Hey, everyone.

Sorry this took soooo long, but I got it out when I could. School started up again, and then I was hit by Hurricane Ike and didn't have power for about two weeks, so bare with me. I'm writing the next one right now so be patient. Thanks you guys!

-TG


Chapter 10- Fate is a Malicious Thing

I tried to let those animal instincts take over me, I really did. I tried to access that part of me that wasn't human, but, as soon as I began to let my human emotions slip away and focused on that burning thirst gnawing at the back of my throat, it happened. We were running so fast that it seemed like we might not have even noticed. But we did, and there was no stopping us once we noticed.

If I had been having trouble with my instincts before, there was no doubting them now. They were raging, burning. They blinded me from anything and everything around me except for those three giggling girls rounding the corner a quarter mile ahead. Fate must be a malicious thing.

I was running no longer straight ahead, but directly for the girls walking across the street. They were pretty girls, probably about 16 or 15 years old. But none of that mattered to me. All I could see was the blood running through their veins. All I could hear was the separate poundings of each of their hearts, which seemed like war drums just egging me further. All I could smell was their sweet, sweet scent, which only fed the flame at the back of my throat, their only funeral pyre.

I was a mere 30 yards away, but the girls still hadn't realized my presence. I was too fast, too stealthy; I was the perfect predator, there was no doubting that. Now I was dead in front of them and there was no way they couldn't see me. I finally got a good look at them as I barreled forward. The girl in the middle had mid-length copper-brown hair that framed her heart-shaped face. She seemed so familiar. She seemed... like my sister.

I stopped dead in my tracks.

I focused on the girl's face realizing it wasn't actually Bella... but that didn't matter. Though this girl wasn't Bella, she could be to someone out there. This girl was someone's sister or daughter or only friend. But whatever she was, she didn't deserve this. The girls had stopped as well. We were ten feet from each other. I began to panic, not knowing what I was going to do with them. I didn't want to kill them, despite the venom pooling in my mouth, but they had seen me running. They knew far too much. Unfortunately, I didn't have to worry too much about it, for I'd forgotten Jasper's presence behind me.

He was frightening, even for a vampire. His ruby eyes were glowing like flames as he ran faster than imaginable towards his victims. Dreadful, invincible, hideously beautiful; unstoppable. Before I could blink (though it wasn't necessary), the girls were dead on the hard ground. Jasper suddenly looked at me, his stance more animal than person; more monster than person. I looked at him as if he was the cold, hard murderer he was. As soon as he took in my expression, he sobered. I ran away from him, now sickened by the scent that just seconds ago had smelled so appetizing.

I vaguely realized he was fallowing behind me, catching up slowly since he ran faster, but I didn't care. I just wanted to get away from everything; what we were, what he had just done, and the fact that I couldn't do anything about it. I kept running, not exactly sure where my feet were taking me.

After a while of running I found myself in our meadow. The bright blinking fire flies and the silvery moon against the river seemed duller than they had been before. I fell to my knees as invisible tears fell from my eyes. I cursed this fate. I was a monster, and I couldn't even cry about it. Like I said; Fate is a malicious thing.


Sorry it was so short. The next chapter's gonna be from Jasper's POV so I had to stop it there. Tell me what you think of the chapter