CHAPTER 7: Denali

The venture to the New World was a long and dry one. I was certain that I would be able to swim by myself faster than this sluggish boat. The only reason I wasn’t swimming was because I would most certainly come across more than one boat, and therefore would risk being seen.

After settling my accounts and business in England I had gone to London to seek out a ship master that would bear me as a doctor on his ship. This was easier said than done; because many shipmasters weren’t convinced of my medical ability sue to my pale skin and strange eyes. But eventually I found gentleman that would take me, and now I resided in a cramped cabin furnished with a small, crude, wooden bed, and my bag. I could hear everything and I had to keep away so as not to make my irritation plain. The ocean bubbled beneath me and occasionally I would hear a small whale or sea animal and have to coerce myself into not diving in after it. Thirst was a bigger issue. I was stretching my limits by this 2 week journey, and I loathe to think of what the crew must have thought of me hiding away in my cabin, and pinching my nose on deck. I grew unnaturally ill tempered the more and more thirsty I became, and would only come out when it was insisted I eat, or treat a crew member’s sea sickness. Hidden away like a true vampire.At last the journey was over, and I scarcely had the will to collect the dues that the shipmaster owed me for my “service” before Ihastily ran to find a meal. It was during this hunt that Tanya found me, and implored me to return to her abode.

“Dear Carlisle! What brings you to the New World, I felt certain you would never leave your beloved England.” She said, as we ran.

“Ah I grew tired of the monotony dear Tanya and you fail to recall how dreary it is when you’re dead.” I said jokingly. She laughed.

“Well Irina, Eleazar and Kathrin will be ecstatic at your staying. Eleazar especially wants your council. The Volturi have asked him to…well I will leave it to his explanation” she said with a grimace.