My Black Heart

Chapter One🗸

Mother!

There she was, lunging towards me with her arms stretching towards me.
I run towards her as much as I can, our finger only make contact as she is
pulled back down by her neck and slammed to the ground.

Help me!

My legs seem stuck to the ground as her scream is cut off by him ripping out
her neck with his teeth.

He looks me in the eye and lunges toward me.....

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Delphine

I jerk forward out of my nightmare and out of my sheets. My face filled with sweat as my breathing quickens. I wrap my arms around my legs, shaking in fear and in anger.

We were a family, we were supposed to be a family, but they came in and changed everything.

James was my father and Victoria was my mother. Laurent was the awesome uncle that always seemed to be around.

They were good people who just had trouble getting their thirst in check.

They were my family.

I could not go to school today.
It was only a matter of time before they realized that I wasn't an actual adult, I'd be sent to foster care and I couldn't and wouldn't take that. I changed out of my pajamas and got dressed after a nice shower.

I jogged towards the safe in the upstairs bedroom, it was where all our money was kept. My parents always thought that they'd be able to protect their money better than the bank did.
$2,000, was all the money that was kept there along with the treasures of the family. My mom had some valuables of her older sister Anne who had died in a fire before I was born. There was also her wedding ring, that she kept here after my father died, afraid that it would get lost.

I continued to carry out my daily routine and slid it onto my ring finger, it was a little bigger than my size so it was loose, but not so much that it would fall off. Beneath the ring was a note with the messy handwriting of my mother inked onto it. The letter had my name on it, scribbled in my mother's messy handwriting.

Dear Delphine,

If you are reading this then I have not returned.... the Cullen's were responsible for your father's death,
I had felt I needed to avenge him, so I did.
Please do not make the mistakes that I did, for once I started there was no way back.
By now you will only have a few days before someone finds you,
I want you to run.
As much as I loathe the Cullens, it would be best for you to stay with them.                                     They have proven themselves to be far stronger than I anticipated, they can protect you.         Use the locket I gave to you and think of a safe place.                                                                                  The Volturi are coming, they are here for you.                                                                                         Gather your valuables and run as far as you can.                                                                                              Do not trust anybody. 

Please forgive me, my beautiful princess.

With love, Mom

When I first found this letter, 4 years ago, I had no idea who the Volturi or the Cullens were. I never found information about the Volturi, but I looked the Cullens up and immediately found information about Carlisle Cullen, and through him, the rest of their clan. I was shocked at the picture I saw. 

These people killed my parents? 

They looked so... normal?

Rage consumed me next. I wanted to make them pay, to make them suffer as I had, but I was scared. I was only 13 years old and I didn't want to die like my mother did. 

I didn't want a heart blackened by the stain of my parents' murder. 

I didn't want them to take anything more from me

 I didn't want to continue the cycle of death and vengeance, I just wanted my loving parents back. 

I never learned who the Volturi was, but my mom told me they were bad news, so I believed her.  Suddenly, I heard a doorbell and someone aggressively knocking on my door. I walked slowly towards the window to see who it is, but with a loud thud, my door comes slamming down to the floor. I need to run for it. I grabbed my duffle bag filled with my clothes and other necessities, such as the two phones in the safe along with the charger and money and credit cards.

"Delphie, where are you?" Said a taunting voice that made me freeze up.

This signaled me to run for my life, which is what it did. I ran into forests but didn't make it far. I was shocked by a burst of pain that ran throughout my whole body, forcing me to my knees. My pitiful screams soon filled the forest.
I soon found the source of my pain, which was a young girl about my age who happened to be a vampire.

"You are an abomination, I'm surprised Victoria kept you hidden for this long." She taunted.  

She then called out to a man named Alec with a smirk. 

I did not want to see who Alec was, but what choice did I have? Suddenly, the note came to mind and I remembered the locket my mother spoke of.

How do I use the locket?

A blur comes forward beside Jane, I assume that it was Alec. A dark fog began to come out of his hands, making me panic. I grabbed my duffle bag and gripped my locket.

In my pain, I tried to think of a safe haven. But I only ever felt safe when I was with my family, with mom. 'I wish I could be with mom' I thought and was swiftly whisked away.

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