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Alexandra's Point of View
"Sooo…" I said staring at Nick. We had been staring at each other from across the table for almost an hour saying nothing. "Could you tell me how you became a vampire? I really am curious." I said, he smiled brilliantly and I smiled back.
"Well, in the time period I lived in my parents were both killed by the Black Plague. Three days later my brother fell victim. My other brother went to the village and found this man, he was a traveller, who said he could cure the plagues. He told my brother that he couldn't cure everyone, that he didn't have enough 'medicine'. He saw how handsome my brother was, though, and decided he would save him. He even said he would take us in and raise us. Of course my brother said yes he would have done anything at that point to keep us alive, that was the kind of guy he was. He promised my mother before she died that he wouldn't let anything happen to us and that he would get us out of Italy before any of us got sick. Three hours after she died we were ready to leave. That was when Baiten collapsed. We brought this 'doctor' back to the house. He went into my brother's room and closed the door. A few minutes later my brother began screaming. My other brother Vasili and I went to see what had happened and we found our brother still screaming saying something about a burning. Of course myself and Vasili instinctively lashed out at this man we had brought into our house. We didn't stand a chance he had us beaten in a matter of moments. He was inhumanly strong and quick. He took us downstairs away from our dying brother and explained about his immortality and the existence of vampires. The medicine he had promised in the village was his venom. He had chosen my brothers and myself because of our potential and natural abilities as a family and decided we were to become part of his coven. He said that he was making my brother immortal as well. He promised us that he would change us too he said his name was Jack. Jack changed me and my other older brother two days later. At first we fed on human blood, we would take it from plague victims. Of course we always kept in good feed because of how quickly people were dying. Plenty would drop dead in the streets. After people began to suspect us, Jack took us to see the Volturi. They accepted us all because of our powers, mine to grant anyone's desires and heal those sick and wounded, my brothers had healing powers too but, Baiten could also control thoughts, Vasili can move object with his mind as well as project a shield to protect others as well as him self. Our wacked up little family got bigger too. When we joined the Volturi four others did as well. I don't remember their names because no one told me, but anyway, we joined up with the Volturi. We became an alliance. But it didn't last long. My brother Vasili became unhappy with the conditions and rules. He decided he wanted to go off and join up with another coven. So he left without any goodbyes. Then I realized why he left. I decided that it wasn't that great to be a Volturian. I definitely knew so from Vasili's letters. I left only about a hundred years after joining. I went off on my own. Things were pretty good but then things definitely got hard. I figured if I can't die then I should put immortality to good use. So I joined the army. I was enlisted thirteen times under twelve names. Fighting kept me entertained for about four centuries. In the last battle I fought I got 'wounded'. Carlisle was the army surgeon I was taken to. He immediately knew that there was no injury and that I was a vampire. He explained who he was and that he had a family, his coven, that could offer me a place. I was foolish. I tried to run away from his offer. He found me in Forks a few years later and we moved here. So that's how I got to where I am today. The more interesting thing is that Carlisle had known my brother before he met me and my brother asked him to find me and take me in if he could manage. Carlisle had used the explosion to create my 'injury' so that he could try to take me in. Originally he had given my brother the same choice as me, Vasili wanted to stay with the coven he had banded together and partially created." Nick stopped to take an unnecessary breath. And make sure I was still listening.
Nick began to laugh. I was almost sitting on top of the table because I was leaning so far in to hear. The story was so amazing to me. My eyes were so wide I felt they would burst from my head. I had forgotten to blink and they felt dry. I blinked and sat back in the chair. My stomach felt heavy my body ached and throbbed and the ring on my left hand weighed three tons. It felt the story had physically beaten me down. I know realized why Nick was so quiet when we first met, he had a lot to escape in his mind. He continued the story.
"So while Vasili continued his life with his wife, Simonta, Baiten became the Volturi's prized possession. My family easily broke apart and completely forgot our promise. I keep in contact with both my brothers. But the fact that Baiten tried to sell you to Aro to make you one of Aro's collective wives-in-waiting made me very upset and-" I cut him off.
"What do you mean wives-in-waiting?" I asked genuinely shocked.
"When Aro tires of his current wife. He looks for the moments greatest woman to pick next. He obviously knew about you and your gift and I know very recently he's been running experiments on how half-vampire babies are made. He wants to know about half-vampires and vampires pro-creating. Of course most vamps are interested. I mean who honestly wouldn't be? I know Carlisle is working on it too. That's why he definitely wanted you to stay with us, so he could do his studies. Plus he loves you as his granddaughter. So things definitely work out." Nick joked. We both laughed. I didn't need to use my visions to know I had a very bright future ahead of me. Of course that was if I lived through this ordeal. So there's the slightest most highly accurately guestimated chance that I might not have any future at all.