One of the things I always hated in the Twilight Series was that poor Bree was killed after she surrendered to the Cullens. I know others have written versions of an alternative, so I decided I would too. I hope you like my tale. As per usual, these characters etc belong soley to SM and I am just borrowing her toys. :-)

Chapter 1

Bree P.O.V.

Huddled on the ground, I imagined I felt cold. Riley had lied. He had lied the whole time. I didn't understand why, although I know it had everything to do with Her. He had loved Her I guess; believed Her every word and done whatever She had told him too. Love is so blind, I thought bitterly. I had started to love Diego, I know I had, but he was gone. Riley had lied to me about him going out on a scouting mission. Diego was as much ash as the rest of the army was. I hope they hadn't been too cruel too him, he had kept our secret thankfully.

The golden eyed ones were not weak. Nor, did they own, or want to own, Seattle or its surrounding cities. They were peaceful, kind, and compassionate…well some of them. The scarred one they called Jasper was really scary, and the big bear like one was pretty scary too. They only fought to protect themselves, taking no pleasure in destroying my coven brothers and sisters. Huddled on the ground, I trembled as the scarred one hovered over me.

Their leader murmured to him softly, his angelic countenance full of compassion, "Jasper, ease back a little, she is very scared. You will know if her mood changes."

Through my hair, I peered at him. He caught my eye and gave me a gentle smile. I wanted to like him, he seemed so kind. However, I was still terrified. I had seen this same angel tear apart at least three of my former coven. I had heard something else destroying the others. They'd all shrieked with fear at whatever it was. They sounded just like animals…bears or wolves. I had not seen exactly what occurred. When the fighting began, I was still looking for Diego. It took me a little while to realise I would never see him again. When two of the golden eyed ones discovered me, hidden in a cluster of bushes, I was curled up tight, my arms wrapped about my legs, head down. I did not want to see the others die. Not that I cared for any of them, but because I knew what my fate was. They approached me, and I skittered back, terrified. But, the woman simply held out her hand. Her face was so pretty and motherly. She reminded me of the mothers I had seen on TV. I'd never known my own.

"Be still little one; we mean you no harm. Surrender and we will spare you," the man (his name was Carlisle – I'd heard the lady murmur it) said to me.

Suddenly, I smelled it. Human blood. Special blood…HER blood. Instantly, the one called Jasper snarled at me. I knew a warning when I heard it, but I was gripped by desire. I thrashed and moaned, struggling not to fling myself at the smell. Mixed with it though, was something else - a horrid aroma. I opened my eyes to study her, trying to work out how any one could smell so good and so bloody awful at the same time.

The boy beside her gave me a surprised look, and then rolled his eyes a bit when the situation was explained. He tucked the girl closer to him, shielding her with his body. I grasped the earth, determined I would not do anything to ruin my chances to live. I thought of Fred. I liked Fred, and I wanted to see him again. The boy, he was not so much older than me, studied me before going stiff. A tiny vampire with crazy short black hair popped up and I gasped. I had not been really looking at everyone in the clearing. She shot me a sweet smile. A long legged blonde, more beautiful than anyone I had ever seen, approached tucking her arm through the big guy's. I got it suddenly, and a crack formed in my heart. They were all together. They all had someone. I am alone.

It wasn't fair.

The boy, Edward, (he was the one Riley warned us about…the mind reader) gave me a sad little smile.

Then, they grouped about us and faced a dark shadow that was moving towards us. It came into view, and I saw four people, no four vampires. They were the ones from the house. They were bad. I was suddenly very scared. Their presence could not be a good thing. For a while, they conversed with the Cullens, then the little blonde one, Jane, looked at me and I was suddenly very, very scared.

"You there, your name!"

A surge of defiance flooded me, and I clamped my mouth shut. She smiled at me, and I knew something very bad was coming. How bad, I had not realized. The pain hit me full force, and I writhed and screamed. I'd never felt anything like this. I would rather burn again then feel it.

The pain stopped, and I was on the ground, shaking like a human.

"Your Name?" the pretty demon asked.

I managed to stammer out, "Bree".

I hoped she wouldn't hurt me again. It was not to be, the pain hit me like a wrecking ball. I vaguely heard the bronze haired Edward protest. She laughed and responded to him. Then, the pain stopped. I decided, at that moment, to answer her every question. I told her everything I knew, silently sending apologies to Edward at the same time.

When she seems satisfied, I huddled on the ground, trying to hide. There was a lot of verbal to and fro and I realized that the girl, the human, had chosen to become a vampire. She must really love Edward. I heard Edward plead my case, and the evil blonde refused. She wanted to let me die. I almost welcomed it. I hoped she wouldn't torture me to death though, that would be like burning again.

Carlisle stepped forward and pulled a mobile phone from his pocket. The blonde stared at him in shock. I peered at her through my hair, wondering how someone so lovely could be so cruel. He quickly dialed a number and spoke into the phone for a few seconds. I heard the words "favor" and "called in." Suddenly, he was handing the device to Jane. She listened, her face going from angelic to annoyed before returning to emotionless. She closed the phone carefully and handed it back to Carlisle.

Glaring at him she said, "It would seem you are lucky today little one, but mess up and you know we will come for you." Confused, I just nodded and the lovely motherly lady patted me on the shoulder.

"Come along...I want to go home."

The evil vampires turned and left. I stared after them; sure I should have been dead. The golden eyed Cullens stood ready, as the scary cloaked figures left the field. Once they were gone, the stunning one, I didn't yet know her name, sighed dramatically and looked at me. "Oh yay, babysitting just got harder."

The big bear chuckled before walking over to me. Jasper, the scarred one, was still watching me, hovering like a sentinel. The big guy punched him on the shoulder and laughed a big booming sound that made me jump. "That was fun."

I blinked up at him and he crouched beside me, smiling. He had a kindness about him, when you could get past his huge size. "Hey, pip-squeak. I'm Emmett, and the pretty, rude blonde is my wife, Rosalie."

She glared at him, and I almost smiled at his teasing tone. In my experience, the big vamps were the most dangerous. He was an anomaly.

"Hey, don't be scared, you're family now. Hopefully, you won't be as much trouble as the danger-magnet or freaky pixie."

I blinked at him again, feeling a little more than a bit confused. The big guy chuckled. Scooping me up in his arms, he gave me a gentle squeeze and we shot off into the forest. It didn't take long to get to their house, and I was stunned. The house was like something out of a fairy tale, all white stone and lots of sparkling glass.

I noticed that the mind reader and the human were not around, although I could smell her everywhere. Her scent made my throat burn, and I moaned a little. Emmett gave me a comforting hug before setting me on my feet. I was grateful for my vampire balance, because I was trying to look everywhere at once and assess every possible avenue for escape. That was another thing I learned in the coven of newborns, always have an escape route. The motherly lady smiled tenderly at me. She seemed to guess what I was doing.

"Sweetheart, you are safe here. No one will hurt you." she said, trying to sound reassuring.

I nodded, but I was pretty sure the mind reader would kill me if I so much as took a step towards his human. And, Jasper sure as hell didn't trust me. Still, if I was going to keep on living, this beautiful, luxurious house wasn't a bad place to start.

So what does everyone think? Shall I continue?