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The pain was unbearable. I had screamed out for help, but no one answered. Try as I might, I couldn't open my eyes to see anything. 'Is this how it feels to die?' I tried to think of something, anything, to take my mind off the burning sensation that engulfed me.

'Oh God, what's going to happen to Charlie? At least Renee had Phil to look after her, but Charlie is all alone.'

All of the sudden, I felt my heart pounding inside my chest as if it was trying to break free. It started pounding faster as the flames consuming me seemed to burn hotter, just as it seemed it all had to have reached its peak everything ceased. My heart, the pain, all seems to shut down. 'Well this is it. Might as well open my eyes to my new life.'

Now this was strange. I never would have thought that the afterlife would look like this. As I opened my eyes, all I saw was inside of a disintegrating tool shed. I was lying on the ground under chains that were hanging from a beam. I saw no trace of blood except for on the ground, which was covered with hay. 'What in the world?' As I closely inspected my body, I found that my clothes were torn in blood soaked. All around my wrists were ring scars. I looked up again and saw handcuffs on the chain, also covered with blood. I looked up and down my arms and noticed several crescent-shaped scars. 'What the hell?! No! I couldn't be!' I suddenly felt a burning my throat. instinctively I put my hand to where the pain was sure enough I felt another Crescent scar on my jugular 'dammit' I got up and in a flash I was outside on what seemed to be a mountain. the ache in my throat started to intensify and I know that if I didn't find an animal fast, I was going to do something that I would regret terribly.

I zipped down the mountain and found the forest at the bottom. I remembered what I had been told by the Cullens before they had left. I stood perfectly still, closed my eyes, and listen until I heard a rustle in the leaves about a quarter mile away. I open my eyes and smell the air. luckily it smells stronger than I imagined a deer would. I followed the scent to a mountain lion crouched in front of me trying to catch a deer. I took a giant leap on to the Predators back and broke its neck and immediately latching onto its throat. 10 long pools later I was shoving the carcass off of me as I instantly smelled a pack of young wolves just learning to hunt on their own. I strategically snapped all of their necks before going back and draining each of them one by one, until finally the thirst was bearable. just to finish off my hunger I took down a deer that crossed my path.

momentarily sated, I sat in a nearby pond to wash up pondering on whether or not I should go back home. after all Charlie was human and I was a newborn vampire. sure I seem to have my wits about me; but then again I haven't been near a human yet in this new life to know whether or not I would lose control. I decided to test myself this was September hunting season. the dawn was slowly approaching, so I searched until I smell the faint smell of gunpowder and deer urine. signaling that there was just a deer stand nearby I found the deer stand and climbed a nearby tree to await their arrival. just as the Sun started to peek over the mountains my thirst came back almost with a vengeance. that's when I saw the two hunters clad in Hunter's camouflage, walking right past me. I felt my eyes go back to pitch black in the burn in my throat intensify once again. I felt the need to feed on them. Slowly I started stalking them on a limb; as soon as I got to the edge Charlie face crossed my mind. I stopped in my tracks instantly.

'oh god Charlie what the hell am I doing come on Bella get it together!'

I jump down from the tree; being careful not to let the hunters hear the leaves crunch under my feet. I started towards forks.


'home.' just the thought made my dead heart we swell and emotions being high, the excitement was almost uncontrollable. doing a jig and giggle was not what I wanted at all at the moment.

the house smelled stale there were no sounds and no heartbeat inside. that was not what he would have me rushing in. it was the slight smell of old blood that faintly lingered inside the house. I checked my father's bedroom; praying that I wouldn't find him lifeless in his bed.

'good he's probably at work.' that's when I took an unnecessary breath of relief out of habit. I moved to make Charlie's bed as I had always done for him.

'this man is hopeless wait what's that?'

I found a red tinted stationery paper with a note written on it addressed to me. as I opened it I noticed a foreign scent in the room lingering around Charlie's musty Old Spice scent. the handwriting was clearly female.

hello Isabella,

by now I'm sure you already know that you're a vampire. you're so welcome darling! but please don't get too comfortable, because today is the first day of your own personal hell.

-signed your maker Victoria!

my hands shook shaking the paper wildly. an angry tormented scream forced its way past my lips as venom tears ran down my face and cheek and dropped onto the note. I couldn't understand why she insisted on tormenting me I was no longer with Edward I'm not his mate! the phone rang downstairs and I answered it expecting to hear my dad Charlie on the other end; but I was wrong.

"Isabella hello my child did you find the note I left for you?"

Victoria voice froze me completely. I wanted to say something but she cut me off.

"that doesn't matter but what does matter is… where is your father today?

Victoria chuckled on the other end and I snapped

"bitch! don't toy with me! stay the hell away from Charlie unless you want to find out exactly how sharp you made my teeth!"

I was proud at the fact I stood up to her showing no fear.

"well that is certainly no way to speak to your mother…"

I cut her off quick. 'hell no this bitch didn't!'

" you're not my damn mother! get that shit straight right the fuck now now! I'm going to put this in words you will understand, stay away from my family or I will kill you!"

as a sinister laugh had me glued to my spot. I wasn't joking, I was dead serious and she is laughing at me?! I was just about to scream out another promised threat when her laughing stopped.

"tisk tisk tisk. Isabella you are so naïve. it's too late for idle threats. charlie is with me. now listen close my pet, find Jasper Whitlock and kill him."

Victoria ordered and I felt the plastic on the phone in my hand begin to crack. I tried to regain some control.

"fuck you! I'll just kill you instead"

I said with a small growl. I felt an aching pain at the mention of this man's name. for a man that I have never heard of and didn't know from Adam the pain was intense enough to make me weak knees.

"fine…then say goodbye to Daddy."

I snarled loudly when I heard the pain cry Charlie let out on the other end who the hell was this Jasper Whitlock!

"fine I'll do it"

I told her with a growl.

"good I knew you would see it my way"

I stopped her before she could say anything else.

"put him on the phone I want to talk to him."

I told her still not showing her any fear.

"well I guess you've earned it you have 1 minute Isabella. I'm counting."

I heard shuffling as Charlie grabbed the phone and heard his labouring breath.

"Bella! Bella! don't listen to her she's a crazy woman!"he breathed.

"dad are you hurt? did she hurt you?" I said I tried to sound calm behind my panic but couldn't.

"not too bad I think. Bella what the heck is going on. this woman is…"

I cut him off

"she's a vampire dad and so am I thanks to her!" I growled a bit.

"Bella, I love you. if I die, I want you to know that and I'm proud of you baby girl. I don't care what you are." I can hear the tears in his voice and Love he was telling me of. I was scared no doubt; my father was telling me goodbye and his own way.

"I love you daddy I will come get you I promise I will. I…"

I wiped the venom from my eyes and cheek as my dad cut me off.

"no Bella stay away from here she will kill you…"

I heard him cry out from pain once again then Victoria is sickening voice came on the line.

"times up just remember one thing Isabella… the longer you take, the longer Charlie here stuffers."

the line disconnected and I felt the phone in my hands finally give under the pressure. white hot rage filled my chest then something snapped the chair in the kitchen quickly became a decorative lawn piece as I easily flung it out the kitchen window; followed shortly by the other three and the kitchen counter. I had not even noticed I was screaming wildly, but when Jake came barreling through the front door, I became still as a statue.

"Bella…" he started slowly.

"she's got him Jake! she has him and I don't even know where to start looking!" Jake brushed up to me and pulling me up into his arms. I held onto him feeling that if I let go he might just disappear as well. I don't think I could have survived it. No, I would have surely broke.

after the angry tears subsided Jake held me at arms length pushing the hair from my face to get a better look at me.

"Bella what the hell is going on?"

Jake was confused and he had all right to be pissed but not towards me. and he wasn't.

"it's a long story I don't really have time to explain it all…but Jake I need your help!" I was not above begging at this point.

"then give me the short story." Jake said, waiting patiently for my explanation.

"I don't remember everything. I woke up about 50 miles north of here in the mountains. after I figure out I was a vampire and then I came back home to find Charlie gone and this note on his bed."

I handed him the note and he read it in a flash. his face scrunched up in a sickening way before he covered his nose. no doubt recognizing there was a strange scent attached to the note.

"so that's the flaming bitch's. Name no doubt. Id recognize that stink anywhere."

I'm nodded in my head acknowledging the fact that he recognized the bitch.

"then she called the house and told me she had Charlie! Jake you should have heard her, she was toying with me! she told me she was going to kill Charlie if I didn't kill a man named Jasper Whitlock; I don't even know who's he is!" the pang of pain I felt at the mention of his name again was more excruciating than the others.

'what the hell is wrong with me!'

I thought as my hand came up to rub my chest and I continue to tell the story.

"Jake when I talk to Charlie, he was talking as if he knew he wasn't going to make it. Jake he was telling me goodbye…"

Charlie's voice came back to me as once again I remembered what he had told me. the thought that those words could quite possibly be the last ones he says to me brought fresh venom tears to my eyes.

"look Bella, the pack caught her scent heading south east towards Texas. I know its not much but its something, some kind of lead."

I'm nodded my head in thanks as Jake and I walked to the door parting ways. we promise to keep in touch and I headed toward Texas. I knew that I needed to find and kill this Jasper Whitlock no matter how much it hurts. so I followed the pool in my chest hoping; I could find and kill him if I run across him.


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