Twilight: Finding Me

A high-strung idealist with a stubborn look in her eyes who cries at the drop of a hat VS

A gorgeous tyrant with no superpowers who spends all day getting mad

My name is Quincy. I'm twenty-two, born in a French town also called Quincy. I have a sister three years older than me named Celine. She had to face all of this before I did: alcoholism, and a mother who was both broken and beautiful.

Three weeks ago, I reported two people, and just yesterday, I completed the paperwork to take a leave of absence from school. I thought I'd see Celine as soon as I got home, but it seemed she'd "disappeared." Armed with a postcard bearing the word "monastery," I found my way to Volterra, Tuscany. First, I saw a glowing young man at the Feast of Saint Marcus. Then I fell into a passage beneath an old church, where I encountered a vampire with an angel's face and a devil's nature. To my horror, I discovered that my blood seemed to make him... "allergic"?

Quincy: I never thought I'd end up keeping a vampire prisoner.

I live in constant fear and unease. I cried once, twice, three times, countless times. Eventually, I cried myself out, and all that remained was speechlessness. Nothing but speechlessness.

"Hey," I lean close to his ear and say, "Could you please not kill me?" As I speak, I feel like crying again. I'm not just on the verge of tears, I'm furious too. "If you promise not to kill me, I won't feed you my blood anymore."

Caius: From now on, you should pray for yourself.

Quincy: [Feeling emo] Whatever.

Caius: Tell me, why would I need a portrait?

Quincy: I don't know.

Caius: If I find that you have no value after your transformation, your only place will be the dungeon. The Volturi will keep you there until your last drop of blood has dried up.

Quincy: Fine. Do that.

[Even as a human, Quincy shows signs of her "gift": her blood can put vampires to sleep and make them dream beautiful dreams. She is a rare "Dreamweaver." As for her relationship with Caius, my friend, it is all a matter of will, not the genetic bond of a "singer."]

[As for Caius, this story follows his age in the film. The key to making this character fully realized is that he has no "gift." His family believes that power is truth. How could that be anything other than a loss of control born from a desperate need for security?]

[The Volturi are essentially cruel social Darwinists. The future that ought to be is the Cullen family, sustained by love, compassion, and acceptance.]

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Theme: "Find me" means seeing the real, vulnerable self. Strength or morality? Perhaps darkness can teach the light how to survive.