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Bella's Point of View
I stood frozen for a second while I thought it through. "Do I have any choice in this?" I murmured. Victoria just looked at me apologetically. I guessed that meant 'no'. After all, James had created me and therefore had responsibility for me. Well, I should at least let them know I wanted to stay with them, which I did to some extent. I wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea that I was only a vampire because James tried to kill me. At least they were no harm to me now. They wanted to help. "I'd love to stay with you," I smiled slightly, watching Victoria grin and clasp her hands together in a satisfied manner.
"Fantastic, we can hunt soon," she exclaimed, her red eyes glinting in the light.
"About time," James groaned. I noticed his eyes were black. Victoria's weren't. James must have stayed with me throughout my transformation. I felt a brief rush of gratitude towards him before a memory came flooding back.
"Hey, wasn't there another one of you?" I asked. When I met James and Victoria there was definitely another vampire with them...I'm sure there was.
"Laurent?" James answered me, "Yes, he is currently visiting his mate Irina. He'll be back in a few months." I was right. I nodded to show that I understood. That's when I realised my throat was really dry, dryer than it had ever been before. I needed a drink. Now. I was thirsty, so thirsty I couldn't take it anymore.
"I need a drink! I can't bare this!" I screamed, I was pretty sure if James and Victoria could jump with surprise, they would have.
"Lets hunt," Victoria said. James nodded in agreement. I was outraged. How could they just ignore my needs like that? I thought I was now part of their coven. Someone should get me some water. "No I need a drink first," I growled. Victoria smiled a little. I didn't see what was humorous.
"You need to hunt, you're thirsty for blood, not human drink," she explained to me. Suddenly I understood. They were trying to help me. "Lets go!" I agreed, darting to the door at superhuman speed.
"Wait Bella!" James shouted after me just as I placed my hand on firmly on the door handle, ready to yank it open. I froze in my tracks.
James Point of View
I knew very well what newborn vampires were like. Merciless killers – I almost smiled at my own thoughts. That's exactly what I was. But no, newborns were worse. With their newfound strength and uncontrollable thirst for blood they could quite easily reveal their true species to humans. The Volturi would have something to say about that – or rather, do about that. We had to be careful. "Stay close to us," I demanded, "The human scent will be strong outside. You must try to control yourself until we reach safer grounds to hunt." She nodded solemnly and took a few quick steps backwards until she was in line with Victoria and me. "Good," I muttered, and walked at human speed to the door. Grasping the doors handle I ripped it open, and twirled myself around to see what Bella's reaction was as the strong, delicious smell wafted into the Ballet Studio.
Her face was strained. She screwed up her red eyes in concentration. I knew at this point she was finding this difficult, but it was a necessity. If she couldn't restrain herself, we would almost certainly have to take control of the situation.
"It…smells…so…good," she moaned. It seemed to take a lot of effort just to get a few words out. I understood the feeling, but we needed to get to the edge of Phoenix before we could feed. It was vital we were in a less populated place, otherwise we run the risk of getting caught.
"Lets not hang about," Victoria said, "I'll get the car." She walked casually down the steps and a few paces up the street. A black car was sitting next to the pavement. She unlocked it before gracefully getting in. I smiled. Bella hadn't been expecting this. Victoria drove the car to the bottom of the steps. I helped Bella down, her arm in my tight grasp just in case a human decided to walk by at that precise moment in time. She had screwed her face up again in an effort not to break away from me and attack someone.
"You're doing well," I praised her as she got into the car. She slid along the seats with ease, making room for me. I got in beside her.
"I didn't know you had a car," She commented. Now the smell was gone from inside of the car, she instantly relaxed. Victoria put the pedal down and we sped along the street.
"We didn't," Victoria laughed heartily, "We're nomads, remember? I stole this after you started your transformation. I thought we might need it."
"Oh," Bella said simply. We were going well beyond the human speed limit, I knew that much. Bella seemed oblivious to this – probably because she was so thirsty. My ears picked up a sound from far away. It was slightly muffled…like it was from inside another car. I stretched around and looked out of the back of the car. A police car was pulling out of a parking space behind us; it's lights flashing. The siren began to go off – that's when Bella turned to have a look.
"Looks like we've attracted a snack," I snarled, "Pull him to the outside of town." Victoria grinned and pushed her foot down on the pedal. Our car sped up, leading the policeman to certain death.
By the time we reached the outskirts of the town, we had attracted two more police cars. That was convenient. They were working together to try and stop us, and yet they had been unsuccessful. Victoria brought the car to a sudden halt. I threw the door open and got out. As soon as Bella was out, I grabbed her arm. She was going crazy. I didn't want to draw it out, but I did enjoy playing with my food every now and then.
Bella's Point of View
Oh god. Why was James holding me back? I could smell the delicious scent of the policemen. I watched in agony as they each stepped out of their cars, holding a gun to protect themselves. I just wanted to charge at them and gulp down all their blood to the last drop, but James was holding me back. Another hand closed around my arm. Victoria. A hiss escaped my throat; Victoria let out a tinkling laugh.
"Step away from the car," the policeman farthest to the left instructed. James chuckled and arched a brow.
"It might be a good idea for you to get back in that car," He teased, "Get away while you have the chance." The man only had a chance to shoot a confused look at James before I ripped my arms from James and Victoria's grip. I shot forwards at superhuman speed, jumping on him. I sunk my teeth into his fleshy neck; my teeth easily broke the skin. Blood poured into my mouth and I gulped it down greedily. There was nothing more satisfying in the world. I listened to the heartbeat lug on, getting slower and slower by the second as I sucked all the blood away from his body. It was only a few seconds later and the heartbeat thumped feebly one last time. I smiled as I drank the last drop of blood.
I had been so absorbed in sucking my prey dry, I hadn't noticed Victoria and James feeding on the other two policemen. I was shocked. Had I looked like that when I fed? So…evil and blood crazed. It was then I realised I had destroyed an innocent human life. Guilt ripped through my body like the fire that had burned me for days. It hurt. "I killed him," I gasped.
"You did well for your first hunt," Victoria looked up, a single bead of blood dripping from her mouth. It disgusted me a little. I watched as she resumed her feeding. She had almost finished; she sucked the last few millilitres of blood out of him. She let the limp body fall to the ground and licked her lips. I turned towards the car. Maybe I wouldn't feel so bad about it when I was thirsty again. I was about to get in when I caught sight of something in the window. I gaped at it for a second before I realised what it was...
