A/N: Well, as you can see, I've named my story. This is because none of the people who reviewed, except two of them, left suggestions. So I picked the one I liked best. Much thanks to LeoPanceo for it! I'm sorry if I sound snippy, I was just hoping more people would have suggestions. Now, Twilight doesn't belong to me, although I wish it did, and on with the chapter!
When I opened my eyes, the all-consuming fire was gone, and the blonde vampire was huddled in the corner, dry sobbing. I cocked my head curiously, wondering why she felt so guilty about she something she must do all the time. I slowly got to my feet and walked over to her. When she didn't look up, I tapped her on the shoulder. Her head shot up. When she saw me, she shrieked and cowered even more into the corner.
"Please, don't hurt me!" She whimpered.
"Why shouldn't I?" I asked, trying for a menacing tone. Although, truthfully, I wasn't completely sure how I would go about doing so.
"Please, I didn't mean t-to, the scent w-was overp-powering…" She started heaving with dry-sobs again. And I was just plain confused.
"What do you mean, you didn't mean to? You're a vampire!" This seemed to bring her back to this world. She took a deep breath, and started to talk.
"I guess I'm going to have to explain everything now, aren't I?" I nodded forcefully. "Well," she started. "You've already figured out I'm a vampire. Hopefully, you've realized you are now one too." I gave her the best withering look I could muster.
"See, the thing is, I live with a whole group of vampires, called a coven. And we are… different, per say, than other vampires." In the back of my throat, a dull itching sprung up. I swallowed once, and then went back to listening.
"We don't drink human blood." I scoffed, about to protest, but she silenced me. "What happened three days ago-" I blanched, having not realized how much time had passed – "was a mistake – an accident. A lapse in judgment, if you will. Now, every being, whether alive or dead, has a distinctive scent. It's what attracts a vampire to its prey. You have the most tantalizing beautiful scent I have ever come across. The immunity I have built up to human blood crashed down, never having been around a human with such a hypnotizing scent before. My instincts took over for the first time in a very long time." I nodded slowly, trying to grasp all of what she had said. I didn't really understand it, but I tried to. It didn't help that the itching in my throat had intensified to a burning. I tried to ignore it.
"What do you drink, then?"
"Animal blood." she answered. "Now, ever never seen you around here before, so I'm assuming you're a tourist. Unfortunately, you won't be able to go back to wherever you came from until you can control your thirst. Which could take years." I gasped.
"Why?!" I burst out. "I have friends there – hell, I have a boyfriend!"
"I'm sorry," she said. "But newborn vampires have a near uncontrollable thirst. I'm guessing you don't want to drink human blood, so…" My throat was burning uncontrollably now, and then a smell reached my nostrils. Not an amazing smell, but a good smell just the same. It was of wild flowers – and vegetables. Interesting. I raced outside, ignoring the blonde, and immediately found the source of the smell. A hare – sitting at the bottom of the front steps, unawares. My animalistic instincts took over – I leaped forward and snapped the creature's neck. My teeth sank into the hare's jugular vein and I sucked it dry. I wiped my lips, satisfied, but then the enormity of what I had done hit me. My body heaved with dry sobs and spasms shook me as I dry heaved. It seemed as though some of my human qualities – hem, hem, my sickly view of blood – had carried through to my vampire life. The blonde vampire came outside and wrapped a stone cold arm around my shoulders.
"You'll get used to it. By the way, I'm Tanya."
"Bella," I choked out. And then I remembered.
"What happened to my Dad?" Tanya's eyes became sad. I gasped, knowing exactly what it meant.
"I'm sorry," she whispered. I looked down, trying to control myself, but to no avail. I cried out in pain. The very air surrounding quavered with the sound. Birds flew out of the evergreens. My fists pounded on the snow-packed ground, sending snow and ice flying. Even in my grief, I found that my screams were more beautiful than a human's ever could be. When the shock wore off, I sat on the hard ground, numb. Tanya started talking again.
"Look, I am really sorry about everything, and I know you probably need your friends the most since your father has died. But you really cannot go back until you are capable of being around humans."
"But I need to go back! People will wonder where I am! Well, mainly Alice and Edward and everybody, but still…" I trailed off because Tanya was looking at me oddly. "What?"
"Your eyes…" she answered finally. "They're supposed to be bright red, and they were, but when you said you needed to go back and how only your group of friends would really notice, they faded back to their original color. This must be your talent of sorts." And now I was back to being confused. Tanya saw this and explained further.
"Some vampires have special abilities. In my coven, Kate can inflict electrical pain on beings by touching them." I flinched. "In your human life, were you unimportant or invisible to most people? Kind of blended into everyone else, or maybe even more so?" I nodded, shocked she had gotten that so quickly without even asking. "Well, it seems like your power is the ability to conceal your identity as a vampire from people." Well, that made some sense. At least one thing today did.
"Well, then how about a compromise," I said. "Why don't we stay here for the rest of the week, building up my blood endurance, and then go back when we were supposed to go back." Tanya pondered this. After what seemed like forever, she nodded slowly.
"I'll go with you, saying I'm your long-lost cousin or something." I snorted at this, seeing we were polar opposites of each other. She gave me a withering look.
"Hey, it's possible."
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"Ready?" Tanya asked me. I nodded, swallowing nervously. Then we ran to the airport. Yeah, we have super speed. And super strength, I might add. The only reason we were going through the airport was to keep up appearances. The human scents were flooding my nostrils, but thankfully Tanya and I had feasted right before we came. They didn't hit me as hard as they could have. We boarded the plane about half an hour later, people staring at Tanya the whole time. I had put up my glamour of sorts, so there was nothing out of the ordinary about me. The flight was about five hours long, so we had a lot of down time. And then, just when I had managed to stop thinking about all of the things that could possibly go wrong, we landed. My throat had started burning rather badly, but it was still controllable. As we walked off the plane, I was bombarded with new scents. There was one that stuck out from all the others. It was wonderful – like Edward's cologne, but more intense and a hint of roses. I whipped my head around, my thirst spinning wildly out of control. And then I saw the source of the smell.
Edward.
A/N: So, not the longest or most interesting chapter, but it will have to do. I'm sorry it took so long, but I really didn't have time, because of work. And it will be a while before I can update again, because I am going on vacation, then school starts, and then I am punished for a bit, therefore banned from the computer. So, just be patient for a month or so, please. I cannot promise you, but I will try to make it as long and interesting as possible! Thanks for sticking with me! And and you know what to do – just scroll on down and click on that little purple button…