"You need to feed." a voice said. The person he was talking to shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm fine," the other responded. This first guy stepped in front of his friend and stopped him, placing his hands on his shoulders.

"Dray, please. I know you. I know that you hate what I did to you and you hate what you are, but you can't afford to loose control again. The next time you do, I might not be there to help you," he said desperately.

"I just can't stand the fact that I have to take someone else's life away just to sustain my own a little longer. I wish that there was some other way… And I don't blame you for what you did. Granted I do NOT like what I am now, but your intentions were for good. You wanted me to live…" Dray started to say.

"My own selfish act. It was your time to die and go wherever you were destined to go and I stole that bliss from you! How can you be ok with my decision?" his friend asked.

"Because I wouldn't be here having this argument with you if you hadn't done what you did. But it doesn't matter right now… And I'm not feeding," Dray stated and started to walk off.

"Dray…" his friend said warningly and hurried to catch up. Dray turned around.

"No, Rowen! I can't feed off of humans anymore! With me taking a life, it makes me feel like I should have died, then there would be one less vampire in this world!" he shouted.

"If you don't feed on humans, then the Volturi will either kick you out of the city or they will kill you…" Rowen started to explain.

"Good! Let them kill me! Better me than anyone else…" Dray said.

"Would you let me finish!" Rowen shouted while stopping Dray again. "What I was trying to tell you was that around here, you have to drink human blood and a lot of it to keep the peace here. But I know a place where you can go where you don't have to drink from humans
but animals. A family, actually. They all drink from animals and animals only and they are always welcome to those who share and practice their ways," Rowen said. Dray's eyes grew wide in hope.

"Really? There is?" he asked. Rowen nodded his head in acknowledgement. "Where can I find them?" Dray asked, almost desperately.

"I will take you to them tomorrow. They live in the 'States. But for now, you need to feed," Rowen continued to press the previous issue.

"I told you Ro…" Dray began to argue tiredly. He was very hungry.

"I didn't mean on humans. I will take you well out of the city and find
a nice heard of deer or something. To get some practice in," he said with a smile. "I've never tried venison before," Rowen said and they were heading into the dark forest that surrounded the slumbering city.

~ * ~

"Bella!" a man's voice called out. Bella ran down the stairs at her dad's voice, barely catching herself from falling the rest of the way.

"What is it, Dad?" she asked, catching her breath.

"You have a letter from your cousin," he said and handed her the letter. Bella's eyes lightened as she excitedly tore open the envelope and quickly read it.

"She's coming to visit in a few days!" she announced, not being able to contain her excitement.

"I know, she'll be here tomorrow. Her plane is arriving early," her dad, Charlie said.

"I'm going to get my room ready for her!" Bella said as she raced back up the stairs to her room, surprisingly not tripping.

"So what's all the excitement about?" a voice asked, making her jump. She turned around and swatted her boyfriend's arm playfully, even though she knew that he could barely feel it. He was a vampire after all.

"Don't scare me like that, Edward. And I'm sure you probably know," she said.

"So that means that I won't be able to see you at all while she's here,"Edward asked sadly.

"No, it's ok, she knows that you are. I told her," she said.

"WHAT?!" he hissed.

"Oh, don't worry. She already knows about your kind's existence. She's a witch," she explained.

~ ~ Flashback ~ ~

The phone rang in the small house. Bella dried her hands on a dish towel and walked over to the kitchen phone and answered it.

"Hello, Swan residence, "she said.

"Hi, Bella!" a female British voice said excitedly over the other end.

"Mia?" Bella asked in disbelief, "It's been so long since I've talked to you," she said.

"Oh, I've been great! A few things happened during school, but everything's been 'sorted' out, so to speak. I'm happy and sad that it's over," Mia said, a hint of saddness reached Bella's ears.

"That's right, you only had to go to your boarding school for seven years. What kind of things happened?" Bella asked, concerned.

"Some people at my school were murdered," Mia said softly. Bella gasped, her free hand covering her mouth.

"Oh, Mia, I'm so sorry! How did it happen?" Bella asked.

"I... I can't really tell you..." Mia said, her voice full of nervousness.

"Were you not able to find out? I'm sure that I can hop on the internet and search the newspapers for you. They're bound to be reported..." Bella suggested.

"You won't find anything about the truth in the London papers. The muggles don't really know what happened..." Mia said softly. She stopped, midsentence and silence filled the air.

"What do you mean? And what are 'muggles'?" Bella fired off.

"I... I can't tell you. I shouldn't have said anything..." Mia stuttered. Bella then knew that her cousin was hiding something from her and she let something slip accidently that led Bella to concern her suspitions.

"All right, Mia. Spill it. I know that you're hiding something," she said.

"Bella, really, I can't tell you. I've been sworn to secrecy," Mia pleaded.

"Since when have you been unable to tell me secrets and not trust me?" Bella asked. She felt hurt, they used to tell each other everything until Mia went to her boarding school at age eleven.

"But, Bella. You don't understand! I'm from a world that can't be found out! It's for my kinds safety and yours," Mia tried to explain the importance to her hardheaded cousin.

"I know more about different worlds than you think. So far, I'm involved in two others, besides my own. I one more won't hurt," Bella said.

"It deals with... the supernatural." Bella smiled.

"More reason to tell me. Trust me, I've had a healthy dose of supernatural and I'd love some more."

Mia sighed on the other end and, reluntently, told Bella everything. That she was a witch, that her school was Hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry. She told her about all of the adventures that she and her two best friends (besides Bella) had gone through for the past seven years. She also told her about the war, crying a little when she relayed the names of those who died that she knew.

"Oh, Mia! It must have been terrible to hold all of this in. Do you feel better?" Bella asked.

"Suprisingly, yes. I'm glad that I'm able to tell you without you freaking out on me... By the way, what did you mean that you know about the supernatural?" Mia asked.

"Well, it's not my secret to tell, actually..." Bella said nervously.

"Come on, I told you mine and it involves millions of other people. Can't you trust me," Mia asked, twisting Bellas words to use against her. Mia heard her cousin mumble something about double standards.

"Bella?" Mia asked, worriedly.

"Do you believe in vampires?" Bella asked suddenly.

"What? Where did this come from?" Mia asked.

" I'm answering your question. Please, answer mine," Bella asked back, a little scared and excited at the same time.

"Yes, I do. I've actually met a few, why?"

"Thats part of the supernatural secret..."

"Oh, no! You were bitten by a vampire! I'm so sorry!" Mia interrupted. Bella bit her lip nervously.

"Its not that. My boyfriend, Edward, is a vampire though... And before you say anything, he doesn't drink my blood or any other human blood. He's on a very strict animal only diet," Bella explained.

"Are you sure?" Mia asked, not believing it.

"Absolutely positive."

"Well, you know me, I won't believe it until I see it with my own eyes... And believe me, I will soon," Mia warned.

"I know," Bella sighed and they continued the conversation about family.

"So, she confided in you and you felt the need to betray my secret to her in exchange?" Edward asked, annoyed.

"It's not like I gave away your secret. She would've found out the moment that she met you, she's very smart," she said. Edward still seemed skeptical to the situation, but didn't say anything else on the matter. Bella still saw the look in his eyes.

"Oh, bite me," she said.

"You know my conditions on that, sweetheart," he said with that heart melting crooked smile that she loved. Trying not to become a puddle on the floor that drooled, she stuck out her tongue and continued to fix her room up for her cousin.

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A/N: There's chapter one for you! I hope that you like it!!! =^_^=