We all travelled up the mountain in silence, and I was going to get my first taste of the hunt.
I could hear the rustling, of the dust beneath the lion's paws as it circled me. It didn't take its eyes off me and I didn't take mine off his. I saw the glint in his eyes, hinting his readiness to pounce but I beat him to it. I grabbed his neck and he tried to snap at me but I was on top of him before he had the chance, I broke his neck and then relished the red blood that, kept me alive.
"Did you see that?" Emmet roared, "That girl's an assassin! Her first hunt not a scratch on her and she killed it in less than a second" I felt very proud of myself but I didn't raise my head from the lion, until I had drunk every last drop.
"The lion thought she was human." Edward broke.
"What do you mean Edward?" Esme asked.
"That's why it didn't run. That's what made it so easy for her to kill it." He said frozen
"He has a point Esme. The lion showed no fear" Carlisle pointed out "was the lion afraid Jasper?"
"No." He croaked. All eyes were on me. I didn't know what to think. I hadn't wondered why the lion was not frightened; after all I was the predator. "In fact, he was just as hungry."
"Guys, maybe she's just a sick hunter, hypnotized it or something, hey maybe you have a gift!" Emmett joked.
"Emmett, I think you might be on to something." Carlisle said. I went to stand next to Jasper.
"Jasper what was it you said about Faith's eyes?" Edward remembered
"They turned green." He whispered, I couldn't help but feel slightly attacked. "Like they were when she was human."
"Are you saying Faith, can turn human?" Rosalie asked, Jealousy radiated off of her.
"No, I think it's more than that." Edward said moving closer to me. "How did you make Carlisle agree to go hunting, after the entire family par jasper and Emmett, disagreed to it?" I'd never thought of it, I was shocked he had said yes, but I left it at that. I was flustered and confused.
"I don't know" I stuttered. We were inches apart now. He was reading my mind. I hated when he did that. I remembered that Jasper had said my eyes had turned green when I said the final sentence that had obviously convinced him to let me go hunting. It was almost like I could feel him nudging me in my head him poking around, I was being mentally raped. That feeling took over again, the one that I experienced with Carlisle, Edward must have felt it and stepped back.
"Edward, I don't think it's in your best interest to keep reading my mind." I hissed. My eyes felt fuzzy and my chest tightened.
"Oh my," Esme sighed
"What, what happened?" I asked worried.
"Your eyes, they turned green again." Jasper told me.
"Interesting, Edward, try to read her mind" Carlisle asked.
"I shouldn't, it's not in my best interest" he said, with all seriousness. I was so confused and started taking breaths, I didn't need to but it was a comforting habit.
"What else can you do Faith" It was a rhetorical question asked by Carlisle. "Let's head back; I need to do some research".
We all ran back, even more silently than we had going up, but Edward and Rosalie didn't take their eyes off of me.
When we got back, I sat next to Emmett watching a game, in silence. Jasper was with Alice, and Rosalie was apparently with Bella and Renesme who I still have not met. Esme was planning a new decorating project, with a house down town, and Edward and Carlisle where researching.
"I want a beer" I looked at Emmett
"Faith, why do you want a beer, all you should want is blood, and besides your 15".
"I dunno, I just really want a beer".
"You won't like it anymore,"
"fuck".
"Language Faith" I heard Carlisle yelled, from his library "We need you up here!"
I was there in a light.
"Carlisle, is it true I won't like human food and drink anymore?"
"You shouldn't, why?"
"Wanted a pint" I said in my best cockney accent.
"See Carlisle, this is what I'm telling you about Jasper saying that maybe she didn't process the change properly" Edward spoke.
"Try to read her mind Edward." Carlisle replied. Edward turns to stare at me.
"I'm beginning to get through again." He replied.
"Well can you not." I asked.
"Edward" Carlisle said hurriedly "Can you read her mind now"
"Same as it was before. I'm getting through, why?"
"Well then that must prove my theory?"
"WHAT THEORY!" I yelled. Why didn't I ever know anything? I picked up one of the ancient masks laying around and through it across the room.
"Faith, calm down." Edward said grabbing my arms. I didn't want anyone touching me.
"NO GET OFF!" I screamed and punched him in the face, he stumbled backwards and crouched over I kicked him across the room.
"Faith, please, we're only trying to help and keep everyone safe," Carlisle said trying to sound reassuring. I couldn't hurt him. So I took it out on Edward and yelled.
"WHY DOES EVERYONE THINK I'M GOING TO HURT SOMEONE"
"JASPER" Edward yelled, as I skulked over, with the intent to kill.
He ran up and I felt him trying to calm me.
"It's not working!" I heard Jasper say behind me.
"Yo, Faith chill." Emmett's voice was a blur. Everything was going hazy, fuzzy. Then I felt it. A heartbeat, it pounded against my chest. It hurt. I screamed. It beat again; I felt blood run through my veins. Heat filled my body. My view changed I was lower I wasn't on my two feet. I was on four. I looked down, two black paws. I turned behind me, a long black tail. I was large and strong. I pounced out of the doorway and ran to the nearest mirror. I stood their dumbfounded. I admired my new long elegant, powerful dark body. My defined muscles softly coated with black fur. I soaked myself in the nostalgic sensation of a heartbeat. I heard, footsteps behind me, I growled and spun round.
"A panther" Carlisle sighed. "She is one of them after all".
"One of what?" Emmett said not taking his eyes off of me. I tried to walk towards him but he just stepped back. I felt rejected; I wasn't normal, even for vampires.
"She's a Fallens unum"
he said walking towards me, and petted my ear; I rubbed my head against his legs and purred.
"How's she going to change back?" Emmett asked again.
"She will, when she's ready."
"Fallens unum, meaning the deceiving one, in Latin."
"You're right Jasper; there are cases similar to those of Faith. Being able to transform and manipulate others."
"What do you mean manipulate?" Rosalie seemed interested; I prowled the room, circling the sofa. Not concentrating on the conversation ensuing. I saw the chandelier glisten and wave above me, I was mesmerized, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth I pounced and my claw snapped it from the ceiling and it landed on top of me with a crash. I panicked and got tangled in the diamonds that once dripped from it so elegantly. My heart stopped beating, warmth left my body, I felt everything stiffen within me. I lay there lifeless once again.
"She's turned back". Esme whispered lifting the chandelier off of my body. "Faith what's wrong?" I didn't want to move, I'd felt my heart-beat I had felt warmth. It had tantalised me, teased me and now left me.
"Faith!" Jasper shook me.
"Get off" I pushed him away, and stood back up.
"What do you mean I can manipulate people, it didn't work upstairs with Edward?"
"You can convince people, not order people, before whilst hunting you told him that you thought it would be best for him to stop reading your mind, so his mind didn't allow him to read your mind. It's a form of hypnotism." Carlisle answered
"Oh"
"She'll be very useful Carlisle, if we get in trouble with the Volturi again" Alice piped up "And maybe convince you all to have parties more often"
"No! Does nobody realise how dangerous her gift is? She's already used it against us twice! We'll have no control!" Edward yelled
"Oh Edward, You're power isn't exactly a walk in the park either!" I said angrily, I hadn't meant to use my power; I started ranting "You know you just basically said that you're pissed off for me using my power on you to stop you using your power on me. Hypocrite."
He rolled his eyes at me. I noticed Emmett was missing I heard his footsteps above me, he was in his room. I looked at Jasper for help.
"I think it might be best for you to deal with this one yourself" He replied. Okay I gave him a weak worried smile; he gave me a reassuring one back.
I left the house later that night, by jumping out of my bedroom window and wandered the forest, bare foot. It was becoming dark. The Cullens were too wrapped up in themselves for the time being to notice my disappearance. I closed my eyes; I heard the busy streets, and faint cackles of laughter. I remembered being alive, going out to house parties, getting drunk, dancing on tables. It wasn't always great, having to drag your friend's passed out bodies from the upstairs toilet, walking in on your boyfriend with your best friend or somebody overdosing. But it was something to do, it made you feel mortal, it made you feel alive, brought you closer to everyone around you. I focused, on being human; I tried to make myself feel what I felt before, when I turned into a panther. I focused on my green eyes, tried to make my heartbeat. Nothing. I was still cold, still dead, but then I realised. I was still beautiful. I smiled; I was going to go out tonight. To town and I'm going to have fun. I laughed and danced around. Then I realised I had no money, and my eyes, were still bright red. Then I had a brainwave. I focused on the flutterer's heartbeat, and followed it. I found a cottage, I couldn't smell Edward, Just the flutterer and the other whom I presumed was Bella. I knocked on the front door, and took a step back. I heard Bella's weary slightly heavy steps walk towards the door. It opened.
"Who are you?" She asked, clocking my red eyes. She was pretty, but I thought she was a bit plain.
"I'm Faith" I smiled, cocking my head to one side, looking as much of a darling as I could.
"Oh, Edward said that…"
"Oh, don't worry about Edward we're all on the same page now" I cut her off, "Are you going to invite me in?" I smiled again; she looked startled and stepped out of my way. I skipped in and looked around maintaining my innocent demeanour. That's when I saw the flutterer. She looked about 8.
"This is Renesme?" I asked
"Umm, yeah." Bella said nervously. That's when I smelt an awful smell.
"Ugh what's that?"
"Oh, that's probably Jacob you can smell, he was here a while ago."
"Why does he smell so bad?"
"He's a were…I mean shape shifter." Someone like me I thought, but wouldn't Carlisle have told me?
"Oh, okay." I said. I needed to use my power on her to get the money and she must have been given contacts a while ago I heard Alice mentioning using them for me.
"So why are you here?" Bella asked a little more defensively and I could see why; Renesme had walked right up to me, and then grabbed my hand. I tried to yank it from her but before I could I saw images of myself in my head, and then one of me with wings like an angel. Once the images stopped I yanked my hand from her.
"What the fuck?"
"Oh Renesme don't." Bella said taking me away from me. "Sorry, her power's the opposite of Edward's" She smiled. The way she spoke of Edward made me feel a little bit sick.
"Its okay" I said, it wasn't I didn't want that kid putting anything into my head.
"So, why were you here, again?" She asked pushily this time. I concentrated and felt my power take over.
"I think it would be best for everyone if you lent me some money, clothes and contacts." I felt my eyes flash green. She looked at me strangely.
"Why would it be best for everyone?" She asked. Shit, I thought, why wasn't my power working I panicked.
"Powers don't work on my mamma" Renesme sang. What, how did the flutterer know? Get out of it I thought to myself.
"Haha, what do you mean?" I said stroking Renesme's face "I don't have a power".
"Why did your eyes flash green?" Bella asked. Fuck.
"They did? Oh no not again, Jasper said they were doing that, we're worried I haven't changed properly"
"Is that possible?"
"We don't know" I replied smiling again.
"Where did your shoes go?" Renesme asked. I looked down I was wearing a short simple black playsuit, that stopped 8inches above my knees, I had quite long legs, my feet where dirty except my glistening silver ankle bracelet that my friend had brought back from Corsica a year ago.
"I don't like wearing shoes" I replied, and I didn't I always liked being barefoot, I used to walk around the streets of London barefoot sometimes, when I could get away with it.
"Mummy, I don't want to wear shoes either." Bella just smiled at her.
"So, basically, I need to go into town, but I really can't go like this, so is it possible you could lend me some contacts, and maybe a bit of money. Edward and Carlisle are busy and told me to come introduce myself and ask you as I'm already very controlled." I smiled, years of lying was paying off.
"Oh, I think I'll go ask Edward first if that's okay with you."
"You can if you want, but him and Carlisle are in deep discussion and debate to why my eyes keep turning green, and if you don't mind I would rather you left them to it so we can fix my condition faster, I'm awfully worried" and put my scared little teenager face on.
"Oh, yeah, sorry, of course come upstairs." She picked up Renesme and led me up the stairs I just smiled.
"Here's the bathroom I'll let you clean up."
"Thanks" I smiled. I shut the door behind me. I looked at myself in the mirror, for the first time as a vampire other than being a panther. I was still tall, and curvy, though much more toned. I'd always been deathly pale so there wasn't much of a difference on that front, and my long jet black slightly wavy hair still clashed brilliantly with it. My eyes were bright red I opened my mouth, my teeth were normal, so I let my fangs release.
"Awesome" I whispered.
I ran the bath and just dipped my feet in a cleaned and dried them. I found a hairbrush and brushed through my hair. I left the bathroom and entered the bedroom once more. Bella was playing with Renesme under the bed's duvet.
"Thanks" I smiled, she smiled back.
"Oh, the contacts, here" She said opening a drawer "Take two or three pairs, they'll erode"
"Oh okay" They were brown. I frowned slightly.
"What's wrong?" she said
"Oh nothing, you know my eyes were green, but don't worry thanks" I smiled and laughed nervously.
"Do you need any clothes?"
"This's Alice's, and not very appropriate for tonight."
"The wardrobe is there take what you want, I'll leave you some money on the table and I'll be downstairs with Renesme" She said, I smiled then followed her directions, the wardrobe was huge, Alice's doing no doubt. I looked through racks and racks of clothing. I came across a royal blue silk tunic, black skinnies and then rummaged and found some black suede stilettos. I popped in the brown contacts and gazed at myself in the mirror, if only I had my beautiful green eyes, and a blush.
I left the wardrobe and found the money where she'd said it would be. I quickly counted it I gasped $2000 that was like £1500 pounds. I smiled.
"Thanks Bella" I called as I ran out the house.
I felt the breeze hit my face and whip my hair back; I was ready to take on what Forks had to offer.
"Let's just hope I can control myself" I said laughing as I ran towards the freeway.
Thankyou for reading my third chapter, hope you liked it... I know the story isn't perfect and Faith can be a hard heroine to like, but do review i know it may seem like effort but even if you hated the story I would just like to know your general opinion of it and I am open to any scenarios you would like me to include or anyway I could help you enjoy the story more, or if you happen to like what I'm doing so far do tell me so I can continue down this route. Thankyou once again, Happy New Year, have a good one :) X