Demetri
"How can you trust her?" Jane nearly shouted to Aro after Alec and the human left the room. I didn't really get to see her; there was already a crowd around her by the time I had caught onto what was going on. I knew this though, something about her made Aro want her changed fast, something more than just her being a witch.
"Please don't question me Jane," Aro said flatly, then turned and started talking quietly with Caius and Marcus.
"Well, it seems our little human has caused quite a stir," Felix said as he came over to join me where I was standing.
"Yes it does," I agreed.
"Did you see her?" he grinned at me.
"No, did you?" I replied.
"Only a glimpse, she's so tiny, very blonde, and unbelievably beautiful." There was a smile plastered on his face.
"Already thinking you have a chance with her? You're so cocky Felix." I rolled my eyes at him. He was so cocky.
"Don't be mad at me because I already called her," he smiled and patted me on the back.
"Think whatever you want to think Felix, doesn't mean you're going to get her. Besides, it seems Alec already has his eyes on her." I smiled to myself, I got him on that one.
"Pssh! He's just a kid! I'm a man!" he replied. I could tell he was still thinking about it, though, and he was still pissed.
"Whatever Felix," I laughed and patted him on the back like he did me.
"In three days, you'll see Demetri; she'll be all over me!" he replied, walking away to go talk to Afton and Chelsea.
"What is he going on about?" Heidi asked as she walked over towards me.
"He seems to think he's going to get the new girl," I replied with a laugh.
"Oh what-ever! He doesn't have a chance! I don't even think Alec has the chance he thinks he has. She's more beautiful than I am, and she's not even a vampire yet, and if you tell anyone I said that, I'll kill you." She laughed and walked away, leaving me alone again.
I was starting to become curious. There was something very extraordinary about this girl. I wanted to see her for myself.
I looked to see if anyone was watching me as I inched slowly towards the door. Suddenly, a piercing scream filled the room, and everyone, including myself, quickly put their hands over their ears in pain. Before I knew it everyone in the room was coming my way, the door. We all bust out the door and towards the screams.
Suddenly, the screams stopped. That didn't stop anyone, we kept going. Aro, Caius, and Marcus had gotten in front of me and got though the door first.
"What the devil is going on here?!" Caius said.
"What happened?" Aro asked.
"She didn't want me to use my power, so I didn't. I bit her, and when the venom started to set in…I couldn't handle it….I had to go against what she asked me…" Alec said quickly.
I looked past them and at the girl lying at Alec's side. I gasped silently to myself at the sight in front of me. She layed there silently breathing in quickly, her neck stained with her own blood, but that wasn't what had made me gasp. She's so beautiful, her hair looked like gold and her skin like creamy porcelain.
Aro was going on about something, replying to Alec, but I heard nothing, only her breaths.
Felix elbowed me in the ribs, breaking my out of my trance.
"I told you so," he whispered in my ear with a smile.
"What are you even talking about?" I hissed.
"She's gorgeous!" he replied. And he was right, she was.
Suddenly, there was a little stirring in the room. Someone whispered "Oh my God." I turned and looked back at the bed the girl was lying on. Something was happening. She was growing. Her hair was getting darker, longer, wavier. Her eyes fluttered, revealing bright, green eyes. I didn't think it was possible until it happened, but this change made her even more beautiful than before.
Aro laughed manically, "Oh my little deceiver. You will be great!"
"She lied," Alec whispered as he dropped her hand.
"She didn't mean to my dear Alec," Aro replied, "she came here to protect herself. Her younger appearance was just for you. She didn't mean to make you fall for her. She watched her parents die yesterday. She wanted her last moment as a human to be a happy moment. It could've been anyone. I'm sure you'll get an apology when she wakes up."
"Come brother," Jane said as she grabbed Alec by the arm, "you need to feed."
"I can't leave her Jane," Alec replied.
"Respect her wishes, Alec," Aro added, "She didn't want to be out."
"Yes, respect her wishes. We will find you someone to eat," Jane added.
"I want someone to guard her while she turns," Aro spoke up as Jane and Alec left the room. "I want to make sure no one comes to kill her."
"I'll do it Aro!" Felix said excitedly.
"Yes, that will do Felix," Aro replied, "Demetri, please do assist him in guarding her."
"Of course sir," I replied. Felix gave me an annoyed, jealous look. He thought he was going to have her all to himself. He may have beat me to volunteering to watch her, but he didn't get to have her all to himself like he wanted. That would do, for now.
"Oh Felix, stop pouting," Heidi said as everyone left the room. Heidi lingered for a bit to pick on Felix.
"Shut up Heidi," Felix said back stubbornly.
"You know you don't have a chance in hell," she added.
"What do you know?" Felix spat back.
"I know you have no chance with her," she added with a grin.
"We'll see in a few days," he replied, "Want me to send you a post card from her bed?"
"Ha!" she laughed, "In your dreams sweetheart. You're not her type. She's a witch. I'm sure she'd want someone who's a little more intellectual. You're zero brains and all brawn."
"You're just jealous because I don't want you," he said back.
"We'll see soon enough," she replied. "See you two later, I have another trip to plan."
"So," Felix said as Heidi left the room, "what you think?"
"About?" I asked, playing dumb.
"Her!" he replied.
"She's beautiful," I replied.
"Oh hell no! Don't tell me you like her too!" he yelled.
"What? Who said I liked anybody," I said back, again playing dumb.
"Oh stop! Your face gives you all away, Demetri," he said back. "Damn it! Is every guy going to fall for her?"
"No, I think its just you and me," I replied.
"Yeah, and Alec," Felix added, rolling his eyes.
"I'm sure Alec knows he has no chance with her, she's obviously too old for him anyways."
"Well, I guess that means I am going to have to compete with my best friend to win a girl's heart," Felix sighed.
"No competition, my friend. Let's just be gentlemen and let her decide, shall we?" I said back.
"Fine," Felix said, sticking his hand out for me to shake.
"Fine," I said with a grin.
Hours later Felix and I got bored, so we looked around the room. Some of the things we found were so fascinating. There were many books written by people we had never heard of, books about magic and monsters, potions and spells. There were pictures and paintings in the room that moved. So many odd objects, a cabinet with brooms, an armoire that appeared to be ordinary on the outside, but stretched into a huge closet that you could walk into when opened.
"So," Felix said as he read out of one of the books, "you mean to tell me that there is a completely hidden world around us. Witches and wizards are walking among us hiding in the shadows. Or should I say, hiding in houses, schools, and shopping areas masked by spells."
"Well, it's not that surprising. I mean, come on, we're vampires," I replied.
"Yeah, and apparently, there's a different breed of vampire out there that is more like the fairy tells and stories we hear about," he added.
"What?" I said in disbelief. Felix threw me the book and I read it. Yep, there's another breed of vampires we didn't even know existed.
"So, what do you think Aro meant when he said he wanted her to be watched to make sure no one tries to come and kill her?" Felix asked.
"I'm not sure," I replied, "but, apparently, wizards and witches have ways to travel to places just by thinking of them. It's called apparating, oh, and disapparating. Then, there's something called floo powder that you throw in a fireplace. You stand in it, drop the stuff, and say the name of the place you want to go."
"This shit is mind blowing, man," Felix said back. "Hey, look at this," he said with a mischievous grin. He was holding a leather bound book in his hand.
"Her diary?" I replied with a grin.
"Wouldn't hurt if we took a little peek, would it?" he said back with a mischievous smile. He waved it around then tried to open it. "Shit!" he spat and dropped the book on the ground.
I laughed, "That's what you get for trying to read her diary."
"Oh come on! Like you didn't want to look too," he replied.
"Sure, I would love to look, but I had a feeling something would be put on it to protect it from unwanted eyes. So, I let you try to open it."
"What are you trying to do? Kill me so you can have her all to yourself?" he said back angrily.
I laughed, "No, but it was funny seeing your face."
"Oh yeah, I get shocked by some magical item and you think its funny," Felix said, placing the diary back in the place he found it.
"Haven't you been paying attention to anything you've read? These people, these witches and wizards, they're powerful. So, they have to have spells on things they don't want people to mess with. Think about it Felix."
"Yeah, yeah, never hurts to try. Okay, so it did hurt, but only for a few seconds," he replied.
"I see why Aro wanted her turned so quickly," I said. "She's going to be very fascinating."
"Yeah, and she's going to knock Jane on her ass. I can already tell Jane doesn't like her, she's jealous."
"Well, I have a feeling Jane's met her match with this one. It's going to get very interesting around here."
There was a faint knock on the door, then it slowly opened and Alec peeked his head into the room before slowly walking in.
"How's she doing?" he asked.
"She's been quiet since you all left," I replied. "She's strong."
"Why are you two going through her things?" he asked in suspicion.
"We're learning, you should try," Felix said before tossing a book at Alec who caught it in midair.
"It's fascinating," I agreed.
Alec looked at the book and murmured, "History of magic."
"These witches and wizards have been around as long as we have, and yet, they've managed to stay hidden all this time. It's rather incredible," I said to him as he scanned through the book.
"Do you think the people who tried to kill her are looking for her?" Alec asked us.
"Probably," Felix replied, "But I have a feeling they're never going to find her."
"And when she completes the transformation, I think they better hope she won't find them," I added.
"They killed her parents," Alec whispered. "But, she killed one of them, too, at least."
"At least one kill down, and she's not even a vampire yet," Felix grinned, "Does anyone else agree that she's going to be a badass vampire?"
"Well, I think she's a bit overrated," Jane said flatly, sliding into the room without any notice.
"Oh shut up Jane," Felix said as he rolled his eyes. "You're just jealous because you're not the star attraction around here anymore."
"Pain," Jane said under her breath causing Felix to fall to the ground screaming in pain.
"Stop it Jane," Alec warned.
"Fine," she said, turning away from Felix. "What are you reading?"
"One of her school books, 'A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration', apparently, they can transform people and objects into other things. It's fascinating," I replied.
"You should see the potions, there's a love potion," Felix grinned.
"Is there a potion to make you shut up?" Jane asked in annoyance.
"There's a spell," I grinned.
"Can someone make her get up and do it?" Jane laughed.
"I know of one way she could make me shut up," Felix winked.
"And so do I," Alec said as he shot daggers at Felix with his eyes and a dark mist slowly forming from his hands.
"Oh stop," Jane said as she rolled her eyes. "Just a few hours around this place and all three of you are infatuated by her. Sure she didn't slip love potion to any of you?"
"Hey, I haven't said a word," I said.
"Yes, you're the good one," Jane replied, "You give her loving eyes. Felix, you just want to have sex with her. And, Alec, you my dear brother, are way too young for her. Demetri has the upper hand, unless she likes guys who only wants to get in her pants."
"Technically, I'm older than her Jane," Alec said in annoyance.
"That doesn't matter, Alec," Jane replied, "she's, at least, sixteen in her human years. I'm pretty sure she doesn't want someone your age in human years."
"You know you've got it bad when your sister is rooting for the other guy to get the girl," Felix mumbled.
"Shut up Felix!" Jane warned.
"What? It's true," he replied. Alec shot daggers at him again.
"Just shut up!" Jane sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Fine, we'll see who's laughing in a few days," he replied.
"Yeah, its going to be me in your face," Jane shot back.
"We'll see Jane," Felix replied, "We'll see."