Here's my first fanfic, I hope you enjoy it!!

No, I don't own Twilight.

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Dust clouded the air, blinding my sight. I felt the blood tricle down my lip. Pain was everwhere in my body, saying it had enough. But I couldn't disappoint my master. I wasn't going to be a failure.

Quickly, trying to make up the time I junped back up onto my feet. When a fist became visible coming towards my stomach, I jumped out of the way, gripping his wrist and bent it back as far as possible.

There was a slight grunt, but I knew that wasn't good enough. The dust was clearing, and I took the oppurtunity to bring my hand and smash it against his face.

My knuckles sickly cracked.

"Fuck!" I screeched.

"What now?" Masters voice irritated.

"Nothing get back in position. I don't want to stop yet."

Just a few mutters from him, the game of life or death started again. Punch after punch, kick after kick, and crack after crack, the hours continued. Fighting. I would do it for hours never getting tired of it. It was my life, it defined who I was. Without it life was over. I needed it so badly, it fed my hunger, it became my air.

Dawn came, and I knew my time was up. Six hours. Before I let my master speak, I got a punch in staight to his nose. My master smiled at me, then brought his hand into contact with my own nose. I stumbled backwards, fresh blood gushing from my nostrils.

"To be expected." I chuckled.

"Fair is fair." he agreed.

My head had been so in the game, my thoughts on one thing, that there was no pain. But when the concentration stoped, the pain started. I could already feel my broken ribs, all the blood I was looseing from my slightly cracked skull, ,my swollen eyes, busted lip, the scratches from the rocks and sticks, the dirt infecting my fresh open wounds, my bloody cracked knuckles(that I'm sure were broken), and the bruises that will soon be camouflaging my body in black and blue.

Not as bad as the last time. I could still walk....amazingly.

"Let's get you stitched up, and get some rest." Master spoke.

I nodded letting hin lead the way from the open ground, to his house. I set my mind not to focuse on the pain. Instead I reminisced in the early years when my master first started teaching me. I remembered every word.

Flashback.....7 years ago

The man approached me. Not a hint of kindness, or any nice invatation for a welcoming. Steel was his eyes. I was scared as hell, being only ten years old. What was I doing? I thought.

"Listen young one," he said, sitting down in the dirt righ tin front of me, "you will address me as Master, Nothing else. Master and thats it, no 'sir', or Mr. Whatever.... just Master. Understood?"

"Yes Master." I agreed.

"Now, young one. What is your name?"

"Isabella Swan"

Master nodded thoughtfully. His back eyes peirced into mine, making it impossible to look away until he did.

"There are rules, that I expect you to follow if you want to live." Mater said sternly. "Rule number one no complaining."

"Um, Master. I have a question." My voice shook as I failed to keep it even.

"Questions are good. You can't learn without them. Go ahead."

"The complaining rule. Does that mean that I can't ask if I can go to the bathroom? Or I can't ask to go home?" I asked, fiddleing my fingers a bit in nervouseness.

"No, you can. Complaining is when you whine about your pain....Do you know what my definition of pain is?"

I shook my head no.

"Pain is merely weakness shining through."

"I don't understand."

"Oh you will soon young one. You will soon."

Flashback ends.

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So that was the first chapter, I hope you liked it. The next chapter (if I do another one) will go into more detail, about Bella's life. And then I'll introduce the other characters...(hint hint Emmett Cullen)

So please review. And if there are any errors or questions out there, let me know.

Thanks!!

-Emmettslover