I woke up not knowing what had happened to me. All I knew is that I had just suffered a tremendous amount of pain. I could see everything more clearly than before.

"Are you alright?" a soft voice asked. It startled me and I reflexively crouched as if I were to attack. Two males were on her side in less than a second. The woman who asked me if I was alright was nothing but beautiful. She was average height, had caramel colored hair that went a little past her shoulders and had a small smile plastered on her face.

The boy who was standing next to her looked as if he were ready to kill me. He looked about my age, just a bit shorter than I was and a bit less muscular and had bronze hair. He didn't move at all just watched my every move carefully. It annoyed me but I think my attitude just made him even wearier.

The other was older than I was for sure but not by much. He didn't look that old but his clothing did give him an older appearance. He was blonde, tall and very familiar and obviously very protective of the woman next to him. I made a note to myself to stay away from her.

"You better," the boy snarled. I, completely caught off guard again, growled. I surprised myself with that.

"This is my son Edward. He can read minds," the blond said with a very calm voice. I stayed quiet. I didn't know these people and I didn't remember much. "I am Carlisle. This is my wife Esme." I looked at her again and she still had a small smile on her face. I felt myself relax but just a little.

I couldn't believe it. I wasn't human anymore? How could it be? They didn't know what we were but just knew that we weren't human. Carlisle and Esme explained everything that came with it; only sleeping when really tired, extreme strength, extreme speed, enhanced everything. I didn't really have anything to say at moments like this. Of course I've never been through moments like this. They explained that if we smelled blood the first couple of years after we were born we could kill someone. If we drank human blood our eyes would turn red but besides that our eyes would return to our natural color.

"So I won't be able to see my family?" I asked hoping to hear the answer I wanted.

"I'm sorry but no," Esme said softly, "it would be safer if you didn't have contact with them at all."

"What about when I'm better?"

"You're too different now. They'll get suspicious if you disappear and suddenly came back looking nothing like before and being the same age," Carlisle explained.

"How did I become this?" I asked. Carlisle looked very uncomfortable when I asked this.

"When you were in the hospital, you were being treated for broken bones. Do you remember that?" I remembered getting a seizure and after that just pain.

"Yeah," I answered getting memories little by little.

"You had a fractured skull and you were dying fast. I thought there wasn't any reason for you to die so young a-"

"So you decided to turn me into this instead of doing anything to help me?" I wasn't that mad but I was still in shock.

"I was trying to help you. I didn't think you had to die."

"Are you ok?" Esme asked.

"I don't know," I answered her.

After talking about ourselves for a couple of minutes I was less uncomfortable being with them. Edward had been changed at seventeen in Chicago which made him younger than me and that gave me a small sense of superiority. Esme was turned about two years after Edward in Ohio and apparently was the oldest of us all being 26 years old. Carlisle was 23 but had been turned about 300 hundred years ago in London. I told them about myself.

"Do you mind telling us about yourself?" Carlisle asked me. All three of them looked at me expectantly.

"I'm 19 years old; I'm from Michigan and…" I didn't know what else they wanted to know about me but it didn't matter; I couldn't remember anything. They seemed to understand so they left the subject alone.

"Let me show you your room," Esme said with an expectant smile.

"Esme we don't even know if he wants to stay," Edward said frustrated. I hadn't even thought about that. I was too caught up with me not being human anymore.

"You are free to go if you'd like but you are also very welcome to stay," Carlisle said. I didn't really have anywhere else to go so I decided to stay.

"If you don't mind my staying here," I said in a low voice.

"Of course not!" Esme exclaimed, "We'd love for you to stay with us."

I followed Esme upstairs with Carlisle on her side and Edward behind me. It was annoying to be watched by two guys who were ready to stop me if I made any false move. But at least now I understood why. I wouldn't want to hurt them if they hadn't done anything to me. Especially Esme, she's been nothing but nice to me and I cringed at the thought of hurting her. I guessed that Edward had read my thoughts since he seemed a bit less tense than before. If I promise not to hurt anybody will you leave me alone? I asked him mentally. He hesitated for a second and just left. Thanks.

Esme showed me to my new room and I was surprised. It was really big. About three times my older room.

"Do you like it?" she asked me with that smile that never seemed to fade.

"Yes, thank you," I answered.

"Of course after a while it'll be decorated however you want. After all, it's yours now."

"Welcome to the family," Esme said and went back to Carlisle who wrapped his arm around her protectively. At first I felt bad because I thought he was protecting her from me but when I thought about it, his protectiveness seemed to come as a reflex. I entered the room and just stood there. The room had a big bed which had clothes for me which I think were from Edward.

I lay down on my new bed and thought about what I was now. So about four days ago I was with my family in my room teaching my little brother how to write and now I'm told I won't be able to ever see him again. And not only him, my entire family.

I hadn't slept at all the whole night but just tried to soak in everything I had been told. Could I trust them? They seem harmless but they weren't. According to Carlisle, we are very dangerous creatures. I sighed and got up from the bed. Just when I did, somebody knocked on the door.

"Come in," I said. Esme and Carlisle came into the room.

"Good morning," Carlisle greeted.

"Morning," I said quietly.

"How do you feel?" Esme asked.

"Alright, I guess."

"Well, we just came to give you some clothes," Esme told me giving me a big box. I was amazed that the box was probably bigger than her and three times as heavier. I felt ashamed for not noticing before and helping her.

"Thank you," I said taking the box from her. Is this box empty?

Esme laughed noticing my confused look and said, "That's something else; we are about a million times stronger than the average human." I just nodded and placed the box on the floor. They looked like they were hiding something from me.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Well," Carlisle started. "We were thinking about moving."

"Moving?" I repeated.

"Not now. When you are able to go out people will recognize you-"

"Yeah you told me this part yesterday," I interrupted.

"So, when you are able to go out it would be better for us to be somewhere else. Of course, if you want to stay with us."

"Is that ok?" Esme asked me looking at me carefully.

"Whatever you think is best," was all I could think of.