A/N: A new story. I don't know why but I wrote this in over two hours my fingers wouldn't stop. I don't know if this will be a series or what that is up to you and how the people like it.

The wind blew long hard as me, Jesse, and Lydia made our away up the trail. I looked back at the lagging two. They looked horrible, and I probably didn't look any better—we had barely escaped with our lives. Lydia's pale skin was covered in white moon shaped scars. Her once long, gorgeous brown hair fell over shoulders in matted knots. Jesse was the worst, having seven newborns attacking at once. The same scares that covered Lydia covered his face.

"Where are we going Ariel?" Lydia asked as she spotted me glancing back at them.

"Somewhere far away from that awful place," I muttered. The place we had come from was a large clan of vampires. They controlled over thirty newborns. Lydia and I had been guards of the newborn, since we had been changed three years prior. Jesse was a year older than us and if not for his help we wouldn't have successfully ran away from that place.

"They were going to kill us." Jesse stated his voice dark. I didn't comment.

"What will we do?" Lydia murmured.

"We'll travel as far as we can. Until we know Xavier isn't following then we'll…create our own clan." I said confidently, but inside I felt a sense of dread. There was no way Xavier would give up on finding us—and killing us. His determination was what drove him and he wasn't going to give in.

"We should pick up our pace." Jesse said under his breath. I knew it was a warning. I nodded and raced north.

We stopped just outside of Washington, beside a small creek. I watched Jesse for the cue we were safe. He nodded slightly and fell cross-legged onto the ground. Me and Lydia followed his lead and sat on the ground forming a vampire triangle.

"I'm sort of hungry." Lydia said, her eyes were looking a duller red color.

"We'll eat at the next town, ok?" She nodded and stood walked to the edge of the creek. As graceful as a swan she dived into the creek—it must have been deeper than I had first thought. She was staring in the opposite direction brushing through her hair.

"A clan?" Jesse smirked.

"It was the best I could think of to keep her calm." I whispered silently, though it wasn't necessary Lydia wasn't paying any attention to us.

"How about a trio?" He recommended with another smirk.

"Shut up." I snapped.
"Seriously though Ariel what the heck are we going to do? It's only going to be a matter time before they find us." He muttered, his brow furrowed.

"We'll run until we can't run anymore then we fight." I said solemnly. Jesse rolled is bright red eyes.

"How cowardly of us to just run away and strike when we are cornered!" Jesse exclaimed raising his hands in frustration.

"What would you have us do Jesse?" I muttered through gritted teeth. If he was going to mock my plans he should tell me his.

"Now, now, there is no need to get feisty," He said with one of his cocky smiles. He leaned toward me until his nose almost touched mine. "Though you are probably the only girl I had seen to pull it off flawlessly."

"Probably because I get a lot of practice," I whispered. His eyes held this fire that I rarely saw in his eyes.

"Ariel!" I jerked back and glanced over at Lydia who was slowly walking out of the creek soaking wet. She was staring down at her now soaked clothes. "I need a run."

"You're right. You'll dry faster if we run, but it will slow you down." I said covering my high pitched voice with a laugh. I stood and out of my corner of my eye I saw Jesse stand—a cocky smile plastered on his face.

"The choices are marvelous." Lydia murmured, rubbing her hands together. In a blink of an human eye she was gone. We had stopped to get a meal at Port Angeles, Jesse and I still stood in the shadows of a alleyway.

"She's quite eager." Jesse muttered.

"Well see you in a bit Jess." I said making my own way down the moonlit road. It didn't take me very long to find my meal. A girl walked down the sidewalk on the opposite side of me her movements were cautious. I didn't give it another thought I charged her and slammed her against the brick wall. Her brown eyes went wide as they connected with mine.

I moved toward her neck. At that moment I heard several sounds, a furious roar, a defensive snarl, and someone slamming into me forcing me to the ground. When I opened my eyes I saw Jesse on top of me, for a second his eyes searched mine then he flashed to his feet. I sat up, slightly confused, until I saw a rustic colored haired vampire stood in a defensive position in front of the girl. His eyes were the oddest tawny colored—for a moment I didn't know if he was even a vampire.

"Way to pick them, Ariel." Jesse muttered under his breath icily.