Outcast

Chapter 27: New Frontiers

Sam's POV

It was Damon's first birthday. A whole year had passed since Emily had given birth to him while I managed to successfully help her during her sudden labour.

I was brushing carefully his tufty dirty blond hair, while he giggled and pulled my hair. He had become so close to me that he no longer shuddered when I touched him. His vibrant green eyes which reminded me a lot of a stranger I once met seemed to hold all the warmth in the world. I straightened his shirt once more and tucked in his vest. I put on his wee little feet the brand new pair of shoes Emily had bought him and he was ready to go. I had already changed his diaper and as my visions had informed it had about three clean hours before he pooped or peed once more. Yep, from foreseeing newborn vampire attacks I had gone to foreseeing Damon's excretion schedule. Some might think of it as a failure in life; I try to look at it as another creative way to utilise my powers. 

"Don't we look cute today?! Yes we do, yes we do." I said using the baby talk that seemed to have become a habit during my everyday routine. 

"Come on, Damon say Sam. Sa-am!" I told him. He giggled as I made faces at him.

"Hey Sam, we're home." I heard Emily say. She had started dating a guy called Jason for the last two months. At first I didn't like him at all, but after having him at our home last Saturday I changed my mind. A quick check in his future told me that he planned to be serious with Emily. He had been looking for a place big enough so that Emily, Damon and him could move in together. He wanted to live with Emily and help her with Damon but he couldn't just invite himself over and even Emily was uncomfortable to ask me if he could come live with us since I was the owner of the house. And after he slept over in the same bed with Emily without pressuring her in sex he made it into my golden book. 

So, today I would 'casually' suggest that he should move in with us. Anyways I knew that I would have to leave sooner or later. I had already stayed in this place for almost two years and I had made it a personal rule not to stay longer in the same place for four years. But if Emily was happy I could make a graceful exit without hurting her too much. I would leave her my house, the car and all the furniture so that she would continue living comfortably. 

Of course I was not going to high school, as I had to help Emily look after Damon. So I had to include the whole above average I.Q lie in my files. I had employed a home school teacher for Emily so that she would not continue missing out on school. 

I lowered Damon on the floor and helped him as he tried to walk over to his mummy. 

"He's such a smart little boy, isn't he? And today, he's one!" Emily said as she picked him up and swirled him around. He laughed and I could not help but laugh with everybody. 

"Come on, I've made him a cake yesterday! Let's sing him a happy birthday song and then open the presents." I told them.

"I didn't know you could cook." Jason told me. 

"Are you kidding? Her food makes angles sing. You'll see." Emily said as he pulled his hand to get him to walk faster towards the kitchen. Over the months I had picked up a few skills in cooking. Emily seemed to adore the food I make her. Even Damon loves the fruit purée I make. 

After heartily singing the "Happy Birthday" song and taking several photos, Emily cut the cake. 

We both looked at Jason as he put a piece in his mouth. The look of utter awe at his first slice made me smirk.

"And now, for the presents." Emily proclaimed. "Mine first." she told us and brought a little package. She helped the kid to tear the flashy paper. Finally they uncovered a phone-like toy.

"What is it?" I asked her.

"Only the latest toy for toddlers. It's like an iPod for babies. We can pretend to phone each other and it sounds just like an iPhone! There are a few games you can play on it and a built-in mp3 and it's practically indestructible!" she said as Damon started pushing the button and rejoicing at the sounds it made. Yeah, like mother like son. Damon just loved to play with his mom's and my iPhones but we were concerned about those rays that things like phones produce. So this would be a perfect solution.

"I'm next." Jason told us. He helped the kid tear the package and revealed a little baseball cap. He then informed us that it was signed by of the the greatest baseball player of all times. Emily kissed him smack on the mouth and I had to look away to escape the envy. They had no problem. They were young and carefree. They could love one another without having to deal with the problems of vampire politics and jealous sisters. I sighed internally. I would NOT ruin everybody's fun time with my depressions. I put on the best smile I could conjure and smiled at them.

"So, I guess I'm next. But we have to walk to my gift." I told them. They both looked at one another questioningly. I made my way towards one of the bedrooms; the one in particular which I had put a big blue bow on the door. 

"Open the door." I told them. Emily opened the door and I smiled at their astonished gasps. 

"This room is awesome." Jason told me. Yeah, I guess it was. It had one of those car-shaped beds that looked like a Ferrari with one of those water mattresses. Its floor was already covered in wrapped toys which Emily started unwrapping after thanking me and hugging me for the tenth time. 

I left them basking in the awesomeness of the room as they laughingly put it and went to get dinner started. While I peeled some potatoes, Jason came in the kitchen to get some water for the three of them. I told him that he was more than welcome to come stay with us if be wanted and he accepted gladly and rushed to tell Emily. They both hugged me as if we were one happy family. It felt nice but at the same time, I felt guilty for asking them to stay with me when they didn't even get the hint of what I could do to them if I lost my guard for one moment. I decided to let them talk a little so I excuse myself by saying I was going for a walk, when in reality I was going hunting. 

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After I got my squeeze, I returned back. I felt fog surround me and telling me that something was not right. The air had a scent I had acknowledged once but now forgotten. Only when my visions showed a stranger, talking to my friends inside with my same chalky white vampire good looks I understood that I was dealing with an immortal. I rushed to the door, dealing with am inside debate on weather to bust the lock or not. I listened inside and everything sounded calm. I knocked on the door, probably using too much force as it had little dents on it. Finally Emily opened he door.

"Emily is everything alright?" I asked her as I scanned the room for the danger. My target was sitting on my couch. He was a complete stranger, so my curiosity levels were soaring. 

"I don't believe I've met your friend." I told her. 

"Actually, he said he was your friend, Dave. He said he hasn't seen you in a while." The vampire in front of me was wearing a pair of sunglasses. He had blond hair and from what I could see through his tight shirt, very defined abs.

"Are you kidding, is it really you Dave?! I haven't seen you in a while! Man you've changed!" I said, trying to play along. My acting had proved to fool both Emily and Jason.

"Hey." he said and got off the couch. 

"Let's go outside. We have so much catching up to do!" I told him. He followed me outside I walked till we were an abundant distance away from my house.

"How dare you enter my house without my invite? Where are your manners, boy?" I said menacingly.

"Hey, chill down! I was just curious, your scent is everywhere and a vampire living with humans is not something I meet everyday. And what's up with your eyes?" he asked me.

"They're lenses. And even if you were curious you should have gained my permission first. I swear I you touch those humans I'll end you faster than you can say 'bye'." I lied smoothly about me eyes. 

"Hey, relax, okay! I'm not going to pick up a fight with a vamp on her territory. Especially a vamp with such nice legs." He said as he checked me out. Emily had not allowed me to wear always black as she said it was too depressing, so I was wearing a red top and a denim skirt. I willed the fog to inform me about his intentions. I saw Emily, Jason and Damon dead, as he exited my house. 

That was all I needed to see. He was a threat. He had to be destroyed. Instead of rushing into action, I had another plans that had a better chance of working. I was not much of a fighter but I could probably outsmart him. 

"If you think my legs are nice... I wonder what you'd think about other... places." I said as seductively as I could. I saw his man parts tighten in anticipation. 

"I wonder too..." he said as I got near him. As touched his shoulder and let my fingers trail horizontally over his chest. 

"Wouldn't you like to know?" I asked him. Suddenly he smashed me in a tree and started rubbing himself against me. I could't help but feel guilty and disgusted. Even if it was just a plan to deceive him it still felt wrong. The only person who was allowed to touch me like that was Alec. This Dave guy almost felt as if he was insulting him. He was about to start kissing me when I put my finger to his lips.

"Wait." I whispered seductively at him. He still looked at me with lust burning in his eyes. This gave me a clear shot to his neck. I put my lips to his neck, making him think that I was about to kiss him, when in reality I bit hard until my teeth penetrated his skin and tore his flesh. His head fell next to my feet, only to be followed by his bulky body. I gave it a good kick to drain my last few drips of adrenaline. 

"That's what happens when men think with their penis!" I said out loud to myself, only to hear an eruption of laughter coming from behind me. I turned around quickly, snapping into a defensive position only to find four vampires behind me, a peculiar smelling human and a giant rusty brown wolf. Even the wolf seemed to be laughing.  Seriously, I had slacked off. How the hell could I not notice the disgusting scent that emanated off the wolf, and the four new scents so next to me?

"Werewolf!" I said to myself. After I made myself tear my gaze from the giant monster of a beast, I realised that the rest all had golden eyes just like me. I looked at each of them as they continued to laugh at my statement. One of them seemed oddly familiar.

"Alice?" I asked doubtfully. They all looked up at me as if I had grown a pair of wings except for Alice. 

"How the hell did she know?" the biggest male from among them asked. He looked bulky, but still carried the same graceful air all vampires do. 

"I'm psychic." I said the minute Alice said, "She's like me!" 

"Great! Another Alice, as if one wasn't enough." the same male vamp said only to receive the evils from the vampire next to Alice, which as her scent confirmed was her mate.

"I'm not Alice. I'm Sam and I've suddenly discovered there's a coven of vampires and a werewolf in front me. So you need to give me a little time, okay?" I said and got engulfed in the invisible fog. I learned that the vampire who talked the most was called Emmett. Next to him was his fair-haired mate Rosalie. Alice's mate, the blond one with the multiple vampire bites was called Jasper. The peculiar smelling human was no other than the half-human, half-vamp girl that Alec had told me about, Edward and Bella Cullen's daughter. Her name was Renesmee but everybody seemed to call her Nessie. She had some sort of bond I didn't understand with the wolf, Jacob. Since he could change whenever he needed, he was a shifter. Then I saw the picture of a fair haired vampire who was Carlisle and his mate Esme. Ironically enough Carlisle was a doctor. I was snapped back to reality, only to find the vampires and wolf in front of me staring with wonder.

"Um... Hello. So... You're the Cullens, pleased to meet you. As I told you I'm Samantha but please call me Sam." I said awkwardly. They continued to stare at me.

"Would someone please explain what she just did?" Emmett asked.

"As I told you Emmett, I'm psychic. I get visions from the past, present and future. Sorry if I pried into your present but I needed some quick answers.

"I've been getting so many visions about you." Alice told me. 

"I only got one vision about you guys. But he had told me beforehand that you guys existed." 

"Your maker?" Jasper asked me.

"No, my maker left me alone after he changed me. He just put me under a tree. Literally. I was turned in my country of origin, in Malta, and since it's just beneath Sicily I swam to Italy. There I met the Volturi." I told them. Their expressions hardened. 

"Then why aren't you one of them?" Rosalie asked me.

"Because they deceived me, he would do anything to totally control me. I had to leave." I told them bitterly, skipping the part where Alec was mentioned. Of course I would need to be extra careful if Edward, the mind reader was around. 

"Aro?" Alice asked and I nodded. They all understood instantly. 

"So now you're living with humans?" Renesmee asked me. "Yep, I met Emily two years ago. Now she has her baby and she's even in a serious relationship. I think it's time for me to move. I should not have let he get this attached to me." I said more to myself than to them.

"So the blood doesn't affect you." Jasper asked. "Not that much." I told him truthfully.

"How long have you been a vampire?" Emmett asked me. "About fifteen years or so." I told him. 

"Okay, you guys this is turning into a round of twenty questions. Why don't we help you dispose of that body? Then we'll talk. We're here camping for the weekend, you don't mind, right?"

"No problem for me." I shrugged. They seemed like actually ok people. 

"Hey, tonight there's going to be a thunderstorm. Do you want to join?" Alice asked me. I frowned at her.

"Join what?" I asked her. Singing in the rain while the lightning bolts strike? Who knows, can a vampire die by getting fried?

"Us, silly. We play baseball. 'Vampirised' baseball." she told me.

"Sure, sounds fun. But just to warn you. I can't play. And the last time I played I had foam-covered baseball bat." I told them, remembering the crude version of baseball during P.E when I was alive. 

"Well, we'll see tonight." Emmett told me with a grin on his face telling me that he was already planning something.

I heard Emily call my name. "Hey, I need to get back. So do I come at your clearing at midnight?" I asked them. Most of them gave me short nods.

"So, goodbye Alice... Jasper... Emmett... Rosalie... Renesmee..." then I came facing the big wolf. He gave me a toothy grin which sent shivers running down my spine. "...Jacob."

I disappeared from in front of them. Back at my house everything went on as usual and I told Emily quietly to never accept any of my 'friends' before I tell her beforehand. She apologised quickly but I warned her that this was about safety. Not that any door can keep a vampire out. But it's best to play cautious. The matter of 'Dave' was raised no more. The evening went on as usual. We played the Playstation 3 Move as I had bought Damon some controllers and a new game. It was actually surprisingly fun, seeing yourself and your living room on screen while a little fur ball of a monkey jumped around on the floor. Then we ended up seeing 'Cars' because Damon just seemed to love the cartoon. At around ten everybody retreated to their room, Damon sleeping, Em and Jason were making out and I was deciding on what to wear for baseball. Hey, I did cut them some slack. I knew how hard it is to just stop. But I didn't mind if they didn't surpass the limit, or at least used some protection. But that doesn't mean it doesn't annoy me though. The sounds are amplified for me, so I can hear their heartbeats picking up and every single sound they produced from the tiniest moan to deepest sigh. And well, smelling the arousal of your best friend and her boyfriend is not what I call fun. I know it's involuntary; of course it's not their fault if they do it. They love each other and they're attracted to each other. It's only nature that pushes you over the limit. The first time Alec and I had kissed we had almost made love. We had been so turned on that it just seemed right. Of course then it's a choice of good sense whether to give in to it or not. 

Ah my first kiss... I would remember it for the rest of my life. Fog engulfed me and I was back in the forest, twelve years ago. Alec was on top of me. We had fallen on each other while fighting. Suddenly he called me beautiful and we started kissing. Things did go a little bit over the edge but well, truthfully that's what makes it a great memory. Suddenly I felt another pang of loneliness. I shook the vision, closing my eyes trying to make it disappear but it wouldn't leave. 

This was not good. I couldn't be loosing control of my visions again, could I? I tried hard once more and it slowly faded, leaving me tired. 

Everything was back to normal. Damon was snoring soundly, the two love doves were still making out and I was still alone. I put on my hat which was a black with studs, a dark blue pair of jeans and a fitted grey V neck top. Of course I never took off Alec's diamond pendant and his ring on my right hand. I tied my hair in a lose pony tail and put it sideways on my left shoulder. I wore my black Nikes and all in all I looked quite sporty. Midnight was only mere minutes away so I jumped out of my window and followed the Cullen's scent to their clearing. It turned out that they were already waiting for me.

"Hey." I said and gave them a little wave. 

"Carlisle, Esme, Edward, Bella, as I was telling you this is Sam, we're on her territory right now but she was kind enough to lend it to us." Alice said as I approached. All of them had the same caring eyes and kind smiles. 

"Hello, Sam. Thank you for your kindness. I hope we're not a problem."

"Oh, not at all. As long as there aren't any vampire-caused deaths of humans I don't mind." I told them. They smiled kindly at me.

"So, they have told us that you have been a vampire for only twenty years and it's still quite impressive that such a young vampire can control herself without the lead of a maker." Carlisle told me.

"Well I have done a few mistakes that I couldn't help, but this vision thing and one year of isolation helped a lot." I told them. 

"So Alice said you come from Malta. Quite a little island for a vampire to feed." Carlisle pointed out. Alec had said the very same thing when I told him.