A/N – disclaimer, I do not own any of the twilight books or the characters within this fanfiction it all belongs to Stephanie Meyer. Only characters that belong to me is Brent:) so far..

After Midnight

Bella wasn't your ordinary girl, no. She was your average teenager by day, but by night she was a vampire hunter. She recently lived in phoenix Arizona, but moved to a small town called forks when her boss told her that vampires were residing there. What will happen when she meets a coven of vampires she is destined to kill?

I could hear my alarm clock in the background.

Damn fucking noise. I fucking hate that buzzer especially in the morning on a weekend.

Turning off the alarm, I googly looked up at the sun shining in through the window.

I hate mornings. I was mostly awake during the night time, hunting vampires, that's what I did, I tracked and killed vampires, being known as one of the best vampire hunters in the world.

Groaning, I fell back on the bed pulling the blankets over my head, tuning out the noise of the birds singing their tune.

I wasn't just called one of the best vampire hunters in the world. I had something that no one else as a vampire hunter had, I had this special power that no one else could explain. Vampires could usually get a sense when a vampire hunter is around. They just new and some vampires could even read minds.

Well I had this power to shield any of the vampires supernatural power, so no vampire could tell that I was sneaking up on them, that was my advantage, plus they couldn't read my mind.

I was peacefully falling back to sleep, when a small figure came looming over me throwing the blankets of of my small stature.

''BELLA'', the voice bellowed, shaking me.

I mentally flipped her off, and ignored her attempts to try to wake me up.

''Bella- your boyfriends here'', she said giving up and walking back to the entrance of my bedroom door. Now that got my attention, no matter how many times I try to tell her that he wasn't my boyfriend she never got that. Shes such a vegetable.

''For the last time woman, hes not my God damn boyfriend'', I said throwing the rest of the blankets off of me and jumping out of bed. ''Tell him ill be down in a minute'', I said slamming the door in her face.

''Sure, whatever'', she replied as I heard her making her way down the stairs.

I grabbed the first thing I set my eyes on in my dresser and ran into my bathroom, quickly brushing my teeth and throwing my cloths on.

My outfit consisted of plain short shorts and a purple tank-top. Casual enough when you lived in Phoenix Arizona.

Bounding down the stairs and running into the warm embrace of my best friend.''Brent!'', I exclaimed giving him a huge hug.''your back!''.

''Ouch'', he said sucking in a breath as he looked like he was in extreme pain, well duh he was in a sling.

''Omg- are you okay'', I said as I pulled away making sure i didn't hurt him. He had just got back from his trip from the other side of Arizona,from a vampire attack on a few teenagers. He was one of the best vampire hunters I knew, he was the one that helped me become a vampire hunter in the first place. But even the best don't come back unharmed.

''Bad encounter. Vampire grabbed my hand as I stabbed him in the heart'' he said shrugging it off.''hes dead though, I killed him''.

''That's what I'm talking about'', I said giving him a high five.

Grabbing my flip flops and grabbing his hand I pulled both him and I into the morning hot air of Arizona.

I loved Phoenix, I loved the sun and its blistering heat. I loved the vigorous and sprawling city.

''So whats new?'', I asked as we made our way towards the park were we always go to just be alone.

''Oh you know, the usual. Killing some vampires, getting mauled once in a while'', he said holding up his arm with a smirk as he looked a side way glance at me.

''Other than that, life, home. Certain people''. I said raising an eyebrow knowing about his relationship with his girlfriends or ex. Im not really sure at the moment. The last girlfriend you could say, can get a teensy little bit jealous if you know what I mean. Well, me being Brents girlfriend.. woah.. let me rephrase that. Best friend that's a girl, tends to get his girlfriends a little jealous. We just happen to spend time together as best friends

''You know, same old, same old. What about you?'' he said glancing side ways at me then turning to look back at the road as we crossed the streets coming to the perimeter of the park.

''Yea, the usual''.

''Hmm'', he exclaimed as we came to the swing set and I took a seat with him taking the one beside me. I knew something was up, he was never this quite, we were best friends for crying out load, we talked about everything, no strings attached.

''Spit it out'', I said, reaching a stop on the swing set my toes digging into the cold sand.

''Well it sucks cause i cant go-''he broke down into a whisper,''You know vampire hunting. And I was planning on going to Forks Washington'' he said, before I cut him off- like I always do.

''Forks Washington, where my Charlie lives?'' Charlie was my dad. Renee divorced him when i was baby. He never really got over the divorce. I called him charlie, although I wasn't allowed to call him that to his face.

''Yea, that's the one. Anyways, there was a coven residing there and I was supposed to, you know check it out-''

''meaning im supposed to go over there, since you out of umm...commission'', I said looking down at his arm not sure how to describe how he cant be able to vampire hunt now, well for a couple of weeks.

''No, It could be dangerous for you to go alone'', he said his voice content.

''Dangerous? Whose the one who taught me to be a vampire hunter. They don't just call us the best vampire hunters.''I said in astonishment, ive never been seriously injured when i was out there.''Dont be ridiculous. You know I can handle things on my own'', I finished.

''Yaa, but-''

''Dont be stupid.''I cut him off. ''My dad lives there so i can just pretend to be some normal teenager and then go for the kill and run like hell, back here. Its perfect''.

''Are you sure'' he said questioning me. Most people would mistake me as one of those uncoordinated bimbos, but if im totally content and focused, I can win without a fight. Im just that good.

''Positive'', I said returning my gaze back to the ground as I swirled my feet around in the sand.

I dont know what his intentions are, he knows I can handle a vampire on my own, anytime.

''Why is it such a big deal'', i said confusion withered in my eyes. I stopped swinging now.

''Nothing, its just usually we go together when we go vampire hunting. Im just afraid you''ll get hurt, you know and I wont be there to pretect you'', he said as he shuttered. He wasn't swinging either. His legs were spread apart with his elbows resting on his knees, like he was thinking about something.

''Brent'', I groaned, grabbing his hands to face me, ''Whats your problem, i've hardly ever gotten hurt, besides these are vampires were talking about, I got the upper hand'', I said.

''You know theirs other people I can ask''. Did I forget to mention that Brent was the leader of the whole committee and what he says go, well except for me in some cases.

''No'', I said out flatly,''Me, as I said before, i got the upper hand, end of discussion''. I said wailing my hands in emphasis as I compromised with him.

I never go down without a fight.

When he didn't say anything, I got up from the swing and stood in front of him, moving his hands away from his knees that he placed there again and turning his face so he was looking directly at me.

''Ok?''.

''Fine! Whatever'', he said in exasperation.

''yeah, now your talking some sense. Lets go celebrate'', I said pulling him up by his arm and dragging him out of the swing and towards his house. When I mean celebrate, i usually mean going to kill some vampires, well not right away, its easier to hunt during nightfall, because vampires tended to stay away from sunlight not because they burned or anything.

**Flashback**

''Come on Brent, just kill it, who cares'' I whimpered, pulling at Brents arm as he had a vampires shirt by the collar. We were in his backyard, the sun just about to rise over the horizon.

''Bella, haven't you ever wanted to see a vampire burn in the sunlight, to see what really happens?'', he questioned, swatting my hand away with a good grip on the vampires collar while the others had hold of his arm.

''But hes only a kid'', I said in disbelief that he would go over the edge and do something as crazy as this.

''Bella, whats wrong with you'', he said anger evident in his voice, looking at me with squinting eyes, seeing as if i was talking sanely.''these things, whatever you call them are blood fucking suckers, they deserve to die. There ruthless creatures who don't care about anything else but themselves and drinking blood from helpless girls, or any people for that matter'', he continued.''the point is, how can you be sticking up for this vampire, you should know that, you were or almost in one of those situation''. He finished looking into the vampires face with pure hatred and anger rising, you could see it, no doubt.

''But this is barbaric'', I said.''just kill them without having to go through ..through something as so painful''.

''What the fuck is wrong with you, don't you think its barbaric to drink from a helpless innocent girl they practically kill to feed themselves''. He said his tone rising at my stupidity.

''How old are you?'' I said turning my attention to the boy who looked to be fourteen. His air was all disarray and there was, what appeared to be dirt smothered all over his clothing. I would probably describe this kid as a punk pretending to be a teen in a teens body.

''Shut the fuck up, you hoe'', he said spitting those words out, struggling to get free from the boys embrace.

''you see. You actually sticking up for this bloodsucker''.

''why you little shit'', I said running up to the vampire about to pound the shit out of him until Brent gabbed me around the waist and swung me around.

''See?'' he said holding me back to calm me down. I tended to overreact when someone gets on my bad side.

''Whatever'', I said crossing my arms, just as the sun peeked over the horizon, and the light hit my skin making it go all warm and changing the tint of my hair to a hint of red like it always does directly in the sun.

''Kay, listen to me boys. Bring him out of the shade, then at last minute let go. You never know what might happen'' he instructed.

''Got it'', they both said as the brought the vampire out of the light, as it was struggling to get free while snarling and growling in a rather animalistic way.

At first nothing, as his already white pale skin had the light shined on its surface when suddenly his skin literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface.

We were utterly astonished expecting him to go up in flames, like the myths explained. But this, this was out of the ordinary, utterly unremarkable. We were simply shocked as we stood there, eyes popping out of our sockets. We didn't even realize the vampire straighten his composure and pounce.

Well me for the matter. He took me to the ground his teeth snapping open and shut as I struggled to keep him away from my neck, as the others tried to grab hold of him and Brent went to to grab the stake that laid across an the other side of the lawn.

He was mere centimetres away. I wasn't strong enough, this wasn't something I new how to control, as his teeth grazed my skin.

Usually, well never had a vampire this near my neck before. My arms were starting to feel like spaghetti as I struggled to keep composure. Sweat was already forming at the top of my brow with all the strength I had to use to just keep him away.

I could feel blood drop dripping onto my face. What the fuck? And then, something sharp grazed near my stomach. The vampire was now coughing up blood as he pulled away from me looking down at his chest. Confused, I removed my eyes from his face and trailed down to where there was now a wooded stake now plunged into his heart. The end of the blunt stake sticking out of his chest a mere centimeters away from my chest.

His face held shock and confusion, it was difficult to watch considering he was in the body of a kid.

Seeing this all to well, I saw his face turn into something not so great to watch. His face turned all purple as the life force of him was slowly trickling away, the veins popping out, then nothing. He was still now, no wrestling no struggling he was silent, dead.

I felt the weight being lifted of me and someone grabbing my arms and pulling me up so I was now in the arms or someone, someone warm.

My hands were around Brents neck as I opened my eyes, and he had his arms at the middle of my back and the other under my knees as he brought me inside the house, watching my face as he did so.. The cool air conditioning kicking in as the boys closed the doors behind them.

''Are you okay, your not hurt or anything?'' He asked looking soberly in my eyes.''Im so sorry, your right that was really stupid. We shouldn't have tried that. We should've had a back up planned'', he said sadness filling his voice. His eyes earnest.

''Yea, your right'', I replied smacking on him on the top of his head, as he dropped me to the floor, doing so.

**end flashback**

Okay, so if you have read my story before than you know that i never had this chapter up. Well i have been currently been making my chapters longer and better and i just thought it would be better to know the relationship between her and Brent. ( and well it was longer and a better starter for this story in my opinion)

It is not a fanfic about Bella and Brent, they are best friends and i assure you that there will be stuff about Bella and Edwards relationship throughout the story.

I dont want to give stuff away.

So keep reading and enjoy the chapters that are officially a lot longer than before

Talk about 2,889 as the first chapter instead of 745. (if your confused the first chapter no longer exist anymore instead this one has been posted)

Please review and tell me what you think...

thanxs