I've been reading Katherine Swan by IAmNotAnIgnoramus It's great and I'm editing this after reading her newest chapter. Those of you who haven't read it, go do that after this!
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I got to the office and was hit with a fuck ton of bloodlust, Edward stiffened obviously smelling my sister's blood, and turned towards her, I cringed as images of him sinking his teeth into her flashed across his mind.
'You do that and I swear to god I'll kill you myself.' his head snaps to me, 'Tell her you'll put up with the class and then walk out of the school.' my voice was dark, it was malicious and I knew it, it was a mix of the voice I had never listened to and my own dark voice protecting my family. I watched Bella hug herself and the I felt cold fear emanating from her.
"I'll just... endure it." he chokes out, I sigh and watch as he walks out of the door. I watched as her eyes welled with tears and then I felt anger roll from her as she forced them back. "Jerk." she mutters, I watch her give the slip to the receptionist and then I make myself known.
"Izzy?" she looks round at me,
"Hey Tink." I smile,
"What's up?" I ask,
"Do I smell?" she questioned, I laugh and shake my head,
"Yes of strawberries. Why?"
"Well Edward Cullen was acting strange in Biology covering his nose and trying to sit as far away from me as possible." I shake my head again,
"Honey, Edwards just been in a mood recently, frustrated." I assure her, it's not like I can say 'Hey don't worry Izzy he just wants to suck the blood from your body and kill you.' yeah that would go over so well. We walk out the door and I walk with her to the truck sending waves of calm to her, it was still a little difficult but I understood the basics, "Hey I won't be home till late tonight." I tell her,
"Why?" she asked curiously,
"I'm heading over to the Cullen house for dinner tonight." I watched her cringe at the mention of Cullen, and bite back a smile, if only she cringed for the right reason... I squeeze her shoulder "Don't worry he'll be fine the next time you see him." I promised her. I hugged her and turned to my car, Edward and Jasper were standing outside it. I look at Edward and throw him my keys, he could use a good ride to blow off steam.
'You put one mark on her and I will dismantle you and make sure all the kings men can't put you together again.' I smile sweetly as he grins and heads to the driver side, I got in back and Jasper was in beside me. There was a clear path to the exit and he took it, as soon as he hit the road he was doing seventy and heading for a forest road.
'Maybe it is like them then? I mean they said that they didn't want to sink into my corroded artery.'
"So how long have you known?" Jasper asked, repeating his question from music,
"About you?" I clarify,
"Yes." I shrug,
"I've known since I saw you. Though you are the first group of golden eyes I've met, I know of one other clan but I've never met them." I explain,
"Wait first group of golden eyes? So what, you know human drinkers?" Edward asks.
"Yeah, I've known about vampires all my life, I went travelling when I turned sixteen and visited a few places, I gained a fair few friends of your kind." I say unconcerned.
"And they just let you leave?" I laugh loudly,
"I've come across vampire's whenever I went somewhere new, they all find me because of my... scent? Yeah, they say it smells good but they don't want to consume it." I pause for a moment before glancing at both of them, "Is it the same for your family?" Jasper nods.
"It's why Emmett talked to ya, you were parked just next to us, but we didn't want ta kill ya, it was strange." I nod,
"Out of curiosity, as I have never asked my friends, what exactly does my scent smell like?" they both laugh and I look out the window we were driving through the woods so we weren't that far away.
"You've never asked?" I shake my head,
"I'm friends with human drinkers. Asking them that was inviting them to take a bite." I said it so calmly I felt the slightly disturbed aura coming from them,
"You talk about this like you don't care what they do." I shake my head at Edwards comment, I'm doing that a lot nowadays.
"I don't like that they feed off of humans, I mean criminals are okay but even then I don't think it's right all the time, but you get to know the person instead of the predator and you find some pretty decent people. They have to live as well." I continue to stare out of the window, "Anyway we're off topic, what does my scent smell like?"
"It's a mix of things really, there's orange, peach and what smells like fire lilies, it's appetizing in itself but it doesn't make me want to kill you." Jasper explained,
"Instead of what Edward want's to do, you know, my sister being his La Tua Cantante or blood singer."
"You sure know your history." I shrug as we pull up to the house and exit the car taking my keys back from Edward and following them into the house. It was far more beautiful than described and what was shown on the film, it was a hundred times better really. I heard their musical voices from the kitchen and as I looked in I felt slightly uncomfortable, this was a family, I had my own, I didn't want to intrude.
I wasn't given a choice when the tiny terror grabbed my wrist and dragged me into the room,
"Alice." I yelped slightly, I was free of her hand a few seconds before I was in a bear hug off the ground and being squeezed the life out of,
"It's so great that you know, it means you can hang out with us all the time." Emmett boomed,
"Emmett, Humans need air." I gasp out, he set me down quickly and I scowl at him as I try to get my lungs working in the right order. There was a resounding crack as I was hugged by another person, Rose had hit Em over the head and Jack hugged me. I snort as Emmett whines and Rose sends me a smile, I pull away from Jack and turn to the two more adult looking people in the room.
"Hello dear, my name is Esme." I smile at the beautiful brunette, she was kind and motherly her emotions were that of love and curiosity. "And this is my husband Carlisle." I shake their hands politely,
"Arcadia Swan, Cada or Arc as this lot have taken to calling me." I smile, "If I know my town information, then you're a doctor at the hospital, Mr Cullen?"
"Carlisle, please, and yes, how did you know?" he asked.
"My father is chief of police and I visit every summer so I know the basics of the town. And given your species what you do is a miracle itself." I compliment,
"Alice did warn me that you know of what we are and I can't help but wonder how you came across us." I smile again, I could feel the curiosity rolling off of almost everyone in the room.
"When I was a kid, well I suppose we're all kids to you, but I was around seven when I started doing strange things, I had met a woman and she could make things float in the air, no tricks, no strings, I felt a circular shape from her and she tasted something like Ozone, I just latched onto that and then one night when I was scared there was a lightning storm, and my anxiety caused a few small objects to float in the air -" I was cut off by a bell sound and Esme was at the stove taking a pot from one of the rings and tipping it into a bowl, setting it on the counter.
"I know that it might be a little early but I cooked Italian if you were hungry." she was hesitant, I grin,
"I'm a growing girl with a love of Italian food, I could always eat." I took a seat and grabbed a fork ignoring the stares from the eight people in the room, tasting the first bite I moaned, "Italian, home made cheese, wine, and a few herbs." I continued eating,
"You know the recipe?" I nod.
"I was in Italy for a while and when you're there you learn to pick apart the ingredients. Besides I love making this at home." It took me a total of seven minute and forty six seconds to clear the plate and I had to convince myself that licking the plate would be rude. "I really don't think I've met a better cook. Though on my personal opinion I would have added a few more drops of wine to make it more prominent." I decided that, if I knew their secret they could know mine. So the dishes began to float over to the sink and began to get washed and set on the draining board.
"Fascinating." Carlisle breathed,
"I have an under developed gift for copying any gift I desire, if I don't want the gift I can later erase it from my use." I offered in explanation.
"So you have copied others?" he asked, I nod,
"I have quite the arsenal of gifts under my sleeve though they are weak, if I were to be turned they would either strengthen immensely. Or I'd loose them and have to build my collection up again. " I pause, "The reason I know of your species is because I have come across many of your kind after I turned sixteen and decided to travel. I've told Edward and Jasper that you are the first group of golden eyes I have met."
"Would you perhaps be able to tell me the gifts you have copied?" Carlisle asked,
"I'll write them down at some point for you." I offer...
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I spent hours at the Cullen house interacting with everyone, I was beating Em at guitar hero, planning shopping trips with Rose and Alice, Joking with Edward and Jasper, as well as talking about my favorite composers and Jack was laughing at Emmett for losing to a girl. Carlisle had asked me a few questions on my abilities and when I had offered to write them down it was like he was a kid on Christmas. Esme was...
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There was a house in the snow Edward was there...
three blonde women,
Two with brown hair,
All had golden eyes.
The Denali clan?
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"You're leaving." I whisper looking away from the screen and at Edward, in that moment Carlisle and Esme were back in the room and everyone was looking at the boy in question,
"I can't control myself around her, I'll leave, get more control." he said.
'He won't come back.' my shield slams in place,
'I don't need to hear from you! Least of all now so crawl back inside that deep dark pit you came from.' I snarl, 'He will come back I've seen it... I've read it.'
'And you could have changed that, you didn't die.' it taunted, sighing pushed her away and locked her in a box. After a few minutes he went upstairs and brought down a bag of clothes.
"I'll come back." he assured, looking directly at me, I cringe guess he heard.
"You'll be back in a week." Alice and I say at the same time, he looked between us uncertainty radiating from him,
"No more." I add on, we followed him to the garage and he put the bag in the boot, he hugged everyone.
"See you in a week Tink." I groan as he says this,
"You heard that?" he nods,
"How'd you get the name?" I wink,
"I'll tell you when you get back." he shook his head and got in the car. We watched him drive off and I look at the clock it was coming up to eight 'O' clock, "I think I should get back myself, it's getting late."
"But what about our game." Emmett moans, I grin.
"I'll finish kicking your ass when I come around next." this caused everyone to laugh as he grumbled under my hearing range. I hug everyone and get in my car driving home.
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I got home rather quickly and got out of my car heading inside, I called out a 'Hey' as I walked in and headed for the kitchen, Bella was sat at the table with a cup of tea.
"How was dinner?" She asked,
"It was amazing, you know that pasta dish you and mum made me make when I got back from travelling." Sh nodded enthusiastically,
"Yeah that was amazing, you could sell that at a world class restaurant." I could just see the drool falling from her mouth,
"Well anyway Esme, that's Mrs Cullen, she made that and it was gorgeous I mean I wanted to lick the plate." I sigh, "And their house, oh Izzy it's beautiful, I mean I would kill to have a house like that. And Mr. Cullen was so insightful and very curious." she smiles, I hadn't often talked like this and I guessed she liked it, we talked for a few more minutes before I went back out to the car to grab my guitar, however it started raining, I looked up at the sky and just stood there, I loved the feeling of the rain, it was cold but soothing. Without really paying attention to what I was doing my feet started to move on their own and then before I knew it, I was dancing, spinning, jumping, just splashing. I giggled to myself, this was the only time I could be care free. Water was probably my favorite element, followed by fire and then earth and air.
Finally I stopped moving and grabbed my guitar from the boot locking the car I headed inside for a shower, well a warmer one than I had just had...
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Another chapter finished, I think Arcadia's a Mary-Sue (Shudder.) Nothing I can do now, but I hope you stick around.
Shadow OUT!
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