It's been over a year since I last added to this story; I had a lot of personal things going on, as well as college. I apologize for the wait. I've just reread my last 9 chapters and found them… lacking, I suppose. I want to spice things up a bit. Try to keep up with the change in atmosphere in this story. Thank you for your patience!
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Previously in Unbiased: "Ok, two days, I'll ask Carlisle what will make it easier for you. It will be painful, more painful than anything you have experienced in your whole life. Once it is over though, you will be like me, strong, fast, and indestructible."
"Once it is over, I'll be one more thing. Yours forever." If I had a heartbeat, it would be beating with the intensity of a helicopter on steroids. Could a frozen heart beat again? It feels like mine has.
Chapter 10: Lions, Tigers, and Bears.
Giddy with excitement over Christian's decision, I pull his face closer and kiss him sweetly on the nose. He grins shyly and shifts his body as if to get closer to mine. At least, he was, until we both hear the furious growls and snarls coming from Fluffy downstairs. My sweet little monster was apparently awake and pissed the fuck off. I swiftly throw my clothes back on and race down the stairs before Christian can even register I was not in his arms anymore.
Fluffy shrieks a growl of surprise and defiance when he sees and recognizes me. I simply smirk and walk right up to the 600 pound mass of raging animal. He immediately becomes weary and stops growling as I come closer, he even attempts to back away from me, poor thing. I sit down, cross legged, right in front of him without a care in the world and he just stares at me. Probably figuring I was not going to attack him as I did the last time, he slinks forward, slowly and cautiously, to sniff and inspect me. His hackles are raised and the tense set of his body never weakens even though I am not in a threatening position. The grizzly still remembers how quick and dangerous I am. I hear Christian stumbling down the stairs behind me, confused as to where I've gone. The rest of the family is listening to Fluffy and I from the other room, I hear Emmett's quiet chuckles even now.
Fluffy stops his examination when he hears Christian and looks over towards the stairs where the fragile human froze like a deer in headlights, caught in the massive grizzly's intense gaze. The bear takes one step towards Christian and I leap up from my spot on the floor and dart in front of Fluffy, effectively blocking his progression towards Christian.
"Christian, slowly go back up the stairs, do not run and do not turn your back on Fluffy." I murmur to him, though it is loud enough for him to hear. He follows my instructions and the bear looks very put out with me. Smirking, I reach out my hand to touch the grizzly's nose. His lip lifts in a snarl, which I ignore, and my fingers delicately caress his wet snout. After a moment, Fluffy registers that I am not a threat at the moment and sits on his haunches and merely lets me continue petting him. He looks bored. I know the feeling. Before Fluffy realizes what is happening, I pick him up and race outside of the house, bound over the river and continue sprinting for about a mile before setting him back down, which is around the time he starts snarling and growling like his life depends on it. He takes a swipe at my head with his heavy paw and it simply bounces off. He looks mildly confused, which is a strange and hilarious expression to see on an animal's face. There is only a foot of space separating us and I close it and lay my head on his shoulder while raising my hand to pet his side. He relaxes marginally and lays his head on top of mine, a low purr in his chest, which I take to mean he likes being petted. Cute Fluffy.
I take a step back and look into his face, his strangely wonderful intelligent face.
"Look buddy, I know we got off to a bad start, but you are mine now, you might as well get used to me."
He simply looks at me in a way that lets me know he understood; his expression was one of acceptance and understanding. It's fucking weird. I've never seen a more intelligent beast.
"I'm going to introduce you to my family now, try not to make a fool out of yourself." My expression wry.
I start walking back to the house and Fluffy follows me, his great paws crushing the foliage under him, it's a soothing melody. By the time we reach the river, my family is already gathered there, including Christian, whom is hiding behind the line of indestructible vampires like he should be. I look back at Fluffy who is eyeing my family wearily. He rolls his thick shoulders back and lopes forward with an easy grace, right up to the one vampire he should have saved for last. Emmett's eyes follow the bear's every twitch with grim apprehension, seeing as a bear almost took him out half a century earlier, during his human years. The muscles in his arms seem to roll the closer the bear got but Emmett stood as still as a statue as the bear evaluated him and then moved on to Esme. Emmett shoots a glare my way and I stifle a giggle, Fluffy is cute; Emmett can get over his petty vendetta. When Fluffy finished appraising my vampire family, he moves on to sniff Christian who is doing his best to appear tough and unconcerned as the massive grizzly shoves his snout towards his face. Mildly concerned for my still human mate, I dart over to his side as Fluffy sniffs him over, but there was nothing to worry about. Fluffy just looked at me and sat back on his haunches, apparently unconcerned with the eight predators surrounding him.
Carlisle darts towards me, curiosity written all over his face as he looks at Fluffy.
"He seems remarkably intelligent for an animal; I've never seen anything like it."
"That's why I kept him little bro. He is my smart little monster and I figured it would annoy Muscles the most." I wink suggestively at Emmett, who simply looks mutinous.
Fluffy lets out a little snort, like he understands what we are saying. I shoot an inquisitive look at him, intrigued and insanely curious. Carlisle looks like he found Atlantis and Edward is gazing at Fluffy like he is the Holy Grail.
Edward, can you hear his thoughts?
Edward's eyes look up at the sky, and then dart down towards the ground. Yes.
Fluffy the grizzly bear has near human intelligence, enough so that Edward can understand his thoughts and he can follow our conversation… how intriguing.
Author's Notes: Hey everyone, I know this chapter is a bit dull, but I have a feeling Fluffy is going to have a bigger part in the later story and I wanted to kind of explain how incredibly intelligent he is. I don't know exactly what I want to do with him yet, or even if he really is a grizzly bear, but I want to incorporate him into the story more. Bear with me a little while longer (pun intended). Thank you for reading!
