North Star

4. Pro's and Con's

Vampire? I am a vampire? Vampire's exist? They're real? And I am one of them.?

This can't be happening. That's it? This is how I'm living now? I'm not even living, I'm just existing. I am what I am now. No returns or refunds available. I am stone cold frozen for the rest of eternity. Frozen and always hunting for blood.

The thought of blood makes me automatically slide my tongue over my teeth. I didn't feel any fangs, do they only come out when I'm hunting?

Also, this is not what I imagined as vampires. Don't vampires cower away from the daytime? Romanian accents with dark cloaks while saying, "I am Dracula"?

Oh! And these people. These people surrounding me are also vampires. One of them is a frick-fracking mind reader, bugging the hell out of me. Oh, and he has a daughter, too, who also has a weird name. The dude is, like, seventeen!

Shaking away the judgement, I come back and absorb myself. I cannot emphasize the amount of desire of wanting to become part of something that wasn't just the plain life that I lived. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all bad. I was grateful for what I had, and I had plans for what I wanted to do in life.

However, I wasn't ready for this. Not yet. I can't just disappear on my family.

Oh my God. My family! My friends!

What are they going to do? They're going to be looking for me when they hear I disappeared. They're going to be in so much pain. I can't leave them.

The panic was too much, I didn't need to breathe but my breathing began to accelerate. Hyperventilation but without dizziness or passing out.

Jasper stepped closer to me, and a feeling of assurance came over me, but the anxiety wasn't forgotten.

The sudden emotion of assurance confused me. It wasn't mine to feel but it was there. Where did it come from?

"We have abilities. Not all immortals have an ability but those of us who do, do different things," Edward answered again.

"I have my mind-reading ability. Jasper is able to read and feel your emotions and have influence on them as well. Then there are the ones at the house. There is Alice, who can foresee the future. My wife, Bella," he smiled when he mentioned her, "who is a shield. She is able to project it around others to prevent any other immortal psychological abilities to influence others. Then our daughter, Renesmee, or Nessie, as we call her, who can project images in your head with a single touch."

Vampires with superpowers? Isn't super strength, speed and senses enough? Why do they- sorry, WE- need all that extra pizazz? Did I have a superpower?

"That is a question we don't have a solid answer for but Carlisle came up with a theory about it. Our strongest human trait, or you could say 'gift'," he did small quotations with his fingers, "is transferred into our immortal life. Carlisle assumed I was sensitive to the thoughts around me. Alice was probably able to see somewhat into the future when she was human, but we're not sure of that since she doesn't remember anything about her past life. Jasper was always an influencer and a mood setter. And my wife has always mentally shielded herself around others, not really knowing she was. Then there are others that don't have a mental ability but just an intense trait passed from their human life. For example, Carlisle's compassion, Esme's ability to love like no other, Emmett's strength and Rose's beauty."

I didn't know what to think about any of the information given. I just continued to listen and became even more amazed and shocked by it all.

"As for the question if you have an ability of your own, that can only be answered with time. Which now, you'll have plenty of. Oh, and those questions you had about the fangs, daytime and all that, none of those are true. Garlic and holy water don't do anything to us either. And we also have reflections," he said, smiling a wide smile, trying to add humor to all of this.