Twist of Intuition (Twilight: Emmett Cullen/OC)

Chapter 8

France 1886

I gently played with the bracelet and thought of my father, his face was still hazy and I didn't remember what he looked like. When Aro touched my hand and shifted through my memoirs I saw my human ones and now I wished I was the one who had killed William in return for the fact that he killed my father and then me. He was selfish, only changing me because my blood appealed to him.

I sifted through my jewelry and the women's who had lived here only keeping the ones that I liked the best before putting them in a velvet bag. I set it on the vanity and then went into the closet and put on some of the man's clothing then twisted my hair up in a bun and put a hat on. I looked in the mirror and scowled. I looked like a woman no matter what I wore but wearing a dress for my next activity didn't sound pleasant. The clothing hung loosely around my small form and I had to use one of the man's belts and make more holes in it to hold up his trousers. I had never worn trousers before other than pantaloons and I quite liked the freedom that my legs now had. I grabbed the bag of jewelry and put my wrist through the thick string handles and then took off out the door.

I crept to the shadows as I traveled until I finally arrived at the harbor. Hiding inside a boat house I stared out at the vast ocean before me. It smelled of salt, even the air was salt and the surface of everything around me. I stared at the water below me wondering what would happen to me if I went in there. I had never learned how to swim when I was human and I had no idea where to start. I was hard like stone so I wondered if maybe I would sink to the bottom. I knew we didn't need to breathe so that wasn't an issue. I didn't really care if I died doing this. My human life was over and I was living a life that was half empty. I knew it had only been a few hours since William died but I sort of missed the feeling of completion when he was around. I knew now that it was fake and he was driving me insane but it was still a nice feeling to have felt so happy and content. With that last thought I jumped into the ocean and to my surprise didn't sink to the bottom like I expected.

I moved my arms from the middle and then spread them out and kicked my legs and soon realized this was helping and making me move forewords. Awkward at first but I found my rhythm and I was speeding through the water, but still not going nearly as fast as I would if I were running. About two days and seven hours later I could see the bottom of the ocean floor. Wondering for a few seconds if I had sunk deeper I found this not to be true as I moved further and further and soon I was walking out of the water. I found myself on a small beach hidden by a large cliff with tall trees at the top, underneath my feet the ground was a mixture of pebbles and sand with water pooling around my feet as it dripped from me.

I let the jewelry bag fall to the sand and then wrung out my hair then did the same with my clothes and squeezed the water out careful not to rip them. I picked up the bag of jewelry then turned around to face the ocean as I leaned up against the cliff. I closed my eyes and wished that I could sleep, just to dream. I missed the feeling of fatigue I would feel after doing something strenuous. I should be wheezing on the beach now, or dead. Instead I felt fine. Being a vampire I was always moving always doing something.

My mind was never at rest.

I pushed myself off where I was leaning none to delicately as the stone gave why where my hands were. I ignored it as I was used to things breaking under my touch and walked to the middle of the beach to get a better angle. I jumped to the top of the cliff and landed softly on my feet. I turned around to look at where I came from but all I saw was the ocean. I sighed and turned away seeing I was in a forest just as I had expected. I used my gift and there wasn't a human around, a good thing too as I was feeling slightly ravenous. First things first though, I needed new clothes and to wash the smell of the ocean from my hair and body.