1Chapter 10-Visit
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Skye and I had got along much better the next week. We were, I suppose, friends. Actually, we were friends. I mean, we did practically everything together. (Like I had any choice not to.) Whether it was fighting practice, (Aro insists that I give him lessons, since he's a newborn, but I don't see the point), or talking, or if it's just me showing him other places in the castle, places that I hadn't even been. Right now we were learning more about each other
"What is your favorite color?" Skye asked. I had to think about that for a moment.
"Well, when I lived in Forks it would have had to be green. . . But now, it's probably brown. It's warm." I answered. He nodded.
"How did you become a vampire?" I asked curiously. He blinked in surprise, though I don't know why. . . It was a normal question, for vampires.
"That's a long story." he finally said.
"I've got plenty of time." I said jokingly.
He just sat staring at nothing in particular for a while, then he looked at me seriously. "Well, my little sister Anna and I were at a park, not far from here actually. At least, I think it's not far. I was babysitting Anna, and we were playing catch. And, I accidentally threw the ball too hard, and it went into the woods behind her, and she ran after it. She knew she wasn't supposed to go into the woods alone!" He stopped then and swallowed hard. "I ran after her. When I got there, she was unconscious. There was man standing over her body. He turned to me, and his mouth was covered in red, like he had been drinking punch. Even though I know the truth now, " he said.
What a poor guy, I thought.
"Then, when he turned to me, he attacked me, and I felt his teeth sink into my neck, and there was an excrutiating pain. The worst pain imaginable. I don't even know how long I was there, trying my best not to scream. But nobody came to get me. When I could think straight, I immediately looked everywhere for Anna. I couldn't find her." He stopped and hesitated for a second. "Then you found me and here we are." he finished. His eyes had a proud look in them, like he was pleased with himself. I shook it off.
"That's. . . horrible, Skye." I said sympathetically. He nodded briefly.
"She was only seven. . ." he surprised me by saying. "Only seven, and he killed her."
It was silent for fifteen minutes that seemed like an eternity, and finally, to my relief, he spoke. "So, how did you become a vampire?" There goes my relief.
"Next question." I said.
"Why?" he pushed.
"Next question." I repeated. "Please."
"If you could be anywhere in the world where would you be?"
"I don't know." I answered truthfully.
Two hours later we had run out of subjects to talk about, and were trying to think of something to occupy our time for the rest of the day. I learned that Skye's favorite color was blue, that he loved to read, was a fan of Jane Austen's novels, and that he actually was not Italian. He was adopted by an English speaking Italian family when he was fifteen.
"So, what is on the schedule for today?" he asked suddenly, standing up.
"I do not know. . . Usually I'm being bothered by Aro by now." I replied.
"And it's not like our friends out there will want to do anything." he added. I sighed. He was right. Everyone was hostile to us, particularly Skye.
"Well, let's just walk around and maybe something will come to us." Hopefully. I added silently. He nodded, and followed me out of our shared room.
We walked right into Alec and Jane.
Hello, Bella. Skye." they said mechanically.
I threw my hands up in exasperation. " Oh, god, what does he want now?"
Alec and Jane exchanged a glance. "Actually, it's what does she want." Jane said.
I am so not in the mood for this, I thought. "What are you talking about?" I said out loud.
"Come see for yourself." Alec said. I glanced at Skye, and than followed the evil twins to whatever, and whomever they were talking about.
When we got to the "throne room,", from which Marcus and Caius were absent, what I saw absolutely shocked me.
Three people were standing directly in front of Aro. Alice, Jasper, and Rosalie! Oh yeah. Something definitely came to us.