Title: Light of the Darkness
Author: Leia Cullen
Main Characters: Willow / Jesse
Rating: PG-13

First story I've ever written,
Not very good,
but it's not finished.


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oh and here are some story visuals::




^^thanks liltwilightnerd for those



the forest ^



Jesse's HOT car. ^ lol except its actually black.



^^^ Jesse


^ Willow


^ the lake

I studied his face. It looked as if he actually had a genuine interest in my dream.
“Well, I’ll tell you, but you’ll probably think I’m crazy.”
I looked down right away, blushing.
He smirked.
“Try me.”
I looked up to study his face once again, and began my story.
The whole time he kept the look of surprise, interest, and again, some other expression that I couldn’t read.
“..And so that’s my dream.”
He looked bewildered, and he shook his head slowly.
“I don’t understand. How is this happening?” He spoke as if he was talking to himself.
“W-what are you taking about?” I asked, rather loudly. So we both instinctively went silent to try and hear any sign of movement.
But all of the house was quiet.
“I’m not sure.” He looked as if he couldn’t speak.
“Jesse, what’s wrong?” I looked at him anxiously.
“Nothing.” He murmured.
“Let’s change the subject.”
The dark spots underneath his eyes seemed to grow darker as we spoke.

Then a glint of curiousness flashed in his eyes.
“So, let’s play a game.”
I looked at him confused.
“Sure, what game?”
“A guessing game.”
“What am I guessing?” I asked wearily.
“What I am.” A gorgeous smile flashed across his face.
Oh stink. I knew I was going to make myself look like a complete idiot.

I sighed.
“Um, okay. You can basically make people do stuff when you want them too, right?”
“I guess you could say that.” He smirked.
“You’re a Jedi, and you use your Jedi mind tricks on unsuspecting victims.” I knew that I sounded like an idiot.
He burst out laughing. And I glared at him defensively. He saw my expression and recovered himself immediately.
“No, Willow. I’m not a Jedi, I don’t use the Force, and I don’t need a Light Saber to get stuff done.” He was still smirking.
“Oh well, fine. Then I have no idea what you are Jesse.”
“Well aren’t you a party pooper.” He said playfully.
I blushed. And he stared at my blood red cheeks.
“You know Willow, you are honestly one of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen.” He was smiling. My mouth flew open in shock.
All I could do was just shake my head. His smiled even wider this time.

“I’m sorry.” He said. “There is just something about you that just puts me under a spell, Willow. I can’t control what I say. I’m barely able to control what I do.” My heart was beating so fast I felt like it might collapse. And my head felt like it was spinning a million miles per hour. I still couldn’t speak.
“Don’t you see Willow? Somehow, in some way, we’re connected. Like some eternal bond is bringing us together.”
“What?” I finally spat out.
He looked embarrassed. But he continued.
“I apologize for my rambling. Let me try to explain myself clearly this time.” He paused and sighed quickly.
“I haven’t exactly been truthful with you, Willow. I just thought I could I spend a little time with you so I could understand what’s happening, but I think its a lot more complicated than that.”
“What are you talking about?” I was so confused at this point. That medication was actually starting to set in and nothing really made sense at this point. He stared at me for a minute.
“You’re tired. Go to sleep Willow.” I felt a strange calm come over me, but I tried desperately to fight it.
“B-but, I want to know what you are talking about!” I murmured, my eyelids felt like they weighed a million pounds. He smiled brilliantly at me.
“Don’t worry Willow, we’ll talk again soon.” He winked at me and got up from his seat, and walked out of the room. Exhaustion took over and I finally fell asleep.

I awoke to what seemed like a movie playing in my head, but it was like a slideshow. I saw Jesse, walking alone in the forest. Then I saw someone following him in the shadows. Then I saw the beautiful pool of water from my dream, Jesse was laying on the bank next to the pool screaming in pain, I could see some of his blood dripping into the water. The next image I saw was Jesse alone, walking in the pitch dark, I couldn’t tell where he was, but even though darkness surrounded him, some sort of light shone from his pale skin. And then I saw Jesse standing next to the pool once more, staring into the crystal clear water, his eyes smouldering with such intensity, it was unbearable.

My eyes flew open. My skin crawled. I wanted to jump out of my bed and run into Jesse’s room, but my handicap unfortunately wouldn’t allow me to do that. My medicine was also pretty much worn off, so I was in horrible pain. I did my best to climb out of my bed without injuring my leg further and situated myself on my wheelchair. I wheeled myself to the counter in the restroom closest to my room, and reached for the hairbrush so I could attempt to make myself look a little decent. I turned the wheelchair and stared at myself in the full body mirror hanging on the wall.

Of course I looked dreadful. My hair was all tangled and it even had a few leaf pieces in it. And I saw little scratches all over my body.
I suddenly remembered how Jesse called me beautiful. I laughed. I never thought I was pretty. Though a lot of times I would get compliments for my looks. I never believed anyone when they told me I was pretty. I was always the most pale in my whole family. I got most of my looks from my dad’s side of the family. Small ears, full lips, small nose, and my long eyelashes. I got my light brown, almost golden eye color from my mom.

After doing what I could to make myself bearable looking, I wheeled myself into my room and slipped a gray hoodie over my head, sprayed some perfume on and wheeled to my door. Right as I got to the door, it opened. Jesse was standing on the other side with his long pale arm holding the door open. He smiled charmingly.
“How did you sleep, Willow?”
“Fine thanks.” I didn’t want to discuss my latest dream with him just yet. I rolled into the kitchen to see a note posted on the fridge.

“Good morning Willow! Hope you’re feeling okay. Me and the rest of the family have gone site seeing for the day. Jesse said he’d stay behind to help you out if you need anything. Love, Dad.”
I gaped at the letter.
“How do you do THAT?!” I stared at Jesse in shock.
“What?” He smirked.
“Do you like, use mind control on my whole family?!”
“Maybe I did.” He started to laugh. I gawked at him.
“Why don’t you and I go for a walk, I think you need some fresh air.”
“Um, In case you haven’t noticed, I kind of have a broken leg.” I retorted sarcasticly.
“Well I guess I’ll just have to carry you then.” A huge smile flashed across his face.
“Don’t worry, I won’t drop you.” He winked at me.
“Wait!” I demanded as he picked me up.
“Trust me this time Willow.” He whispered in a velvet voice into my ear.
   
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I was still staring at him in shock at his attempt to scare me. it still took me off guard at how good he is at giving me the chills. It gave me goose bumps. He didn’t actually scare me though, I convinced myself. He giggled at my obvious unsettled looks. Then he smoothly adjusted himself in the driver’s seat, turned on the car, and looked at me with a gorgeous smirk.
“You better buckle up. I wouldn’t want your pretty face to get damaged.” Right as he said that he tore out of the driveway and in a half a second he was driving extremely fast down the country road. I started laughing and slightly squealing at the same time.
“You’re not scared?” He stared at me confused.
“Not of you going fast. I love speed. But I am slightly scared at the fact that you’re not looking where you’re going!” I giggled. He immediately burst out laughing, and even though he was shaking with laughter, the car didn’t budge at all.
“Wow, you really are one of kind, Willow.” He shook his head.

I laughed again and reached for the radio. I pressed play and the first song I heard was “Forever by Chris Brown”.
“I love this song!” I smiled.
I started singing to the lyrics of the song. I always sang everywhere I went. I closed my eyes and tried to match the ever changing notes. And then I realized the fact that possibly the cutest boy on this entire planet was sitting next to me, my eyes flew open, and he was staring at me with a thoughtful face. I threw my face in my hands in embarrassment. He giggled.
“You’re good.” He smiled.
I peeked through my fingers, and then eventually lowered my hands.
I started to giggle, still embarrassed.
“Ugh. Thanks.” I muttered. Then I looked up I noticed the car was stopped.

“Where are we?” I asked, staring outside the dark tinted windows. I turned around and realized Jesse wasn’t in his seat anymore, then my door opened. He was standing there smiling with his hand open, reaching for mine. I instinctively took it and he immediately took me in his arms, holding me above the ground like a child. I looked up into his topaz eyes.
“I guess there’s no use in telling you to put me down.” I sighed.
“Why would I do that?” He smiled.
“I feel silly having you carry me around like a child.”
“Well then you shouldn’t have broken your leg.” He said playfully. I rolled my eyes. He opened the door to the building we were standing in front of, and my mouth flew open. It was one of the nicest restaurants I had ever seen. The lights were dim, but even then you could see all the elaborate decorations. I saw that there was even a live band there playing soft music. Every person there was dressed in beautifully in formal wear. I felt sick to my stomach when I realized my wardrobe choice this morning.
“Jesse!” I hissed.
“Please take me out! I’m look horrid, and I’m definitely not dressed for this!” I felt even sicker when I realized how well Jesse was dressed. He was wearing a black collared shirt that complimented his perfect body, He was wearing a black pair of slacks. He pulled the all-black look off too well.
“You’re such a silly girl, Willow.” He smiled.
“No one cares what you are wearing. They’ll probably be too busy staring in shock at your perfect face.” I couldn’t tell if I still felt sick or if those butterflies were taking effect, although, the butterflies never really left when I was with Jesse.
“A table for two please. Preferably somewhere private.”
The waitress just stood there staring at him in shock, obviously taken off guard by the fact that the most beautiful guy in existence was standing in front of her carrying a not so good looking girl in his arms.
“Sure thing.” The waitress finally managed to blurt out in German. She led us to a booth near the back of the restaurant. But instead of just setting me down in one, he sat down softly with me still locked in his arms, and then he finally set me down next to him with his long arm still around me making sure I was stable. The waitress mouth was hanging open and her eyes locked on Jesse.

The waitress started to speak but Jesse cut her off.
“What would you like to drink, Willow?” He never took his eyes off of me.
“Just water.” I said quietly. Then Jesse spoke something to her in German, and the waitress reluctantly walked off. Jesse smiled. We were so close I could feel his cool breathe on my face. I felt dizzy.
“So let me introduce myself properly.” Jesse said smoothly.
“My name is Jesse, I am 18 years old. I currently live in Alaska with some friends, I come to Germany a lot though, and so far..” He paused to smile brilliantly.
“This is my favorite trip.”

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 “Okay, Willow. What do you know about me so far?” He said softly. Was he trying to make me guess again? This is so frustrating.
“I know that you’re extremely strong and fast, you have some way to control people’s minds, and everything about you is perfect. You’re unnaturally beautiful. And you’re so cold.” I looked up into his beautiful eyes. They were smoldering now. It made my heart melt.
“Does anything come to your mind? Think, Willow.” I sat there in silence, playing with a piece of grass. My mind had a million different thoughts running through it. Then my mind suddenly put together something. But it made me giggle just thinking about it.
“What’s so funny?” His voice was curious.
“Oh, I just thought of something. But it’s really stupid.”
“Say it please. I won’t laugh.”
“Okay then. Welll, I thought for a second that you could be a vampire. But that couldn’t be right because, one; you haven’t tried to kill me. Two; you didn’t turn to ash when we were outside in the light today. Three; you slept in the room next to mine last night, and not in a coffin.” A breathtaking smile stretched across his face.
“First off, I don’t eat humans, and I would never hurt you no matter what. Second, that’s a myth. We don’t turn into ashes when we’re out in the daylight. But we do like to keep out of the sun for our own reasons. You have to remember it was cloudy outside today. And thirdly, vampires don’t sleep in coffins, we just don’t sleep.”

I stared at him in shock with my mouth wide open. I didn’t know what to think. This couldn’t be true. Or.. oh my gosh. Am I really sitting next to a vampire?
“This isn’t funny. Quit joking around.” I said defensively.
“I’m being completely serious, Willow.” His face was expressionless. I stared out at the moonlit lake, I wasn’t numb, I wasn’t scared. My mind was completely at ease. I turned back to Jesse and he was staring at me, his face looked devastated. I reached out slowly across the grass for his hand. When our hands finally touched, a wave of comfort swept over me. I tried my very best to pull myself closer to him, but before I could move anymore Jesse pulled me close to him.
“Why aren’t you scared of me?” He said softly.
“I can’t ever be scared of you, Jesse. I don’t know what you’ve done with me, but the only thing I want now is to be with you, I want you.” I stared at his perfect face.
“You shouldn’t want me like this. I’m not good for you, Willow.” He whispered.
“How can you not be good for me?” I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes.
“I promised you that I would never hurt you, but getting involved with me is wrong, it’s dangerous. There are others of my kind that are not like me. They kill people. In fact there are very few, I guess you could call us ‘good’ vampires.”
“There are more like you?”
“Yes. I’m from the Denali coven, and I think there is only one other coven that doesn’t kill humans. We call ourselves ‘vegetarian’ vampires. We only feed on animals.” I still couldn’t believe what I was hearing, and I still couldn’t believe that I wasn’t scared at all.
“How did you become a vampire? How long have you been a vampire?” More and more questions kept popping up in my head.
“If you don’t mind. I’d love to take you to a place that’s very special to me.” His eyes were thoughtful.
“Of course I don’t mind, but what about my family. They are probably freaking out right now.”
“Don’t worry about that, Willow. I left them a note before we left. They’ll be fine.” I knew too well Jesse was right. His “persuasion” skills were amazing.
“If you say so.” I shrugged.
“Let’s go.” I smiled.

He picked me up and held me close to his chest once again and took me through the garden to the street where his beautiful black Jaguar was sitting. He set me in the passenger seat and before I could even get myself buckled, he was already situated in the driver’s seat.
“Where are we going?”
“Well, you should already know what it looks like.” He smiled. This confused me. I hadn’t seen anything in Germany yet other than the cabin, the forest, and the hospital room. And before I could think anymore the car was stopped. Jesse picked me up out of the seat. I looked around me. It was so hard to see anything. It was completely dark. It surprised me that I wasn’t having a panic attack at this point. Being with Jesse, in his arms, erased all of my fears. I looked ahead and I could see a dim light shining behind some trees. Jesse was walking toward the light. When the trees finally cleared, I was utterly shocked at the site in front of me.

“Am I dreaming?” I said in a daze.
“No. But I’ll pinch you so you can know for sure.” Then Jesse grabbed my cheek with one hand and lightly squeezed it. I giggled.
“See. You’re awake.” I could see him smiling from the light of the pool. It was so beautiful, my dream did not do it justice.
“How did you know where to go? I didn’t even know this place existed!”
“Actually, this place is the main reason why I come to Germany. I think you’ve heard this line before, but this is where I come to escape.”
“Escape from what?”
“From what I am. This is the place where I got changed. er-sorry, where I got bit. And somehow whenever I come back to this place, it reminds me of my human life, and in a way, I even become more human. So that’s why it’s so easy for me not to be tempted right now.” I looked at him confused.
“Tempted to do what?”
“Oh, you know. Vampire stuff.” He smirked.

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 “Willow?” Jesse was watching my face carefully.
“Yes?” I said.
“Why are you so down on yourself?” He asked curiously. I couldn’t stop staring at his beautiful face.
“I honestly feel hideous compared to you. You’re so..” I stopped to remember to breathe.
“Perfect. I mean everything about you is perfect, you’re looks, the way you walk, the way you talk. You know I forget to breathe when I’m around you.” Then Jesse’s face went soft.
“Willow, you give me way too much credit. I’m not perfect at all. And I have never met a person who came even close to being perfect. But that was until I met you.” He smiled gorgeously. Then before I could answer he leaned down and took my hand and put it in his, and then he brushed my hair gently away from my face with his other hand. Then I remembered what got this all started to begin with.

“I will be right back.” I said quickly. Then I went into the bathroom to do the nightly routines. I didn’t really try all that hard to fix myself up. Because at this point I figured my case was beyond hopeless. When I opened the bathroom door and looked into my room, Jesse was gone. I just sighed and wheeled myself to the side of my bed. I decided to attempt to get myself out of this wheelchair and to sit on the side of my bed and wait for him. I pulled myself to a standing position, standing on one leg so I wouldn’t put any weight on my injured leg, and attempted to twist my body so I could just sit right down on my bed. Of course that attempt failed horribly. As soon as I was halfway through my “carefully thought out maneuver”, I felt a very sharp pain shoot through my leg, and I started to topple over sideways. But before I could even blink I was in Jesse’s arms. I looked at his face in shock.
“Oh Willow! I’m sorry I took so long. I just thought you might need some more of your medicine. Are you hurt? Do you need me to get you anything at all?” His face was full of concern.
“I’m fine Jesse. Really. It was stupid of me to even attempt that.”
“Are you sure?” His eyes searched my face.
“Very.” I smiled. Jesse sighed in relief.
“Now would you like me to help you sit down on the bed now, Willow?” He smiled.
“Yes, please. Since I’m obviously incapable of doing anything myself.” Then Jesse set me down on my bed gently and sat next to me.
“You know you’re wrong.” Jesse said. His eyes were thoughtful.
“Wrong about what?” I said curiously.
“You said you’re incapable of doing anything yourself, but that’s not true. You’ve managed to single-handedly make me fall for you in two days, and to tell you the truth, I don’t think I’m ever going to stop falling for you.” I felt my heart melt. And I couldn’t help but smile.
“Would you mind terribly if I kissed you right now?” I said quietly. Then he scooted closer to me, and leaned in to where there was less than a centimeter between mine and his face.
“Not at all.” He said with a beautiful smile. He still held my hand in his, and he put his other hand behind my neck and slowly pulled my face to his. Then his lips brushed softly against mine, our lips moving in sync together. His mouth opened slightly and he breathed into mine. My head was spinning so fast. The world could of ended right there, and I wouldn’t of noticed one bit. Then he kissed me once more on my lips and leaned back. I opened my eyes and looked into his. They were smoldering, and a gorgeous smile appeared on his face. I couldn’t help but blush.

“Now look what you’ve done to me, Willow. You made me completely forget my speech and everything! And I never forget anything. Well, that was until you came along.” He said playfully.
“What speech?” I said confused Then he reached for something behind me on the bed and his hands returned with a beautiful red rose. He looked down at the rose for a few seconds examining it and then he looked up at me.
“I know it’s not much. But I’ve heard that the rose is a symbol of love, and beauty. And you know that I’m falling for you, and you already know that I think you are the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I had, what I thought was a pretty good speech planned out, but that’s okay. I’ll take your kiss anytime over being ‘well prepared’.” He sighed with a smile.
“I never want to leave you Willow, and nothing would make me more happy than the thought of you being mine. Will you please be my girlfriend?” Then he turned his palms up and opened his hands to where the rose was sitting loosely between them. My heart fluttered and my stomach filled with butterflies.
“I’ll be yours forever.” I promised. Jesse’s face never seemed so beautiful. His eyes were like fire, and his smile brought chills down my spine. Then he set the rose in my hand and closed my fingers around it softly.
“I’ve never brought anyone to the pool that I just brought you to. I never felt like anyone could ever come close to making me as happy as the memories that come back to me whenever I visit that pool. But you’ve changed that. This rose is from our pool. The pool was the only thing in this world that I loved, and cherished, and now I just wanted to let you know, that I’d let it burn to the ground if it meant losing you.”
       

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