Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 14: The Vampire Stories

(EPOV)

“Emmett before we begin can you tell me what you know?” I asked.

“I know that you, Jasper and Alice have extra abilities. Like superheroes, only your not superheroes.”

“Well so far your right”

” I know that you Edward can read minds.”

“How did you figure that one out?” I asked truly curious.

“Small things gave it away. Like at school if a guy would look at Bella to long you would get an angry look on your face. It’s doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out.” he chuckled.

Alice giggled. But he continued.

“There were also times when you would nod your head and no one said anything. Most people would not have noticed but I’m very perceptive, and you can bet if I noticed so did Bella.”

“Do you really think so?” Alice questioned.

“Most Definitely” he remarked.

Out of all the people we decided to make friends with we choose the two most perceptive people in forks. I heard Rose gasp slightly, but Emmett squeezed her hand and she relaxed. That’s a new one. Rose relaxed. Maybe she has found her one true match.

“Now my turn. What are you exactly?” Emmett asked. He looked Rose in the eyes and her smile faltered.

“Emmy please don’t hate me.” she cried.

“Rose I could never hate you. I love you” he told her pulling her closer.

Great there it was that dreadful L word. Why does everyone have someone but me. Am I doomed to be alone forever.

“I love you too..”

Emmett leaned in slightly and gave Rose a soft kiss. Ewe.. Alice clapped, and giggled and was bouncing around the room until we shushed her.

Rose then looked to me and I nodded telling her to go ahead.

“Emmett honey”

“Yes Rose”

“We are not human”

“I figured that out already. No human could be as beautiful as you.”

“Thank you. But Emmett, please don’t freak. We are vamp…vamp…”

Alice cut her off.

“Vampires, there I said it.”

Emmett chewed this over in his head for a few minutes. Then all thoughts went blank. I looked at him and he smiled at me. He then looked at Rose and said.

“OK”.

We all just looked shocked. Emmett burst out laughing at this. Which lightened the mood considerably. Then he looked to Alice. Alice smiled.

“So what can you do?” he asked her.

“I can see the future of any one person. But it is subjective. If they stick to one course of action the visions stay the same. If they change their mind then the visions change.”

“Can you see my future?”

He asked curiously and glanced at Rose. Alice smiled. Then like every time before her eyes glossed over. I could see along with her. Emmett and Rose were smiling and happy. Emmett was just as he is now, except his eyes are golden like ours. When Alice came out of the vision, she looked at Rose and Emmett and smiled.

“Everything will work out wonderfully!”

Emmett and Rose both smiled. Then Emmett’s thoughts changed.

“What about Bella. What do you see for her?” he was truly worried.

I too was curious to see this one. Alice again let go of the present and searched for Bella’s future. But she couldn’t find it. It was all blank. Nothing. Alice came back.

“Emmett I can’t see anything. It’s all black. It’s like she blocked out everything.”

“Are you sure Alice?”

“Yes. We are going to have to keep an eye on her.”

“I agree, I can use all the help I can get. Now can you tell me how you all got this way?”

Rose started off with her story first.

“Well I was born during the Great Depression. I was always admired for my beauty. It was a blessing and a curse. When I was 18 I was courted by the bank owners’ son, the bank in which my father worked. It was a whirlwind romance. Grand balls, parties, dinners. I was always his arm piece. I didn’t mind. I enjoyed the attention. Then one night about a week before we were to be married, I was walking home from a friends house. I was passing a bar when I heard someone call my name. It was my betrothed. I crossed over to him. He was with a few of his friends, they all reeked of stale booze. I have never seen him drunk before. He began to show me off to his friends. They were grabbing me, and pulling at my clothes. Next thing I knew I was laying on the road. Broken, bleeding and crying. My clothes were torn, they raped me and left me to die in the street. That was when Carlisle found me.”

She finished there. I figured it was much to painful for her to go further into detail, but she covered the basics. I looked at Emmett. He looked sick and angry. Jasper sent a wave of calm through us. Emmett nodded to him figuring it was his gift without having to ask. He is taking all this rather calmly I thought.

Then it was Jasper’s turn.

“I was seventeen when I joined the confederate army. I lied about my age to get in. Over the next couple of years I rose in ranks quickly. So by the time I was 19 I was the youngest Major in the military. It was a year later, I was in Texas, helping to transport civilians from Galveston to Houston. I was turning around from one drop off to retrieve another when I came across 3 very lovely ladies. I had this feeling in the pit of my stomach that told me to run but the gentleman in me just couldn’t leave them out there alone. And from there you can kind of guess the rest.”

Emmett looked in awe at Jaspers story. In his thoughts he saw Jasper as some sort of war hero to be worshiped. I just chuckled to myself. Jasper looked at me and I shook my head. Alice started her story next. Her story was very short, she didn’t remember much of her human life at all.

“All I remember is that it was always dark. I was always alone. Until one day this man grabbed me and lead me outside. He seemed upset. He leaned down to me then nothing. I woke up like this. I got a vision of Jasper and went to find him. After that I got one of Carlisle and his family and just knew that that was where we belonged.”

She stared lovingly at Jasper. Sometimes they make me nauseous, if vampires could hurl I would. Emmett then turned to me. Okay here we go, I guess it’s my turn.

“I was born in 1901 Chicago. My Parents names were Edward and Elizabeth Masen. I was 17 when a flu epidemic spread through the states. My parents had both already passed on from the flu. Carlisle was their doctor. He came to me and told me I was dieing, and that my mother begged him to save me. I looked at him with confusion on my face. He leaned in and whispered in my ear. He told me he was sorry. Then he changed me. I was the first. Carlisle became a father to me. Then he found his mate Esme. She became my mother. Then he found Rosalie. And as Alice said her and Jasper found us.”

He looked at each of us and smiled.

“Thank you for trusting me with your secrets. I will keep them forever.”

We nodded. Then he turned to me. Oh great here comes the stay away from my sister or I’ll tear you limb for limb and tie you to a stake and burn you speech.

“Edward I know how you feel about my sister. All I ask is that you do not hurt her. She means the world to me, and is all I have left. Please be careful.”

“I promise you Emmett I will do all in my power to protect her and keep her safe.”

He nodded. We spent the rest of the night talking about ourselves and Bella. It was a feeling of freedom with Emmett knowing our secret. We were free to be ourselves around him at least.