighing in defeat. I could tell he wasn't happy in the tiniest of bit, he didn't trust me. And he wasn't too fond of the fact I was so close to his mate. But I could understand, they didn't know me and I could easily attack. Though that wouldn't happen, for many reasons. Victoria smiled in triumph and turned her attention back to me, she smiled facing me her arm still wrapped around me.
"Do you have a name sweetie, or should we keep calling you little one?" She asked laughing softly. I looked up at her for a moment and into her ruby eyes. There was nothing threatening in them, only reassurance. I paused for a moment taking a small shaky un-needed breath before speaking.
"My name is Delilah-Mae." I spoke softly, my musical voice barely above a whisper. Victoria smiled brightly and her eyes twinkled happily. Whether it was at my name or the fact that I'd finally spoken, I don't know.
"You have such a beautiful name, and voice love!" She spoke happily brushing a stand of hair behind my ears. I didn't flinch away from her touch like I'd expected myself to, it was actually comforting too. I think I surprised Victoria happily at the fact that I let her touch me. Laurent who had still been taking in every inch of me smiled softly before speaking.
"You're a new one aren't you?" He asked his voice soft and full of compassion. I furrowed my browns in confusion. A new one, what did he mean? He answered my question without at me having to ask.
"You're a newborn you're still new to this. You haven't been a vampire for very long, maybe a year or so." He explained to me in an understanding voice.
"He means you're still a fucking baby. You're a newbie; you don't know what it means to be a vampire. You don't know how to use your powers or anything." James snorted from where he'd planted himself on a tree branch. He spoke to me as if I was a small child. I frowned looking down at my hands and played with the ring I wore.
"James!" Both Victoria and Laurent hissed at the man with anger. I flinched softly and Victoria noticed.
"I'm sorry for him, and I'm sorry if we startled you sweetie." Victoria cooed softly rubbing my arm. I smiled softly at her as to say it was okay for both.
"Is he right though, are you a newborn?" She asked softly looking at me. I nodded softly and bit my lip.
"Yes Laurent is right; I'm a newborn as you put it. Today actually marks my second year of being... a vampire." I spoke softly, a bit louder than before. It was still hard for me to speak the name of what I was. Not because I hadn't come to terms with it, but because I saw myself as more than a vampire. I saw myself as something so much more horrible more monstrous. Victoria blinked after I spoke and Laurent looked shocked. But it was James who spoke up first.
"You, wait you actually remembered the day you were turned?" He asked in a surprised tone as he hopped down from the tree he'd been in. Still frightened of him I nodded and swallowed before I spoke.
"Yes I do, I remember it quite well actually. Well I remember the pain mostly, and some of the events that lead up to it. It's actually all I can remember actually. I don't remember my human life, any of it." I said my voice breaking off towards the end and Victoria pulled me to her side as we sat on a bolder.
"Then how did you remember your name?" James asked suspiciously, still not too sure about me. I swallowed the lump in my throat and cleared it before speaking.
"My birthday and death, along with my name written in the snow. It was written in my blood, I didn't even know what I was until I..." I trailed off hoping they would understand where I was headed.
"You didn't know you were a vampire until you attacked someone for the first time." James stated more than asked, and this time his voice was soft and understanding as he spoke.
"Yes, it wasn't until I attacked a family trying to help me. They thought I'd been attacked." I said softly frowning at the memory of the first lives I took. I could still see their faces in my head. Their smiles and soft voices turning into looks of horror and screams of pain. The thought made my stomach churn sourly.
"Do you know who turned you?" Laurent asked quickly changing the subject; I silently thanked him for that.
"No, not his name at least I remember what he looked like to some extent. I can still hear his voice clear as day in my head. The woman's voice too, but they were long gone before I woke up. I think they thought I was dead." I said softly shrugging my shoulders.
"You poor thing, you were left to die only to have the venom turn you. You woke up alone and not knowing who or what you were. Have you been alone since you were turned?" Victoria asked sympathy in her voice.
"Yes, you three are the fist of our kind I've ever met. I just roam around, mostly here in the woods away from humans." I said frowning, what would they think of me?
"Then how do you feed? Are you that out of control around humans? I mean it's only natural for you to be, you are in fact still a newborn." Laurent asked curiously.
"I feed on those who are wandering about around here, I go into the city or whatever when I have to. And no, I can actually walk amongst them; I just rather not put them in danger." I spoke my voice soft and full of hatred of what I was.
"Really, it's odd to see such a young vampire able to walk with the living without causing mass chaos because they lose control of themselves. Do you have any powers?" James asked smirking. My hand twitched softly, something about him made me want to wipe that smirk off his face.
"I guess it's because I don't like having to hurt them, or take their lives. Not after what happened to me and how mine was taken from me. Yes, I can see anyone's past, present and future. Just by touch, no matter how brief the touch is." I said simply with a half shrug. The three stared at me in wonder causing me to grow self conscious. I fidgeted softly feeling like some kind of freak of nature. I suppressed a snort at my thought. Because I sure as hell was a freak of nature by just being a fucking vampire. But maybe I was wrong, maybe all vampires didn't have powers. Leave it to me to be the freak of our kind.
"Have you seen my past?" Victoria asked in a shaky voice her arm losing its grip around me. I quickly shook my head; know they were afraid I'd know everything they'd ever done. And oddly I hadn't seen any of her past, not even of her future. The last vision I had had was of them coming.
"No, no I promise you I haven't seen anything of your past or your future!" I said quickly looking at her with wide honest eyes. I don't know why I was so panicked and so worried that they'd leave. Maybe it was because I didn't want to be alone. That the thought of more creatures like me was somewhat comforting.
"I don't know if it works on our kind, you three are the first I've met since… well since my change. So far I haven't seen anything from touching you Victoria. Its only worked on humans so far." I said with a shrug of my shoulders. She relaxed re-wrapping her arm around me a smile on her face. I sighed inaudibly and relaxed glad they didn't flee from me.
"Is that all you can do little one, or do you have more surprises in you?" Laurent asked a playful hint in his voice. I smiled an honest smile for the first time since I met these vampires. So far I liked him and Victoria the most, they were both so welcoming and normal around me.
"I can see the future; I saw you coming before you arrived." I spoke my voice not as soft as before but still shy. I didn't trust them completely, at least not James or Laurent. But something made me trust Victoria. Maybe it was the warmth in her ruby red eyes. Or the understanding that flashed through them. I just felt comfortable around her.
We sat and talked for a while, James and Laurent warming up to me. Laurent faster than James. I think James still saw me as a reckless newborn, who was going to lose it at any moment. I couldn't quite blame him, but at the same time it got under my skin. It was like he expected me to fuck up at any moment. Like he was waiting for and even wanted me to do something wrong. I had a feeling I'd never like James or at least trust him. Something about him made me feel like he had a hidden agenda. Like he always had something planned. Things that not even his mate or friend knew about.
Laurent and Victoria asked me questions, making small talk. Asking me if I had ever seen any others of our kind. How I managed to control myself around humans at such a young age. What I knew of my past, or if I could remember certain things. The whole time James sat silent, either glaring at me or picking at a tree.
"Let's hunt." Our peaceful conversation had suddenly been interrupted. Confused, I turned to look up at James, whose eyes were glowing red with thirst, betraying the sweet, bedridden attempt of a smile upon his lips.
"I've been smelling it for a while… the scent of rich, red blood," he licked his lips.
Victoria sighed, "Just had to ruin our sweet bonding, did you? But now that you've mentioned it, yes, and it seems the humans are approaching us."
"There scent has been bothering me for a while," Laurent added, "though I was kind enough to hold back," he leered at James.
"Well," James took a stretch, "didn't I say I was starving? You! Girl! Are you going to join us or not?"
I hesitated. No, to be honest, I panicked. Even after all this time, I was no big fan of drinking blood. Actually, I feared it, loathed it. In fact, until I met Victoria and her companions, I thought I was the only one with such a cruel need. Even if that tuned out to be untrue, I still dislike the idea of killing. And today of all days, my birthday. The day I died on.
"I-I can't not today, today was the day I killed. I promised myself I wouldn't take a life on this day!" I stuttered panicked to the point my hands were trembling.
"Such a newborn, knows nothing about the wonderful life of being a vampire." James sneered sniffing the air with hunger.
I tried to think of the words I could use to explain to them what had happened last year. Why I didn't want to do this. But when Victoria's soft hands covered my own, I immediately understood. I am a vampire now, technically dead, but still somehow living. For the sake of my life and my sanity, it isn't a sin to find ways to survive, is it? Animals in the wild hunt others in order to obtain food and continue living for yet another day. Humans, just like them yet perhaps much, much crueler, kill all sorts of animals for the sake of life and pleasure. So why is it so wrong to feed off of those species?
"Delilah," Victoria's musical whisper reached my ears, "you need to survive. You can't run away from it forever, you know."
Taking a deep breath—a pointless action, I know, but I find that it still calms me at time like these, not to mention, it makes me feel a little more in touch with what is left of my humanity—and nodded. "Alright, let's do this thing!" I said with a new voice, the voice I'd noticed that came out only when the monster came out.
A minute later, we were running gracefully alongside each other with the exception of James who was pretty much far ahead of us. It struck me that the side of him that was scariest was the side of him that lusted so much for blood.
Five minutes later, I could feel the scent pulling me closer… and closer… my feet automatically running faster and faster. So much venom was filling my mouth that I felt like I couldn't take it.
Nine minutes later, I had already chosen my prey in my mind. He was a young man who, to me, smelled of rich, dark chocolate and strawberries. Just the type of sweetness that was always triggered my sinful gluttony. I was already fantasizing of the whole process: me sinking my teeth deep into his throat, slowly licking and sucking his succulent, warm blood and then dropping his corpse to the ground. I convinced myself to feel no remorse, no sorrow, and no guilt. Where was this new me coming from?
Ten minutes later, we arrived at where the group of high school kids were camping, and everything became a reality. Every single thing. Except that the moment I bit into him, I saw it: Kurt Ralston. 19. A senior at Forks High School. He had been a talented pianist as a child until the day his family was attacked by a vampire. His parents were killed, his brother nearly dead. Soon afterwards, Kurt discovered that his brother had changed into something just like the creature that had attacked his family that night. Although Kurt tried to find every way he could to cure his beloved brother, there was no hope. Soon afterwards, his little brother disappeared, leaving nothing but a note saying "I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt anyone. Goodbye" behind. Ever since then, he was intent on hunting down vampires and that was how he came to Forks High School. Desperately, following the leads from unknown sources, he found a family of vampires… the Cullen's. His initial intention was to obtain proof of their identity and then kill them if he were to discover that they were vampires. The years he had spent with his brother had trained him well and he was confident that he could take down at least one. But then that all changed, not because they were a powerful family, but because they weren't like the others…
My vision was cut off by a powerful jab to my leg. I yelled and let go of the guy called Kurt as he crouched into a defensive pose. But before he could do anything, I saw, in a flash, James jumping towards him.
"No! Wait!" I shouted, but it was too late. All I could do was stand there limply and stare at James as he finished up every last drop of the boy's blood. The Cullen's their faces in the boys mind; I'd seen them in my own. And if he hadn't killed them because they were different.. It had to have been because of their eyes, and the fact they could go to school, act like humans. Why did James have to take away the answers I wanted? Even before Kurt had hit me, I'd felt myself pulling away to get answers about the mysterious vampires.
"Aw. Don't be sad, new girl. There's still another girl over there. This boy was just being a pain," he said when he finally finished. A smirk came to his face as he saw another boy cowering in the corner. He actually skipped over to him. Suddenly I felt sick. I slowly turned around to the girl that was shaking in the corner. She was pretty for a human, pale with big brown eyes and dark chocolate hair. Her eyes were wide in fear, but she also knew what we were. How was that possible? As I walked towards her my vision faded.
I turned around and saw a girl cowering near the tent to my side, holding a large stick in her hands. I closed my eyes as I walked to her slowly and sighed as a shiver shook my whole body slightly before I swiftly dug my teeth into her neck. Her name was Isabella Marie Swan… and I tried my best to block out my visions as I finished off my "dinner."
Her life started to flash through my eyes. Isabella Marie Swan. Born September 13th 1993 born to René and Charlie Swan. Age fifteen. Her mother left her father shortly after her second birthday moving to Phoenix Arizona. She spent her summers with Charlie in Forks. At a young age she made friends with a boy named Jacob Black. He was Charlie's best-friend Billy's youngest child. Their favorite activity was making mud pies together. Once Bella hit puberty she decided she didn't want to have to go to the rainy state of Forks every summer to see her father. She convinced him to visit her in California, away from her mother where it was just the two of them. When Bella was at home she was more of the grown up, her mother was a bit scatter brained. She was constantly dating or trying new things. Leaving Bella to tend to the house, make dinner and pretty much take care of herself. That changed when she turned 15 and her mother met a baseball player named Phil. The two quickly fell in love and got married. After they got married Bella decided she'd move to Forks and finish her sophomore year and the next two years of high school in a new state. Forks, with her father not just for her mother's benefit but so she could get close to Charlie again. Upon moving to Forks she met a mysterious boy who happened to save her life. He tried to push her away but the two were drawn together…
I snapped out of my daze in second gasping. I noticed the boy in her vision, I didn't know his name but he had the oddly colored eyes. The pale skin and the way he took on the car that nearly killed Bella I knew he wasn't human. My mouth watered painfully as I moved closer to the fragile human. She shook as she stared up at me. I crouched down in front of her, not daring to take a breath.
"My boyfriend will find you! He'll know what you are; his sister will see this happening!" She said grasping the tree branch in her hand getting ready to swing. I held my hands up blocking the blow. For fucks sake this human was either really stupid or ungodly brave.
"Shh!" I hissed softly holding the tree branch in my hands. I blinked still in shock that she'd actually hit me with the damn thing. Once again she was either stupid or brave.
"I'm not going to hurt you, you need to run. I know who I'm with and one of them will want you. He'll make it a sick and painful game and I don't know if even your friends will be able to help you. Don't as how I know you Isabella, it's a gift. And don't ask why I'm saving you because I can't answer that myself. I think it's because you remind me of myself. And I was around your age when I died. But if you linger here any longer and I breathe we both know your fate. Now go and run do not tell anyone and I mean anyone. What you saw here, if they ask tell them you slept through it. If his sister had really seen what was going to happen, either you wouldn't be here or they would." I closed my eyes tightly dropping the branch. Why was I doing this? Where had the monster gone to? Why was I back to Delilah again? Why did I have to make things so fucking hard on myself? But most importantly why, was this fragile little human so important to me that I had to save her? I hadn't even seen her full future but I knew she couldn't die, at least not now and not by me. Something about this human was important.
"So please Isabella promise me you'll run. You'll lie about what you saw and you won't say anything about us?" I pleaded placing a hand on her arm as I re-opened my eyes. Surprisingly she didn't flinch from my touch. She actually grasped my hand and looked at me in the eyes.
"I will, only if you tell me your name." She said her brown eyes taking me in. I stared at her in wonder and surprise.
"It's Delilah." I said simply, Isabella looked at me and nodded and squeezed my hand.
"I promise I'll run and I will lie. I'll say I woke up and found them like this. But Delilah you don't have to live this way. There is another way, I know some people who can help you. Come back to Forks with-"She started her voice strong and honest for the amount of fear she was in. But I had to cut her off though I wanted to cling to her words because the vision I just had was James, Laurent and Victoria coming back my way.
"Isabella run now! Go they're coming!" I hissed and stood up; Bella did the same she started to take off before turning to me and smiling. I frowned confused.
"I'll find you one day, I promise and I'll show you a different way." She promised before she took off running. I stood in my place and stared as she got smaller and smaller. What the fuck was she talking about? I don't know what her boyfriend was but there was only one way for a vampire to live. And that was to kill humans. Maybe they family I had seen weren't vampires but some other mythical creatures. Though I wanted to believe Isabella I truly did. I knew there was no hope for me.
Ten minuets after Isabella had fled my new found friends started to come back. I quickly dipped my hand in blood and smeared it on my face and clothes. Hoping they'd believe that I'd killed the girl. I turned around as Victoria skipped towards me. She frowned as she looked behind me.
"Where did that girl go?" She asked and I saw the panic in her eyes. She was afraid I'd let a human go after they knew what we were, or at least they had an idea. And I had in fact done that. But that was something I'd be keeping to myself. I smirked softly flitting to Victoria's side and smiled up at her innocently.
"I made her play first, try and run but in the end we know her fate." I giggled and licked the blood off my fingers smiling; hoping to hell they fucking believed me. Victoria and Laurent laughed loudly, Victoria hugged me and Laurent spun me around.
"Such a good little thing you are! Making your pray work for death!" Laurent sang clapping his hands. Victoria laughed and hugged me again. It was then I saw James for the first time. I felt my stomach drop when I saw his face. And if it was possible my veins grew colder as he mouthed one simple word to me.
"Liar." He mouthed with a smirk. I stared at him with big eyes as he came over to me. Joining in on the laughter and hugged me. He leaned in close to whisper so only I would hear.
"I'll find her, and I'll destroy her it looks as if you've just made a new game for me." He said and kissed my forehead. I felt sick enough to throw up the blood I'd just ingested. He simply walked over to Victoria and took her hand.
"Let's get out of this small town; I think somewhere bigger suits us." He grinned and started to take off. Victoria was by his side, I followed after with Laurent next to me. I knew I had to get away from them, and soon. Not just to help save Bella, but from the hell I know James would put me through. But I couldn't not now, because I'd become stupidly attached to Victoria and there was still so much about being a vampire that I needed to know. And I knew at least she and Laurent would help me. So I ran with a tiny smile on my face. But I knew I was running with monsters and one of them was even bigger of a monster than myself. But right now I was with monsters, people who were somewhat like me. I still knew I had to leave them, but I knew I'd stick around for a while. Until I knew it was safe, it was the first time I would ever be relying on my visions.