It was my first day at a new school and I was slowly walking there. My adoptive brothers were starting school tomorrow because they were helping my adoptive parents set the new house up. My birth parents were dead. I stopped as I caught sight of the school. Forks High School, packed full of students already. I sighed and walked into the office building, receiving strange looks as I did. I waited for one of the office receptionists to be free. One finally was and she looked up to see who was next, she looked startled as she caught sight of me. I sighed and walked up to her.

"Hi, it's my first day here." I told her. She fixed on a smile and got some papers. Why was she scared of me? I couldn't help but wonder as I got readings of her fears. It was something I could do…I knew peoples fears, and it was weird because I just…knew.

"Kelsey isn't it?" She asked. I nodded. She frowned as she read another piece of paper.

"Where are your brothers?" She asked.

"They are starting tomorrow, they are helping my parents set up the house." I said. She handed me some papers and a map.

"This is for you." She said. I thanked her and went to walk off. I shifted so I was under a bright light. The receptionist coughed. I turned and looked at her.

"Your hair," She said. "There is a rule about unnatural hair colours." I flinched as I pulled out one of my subtle dark blue curls.

"This is my natural colour." I murmured. She looked sceptical. She sighed and shook her head, giving me a small smile.

"I won't tell, you can't really tell unless you are under a bright light anyway." She said. I nodded and walked out of the office to my first class. I walked down one of the hallways and knocked into a girl.

"I'm so sorry," I said as I helped her up from the floor. She stood up and shrugged, giving me a smile.

"I'm Kelsey," I said, holding out my hand.

"Bella Swan," She said taking it.

"Um, do you know where this room is?" I asked her, pointing to my timetable.

"It's my first day." I explained. Bella smiled.

"I've only been here a week and a half." She laughed, but pointed me in the right direction. I thanked her and went to walk off. She grabbed my arm.

"Uh, hey, do you want to sit with me and my friends at lunch?" She asked. I smiled.

"Sure, that'll be great." I answered. Something was off about this girl. I couldn't get a reading of her fears, which was weird. A group of kids walked passed, giving me weird looks as they did. I looked down at the ground, avoiding their glare. Bella scowled at them.

"What are you looking at?" She asked. They turned around and walked faster. Bella shook her head, amazed. I nodded and walked towards my class.

I sat down in Biology and was already receiving weird looks from my classmates. I was already receiving their fears loud and clear. Spiders, snakes, parents, girls, bullies, homework, failing. I sighed; this was giving me a headache. I tried to calm myself down and tune them out by listening to my racing heart beat.

I smiled to myself. My heartbeat was faster then everybody else's but I was going to live longer then they were. I sighed and thought, but how is the rest of my life going to be? I kept thinking. The bell rang and I quickly moved out of class. At lunch, I shoved my books in my locker and walked to the cafeteria. I bought a couple of sandwiches and an apple and looked around for Bella. I caught her waving her to me and walked over to the table she was at. I sat down next to her, catching looks from her friends.

"Kelsey, this is Mike, Eric, Angela, Jessica and Ben." Bella introduced. I started catching their fears as well. Fears that I'll give their group a bad name, that had had to come from that snooty looking Jessica chick. Fears about exams, siblings and more about me continued to hit me. I groaned as I got a sudden headache. Bella's hand rested on back.

"Kelsey, are you okay?" She asked worriedly. I nodded.

"Just a headache." I answered, my voice riddled with pain. I caught a somewhat familiar scent and looked up. Another group of kids were walking past our table. There were three boys, a muscular, black headed one, a tall, blond one and a tall one with reddish hair. There were also two girls, a blonde, stuck up looking one and a small, pixie looking one with short, black hair. The pixie looking one was hanging off the tall blond guy and the blonde girl was holding hands with the muscular one. The one with reddish hair glanced at Bella, making Bella blush. I was surprised but said nothing as the rest of the group chattered away, excluding me.

The bell rang and I went back to class, waiting for the day to end. Finally the end bell rang. I got my bag and headed to the office. I handed in a slip of paper to the receptionist and went to leave. The door opened and the three boys I saw at lunch were standing in the doorway. The blond one gave a small, inaudible, well, inaudible to most people, hiss. Fear for their family hit me. I sighed.

"I'm not going to hurt or endanger your family, so don't worry about it." I murmured as I passed them. Two of them followed me as I walked to the car park.

"Who are you?" The muscular one hissed. I turned and faced them, sighing.

"My name is Kelsey, me and my adoptive family just moved here, yes, we are like you." I sighed. "We are vegetarians, so don't worry about that." The blond one was looking at me weirdly.

"You have a heart beat," He stated. I nodded.

"I'm half human, half vampire." I told him. "My mother was human and my father was a vampire."

"Was?" The blond one asked. I nodded, my heart felt like it was breaking all over again.

"They're both dead." I murmured.

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EPOV

I knew that something was up the moment that I arrived at school. Everyone was thinking about a new girl. The lady from the office had her thoughts focused on the girl's furious blue eyes, and subtle dark blue hair and the weird looking skin. She was beautiful but people thought she was weird. I sighed and relayed the information to my family. They seem uninterested, except for Jasper that is. At lunch we walked past Bella's table and I caught a sight of that girl for myself. I listened to her thoughts.

She was thinking about peoples fears which caught me off guard. She kept getting more and more fears added to her list. She seemed reasonably confused about something that I couldn't decipher. I tuned into the thoughts around her, trying to get some idea about who this girl was.

'What is up with this girl, she's so weird!' Jessica was thinking. I scowled.

'She's so quiet, but she seems really friendly.' Angela thought. I smiled at that. She was so kind to everyone.

'Wow, she's really pretty but she looks like she would hurt me if I ask her out, should I ask her out? But then again, there is Bella but Cullen has that interest in her.' Mike thought.

'And who does she think she is? With that blue in her hair, does she think she is rebel? She's going to give this group a bad name, just like Bella is.' Lauren thought. I gave a small snarl, causing everyone in my family to stop and look at me.

"What is it?" Jasper asked.

"That new girl," I answered. "I never thought somebody could be hated so much, just by being herself." Jasper nodded. Emmett grinned.

"Bella likes her though, Eddie." He laughed, waggling his eyebrows.

"Shut up, Emmett." I growled. The bell rang for class and we went our separate ways. I worked my way through the last two periods bored. The bell went for end of the day.

"Rose and I are going shopping; any of you want to come?" Alice chirped as we met in the hallway. The three of us guys just shook our heads.

"See you at home then," She said, as she and Rosalie walked towards Alice's car.

"I've got to give something into the office." I told Emmett and Jasper. Jasper ran his hand through his honey blond locks and nodded. We walked into the office. I pushed opened the door and stopped as I caught sight of the new girl. Emmett and Jasper stopped beside me, this girl wasn't…human. The girl looked at us and sighed.

"I'm not going to hurt or endanger your family, so don't worry about it." She murmured as she pushed past us.

'We're going to follow her.' Jasper thought as he and Emmett left. I nodded.

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JPOV

I was startled as I caught sight of this new girl, she was different but she still had a beating heart and yet I wasn't lusting after her blood. There was enough vampiric scent to cover that.

"Who are you?" Emmett hissed as we stood in front of her. She sighed.

"My name is Kelsey, me and my adoptive family just moved here, yes, we are like you," She sighed. "We are vegetarians, so don't worry about it."

"You have a heart beat." I stated. She nodded.

"I'm half human, half vampire," She explained. "My mother was human and my father was a vampire." The use of past tense did not get by me.

"Was?" I asked. I felt her distress, sadness and despair.

"They're both dead." She murmured.

"How many of your adoptive family is there?" Emmett asked.

"Four more," She answered quietly. Emmett glanced at me.

"If the Volturi catch wind of this coven, of this girl," Emmett murmured. Kelsey gave a small cough.

"The Volturi already know about me," She said. I was startled. How is she still alive? I feared for her life. She turned around and smiled at me.

"It's nice of you to fear for my safety, but it isn't necessary," She said softly. "One of the reasons that I'm alive is that when I finish high school, I am to go back to Volterra to take my place in the Volturi." She said bitterly. Edward materialized beside me.

Her eyes flickered to him briefly before flickering back to me.

"So, do I get to know who you are or do we just continue on a no name basis?" She asked, folding her arms. Emmett relaxed and grinned at her.

"I'm Emmet, this is Edward and Jasper," He said. Kelsey nodded and smiled.

"How many more are in your family?" She asked, interested. I was suddenly on alert, why did she want to know so much about our family? Kelsey sighed and looked at me.

"I'm not going to hurt your family so will you please just stop freaking out about it!" She cried out annoyed. Edward shook his head.

"Calm down, Jazz, she's just interested," He sighed. I relaxed and straightened up.

"There's Carlisle and Esme, our adoptive parents and Rosalie and Alice," Edward said calmly. She nodded.

"You are all adopted as well?" She asked softly. I nodded. She sighed and looked behind her at the almost empty car park.

"I've got to get home." She said. Kelsey turned around and started walking away.

"Wait," Edward called out. She turned around and looked at him.

"Exactly how old are you?" He murmured, knowing that she could hear him.

"I'm 17, I was born 17 years ago but I've looked like I was 15-16 since I was 7." She said quietly, knowing that we could hear her. Edward nodded, his face impassive, but I knew he was shocked, we all were. She nodded goodbye and walked away.

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KPOV

I sighed as I walked home slowly, thinking deeply. Another vegetarian vampire family. I shook my head, smiling slightly. They were so scared of me, I thought, my smile faltering. They had nothing to be afraid of; I was never going to harm anyone that didn't deserve it. Maybe it was the thought of the Volturi and the fact that they knew about me that scared them. I opened the front door of the new house and walked in.

"Hey, I'm home," I called out. My adoptive mother glided into the front hallway, her golden eyes sparkling. She quickly enclosed me in her arms.

"Hey, sweetie, how was your day?" She asked cheerfully. I sighed and looked up at her.

"It was…different." I told her. She frowned and looked at me, concerned. I shook my head, smiling.

"Same old thing, I'm different from them and they don't like it," I murmured. Mum looked down at me, her eyes searching.

"What else?" She asked.

"Another vegetarian coven lives here." I told her. Mum looked shocked as my adoptive father glided in.

"What was that?" He asked. I smiled as my adoptive brothers attempted to glide in but slid through one door and out the other. I laughed as I heard them crash into a wall. They were quickly back in the hallway.

"There is another vegetarian coven here," I repeated. Dad nodded.

"How many are in there?" He asked. I thought for a second.

"There are 7," I answered. I looked at my adoptive family, they all looked the same, but that's because they actually are related. Dad, tall, with dark brown hair, Mum, shortish, with dark brown hair, Mitch, tall with dark brown hair and James, shortish with dark brown hair. Then there was me, average size with blue eyes and shoulder length dark blue curls and a beating heart. I looked at them.

"Well, we've finished unpacking," Mitch said, grinning at me.

"Yeah, while you've slacked all day at school," James laughed. I frowned. I sighed and shook my head.

"I'm going to take a walk, examine the woods." I said. Mum nodded. I walked out of the house and walked into the woods. I found a small clearing and sat down on a log. It was starting to rain. I smiled and raised my right hand, manipulating the water so it moved in the way I wanted it to. I made the water curl and made it hover above the ground. I flexed my hand and water flew into my palm, I heard a rustle behind me and quickly stood up, holding the water at ready.

"Who's there?!" I asked. The blond guy from school emerged from the trees. I relaxed my hand slightly.

"It's just me," He said quietly. I put my hand by my side, still holding the water.

"Jasper, right?" I asked, recalling his name. He nodded. I listened for the others but heard nothing.

"You're alone?" I asked, surprised. He nodded.

"As are you." He simply said. I nodded in reply. He looked at my hand, a small smile playing on his lips.

"You can manipulate water?" He asked. I nodded, bringing my hand up again, palm up to show the water which was now spinning in a sphere in my hand. He watched with interest. He sat down on the log and motioned for me to join him.

"My family warned me against meeting with you, but there is more to your history that meets the eye." He said softly. I nodded, dropping the water on the ground. I sighed and put my head in my hands.

"What do you want to know?" I asked.

"Your history, your past, your connection with the Volturi," He answered. I nodded.

"A couple of years before I was born, my biological father, who was a vegetarian vampire, met my mother who was human. They fell in love but my mother's father didn't approve, he didn't know about vampires of course, but he still didn't approve, so my mother moved in with my father and his coven who kept her safe from harm and from the Volturi." I sighed.

"A few months later my mother was pregnant with me, and within weeks I was just about due. My father decided to go hunting before my mother had me so he could remain in control. But it didn't quite go like that…I was early and I ripped out of mother's stomach, my father's coven got scared and ran away. My mother died within minutes." I paused briefly, taking deep breaths, trying to control the tears that threatened to spill, Jasper carefully placed his hand on my back, and I felt calm instantly.

"My father came home to discover his love dead, his coven gone and me, with a heartbeat and flowing blood, lying next to my lifeless mother. So, he raised me and called me after my mother, Kelsey. I grew and matured a lot quicker then most children and soon he began to tell me stories, he told me that I probably inherited my water manipulating abilities from my mother, he told me that she had such a connection to water." I sighed. "Then I discovered that I knew everyone's fears, Father taught me how to properly use all my abilities and taught me how to catch the animals we fed off." I smiled in memory. "We lived happily, he loved me dearly but one day everything changed, it appears that Father's old coven went to the Volturi and Aro learnt of my existence. One day I was sitting on the lawn, it had been raining so I was playing with the water naturally when the Volturi arrived. Aro, Marcus, Caius, Jane, Alec, Demetri and Felix were standing in front of me on our private home." I breathed deeply, not liking what came next.

"Aro was standing in front of me, examining me closely. I was the size of a 5 year old then but I was only months old.

'Do you often play with the water, dearest?' Aro asked, I nodded but was somewhat confused.

'Why are you scared of me?' I asked him, he was taken aback.

'How do you know that, sweetie?' He asked, intrigued. I shrugged.

'I just know people's fears.' I told him. Aro smiled and looked back at the members of the Volturi that he brought with him. Just then my father came running out, Aro lunged towards me, scooping me up in his arms and holding me close to his chest. I heard some screeching noises and then some incense smell filled the air, they had killed him." I sighed sadly and looked at Jasper; he was staring intently at me.

"Aro decided to not to kill me and took me back to the Volturi with him, I never left him arms for the entire journey. Aro kept me close, his feelings were very paternal, he was very, very protective of me. But I couldn't go near human blood, and Aro was in a way proud of it, but it was hard for me to live in the Volterra for the 7 years that I did. I told Aro that I wanted to go to school, to actually learn. He was very hesitant, but I promised him that I would return when I had graduated. He complied and sent me to live with a vegetarian vampire family that had just passed through, they happily took me in." I looked to Jasper.

"I've been with them for the last 10 years, but we visit Volterra occasionally to update Aro." Jasper nodded, relaxing slightly.

"It was hard for me in the new family for a while because, since they're actually all related and look alike, I looked like the odd one out. My cover story was that I was adopted." I finished. Jasper looked at me.

"Your adoptive vampire family are related?" He asked, amazed. I nodded.

"Darrin, adoptive father, was attacked by a gang and left bloodied in the street, a vampire smelt the blood and bit him before being scared off by an approaching car. Darrin transformed and when he did, he couldn't bear to feed of another human so he fed off animals, and watched over his wife and two sons." I thought back to the story I was told.

"He watched them closely, but one day, a few months after he 'died' his eldest son was also badly beaten by a gang, he was near death when Darrin found him. Darrin did the hardest thing for him and bit his son. When Mitch woke up, Darrin told him the full story…they both continued to watch over their family. A few months later, Lillian and James were caught in car accident, their car was t-boned and pushed off the side of a large ditch and the other car fled. Mitch and Darrin then turned Lillian and James." I finished. Jasper seemed amazed; he gave me a small smile. My heart still felt like it was being ripped in two from the earlier story. I put my head in my hands and let the tears fall. Jasper rubbed my back comfortingly. I sat up, the tears still falling down my cheeks. Jasper then took me into a hug, so my head was resting on his shoulder, still rubbing my back comfortingly. I cried into his shoulder, but still felt oddly calm.

"Kelsey, tell me something," He murmured. I nodded into his shoulder.

"Why is your hair blue?" He asked quietly. I laughed quietly.

"I have no idea." I answered.

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Ah…the start of a friendship…okay hopefully that explains a bit about Kelsey and her background and what her future is destined to be like.

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