The pain was endless, or so it seemed. The morphine kept me from moving, so I couldn’t escape the fiery torture. A clock on the wall ticked the seconds away and I used that to try and mark time. There always seemed to be someone in the room, checking on me or merely observing me. I heard snipits of conversations but not enough to make sense of it. 15,000 seconds later, I heard footsteps near the room. “How much longer, Alice?” The guy’s voice I recognized as Carlisle asked. “Not long- ten minutes tops.” She answered. The continued to talk but the change in pain distracted me. I no longer burned in my wrists of ankles, but the fire in my heart got worse. Minutes passed, and finally only my heart was burning. I could hear it hammering frantically. With an awful final surge, my heart stuttered and then stopped. I didn’t move for a few seconds. Finally I opened my eyes, and sat up. I took in everything with such clarity and precision it shouldn’t be possible. Every grain in every brick that lined the fireplace was perfectly visible. I heard faint music that passed with the sound of tires from the road. Eight people surrounded me.
A blond stepped forward and began to speak in a voice I had come to recognize as Carlisle’s. “Hello, Jamie. Welcome to your new life as a vampire.” My mouth gaped. I knew something was going on, but vampires? Is he actually crazy? “I know this is all very sudden and hard to adjust to, but it gets better. It was either this, or let you live your life as a paralyzed person. I hope you won’t hold a grudge for me making this decision for you, but should you chose, the option of leaving is always open of course. Gathering my thoughts, I spoke in a voice that I didn’t immediately recognize as my own. It was slightly higher, more melodic. It had a nice ring to it. “You have some serious explaining to do before I make any decisions.” I demanded. “Sure,” He agreed easily. “But why don’t we get that sorted out while you hunt?” He asked. “Hunt?” My voice was filled with confusion. Another blond, a woman standing beside a hulking figure of a guy stepped forward. “Yes, hunt. We’re vampires- we need blood.” She rolled her eyes. I hissed, a reaction totally foreign to me, but instinctual all the same. At the exact moment, the whole group shifted, taking on more of a defensive nature. “We don’t want to cause any trouble, so just follow me, okay?” Carlisle told me, and I followed him, Alice and one other out the door.
“Do you hear that?” A tall man, who introduced himself as Jasper asked me.” “I hear everything, you’re going to have to specify.” I snapped. “The heartbeat. There’s an elk just a few hundred feet north of us. Don’t think, just follow and hunt. It will come naturally.” He told me with a shooing motion of his hand. Taking a deep breath, my feet carried me quickly and silently to the elk that was grazing on a bush. I paused. Carlisle walked up silently beside me. “What are you waiting for?” He mouthed. “I feel bad- its innocent, it doesn’t deserve to die.” Jasper brushed past me and leapt at it, snapping its neck before it even recognized the danger. Carrying it towards me, he slashed its neck. Hot red blood flowed out, tracing the ground in its lethal scarlet pattern. My throat burned agonizingly. Before I could make a decision, my instincts did that for me. Knocking Jasper out of the way, I grabbed the elk and drank until it was nothing but empty. Dropping it, I felt disgusted with myself. What kind of monster am I?!
A blond stepped forward and began to speak in a voice I had come to recognize as Carlisle’s. “Hello, Jamie. Welcome to your new life as a vampire.” My mouth gaped. I knew something was going on, but vampires? Is he actually crazy? “I know this is all very sudden and hard to adjust to, but it gets better. It was either this, or let you live your life as a paralyzed person. I hope you won’t hold a grudge for me making this decision for you, but should you chose, the option of leaving is always open of course. Gathering my thoughts, I spoke in a voice that I didn’t immediately recognize as my own. It was slightly higher, more melodic. It had a nice ring to it. “You have some serious explaining to do before I make any decisions.” I demanded. “Sure,” He agreed easily. “But why don’t we get that sorted out while you hunt?” He asked. “Hunt?” My voice was filled with confusion. Another blond, a woman standing beside a hulking figure of a guy stepped forward. “Yes, hunt. We’re vampires- we need blood.” She rolled her eyes. I hissed, a reaction totally foreign to me, but instinctual all the same. At the exact moment, the whole group shifted, taking on more of a defensive nature. “We don’t want to cause any trouble, so just follow me, okay?” Carlisle told me, and I followed him, Alice and one other out the door.
“Do you hear that?” A tall man, who introduced himself as Jasper asked me.” “I hear everything, you’re going to have to specify.” I snapped. “The heartbeat. There’s an elk just a few hundred feet north of us. Don’t think, just follow and hunt. It will come naturally.” He told me with a shooing motion of his hand. Taking a deep breath, my feet carried me quickly and silently to the elk that was grazing on a bush. I paused. Carlisle walked up silently beside me. “What are you waiting for?” He mouthed. “I feel bad- its innocent, it doesn’t deserve to die.” Jasper brushed past me and leapt at it, snapping its neck before it even recognized the danger. Carrying it towards me, he slashed its neck. Hot red blood flowed out, tracing the ground in its lethal scarlet pattern. My throat burned agonizingly. Before I could make a decision, my instincts did that for me. Knocking Jasper out of the way, I grabbed the elk and drank until it was nothing but empty. Dropping it, I felt disgusted with myself. What kind of monster am I?!
