A/N This is my very first fanfiction! I hope everyone likes it! It's from the POV of a vampire who isn't in the Twilight Saga. I'm going to write the next chapter soon...as soon as I can come up with some good ideas for the next part. I have a fairly good idea of where this is going, but maybe you guys can help me come up with filler? That would be awesome!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, even though I would really like to.

(Should I make a funny story-thing for my disclaimer, like some authors do? Let me know!)

My name is Mikayla Hemmingway. Don't laugh. I'm dead serious. Technically, I'm seventeen years old. Technically. In reality — well, I'll tell you later. I'm not extremely tall — only five foot five, but I'm lanky and look taller than I am. I have long black hair, very layered and feathered. People would call my style "scene" nowadays. My skin is alabaster white and very clear. I have no issues with acne or any other skin problem, but it tends to be cold, like I have bad circulation.

As for friends, I have a few, but not many. There are several people that are important to me, but classifying them as friends is not quite accurate.

You may be wondering why I don't have a social life. Well, it's because I tend not to fit in well. I believe I scare people, or make them uncomfortable. Personally, I find making people uncomfortable more entertaining than becoming friends. Not that friendship is a bad thing, but it always ends in pain. People are inherently cruel. There's no way around it. Everywhere you go, someone has been hurt by someone else. It drives me crazy. People in general drive me crazy. Humans, for the most part, but all people, really. Humans have an inborn talent to damage and destroy each other. It really is annoying to me.

Well, anyway, now that you know how I stand on certain subjects, I'll start with my story.

I stared through the dark night at the people walking along the street. I snarled under my breath and flicked my eyes down the road. No one. It would be safe. I considered for a split second, and then pounced. They never stood a chance. The tall woman screamed, but her cry was cut off as her life ended. The other two were easily disposed of as well. I finished the job, and then made it look like any other homicide. Prostitutes were rarely missed. I didn't feel any remorse.

I left the scene and took off at top speed in a random direction. I didn't really care where I ended up. My life was governed by fleeting whims. I pushed to my maximum speed and kept running for a while. I stopped after a while and looked around. I stood, poised, ready for anything hostile. After a moment, I decided that it was safe and really took in the details of my surroundings. I was in the northwest, I was sure of that. Possibly Washington or Oregon. I sniffed the air. The pungent scent of pine filled my nostrils. The weather was cool and damp, but that made no difference to me. I really had no preference of weather, but I tried to avoid human contact when it was sunny.

I considered what I was going to do for a little while. I decided to look around a little. It seemed to be a nice area. There might be some of my kind in the area. I took off again, but at a much slower pace.

I was fairly sure I was in northern Oregon. I had heard of some people similar to me up north in Washington…I should look for them. I had heard that they had even challenged the authorities. This called for some investigation. I was curious about who would try that.

I sprinted north when I realized I might meet these people. The tree braches smacked me across the face, but didn't sting. I kept running, and enjoyed the wind in my long hair. I felt free.

I was sure I was in Washington…it smelled different. No to a human, most likely, but my nose is especially sensitive. It smelled good, especially compared to the city fumes I had been smelling recently.

I was extremely curious about these people I had heard about…not anything concrete, just rumors…but they sounded intriguing. I had always been one to explore interesting things, whether they had any truth to them or not. This one sounded almost too fantastic for words, but I had heard it from several friends and acquaintances. Not all of them were reliable, but I still wanted to check it out, especially because I was in the area.

I wasn't sure where they were. I would have to look around a bit to find them. I sniffed the air. Hmm. What a weird smell. Like a wet dog, just stronger. I wrinkled my nose in distaste. Yuck. What the heck is that? I had come to a complete stop by now, disgusted by the odd scent. I hadn't smelled this before, and I've been around. I continued, slightly more cautious than before. I wasn't sure what the smell was, but I wasn't taking any chances.

After a while, the smell grew stronger, and there was a sound behind me. I spun quickly and faced a huge black wolf. I hissed, my lips pulling back over my teeth. The wolf growled and I saw two more stalk up behind him. I settled into a slightly more defensive position. Something about these large animals seemed dangerous, even to one like me. The lead one crouched. I tensed myself, ready either to run or attack, depending on the next few moments. Suddenly, a human walked up from behind the black wolf. He was clothed in only a pair of denim shorts. He had dark hair that was cropped short, and a darker complexion, obviously a Native American.

He held up both hands, as if in surrender. I was surprised to realize he had the same scent as the wolves. It was not an appetizing smell. He really didn't have to be worried. I straightened up slightly.

"We just wanted to let you know that you are on treaty land. This is our territory, and I suggest you make for the vampire territory as quickly as possible. We do not appreciate hunting on our land."

I laughed. This was rather funny, actually. "I was headed there. Could you point me in the direction?" I asked smoothly. The wolves and the human flinched at the sound of my voice. I found this reaction entertaining and smiled slightly. The human flinched slightly. I couldn't be sure of his age, he seemed too young to be a man, but was too tall and broad to be a boy. He pointed away from himself and nodded his head in that direction as well. "The Cullens are in that direction. You know them?"

I shook my head. "I've heard…things…about them. But, no, I have never had the pleasure of meeting them."

I heard one of the wolves snort, but ignored it. "Well, alright. Thank you for directing me." I took off in a run in the direction he had pointed. So they did exist. I was fairly sure they were the ones I had heard about…I had heard whispers of the wolves as well. I had been curious about them as well…but now I was finally going to meet the fabled Cullens. I slowed as I reached the obvious edge of the territory. There was a lack of wolf scent tainting the air, though it lingered in my nostrils. I walked along, following a trail left here by heavy use. It led for a few miles, and then I walked into a clearing.

There was a large white house. It smelled very normal, except for a hint of wolf. I wrinkled my nose again slightly and then decided to hold my breath. I walked to the house. I felt a barrage of new senses reach me. Hmm. Interesting.

Suddenly I heard something inside my head. A visitor? We weren't expecting company.

I smiled. This would be fun. Haha, so you weren't expecting company? Am I intruding? I felt the other person's shock as he read my thoughts. Surprised?

Extremely.

I walked up to the door and tapped it lightly with my knuckles. It opened almost before I could draw my hand away. A tall boy held it open, looking at me through golden eyes. He appeared to be about 18 or 19 years old. His blonde hair was slightly wavy. Interesting, I thought as his abilities came to my attention. I was aware of other people in the house, but ignored them for the moment.

"Hello," the boy said after a moment. He looked at me quizzically through golden eyes. In his mind, I heard his thoughts. Who is this girl? I've never seen her before in my life…hmm.

I smiled. "I am Mikayla Hemmingway. I'm guessing you are one of the Cullens?" I voiced my thoughts as a question.

He inclined his head in affirmative. "I will get Carlisle. You probably want to talk to him."

A blonde man came to the door at that moment. He smiled when he saw me, though I had never met him before. I ignored the voice of the other person who obviously could read minds, though I noticed that he was very confused at my abilities.

"Hello, I am Carlisle Cullen. You have heard of my family?"

"Through the grapevine," I said, dismissively waving my hand. "But, yes, I have…and the things I've heard are very interesting…would I be able to convince you to expand on the rumors?"

He smiled brightly. "Of course! Come inside." He opened the door for me to enter. I followed him inside, and looked around the bright, sunny interior of the house. Then I turned my focus to the people in the room I was entering. They all turned their golden eyes to me as I walked in. It was almost eerie…gold is a weird color for eyes.

I heard the one with the mind reading laugh in my head when I thought about this. I smiled slightly. This was going to be fun.

Carlisle turned to me and smiled again. He sure was a happy guy. "This is Esme, my wife," he said, as a beautiful woman walked up to him. She had long, flowy, dark gold hair and a heart-shaped face. Carlisle turned slightly and pointed to a large guy who was sitting on the couch, and the girl sitting with him. "These are Emmett and Rosalie." Emmett grinned at me and Rosalie smiled. Emmett looked like a fun guy. Rosalie was gorgeous; there was no other way to describe her. Her blonde hair was wavy and shimmery. Carlisle pointed at the boy who had opened the door. "This is Jasper." Then he turned to the stairway. "Alice is up there. And Bella, Edward, and Nessie are in the other room."

I smiled at the people he had introduced me to. Then the other person, who I was sure now was Edward, told me, We'll be right out. I'm curious about you. I turned as a noise came from another room. Edward, or so I assumed came out, followed by a girl and a young teenager. I stiffened at the sight of the younger girl. I heard Edward's thoughts and realized what she was. Esme touched my arm and led me to the couch where Emmett and Rosalie sat.

She smiled at me and then proceeded to explain. "You see, Bella and Edward fell in love while Bella was a human. It was a very interesting time, and we won't go into detail on that at this moment, but after they got married, Bella got pregnant. She couldn't survive the birth human, so Edward changed her. Renesmee, the baby, grew at an exceptional rate. She's only a few years old." My eyes widened as Esme explained this, and Carlisle expanded on what she had said.

"I've never heard of a human crossing with one of our kind…" I was almost speechless. "And this is the reason for the rumors?"

Edward shook his head. "No, the reason for the rumors is what happened afterward. The Volturi learned of her and thought they needed to extinguish an immortal child. Little did they know at the time that she does mature and grow, far more quickly than a human, even. That just needed to be clarified with the Volturi."

"Edward isn't even telling half the story. It was so great! Only downside is, there was no fighting," Emmett said. Rosalie smacked his arm. "It's true!" he complained. She rolled her eyes.

Carlisle then proceeded to explain exactly what had happened, starting with how Irina, a friend of the Cullens, had betrayed them to the Volturi. It was a fascinating story and cleared up many of the rumors I had heard. Edward was staring ay me through most of the story, obviously trying to figure me out. He was seriously confused that I could hear him.

After the story, he looked at me. "Mikayla."

"Yes?" I wondered.

"Tell me…why can you read me?" He looked puzzled. It was quite entertaining.

I laughed. "Well, you could say I have a very special ability." Everyone in the room looked at me curiously. This would be fun. "I know what each of you can do. Jasper." I looked in his eyes as he gazed back at me. "You control emotions. Useful tool." I looked over at Bella. "You are a shield. Very interesting…" I looked over at Alice, who had entered the room while Carlisle was explaining. "You see the future. Fascinating." Then I looked at Edward. "And you can read minds. So you are the only one who has a basic idea of what I can do."

Carlisle cocked his head. "You can tell what abilities people have? It's an ability similar to Eleazar's then…" Edward was shaking his head. "No? Then how does it work?" Carlisle asked.

I smiled. "Edward? Would you like to venture a guess?" Everyone looked at him.

His eyebrows furled. "As far as I can see, it's an ability to mirror the abilities of those around you…like with me, you could read my thoughts." Bella gasped.

I smiled. "Not quite…though you're very close. I am what you could call a leech. I can read everyone's thoughts in this room, except for Bella's. I'm using your ability, Edward. I can also use Jasper's ability to control emotions. I can use Alice's future-sight as well. I could use Bella's shield, but I'm choosing not to at this moment."

It was Carlisle's turn to gasp. "I've never heard of an ability like that. Amazing!"

I laughed. "Yes, I've heard that before." I quickly changed the subject. This was not something I wanted to talk about with Edward listening in on. He was confused, but didn't say anything, mentally or physically.

"You have golden eyes." I said it as a statement, but was looking for an answer.

Carlisle nodded. "We don't feed on humans. You probably think our choice is strange, but it's how we live."

"Animals, then?" I raised an eyebrow.

He nodded again. "Yes."

"How do they…taste?"

"Not as bad as you might think. It takes some time to get used to, but I've never tasted human blood, so there's no comparison for me."

I made a face. "Well, I've never even considered animal blood as an alterative, so I haven't tasted it. Maybe I will sometime…just to see."

Emmett jumped into the conversation. "So how long you planning on staying here? Cause you could come hunting with us sometime."

"I didn't have a plan. I happened to be on this side of the country and I wanted to find out if the rumors were true. Apparently they are."

Bella laughed. "Yeah, they're definitely true."

Carlisle smiled. "You're very welcome to stay with us for a while."

"Thank you. I actually didn't have any plans, so if I'm invited…" At Carlisle's nod, I continued. "I'd love to stay for a while."

"Awesome!" yelled Emmett. I ducked, but then straightened when I realized it was only him. He laughed at me, and if I could have, I would have blushed. Jasper grinned when he felt my embarrassment. I smiled back, thinking that staying with the Cullens would be a lot of fun. They seemed like very cool people.

I turned my attention to Renesmee then, as she walked up to me. I registered Edward's thoughts as he noticed what she was doing. The great thing about being a leech, was that I could use the abilities of those around me on everyone else. She came up to me and smiled a very pretty smile. "So you're Mikayla?" I nodded. "I'm Nessie. Can I show you something?" I nodded again. She put her hand against my cheek and I flinched slightly as her thoughts entered my head. I had never experienced something like this before. She told me through her thoughts about everything that has taken place since she had been born. A werewolf had imprinted on this girl? This family definitely had some crazy stuff going on.

Edward laughed. "Yes, we do." Bella looked at him curiously. He smiled at her and gestured toward me. In the brief moment that he looked at her, I saw so much love in his eyes that I had to look away. They obviously loved each other very much.

Renesmee took my hand. "Come with me! I can show you around!" I smiled and followed the girl. It was amazing that she looked fifteen years old. The idea that she was in reality only a few years old boggled my mind. She led me outside to show me the area. "See, over that river is where I live with my mom and dad. We have a little cottage. It's really nice." I smiled. Nessie was nice. She looked at me. "How long are you planning on staying with us? You seem like a really nice person."

I smiled at her. "Thanks. So do you! I'm not really sure how long I want to stay…I haven't really thought about it much. I never really plan things out. I just do them."

She nodded. "Yeah. It must be great to have that kind of freedom."

I shrugged. "Yeah, but it gets old if there's nothing to do, you know? Oh well. Maybe if it's okay with Carlisle, I'll stay here for a while."

Nessie grinned. "That would be so cool! You could come to high school with me!" She clapped her hands together in excitement. Okay, maybe I could see that she was pretty young.

I laughed. "High school. Oh joy. Well, I haven't been to a modern school before…"

"It would be so awesome!" She grinned widely. "And Alice could take us shopping and we can be like sisters!"

"There's just one problem that I can see though," I warned. She looked at me questioningly, raising her eyebrows. "I don't feed the same way you do. My eyes are definitely going to stick out."

She nodded. "True. But then you can just hunt animals like the rest of us!'

"It's not that simple. I've been feeding like this for a long, long time." I shrugged again. "But what can I do?" I said this rhetorically, but Nessie thought it demanded an answer.

"You can change! Jasper did." She smiled encouragingly. Man, this girl was always happy, wasn't she? I smiled back at her.

"It's hard for him, though, isn't it?" I asked quietly. She nodded, becoming serious.

"Yeah, but he does it. I think he mainly does it for Alice, but I don't think he minds. He likes being a Cullen, or a Hale, technically."

I nodded. "But he's had a few years to get used to it. I'm not quite sure how I would take to it."

She nodded again. Very agreeable girl.

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