A Hybrids Greatest Weakness

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Images of what seemed like to be another life filled my head as I was engulfed in the darkness. I had no idea what was happening to me, or why. I was scared out of my mind and had no idea what to do. 'Open your eyes' My brain told me. 'Open your eyes' It said again.

I gasped as my eyes flew open, and the Cullen's surrounded me. My heart was pounding fast and my breathing was erotic. The Cullens all stared at me with wide and concerned eyes. I didn't move, I didn't know if I wanted to move.

"What happened?" I say, breaking the silence. The Cullens didn't move or say anything. Edward was nowhere to be found, and neither was Rosalie. Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Esme, and Carlisle all surrounded me, and I was waiting for an answer.

"What happened?" I ask again. The Cullens all blinked and then started to move.

"You're awake," Carlisle states, walking over to me. I noticed this smell in the room. It was hard to explain. It was a mix between a sickly sweet and the subtle hint of decomposition. I wanted to gag and cover my nose, but I couldn't bring myself to do so.

Everything around me seemed different, I just couldn't quite place it. As the vampire doctor stepped towards me, I took in another breath, but this time my nose was met with the sweet smell of something that I couldn't quite place. I had never smelt anything like it before, but I wanted it.

I felt the veins under my eyes move as I felt the sharp pain in my gums again. It wasn't nearly as painful this time around, but I didn't care.

I went to step forward towards the Cullens, but found myself outside the house, face to face with Leah and Seth Clearwater, the younger of the two siblings having cut his hand on a rock.

"Hey Piper, you're up." Seth exclaimed, happy to see me. I didn't even acknowledge him, my sole focus was on the red, warm sticky blood on his hand. I inched forward towards him, moving my tongue over my lips. The veins beneath my eyes moved again, and my sharpened canines poked my bottom lip.

Before either sibling had time to react, I had Seth's hand in my mouth, his blood pooling in slowly. "What the hell Piper?" Leah shouted, but I paid her no attention. I kept sucking the sweet substance from the young boys palm.

I wasn't able to finish all of what I wanted to, before I was ripped off and thrown away. I landed on my feet, a crazed look on my face as I stood face to face with the Cullen clan. "What's wrong with you Piper?" Rosalie whispered.

I didn't get the chance to say anything before I felt this searing pain all across my body. The smell of burning flesh hit my nose and I cried out in pain. Smoke was coming from my exposed arms and legs, the sun suddenly attacking me.

"Make it stop." I pleaded, trying to move out and away from the sun, but it wasn't working. The sun kept attacking me, driving me inside, but I couldn't get through the door. I felt the pain grow more and more, but I couldn't even move.

"CARLISLE GET HER INSIDE!" Jasper shouts, running to my side, blocking the sun ever so slightly. I felt the pain go away just enough to where I could scream quieter than I had been doing.

I looked up at Jasper with tears in my eyes. He looked down at me, recognition clear in his eyes. "Carlisle, invite her in." Jasper repeated. The doctor vampire didn't hesitate to give me the welcome. Jasper than rushed me inside to the darkest room, which happened to be the garage.

"What's wrong with me?" I squeaked. Jasper rubbed his temples, waiting for the others to join us.

"She's a traditional." He finally says as his whole family stepped into the garage. I looked at the southern Major with confused eyes.

"A what?" I question, trying to avoid the sunny spots in the garage. I didn't know what was happening to me. Why I wanted blood. Why the sun attacked me. It was all just so confusing.

"A traditional vampire. Piper's somehow been transitioned into a traditional vampire." Carlisle voiced, emotions flashing through his eyes that I couldn't recognize.

Vampire. The word hit me like a ton of bricks. I was a vampire? That couldn't be possible. I wasn't bitten. Venom didn't flow through my veins. I was not a vampire, and this was not happening.

"What's a traditional vampire?" Rosalie questioned. I had the same confused expression she did. I wanted answers and I wanted them now.

"The Vampires that everybody reads about, that everybody sees in the horror movies." Jasper vaguely explained. I was still confused.

Carlisle sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He obviously knew what was happening and so did Jasper, but the rest of his family didn't.

"Where we break, they bleed. Where we sparkle, they burn. Where we have venom, they have fangs. Where newborns still have human flesh, they always have it. When a Cold One is transformed, they are bitten and venom is injected into their system. Traditional's have to die with vampire blood in their system and feed on a human or a blood bag within twenty-four hours to complete the transition." Carlisle explained.

My eyes widened. "I DIED?" I screamed. The cold-ones covered their ears from the sudden loud noise.

Nobody said anything. How could they? It was just as shocking to them as it was to me. How could I have died? I remember it very clearly. I stood in the living room, screaming and crying because of the pain and then I fell asleep. That was all that happened.

"I did not die. Nope. I am just dreaming. This is all a dream. I haven't even met any other vampires than you people! This didn't happen." I denied.

A sudden sharp pain went through my head as the Cullen's went to say something. I clutched my head and groaned. This was not happening again.

"My dear Piper. Denial is not the way to cope with your new life."

"Did anybody else hear that?" I whispered, looking at the concerned faces in the garage.

"They cannot hear what is inside your head."

I whimpered, clutching my head. I wanted this lady out of my head.

"What's wrong Piper?" Jasper asked, sensing my discomfort. Rosalie looked at me with concerned eyes. I was always the Swan that she could tolerate. She liked me more than Bella.

"There's this voice in my head. She keeps talking to me. I just want her to go away." I croak, tears close to  from falling from my eyes.

The Cullen's didn't know what to do with me, and I didn't know what to do either.

I wanted to believe that this wasn't happening to me. That I wasn't like this. I didn't want to be. I wanted to be normal human Piper again. I wanted to grow old and have a family. I wanted to get married. I wanted children. I wanted to die peacefully in my bed without a care in the world. But I couldn't. I couldn't have any of that now, now that I was a vampire.