Selene's P.O.V
Selene looked around the graveyard; she was following a tiny trail of blood, barely discernable, for a human anyway. It was half curiosity and half compulsion that brought her to the graveyard. Or perhaps the full moon? Selene was always fascinated by the luminous glow of the moon. It brought a hot rush of anticipation in her immortal body.
A tiny girl crouched by a gravestone; Selene smiled 'Midnight snack to go'
The girl's head snapped up and she turned to meet Selene. The wind shifted and she could not smell the warm-blood-smell of her prey. She cocked her head. 'Vampire then.'
'But does she…? I have to know for sure.'
Selene ghosted towards the girl, so that she could look into her eyes. They were a bright red, and her expression was emotionless.
Selene smiled, as she began to get a sense as to who this girl was, and she was satisfied that she was no threat. Even better, the girl would prove useful.
Alice's P.O.V
I saw many images flow through my head; the woman she killed had come back to haunt me.
"Claudia!" A female voice called through the flowing images, a forest, Claudia, a flash of her honey-blonde hair. She looks up straight at me, her face twisted in anguish, tears flowing down her cheeks.
"You're a monster, Alice," She accused, with a childish tone.
I slumped against the gravestone of Melinda Brandon, trying to keep calm by slowly breathing. Then I thought to myself, 'Since I'm dead, do I need to breathe? For that matter, does my heart even beat?'
Actually until now I didn't notice, I lay a hand on my chest and felt for a beat.
There was none.
Something about that revelation made my still heart sink lower, and if I could even cry, I would. Strangely enough I couldn't.
"I can't even cry!" I whispered in anguish.
Then the vision lurched to see a woman with a beautiful face and a cruel smile.
I was back in the graveyard. She was right up close to me now; I could see her pale skin, blood red eyes rimmed with dark, long lashes and hair like ink falling in curls down her left shoulder.
"Hello, Alice," She sung in a melodic voice, eyeing me like I was some kind of unexpected gift.
I just stared at her in shock; it was weird to see another vampire.
"I'm afraid you will have to come with me. You see, along with the power to tell who someone is, my main power is hypnotism."
I had no idea what she was talking about, but something in her eyes scared me, I took a step back, looking at the ground "No thank you," I said firmly.
The woman sighed and forced my chin up; her eyes seemed to be the only thing I could see, a sea of crimson. I felt myself relax and heard the woman say, "You are going to come with me."
I blinked, actually, that sounded like a good idea, "Of course, I should go with you," I said.
"You will think I'm your mother."
She is my mother, "okay," I replied dreamily. "I was just thinking, I don't know your name, mother. Isn't that silly?"
She smirked, "Well my daughter must know my name, It's Selene. Now come along Alice, we have to go."
I followed my mother, a vacantly happy expression on my face.
We went through a forest, I vaguely recalled that I had a vision including this place…. Oh! About Claudia. It's weird, my mind felt hazy, everything felt like a dream, like all this was happening to someone else and I was just watching.
"We need to go fast now." Mother said, and she disappeared into the trees.
I giggled and flitted through the woods, catching up and spinning around, leaping in front occasionally.
"Alice, I need you to tell me if you can see anyone chasing us, and how far away they are."
I pouted, "But mother, I don't know how to control my visions."
Mother turned around suddenly, her face thunderous, she grabbed me and held me by my coat. Her cold eyes boring into my startled ones, suddenly I felt as if cold water had been splashed at me. I woke up. I realised what was going on. Selene didn't seem to notice. She sighed and let me go, "Think of it as a steam, and you're fishing, think about what you want to see."
I smiled, "Okay," but inside I started to form a plan.
Jane's P.O.V
This was Jane's first mission, bring the running Selene back to the Volturi, preferably alive.
Jane was excited; she wanted to do a good job so that Aro would be pleased with her. He was like her father, and when he praised her, she glowed like a star. He taught her how to hunt how to use her powers properly. She was tracking Selene all by herself, and Jane felt quite proud of how well she was doing. Jane smiled as she imagined Selene's capture. Jane was only allowed to kill Selene if she wasn't able to bring her back. She pouted, her beautiful face lost in thought. She wanted to just kill her and get it over with, but she would not disobey Aro.
She caught Selene's scent again, shifting into a hunting crouch, she flitted into a graveyard. She could smell rotted blood, disturbed dirt, and the heady scent of Selene intermingled with a different scent she couldn't identify.
"No matter, I can still track her," Jane muttered to herself and continued to follow the trail with her unnatural speed.
