Walking through the darkened streets of Volterra, Kate was swiftly moving to where she could hear another vampire preying on a human. Although she was a vampire she hated everything that came with it, the agonising thirst for blood that would never leave and the nights during which she never slept anymore. The thing she hated most however was the fact that it was human blood that she needed in order to survive, she herself had not been a vampire more than a year and the thought of harming an innocent human, what she once was, made her sick to the stomach.
Kate's human self was killed during a car crash, in which, Kate was told, that her mother and father had died instantly from their injuries. Kate couldn't really remember anything from the accident itself, mainly because she didn't want to remember. She could remember however the events before and after the crash. Her family were joyfully singing along with their favourite Christmas CD before her father lost control of the car as it started to slide on the icy roads ,after that everything else was just a blur inside Kate's head. The next thing she knew was that she was lying on some stranger's sofa, a throbbing feeling pulsating through her head and mouth. The images of the car and her family were continuously re-appearing through her mind as she desperately tried to recall what had happened. She slowly rose from the sofa worriedly searching round the room for her parents, tears rolling down her cheeks as she started to imagine the worst. Her knees became weak making her fall to the floor as her emotions flooded her body. A man then appeared in the doorway of the room, he was talking to her softly as he walked over to her, he covered her shoulders with a blanket and put his arm round her, "everything's going to be ok" he said to her, "I'll look after you". She looked up at the man's angelic face, his eyes were a reddish-brown colour and his hair white blonde, his skin felt so cold as he tried to comfort her. "Where are my parents?" Kate asked the stranger. "I promise I'll explain everything, you need to rest first my dear" The man replied softly. Kate felt a sudden thirst growing in her throat; it was almost like fire burning inside her. "Who are you?" Kate asked quietly as she looked up at the man, her eyes blurry from the tears. "I'm Carlisle Cullen" he replied.