Chapter 8: Leo

LPOV

I was hunting in the woods when I heard a scream that only lasted a second then stopped. I felt the wind change direction and almost instantly the tantalising smell of human blood filled my nostrils. I could feel venom quickly fill my mouth as my body longed to drink the appetising blood of the unsuspecting human. Even though human blood was rarely a problem for me now I didn't want to take the risk that may cause a human life. I began to run in the other direction not wanting to be the cause for this human's death. As I turned to run back towards my coven's house another smell followed this one not as appetising, the smell of a vampire.

I ran as fast as I could to a little house on the outskirts of the woods, the smell of the vampire was strongly emanating from the small house. There was no light coming from the house and why should there be, it was the middle of the night but I knew someone was awake. A wicked voice rang out of the house saying "Night, night Bella" followed by a monstrous laugh. I immediately jumped into a tree standing next to the house and climbed up to the window on the second floor. I looked in and saw a female standing in the window. Her orange hair cascaded down her back and highlighted her pale white skin the main characteristic of a vampire. I climbed into the room and began to look around. In the corner I saw a human man lying crumpled and lifeless, his heart was silent and no heat was radiating off him so I knew he was dead. My attention was quickly distracted by sound of a faint beat of a fading human heart. I looked around for the source of the beating and saw a now human girl lying in the middle of the room. Unfortunately she wouldn't be human for very long, she was slowly being changed into one of my kind, a vampire.

The vampire had not yet noticed me as she stood to admire her work and got a fright when I began to yell at her,

"What the hell have you done? You monster" I screamed which obviously got her attention. Tearing her gaze away from the girl she turned to look at me, her eyes glowing bright red from the blood she had just consumed and that now was flowing through her.

"None of your business and who the hell are you any way" She spat at me.

"I am the person who is going to stop you from ever doing this again" I replied as I crouched down ready to attack. She snarled at me and I used my power to control people and things around me to hold the vampire where she was.

"What have you done to me? Why can't I move?" she asked panicked, I could see the fear in her eyes.

"You're under my control now" I told her.

Then before she could reply I took my chance to attack. I jumped at her and ripped her right arm off. She screamed out in pain and I was aware that the human girl would be terrified if she could hear this but right now she should be so far into her transformation that she will be oblivious to everything going on around her. I could faintly hear her whimpering in the corner of the room but paid not attention to her. I was to busy ripping the vampire to shreds. Before burning the remains I walked over the girl who was changing, she had given up on screaming now. The human side of her was dying as the venom slowly spread through her and killed it. She was extremely weak and fragile but as soon as the venom began to rebuild her body completing her transformation she would be extremely powerful like all newborns to this life. Her heart slowed dramatically as the venom took its toll. There was no hope of saving this girl the venom was to far into her system and the transformation. The only thing I could do now was wait with her till it was over and then teach her the rules to her new life.

I looked over at the dead man lying in the corner of the room. He has only been dead for a little while but his blood was no longer warm. I guessed he was this girl's father there was nothing else I could do to help him but I vowed I would protect his daughter no matter what. I quickly grabbed the girl and chucked her over my shoulder she let out a scream at the sudden movement but then just went back to whimpering to herself "…why'd you leave me Edward? Why'd you leave me to live in this hell without you…"

I did not know who Edward was but he had obviously caused her great pain. I stood up with the girl over my shoulder. Then I found my lighter in my pocket and I lit the remains of the vampire before jumping out the window.

I ran back through the forest at full speed only once looking behind me the see the house engulfed in flames and to hear the faint sound of the fire engines racing towards the house. As I ran through the forest watching the green blurs of trees zooming past me I thought about what had just happened. Why did that vampire kill the man and change this girl? I had not just interrupted her from feeding she was waiting for the girl to change but why. What was so special about this girl that a vampire would do one of the hardest things a vampire may ever have to do and stop themselves from sucking the human dry? Why did she want the girl to suffer? And how did she know this girl? All these questions I desperately wanted answering and I would have to wait to find out when the girl wakes in three days or I may never find out if she loses her human memories like so many have during transformation.

I arrived at my coven's house and when I got inside I gently lay the girl on one of the sofas in the living room. Everyone immediately rushed to my side since they had heard the beating of a heart slowing and wanted to know what was going on. I told them everything that had just happened at the small house and when they seemed happy with my answer the gradually went back to what they were doing before I entered the house. But I stayed with the girl and will stay with her till the pain is gone and the transformation is complete. Then when she wakes we will offer her a place in our family, welcome her and teach her the rules. Or she can go out by herself and know that we will always be there if she needs help or wishes to return.