Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:04:57 -0500
From: jonellsocool@aol.com
Subject: Twilight Tale- Chapter 6

Disclaimer: This is a complete work of fiction based off of the "Twilight"
series by the author, Stephanie Meyer.

Authors Note: Hey everyone, thanks for being so patient with me. I
apologize for dropping off the grid for awhile, but I had my reasons, which
I will mention in my little "closing statement" thing at the end of the
chapter. If you don't feel like reading that, here's my email now:
Jonellsocool@aol.com. Feel free to send me your thoughts and opinions of
the story =)


Twilight Tale- Chapter 6

I leaned forward intensely, preparing myself for what Bella would say
next. Jacob sat beside her, quiet and still, while I sat on the couch
opposite from them. Jasper remained standing near the doorway; his
expression seemed more concentrated, as if deep in thought. Outside, I
could hear the light rapture of rain against the window. Looking me in the
eyes, she began,

"I'll start from the beginning..I moved here about a year ago from
Arizona. My mom remarried and I thought it would be best to give the two
their space, so I decided to come live with Charlie. When I started school,
I met Edward," she paused, taking a breath. I remained silent as I studied
her face, she looked tired. She continued,

"I started noticing things about him, his family too, that weren't what you
would call `normal'. The first, obviously being their beauty. When I tried
getting an answer from him, he politely denied me that, so I did my own
research. Most of which came from Jacob," she said glancing at him. He
smiled, but returned to his prior posture.

"There's an old Quileute legend that tells of a group of beings called the
Cold Ones. They were said to have, " She was about to continue, but Jacob
cut her off. "To sum it up, they were feeding on our lands..off of the
blood from the animals." He said looking directly at me. I shook my head,
trying to comprehend.

"So, they were a bunch of freakish hillbillies or something?" I asked, not
fully understanding.

"No," Jacob sighed in frustration. "What creature do you know of that feeds
on blood?"

I scanned my brain for about two seconds before my mind had a minor
epiphany. At that moment, my breathing stopped. Realizing what they were
trying to get me to understand, I whispered aloud,

"Vampires?"

They remained silent, staring at me. Their silence answered my question. I
turned towards Jasper who was looking at me expectantly. He had been in the
room with us the entire time, so I knew that he was listening to our
conversation. His face showed no argument with what we were talking
about. Normally I would be freaking out right now, pacing around the
room..all that good stuff, but I was doing none of the above. What shocked
me the most was how calmly I was taking this. I had, for a brief moment,
thought that this was all a joke; that I was being `Punk'd'. But looking at
the seriousness in their faces, and thinking back to what had happened in
the forest, just about any outlandish explanation would work for me, and
this one was golden.

"Okay, so you're saying that the Cullen's are these Cold Ones, right? That
they're vampires?" I asked. They nodded silently. The air was still as we
sat there; my eyes were on Bella who returned my gaze.

"Okay, well..lets assume that I believe you, that everything you just told
me is fact. Why doesn't anyone else know about them?

Bella spoke first,

"We're not supposed to know about them," she said pointing at herself then
towards me. "Vampires have a strict set of rules and the first is to not
let their existence be known." Jasper took a step forward,

"In the world of vampires, there is a clan called the Volturi. They are
headed by the oldest vampires known to our history. The Volturi are what
you would call peacekeepers. They keep our secrets from becoming exposed to
the human population, by any means possible." He finished

I shifted in my seat. The look that Jasper was giving me, made me
uncomfortable. Jacob stood up and walked over to my side.

"Control yourself, bloodsucker," he spat. As if appearing out of thin air,
Edward was standing behind Jasper with his hand on his shoulder.

"Relax my friend, Alice is waiting for you upstairs," he said
calmly. Jasper turned to face Edward. A silent understanding was shared
between the two before Jasper exited the room.

"What was wrong with him?" I asked, confused.

"You," Edward answered. "Or rather, your blood. As you know, vampires
require blood to live. Human blood in particular is extremely nourishing to
us..It also smells and tastes a lot better than animal blood." He said,
eyeing me. "We are one of few vampire covens who would rather not cause
harm to humans and instead, we live off of animal blood. You would call us,
vegetarians."

Edward took a seat next to Bella and Jacob sat down next to me. I could
feel the heat emanating from him; it was a welcome presence considering how
cool the house was. Its not as if I wasn't weary of the situation I was in,
I just became genuinely intrigued by everything I was told. My heart rate
raced, along with my fascination. At the same time, Edwards face scrunched
into a scowl and glared at me. Jacob must've thought he was threatening
me. I could feel the reverberations he was giving off, vibrating the
couch. But Edward quickly replaced his facial expression with an apologetic
one and clarified,

" Calm down Jacob, its just," he paused looking from Bella to me. "These
two are so..alike." he finished. Jacob loosened up and responded,

"You think I didn't realize that already?" he laughed, sarcastically. After
a brief stare down with Jacob, Edward scoffed at me. He literally scoffed
at me, and let out a dry laugh. He continued,

"The both of you share the same curious nature. Bella was like you when she
first found out about us, blind of the danger she imposed upon herself for
just being around us. For you to be so intrigued...It was just very
reminiscent of her." He said, giving Bella a breathtaking smile.

I nodded thoughtfully to what he had said. The last part in particular
caught my attention though.

"I don't remember ever claiming to be intrigued." I said
questioningly. Jacob and Bella turned to look at Edward, who again had that
look of apology on his face.

"Some of us vampires..when we are turned, we become more..unique than
usual."

"Unique?"

"Yes, we gain a certain trait or ability. Many are different, while others
seem to be similar to one another. Traits such as being able to track a
person down, anywhere in the world. Or in my case, the ability to read
minds." He finished, gauging my reaction.

I looked at Bella who gave me a meek smile, then towards Jacob whose face
looked rather bored. Returning my gaze back to Edward, the obvious of
questions was in my head.

"If you can read minds, then what's the answer to the question I'm thinking
about right now?"

Edward gave me an awkward smile before responding,

"Your question was what your middle name is, and the answer is Gabriel."

I was speechless, and I'm pretty sure the look on my face suggested so. The
fact that he responded so quickly was one thing, but that he knew the
question AND the correct answer was another. This shattered all previous
doubts of them lying to me, and Edward now knew that. I could tell by the
way he was eyeing me, listening to my thoughts. Defeated, I went on.

"Alright, I give. I believe you and all but, why tell me? I mean, aren't
you guys like, sworn to secrecy?

"Yes, we are supposed to keep are existence a secret, but yesterday a
certain incident pushed our deciding factor to tell you." He finished

My posture perked up instantly at the mentioning of yesterday. I knew he
could hear my thoughts, but I wanted to hear Bella's explanation, she could
speak for herself.

"Yeah, what was with that? Jacob wouldn't tell me anything." I said,
rolling my eyes at him. Jacob sighed as he stood up to stretch before
speaking.

"The stench of dead bodies is making me sick. I'm gonna go outside and see
if I can talk to Sam, they should be running shifts right about now." He
said, turning and walking towards the front door. "I'll be on the porch."
He called over his shoulder. I continued staring at his muscular back until
it disappeared from view around the corner and upon hearing the door close,
I focused my attention on Bella. She began to speak,

"Well, awhile back, there was a vampire, James, who tried to kill me. Long
story short, the Cullens ended up killing him and now his lover, Victoria,
is after me. She figured since we killed her lover, then she would take
Edwards, me." She said. Edward took her hand into his as she went
on. "Yesterday at school, Edward sensed her presence nearby. So to avoid
putting anyone else in danger, we left school, attempting to lead her into
a trap we'd set up in the woods." Edward cut in,

"Unfortunately, you were there, in the woods. Remember?"

Did I remember? How could I forget something traumatizing?

"So was that her? The redhead I mean, was that Victoria?"

"Yes, but we hadn't anticipated that you'd be there. Jacob was supposed to
be taking you to his place." Edward sneered. I was sure my face was turning
a lighter shade of red as I felt the blood rush to my face, remembering the
events leading up to being in the same place as Victoria and the
wolf-thing.

I ignored his distaste for Jacob, because I had another question that
needed to be answered.

"Did you guys see the wolf-thing as well? It was chasing Victoria and..."
At that point, I went off on a rant using all kinds of hand gestures to go
along with my poorly told story-telling. When I was finished, Bella looked
at Edward and they both shared a smile before they both turned to look at
me. Bella spoke,

"We thought it would be best if Jacob explained that part to you. It's not
really our place to."

"What do you mean?" I asked, confused.

"You'll see." Edward said, smirking.

I dismissed his remark as a jab at Jacob and stood up, remembering I was
supposed to call Charlie.

"Crap," I said, patting my pockets. "I must've left my phone in the truck."

"Here, you can use mine," Bella said, extending her phone out to me.

"Uh, thanks but it's just outside. I'll be right back." I said, waving them
off as I moved towards the front door. As I grasped the door handle to open
the door, I instinctively called out to Jacob.

"Hey Jacob, I think I left my phone in...the truck."

As soon as I was outside on the porch, my voice had died down to a
whisper. The sight before me was so surreal. There before me lie a giant
wolf-thing like the one I saw in the forest. Only, they weren't the
same. This one was a Russet- Brown and may have been slightly smaller, but
it was still enormous. My voice was caught in my throat and my body
wouldn't move. I was stuck, staring into this wolf's deep brown eyes and
the thought running through my mind was, "Oh my God, Jacob is dead."

Chapter 6- End

Okay so finally, its up haha. I again apologize for my absence of
writing. I am a high school senior [18 of course] and keeping up with my
story while juggling school, sports, and other aspects of my life, can be a
bit over-bearing. But after receiving multiple emails about the progress of
the story, I decided to put some more effort into getting it out. Now that
that's all in the open, I've gotta say, I actually hated writing this
chapter. I had to like, actually do a bit of research so I didn't sound so
ignorant of how the events of the "Quileute legend" took place. So yeah,
email me once again at Jonellsocool@aol.com to give me some feedback on
what you thought of the chapter/story. Thank you for the support and have a
wonderful Valentines Day =)