Chapter 1 - First Sight

"Liz!" I called as slowed down to a jog.

"What?" Liz called from far off. I ran to meet her and Alex. We found ourselves in the middle of a meadow.

"I have a very strong feeling that we are very lost!" I grinned at her.

"Hold on a sec." Liz quickly got out her map. We all hovered over it.

"Ummmmmmmm… Liz? We are totally lost!" I said as calmly as I could. "We're here," I pointed out to Washington, "And we're supposed to be here!" I pointed towards California.

"Oh…" Liz said as she pouted her lips. All of a sudden we heard some people running. We turned our heads to meet the gaze of 7 pairs gold eyes and a pair of brown staring at us.

"OK then" As I turn back to the girls I found that they had a weird look on their faces. "What?" I asked.

"Nothing," Liz said as she and Alex looked away. "We should head out of here!" she smiled.

"Right well I'm going to listen to my IPod!" As I began to plug in my IPod I heard someone creep up behind me. I swiftly turned to see that Alex and Liz had been restrained by 2 people and the final person stood with his head cocked, staring at me in a very weird way.

"Can I help you?" I asked as I put my IPod in my pocket and look up to see him right in front of me. "Jesus!" as I stumbled backwards. "What do you want!" I asked with a hint of fear in my voice which I'm sure he could hear. I could feel 8 pairs of eyes boring into my back. The guy lifted up his head to stare into my eyes. His eyes were bright crimson. He smiled a smug smile. "Wait a minute I see what's going on here! Unfortunately you did not take into account this!" I had to concentrate but I managed to get Alex and Liz next to me and a tree hurtling towards the red eyed vampires. I turned to the girls. "I suggest we DUCK!" We all ducked down as the tree hurtled towards them. We all heard a crash. I turned.

"Did I forget to say I'm not entirely human!" I also smiled a smug smile. The three of them stared at me as they crouched into an offensive crouch. They were covered in bark. I knew this our cue to leave. "I suggest we run as fast as we can like now!" I turned at caught a glimpse of the people behind us. The girl with the brown eyes seemed strangely familiar. She looked like my pen pal from Phoenix but that was impossible. Soon I was running.

It seemed like hours before I managed to go back to the meadow but it was only 2 minutes. The girls had the vampires on their tail so I could go back to explain to the gold eyes what's going on. They had also demanded an explanation on how I got to be so good at my power. I agreed. I crept back out into the meadow and there they were standing in a line like they knew I was coming. A man with short blonde hair stepped forward.

"Hello. I am Carlisle and this is my family Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Edward and Bella. May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Emma and the girls who were with me are my sisters Liz and Alex." I smiled.

"Right, could you tell us why you are here?" asked Carlisle. I began the story. I told it so fast I'm sure the human girl didn't understand what I was saying.

"So that's my story and I have a guess that you have about 5 minutes to get her out of here." I pointed towards the girl whose name I believe is Bella. The boy with red-brown hair growled and took a step towards me. My temper rose slightly. "What? I'm only trying to help!" I said.

"Now, now Edward, Emma's right, she is only trying to help." Said Carlisle. My temper went back down. I turned as I heard Alex and Liz approach.

"Well we lost them so you have like 3 minutes before they realise we've come back here." Said Liz as she jogged out of the darkness of the forest with Alex. "So we'd better get out of here ASAP." They took their place next to my side.

"Hold on 1 sec." I said as I grabbed a small bottle of no scent dust from Alex's backpack.

"Hey!" She complained as I sprinkled the dust around the field. I wondered back and put the bottle back in the backpack. I turned to see 8 pairs of very confused eyes staring at me.

"The stuff I put down disguises scents so you'll have longer to get out of here." I said with a small smile. I looked at my watch. "About an hour tops!"

"Okay?" Said Edward, I think.

"Don't worry it works!" I said.

"Ummmm Emma…" said Liz from behind me.

"Yeah?"

"We have to get going if we want to be in California today!" She said, and with that she and Alex turned and ran.

"Well," I turned towards Carlisle and his family. "I have to go but we may see you again!" I smiled. "See you!" I turned and started to run after Liz and Alex.