This picks up right after the graduation ceremony, cuz I didn't want to go into too much detail on a simple ceremony. This chapter shows more of what Laurent's part is in this whole ordeal, and a little taste of what's going to happen for the three girls involved.
I don't own Twilight.
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Outside Forks High, two days later:
Bella's P.O.V.:
"Smile girls!" Jessica's mom came with a camera and we all posed in our graduation uniforms. "Now say cheese!"
"Cheese!" the camera clicked and her mom smiled.
"Good, are you sure you girls don't want to stay at our house? We have lots of room."
"No thank you mom." Jessica was more annoyed than me or Angela, this was the third time her mom had asked us to stay at her house. We were spending the night again, since two nights ago we were all distracted from talking about our last day of school, so we were going to try and plan a trip this time.
"Oh well, just be sure to behave and listen to Chief Swan Jessie."
"Yes mom." Jessica's eyes rolled.
"Eh don't worry there Mrs. Stanley, I'll watch these girls every chance I can." Charlie eyed us.
"Dad we're not having any boys over." That was one of his oldest and most aggravating jokes of all time.
"I know, I'm just teasing." He patted my back. "Alright everything's in the truck and the ceremony's over so you girls head to the house, I'll go pick us up some food."
"Chinese please dad?" I hadn't had Chinese food in weeks and I was dying for an egg roll dipped in soy sauce. He laughed and ruffled my hair.
"Alright kiddo I'll get Chinese, but it'll be at least an hour."
"That's cool, we can wait." Angela.
"Alright pile into the truck, we gotta get going." Angela and Jess hugged their parents and got into the truck; we drove off towards the house, and I helped them with their stuff. "Got everything?"
"Got it all." They had a bag in each hand, they planned on staying for the whole weekend which was good since Charlie would be at the station tomorrow for most of the day, so he wouldn't bug us with 'Hey what're you doing?' or something like that. I loved my dad, but he became a little more protective than before after the Cullens left, sometimes I think he'd act like Renee.
After Angela and Jess went upstairs to put their stuff in my room I heard the doorbell ring. I sighed, it was probably Jake with a graduation present or maybe Charlie forgetting his wallet; unfortunately it was neither, and I was looking at someone I thought I'd never see again.
"Hello Bella." I would have fainted if I hadn't seen this before.
"L-Laurent…?" I snapped my head to the stairs, Jess and Ange weren't down yet. "H-How did you…?" he held up his hands.
"Easy there Bella, I'm not here to harm you." I then noticed his eyes, they were amber colored.
"I-If you're looking for the Cullens they left town last year." He smiled at me.
"I know they have, that's why I'm here." Just before I could answer Jessica and Angela came downstairs.
"So we were thinking Bell…oh you have someone else over?"
"Uh…yeah guys this is Laurent he's a…a friend of the Cullens." Their smiles turned into frowns. "But he just came to check up on me right?" he laughed and shook his head at me.
"I'm afraid not, Bella I have a message for you." He leaned in to whisper in my ear. "It's important."
"Then we can talk outside." I moved to get past him but he stopped me.
"It concerns your two friends as well." He looked at Jessica and Angela. I didn't know what else to do, so I let him enter. "Mind if I sit?" I nodded.
"Bella…who is this guy?" Jess and Ange sat in the chairs across from the sofa. I looked at Laurent, and he smiled again.
"First of all ladies, my name is Laurent and as Bella told you I know the Cullens, but not well. But to begin my reason for being here, I have a message for the three of you from a relative of yours Bella." my eyes widened.
"A relative?" I didn't have any relatives besides my parents, and my grandparents were gone. "That's impossible, my grandparents are dead and my parents were both only children."
"True, but this is a distant relative, very distant."
"Ok I'm confused." Jessica. "How does this concern us all?" Laurent laughed and laid back, then looked at me.
"I have to tell them the truth, and I have permission to do so." He looked back to them. "Jessica and Angela is it?"
"Yes." They answered.
"Now tell me, what do you know about the Cullens?" they looked at me and I just shook my head.
"Not much, only that they liked Bella and then they left." Angela. "The jerks." I nodded.
"Well…did you ever see anything off about them?"
"They had really pale skin, and dark eyes but…well that and they would leave whenever the sun was out but they took camping trips." Jessica. "But still they weren't that weird." Laurent looked at me.
"My dear girls…the Cullens are not human." They looked at him funny. "They are vampires." They stared at him, and then busted out laughing. Angela covered her mouth and Jessica held her stomach trying to breathe through her laughs. Soon enough they stopped and wiped their eyes of the tears.
"That's a good one, the Cullens are vampires oh what a joke." Jess.
"I mean they were strange but there's no such things as vampires, hell if they were vampires then they'd turn into ash in the sunlight."
"That's a myth." Laurent. "I know it sounds farfetched but believe me it's one hundred percent true." Jessica flung her hands at him.
"Oh please…what turning into a bat is a myth too?"
"It is, plus we vampires can't sleep, we don't burn in the sunlight, we don't sleep in coffins, and we don't' turn into monsters, at least on the outside." He smiled and then Angela's giddy smile dropped.
"Y-You…you're serious?" she looked at me. "Bella is he serious?" I nodded.
"It's true, the Cullens are vampires and so is he." I pointed at Laurent and so he smirked and suddenly half the room was rearranged in seconds. Ange and Jess jumped out of their seats and looked like they could faint.
"It's not possible…" Jessica.
"It can't be possible…" Angela.
"It is ladies, watch this." Soon the room was back to normal. "So?" they looked at me.
"Bella…are you a…?" I shook my head.
"No, no I'm human. I know this looks crazy but the Cullens and Laurent are actual vampires and it's nothing like in the stories. They don't sleep, they don't burn in sunlight, they don't hate garlic, or maybe just the smell but still, and they can't be killed with a stake in the heart." I held up my hands. "All myth, but Laurent well…let him explain." I pointed to him.
"So you're a real vampire, how?" Angela.
"Where should I start?"
"How do you become a vampire? And like…what's the real story?" Jessica.
"To become a vampire is of course to be bitten by one, and once you're bitten the venom flows through your body for three days at most. When you awaken, your body is no longer living…your skin is cold like ice and hard like stone, you are faster than any living thing on earth, stronger than any living thing on earth, and your senses are like that of an animal. Super hearing, smelling, speed all the works; as you just witnessed my speed, we move so fast you won't see us."
"When you drain our blood?" Jessica clutched at her neck and Laurent snickered.
"I don't eat humans anymore Ms. Jessica, I eat animals." Angela's eyes widened.
"You mean vampires can eat either one?" he nodded and looked at me.
"Would you like to join in the story?" I smiled and looked at them.
"From what I know, vampires can eat humans or animals, but it all depends on the diet you choose after you become a vampire. When you awaken, from what I know, you have this insane thirst and you need to satisfy it with blood. The Cullens, most of them haven't had human blood before, so they go the animal way because they don't want to be…monsters killing innocent humans."
"So they're like good vampires?" I nodded.
"In a way, they're built like killing machines, but they can't reveal themselves to humans unless…well unless they're willing to kill or change them."
"And…" Jessica's eyes widened. "You're still human?"
"The Cullens, for whatever reasons didn't change Bella. Unfortunately though, she has to be changed and since you two now know so do you." I stood up.
"Hold on Laurent, you can't just…" he stopped me.
"Bella, we're not rushing into this. I was ordered to come and deliver a message from your relative, and if possible explain myself and the Cullens to your friends."
"Why?" I stared him down. "Just tell me why, why did you come back? Why did you reveal yourself in front of them? And what does my relative want?"
"I came because my queen asked me to, and my queen…is the leader of the entire vampire world." I found that hard to believe.
"I-I thought…another coven was in charge?"
"You mean the Volturi? Oh no they are second in command, they only take charge when she's…in a slumber."
"But I thought you said vampires can't sleep?" Jessica.
"It's a figure of speech, you see girls…in our world there is indeed just one main ruler, but she takes times of slumber, or when she grows bored of the living, and she locks herself underground away from civilization, and that's when the Volturi, the coven after her, take over. They enforce the vampire laws, which basically say that if a vampire exposes themselves willingly or not and doesn't fix it, then they have to die; and if they reveal themselves to a human, the human must either die or be changed."
"So we have to be changed now?" Jessica's angry side was showing. "We have to just pack up and leave town now?"
"Now now girls, I'm not here to turn you. I came because I was told to, and my queen, well she wishes to meet you three."
"Meet us? She doesn't know us." Angela started but then a question hit me.
"Does she have a special power? You know like Alice and Edward did?"
"Special power?" Jessica.
"In some cases a vampire can have one other special psychic ability besides super strength and speed, for instance, Edward Cullen has the ability to read minds, and Ms. Alice Cullen can see into the future." Their eyes widened.
"Wow…how?"
"It really depends on who they are as a human, but for some parts most vampires don't remember much of their human life after they've changed. It's an after effect of the venom…" I turned to Laurent. "Why does the vampire queen really want to see us?"
"I can't exactly tell you that Bella, only that she has a good reason and….she's your ancestor." My eyes widened that time.
"No way…" Angela looked at me. "Bella's descended from a vampire?"
"Indeed so, from her father's side." He stood up.
"What so…you just expect us to go along with all of this? The Cullens are vampires and now that we know we have to be changed right? So we have to leave town or…?" Jessica seemed more angry.
"No." I snapped my head back to Laurent. "This is a mere visit for right now, it may turn permanent but the queen wishes to settle some issues first." He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a white envelope. "Look inside." I took it from him and opened it revealing…four tickets to Rome?
"Rome…the queen lives in Italy?" I looked at him.
"She keeps close watch over the Volturi and the other covens, but she only comes out when necessary." He sighed a bit. "And as for your previous question, yes she has a special power. One that allows her to see 'everything' that happens among the vampires." He winked at me.
"You mean like Alice?" he nodded.
"Exactly like Alice but…her visions don't change. Whenever she has a vision they always have the same result."
"Ok, first the Cullens are vampires, then we have to be changed, now Bella's a descendant of a queen, and the queen can see into the future….what's next dancing werewolves on a full moon?" Angela and I laughed, and then they looked at the tickets.
"So…we're going to Rome?" I shrugged and looked at Jessica.
"That's our summer trip…it could be fun." Jessica seemed unsure at first, but then she smiled.
"I guess…I mean…I'm still unsure about all of this but if we have to then we have to. The question is though…how are we going to explain the trip to our folks?"
"Well we can't tell them anything can we?" Angela looked at Laurent and he shook his head.
"Not about the vampires, but you can say that you've won a contest of sorts. You're creative Ms. Weber so I'm sure you can think of something." Angela nodded.
"Yeah…I guess I can." She looked at me. "Bella…now I understand why you hardly talked when you were around the Cullens."
"Yeah…look guys I'm sorry I didn't tell you and that this is happening but really…" Jessica walked up.
"I understand, it's out of your hands and now it's out of ours. And who are we to ignore the queen's invitation?"
"Yeah it could be fun." Angela smiled. "Maybe we can even meet some cute Italian boys up there." Laurent laughed.
"I have a feeling all three of you will meet someone. Well look, the trip can be done as soon as tomorrow or Monday if you wish. Lady Diana is willing to wait but not too long."
"Monday it is then, I can convince my parents as long as you two can come." Angela.
"I can too, as long as we're not alone up there." Jessica.
"And I doubt Charlie would object as long as we have a chaperone." I turned to Laurent.
"I'll have to change a bit but I can pull it off." he stood up. "You know I expected you girls to freak out, but I can see Diana was right about you when she said you're not like most human girls." He pulled out a cellphone. "I'd best call and give my queen the good news. Excuse me…" just then I heard a car door slam.
"Oh crap it's Charlie!" Laurent winked and vanished through the back. "Hide these." I tried to hand them to one of the girls but they shook their heads.
"Let me do the talking." Angela grabbed the tickets and then Charlie came through with bags of food.
"Hey girls, hungry?" we nodded and helped him carry the food into the kitchen. He then noticed the envelope in Angela's hand.
"What's that there?" Angela smiled.
"I just won a free trip to Rome, Italy Mr. Swan. I have three tickets, and I was hoping that maybe Bella could come along?" she put on her cute face, the same one that made any boy melt or do what she wanted. That's only if she needed to use it.
"Rome eh? You girls got an adult going with you?"
"Dad we're eighteen, I think we'll be able to handle a trip to Rome." He still seemed unsure. "We have money…"
"And the trip comes with a free stay at a hotel, it'll be great!" Angela got all giddy and Jessica joined in. Charlie sighed and looked at me.
"You sure about this Bells?"
"I'm sure dad, it'll be good to get away for a bit. I'll call you every day if I can."
"Well…as long as you girls have money and a way around Rome, I don't have a problem with this. Just be careful, and yeah call every other day." I sighed in relief. "So when are you going?"
"Monday afternoon." He smiled.
"My little girl's growing up, I'll consider this a coming of age thing." Another reason I loved my dad, he was understanding and he thought things through carefully. I reached up and hugged him and he laughed. "You're welcome Bells, just remember to call."
"Thanks dad, thanks so much." I turned to Ange and Jess.
"We're going to Rome!" we cheered and I could see Laurent smiling through the window. I gave him a thumbs up and he was gone in a flash.
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