Legacy: A Twilight Fanfiction

Chapter Fifteen

Alex hated the idea of going back to school. She enjoyed the long weekend and wished she could stay home in Seth's arms forever.

But unfortunately, she knew she had to go to school, so at the very least, she could keep living with the Cullens'. The last thing she needed was someone to get suspicious about the fact that she never showed up to class.

Alex made her way through the day, bored with her classes. They were easy for her now for some reason. It was as though she was understanding everything she was learning on a whole new level. Like channels in her brain that she'd never known existed all of a sudden flew open and everything became crystal clear to her.

When Alex met Seth at lunch, he put his arm around her and pulled her close to him. The warmth from his body brought her great comfort and Alex felt the stress from the day wear off. It felt so nice.

"I have to go to gym class," she said, as she put some food into her mouth.

"Yeah, I've got history next," Seth said rolling his eyes. "I need to give a presentation on world war two."

Alex laughed as she at her food. She liked gym but she'd rather be in Seth's arms than going to class.

Alex went to gym after school and was happy to discover they were playing dodge ball. She'd always loved dodgeball and was always good at it. It was a game that brought out her frustration.

Alex threw on her gym clothes and walked out of the change room. She was excited about this game. She liked competition and knew that she could be a little over competitive but she didn't care.

She took the ball in her hand, and smiled at her team. She was going to make sure they won. She narrowed her eyes at the other players and once the whistle was blown, she began threw the ball. She hit Paul Jacobs in the leg. He cried out and limped to the side of the gym. He was OUT!

Alex dodged around her side of the gym, trying to grab a ball, and when she got one, another player from the other team went down. It was exhilarating. Her senses came alive and suddenly everything was crystal clear.

Suddenly, it was only her and Liam Dale. Liam Dale was the biggest prick in the school and Alex was going to wipe that smug smile right off his face. She grabbed a ball and took aim for his gut, which was the highest she was allowed to hit without being disqualified. She felt her heart rate accelerate as she threw the ball at him as hard as she could. She watched the ball fly towards him. She could almost see ripples in the air as the ball glided through the air.

When the ball made contact with Liam's gut, his face was priceless. But the ball hit him with such impact that he was thrown at least ten feet across the room.

He hit the wall with a crash, and sunk to the ground, clutching his gut in pain.

Alex felt her jaw drop as she stared at the scene in front of her. The whole class fell deathly quiet as it processed in their minds what had just happened.

It took only a few seconds for what had just happened to process in her mind what had just happened. Fear kicked in and her legs began to trembled and she bitter taste of fear began to settle on her tongue and her mind began to spin.

Alex's mouth hung open as her stomach felt like it had dropped to her feet.

Liam curled into a ball and his face was clouded with pain. Alex could hear her heartbeating in her ears, like all of the blood in her body was now pumping around in her head.

As her classmates turned to stare at her with dropped jaws, Alex could feel her heart accelerate even more. This wasn't natural nor was it healthy for her heart to beat so fast. For a second, Alex stood there frozen in fear and terror. But as the fear kicked in, fight or flight took over and Alex chose flight. Alex bolted out of the gym as fast as she could, not looking where she was going and crashed into a brick wall. Alex frantically tried to move around the wall, but it followed her and cold, hard arms grabbed her wrists.

"Alex, look at me, calm down!" Alice's voice called, barely processing through her minds panicked haze.

Alex tried to continue running but the grips on her wrist were too tight, she couldn't move.

"ALEX, IT'S ME!" the voice screamed, bringing her back to reality. Alex looked up and noticed Alice standing in front of her with a worried expression. Alice was holding her wrists to keep her from running away and she was watching Alex as though she was making sure she was okay or not going to bolt.

"I didn't mean to... I don't know what... what the Hell was... Oh my God!" Alex cried out hysterically.

"Calm down, Alex, Breath! It's going to be okay! Come on, Breath!" Alice called.

Alex tried to focus on breathing but she could still feel cold hard panic gripping her stomach.

"Come, let's go outside, okay," Alice guided the panicked girl outside. They got into the back of Edward's volvo. What was Edward doing here?

"We were hunting, when Alice insisted that we had to stop what we were going and come here immediately," Edward answered.

"Carlisle is coming to give the school an explanation that will eliminate any suspicions about what happened," Alice reassured as she looked Alex in the eye.

"But what happened!" Alex asked, her voice trembling.

"That was your vampire genes manifesting. Strength and speed. You're going to have to be careful in gym class from now on. Don't worry, Liam will be fine.

Bruised but fine. A lot of the kids didn't see what actually happened, you'll be able to go back," Alice said, in a calm, reassuring voice.

"Don't worry, from what I can see, school will be fine from now on," Alice whispered as she gave Alex a quick hug. "Just be a little careful in gym from now on."

The change begins...