YAY new chapter! Ok I know I said Wednesday or Thursday but Wednesday was the first day of school and my chem. Teacher was already like YAY LOTS OF HOMEWORK AND A TEST. So I was like ok I guess it will be Thursday. So then yesterday, I finish soccer practice and my boss calls and is like "I need you to work today" and im like ughhh so I go to work, and I get home at 8 ish and then I had to do more fun chem. Homework plus English. So ya I finished at 11 and I needed to sleep so my ankle can get better. And Friday I had soccer practice and a pasta party, so this is a couple of days late. Sorry! So to make it up to you this chapter is a little longer than I planned it to be. Enjoy!
And that's when it hit me. Their beautiful features, their golden eyes, there strange behavior…it all made sense. The Cullen's were vampires. And I was the newest member of their coven.
Mike's POV
No, I was being absurd. The Cullen's couldn't be vampires. I was just being stupid. Vampires were scary monsters. They slept during the day in coffins and drank people's blood at night. The Cullen's may be weird, but they weren't that weird.
My thoughts were interrupted by Edward's laughter. He was trying to say something but he was laughing so hard it came out in pieces.
"You…and…right…s-scary…coff-ffins…"
At the mention of coffins everyone else burst out laughing. What was so funny about coffins? Is there some inside joke I'm missing?
"Umm…what's so funny?" I said, confused.
Edward was the only would who could compose himself enough to get the words out.
"Vampires…don't…sleep in…coffins. And…they…don't turn…into bats…either," he said. At the mention of bats, laughter overtook them all again. I was confused and wanted to ask what was going on, but all of the sudden I was laughing and couldn't stop. I couldn't figure out what was so funny.
"Cool it, Jasper," Dr. Cullen said as he got control of himself. Jasper stopped laughing, and as soon as he did, I did too. Something strange was going on here.
"Mike," Dr. Cullen started, "my family, and now you, are vampires. The myths that you have probably heard of-the coffins and bats-none of those rumors are true. Vampires don't sleep, ever, so there is no need for coffins. The rumor that we sleep during the day has some truth to it. Not the sleeping part, but vampires tend to avoid the day because of the sun. And vampires don't turn into bats." At the last part, there was a few snickers from Emmett and Alice.
I pretty much accepted that as it was. I had always known there was something different about the Cullen's, and now I knew that I wasn't crazy. I thought over everything.
"Mind if I ask a few questions?" I asked.
"No problem," Dr. Cullen answered.
"How did Edward know that I was thinking about you being vampires and the coffins and stuff?" I asked.
"Well," Carlisle began, "some vampires are lucky enough to have a special power. Edward's happens to be that he can read minds. I can resist the scent of human blood, Esme can love passionately, Emmett has strength, Rosalie has beauty, Alice can detect and control other people's emotions, and Alice can see the future."
Things were falling into place. The reason I couldn't stop laughing was Jasper's fault. The reason the laughing started in the first place was Edward's fault.
"How will I know what powers I have?" I asked.
"Well," Carlisle began, "there is no sure fire way to find out. It kinda just has to happen, and after we figure them out, it will take some time and practice in order for you to master them."
I thought over everything that had been said. The room began to clear until it was Jasper and I. He looked torn. He was clearly upset. And it was affecting me too.
"Jasper, what's up?"
"I'm so sorry. How could I do that I'm such a monster. I'm so stupid. I'm sorry; I'm sorry, so so sorry."
He looked to be on the verge of tears. His eyes held the look that people get when the cry, yet there were no tears in his eyes. He was dry sobbing.
I didn't really know what to say. I wasn't mad at Jasper. I guess I was upset that I would never get to see my family and friends again, and that my normal life was over, but I was most certainly never mad at him.
"Jasper, I know your upset with yourself but don't be. Honestly, I'm excited. I like my new life. I want to be an immortal, to never have to sleep, to be breathtakingly beautiful…"
Beauty, I thought. Oh my goodness, I hadn't seen what I looked like yet. I got up and ran to the mirror. I was there so quickly I was shocked. I turned to Jasper. He was laughing at my amazement.
"Did I mention vampires are extremely fast?" Jasper said between snickers. I was excited; I couldn't wait to figure out more about vampires. They were fascinating, but for now I just wanted to learn more about me.
I turned to the mirror and looked myself over. I was shocked. I was gorgeous. My usually spiked hair was flat. It was messed up, but it was nice. It actually reminded me bit of Edward's "I'm not trying but it looks good anyway" hair style. I would never have thought to style my hair that way but now that it was that way, it looked really good. My features were perfect. I couldn't get over it. My teeth were perfectly straight and they were extremely white. Then I looked at my eyes. I expected to see the beautiful golden eyes that all the Cullen's had. Instead, to deep red eyes looked back at me.
I gasped. Why weren't my eyes weren't golden. I turned to Jasper looking for an explanation. He shrugged.
"Well, see. Traditionally, vampires have red eyes. But my family has all chosen a different path from most vampires; we call ourselves vegetarians. Basically, vampire's eyes turn red when they drink human blood, but we survive on animal blood. Therefore, our eyes are golden."
"But I haven't drank human blood, why are my eyes red?" I asked confused.
"Like I said, traditionally vampire's eyes are red. So newborn vampires like you all start with red eyes. They will become the golden color within the year as long as you don't drink human blood. I looked into Jasper's eyes and noticed that the edges of his eyes were red.
"But your eyes have some red in it." I said.
Jasper looked embarrassed. "Umm…well that's because I bit you."
"Ohh." I said, remembering.
We sat in silence for a couple of minutes. As I thought, I realized that there was a burning feeling in the back of my throat. It was annoying, and it was starting to bother me. I grew uncomfortable.
Edward walked upstairs and came into the room.
"Uhh, Jasper, Mike needs to hunt," he said. Edward must have read my mind and recognized the feeling that I was thinking about.
"Well," Jasper said, "let's go."
Edward, Emmett, and Jasper all came for the hunting trip. The girls and Carlisle stayed behind because they had just hunted a couple of days ago. We ran into the woods behind the Cullen's house. The speed that I could get was amazing. Edward was faster than me, but I was still excited.
We ran out to a meadow. On the far end, there were some deer.
"OK," Edward said, turning to me, "hat's your first prey."
"How do I do it?" I asked.
"Well, it's kinda hard to explain. I guess you kinda just give into your instincts."
Alright, so give into my instincts. I could do that. I closed my eyes and focused on one thing, my prey. When I opened my eyes, I was no longer Mike, I was a true vampire. I ran at lightening speed toward the deer. There were only 2 so I grabbed them one of them around the neck breaking it. The other one tried to run, but it was no match for my speed and within seconds my teeth were sinking into its neck.
Its blood tasted so good. When I had drunk all the blood from its body, I went back to the deer that I had killed first. I drank all the blood out of that one, too. When I had finished I had turned back to Emmett, Jasper, and Edward. They seemed pleased. I was proud that I had caught on so quickly. We split up so we could move faster and finish quicker.
I was finished off another deer when I smelled an interesting smell. It seemed to be pretty far away since it was faint. I knew that it was an animal, so I finished the last of the deer and went to find the animal. I ran off at vampire speed toward the smell. I came to a trail in the woods. And stopped. I crouched ready to attack. Around the bend, came two humans. They were hikers.
There smell was nice, but I wanted to be like the Cullen's and have the same golden eyes, and I knew that killing these humans would make it take longer for them to change. I stood up and started running the other way. I was about half a mile away from the trail when I was tackled to the ground. Edward and was holding me down and Emmett was holding Jasper back. Jasper was fighting internally with himself, and Emmett was there just in case he couldn't control himself.
"Edward, getoffme!" I yelled.
"Sorry, Mike, I can't do that, there are humans in the woods, and you can't attack them," he replied.
I thought for a moment. The image of the hikers flashed through my mind.
"You mean the hikers?" I asked. Edward's mouth dropped in disbelief. The image of the hikers and my decision to leave them alone flashed through my mind. I knew he was reading it.
"Y-you…j-just w-waked…a-away?" He asked. I was confused by it.
"Uhh, yeah. When I saw they were human, I left them alone because I didn't want to attack them." Emmett and Jasper's mouths dropped in disbelief, like Edward's had, after I finished talking. I didn't understand why they were so surprised.
"What you did, takes amazing control that took me a decade to master," Edward said. "Jasper even still has a little trouble with it. On your first hunting trip, you can already resist the scent of human blood."
"C'mon," Emmett said. "We got to go see Carlisle. I think we have found out what Mike's power is."
When Edward finished telling the story, Carlisle's face was also in disbelief. On him, it looked pretty funny. I fought back the urge to laugh. Carlisle quickly composed himself.
"Well, Mike, as surprised as I am with your power, I am very happy with it. This means that the next time that we move you will be able to go to school with all of them. This is very exciting."
Overall, I guess I was pleased with my talent. I wouldn't hurt anyone, I would be able to go to school, and my new family was happy with it. But I couldn't help but wish… I guess I wanted a cool talent. I wanted to be able to read someone's mind, or see the future or something like that. Being able to be resistant to human's blood was great, but I was no superhero because of it.
OK, that was pretty long. Definitely the longest one that I have ever written. I hope it was worth the wait. OK, well, I promised that this fanfic would be funny, so bear with me. I know its not funny yet, but its taking me a lot of time to set the ground work for it. I was expecting it to be a little easier. Well, so the humor will probably start…chapter 4 ish. Either that or the drama will start chapter 4 ish. Either way, drama and humor ARE COMING. Don't give up on me yet.
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-Shannon