I do not own Twilight. I own Eric and The Donovans.

This is my first story. I will have pictures up the characters in the story soon. Please R&R, So I know if I should continue.

Italics Telepathic Conversation (although that is pretty obvious when you get to it)

Prologue

I had never given much thought to human life. I was never interested in it. I was free bird. I never stayed in one place too long. That all changed when I met Eric Stag.

I moved around a lot with my brothers and sisters and my mom and dad. There were seven of us. Ronan and Talon are my brothers. Elvi and Grace are my sisters. Victor and Marguerite are my mom and dad and I am Selena. It was very unusual to find a clan as large as ours.

Vampires usually roam alone or in groups of two or three but never have there been as many in one place like us. There is one other clan like ours in Europe somewhere but I only met them once. Ronan and Grace have been together since they joined our coven. Talon and Elvi are the same. I am the odd one out. We never stayed in one place long enough for me to find a mate.

We had just recently moved to a town on the east coast. Spartanburg, South Carolina was in-land east coast and it was warm without being too hot. It was usually sunny but it didn't bother us. The vampires that Victor changed were almost immune to sunlight making it so we could be like normal teens. We had never fed on humans before. Except me when I went rouge about 205 years ago.

It was August about time to start school and I was going to Broome High School. It was smaller than Spartanburg High and a lot more advanced. I was transferring into the 10th grade.

First Chapter

It was the first day at Broome. Elvi, Grace, Ronan, Talon and I all took the Suburban. It didn't go to terribly fast so it was better to take. My first class was English Literature. It was very easy. There was some Shakespeare and Brontë. It wasn't anything that I hadn't learned before. The next few periods were very easy. Then it was lunch. That's when I met Eric Stag. I was sitting at the lunch table farthest away from everyone else with my brothers and sisters. It was innocent enough. It was as innocent as you could get in a room that had vampires in it. He walked down the center isle towards the backdoors of the cafeteria and I almost went mad. He smelled so good and sounded even better. Talon looked at me.

'What is wrong with you, Lena? You look like you just saw a ghost or worse a vampire' he laughed ironically in my head.

"It's the boy that just walked by. I think I'm going crazy." I communicated back telepathically.

"It wouldn't be the first time" I heard Ronan's voice enter the telepathic conversation.

I glared at him. "Shut up, Ronan, before you become angry vampire chow." I thought menacingly.

"Geez, Lena, Calm down" I heard Grace say joining our telepathic communion. I had obviously sent out a wave of anger alerting my sisters.

"I'm fine but I'm not crazy. The only time I went rouge was 10 years after Victor changed me." I thought.

"Yea we know. But you're still a little loony…" He started to say before I cut him off.

"Whoa. Ok listen, I know that I haven't been in the right frame of mind since that, but you don't have to point that out at every available slot. It's my life, existence, whatever you want to call it. But it sure as hell isn't yours" I yelled and shut my mind off.

Getting up I left the lunchroom and headed off to Biology. I was the first one in the room as always and took my seat the table in the middle of the room. Everybody else arrived about ten minutes later and no one took the seat on my left. Just then, the boy from the lunchroom walked and looked at the only available seat and me. The one that was right beside me. I was determined not to react to him but the air through the open window suddenly blew at him and blew his scent right into my face. I clenched the table kind of feeling sorry for it.

"Lena, are you alright. I'm sensing stress and anger from you" I heard Talon's voice whisper through my mind.

"I'll be alright." I replied hoping that he would buy the flat out lie.

I wasn't going to last and hour. It was impossible. I may be an old vampire but to others I was still young and had a lot to learn. Victor my 'dad' was almost six-hundred and fifty-six years old. I was next at a whopping two hundred and fifteen. Marguerite is one hundred and sixty-three. Grace at one-hundred and twelve. Talon is two hundred and ninety. Elvi is ninety-six and Ronan is two hundred eighty-four. Elvi and Grace had the hardest time with our lifestyle.

"Selena are you alright." I heard Ronan's voice in my mind.

"No I'm not. You need to get me out of this class and fast." I said as I stopped breathing.

"Ok. Hold on. Gracie and I will come and get you out. Sit tight." Then silence.

"Mrs. Canfield?" I heard Ronan say from the other side of the door as he knocked.

"Yes? What can I do for you?" She said opening the door.

"We need Selena. It's a family emergency," Grace said from behind him.

"Alright." she said turning to me. "You may leave, Selena."

"Thank You, Mrs. Canfield." I replied sweetly.

"You're welcome, Selena." She replied in the same sweet tone.

We walked out of the room and towards my cherry red mustang. Talon must have ran home and gotten it for me. I went to the driver's side door and got in, turned the ignition and threw it into reverse. I headed down the road towards the interstate determined to go home and talk to Victor about what to do. I turned onto Clifton-Glendale road, cut across Lewis Chapel Road to Goldmine, and followed it home. I pulled in the driveway and into the garage. I was pulling the cover over my car when I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Victor looking at me sympathetically at me, giving me a smile that didn't reach his beautiful eyes.

"Victor, I don't know what to do." I said searching my brain for any idea.

"I know, Selena. It's hard. I have to ask though. Can you read him or feel his mind at all." Victor asked me honestly curious. Victor was a very tall man. At six, foot nine. He always looked like he was brooding which was one of the scarier things about him. , but he was a softie. He has natural dark hair and blue-grey eyes. He had a very angular face and classic features.

"I don't know. I honestly haven't tried I've been concentrating on not killing him." I said adding emphasis and sarcasm on the last few words of my sentence.

"Ok well tomorrow you at least need to try and read him. You never know he could be your lifemate." Victor said sounding a little amused.

"Yea but I'm going hunting for a few hours." I said looking at him and hugged him before zooming out of the garage and into the woods.

By the time, I hit North Carolina I had found two deer. Now I was looking for a bear. I need that much more blood to be able to get around that boy and the other humans again. I sat down on a log and waited for a bear to happen along. The whole time I was thinking about Eric. He was tall and lean but muscular, too. He was cute, Oh Good Lord he was cute. I couldn't help but think about the way his hair was in a careful style. His hair was naturally curly and it was dark, almost black, like Victor's.He had dark eyes and a straight and narrow nose. His wide chest was one of those chests you wanted to curl up and get lost inside of, He stood at six-foot-three and wasn't the brooding type.

I shook my head trying to dispel the thoughts running rampant through my head and concentrate on the bear that was lumbering forward: oblivious to my presence. I purposefully stepped on a twig to alert the bear to my presence and lead him to me. I looked into the eyes of the bear and charged forward fighting with the beast and eventually catching it off guard and sinking my teeth into its neck. It gave out a great roar and fell. I continued to drink it dry and left after disposing of the remains. I headed towards home and ate a few more small animals. It was gruesome I know but it was necessary. I had to live too. It wasn't necessarily easy to feed off innocent animals but I had to.

I got back to the house at midnight to find a worried Victor standing at the front door waiting for me.

"Where have you been?" He asked concerned.

"I went hunting." I said keeping my answers short and closing my mind off.

"Yes. I know but you normally aren't gone this long." He said.

"I know, Victor. I'm sorry I worried you. I had to get out and do some thinking." I said.

"What's going on with you, Selena? You're so much happier than this. What's wrong?" Victor said ducking his head down to my eye level, which was pretty far.

"I don't really know, Victor. I guess I'll have to start early today. Are you ready to hear my insanity?" I asked completely serious.

"Yes. Please continue." He said with a sweep of his hand.

"Ok. Well. It all started at lunch. I was sitting and writing in my tablet and this person walks buy. He headed towards courtyard and walked right by me. The air vents were blowing and his scent blew my way. He smelled so good, Victor. I almost killed him right there. The whole time I was thinking 'What are a few more casualties. They could never get away from me. I'm too fast.' I thought I was going crazy. Then it almost happened again in Biology. I had to have Grace and Ronan get me out. I couldn't do it." I said sobbing now.

Victor sighed and looked at me. He had so many emotions running through him at that moment that I was going crazy. He was angry, probably with me for my stupidity. All his emotions could have been at me.

"Selena, I hope you know that this isn't your fault. What does he smell like to you?" He asked seriously.

"Like sandalwood or something. I don't know. Nevertheless, whatever it is it's overwhelming." I said.

"Well I don't know what this is but maybe you should talk to him. Get to know him. Maybe being near him will help." Victor said shrugging.

"Yes. Maybe I'll do that." I said.

"Go. Your brothers and sisters want to talk to you." Victor said motioning towards the house.

My siblings bombarded me as soon as I got inside the house. They were all talking so fast that I had to shut my mind off to them and stare blankly. It was something I had learned to do automatically over the years. If too many people were talking at one time then my mind shut down and I went blank. Once all the noise stopped, I could restart and concentrate.

"Where did you go?" Grace demanded in a voice to big for her small frame. Grace was petite. She had waist length, chestnut hair and electric blue eyes. She loved cars and always had new ways to tweak ours to make them faster. She was a lot like Victor in the way she talked to you. She was never the one to back down during a fight.

"Hunting" I replied in a hard voice.

"Why" Talon asked honestly curious

"I needed to" I replied again still keeping my voice hard and cold.

"But you ate yesterday" Ronan chimed in.

"I know" I replied yet again.

"So why did you go today?" Elvi asked. Elvi was like Grace. She moved like a dancer and could scare you with her giddiness. She stood at five-foot-three she was over a foot shorter than Ronan. She had chocolate hair and light brown eyes. She looked like a model.

"Look guys. Why I went hunting is none of your business. I had to get away. I needed sustenance and time to think. Are you happy now?" I said fuming.

Marguerite walked into the room and looked around. She looked at my fuming, angry face and smiled.

"Selena, honey you need to calm down. This won't do you any good. You need to get to know that boy and maybe you can get used to his scent." She said.

"Wait! All of this is over a guys scent." Elvi bellowed.

"Don't you raise you voice in this house!" Victor bellowed louder.

"That's enough," Marguerite said calmly.

"I'm going to my room." I said and dashed up the stairs and down the hallway.

I got to my room and sat on the couch. I decided after about 20 minutes that it was too quiet and that I needed music. I got up off my couch and went to the wall that held all of my music. It was an amazing assortment of CD's. I listened to everything. I mean everything. I pulled out my Linkin Park cd. I walked across the room and put the disc into my stereo. I turned it on and scrolled through the track list until I found a decent song. I walked back to the couch, grabbed the remote to my stereo, and went to the bed. I sat on the edge of the mattress and rested my elbows on my knees. Sighing I let my body fall backwards and reach for my book. I flipped it open and lost my self in the old west. I was lost in reading about Lillian and Shadow Wolf and their unconventional love. How that even though she was white and he was an Indian, they still found love. The words that really caught me attention were 'Love Conquers All'. Awhile later, I heard a light rapping on my door that pulled me out of the book.

"Come in" I said as I marked the page in my book.

"Hello, Selena." Talon said.

"Hello, Talon." I replied keeping my head turned away from him.

"I just thought I would let you know that it is time for school," He said.

"What!" I shrieked.

I looked at the clock and sure enough, it said six forty-five.

"Damn it, Talon. Why didn't someone come get me sooner? I still need a shower." I said slightly angered.

"Nobody wanted to feel your wrath. We all know your upset and we thought you needed time to yourself. Plus, you've had the same damn Linkin Park cd playing since midnight." Talon said smirking.

"I was reading, too." I said laughing.

"Yes. Well you need a shower. You are kind of rank. I'll go and let you do woman business. Even though God knows you aren't a lady." Talon said laughing his ass off.

"Oh, Gee Thanks, Talon." I said throwing a pillow at him.

"I'll see you later, Selena." He said walking out and shutting the door before I could respond.

I walked to my closet at human speed and grabbed my black hip-huggers and a grey knit low-cut baby-tee. I went to the bathroom, turned the shower on, and stepped under the cascading water. I hurried and shampooed my hair with my favorite vanilla shampoo and rinsed my body off and stepped out onto the slick tile floor. I dried and dressed at vampire and was downstairs in seconds. I grabbed my keys and ran to my car. I ripped the cover off, wadded it up and threw it inside the car. I got in, turned the ignition and threw it into reverse. When I finally turned onto Goldmine, I got a call from Elvi.

"What is it, Elvi?" I said slightly annoyed.

"It's Talon. I can't find him." She said panicking

"Look in the attic." I said.

"Here he is." I heard Ronan say.

"Where was he?" Elvi asked completely forgetting I was on the phone.

I hung up the phone and tried to concentrate. I flipped open my cd case and pulled out a System of a Down cd. I pushed it into my player and switched to my favorite song 'Chop Suey'. I turned on to Lewis Chapel Road and then onto Clifton-Glendale. I drove down until I found a back road that led up and around the old Mill Village. I pulled onto the road that led up to the school and figured I had about five minutes. I listened to the song that was playing and sang along.

"Conversion, software version 7.0, Looking at life through the eyes of a tire hub, Eating seeds as a past time activity, the toxicity of our city, of our city." I sang.

I looked up and saw that I was drawing ever closer to school and to Eric. I was a nervous wreck by the time I pulled in to my parking space. It was dank and cloudy so no mild sunburn today. I put my car in park and pulled my keys out of the ignition getting out I grabbed the cover and my book bag. I locked my doors and covered my car. I walked across the parking lot and waited for Ronan and Grace to pull up in the silver Miata. About five minutes later Talon and Elvi pulled up in the new Camero Concept followed by Ronan and Grace in the Miata. I waited on them park beside my covered Mustang and get to me before turning on my heel and heading into the building. I walked down the hallway to the office and picked up our excuses.

"Hello, Selena." Eric said walking by.

"Hello, Eric." I said stuttering earning snickers from my brothers and sisters.

"I'll see you at lunch?" He asked.

"Yes." I said.

As he walked away, I called him "Hey Eric. Do you want to sit with me at lunch?"

He eyes lit up at that question and I very neatly stopped breathing.

"Yea, that would be really cool." He said.

"Ok. I'll see you at lunch." I said, turned, and walked away.

"Nice going, Selena." Talon said as he high-fived Ronan.

"Yea, Way to go. I think he likes you." Grace said.

"Oh he does." Elvi said smugly.

"How do you figure that?" I asked.

"Didn't you see the way he looked at you?" Grace asked me.

"No. I saw him light up when I asked him to sit with me." I said pondering.

"Yea, He totally likes you. He practically passed out when you said his name." Talon said.

"Yea that was hilarious." Elvi said snickering.

"Yes. It was so funny, Elvi." I said my voice dripping with malice and sarcasm.

"Whoa. Back off the evil thoughts." Talon said cringing. I had obviously sent a wave of anger out again.

"Sorry, Talon. I'll see you guys at lunch." I said.

I got to class and sat in my usual seat. I looked at Mr. Downey and let him know I was ready to continue. I listened to him ramble of about Heathcliff and Cathy. He looked at me as I sighed.

"Miss Donoovan. Care to share you views on this book?" he asked.

"Sure." I said, "Heathcliff secretly loved Catherine for many years. He was bittered by life and Catherine was the only person who loved him for who he was. Therefore, when she married Edgar, It very nearly killed him. Therefore, Heathcliff, embittered by it all, takes it out on everyone that he holds responsible even after the death of Catherine. He continues to take out his rage out on Cathy--Catherine's daughter--and Linton forcing them to marry. It all comes down to the fact that nothing could keep them apart. Not his rage and bitterness, nor her selfish pride. Not even death."

"Wow. Miss Donovan. I didn't know you have such a perceptive view." Mr. Downey said.

Thank You, Mr. Downey." I replied.

"I take it that you have similar views on Romeo and Juliet?" he asked.

"Yes. I do." I replied eloquently.

"Care to share?" he asked.

"I suppose" I replied.

"Please do." he said motioning with a sweep of his hand.

"Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of 2 teenagers who fall in love. They meet in and unconventional way. In the House of Capulet at the Masquerade Ball. At first it is clear that out dear Romeo is clueless as to who the girl was. Before that night ended, he would know that she was a Capulet and that their love was doomed from the beginning. The night the party ended Romeo climbs the wall outside of the Capulet house and heard her talking to herself. As the night draws to a close Juliet professes her love to Romeo and the next day they are married. Sometime later Tybalt finds out." I stopped shortly and said, "You know what I'm going to skip ahead a little. Therefore, we find that Tybalt has been slain by Romeo and Mercutio slain by Tybalt's hand. Romeo is exiled and Juliet is distraught. Juliet decides that she is going to go to Friar Lawrence and ask for poison to get her out of the marriage that her father had set up. After much pleading, he finally agrees. As soon as he gives it to her he sends a letter to Romeo to let him know that Juliet wasn't dead just sleeping, he never gets the letter. Balthasar came to Romeo with the news that Juliet is dead. He leaves immediately and arrives in Verona at her crypt and he goes to her he sees that what they all said was true even though it wasn't and he kills himself. As Juliet awakes, she sees Romeo beside her and quickly checks him. As the realization dawns on her that he's gone, she kills herself. So, in the end death is more bearable to the both of them than living on without the other."

"Miss Donovan. You have an amazing depth that I have never seen in one of my students before." Mr. Downey said.

"Thank you, Mr. Downey." I replied.

"Well, I think we all learned something today. Class Dismissed." he said.

As we all filed out of the classroom, I headed straight for my locker and grabbed me math book and my Bio book. I headed to the math room, sat at my desk, and waited on everyone else to arrive. I drummed my fingers at vampire speed, a bad habit I picked up over the years, and sighed. I heard the door open and watched Eric walk in to the room. I stiffened slightly in my seat as his scent hit the air current coming through the room.

"Hey, Selena." Eric said coming to sit beside me.

"Hey, Eric." I replied.

"I forgot that we had Math and Bio together!" he said.

"Yes. I did, too." I replied eloquently.

"Why to you talk like that?" he asked.

"Because. It makes it easier for people to understand me." I said as I watched him shift in his seat.

"It's just weird. I don't know anyone else that speaks as eloquently as you do." he said with a smile.

"Well, now you do." I said trying to retain the laughter bubbling just under the surface.

"So, I know that you're a sophomore but how old are you?" he asked sincerely.

"I just turned seventeen." I replied.

"No. I mean really. I'm a Breed. I can tell a full vampire from a mile away." he said.

I was stunned. I didn't know Breeds even existed. It was weird having someone outside my family know what I was. I was nervous to admit to him how old I was.

"Selena?" He asked snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Umm. Yes?" I asked.

"I was wondering how old you are." he said.

"In vampric years or when I was turned?" I asked.

"Vampric years." he said.

"Two hundred and fifteen." I replied.

"Wow. So how old is you sire?" he asked.

"You mean Victor? He is six hundred and fifty-six years old." I replied calmly.

"Wow. That's old." he said laughing.

"Yes. I know." I said laughing with him.

"So you have been alive for two hundred and fifteen years. What's it like. Seeing all of that." he asked.

I sighed sadly "Difficult. I have seen all of my family grow, prosper and eventually die. I had one daughter before I died. I was almost twenty and I had her when I was just barely fifteen. I was killed in a raid on the local town. No one knew where I was. Victor had found me on the brink of death and brought me back. I was never allowed near my daughter again. I watched her grow into a fine young woman and she looked exactly like me. I ended up watching her children grow up and then her children's children and so on and so forth. I still watch my descendents. My husband ended up marring again but he was never the same."

"Wow. I never thought how hard that must be. To see you family die like that and knowing you had to stay away." he said sympathetically.

"I've grown used to it. I never look back after I make a decision." I said sighing.

We stopped talking as everyone else filed into the room. I sat pondering over the death of my daughter all those years ago, wishing that I had been there for her. Victor had changed me hoping for a companion for a while and then he met Marguerite. I was happy for him and eventually he turned Talon hoping that I would find the same with him that he did with Marguerite. Unfortunately, He wasn't.

"So, Selena, rumor has it that you're dating Eric Stag." A girl beside me said.

"Where did you hear that?" I asked.

"From Amanda Rochester." she said.

"And you are?" I asked.

"Reese Delanie" she said.

"Ok. Reese." I said letting my voice drip with venom "I'm not dating Eric Stag. Yet."

"What to you mean by 'yet'." she hissed.

"I mean. I like him." I said loud enough for him to hear.

"Well. Just so you know he is my boyfriend." she said angrily.

"I'm not you boyfriend, Reese." Eric hissed at her.

"But Eric, sweetie, I thought…"she started.

"You thought wrong." he hissed with more venom in his voice.

"But…." she said.

"But nothing, Reese." he said turning away,

"Slut." I heard her mumble.

I turned back to my thoughts. I had admitted that I liked Eric. I would definitely talk to him at lunch. I was going to like it here at Broome of this I was sure.