A/N: I'm sorry everyone! I couldn't get to the battle, I just happen to love cliffhangers and short chapters, y'know? ;)
To Sailor Alpha Tomboy: Wow...that was a very short review and straight to the point. "Update" you said, and that's all? Woooww, that really inspired me to write this chapter as quick as I could! WOW! lol, jk, jk. ...but dude, or dudet, that was a really short review. :'( I feel sad...
To Perfect Love Kills All Fear: Thank you! And yes, you already special! I always wanted a brother who does like that, y'know? It's so hilarious! But sadly, Shen and Dawn aren't really related, I mean Shen's Chinese and Dawn's Italian... I should mention this in a chapter soon... ahh well, :) thaaank youuu!
READERS PLEASE READ AND YOU SHALL BE THANKED!
Shen's POV
Everyone was silent in the room as the words came out of her mouth. "I am Dawn Riddle, a slayer of the undead…"
Again, silence clouded the room before long laughter exploded all over place. I sat there silently while Dawn stood there in the middle of the room…fuming. I looked over to Edward, who was trying his best not to laugh. I screamed out to him in my mind, 'This isn't a joke! She is a slayer!' I sent him an image, reminding him of what happened back at the cliff. I also showed him of the Riddle family…a family of sorcerers…
Edward froze and completely regained his composure, realizing that it was the truth. He immediately hushed everyone but some were still laughing and that did not help with Dawn's anger. Quil, a werewolf, said, "A slayer? What?" He mocked her and she did not appreciate it.
Slowly but visibly, her hair was kindling small bits of flame and this time, everyone shut their laughter up as they gawked at the sight; yup, Dawn was pretty mad. I grabbed the damped towel that was sitting right next to me, the same towel that Dawn used to dry her hair off. I wrapped it around my hand, covering it as I stood up and went over to Dawn. I used it to put the fire out, without hurting her.
Dawn then moved away from me and looked at me. She asked, "Why are you patting my head with a towel?"
I simply said as if it was normal, "Oh, your hair is on fire"
"Ohhh… put it out" she ordered me.
"I am putting it out…"
"Well, do it faster"
"Then I might break your neck"
"Don't then"
"Don't what?"
"Don't break my neck!"
"Then I'll do it slow"
"I just told you to go faster"
"You told me not to…" I trailed off when I finally caught on of what she was actually doing to me. I said, "You're just trying to annoy to death, huh?"
"Hmm… yeah pretty much" figures. She continued, "However, you're already dead"
I rolled my eyes at her and just continued patting out the fire with the damp towel. The fire was put out; it didn't take long for them to react. Actually, Embry was the first to react. He stood up and quickly went over to her side; he inspected her before he would ask a question. I was guessing he was going to ask how she did that, however it wasn't what I assumed.
He asked her, "Are you all right?" I was actually surprised he asked her that. Usually, from other slaying families they would ask her if there was some trick to it, or even vampires that we had encountered and killed, asked the same thing… but no… He asked if she was alright.
I see Dawn's surprised look as well before she uttered out, "Yeah…yeah, I'm fine…"
I see her cheeks turning slightly pink as she and Embry stared through each others' eyes. I stepped back a bit and looked between them with my eyes. I could feel what Dawn was feeling right now… she seemed… flushed. My eyebrow raised at her as I thought out what was she thinking?
She must have gotten my message because she looked at me then at Embry, then she looked down. Wait a minute… is she blushing? Dawn had her head back up again, no longer flustered but I saw her glance at me sharply before changing her attention to everyone else. I know that glance; it meant f-you.
Time to get back on the topic. "Alright, alright," I said. "Now you see proof that she is a slayer-"
"What exactly is a slayer?" Emmett asked. I sighed; I guess I'll have to start from the beginning. (Note: this information of slayers is very vital to know!)
"You see," I started. "Long ago, just around the time vampires and werewolves were created…maybe 50,000 years ago? Not sure, but it was the age when vampires and werewolves first came around… there were only a few of them all over the world but they were catastrophic as they hunt human farmers and nomads. One farmer whom had this power… unfortunately, no one knew what it was but he created another race. A race that could stand against both vampires and werewolves… they were called Slayers of the undead, or underworld whichever you prefer."
"And so wait," Jasper cut me off. "How come we have never heard of this?"
"That's why Dawn said we would tell you but then we would have to curse you," I explained. "No one is supposed to know and if someone did, we would either curse them to not speak of it in front of other people that do not know, or if it gets out of hand…we would have to kill them" All their faces were with looks shock and appalled, and some had no expressions as they kept their feelings inside. I continued, "That is why no one knows of the Slayers… not even the Volturi…"
"What else can Slayers do?" Embry asked, not to me but to Dawn.
Dawn gave this hard look before saying, "Shen, you explain… I can't explain it as well as you can, sorry"
"Alright," I said and-wait a minute… did she just apologized to me?! …ignoring that. "Slayers have many abilities; they have similar strengths to vampires and werewolves but not that much, which is why they are also granted powers in order to even up the odds. The use of items to harm a vampire and a werewolf varies from weapons to magic to mental abilities, and even to physically enhanced skills, but it depends on each family. For example, the Riddle family; their use of item would be magic"
"So every family member gets awesome powers? Sweet!" Seth remarked.
I smiled slightly and remarked, "Not every family member… actually, only the first born children are allowed to have the Slayer's blood whether they would be twins, or triplets as long as they are first to be born… however second born children and below that will be normal humans…" I asked myself, am I giving too much information? It feels like I want to give more information, but I think that's Dawn's feeling, wanting me to show off how cool it is to be a slayer. Yeah… the vampires get to be hunted.
Edward smirked slightly at my thought and asked, "Are there more?" You want me to say more of it? How cruel of you.
His smirk widened a bit as I replied, "Yes, there's more… Slayers are immune to vampire venom and werewolf infection" I see their eyes widened in surprise. I continued, "And Slayers have a scent, a one main scent that's defiantly passed down from one generation to the next. In this case, Riddle family's scent would be Gardenias…"
I could see them sniffing and I snickered a bit as Dawn humph in dissatisfaction. Emmett spoke out, "I don't smell anything from her…" Realization dawn to all of them.
"…She doesn't smell like…well you know…she smells…normal to us," Esme stuttered out. Slayers are not food so their blood has no scent and no taste, but they all have a scent… well for the exception of Dawn.
Some of them were still trying to catch the scent of Gardenias and Dawn noticed this, and she activated her scent. She breathes in and out, and then a burst of wonderful Gardenias fragrance was spread all over room. Everyone jerked from the smell, and the result of the scent was to lure vampires and werewolves. Dawn deactivates it when she sees everyone coming closer to her.
"Okay people," she said. "Back to your original places! I am not Febreeze, you know!" (L...O...L)
Small bursts of laughter were heard, and even I laughed at her comment. I remembered that commercial when humans would smell the car seat, the floor, and the curtains just because they sprayed Febreeze in it. Of course, Dawn being silly, she also copied their tactics only this time, with her new Labrador(mentioned from the last chapter). Sadly, I too had to try it and believe me, the dog actually smell good at that time. Surprise, surprise.
"I think that's about it," I said. "If I forgot anything else, I'll explain it"
"Alright, explain this," Edward said. "Why is there a connection with you two? Like you can feel what she's feeling and know what she's thinking…same goes with Dawn…" Oh crap, why did we have to meet a mind reader?
I felt myself tense up as I tried calming down, but for some reason I couldn't. Explaining this reason as to why I am somewhat connected to Dawn wasn't that imperative, so there must be something else as to why I am panicking like a chicken trying to cross a street. I look at Dawn and I saw her with eyes wide; her body froze immediately. She must have felt something but what?
She quickly regained her composure but the panic was still there. She said to Edward, "Look, we would love to tell you how we started off with diapers but we got to go now!"My eyes narrowed, knowing what exactly was going on.
Dawn's POV
I tensed up immediately when I sensed something; I know my senses well enough. Shen forgot to mention that Slayers have senses… they can sense when they are in danger, or if there were any vampires and werewolves nearby. Right now, I can feel that I am in danger as well as feeling a vampire—no… vampires' presences….
I tried to remain calm but I couldn't. We have to go now. I turned to Edward and told him that we got to go now. Shen and I still had time to leave before the Cullen's and the pack of wolves would be involved with our problems.
"Bye People's!" I said as I ran over to Shen and grabbed his hand. He too reacted as we both made our way to the front door but then Leah and Embry blocked us. Really, I could go past through Leah but not Embry…and it looks like Shen could past through him but not Leah. What the heck is this feeling?!
"Ugh! Move! Both of you!" I said and I could see them recoil a bit but they stand their ground. There's no time! We need to go, or else they'll be here any minute!
Suddenly, we all heard a gasp and we all turned to the smallest out of us. Alice. She was staring blankly at something as if she was seeing something else. Then she blinked, she was back to reality. I see Edward's face contorted into fear as Alice stuttered out, "…Newborns…" My eyes widened, realizing that it was what I thought to be; Rafail and his troops were coming.
She then turned to me and asked, "Are they a-after you two?" Shen and I both nodded with head lows. Jasper, I believe, went over to her and held her shoulders.
"What's going on?" he asked her.
And she said, "…Two vampires…are leading a troop of newborns…"
"How many?" Jacob asked in high alert.
"…40…40 newborns…" Edward said and everyone's eyes widened. It looks like they know how strong a newborn is, and who wouldn't know how strong a newborn is. However, fighting off 40 of them seemed so suicidal.
"Look! Shen and I will be heading south so we could divert their direction!" I announced. "They won't be bothering anyone in this town as long as we go" And with that, I tried to leave again, but then Leah and Embry stepped up, making me stop. They looked more adamant to have us stay.
I turned to look at everyone else's expression and I was surprised actually. They all had this determined looks on their faces; they wanted to fight, and for what? Shen too, had noticed this. We were both asking ourselves… why? Why would they want to help us?
"That's not happening," Embry remarked as let out a low growl and Leah added. "We'll get rid of them…"
The thought of them helping us and highly, possibly getting hurt enraged me, and I guess it did the same to Shen. We both shouted out, "No!"
They looked at us with surprised looks; Embry was the first to react. "And why not?"
"It's our problem, not yours!" I said.
"Please… let me help you!"
"It's none of your business!" I spat out and his body started shaking in anger.
Things went a little chaos when I said that; it all happened so quickly. Shen pulled me away and got me on his back as he jumped 4 meters away form Embry. In an instant, Embry turned into a werewolf, growling and snarling at Shen and I; he was getting ready to attack. Yup, the chemistry between he and I is definitely over.
"Embry, don't! Calm down!" Jacob shouted in a command form that worked so well. Embry shook his head when he realized what he was almost about to do. Guilt was all over his eyes as he back up a few steps… whining in sorrow. It looks like he was trying to say sorry.
I just glared at him and harshly said, "Bye." I did a hand sign and cast a spell, "Teleport!"
Then we were gone…
A/N:You know, you got to love conflict...even though it's small... I just need help on making a conflict with Shen and Leah. Of course P.L.K.A.F.(Perfect love Kills All Fear (you have a very long username!)) .... which from now I shall call Plkaf, pronouced as PLuh-Kuhf! had a very nice idea, which I will tweak a bit. I will make many subplots in this one, and one of them would Plkaf's idea. Her idea is about Embry and the guys trying to separate Dawn from Shen; Shen is doing all he could to stay with Dawn, but that gave Leah the impression that Shen loved Dawn than her, which could be a major conflict between her and Shen, including the conflict of a vampire/werewolf imprint pair. So yeah...I'll explain all of it later but next chapter is the fighting! I LOVE YOU PLKAF!
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