Scared of Blood? by Maddyson Ruby

Pairing: Seth/OC

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no profit from this. All characters you recognise belong to Stephenie Meyer.

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Chapter 3

Adanne POV

The first thing I was aware of was a splitting headache. It felt like a huge woodpecker had taken residence in my brain and was repeatedly banging and scraping to get free. It hurt so bad and my muscles ached and moaned in protest of my feeble attempts at movement. Eventually I just slumped back down in exhaustion. Who was that red eyed vampire from earlier in the clearing? A passing nomad? A local resident? I had no idea but currently I was still breathing so he must have either left me alone or just not killed me yet. As always my primary concern was of staying alive...

I tried to relax my body in the hopes of not further stressing my already screaming muscles. That was when I became aware of another presense in the nearby vacinity. I could hear their unneeded breaths and their perfect footsteps. Vampires. I could sense at least three in the room around me from my gift and senses. The house on the other hand was roving with life; of the undead and regular variety.

"Is she awake Edward?" someone in the room asked rather impatiently. There was a brief chuckle before I heard the rustle of fabric that indicated the man in question replied with a nod or shake of the head.

As they conferred in hushed tones I felt my body begin it's recooperation. Slowly as I was still malnourished and tired but it did begin. My aches and pains began to ease and vanish. I felt like I was able to breath easier.

"Excuse me?" a voice asked by my ear, rousing me from my thoughts. I was so unaware of myself, I almost answered. Almost.

"I'll wake her up" said the first voice. I didn't like the way that was said. It sounded almost ominous and foreboding. I decided then that whomever that voice belonged to, I didn't like them. They sounded almost sinister.

That was when I felt hands on my face. They were cold and harsh. My eyes flew open on instinct as I lashed out; my body arching upwards so my feet met their intended target smack in the center of their chest. I flipped off what I now saw to be a medical table using the momentum from my kick. The target was a blonde vampire with golden eyes and a condescending sneer on his face. I ran to the window taking a cursory glance round the room before jumping down two stories to the ground. I rolled to break my momentum before sprinting to the forest the bordered the house I had been in. I could hear pursuers jumping from windows and running outdoors. I heard them closing in as well as several unknown with loud footsteps and thudding hearts. I wasn't taking any chances. I leapt into a tree knowing that I stood a better chance up high than I did on the ground. That was one of the downsides to my human heritage - the slower speeds. Once I was at least thirty foot up the tree I paused on my branch to survey the scene below me. On the ground were around seven vampires of differing genders. In the trees around my perch were another dozen or so. Quite a force I realised belatedly. That was when four massive wolves came through a break in the trees. They were quickly followed by the men from the room I had been in - the blond male with the sneer, a lean copper haired male and the sandy haired male I recognised from when I passed out.

I heard a branch crack and swung my head in the offending direction. A large male with black hair and gold eyes was the one to make the false move. I snarled at him, baring my teeth in a show of hostility. Nobody would capture me. I would rather die than have that fate befall me. The blond male from the room stepped forward with his arms raised drawing my attention though I was still alert and paying attetion to the movements of those in the trees around me. I couldn't help but let out a low growl at him showing my dislike for him. I knew his type - scientist - my father was one. They only bring pain and death.

"Miss, we mean you no harm!" he called up to me, his voice layered thickly with deceit. Even as he said it I could hear those in the trees drawing nearer. "We have one like you here! We need to test you to help her!" he yelled again as though I was hard of hearing. I growled in annoyance at both his tone and his words. Test? Who did they think I was?

"Which of my sisters do you have held here?" I growled out angrily.

"Sisters?" the blond asked, his curiousity peaked.

"Which one do you have?" I growled again.

"None of them!" called another as she ran into the clearing quickly. Now her, I liked better, she didn't seem as decieving or harsh. "It's my daughter! Her name is Renesmee" The new woman called up to me. Her eyes were a startling red signifying her a newborn vampire. I knew then I would have to tread carefully with her.

"Daughter?" I asked her even as those in the trees moved closer still. I raised my head growling at the large male yet again before turning back to the woman. "Impossible" I scoffed, even though I couldn't deny I was intrigued by her words.

"No, not impossible! My husband, Renesmee's father, saved me by turning me" she called again. I couldn't help but frown at their lies. The vampire nearest me, a strawberry blond haired female, leapt at me. I slid off the branch, grasping it in my hands and whirling round it to dodge her like the trapeeze artist I had once seen whenI snuck into a circus.

The female collided with nothing but air and feel down to the forest floor below. She was quickly on her feet again ready to attack me but a hand from one of the males on the floor stopped her, it was the copper top, the one the female had called Renesmee's father. Impossible, I told myself once more. I shook my head at her attempts at deceit. Pitiful really...

"Who are you?" this time it was the scientist blond who asked.

"Why should I tell you?" I demanded.

"Uh... I saved you" the sandy haired male said sarcastically.

"I would have been fine where I was" I snarled indignantly.

"Easy, miss! I was just wonderin'" he defended.

"Adanne" I begrudgingly admitted.

"Where is that name from?" my supposed rescuer asked me.

"Africa" I answered honestly. He nodded to himself. Movement in my peripheral vision caught my attention. It was the male again. He was really starting to piss me off.

"Emmett!" the woman from earlier called to him angrily, her brilliant red eyes narrowed in anger. "Leave Adanne alone!"

"Bella! She might get away and then Renesmee could die! She is our proof that Nessie is harmless" the large male I now knew was called Emmett argued.

"Uh... Emmett? She isn't so harmless" said a dark haired, golden eyed male from the floor. "In fact, I 'd say she's rather deadly to be honest"

The male's statement was met with disbelief and derision. The wolves looked on with interest but did not attack. Interesting. One of them, the sandy coloured one, looked rather excited to be honest.

"Let's just end this madness! Adanne, come down at once!" ordered the scientist blond.

"No! You want to know what I think of your little demand?" I asked I leant over and spat on him. His disgust was palpable.

"You gross savage!" he screamed. The others in the area seemed openly shocked at his reaction. I, however, wasn't. I had expected it.

"And proud!" I called down. The surrounding area burst into chaos with many voices talking over each other. A loud bark from a russet wolf stopped all of that. I watched in awe as the wolf morphed into a man. A naked man, I realised suddenly causing me to duck my head.

"Look, will you just stay for a little bit? You can even stay out here if you want to Adanne but please..." the man trailed off sounding desperate. "If you don't stay and show that hybrids aren't dangerous then she's gonna be killed; we all are" he finished, looking at me beseechingly. I took a deep breath as I made my decision.

"I will decide whether I stay or not later, allow me to meet Renesmee, thenI shall decide, for how do I know you are not all lying?" I offered, arching my brow.

"I can accept those conditions-" the wolf-man began only to be cut off by the blond scientist yet again. I was really starting to hate him.

"We need to run tests! We don't know their capabilities! They may not be able to be turned! Who knows? She has the possibility to answer our questions and spare Renesmee harm!"

"Silence!" screamed the now human sandy wolf. "She will not be harmed or used in anyway! Nobody will so much as approach or talk to her without her consent!" he ordered leaving most people looking at him in shock, the small grey wolf most prominently.

"Seth?" the russet wolf-man asked looking a cross between wary and happy. Strange. The sandy wolf-man simply nodded in assent. The russet one sighed before facing me with a grin across his face.

"So? You in or what?" he asked tilting his head to the side like a confused puppy.

"Sure, I'll meet her" I agreed.

This is gonna be fun, I mused.