Brains
Brains
Disclaimer: Also applies to the other chapters, that came before this one. I own nothing, besides the basic plot of this particular story.
"Wh-who are you?" I asked in the most pathetic voice that I could muster. "Where am I?! Where's my mother?!"
While I was talking, or whining, I had decided that it wouldn't hurt to remember a little of my human life. A couple days of second grade, here and there, probably Renee, though Charlie wasn't necessary. That might get to complicated.
"Ah, Bella!" Aro said in his overly-excited way. I've never known someone so old to be so incredibly energetic. "So you do remember your years as a human. Tell me, how thirsty are you right now?"
Well that's interesting. I never noticed that disturbance in the back of my throat.
"You're right." I stated, seemingly surprised. "I am thirsty, but not for water. If that's the case, the what am I thirsty for?"
"Blood." Caius said, getting straight to the point. Thank you, Caius, I've always hated beating around the bush. "Here," he said, motioning towards the door. Heidi brought in a young girl, possibly eight or nine. "Have a sip." With this a wicked glint entered his eyes.
Thankfully, I had no wish, whatsoever, to drink this girl's blood. With a look of contempt on my face, I shook my head, a sound of displeasure coming from my throat.
Marcus seemed somewhat surprised at my reaction, Aro haughty, as if he expected this all along, and I don't think Caius cared a bit. He's probably seen enough vampires come and go to get bored with it easily, I decided. Heidi, leaving the frightened girl in the room, opened the door again, but instead of a child, this time a horde of animals swarmed into the room. Surprisingly, even birds were included in the parade.
My mind left my body, not for good, I concluded, just a while for me to hunt. Carefully avoiding the girl, I lunged after an albatross. It tried to fly higher in the split second that it had before I killed it, but I only had to jump up a few feet to catch it. Drinking it's blood, I could almost feel my eyes changing color, from the deep red that I was positive they were, to a slightly more calm feeling color.
Suddenly, I was back. I shot a stunned look at the four vampires in the room, noting that the girl was cowering in fear. With real surprise, I saw that she didn't seem afraid of me, but of the other blood-suckers.
"So Bella, have you noticed any strange abilities that you might not have had before?" Aro said, still friendly.
Best not tell him about my thinking disorder, right?
"No," I replied, saying it slowly, as if I was telling a toddler, for the fifth time, that Santa Clause didn't exist. "Should I?" I added, confusion crossing my face.
"Don't worry, it'll surface in its own time." Aro said casually, as if I should know this. "Back to your earlier question. You've become a vampire, one like Caius, Marcus, Heidi," he said, gesturing to each one of them in turn, "and myself. You seem not to remember, so I'll inform you that my name is Aro, and yours is Isabella Marie Swan. This human," he said, with humor in his eyes, as if her name didn't matter, "is Elsie. She was to be your meal," Elsie shuddered at this, "but you seem to have a distaste for humans. Enough about us. Tell us about your mother and yourself."
Tread carefully, I told myself. Think of this conversation as a battlefield, littered with landmines. Anything you say could blow up your plan.
"My mother's name was Renee," I said, uncertainly. "She married Phil, a baseball player."
"Have I heard of him?" Heidi said, interest in her eyes. Probably fake interest, too. I thought scornfully.
"Probably not. He doesn't play well. Strictly minor league. He moves around a lot." I could have punched myself for saying that. Was it feasible that I remembered that much of my past life? Oh, well. To late now.
"Go on," Caius said, annoyed with the small distraction. Are there some unsuspecting victims that need attending to, Caius? Somewhere else you'd rather be?
"I could see that Renee would like to travel with him, but felt bad about leaving me alone. So I decided to go stay with my--" This should be where my memory starts going, I determined. "Well that's funny. I can't remember who I went to stay with. Um, my grandmother? Maybe?"
"That's fine." Marcus assured me, also bored. "I'm sure we can make do without that one detail. You may continue."
"No, it's not just that," I told them, shaking my head. "I don't seem to remember much after that. I think that I got on the plane, but after that…wait, the plane didn't crash, did it? Am I dead?"
"Yes and no." Aro said, taking charge of the conversation. "We've already explained it once, but that's normal for a newborn not familiar with our lifestyle, or, in your case, one who has associated with our kind, yet forgot their human years. We're vampires, and that includes you.
"Now, before we waste any more time, I have a couple tests I would like to give you." He turned to Heidi to say, "Would you care to bring Jane in?"
As he advanced I prayed to no one in particular, Please, oh please let me still be immune to mental powers.
I proclaim the third chapter….Done. Way to go me. I worked hard.
I think that this one's the longest yet.
There's a direct quote from the first book hidden in this chapter, if anybody gets bored enough to try and find it.
The new Willy Wonka movie (with Johny Depp) rocks my socks off.