Chapter 10
I woke up to a throbbing in my skull, as if I had been hit over the head with something really hard. I let out a groan of pain and grabbed my head. Then I opened my eyes, but they were already open. I realized I was in a pitch black room, or jail cell, judging by the clammy, hard floor I was lying on.
"Hello?" I said into the darkness. Maybe there's someone outside the door. I thought. "Hello?" I repeated a little louder.
"You awake?" came a voice from outside the door.
"Yes." I replied. "Where am I?"
"Don't you worry about that." The voice answered. It was the voice of, what I would guess, was a large man. It was deep and gravely; very hard to understand through the thick door of my room.
A key was placed inside a lock on the other side of the door and turned. The door slowly opened and, as I had guessed, a large, burly man stood in the doorway.
He walked over to me, grabbed my arm, and pulled me to my feet. "Where are you taking me?" I asked, alarmed.
"You'll find out when we get there." He replied and dragged me out of the room. I couldn't help but struggle, even though I made a good guess that this man was a vampire in which case my struggles would get me no where.
We traveled down a hallway carpeted with Victorian rugs, the kind you see in fancy top name hotels. All the doors along the walls were painted white with pale green trim and went all the way to the ceiling. They were Victorian also, all the way down to the doorknobs, which were polished brass and oval shaped.
I finally gave up struggling when he got tired of it and hoisted me over his shoulder. He didn't put me down until we were in front of a large pair of double doors. Like the others, they were all white and went to the ceiling. There was a gold plate on the door that read 'Headmaster', but nothing else.
He knocked on the doors and waited for someone to tell us to come in. A voice did beckon after a minute or so and we entered.
"Oh, she's finally awake." Said a man sitting behind a large, oak desk. He was short, or at least he looked short from the way he was sitting. He had a full head of black hair that was cut short and though his title on the front of his door suggested it, he wasn't dressed like a highly respected person. A gray t-shirt and black pants said more Average Joe than vampire fiend. "Welcome Bella. I'm happy to finally meet you."
"Who are you?" I demanded. "And where am I?"
He chuckled. "You can call me Boss and you are in my school."
"School?" I asked.
"Yes. It's a school for gifted vampires." He replied.
"Incase you haven't noticed, I'm not a vampire." I snapped. I was amazed at the sudden boost of confidence I had since I was always a fraidy cat.
"True, but you will be soon enough. And once you are, I believe you will have a great gift."
"Where's Edward?" I asked, trying to change the subject. If there was one person going to turn me into a vampire, I wanted it to be him, even if something was wrong with him.
"He's here." He replied. "Don't worry."
"When will I get to see him?"
"Whenever you would like." He replied.
"I want to talk to him now." I demanded, then added. "In private."
"As you wish." The Boss replied. He pressed a large red button on the top of his desk. A voice came over a speaker and they started to talk in a language I didn't recognize. A few seconds later, Edward came into the room.
"Yes, Boss?" he asked. It was like he didn't even notice I was there.
"Ms. Swan wanted to see you." He replied, gesturing toward me.
"Oh, hello Bella." He said. He didn't come to me like I wish he would have; expected he would have.
"I would like to speak to you in private." I said.
"Alright." He said. Unexpectedly, Boss got up out of his chair- and as I had guessed, he was short, maybe as short s Alice- and left the room.
Edward and I were alone and I couldn't help but feel it was a little awkward, considering the resent events between us. "What would you like to talk about?" he asked. Apparently the feeling wasn't a mutual one.
"What are you doing here?" I started. "What are we doing here? We should be at home, in Forks, with your family, not here, wherever here is."
"You don't yet understand how wonderful this place is." He informed me. "The people here are amazing. The things they can do are amazing. They have gifts that make mine look like a simple magic trick."
"Why does that make you want to stay here?" I asked. "Why isn't Forks enough for you?" He looked like he was going to get angry, so I took a different approach. "Edward, I want to be a vampire if it means spending the rest of eternity with you, but I don't want to spend it here, with William and that, dictator."
"It will be better." He stated. "You will enjoy it more once you are a vampire. They will be able to help you with your gift."
"How do you know I will even have a gift?" I asked. "What if I'm just a normal vampire; not special at all."
"You will be." He said. "You will have the best ability ever. It will be like no other."
"Edward, there's just something not right about this place. Like the way everyone treats that Boss guy. Is he really that great?"
"Bella. Please understand. There is nothing wrong here. Believe me."
"I don't know if I can." I said slowly; cautiously, incase it was the wrong thing to say.
"What? Why not?"
"Well, you did lure me into a trap at your house." I pointed out. "I would have just come here with you if you had asked."
"I wanted to do it that way, but that isn't the way He wanted it done."
I sighed. "I love you Edward and I will trust you, but I just don't think this is the right way to do this. I don't really want to be here, even if I will have a power. I would rather be at home." I felt like this conversation was going in circles.
"Please Bella, just give it a try." He pleaded. There was sincereness in his eyes I could never refuse.
"Fine." I sighed. "But I want you to be the one to change me."
"Of course. I've already told them you would say that." Boss came back in, as if he had been listening to our conversation, which I had no trouble believing.
"We will have a ceremony tonight." He announced. "And then Bella will become part of our family."