18Hey everyone, here's the first chapter to the story. I wrote this real fast. This is my first try at writing a multi-chapter story, so my chapters are going to a little smaller than normal. Also, I don't have a Beta, so all mistakes are mine. But if anyone is interested-let me know.
I don't own anything SM does I'm just borrowing her Edward ;)
Chapter 1- Companions
This was purgatory–there was no other word for it. I hated this existence–living in the shadows, preying in dark. I was what people called a creature of the night. If I ever wanted to come out during the day I would shine like a life size jewel box full of diamonds.
There was only one person who made it all a little bearable and she was going to be late, again. She knew I hated waiting but she also knew that she was the only one who could get away with it. She knew I could not be angry with her for long–it was no use any way. Especially since she was the only person who i lived with or I should say shared this existence with.
I sometimes think what she would do if she had another choice…
We had started out this existence together and I don't think she could leave me even if she wanted to, the same way that I couldn't, even if I wanted to. We had to protect each other's back. It was the only way we knew how to survive.
We should have left town by now.
Where was she anyway?
She had never been this late before, had something gone wrong? Did she see something? No, if she had she would have told me. Or maybe she must have seen something while I was away… I should go back and check. I started running back.
I had run two blocks when I heard her shouting in her head–
Edward stay where you are I'm coming. Everything is fine.
I could see pictures of moving trees in her mind. Why was she running through the woods?
I still couldn't stop; I slowed down a bit but didn't entirely stop. I heard her mind before I saw her–
You never listen to me, do you?
Then a second later I saw her coming out from behind the line of the old warehouse buildings, I met her half way.
"Alice! Where the hell were you? And why are you in this part of the town? I thought you were finishing some unfinished business near the harbor! And why were you running through those woods in circles? Did you see something?"
"Oh my god, Edward, calm down! Nothing happened. I'm fine, and yes, I did see something but I took care of it".
"What do you mean took care of it? Why didn't you tell me anything, Alice? I was worried sick! You know how much I hate that. You know we can't get separated, not after everything you..."
"Yes, yes, Edward, I know. We need to look out for each other, protect each other's backs. We only have each other blah blah blah… you think I don't know that, Edward? Of course, I do. I know how take care of myself as well as you do and I knew you wouldn't be in danger..."
"You think I was worried about myself?"
She came close and hugged me. I hugged her back, tightly. "Edward, I'm fine, really." She sighed.
"Tell me what happened, everything, start from the beginning." She let go of me and started to tell me the whole story.
"After you left the house to wait for me, I made my way to go to the old antique store to buy something I had seen last night."
I rolled my eyes, "Really, Alice? That was your unfinished business?"
"Hey! Let me finish."
"Fine, go on."
"As I was I saying, I was on my way to the store when I got the vision–there were two of them and they had crossed our scents. They were going to look for us."
Before I could say anything she went on. "They seemed harmless enough and from what I could see, just merely curious as the rest of us are when we cross our kind. So I tried to confuse them by running in and out of circles around the woods and the west side of the town so they don't follow us. And then I was going to meet you where we had decide to, but that was before you decided you had to start looking for me, I had to cut short from the woods."
"Will they follow us here?" I asked.
"No. They are not going to look for us anymore. They are just going to keep moving towards the western side of the town and then towards the next. I told you they were simply curious to find out which vampires lived here and anyway we'll be gone by the time they move towards the west coast."
"Alright, let get going then… and, Alice?"
"Yes?"
"I'm getting us new cell phones."
We stood overlooking the ocean–it was vast and calm–as calm as an ocean could be on a dark silent night with no moonlight to illuminate its secrets, just like ours. It wasn't dark for my eyes though–vampires could still see clearly in the dark. It was just the significance and similarity of it that I found interesting. I could stay here night after night just gazing into its depth trying to find answers to questions I didn't have or probably I'd never know.
"It's so beautiful, isn't it? So magnificent and amazing, look at that rock near the side, it looks like a dolphin coming out to play." Alice said, giggling.
I chuckled.
This was the difference between me and Alice. I saw the depth of things where she would see its outward beauty. Where I saw its true nature, she would see its extravagance. This was what I meant when i said she made this existence a little more bearable but not entirely. She kept things light but even she knew that it was never enough, it would never be.
"It would look so beautiful on a canvas after I have painted it."Alice said.
"Alice, don't tell me we have been running the whole night towards this place for you to just paint dolphins playing in the sea." I said, glaring at her.
She rolled her eyes and said, "Of course not, Edward, don't be silly."
"I don't know if I believe you. I still remember the last time." I said, lifting my eyebrow.
"That was just one time, Edward, once! And I really wanted the experience."
"Experience." I scoffed. It was the worst night of my life.
She had practically dragged me to California one night to become Tinkerbelle, literally. Disney land is the worst place for a Vampire to be. More so than normal. It was a good thing we were fed. But that was not the least of the reasons why I went crazy–It was a circus.
"This is the next place we are going to stay."
"Port Angeles? Alice, there is not much population here. Don't you think we could become a little conspicuous while we are hunting?" I asked her the last part sarcastically."Also, I really don't think there's much crime rate here for us to clean. We should have just stopped in Seattle; it was much bigger than this."
She looked like she thinking how to answer my questions properly.
"Well, at least this place is much bigger than Forks." She said softly.
I looked at her suspiciously and asked, "What are you not telling me, Alice?"
There were not many secrets between us–what with my mindreading and her seeing the future and all–but over the years she had learnt to hide things she didn't want me to hear from her and I gave her that privacy, but this didn't seem like she should have been hiding. It made me anxious.
She sighed and asked "Promise me you won't freak out?" I narrowed my eyes at her and said, "I'm not promising anything, Alice." She raised her eyebrow but I continued, "Just tell me, and I'll try not to freak out but I won't promise anything."
"Fine. I have been having these glimpses, nothing specific, but a few pictures here and there. Like stills from the future which are not concrete but a possibility." She said.
"And what are those exactly?" I asked
"Here, let me just show you." She said and then she showed me…
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