• Preface

    Dreams, they can please the mind, terrify it, or make it believe something that isn’t there. It can make you go through a world of adventure. You better hope your ready for the ride.


    Knowing the Truth

    I wake up, hair messed up and smelling like a dead pig. I open my window to get the smell out and take a shower. When I was done taking my shower, I comb out my hair until it is nice and down, just over my eyes, but just enough for the rest of my hair to get to the end of my neck. I flipped my hair to see if it was stiff. It followed my head, so I left. When I got my clothes on for school, it was a spiked collar, pair of black and white Converses, a black cross necklace, skinny jeans, and orange neon stripes on my black shirt to top it off. I put on my backpack and walked out the front door.

    I am Richard Kin and I am a happy, sixteen, slim male with a great life. But now weird things have been happening to me. I can lift things I could never lift before, like a deer, I look beautiful, shiny beautiful in sunlight, and my vision is impeccable. I can actually see people’s facial features. I can run at super speed, blinding speed. My hearing is phenomenal. I hear people’s heartbeats. And I have a strange urge for blood. I hear the heartbeats and I want it. It burns my throat, but I kill animals and drink that to quench my thirst. I don’t know what this is, or how it started, but I know how to control it and not expose myself. It is creepy, but also fun at the same time. My parents know and they thought I had a disease. They took me to the hospital and got me tested. The doctors tried to shove a needle into my skin, the needle snapped in half. Thank God my parents were out of the room. The doctors thought I was a mutant or a horrible creation. I told them to not tell anyone, or I’ll rip his arms off and drink the blood that drips onto the floor. He said I was crazy, said I wouldn’t dare. I lifted his X-Ray machine, which weighs 300 pounds, with one finger. He never told anyone and was staring at me. He told them he had no answer and was not requiring any antibiotics or anything. I smiled to myself thinking about that one.

    When I go on my bus, I was suddenly greeted by Flora, a sweet, kind, sweet smelling little girl in my P.E class. She was a volunteer at a homeless shelter, a baker, and a fashion expert. She always graded my fashion as soon as I get on the bus every day.

    "Hi Richard, love your shirt, shoes match too along with collar. Nice hair. Just woke up?" Her voice was like honey, just plain sweet. She spoke so fast I had to think for a second.

    "Nah," I said as charming as I can, "looks like bed head hair huh?"

    "Yes, looks nice." She perked up on the bed head thing. She also likes me for my brain and cloths.

    I sat down next to her and talked to her about fashion and football. She likes the Steelers, while I am a neutral man. I like any team whatsoever. I just love to see the sport.

    When we got off the bus, which smelled like garbage, I walked through the doors to go to the library. All the teachers were checking for Student I.Ds and appropriate clothing. As soon as I smelled this boy that walked by, my throat burned. I almost lunged at him, good thing didn’t, and everyone was over where he was. His blood smelled like delicious lavenders, but I know it tasted like sweet soy sauce. Knowing what had happened to me, I sprinted to the bathroom, but before I was going to think about making my mistake for sprinting, I was already in the bathroom. My eyes were just black. Not light black, not close to gray, just dead, night sky black. My eyes were always melted shiny gold, now just black. I started freaking out. My eyes are only black when I crave blood. Thinking about the word "crave" made me almost go and bite the first human I saw. I walked out the bathroom, I saw Flora, with her best friends talking about me, saying how cute I was. She skipped to my side.

    "Hello Richard!" Her enthusiasm went dead as soon as she says my eyes and my facial expression.

    "Rich- Richard, are you o-ok?" She stuttered out her mouth. Her smell, it smelled amazing.

    "I have to go." I whispered. She cut me off standing in front of me. She cocked her head slowly to the side as she didn't hear me or as to repeat what I said. Her hair hit me in my nose. Her hair just smelled so good. Berry Blast shampoo, which made me go wild. Venom poured to the tip of my teeth, ready to go. I jumped on her bit her vein on her neck, sucked her blood, and jumped off. She was lying on the floor, twitching, blood puddle under her now horrid hair.

    No sound. I was going to run until she screamed.

    "Fire," she screamed at the top of her lungs, "fire, and fire! Put it out! Put it out now!" I did what she told me. I got back on her neck, sucked her blood and my venom out, which tasted like ink from a pen, and jumped up and ran.

    What have I done? I bit my best friend after only five minutes. I known her for six years and after only five minutes, I bit her! I ran as fast and far as I could. I suddenly remembered the story my dad told me when I was a year old.

    "Pale skin, speed like a cheetah, eyes like a hawk, and taste for blood like a bat." I stopped there. I remembered how it ended. I remember who, or what, I really was, a vampire.


    Meeting My Own

    I ran home so fast it was only thirty seconds. I busted my door down with one punch, ran in my room and packed all my things I needed to move.

    "Richey?" My mom said, puzzled. Scared like a burglar was in the home, but calm as if she knew it was me or my dad. I didn't say anything. I got my clothes packed, my comb, and my family picture. I ran downstairs and wrote a note to my mom and dad and left it on my bed. I jumped from my window just in time as my mom came in the room. I waited for the beeping on the phone to start, but nothing came from the house. Then I heard it, dialing of a phone. A voice answers at the call, my dad.

    "He knows. He finally knows." She said, sounding depressed. I just couldn't leave without an explanation, so I ran back through the broken door - which I would have to repair - and gave my mom a hug.

    "I have to go mom. I bit Flora and now I am scared I will hurt anybody else. I have to go mom. I love you and tell dad this."

    "You’re a vampire-" I cringed and growled at that word. No, I growled at my mom. How could I growl at my own mother?

    "I am sorry. I didn't know you didn't like that word. I know you’re a creature, and I and your father know this too. We, well he, knew when he saw one of your kind while he was at a bar. He became friends with the creature and the creature told your dad what he is. Your dad freaked and ran but he came to apologize. The creature bit your dad out of anger and now, your dad is one. You were born 2 months later, before your dad became a creature. He ran away for a year to get off is drinking habit." I knew what she meant by drinking habit. He was addicted to blood, human blood. "When he came back you were a baby when he bit you." A shock went through me. I was a vampire when I was an infant?! "When you were one, you were vegetarian creature, all animal blood. I knew when you became a teenager, you would change. I thought about it this morning. I knew this day you would bite a human." I started to walk off until she said something. "Don't go away. We will miss you and we love you, me and your father." Pleading was in her voice. Her voice was so light and high like a soprano singing. Suddenly I thought of more of the story my dad told me.

    "Lovely voices." That echoed through my head. I started talking to myself. My mom cocked her head in confusion. My voice sounded masculine, and delicious. So did my dad's voice. My mom's voice sounded lovely too. So since creature’s voices sounded just wonderful, and so did our families, I asked my mom that question she never wanted to answer.

    "Mom, are you a creature?" I said with hysteria in my voice. My voice raised an octave at the last word.

    "Oh boy, I hope you would never guess. Yes. I am a vampire." I cringed again. Not at the word but at the fact my own mother was a vampire. I just wanted to pass out and wake up in my bed, just another school day. I wish I was not a vampire and no one was. But it was real, all real.

    I went to my dad's office when I was done talking to my mom. I was tired of lies. I wanted him to tell me the truth. The building was just brown and white on the inside. Main color was brown, secondary color was white. I walked up to my dad's accountant Sonya. She was a pretty girl who should be a lawyer, not an accountant.

    "Hello Sonya. Oh sorry, Ms. Lawyer." She smiled, but noticed angriness in my face.

    “What’s wrong Richard?” She asked looking concerned.

    “Oh nothing, got to ask my dad some questions.” She nodded her head and said I could go. I took the staircase, much faster, and I walked in his office and shut the door. It smelled of deodorant and shaving cream. Yep, that was my dad all right. The room was all blue. Dark blue carpets, light blue wall paper, baby blue desk, and blue appliances. Even a blue suit! He always goes overboard with that color.

    "Welcome to my ocean palace. Sit and enjoy Richey." He said his voice so deep, masculine, and rich. I sat on the chair, which was surprisingly soft. The chair looked just like stone. I didn't want to slide into the conversation about vampires with him. I just came out and said it.

    "Dad, I know you’re a vampire and I know you bit me when I wasn't even a toddler." I said, soft, and regular. No edge in my voice. No emotion. My face is just a blank canvas. He turned, anger and fury all across his face. He grabbed me and pulled me up by the collar slowly.

    "Who told you Richard?" He whispered.

    "Mom did." I said, with no emotion. He dropped me and he got his phone. I heard him slam his fingers against the button. I am surprised he didn't break it. I knew he was going to say her full name over the phone. Surprisingly, I could hear bits and pieces of people's minds.

    "Janine Annabelle Kin, why did you tell Richard?" He sounded calm and serene.

    "He has a right to know, he almost ran away since you didn't tell him. You have to tell him these things and... Author?" She sounded confused. He was still on the phone, and choking me at the same time. I could breathe, but he did it just to restrain me from running.

    "I am here. Now if he leaves it is his decision, but I am not going to help him if he leaves."

    "Ok. Tell him to come home. If he doesn’t, I will kill you Author Oliver Kin. Pluck one hair, rip one cell of his skin and I will kill you." She hung up the phone and she sounded serious. My mom and dad fighting, Janine vs. Author. The thought made me laugh. Author's head snapped at me. He was no longer my father, since he was going to let me leave. He just was a man that was gripping my collar.

    "Mr. Kin, can you let me go." He dropped me slowly. As soon as the tips of my toes hit the ground, I zoomed for the window. I ran as fast as I could and I heard dress shoes smacking the concrete behind me. He was faster than me or should be faster than me. The thought made me slow, but then I heard him growl and speed up. I was right, he was faster and catching up fast! I ran as fast as I could but it wasn't good enough. He grabbed me and tackled me to the ground. The concrete crumbled and went flying under my back and air whooshed out my lungs. No one noticed until we come to a complete stop. He just held me and was thinking the same thing,

    "Where... going... Richard ... Janine... You?"

    "I am going to Janine. I will get money and my stuff and leave. Now... get off me!" I tossed him off of me and he flew all the way to the wall. I got up in a split second and ran to my mom's house.

    When I got there, people were there. Not just any people in my mom's living room. I heard my dad’s footsteps come and stop at the door. He stared in horror then ran.

    "Hello Richard," One of them said, “I am Renesmee Cullen and I am a half-human and half-vampire. And these people behind me," She waved her hand toward them. They waved and stood up. The male held the daughter around her hips. The female was staring at me, furiously.

    "This one is Edward Cullen and the female is Isabella Cullen, or formally known as Bella, and they are my parents. They are pure vampires. There are more of us vampires in the world. You’re not alone."


    New Power

    "What..." I stood there in awe. There were more of my kinds? Are their groups of them in different countries?

    "Yes and yes." Edward said calmly, nodding his head in response. His voice sounded fierce and smooth at the same time. What the... did he just read my thoughts?

    "Yes. I can read thoughts like you, but I can read them clearly." What is that about? He can read minds? That is awesome. I wish I could do that perfectly.

    "Thank you for compliment" Suddenly I heard someone, but no one’s' mouth was moving.

    "Can...Hear? Can...You... Hear... This?" It was Edward's mind because he was the only one that could test my mind probably, and it was a male voice.

    "Yes. Think slowly" Edward laughed on that one. When he laughed, I stared at his face. It was chiseled in right places and nice and smooth. I wanted to hear Renesmee speak or Bella. They both looked gorgeous, especially Renesmee. Suddenly, I could hear a heartbeat, pulsing through veins. My throat burned, and then Bella pulled out a can, filled with red liquid.

    "Here, drink this. It will help you control your thirst." She said, he voice sounded just like Flora's voice only higher and sweeter. As soon as I thought of Flora, my stomach churned. I ran into the bathroom and vomited. It felt so nasty. I suddenly ran inside, snatch the can from Bella's hand, and drank the blood to clean my mouth. It was warm and salty. Not my type of blood but it tasted good. When I was done, I put the can on the coffee table.

    "Where is Flora, mom?"

    "At the local hospital." As soon as she said that, I ran out the door, jumped over my vomit, and ran as fast as I could.

    Edward, Bella, Renesmee, and Janine, my mom, were already behind me in a few seconds. I didn't hear any footsteps. It was like their feet glided on the concrete floor.

    "Mom, I know this isn't the time to ask but how do you know these people?" I asked curiosity in my voice.

    "When they stood up to the Volturi, I saw it all from my mind. I can see anything that is happening now, from in the U.S all around the world. Think of the person and I can see what they are doing." That is how she always knows when I cheat in school at all. I stopped thinking to listen to my mom's story.

    "The Volturi were going to kill Renesmee because they thought she was an immortal child. Carlisle, Alice, Jasper, and Rosalie, who are all the Cullens, gathered other vampires to stand against the Volturi. I asked them to come down here to tell you that if you leave, get the knowledge first. I called and said 'If you teach my son that there are more vampires in the world, I'll make you some of my homemade cinnamon bread'. My bread is the best around the world. We have 492 billion dollars from my bread alone." My jaw dropped then I pulled it back up again. "They came and were coming to tell you about vampires." From her looking ahead now, she was done. When she was done, we arrived at the hospital. We had to slow down or during half the story we would arrive at the hospital. I ran inside, but not super speed, just running, and busted through door after door looking for Flora. Edward was communicating with the doctors saying that I was trying to find my girlfriend. I just shrugged that one off. I busted open one of the doors and there was her mother. As soon as she saw me, she jumped up and attacked me. I couldn't fling her, or she would need medical assistance. I let her beat me up until she got tired. I pushed her out the way and saw Flora. She was laying there reading a book called "Race against Time." I waited her to look at me and seen she did she turned to her book, casually.

    "Hello Richard, the crazy psycho who bit me."

    "I am sorry."

    "For what, biting me and sending me to the hospital to burn in fire?" She was almost at the breaking point of yelling at me now.

    "Wait, you kept burning after I sucked the venom out of you?" I immediately wished I hadn’t had said that.

    "Wait venom?" She knew she cornered me into telling the truth.

    “I am a vampire and you are a vampire. I injected my venom into your blood stream and I thought I sucked it all out but I didn’t so I am sorry.” I said the words so fast, even Bella couldn’t keep up. I repeated my small speech slowly for Flora, and the Cullens. I am sure Edward could understand me, because I was thinking slowly just for him. When I turned to him, he was made a face, I snickered.

    “So… I am a vampire?” She sounded just the same, sweet, kind, gentle and loving. I nodded my head in response.

    “What are my powers? I know I have some, I don’t run around and suck blood for fun.” She sounded excited to be a vampire, to be a super hero in her mind.

    “I…super…wow…wonder…kiss…magical…Richard.” What she was thinking made me blush, if I could blush. I knew she liked, well loved me, but I never in a millions of years think I liked her back. Her question made me stop thinking.

    “So... what are my powers Richey?” She said cocking her head to the side. She loved to move her head during questions, which made me feel like I was blushing.

    “That is so sweet Richard, or Richey is it?” Edward said, cooing like I was a infant. I growled at him softly, as a play growl, but everyone heard it. Bella jumped in front of Edward, growling loudly, I backed up slowly. Never mess with Bella when it involves Edward. From what I have seen in her mind, it was nasty. She went to extreme to protect Edward and to protect Renesmee. I know she will rip out my throat if she knows I put a scratch on Edward.

    “It’s ok, love, he is just kidding. We were having a mind conversation. Too bad I can’t read your mind.” That was so cool. I can read Bella’s mind, but Edward can’t read hers. I felt so unique, I jumped in the air with joy. Everyone looked at me except for Flora who was reading her book, ignoring me.

    “What are you so happy about Richard?” Reneesme said curiously.

    “I can read Bella’s mind and he can’t read hers. I beat a real, strong vampire!”

    “Shut up Richard. You are a bit annoying.” I jumped and screamed at the same time. I could hear someone’s full thought.

    “Someone think a sentence.”

    “So… you think you can hear complete thoughts,” Edward thought, “watch out for the chair.” I questioned what he said then suddenly a chair was flung at me. I jumped over it and it smacked Flora’s book out her hand. The chair broke into pieces while the book stayed intact. Flora got up, anger on her face, and asked everyone while staring at the ceiling in her jeans and t shirt.

    “Who hit my book with a chair?” No one responded.

    “Answer me now or I will throw each and every one of you out this window.” Her voice echoed in my head. Bouncing off my brain, this started to give me a headache.

    “I am sorry Flora. I tried to see of Richard’s thought hearing ability was honed to its full potential.” Edward said, calmly, hands up as if he was about to get arrested. This made my headache turn into a migraine. Flora lunged for Edward and Bella jumped in the way. I couldn’t stand this, I had to stop it.

    “Enough!” I yelled. Glass shattered, and the hospital bed rippled and broke. My eyes were blood red and so was my vision. I gripped a piece of the broken chair and held it in the air. I wasn’t holding it, I was controlling it with my mind! I sent the broken piece of chair between Bella and Flora.

    “Move one inch and I will send this through your chest.” I sounded maniacal, evil, a demon sent from hell. Suddenly, black. No feeling, no vision, nothing except sound.

    “Is he all right?” Reneesme yelled nervously.

    “He is fine, just passed out from his migraine.”

    “Leave him alone, he needs air. I have some waking pills. I made these since I was bored. These will wake him up instantly.” Flora said, back to being calm. I felt something cold and liquid go inside my mouth. My head lifted and I felt it go back into my throat.

    I awake, and my pain is back. My eyes won’t open no matter how hard I try to open them. My blood red vision disappearing and my hand, in which I held the levitating piece of chair, is throbbing. I fell down gripping my hand.

    “My hand hurts so badly! Help me! My head will explode!” I screamed. A doctor busted through the door and grabbed my and put me in Flora’s hospital bed. It smelled like lilacs and daffodils. That soothed my migraine a bit.

    “What is wrong with him?” The doctor said, a female, maybe in her twenty-sevens.

    “He had a migraine and his hand is throbbing. No needles, He will rip it out. He almost died that way.” Edward said sounding worried, but his thoughts sounded like he was covering for me, and he sounded like a father.

    “What is his name?”

    “Richard Kin, seventeen.” I wasn’t paying attention, I just thought about what I did earlier. I have psychic abilities. I can lift up things when I am mad with my mind. I didn’t think about it anymore, I was too tired. I just fell asleep.


    All Settled In

    I open my eyes and see a bright light flash into my eyes. I close them tightly until I hear a light, luscious voice tell me to open them. I do what the voice says and I see Reneesme.

    “Momma?” I questioned trying to be funny. She giggled and walked off. I sat up and I fell back down, I was so dizzy and light headed.

    “Don’t move for a bit. Your brain is getting rid of the migraine.” Reneesme said softly, trying to calm my brain. Suddenly I smell something revolting. It smelled like dog and just horrible.

    “Reneesme, what is that horrible smell?” I asked plugging my nose, sounding like a cartoon character.

    “The smell is me,” A random voice said, sounding rough, edgy, and a bit scratchy, “I am Jacob Black, how are you Richard?” I plugged my nose holding my breath.

    “One rule, use deodorant, please.”

    “I tried, guessing werewolf stink is something I can’t cover up.” Werewolf, we have werewolves? Jacob was a werewolf?

    “Werewolf, explain. Can you die by a silver bullet or morph when full moon is out?”

    “No. I can morph anytime I want to. I don’t die by bullets, no matter what color. I heal very fast and I can communicate with my pack when I morph.”

    “There is more? Are their anymore in this room?” I said finally unplugging my nose and starting to get used to the smell. I don’t know why but I sat up and no more headache. He was just going to say something when I interrupted.

    “My headache is gone!” Suddenly, I thought if I had psychic ability, I can control things. I look around the room; there is a big piano and a big living room, I see stairs and a door leading to the kitchen. I get up on my feet and focus my mind on the piano, twenty-five feet away from me. No migraine, no hand throbbing, nothing. The piano goes up without any pain whatsoever. I move it closer to me and put it right in front of me, about seven feet away from me. I bring the bench over here with my psychic powers and put it in front of me about five feet away. I sit and I tested something, if I can read Bella’s mind, can I read Edwards? Edward and Bella walk into the room holding hands and talking about Valentine’s Day. Oh crap what was today?

    “February twelve.” Edward said, sounding cocky. I stuck my tongue out and played the piano. I couldn’t play the piano at all. Renesmee covered her ears and Bella yelled stop. I realized I could never play the piano. I read Edward’s mind and found out a segment about pianos. Everyone’s mind was like a computer to me. His was an iMac and mine was a Dell. I read a brief summary about pianos and played the piano again. It sounded beautiful; I jumped that I could play beautifully. Now I figured out something, I can take things from other people’s minds and put them into mine. I was like a flash drive, going into Edward’s USB slot and taking information. My mind was a three billion gigabyte. His piano information was a one kilobyte.

    “I have a challenge for you, since you can take my memory, Play Bella’s Lullaby.” I did as he told me, but first I went inside his mind and found it and played it on the piano.

    When I was done playing the lullaby, Bella was fast asleep and Edward was cuddling her gently. She looked comfortable in his arms. Edward was the cage and Bella was the sleeping female inside the cage right now.

    Suddenly, I realized I was wearing what I wore when I was going to school, skinny jeans, Converse, and the same shirt. I smelled myself, I gagged.

    “Can I use a shower Edward?” I asked, smelling myself.

    “Yes, please, you smell worse than Jacob.” I heard a growl come from a corner. It was

    “Stop Jacob, you dumb wolf.” Reneesme said, trying to sound funny. Jacob just chuckled and kept on hugging her. I read Edward’s thoughts and before I was in, a blockage was in my way, like a barrier.

    “Not today Richey,” Said Bella, looking like she was sleep. What power did she possess? “I have the power to block mental powers from entering everyone’s mind, so there.”

    “I was going to read his mind to find out where the shower was.” I shot to Renesmee’s mind and even I couldn’t break Bella’s mind bond.

    “Come on Bella, please? This is so much fun!” She grunted and I felt the bond smooth away. I tried again and the bond was back again. Bella giggled, while I made a whining noise. The bond broke fully and I read Reneesme’s mind.

    “Be right back, thanks for the information, Reneesme Carlie Cullen.” She grabbed my collar and smiled, then let me go.

    I got fresh clothes from my mom’s house before I took my shower. My mom said ok but Author, or my former father, said no. I got them anyway, took about one million dollars from my mom’s debit card, which she said yes to, and ran back to the forest where the Cullen’s house was located. Their house was big and lovely, two or three stories, my guess. Anyway, I walked inside, smelling like dog. I plugged my nose again; I knew Jacob was here, from past experiences.

    “Hello Jacob, wherever you are.”

    “Hi bloodsucker.” He said warm hearted. I smiled and growled at the same time. He sounded like he was in the kitchen, correction, he was in the kitchen. I think he heard me because he chuckled to himself. I heard a heart beat. Reneesme was with him too. Jacob was a werewolf. I wonder why I didn’t want to attack him, or just scratch him. Suddenly, I heard a car’s wheels smashing against the dried dirt on the road to the house. It stopped in front of the house, and then Bella, Edward, some blonde headed girl and a dude with short brown hair entered the room.

    “Oh hi Richard,” Said Bella, her voice as light and sweet as ever, “This is Rosalie and Emmett Cullen. They went on their honeymoon all the way to a secret island. We had to pick them up to the airport. We left thirty minutes ago, did you hear us leave?”

    “No, I didn’t. I went to get new clothes. I looked horrible.”

    “Ask Alice to dress you up. She will dress you up so nice.” I cocked my head to the side as to make it look like I was confused.

    “Oh, you don’t know Alice. I’ll get her.” Bella zoomed out the room, through the kitchen, and out the back door. She came back in half a second with Alice right behind her. As soon as I saw Alice my heart fluttered, she was the most beautiful vampiress, it is what I call female vampires, in the world. Edward chuckled and showed a little crooked grin. Alice with her lovely short brown hair and sweet smells secreting from her soft, pale skin. She looked just wonderful, and then out of nowhere, she danced like a ballerina to my side. She kissed my cheek, which made me go nuts. I stood there in the pose I was before, but my brain was going wild with Alice all over my mind. Something interrupted my images of Alice.

    “She has a boyfriend,” thought Edward “His name s Jasper. You might as well go for Flora and not Alice, unless you want to fight a skilled vampire fighter for her.”

    I smiled and gritted my teeth at the thought of Alice and this Jasper hugging, made me jealous. I turned to Alice and she had a weird facial expression, like being stabbed in the stomach, but your smiling at the same time.

    “Alice?” I reached for her arm, but Bella smacked my hand away.

    “Don’t touch her, not until she moves.” I watched her, adoring her figure when she jittered and finally moved. What was wrong with her? If someone told me I forgot.

    “She can see into the future.” Edward said. This was getting annoying when he kept reading my mind. Felt like my privacy was being invaded. I forgot about that and asked her what she saw.

    “Richard that is so cute,” Alice said cooing me. Her voice sounded like an angel’s choir singing the sweetest note they could sing. It was so beautiful I almost got off topic.

    “Richard you love me.” I jumped back, astonished. What would I do in the future that made her find out? Did Edward tell her? No, he seems too sophisticated to tell her that. He maybe would tell me to tell her. I just said think about it later and denied it completely.

    “I don’t love you Alice.” I said, my voice sounding defensive.

    “Yes you do. You gave me and Flora flowers on Valentine’s Day. That is so sweet.” I felt embarrassed, but mostly, I felt like I was part of the family. I felt all settled in.


    Death Toll

    I wake up on a white, fluffy couch with a big, flat screen television in front of me on cartoons. I run my fingers through my hair, my fingers got knotted in it. Ugh, knotted hair just makes me want to scream. I unzipped my bag with my necessities and got my comb and ran it through my hair, as hard as I could. When I was done, only two strands of hair, a new record. Last time when I was nine, I combed my hair soft and I got a fistful of hair. I started to laugh at myself and how I never knew I was a vampire. Now I realized I got used to saying that word without cringing or growling at anyone.

    Suddenly a strange man with brown hair walked through the front door. I didn’t hear him at all, but he was hugging Alice. I got hot, red hot at the thought someone was hugging Alice, then I realized, this must be Jasper.

    “She has a boyfriend,” Edward said, as the thought came rushing back, “His name is Jasper…” Then he came to say hello. I just turned my back to him and huffed.

    “Richard,” Screamed Alice, not in a scolding tone, but a happy tone, which made me feel loved, “How are you. But wait, before you answer this is Jasper–” I growled a bit, and then Alice slapped me right on my cheek. That hurt, since she was a vampiress.

    “Ouch! What was that for?”

    “Don’t you ever growl at him. You may like me­–”

    “This, Richard character, likes you Alice?” Jasper said, sounding casual, regular, like this was a regular thing, it probably was a regular thing.

    “Yes. He growled at you Jasper. Do something.” Then, Alice and Jasper busted out laughing. I cocked my head, rubbing my cheek.

    “I would never hurt you Richard, you gave flowers to her and a female named Flora, am I right Alice,” She nodded her head, “And you expect me to hit you? Yea right! Thank you so much. I respect that, but sadly, she loves me and I love her, she won’t date you. Sorry Richey.”

    “Don’t call me Richey.” I snapped. I hated people calling my Richey, since Author, my ex-father, called me that.

    “Sorry grouchy pants. So how are you Richard?”

    “Thirsty for blood.” I said, sounding mad for some odd reason. I wasn’t mad at all, guess it was me not having blood.

    “Follow me Richard,” Alice said, eyes blacker than the midnight sky, “I am thirsty too.” Alice and I were going to walk out the door when Jasper stopped me, but not Alice.

    “Touch her inappropriately, and I will break off your arms and legs and blow up your heart, ok.” I gulped and nodded my head in response. Jasper looked like he could do all that, and more.

    Alice and I were running down a forest trail, well she was, I was jumping tree branch to tree branch. I stopped on the one hundred and thirty second branch when I heard some heartbeats and river water. I thought it was another squirrel when I heard a little cry coming from half a mile.

    “Elk, correct?” I said sounding confident. I never hunted elk, just squirrels and mountain lions.

    “Yes, good job Richard. Now you know how to–”I was already running towards the elk and stopped abruptly, waiting for one of them to drink. It was five of them, one was a baby. There was a mother, father, the baby, and visitors total. The father started to drink the river water, which was my signal. I was about to pounce when Alice came rushing past me, jumped high in the air, lunged down and bit the mother on her neck and sucked her blood. All of the elk started to run, except the father, whom I pounced on and sucked blood from before he could even look to see what happened.

    Alice and I got our full, with our eyes melted, sparkling gold, and headed back home. When I got home, Jacob, Renesmee, Edward, Bella, and Jasper were laughing at a comedy show. Two people came out the kitchen, looking peaceful and friendly. The first one I recognized immediately, Carlisle Cullen, the famous doctor that repaired my arm when my mom broke it by mistake. He knew I was a vampire and snapped it back into place, I could move my arm when he did, but he told me to put on a cast and leave it on for a month. I asked why and he said just to keep up appearances.

    “Carlisle,” I yelled running to hug him, “How are you?” I got to him and hugged him tight.

    “Hello… Richard, is it?” He said non chalantly. I let him go to give him some space.

    “Yes sir.”

    “This is my wife, Esme.” I looked at her and I saw her white satin dress with sparkles around the collar. She looked like she was going to a wedding, like she was the bride.

    “Hello Richard,” She softly screamed at me, which made me jump, “How are you today!” She squeezed me with a tight hug.

    “I…need…air…please.” I managed to breathe out. Carlisle tapped Esme’s shoulder and she let go, thank god.

    “Come on everyone, I made food!” Esme said, which she smelled like roast beef and cabbage.

    I was the first one in the kitchen, sitting down, condiments and all in my hand, while everyone else was sitting down, getting ready for their food, then out of no where, a knock on the front door. I ran up to answer the door while everyone was sitting down, acting like they didn’t hear the door. I answered it and almost fainted, it was Flora at the door. She was beautiful and pale skin. She was crying but I didn’t know why. I tried to read her mind but I couldn’t, it was like my brain got something new and deleted the old. Suddenly, I realized, when I got my psychic powers, I lost my mind reading powers, so know I had to ask.

    “What is wrong, Flora?” I said trying to sound like Carlisle.

    “I bit the doctors and nurses, I bit my dog, and I bit my family. Please kill me Richard.” She said pleading. I jumped back in shock pulling her with me inside the house. I slammed the door and ran upstairs with her holding my hand while I squeezed hers tight.

    “Richard,” Bella said, sounding like she had a full mouth of food, “You ok?”

    “Yes, I am with Flora. I am going to talk to her about something. Don’t go up.” All the girls giggled downstairs.

    “Not that!” I got Flora in the closest room I could find and shut the door. It was a black couch and a black bed. It was going through remodeling, because there was a blue spread sheet across the floor. I left the room with Flora and found a room not going through renovations. I found one and shut the door with Flora with me. I stared at her for the first time and she looked gorgeous, her face was smooth and luscious, her body had just the amount of curves, and just her personality was just amazing. I resisted my hormones and got to the issues.

    “This is normal, so far that I know. I remember my baby years. When my mom breast fed me, I always bit her–”

    “Ok, ok Richard I get it. You bit her breast and drank the blood. Did you kill her?”

    “No, because she was a vampire. You bit your family, they will be…”

    “Be what?” She screamed.

    “Eliminated.” I said non chalantly, trying not to cry.

    “What, why, how?”

    “They will be eliminated, I will be eliminated, and by the Volturi, a secret organization to keep vampires a secret. You, me, your family, and whoever you bit, will die.”





















    I Made It

    I wake up sweating over the dream I had. I look at the clock in the guest room of the Cullen’s house. It was three. I always have nightmares over me and Flora dying. I just can’t handle that. It was my entire fault. I bit her, and she bit others, Volturi come and kill, everything goes back to normal. I got up and walked to Edward and Bella’s room and knock on the door. No replied for five seconds, so I started to walk until I heard Edward say come in. I came in and I see Edward up and watching television, while Bella is sleep, looking so lovely. I hope she doesn’t cry over me.

    “Hmm,” Edward said cocking his head while looking at the television, “Cry over you, what is going on Richard?” I told him everything, bit by bit, piece by piece. He stared at me, mouth agape.

    “Ok, um… I will get Flora and leave and you can get–”

    “No Edward.” I said, looking at the floor with no emotion.

    “I will die, she will die. I know everything there is to know about the Volturi because I was one.” Edward stopped me ran into the kitchen, splashed some water, and came back, now I realized he splashed water on his face.

    “You are so young? How could you be in the Volturi?”

    “I had psychic powers when I was little, this mind reading thing was temporary. My psychic ability comes back, but in different ways. Anyway I remember you from when you were trying to protect Renesmee, I was there all the way in the back. I snuck away and ran and someone ran after me. I ran away, far away. All the way to a secret island where you and Bella spent your honeymoon. Then as I saw a boat approaching, so I left, changed my appearance and name, and met you. I never knew I would give into temptations, now, I will die and die horribly for my actions. Don’t help me, help Flora.”

    “But Rich–”

    “Not another word Edward. This is my problem and I will fix it. Help and I will kill you.” I said no more and walked out the room to the guest room. I cut my pants into shorts and cut my long sleeved shirt into a tank top and walked out the door. Before I ran to go face the Volturi, I heard Edward getting Flora ready to leave with Bella at his side. I sighed and ran as fast as I could to the airport.

    I got to the airport in an hour, with my muscles starting to cramp up. I stretched at the airport slide door and then walked in. It was four twenty three. I was counting the last moments on mother earth before I died. I guessed that I might die at six. I may arrive at five. I bought me a ticket to Italy, with the money I took from my mother, boarded and left America to die.

    I arrive on the exact time I said, five. I collect my things and left. While I was roaming the streets of Italy, I noticed something. My skin doesn’t sparkle or shine. I tried thinking of a way to guess why my skin didn’t sparkle. It did yesterday, but why not now? I just left it alone and got my something to eat. My stomach growled when I was on the airplane, but I hate peanuts so I let that one go. I found a good Italian restaurant, ordered me linguini, and went to continue my search for the Volturi. I sparked an idea with a full stomach.

    “Hey everyone,” I yelled as loud as I could. Everyone looked at me, which let me know this is working, “Watch this!” I grabbed the closest person, bit their neck and drank the blood as a play joke, but then I got serious. I couldn’t stop drinking their blood, it was so sweet and delicious. That is when I went mad. I sucked the person dry of blood, causing panic across the square. I bit anyone I saw and sucked them dry. Suddenly, I was out, unconscious.

    I woke up with a guard staring at me. I made it into Volturi Headquarters.


    Dreams

    I forgot every Volturi member’s names, but I heard someone say fry his brains. That his was me. I felt some heat, then it all over my head, it got hotter and hotter and just hot. It felt like the bottom pit of hell. Then it stopped. Was I dead or living. I tried to move but I heard someone tell me to stop moving. I did. I waited until I felt ice cold. I opened my eyes and I saw hybrids of people and birds. I saw angels.

    Then I woke up,shocked, in my room with the alarm going off. I shut it off sweating over what just happened. I run to the bathroom and look at me. I see light brown skin and hazel eyes. I try to pick up my toilet, but sweat even more while it sits there. I run to my mom in her bed, with my dad next to her. They have light brown skin and they are sleeping. I run downstairs and realize my stomach was growling, so I was hungry. I craved breakfast, not blood or animals. I run to my living room, no Renesmee, no nothing.

    “Richard,” My dad calls from upstairs, “You better get ready for school. I’ll make you some breakfast.” I realized I am a human with no blood crave. I am home.