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THE EXPERIMENTS…
September 22nd, 2010
Someone knocked at my door just after sunset. I half expected it to be Jane but then I realized she would not knock. No, it was Demitri. He grabbed me and escorted me down three floors and into the foyer. It was the hall with the painting of Jane and Alec. However, that was not the only painting, in fact, there were many more. There was one of the three Masters on their thrones, there was one for each of the Masters respectfully, then another one of each master with his mate. Then a painting of the guards, then even more paintings of the guards with their mates (or in Jane’s case, their siblings). One painting struck my curiosity. It was not the actual painting per say, it was one of the vampires in it. The painting was of the Masters, obviously, Aro stood more to the front with his hands gracefully poised on the balcony railing. His brothers were not far behind him. Then…there was a blonde haired vampire even further behind them. It looked like he was trying to stay into the shadows but he was respectfully waiting for orders from Aro. He had kind eyes even though they were an odd colour. Gold, I believe.
This painting was obviously from a few hundred years ago, the fashion was that of such. Demitri pulled on the edge of the painting, which revealed a door. I walked in of my own free will and Demitri closed the door behind us.
“’This is the secret basement that we have. It is used only for Aro’s delights and experiments.’”
“’Experiments??? As in me?’” I asked.
“’Well, if that’s how you want to look at it, then yes.’”
I whistled, “’Damn this place is big! So you have two basements here?’”
“’Yes. This one for Aro’s things and another for weapons.’”
“’So I suppose that Aro, Marcus and Caius go out with all of the guards and feed when they are hungry?’”
“’Do not be ridiculous! Such royalty cannot be seen running through the city! No, we have a group of people brought in and we all feast for dinner,’” Demitri chuckled, “’We make them believe they are being given a tour of the palace but then we lock them in the grand hall and have a blood bath!’” We had reached another door. This one required a key that Demitri had.
“’Welcome, Friends!’” Aro greeted us.
“’Welcome,’” His brothers mimicked.
Demitri went to stand by the rest of the guards: Jane, Felix, Chelsea, and a few others I did not know.
“’Let us get on with the experimenting!’” Aro was excited, “’Share with us what you already know about your extraordinary talent, please.’”
“’Not much. If I want to change into a specific person, I have to be looking at that person or be in a place that still has their essence. Then I get their memory.’”
“’As we know,’” Caius smiled a faint smile.
“’Do you still retain that information after you change back to yourself?’” Jane asked.
“’Yes. For a little while.’”
“’How long can you stay as a certain person?’” Felix asked.
“’I…do not know.’” I sighed. I do not like not knowing things.
“’Then let us find out,’” Caius suggested, “’Become Felix.’”
I did as I was told “’Does it hurt you to change?’” Marcus asked me. So many questions! “’ Yes. It also takes a lot of my energy.’”
“’If you changed into a human, could you do human things?’” Chelsea asked. I was getting bored. I mean, seriously, what is this? A game of freaking 20 questions?
“’Yes.’” My own desire to acquire knowledge about my power was quickly being outrun by my boredom.
“I am so sorry that we are bombarding you with questions! I am just curious. You have no idea how extremely rare your talent is! Vampires, as a rule, cannot change their bodies. In addition, well, you can! You are bored. Just a few more hours and then when you can’t handle being Felix we will let you go-’”
“’Free?’” I asked hopefully.
“’-Back to your room,’” Aro finished, “’You are not leaving us for a very long time, My Friend.’”
I had to stay as Felix for five hours and that is when things started getting tough. I had sheen of bloody sweat on my brow but every time I looked like I was going to change back, Jane jolted me with her power. Thanks to Jane’s power, I remained in shift for eight hours! A new record! (Not that I have any reason to be someone else for eight hours, but still!) By that time, not even Jane’s power could keep me standing. I let my features come back as I fell to the floor.
I was exhausted but apparently, the experiment was not over. Aro bent down and gingerly grabbed my hand.
Most of the stuff he just muttered. It was all things about my ability and etcetera until finally one topic caught my ear: Johanna.
“’What? What did you say about Johanna?’”
“’Oh nothing. I was just musing over the fact that you had an interest in this human girl.’”
“’Perhaps he and Edward should get together?’” Felix laughed.
Edward? Who is this Edward? And why should I meet him?
“’Who is Edward?’” I asked.
My question was ignored, “’Jane, bring him to his room.’” Aro commanded.
I could not move so Jane picked me up and helped me to my room.
I held onto the doorframe for support.
“’Who is Edward?’”
“’You don’t need to know him. He isn’t important for you.’”
“’Did he have an interest in a human as well?’”
“’Perhaps you will find out someday. IF you play your cards right, you could be one of us.’”
“’Thanks for helping me to my room, Janie.’” Calling her Janie seemed to ruffle her feathers. She did not like the kid-like nickname. She just growled and walked away. I guess I was too weak looking to be considered an important subject now.
-Gabriel
September 22nd, 2010
Someone knocked at my door just after sunset. I half expected it to be Jane but then I realized she would not knock. No, it was Demitri. He grabbed me and escorted me down three floors and into the foyer. It was the hall with the painting of Jane and Alec. However, that was not the only painting, in fact, there were many more. There was one of the three Masters on their thrones, there was one for each of the Masters respectfully, then another one of each master with his mate. Then a painting of the guards, then even more paintings of the guards with their mates (or in Jane’s case, their siblings). One painting struck my curiosity. It was not the actual painting per say, it was one of the vampires in it. The painting was of the Masters, obviously, Aro stood more to the front with his hands gracefully poised on the balcony railing. His brothers were not far behind him. Then…there was a blonde haired vampire even further behind them. It looked like he was trying to stay into the shadows but he was respectfully waiting for orders from Aro. He had kind eyes even though they were an odd colour. Gold, I believe.
This painting was obviously from a few hundred years ago, the fashion was that of such. Demitri pulled on the edge of the painting, which revealed a door. I walked in of my own free will and Demitri closed the door behind us.
“’This is the secret basement that we have. It is used only for Aro’s delights and experiments.’”
“’Experiments??? As in me?’” I asked.
“’Well, if that’s how you want to look at it, then yes.’”
I whistled, “’Damn this place is big! So you have two basements here?’”
“’Yes. This one for Aro’s things and another for weapons.’”
“’So I suppose that Aro, Marcus and Caius go out with all of the guards and feed when they are hungry?’”
“’Do not be ridiculous! Such royalty cannot be seen running through the city! No, we have a group of people brought in and we all feast for dinner,’” Demitri chuckled, “’We make them believe they are being given a tour of the palace but then we lock them in the grand hall and have a blood bath!’” We had reached another door. This one required a key that Demitri had.
“’Welcome, Friends!’” Aro greeted us.
“’Welcome,’” His brothers mimicked.
Demitri went to stand by the rest of the guards: Jane, Felix, Chelsea, and a few others I did not know.
“’Let us get on with the experimenting!’” Aro was excited, “’Share with us what you already know about your extraordinary talent, please.’”
“’Not much. If I want to change into a specific person, I have to be looking at that person or be in a place that still has their essence. Then I get their memory.’”
“’As we know,’” Caius smiled a faint smile.
“’Do you still retain that information after you change back to yourself?’” Jane asked.
“’Yes. For a little while.’”
“’How long can you stay as a certain person?’” Felix asked.
“’I…do not know.’” I sighed. I do not like not knowing things.
“’Then let us find out,’” Caius suggested, “’Become Felix.’”
I did as I was told “’Does it hurt you to change?’” Marcus asked me. So many questions! “’ Yes. It also takes a lot of my energy.’”
“’If you changed into a human, could you do human things?’” Chelsea asked. I was getting bored. I mean, seriously, what is this? A game of freaking 20 questions?
“’Yes.’” My own desire to acquire knowledge about my power was quickly being outrun by my boredom.
“I am so sorry that we are bombarding you with questions! I am just curious. You have no idea how extremely rare your talent is! Vampires, as a rule, cannot change their bodies. In addition, well, you can! You are bored. Just a few more hours and then when you can’t handle being Felix we will let you go-’”
“’Free?’” I asked hopefully.
“’-Back to your room,’” Aro finished, “’You are not leaving us for a very long time, My Friend.’”
I had to stay as Felix for five hours and that is when things started getting tough. I had sheen of bloody sweat on my brow but every time I looked like I was going to change back, Jane jolted me with her power. Thanks to Jane’s power, I remained in shift for eight hours! A new record! (Not that I have any reason to be someone else for eight hours, but still!) By that time, not even Jane’s power could keep me standing. I let my features come back as I fell to the floor.
I was exhausted but apparently, the experiment was not over. Aro bent down and gingerly grabbed my hand.
Most of the stuff he just muttered. It was all things about my ability and etcetera until finally one topic caught my ear: Johanna.
“’What? What did you say about Johanna?’”
“’Oh nothing. I was just musing over the fact that you had an interest in this human girl.’”
“’Perhaps he and Edward should get together?’” Felix laughed.
Edward? Who is this Edward? And why should I meet him?
“’Who is Edward?’” I asked.
My question was ignored, “’Jane, bring him to his room.’” Aro commanded.
I could not move so Jane picked me up and helped me to my room.
I held onto the doorframe for support.
“’Who is Edward?’”
“’You don’t need to know him. He isn’t important for you.’”
“’Did he have an interest in a human as well?’”
“’Perhaps you will find out someday. IF you play your cards right, you could be one of us.’”
“’Thanks for helping me to my room, Janie.’” Calling her Janie seemed to ruffle her feathers. She did not like the kid-like nickname. She just growled and walked away. I guess I was too weak looking to be considered an important subject now.
-Gabriel
