Chapter 15: Vampires
B.P.O.V
The fire had spread over the floor, advancing towards Aro.
Aro looked at the fire then at me.
"Guards, seize her" He shouted to the other cannibals.
Jane and Alec appeared next to me, one on each side and grabbed my arms.
I welcomed the storm of adrenalin rushing through me, supplied by anger.
I heard Jane scream and Alec cry out.
I looked down.
My body was covered in fire; the flames licked my arms and legs spreading to my hands and feet. I felt no pain; it was like I was immune to the heat.
The fire on the floor was spreading faster, consuming the room.
I heard the screams of the girl. I spun around looking for her, my anger subsiding away.
So did the flames.
I smelt her before I saw her.
She was backed up against the far wall, screaming at the on-coming blaze.
I growled, the fire was getting closer and closer.
She frowned and reached out and touched the fire.
She gasped and withdrew her hand and looked at it, it was unscathed.
The girl stepped out into the heat, the flames moving over her body, like they did with me.
I reached her and cheeked her for any burns, there was none.
I looked around, Aro was on the ground withering in pain clutching the left side of his face, but he was still alive. The rest of them appeared un-burnt and were in a circle around Aro.
By now the fire had stopped and the hall was in ruins.
"Hello, my names Isabella, what's yours" I asked , introducing myself to the little girl.
She smiled at me "Ella" she said.
That was so close to Bella.
"That a lovely name" I said faking happiness for her benefit.
She looked at the bodies of the victims.
"My parents" She said looking distant.
Oh no, she was so small, and she had lost her parents
"They went to Heaven, where the angles live" I said trying to give her the news gently
"You mean they died?" she asked sadly.
I nodded. I couldn't speak
She sighed "I guess its back to the orphanage then"
"What?" I asked her.
"Well my father died before I was born and my mum died giving birth to me and so I'm an orphan, I had only been with them for 3 months" She explained pointing at her parents bodies. "So I didn't know them very well, but that was the longest I've had with any one person, then they send me away" She continued with tears pouring down her cheeks.
I was shocked. How could someone so small have been put through something so terrible?
I hugged her tightly.
"Don't worry honey, my parents died to" I told her sadly
"Really?" She asked looking up at me.
"Really" I answered.
I looked for the Cannibals again, Jane was walking towards me.
"Excuse me Isabella, can we talk to you?" Jane asked.
I nodded.
"In privet" Jane said looking at Ella.
"Ella, I'm just going to be a minute" I said
She nodded, sitting down on the floor.
I sighed and followed Jane to where the others were standing in a corner of the room.
"What do you want?" I asked brutally.
They all stepped back.
Aro put his hands up, showing the scar that the fire had given him. It had heeled quickly but it covered the left side of his face in black. I had a feeling that it would be there for a long time.
"Just relax, we don't want to harm you, just merely ask what you are" He said cautiously
He seemed serious, He wasn't joking.
"She's one of us Aro, look at the bites on her neck and wrists" Caius whispered in Aro's ear, pointing at me.
Aro looked at me. And shook his head.
"What about her eyes and her smell, she can't be" He whispered back.
I had had enough. "Look guys I'll come back after you've talked" I said rolling my eyes.
"No, we are just trying to figure out what you are" Aro explained.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked in disbelief. "I AM PERFECTLY NORMAL"
"Well Isabella, If you call inhumanly fast, strong and beautiful normal than yes, yes you are perfectly normal. But I, on the other hand do not call that normal, I call that a description of a Vampire" Aro said matter-of-factly.
Vampires? These guys were nuts as well as Cannibals.
"Isabella, we are Vampires" Aro said quietly.
No they weren't going to mess with me again.
I laughed.
"I fact" Aro said "we are the rulers, the leaders of all Vampires"
"I'm not putting up with this crap" I said rolling my eyes.
"No Isabella, just hear us out' Aro said stepping forward.
I sighed and nodded.
"Well" Aro said chuckling "We will go find a more comfortable place to tell our stories"
He walked out of the hall and the 'guards' followed.
I hung back, not sure what to do.
Jane turned around "Are you coming or not?" she asked with her eyebrows raised.
I nodded "Come on Ella" I said holding out my hand for her to take, she grabbed it.
I took a deep breathe and followed them out.
What are I getting myself into?