Title: Who is this?

I was on the hunt of a deer. Not the best tasting of the animal species and it never put up a great fight, but it was something. I was chasing down the animal and was about to kill it when I smelt something, it wasn't spilled blood but it appealed more to me than this animal. Without a second of hesitation, I was off running toward the smell. I could hear someone in the background yelling, "Stop." But I didn't listen, this smell was intriguing.

I stopped up in a tree, looking down at an unsuspecting female. It looked exhausted as it sat down on a log.

I jumped off from the tree and waited until it had its back to me, then I tackled it down. My mouth was over its neck, about to bite down when I couldn't will myself to do it. The human stopped breathing for a short bit of time but that wasn't what got me.

It was the smell.

This smell threw me off. It was calling me but at the same time, it was screaming that it meant something more to me. I snorted then took in another breath, what was this creature to me?

Every smell in it yelled 'mate' except I was sure I had not had a mate yet. Not only that but it was human, humans can't be mates.

"Edward?" it knew my name.

I growled looking at it, what was this? I sniffed more at it; it called me but no longer in a way that said, 'eat me.'

I was still on top of it trying to figure this thing out when I heard others coming through the woods. Two females and three males- all vampires. I growled at them, how dare they come near my prey.

"Bella." A shorter female yelled out.

Bella? Why did that name sound familiar? Was that my prey's name? It wasn't much for prey if I couldn't will myself to eat it and instead see it more as a mate. This was ridiculous, I don't have a mate. I would know if I had a mate but this human reminded me so much of one…should I force it to become a vampire? Then it could be my mate.

I heard someone thinking of attacking me; I saw in their mind a picture or plan of me being tackled over and hopes that another would take the girl that I was protecting. I turned toward the big bulky one, he was the one thinking it, I arched my back ready for him to attack.

"Emmett stop thinking of attacking." One of the other males whispered. He gave orders, so I recognized him as the leader. Then the thought came to me, take out the leader and the rest will go out easily. I turned my focus on the other male.

The third male turned to the leader, "he is confused Carlisle."

"Confused on what?" The leader asked.

"I assume that it is because he is running off of his instincts. He is still in the blood lust state of mind but I think he may see Bella more as a mate. I think he also sees her as food because she is only human. It's confusing him." How could he possibly know anything about me?

The leader walked a few steps toward me, I growled as I forced the girl that was under me to move back.

"What's going on?" she asked as I forced her to come with me, I never took my eyes off the leader.

I growled at her for speaking at such a troubling time.

"It's okay Bella." The man was coming toward me, "Edward." He whispered walking closer to me.

I backed up even more, forcing the girl to come with me.

The girl let out an 'hmph' as I smelt the blood ooze to a spot. I didn't look back, this was dangerous, she was hurt and there were other vampires around. I kept staring at the approaching vampire, the leader of the coven.

"Edward, it's me Carlisle. You recognize me right?" I growled. "You are part of this coven."

I glared at him.

"Edward, let me see the girl. I promise I won't hurt her." He came closer to me.

I growled even more, I tried to scare him off. I was about to run, I had to do something to keep them away from this creature.

"Carlisle, stop." The short female said behind him. "You are going to make him run away. He will take Bella with him. She will get hurt badly."

The girl behind me let out a gasp. How dare that woman scare her.

The man nodded and backed away. I loosened my hold from wanting to run. I still watched them carefully.

Two of the men disappeared. I couldn't see them anymore. I could hear their thoughts in the woods, thinking of something that was miniscule to what I was thinking of. I went back to sniffing the girl, still keeping an eye on the coven, nearby. Why weren't they leaving?

"Edward, listen to Carlisle." The girl said. I kept looking down at her, who and what was she to me? She kept still on the ground, afraid to move.

I stared her in the eyes as she looked me in the eyes. "No!" I yelled punching the ground next to her face. She flinched away but my other hand kept her from going far.

The man that was once coming closer backed up even more, "Bella, don't look him in the eyes. He is running on instincts. Normally vampires don't like to be looked in the eyes."

That proves she wasn't my mate. If she was then she would already know about me.

"Anything else I should know?" she asked hesitantly. She looked away from me. I turned to the man who was coming toward us once again.

"Just stay still. I am going to try a different approach." He whispered, "Edward, Bella is your mate." He said softly.

I looked at him, stared him in the eyes. A way to assert my role in this coven. He didn't look away. My growls increased, I had to assert myself as higher in this coven if I planned on telling him to leave.

"She means the world to you." He said putting a hand out toward me.

I quickly picked the girl up in my arms, not thinking of being soft. She screamed in the process. Did I hurt her? "Get away." I growled out. Must protect prey. Must protect mate. Both kept running through my head.

"I promise I won't hurt her. I just want to make sure she is okay." He said.

I held onto the girl tightly, wrapping my arms as tight as I could around her waist.

"She can't breath Edward." He said. "Loosen your grip and I will back away. Allow her to stand on her own and I will leave." He was looking around as if to look for the others in the coven, the others had left. It was just him and I.

I looked at the girl in my arms then back at the man.

"All you have to do is let her stand on her own and I will leave. You got that?" He kept looking me in the eyes, then he spoke to the girl still not taking his eyes off mine, "Bella stay where you are when he loosens his grip, don't run. If you run, it will only cause him to want to hunt you. Alright?"

She nodded. I smelt salty water, she must have been crying. What was she afraid of? I would protect her.

"Alright Edward, she won't move and I will leave." It sounded like he was talking to a child.

I didn't want to take a chance of him killing her but I felt more of a threat by him staying here. I made a hard decision and nodded my head. I gently loosened my grip on the girl. She took in a deep breath as I unwrapped my arms from around her waist. I made sure to keep my eyes on the man.

"Now allow her to stand, and I will leave." He muttered as a way to reassure what I was doing was what he wanted.

I pushed her up, trying to force her to stand. She stumbled a little from my forceful shove, I growled.

"Be careful with her." The man said. I glared at him. "Just help her stand up carefully." He said still keeping his distance.

The girl was finally standing, she was shaking but she was standing. Then I looked at the man, "Now go." I growled, ready to attack him if he attacked my mate.

All I heard was him say, "Do it now."

The two males that were gone came running out I was able to push one away but the other maneuvered around me held me tight. I growled in frustration, it was a trap. The females came out and slowly walked over to us.

I was trying to push the two males off but it was to no avail. The man that was talking to me came up to my mate, "Are you okay Bella?" he asked looking her over.

I growled as he touched her. He couldn't touch my mate. What if he hurt her?

"Rosalie, Alice and Esme keep an eye on Bella." He turned to us. "Emmett, Jasper follow me."

The two males that were holding me turned around and started to walk through the woods. I growled in frustration trying to break loose.

"Sheesh man, calm down." The bigger one said.

Once we were out of view and I could no longer smell the girl, they stood with me in their arms. I seethed with anger at them; they took me away from my mate.

"What do we do now?" The bigger one that was holding me asked. I still thrashed in his arms trying to break loose.

"We wait. I will go back and check on Bella and see what made her come out here." The leader said walking back in the direction we came from.

Finally, after I don't know how long, my thoughts were clearing up, I didn't have a mate. The girl wasn't just any girl, she was my Bella. I started to feel guilty as the day's memory rushed toward me. I was still held by Emmett and the other two were looking bored while sitting in the grass.

Jasper looked up at me then to Emmett, "You can let him go, he's back."

Emmett let go of me as I stumbled forward. He had a huge grasp on me.

"Did I hurt her?"

Carlisle nodded, "She sustained a broken rib, a sprained arm, a few cuts but that's it."

"That's it? I hurt her." I couldn't believe it. Today just proved that I was a monster.

"It could have been worse. At least you didn't recognize her as prey."

"But I hurt her."

"Actually" Jasper said stepping in, "You didn't mean to."

"I didn't mean to? That is suppose to make me feel better? Oh yay! I didn't mean to hurt my only love, how do you put in for the fact that I did? I hurt her."

Jasper put his hands on Edward's shoulders, "Listen to me. You didn't mean to hurt her. What you did was what we think of when we think our mates are in trouble. We can't help but be protective and overbearing. When another coven comes near any of us, our first reactions are to keep our mates safe. You were doing what we all think about on a normal basis. You for some reason was just able to hold it off until now."

"Not to the same coven."

"You weren't in your right mind. If Bella where a vampire, she would have been able to tell and she would have been able to keep you in check. But she is human, she can't. The same thing could have happened if Bella was the vampire and you were the human."

"What was she doing out here?"

Carlisle stood from his spot, looking angry, "Apparently, there was a school hiking trip that none of you guys chose to hear about. Bella chose to go at the last second because we were going on a family hunt. She figured we wouldn't be hunting in the same area, she figured that one of you would have heard about it. Alice and Rosalie was able to talk the rest of the children there into letting her stay with us. It was hard, the teachers almost didn't allow it, I had to have Jasper come back with me to talk to the teacher. He was able to make the teacher feel at ease about it."

Everyone looked away from Carlisle, they knew it was their responsibility to make sure the school is safe.

Carlisle broke the silence, "So, why weren't you guys paying attention to the school bulletins? That could have been any of your class mates. That could have been in front of the whole class if she didn't decide to take a break."

"Sorry." They all said.

Carlisle sighed, knowing that Edward was beating himself up enough about this, "Let's go back. Bella is talking with the girls on what happened."

I nodded as we walked back. We got to a clearing where Bella turned around to look at us. She smiled while waving her good arm. She had a makeshift sling on the other arm. "Your arm." I said.

"It's not that bad. Carlisle said I just need a sling for a few days." She said. "You feeling better?"

"No, I can't live knowing that I hurt you."

"It's fine. They explained everything to me."

"That doesn't make up for it."

"No, it does. Edward, don't you see what you did today?" she asked.

He shook his head confused.

Bella laughed, "You were first attacking me for food. I thought you were going to end my life when your mouth was right over my neck. But you didn't kill me to eat. You just wanted to protect me, I only got hurt because I am human and your side that was protecting me would be used to protecting another vampire like Alice or Rosalie."

Everyone nodded.

"You were just fine. No beating yourself up over it. Besides, you saved me from another minute with Mike." She gave me a small hug.

I smiled at that last part. "Thank you Bella. You always know how to make me feel better." I said.

"Well." Emmett said getting up. "If you guys don't mind, the bear attacks are on the rise out here and I'm the only one who can keep them in line."

Everyone laughed.

Carlisle walked up to Edward and Bella. "I will take Bella home. Edward go hunt some more with the family. Your eyes are blacker than when you started."

I was about to protest when I could hear everyone's thoughts. It was true, my eyes were horrible. "Alright."

"And you guys need to find a different hunting area for today. We don't need a part two for today." Carlisle said. "Come on Bella, I will take you home now."

Bella nodded, "See you later Edward."

"See you."

And that was the reason why I never wanted her to see me hunt. I told her it was too dangerous. I turned around as we talked about a spot we should go too. When we picked a spot and arrived, I automatically picked up the smell of a mountain lion. Finally, a chance to relieve some anger.

This hunt was going to be a good hunt.

I thought of this because the book was saying that vampires are primitive when they are newborns and that made me start to wonder if they go back to their primitive ways whenever they hunt, hints why they have to make sure they don't hunt anywhere near a person. I first planned this to be Bella POV but I turned it into Edward's POV because I felt like you could get the full picture and know why he was doing it.

Please let me know what you thought of this!