Hey, it's been awhile. Sorry I haven't updated in over a month, but school has been really hectic. But I have bad news. I will probably only get to update once a month. I will try to update faster but I am really busy. Don't worry; I will not give up on this story no matter what. Now, without further ado, on with chapter three of Victoria's Army Survivor.
'thoughts' "speaking"
Chapter 3: Decisions and History
The mighty forest of pine stood tall overlooking the Cullen's and the Volturi, myself being in the middle and the focus of attention, in the middle of the clearing. Next to us, there lay the burning remains of many mutilated bodies. I looked at the Cullens and then the Volturi. If I went with the Volturi, I would, hopefully, get to see the gorgeous blonde. If I stayed with the Cullens, I would, by the looks of it, have a family. I stood for a moment contemplating my choices. "I choose the Volturi," I began, but was interrupted by a loud "No!" from a Mrs. Alice Cullen. I held my hand up and with annoyance evident in my voice told her, "Let me finish before you jump to conclusions Alice." She nodded her head and a look of shame painted itself onto her pixie-like face. "I choose the Volturi, to go back to where ever they came from because I am staying with the Cullens." I say proudly and happily that no one interrupted me a second time. I looked to Alice, only to see her smiling face coming closer as she grabbed in a crushing bear hug. Jane had a look of jealousy cross her face before it regained the stoic look it once wore.
"Fine, if that is your choice, so be it." Jane spoke in an uninterested and bored tone. Jane made a small movement, signalling the Volturi that it was time to leave, and began to turn gracefully away. Her advance was interrupted because at that moment, another golden eyed vampire entered the clearing with a human girl. The vampire was male. His hair was a golden bronze and looked like an unruly cloud, which would, if he were still human, most likely indicate that he had just woken up. His companion was a normal enough girl. She had deep, chocolate, brown eyes, long, brown hair, and had very pale, almost translucent, skin. The Volturi chose this an opportunity to take their leave and left without a single word. I looked at the Cullens who were still standing protectively in front of the human. I looked at them quizzically and said in a confused tone "What? They're gone. What's with the group huddle?" Alice's face glazed over and then she stood tall. "He won't attack, so we can relax." Alice said as the group straightened out of their protective crouches and relaxed their postures.
"Why aren't you attacking Bella? Her sweet smelling blood should have you bouncing around or at least attacking her to get it since you are technically still a newborn." Carlisle asked me. I told him the truth, "Her blood doesn't smell any different than any other person. During when I was with Victoria, I was a scout. I would walk around during the day looking for food and possible candidates for newborns." I responded. I had "recruited" a lot of young people, I even "recruited" Bree. So, in essence, I was responsible for the death of the person closest to me. I started to feel a little depressed. Jasper walked to me and put his arm around my shoulder, trying to comfort me. I was confused. My face remained passive. How did he know I needed comfort?
That was when Jasper told me he was an empath (he could sense your emotions), Edward could read minds (not much privacy to be had with him around), and Alice could see the future (but it kept changing because of a person's decisions). For some reason, when I activated my cloaking ability, their powers ceased to work on me, or so Alice told me. And then they still continued too shock and surprise me, they all accepted my past. I had finally found a place where I would fit in. I had finally found a family, a family that this time, unlike my previous family I wouldn't forget. My mind started to wander at the thought of my previous family. Were they still alive? Were my parents still together? Did I have any siblings? Was I loved? I shook my head to rid of those thoughts. They were troublesome and unwanted. For the time being my questions would remain unanswered.
We all headed back to the Cullen's house. When we finally arrived, I was in shock. It was huge! But the thing that confused was all the damn glass walls! If someone visited on a sunny day, they would see them sparkle. Sparkling, the one thing I hated about being a vampire. Honestly, who would seriously be afraid of a sparkling vampire? I know if I was still human, I wouldn't be. Anyway, when we got to the house I was shown to the guest room where I would be staying. The farthest wall was made of all glass. On the right hand wall was a mounted 47 inch LCD TV. There was a black, leather couch with three seats, positioned directly across from it, against the wall.
As I was inspecting the empty, (at least ten feet deep) walk in closet between the glass wall and the TV, I was called downstairs to the dining room. When I arrived at my destination, my eyes drifted to see Carlisle at the head of the table, Esme to his right, across from her was Edward, Bella, Emmett, and Rosalie (in that order). I glanced around for a spot to sit and saw there was a vacant seat between Esme and Alice. I quietly sat down and made a quick sweep of everyone's faces. Still coming out of the newborn phase, my senses were in overdrive at all the attention directed at me. All their stares were directed at me. I started to squirm because I began to feel self conscious and fearful; if I was human I would be sweating up storm or fainted. 'Goddamn it. Why is everyone staring at me? I feel like I am about to puke.' These were the thoughts running rampant in my head. Since I was not used to being the center of attention, my natural reaction was to activate my cloaking ability.
"Everyone stop staring at him, you're making him nervous. Liam there is nothing to be afraid of, so please show yourself?" Jasper begged me with his southern accent, tasting my fear circulating the room. "Okay, sorry. Just not used to being the center of attention is all." I replied while deactivating my cloaking. "Well Liam, we didn't mean to make you nervous, I just wanted to ask a couple questions." Carlisle asked me. "Sure fire away, I will answer to the best of my ability." I responded, my calm, quiet demeanour coming back. "Well I rally only have one question, what do you remember of your life previous to your vampire one?" My reply was short and to point, "Absolutely nothing. The only thing I remembered was my birthday and my first name." At this Alice reached over, hugged me and squealed into my ear, "That is exactly the same situation I was in!"
"But first things first, you and I need to go shopping for your new cloths for when you start grade 11 at forks high." She told me with a grin. The guys winced and the girls looked at me with pity. My only reaction was 'oh shit'. "Since when am I going back to school?" I asked Carlisle. "Well you never finished and you need an education." He replied with a half smile.
"So I start Grade 11 in September? Okay, but why do I have to go shopping with Alice?" I questioned the group as a whole. The pixie who was going to take me shopping was the one to respond, "You can't g to school with only that! You need new clothes because you only have what you're wearing." I shrugged my shoulders in defeat. Besides, how bad could shopping with Alice be?
So next chapter I take a dreaded shopping trip with Alice and meet the furry neighbours. And a thanks goes out to my first and awesome Beta; thedreamofanangel! Bis wir uns wieder treffen! (Until we meet again!)