Chapter 1

Jade

There are monsters everywhere. Hiding in the shadows, waiting. The things your mommy told you about to scare you into being good are real. I would know. I was one of them. I was one of those monsters that could make a grown man cry like a baby. I was a blood sucking monster.

I wish I wasn't. I would do anything to be a normal human again but there was nothing I could do. I was stuck like this. The only thing good about being a monster was that I wasn't alone. I could still faintly remember my human life. It was filled with lonely days and nights. I had not one friend to speak of and no family that cared enough about me. I was a rich girl yes but that didn't make me likeable.

Now I was part of a family. An deranged family who enjoyed some nice blood ever so often but that was ok. My clan was the strongest group there was in this small town called Bayville. We were unstoppable. No one messed with us.

If we wanted blood we took it. I wasn't proud of who I had become but I wasn't about to starve myself out of some human nature that still lives deep inside of me.

Anyway this story is not about my clan or how strong we were. It is not about what a monster I turned into. Its not about how I came to be what I am today. No this is a love story. Yes love. That strange mysterious emotion that we all have, even if you are a monster.

I never honestly believe in love. Why should I? I never had any form of love in my life till I joined the clan. And even then I didn't think it was possible. But somehow it found me. It found me in the worst time ever. Love you see almost caused the murder of million of humans, vampires and werewolves alike. It almost ended my life and the ones I loved.

You see love is more dangerous then I am. That's saying something.

I guess I should start with the day everything changed. The day they came to our town. The day when our easy wonderful life came to an erupt stop. The day the war started.

"Jade!" Anthony called me. I stopped quickly, running in his direction. If a human saw me now they only see a big blur. If there was one thing I loved about being a vampire it was our incredible strength.

Anthony was crouched over a small human girl. She was beautiful and around 17. Her blond hair was mixed with her blood making her look beyond creepy. Her blood smelled rich and delicious. My teeth ached with wanting.

But I used all my self control to keep myself in place. Something was wrong. Anthony held the girl tight against his chest. His face was covered in bloody tears. Why was he crying over his meal.

Anthony was the newest and handsomest vampire in our clan. With his gorgeous blond hair that dipped into his bright impossible blue eyes and his muscular body, it was hard to resist him. But there was something off with him. I don't how to explain it but I guess I could say he was sympathetic to all creatures. He wouldn't talk to me for a whole day because I killed a baby boy once.

"What's the matter with you?" I asked crossing my arms. Anthony buried his face into the blond girl's hair. I could hear her heart pound ever so softly. She was moments away from death.

"This is Anne." His voice was muffled by the girl's hair. I tried to be patient but its so hard to do when I am thirsty.

"So. What's your point?" I asked my voice cold even to my own ears.

"She use to be my girlfriend." Oh. I got it now. Being a newbie Anthony could remember his human life better then the rest of us. His love for his family and friends was still strong. That would explain his meltdown right now. I could understand this.

My Grandma was the only person who really did love and care for me. When I turned into this monster, she had died. I went on a killing spring that day. I understood why Anthony was so upset. At less I wasn't responsible for Grandma's death like he was.

"Oh Anthony." I said putting a hand on his shoulder. Vampires aren't known for there warm loving affection but when I have to be I could be as sweet as any human. "It's ok."

Anthony tighten his hold on Anne's body. "I couldn't help myself. She was with some other guy. I couldn't control-"

"You don't have to explain it to me." I said softly. I heard a loud crack coming from Anne's body. I recognize the sound of breaking bones. Anthony was holding Anne to tight. To the point where he was going to break her in two.

I kneeled beside him. "You have to let her go." He gave me a dirty look. I had to fight the urge to bite his face off. I did not have the best temper.

"Never." He said in a icy voice. More cracking sounds.

"Anthony do I have to call Jake?" Jake was the oldest vampire in our clan, making him the leader. He was the quiet one but when he did talk everyone in the room listened to him. Jake made all the decisions in the group and had a tendency to think humans only as food.

He looked up with me with such sadness, I actually felt bad. I was about to tell him I wasn't going to call Jake when I heard a faint sound of someone running towards us. Not at the normal human speed either. This was something inhuman. A vampire no doubt. But was it from our clan or not?

I jumped up and protected Anne's dead body. My instinct told me to protect what was ours. A hiss escaped passed my lips. Anthony barely registered what was going on. He was still depressed over Anne. If this vampire was looking for trouble I knew I be out on my own.

It turned out not to be a threat but good old Alexia. She was in our clan too and happened to be my best friend. Alexia was the opposite of me completely. She loved power and strength. If she felt the tiniest threat then she would be the first to attack. But she was still adorable. Being rather innocent.

Alexia tackled me hard. I flung into a nearby build which collapsed under my rock hard body. I kicked her off of me. If she were human I would of broken her in half. Since she wasn't she only fell into the floor, making a huge hole.

"Stop!" Anthony yelled pulling Anne's body out of harms way. I laughed, running over to Alexia. She jumped into the air, flying over me.

Alexia stuck her tongue out at me. "Stop!" Anthony got up and grabbed Alexia's foot, throwing her hard against the floor. This was not a playful attack like what we were doing. I knew Anthony made a mistake the moment his fingers touched Alexia.

Alexia got up and ran towards Anne. She grabbed the dead girl and jumped high onto of the building I destroyed.

"Give her back!" Anthony shouted, bloody tears falling down his face. He jumped to his feet, hissing. I could his fangs slightly indenting his lower lip. This was going to end nasty.

"Next time you think twice about touching me newbie." Alexia said laughing. Alexia sounded like a little girl when she talked. But if you listen careful you could hear the darkness in her voice.

"Alexia stop." I said trying to stop the fight. Alexia opened her mouth wide, inching towards Anne's neck. Taking another vampires meal was the easiest way to get yourself killed.

I jumped after Alexia, grabbing the girl from her hold. I flung the girl away from her then held onto her wrist. "Can you please just stop. Did you honestly just come here to cause a fight."

"No." Alexia said crossing her arms. She flung her curly brown hair over her shoulder, not meeting my eyes. "I actually came with a message from Jake. An important message. But maybe I won't tell you."

Anthony jumped up on the building, fuming. He reached out towards Alexia, probably to break her into a million pieces but I quickly pushed his hands down. "Just tell us Alexia."

"I don't know what it is." Alexia said. She shrugged, smiling at Anthony. "Just that he wants everyone back home now."

With that said I jumped off the building and ran in the direction of our beautiful home. I went through the woods so no humans would see me. I could hear Alexia and Anthony following me. They must be pushing each other cause a couple of trees fell. I laughed. Even though they were annoying, I loved them.

I stopped when we came to our home. The old abandoned Rivers Mansion. The place is rumored to be haunted and who ever goes in it never comes out. The mansion is on the edge of the woods and the beach was close by too. Many people tried to sell the mansion but like I said it was haunted. People went in but that was the were ever seen. That was because it belong to a group of crazy young vampires.

Yep this is where I live. It has been my home since I was turned into a vampire 4 years ago. I loved this place more then anything. I walked into the mansion and heading towards the parlor room. Sitting in old fashion comfy chairs were the rest of my family.

There was the lovely but funny Zoey, the jerky ladies man Noah and our leader Jake. They all sat around impatiently looking at the clock. We never really cared for time, so I knew this was serious.

"Nice of you to show up." Noah said rolling his unbelievable blue eyes. Vampire eyes. We all had those eyes that were to blue to be real. Only we could notice the blood red outline around our pupil. When we had our fangs were out though our eyes changed into a bloody deadly red.

"Shut up Noah." Alexia said throwing herself onto the chair next to Zoey. She hung backwards like a bat, smiling.

Noah let out a hiss then turned his attention back on Jake. "Now that were all here lets talk about something that is going change our lives forever."

I sat down next to Zoey. She gave me a quick smile then looked back at Jake. Everyone knew that the beautiful Zoey was madly in love with Jake. Everyone of course but Jake himself.

"What do you mean?" Anthony asked refusing to sit down. He gave Alexia the stink eye. I knew he would never forgive her for touching Anne. Oh great.

Jake stood up, walking over to the fireplace we never light. We all had a phobia of fire since that and stabbing us in our hearts is the only way to kill us. Jake fiddled with a picture of all of us minus Anthony. He wasn't with us then. Something was defiantly wrong here.

"Jake is everything ok?" I asked softly. Zoey turned towards me, narrowing her eyes. Even though Zoey was sweet and funny, she was protective. No one touched her Jake. Vampires were the most protective monsters out there.

Jake let out a deep sigh. "Werewolves."

Everyone one of us let out a surprised gasp. "What?" Noah asked.

"Werewolves. There coming. They think they could walk in here and take over our town. You see this town isn't big enough for two monsters. There going to take our space and food. Them coming here is just asking for a war and that's what there going to get. This is a vampire zone. Our zone! Do you want to lose your beautiful lifestyle? Do you want to hunt less and always compete for the smallest of space?"

Noah let out a cheer. If anyone of us was the most vicious it would be him. The speech and Noah's reaction send chills down my spine. This was not good. Not good at all. There was going to be a fight. There would be blood. I could not help but feel a little sick. I didn't want no fighting. I didn't want no blood. Strange to hear that from a vampire.

"We are going to take care of these little puppies one way or another." Jake's eyes turned a blood red. He smiled at us, showing off how deadly his fangs were.

We all cheered and smiled. I did to but I didn't feel it. The meeting came to an end and everyone went there separate ways. We all liked our own space and if we didn't get it we got feisty.

Jake and Zoey went out for a walk on the beach. Noah went out to pick up so human girls. He loved to play with there little hearts. I personally thought it was sick. Anthony went to his room to most likely mope over Anne. Poor guy. Soon it was just Alexia and I.

"Sooooo." Alexia said righting herself on the coach. "What do you want to do?"

I laid on my stomach, kicking my legs in the air. If someone walked into the parlor right now they would think we were just two normal 17 year old girls. But we weren't. We were deadly. As much as I wished I wasn't, I could not change what I was.

"Want to fight again?" Alexia asked. She pushed me hard, almost breaking the couch itself. Furniture was never safe from us.

"No thank you." I said laughing. I played with the golden locket that hung around my neck. It was given to me from Grandma and I never took it off. Thinking about Grandma made me think about my Mom and Dad. Mom the famous doctor and Dad the famous cop. Both who forgot they even had a daughter. I wonder what they were doing right now. It was late so they be home.

"How about we go bother Noah. That's always fun." Alexia said playing with one of her curls. I always had a feeling Alexia had a crush on Noah but she never admit that.

I got up from the couch and grabbed my black coat. It was pointless really. I felt nothing. No change in weather could really affect me. I hated that. I wish I could feel the cold wind on my face making me shiver or the warm sun on my face making me sweat.

"I'm going out to hunt. I didn't get enough cause Anthony started flipping it." I said heading towards the door. Alexia got up quickly.

"Wait I come with you." If she comes my plan would be ruined.

"No, No its ok. I have to go to the library after words. I don't want to bore you."

Alexia's eyes got wide and her lower lip stuck out slightly. "But what am I going to do?"

"Bother Noah or something. I don't know. Bye!" I closed the door behind me quickly. I walked a little but then got bored of the slow pace. I ran the rest of the way to the town then went back to walking. I passed stores and houses, nobody bothered to look at me. It was as if I was invisible. Most humans can't even look into my eyes to long without getting all anxious.

A bunch of guys around my age stopped in front of me, blocking my path. I stared at the sidewalk, trying to relax myself. There hearts were pounding hard and I could smell the blood off of them. So…yummy.

"Hey there pretty girl." The biggest guy said. He stepped closer to me, grabbing a piece of my red hair. "Where you going?"

"Shut up." I said through clenched teeth. They ached and in ten minutes I was going to be popping fangs. The guy laughed.

He leaned close to my ear, drowning me in his yummy scent. A pain spread through my throat. I needed blood and now. "I like them feisty." I pushed him away from me. He fell back almost crashing into his friends. He did not like that. "Listen you little-"

I unleashed the full power of my eyes. He backed away from me slowly. Even a human as stupid as him could sense something was dangerous about me. I smiled at him, showing as much teeth as possible. Even if my fangs weren't out, the sight of them made him look sick.

"Excuse me." I said pushing past him and his stupid friends. They didn't follow me. I walked a little further into the town till I got to the homes. The biggest one on the block was my destination. I ran over to the house, checking the windows.

There was my beautiful Mother. Her red hair piled on the top of her head and her blue eyes shinning from laughter. She was eating something that smelled gross to me. Human food never smelled good to me now that blood was everything I wanted. A man whispered something in her ear which caused Mom to laugh. Dad. He gave Mom a kiss then went to pore himself more wine.

They looked so happy. They didn't have a problem in the world. It was like they had a perfect life. They were so in love. A tear fell down my face and into my mouth. I touched the tear, looking at my finger. Red tears. I was a monster. I looked back at the happy couple, to angry to control it. I wanted to jump in there and show them what I became.

Maybe I would of if I hadn't heard a faint sound of another heartbeat. Who else lived here? I climbed up the nearest tree without breaking a sweat. I pressed my face against the window that use to be mine. What I saw made my cold non beating heart break into a million pieces.

My old room was now a baby's room. The room was bright from a nightlight. There was a bunch of stuff animals in the room and everything was so pink. She was a spoiled little girl. I couldn't help myself. I needed a closer look. I knew my window was broken and if I jiggled it then pushed it would open easily. I did that then slid into the room barely making a sound.

I walked over to the crib slowly, shaking with anger. The baby was beautiful. She had a clump of red hair on her head and was so tiny. She had rosy cheeks and was kind of chunky. I reached down and touched her cheek gently. Smooth. This was my baby sister. The one who replaced me.

I picked up a picture by her crib. It was of her, Mom and Dad. Mom had her face up against the small little baby while Dad was kissing her fat cheek. The baby eyes were opened and I could see they were a bright green. The same color as mine. Or was.

They all looked so happy. They could care less about me! They didn't care if I was alive or dead. The minute they realize I was gone, they replaced me. I threw the picture hard against the wall. It shattered into a million pieces. I was just surprised that it didn't go through the wall. I walked over to the picture about to kick it when I noticed something.

There was a picture behind the happy family one. It was of me. Little human me. I was smiling and all but I could see the hurt in my green eyes. The hurt that my parents never loved me.

They still don't. I felt more tears fall from my eyes. I wanted to kill them. I really did. The anger was just to much to hold. I wanted them to pay and see what became of me. I was about to go downstairs and have a bloody fight with them when I heard a soft cry coming from the crib.

I walked over to the baby, looking down at the girl who my parents loved more then me. Her green eyes looked up at me. She broke into a toothless grin and reached out for me. It is so strange how this little girl was not scared of me even though I was the deadliest killer there was.

"I hate you." I hissed at the little girl. She laughed, grabbing hold of my hand. "Have fun with those parents who love you more." With that I ripped my hand out of her tight grip. I grabbed the old picture of me, putting it in my pocket then jumped out of my old life.