Chapter II: The first of the myths
"You need to be conscious Alec" Carlisle said carefully, trying not to upset Alec.
"I didn't do anything wrong" he answered.
"No, you didn't do anything wrong for you" Alice added.
"Things are not the same here Alec" Edward replied patiently.
"…"
"You need to be conscious if you wanna stay" Edward said softly.
"I know"
"Then why you risked your live and ours too?" Rosalie asked.
The tension on the living room was palpable. All of the Cullen's were there, by petition of Carlisle, who wanted to discuss along his family and Alec on recent events with the Quileute's. Until now, Rosalie was quiet, waiting for the moment to show her displeasure with this situation. Emmett, who was next to her on the door frame, was just watching Alec, expecting an attack because of Alec's impatience.
"It wasn't nothing…significant" Alec answered.
"Nothing significant? " Jasper repeated slowly trying to process the words "Are you saying that our feed habits are nothing significant?" Jasper asked bitterly.
"That's not what I mean, it's just that human wasn't…"
"Now, stop right there Alec" Edward intervened "do you remember the first question you made to me?"
Alec nodded.
"Well, if you keep thinking this way, you'll never be able to find what you're looking for" Edward stated.
"But this has nothing to do with it" Alec said.
"You're wrong; it has everything to do with it"
"It's the need to feed Edward" Alec replied ignoring everyone else glances.
"And you think that your needs are over our safety?" Rosalie asked venomously.
"I'm not saying that" Alec said in defense.
"No, you're not saying it, but you're proving it" she stated "you're putting all of us in danger because of your needs, do you think it's fair?" she asked rhetorically
"Rosalie, stop it" Alice intervened.
"We all know it's true" she answered.
"This is not…"
"Look Alec, we just need you to cooperate a bit with us, alright?" Alice asked
"Otherwise you'll kill us" Rosalie added.
Alec was starting to lose his patience, but that just worked as a reminder to stop himself for do damage to the Cullen's . He needed to understand why all of a sudden Rosalie was being that rude with him, and then he understood.
'We all know it's true' Alec repeated on his mind.
"Wait Alec, that's not what we think" Edward said reading Alec's mind.
"It is" Alec said in a whisper and ran away from the Cullen's house in a second.
"It's not safe to left him outside alone" Carlisle said after a minute "We should follow him"
"And risk our own life with him" Rosalie said bitterly "Did you already forgot what he can do?"
"No we haven't" Edward said patiently.
"Then why…"
"He's from our family by now Rosalie" Esme stated.
"He doesn't want to be followed" Edward said.
"Well, we should let him clear his mind" Esme suggested.
"But what if he decides to play hungry vampire on the streets and kills someone?"
"He won't" she assured.
/
When the three members of the pack reached Billy Black's house, he was already in the porch, waiting for them, and anticipating that something had gone wrong.
"What happened?" Billy asked once Sam was in front of him.
"It's the Cullen's" Sam said.
"They have a new pet" Jacob added.
"A pet?" Billy asked confused "What's that supposed to mean?"
"There's a new vampire with the Cullen" Paul stated.
"I see, come inside" Billy said entering the house and being followed by the three members of the pack.
"So, what's the problem?" Billy asked once they reached the living room.
"He attacked Paul" Sam said.
"Are you hurt boy?" Billy asked glancing to Paul.
"Not really" Paul answered.
"Are we sure this new vampire is with the Cullen's?" Billy asked.
The three members of the pack nodded at the same time. Once Sam told Billy the whole story, they were silent for a few seconds letting Billy think about the situation.
"So this vampire can cause extreme pain with his mind only?"
"Yes" Sam said.
"Do we know where this vampire came from?" Billy asked the other three.
"Not really, but he was one of the vampires who kill the vampire girl the other day" Jacod pointed out.
"I see"
"We came here to see if you know how to prevent that vampire from using his strange mojo with us" Paul said resuming the point of the conversation.
"Well not me, but I think I know who could know something" Billy said.
The three members of the pack looked relieved to each other.
"Now, we need to call a meeting on the tribe for tonight" Billy pointed out.
Later that night, on the meeting, all the pack assisted to hear what Billy had to ask on the meeting, and know how to stop the new vampire in town. All of the tribe elders assisted to the meeting too, in order to take part on the final decision. After an hour of conversation of the elders only, with Billy heading the conversation, all of the elders were now informed about the situation.
"This is, indeed, a hard situation, but I believe that our ancestors always leaved us protected in front of threats like this one, as we can see it with our wolf pack" he said pointing out to the pack "as for me, I don't know nothing helpful" he said concluding his argument.
An old lady, who was also a member of the elders of the tribe cleared her throat, to get the attention on her "I think" she hawed before continue "I think I know something that might help us now"
"Really?" Jacob asked a little excited.
"Yes my dear, but I must say it's a story my grandma told me many years ago, so it's not so clear in mind nowadays"
"It doesn't matter, everything could be useful right now" Sam said encouraging the elder.
"Well, it was a long time ago, in the times of the first vampire attack. Those were hard times, no doubt, and that's why our ancestors decided to look for our future, my grandma says that the elders decided to form a little group of exploration to try to create bonds with some tribes close to our tribe, in order to protect all of us of an another attack. Inside that group was my grandmother.
The group leaved the village as soon as everyone were ready to go. It was a matter of days before the little group reached the coast. Once they got there, they decided to camp somewhere near a city, and because of that, the little group was attacked by a group of sailors, who kidnapped my grandma, and some other members of the group. Those men, showing their human cruelty, sold everyone who they kidnapped.
My grandma of course, was one of those. A few days later, the boat reached the coast of Italy, and my grandmother, under the protection of our ancestors, managed to slip and escape, but she was in strange lands, so she slept on the streets for days, eating rests of food, and as you can imagine, it was hard for her. One night, she decided to sleep on a one way corridor, in order to hide herself from the others, and as every night, she took some of the infusion that the tribe prepared to her and every other traveler, lucky for her that she could hide it when she was kidnapped.
And then, in the darkness of the night she heard some screaming coming from around he corner of the corridor, but still, far from the corner where she was. She approached silently to the corner of the corridor, and what she saw made her froze on the spot, it was a little girl, specifically a vampire little girl feeding from two women on the street. The fear paralyzed her, and her hand fell on an old wooden stick on the floor. The noise attracted the vampire, my grandma was attacked by the vampire in the second the vampire saw her.
But she didn't felt the bite on her neck, she felt a sudden pain instead, it's a pain only comparable to being stabbed several times in every part of the body. She became blind for a second because of the pain, and then, all stopped as fast as it appeared. The several pain was replaced with some pain on her neck.
It was true, that cold demon attacked her, but didn't kill her, and when my grandma was able to see clearly again, she saw nothing but an empty street in front of her, the cold demon was gone, and she was alive. A month later, she slipped on a ship to America, and managed to return to the tribe alive. Unfortunately, she was the only one who came back after the trip." The old lady sighted and concluded.
"So your grandma was actually attacked by a vampire like this one" Sam stated.
"Yes" she answered.
"And she saved herself because of what?" Jacob asked.
"As far as we know, it was the infusion running through her blood what prevented the vampire to kill her"
"That's a possibility"
"And our only choice by now" Sam said.
"And do you remember how to do this infusion" Paul asked.
"Of course my dear, I remember" she said softly "but we still having a problem"
"What is it?" another elder asked.
"Well, someone's must risk his life to prove this" Sam pointed out.
"And who's gonna be that one? " Billy asked.
/
Alec ran away from the Cullen's house a few hours ago. It was already night, and he was wandering on the forest, but then some light catches his attention. It was Port Angels the city that lay in front of him. He knew this wasn't a good option to try to clear his mind, but what he could do when no one at the Cullen's understand his position in the situation?
He had self-control. He knew he could control himself, he had made it several times before, but then again the Cullen's seem to ignore that he's older than most of them, but they still threat him like a child.
He had to show them that he was capable to be with humans and not harm them in the process. So he did it, he started to wander on the city, but the people walking on the streets stated to stress him, it was too much blood, and he wasn't even sure of his self-control anymore.
He didn't notice it until he was in the middle of a bunch of people walking on the center of Port Angels. He entered the first shop he found. There were several tables inside, so he just took a chair and sit. He was feeling frustrated for his owns doubts, so he put his hands on his face, trying to cover his frustration from everyone else.
Right, he was ashamed. Ashamed of not know himself anymore.
"Can I help you sir?" a young voice said next to him.
He glanced at the owner of the voice "What?"
The guy stared at him confused "I…can I help you?"
"I don't know" Alec said looking away and staring at the window instead.
"Alright" the guy stated "hey, don't get me wrong but, the tables are just for costumers, so if you're not consuming anything…"
"What do you sell?" Alec asked not turning to look at the guy.
"Well it's a coffee shop, so I guess we sell coffee and stuff" the guy said patiently.
"I.."
"It's a Starbucks man; don't you like anything from here?" the guy asked enthusiastically.
"I want a macchiato please" Alec said glancing at the guy again and noticing his blonde hair and blue eyes.
Then the true nature of Alec came out, and his curiosity escaped from his mouth, so right before the guy leaved his table he spoke "Excuse me, what's your name?"
"Ummm…" the guy doubted to answer, meditating the risks of his decision "I'm Mike, Mike Newton"
"Right, I'm Alec by the way" he said, and Mike just nodded and left.
A couple of minutes later, Mike returned with Alec's coffee on his hand "here, this one is yours" Mike said.
"Thank you" Alec said.
Mike answered with a soft smile.
"Look, I'm really sorry for my attitude"
"Don't worry, it's nothing, in fact I was just waiting for someone to be mean on my first day" Mike said smiling again.
"I'm sorry" Alec said.
"Hey, it's okay, bad days happen"
"Yeah, I guess, I just feel a little lost right now"
"I" Mike said thinking how wise could be try to talk to Alec "You know what, my turn ends in 15 minutes, and well if you want I could listen to you"
"I…"
"I know I don't know you, it's just…I don't know"
"Ok" Alec assured "I'll wait"
"Alright" Mike smiled again, awakening Alec's curiosity again.
Before Mike leaved Alec's table, a girl entered the room, searching all over the place, until he found what she was looking for. She watched Mike leaving another guys table and approaching to the bar, so she started to get near him.
"Mike, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Working" Mike answered.
"Aren't you supposed to be at your father's store?" she asked.
"Yes Bella, but my father went on a trip for a month, so he got me this job in the meanwhile time"
She sighted nervously"You shouldn't be talking to unknown"
"Where does this come from?" Mike asked taking a few coffees from the bar.
"I saw you talking to that guy" she said pointing out Alec.
"Yeah, so?"
"You shouldn't do that"
"Why?"
"He's…" she looked away from Mike "he's dangerous"
"How you know?" Mike asked "you don't even know him"
"Neither do you" she replied bitterly.
"I know"
"So, why are you doing this?" she asked exasperated.
"Dunno, he seems lost Bella, and I think I could help"
"Please Mike, come with me, I don't want you to be in danger" she said taking him from his arm.
"Bella, you know this can be misinterpreted, so please stop"
"I.." she said processing his words "sorry, but please stop talking to him"
"Bella, I think I'm old enough to take my decisions so please" Mike insisted.
"I gotta go then" she said running out the store.
Fifteen minutes later, as mike said, he was ready to go, so he approached Alec's table slowly, sounding out Alec's posture.
"Seems that your friend doesn't like me" Alec stated.
"Who? Bella, she's just worried"
"Does she think I'm dangerous?" Alec asked.
"Yes, but…"
"You should listen to her, maybe I am"
Mike smirked "I guess I'll risk my life then"
"As your wish" Alec said.
"Ready to go?" Mike asked.
TBC