The Dark Hunter.

A/N This is a vampire story, will be dark at times. Rated M for all the usual stuff. Please read and review and tell me if you like or not. It might not be to every ones taste. Anyhow Enjoy. Hopefully!

Chapter one.

I liked the dark, the dark liked me. I could pick my victims easily. At night, the scum of human society came out to play. And I was waiting for them. I watched and waited, sometimes they had committed the offense already or they were about to. Either way, they had it coming. Murderers, rapists, paedophiles ect.. If I caught the foul thoughts in their heads, well put it this way - they died. It wasn't a pleasant death, they had all died in horrific fear - made them sweeter to drink. Their blood flowed deliciously down my throat, sending tingles of bliss to all parts of my body. I didn't feel one iota of guilt, why should I? The way I saw it I was doing the world a favour. I often wondered what would happen if the bad humans decided to be good, what would I do? Could I go back to being a vegetarian? No lets face it, that would never fucking happen. There are good people and bad, always had been, always will. I had nothing to worry about, my unlimited food source was in no danger of becoming extinct.

I'm a loner, my family didn't lead the same kind of lifestyle I did. They interacted with humans in a normal way, school, shopping and all that shit. They all hunted animals, it was their choice, I'd made mine fourteen years ago. I preferred human blood but I prided myself, I never took an innocent, only the bad. Carlisle my maker come father argued I shouldn't play god - I thought differently, to me it wasn't playing god it was ridding this world from the lowest of the low. My family stlll loved me of that I'm sure, they begged me to come back and see them all the time. They resided in the small town of Forks, Washington. Claiming it was an ideal habitat, hardly any sun and plenty of wildlife. My father even worked at the local hospital, don't know how he dealt with all that blood but I guess being three hundred years old he'd had plenty of practice.

It was lonely this life I led, sometimes I'd come across my kind as I travelled around the country. I wasn't mated like my siblings but I enjoyed a varied sex life. No humans though, just my kind. There are plenty like me - nomads, wandering from place to place. Some of the female vampires I'd met in my fourteen years away from family were insatiable. I loved my time with them, hot rough sex - you can't beat it. But there was never that spark that told you, she was the one. I could read their minds and was often put off by their thoughts. Anyway I enjoyed their bodies very much and they enjoyed mine so it was always mutually pleasant. They were just a means for release - nothing more. I was a love em and leave them kind of guy - no hard feelings. Most of them accepted this although there was a few who were a bit stalkerish I suppose. But no, I made it clear - I wasn't looking for anyone, well apart from the one. I treated them all with respect and was upfront about the fact - it was just sex for me. Edward Cullen Stud I'd nicknamed myself, I'd tried it all. Gone were my virgin days and about time too, another thing that had changed since leaving my family - they couldn't tease me any more about it.

See being a vampire I had a lot of time on my hands. I didn't work, well how could I with bright red eyes and a sparkly complexion - if the sun was out. I like nothing better than to relax and think, I could pull whole books from my memory and read them in my head. But most of all I'd think about my family, I really fucking missed them, yes I'm a stubborn fucker and refused to go back. I'd also think about the vision my sister Alice saw eighteen years ago, a brown haired beauty, pale and luscious. My Mate, Alice said. I hadn't come across her yet but I knew I would one day. I suppose that was part of why I decided to try being on my own, I was sick of being the odd one out all the time. I totally believed Alice, she could see the future precisely. She was out there somewhere, just waiting for me to find her. I wish I knew her name but Alice couldn't tell me, eighteen years was a long time ago but she stayed fresh in my mind. Anyway anything could of happened to her, us vampires could be cruel to one another. I had killed my fair share of men and women alike, vampires and humans.

It was darker now time to feed, the anticipation of the kill was almost as good as feeding sometimes. I loved patrolling the streets looking for my next victim. It didn't take me long, New York was full of undesirables. Seedy men pimping out young girls, drug dealers selling to kids, I had plenty to choose from in this city. Setting off it wasn't long before I heard a muffled scream coming from behind a lively bar. A young woman was being pinned against a dingy wall, I saw his thoughts, he was going to rape her and strangle the poor thing. She was begging him to leave her alone, he wasn't taking any notice, seeming to get off on the thought of her pleading for her life. He already had his disgusting cock out, trying to rip her panties off. Time for me to intervene.

The woman whose name was Annie I believe looked at me in complete horror, was the red eyes. I must remember to wear sunglasses - shit they're in my pocket.

"Excuse me."

"Fuck off, and get your own slut."

I grabbed him round the neck hard he stopped what he was trying to do because lets face it, I had a hard grip.

"I'll take care of this, you get yourself home." I handed her a hundred dollars telling her to get a cab straight away. She ran off not looking back but I read her thoughts and she was extremely grateful for what I had done totally dismissing the fact I looked odd.

"Now put your dick away, I don't want to kill you while that rancid thing is hanging out." Putting slightly more pressure on his neck, he did what I told him. I scanned his thoughts, he had a woman at home tied up in his basement that he regulary abused. Fucking scum, it wasn't the first time he had raped and murdered.

"Tell me where you live." He lived in a hovel, I saw the address in his thoughts before he told me. I turned him around, this was the best bit. A look of crazy fear crossed his ugly face.

"W-What are y-you?" I grinned and flashed my razor sharp teeth.

"I'm your worse nightmare, you're going to die now. You see I'm going to bite your neck and drink your blood."

"V-vampire." I looked down and a wet patch was forming on his dirty trousers, yes he was pissing himself. While I thought this was disgusting it didn't bother me. I liked his fear.

"That's right, but with what you have done I feel like torturing you slowly. But I suppose there will be other times, other scum to annihilate. So I'll be quick this time. Are you scared? You should be; you're a fucking disgusting excuse for a human. I can't wait to end your life."

"Please god save me please?" I laughed darkly. Most of the evil bastards turned to god at the end when their life was about to expire. Laughable really.

"God won't save you now." With that I bent his head to the side harshly. Opened my mouth so my teeth were exposed, all the time he was watching me. "Enjoy hell fucker." I sank my fangs deep into his neck pulling the blood fast, he struggled a bit so I broke his fingers, my other hand was muffling his cries. My teeth are a work of art holding him in a vice grip. I could feel his heart slowing, ten more seconds and he would be dead. He slumped back, the life had been sucked out of him. I sealed the wound I had made, I never left evidence of bite marks.

Leaving the scene quickly I made my way downtown to the home of the man I'd just fed from. Sure enough I could hear the thoughts of the desperate woman - despair. This time I remembered my sunglasses. I went in through a back window, finding the door to the basement was easy, the smell coming from down there was unbelivable. Urine, sweat and shit. She was tied up on a makeshift bed, crying and begging to be let loose, so she could go home to her family.

"Listen sweetheart, I'm here to help. I'm going to release you and drop you off at the local hospital." Strangely she looked hopeful, she believed me so readily. I suppose anything was better than being tied up and subjected to the pure evil she endured at the hands of that monster. She'd been here a month now.

"Don't worry, he's not coming back again."

"Who are you, are you FBI?" Poor thing, her mind was going ten to the dozen. She was elated to be leaving this dingy room. I scooped her up in my arms.

"Close your eyes sweetheart." She did instantly. I got away from the smelly hovel as fast as I could. Her eyes remained closed, in less than a minute I was walking into the A&E. I attracted the attention of a nurse.

"I found this lady like this, she's been kidnapped and abused. Please take care of her also inform the police and her family. Her name is Cathy Reid."

"You'll be fine now sweetheart." Gratitude beamed from her face then she grabbed my hand and squeezed it. I scanned her thoughts, they told me she knew I was different, but she wouldn't say a word.

"Thank you so much for saving me, I don't even know your name."

"It's Edward, Kathy I have to go now. You look after yourself do you hear." She nodded. Then I walked slowly out of the hospital till I was out of view. I could run at full speed then till I was miles away.

I like trees, I was currently sat in one thinking of tonights events. My mobile phone was ringing, I only kept the thing to appease my family. I rarely used it myself they would ring me just so they knew I was okay but I knew Alice could see what I was up too anyway. It was nice to hear off them. I looked at the screen, big surprise not - it was Alice. She probaly wanted to discuss what happened tonight.

"Hey Alice, are you well?"

"Yes I'm fine, and no I'm not ringing about what you did earlier even though it was a good thing. Well not the drinking blood bit but you know what I mean." Always the same, little chatterbox. God I fucking missed her, out of all my siblings - me and her were the closest.

"So Alice what can I do for you? If you're begging me to come back; well you know the answer already sister. No way."

"Oh really Edward Cullen, well I have news for you."

"Oh yeah, so what is it?"

"Maybe I shouldn't tell you Edward."

"Come on Alice, you know you're dying too." She hesitated which was unlike her.

"She's here Edward in Forks, your mate, I met her today. And she looked exactly like the vision I had all those years ago." Holy fucking christ, I nearly fell off the damn tree. I had no doubt Alice was right. Well fuck me!

"Alice I'm on my way. What's her name?"

"Ha thought you would be. She's called Isabella. See you soon brother."

Fuck - I'm going to Forks!

So there you have it. Mmm I wonder if Edward knows Isabella is human? What kind of reaction will he have?

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Cheers for reading.

Bluebuttercup.