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XRobertX (PART 1/2)
Voice… I hear a voice coming from a tunnel…
It's echoing, shouting, yelling.
My head feels like it's spinning while other voices seem to follow. I try to block them out, but I can't. They're forcing their way in. Invading my privacy…
"E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-D-D-D-D-D-D-W-W-W-W-A-A-A-A-R-R-R-D-D-D…!"
Ugh… now I know what this is… I remember. That fan. The one who hit me with her car, or maybe the one I pushed out of the way, was calling my name.. Or, rather, my character's name.
I felt myself boil with anger.
"My name is NOT EDWARD!" I boomed as I lifted myself up. But then… something caught me off guard. My eyes widened, because as I was moving, the world seemed to stop.
I could make everything out: The specs of dust floating about me, every insignificant detail of my surroundings. Like the individual strands of cotton on the couch I was on, and the little grains of smooth granite that framed a fireplace, and how the light caught off a chandelier above me, I could see all of its twinkling colors… and-
"EDWARD!" Hands led the way for arms to wrap around me; my body instantly stiffened.
Then, as if on cue, something formed in my stomach, built its way up to my throat, and left my mouth as a fearsome snarl. My hands began to turn into claws, ready to attack. But at that moment, the body that was on me was gone.
"Edward!" I looked around to find the source of the shrill (and highly alarmed) voice and noticed it came from a small, pixie like girl… who was extremely gorgeous.
"Geez bro! Are you insane? Were you seriously about to attack Bella?" A deep voice exclaimed, echoing around the room.
"I- what?" I looked around at the seven figures standing across from me. All of them looked so… beautiful.
Finally, my wondering eyes focused on a girl…
I'm sorry… AWoman.
She had beautiful mahogany hair that seemed to catch the faintest light, her legs stretched on for miles and miles on end, and her doe shaped eyes drew me in, as if by some enchantment.
Her name was Beauty.
But… why did she look so alarmed? So scared? She should only smile.
'Looks like Ed-Wad is going all goo goo for Bella. I knew he'd snap out of it.'
My head slightly tilted towards the voice, but my eyes stayed on…. Bella.
"…Bella?"
The girl gasped and ran to me…. In under a second.
"Oh, Edward! Dammit! You scared the shit out of me!" She screamed, hugging me again.
"Wh- Wai- Th-…" I began.
'Oh, look at them! Edward really gave us a scare! But that's my son for you! Always chivalrous!'
"Wha-?" My head whipped around to find the source of the voice, but I couldn't tellits origin.
'Why is Edward acting so weird? Normally, he would go all octopus-man around Bella and be like- 'It's ok love! Blah blah blah I wish I could read your mind! Blah blah You're sooo beautiful!' – and a whole bunch of other junk!'
"Huh?"
'Eddy better get over this quick, I bought that new smexy lingerie for Rose and so help me she Will be in it tonight! Ya hear that punk! Get over it!'
"Edward?" My head was still spinning with voices in my head that weren't my own when… when Bella-
"Edward, you're scaring me." Bella said sternly, looking me in the eyes. I looked back, only to notice they were… pitch black.
"No… No no no no no no no!" I got up, lightning fast, and bolted to the nearest door and into a snow filled forest.
A full chorus of 'EDWARD' s echoed in my ears and my head as I ran.
WHAT THE HELL WAS HAPPENING TO ME?
I ran faster through the wood, finally losing the voices, not bothering to marvel at how fast I was going, or how clear everything was even though it was nighttime… The only thing I could wonder about was…
Wait.
I get it now…
I stopped in my tracks and closed my eyes.
This was just a dream.
All of this. A dream.
I chuckled slightly, getting a small thrill at the sound of my clear voice.
Lizzie, my sister, was right. Playing this vampire roll really did get to my head.
I opened my eyes and began to run again. I pushed myself to the limit and relished the fact I didn't feel tired in the least.
I gave way to my senses.
I could hear everything: the pitter- patter of animals, the light fluffy sound of snow falling… And the smells! The earthy, diluted smell of the covered soil, the pine trees, the slightly appetizing, if not somewhat disgusting, sent of elk seventy yards to my right, and… the wind shifted.
My body stiffened but kept running, only changing its course.
Fire, hell-like fire, erupted in my throat, driving me to run faster.
One hundred ten miles north, forty degree angle to target.
I felt mechanical, as if a switch had just been flipped, as if… I had awaken something that had been asleep for years. Decades…
Yes…. I thought, or… it thought….
Faster… run faster…. I am hungry… I am thirsty…
Without hesitation, I obeyed.
Breathing in deep breaths. Wincing as the flames licked the back of my throat.
I was getting closer to the target.
I could hear its wet heart pump loudly, it rang in my ears, it made me grow dizzy, but my focus did not break.
Suddenly, the wind shifted directions again, but only for a second, that second gave me enough time to hear something else.
Sobs.
I heard tears. Gently falling down to the snow covered forest floor…
I climbed, like an acrobat, up a sycamore tree, hid behind its branches and watched a girl, at least sixteen, sit, on her bare knees in the snow.
She was crying…
NO!
I jumped slightly, the wind had picked up again, and the switch was threatening to flip back.
No! She is an it! It is our prey! YOUR PREY! Do not be fooled! Do not be tricked! Prey! Only Prey!
"But…" The moment I uttered that word, the moment I opened my mouth and let the wind blow in the scent… My mouth watered, my throat burned, the voice screeched in agony.
NOW!
I jumped down, twenty feet from my roost, and landed, cat-like and agile on the snow. She didn't notice.
I didn't run to her, I felt more control than that… I just slowly approached her.
I shuffled some snow with my foot. I wanted… the voice wanted… her to see me.
It! It!
Oh, yeah… That's right.
Its head snapped up.
Its blue eyes met mine.
It said, "E- Edward? Is.. Is that you?"
It got up and tossed its black hair to the side, exposing its neck, its veins…
"Edward… What are you doing here?"
Go… now.
I dashed to my prey, and pinned it down.
"EDWARD! ED- EDWARD! WHAT ARE YOU-?"
Remember, Edward…
Something in the back of my head begged me to pay attention. Begged me to grasp something vital. To remember it.
But the voice, irritated and annoyed, pushed it back.
Now… Don't forget…
I planted on hand on its face, pushing it to the side.
"EDWARD! EDWARD PLEASE!"
The other, I used to pin down its shoulder.
"EDWARD!"
Now remember this… We are hungry…
"I am hungry…"
I leaned in…
"STOP! YOU'RE SCARING ME!"
We are thirsty…
"I am thirsty…"
I parted my lips.
"HELP! HELP!"
And we…
"Shall eat…"
"NO!"
…
This is only a dream.
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