EPOV

I had left Bella some months ago. I knew that I had to stay away from her. I couldn't go back and screw up her life .After all the lies I told her that last day in the woods, I don't even think she would want to see me.

So now I was in Wisconsin, hunting moose and deer. I was renting a lodge by a lake. I didn't buy it, as I had no intention of staying anywhere for long. I hadn't encountered any of my kind, and I'm not sure if this was good or bad.

I went about my business, staying solitary and quiet. I said 'Hello' to my neighbors, and that was mostly it. I could tell they thought I was weird. Some creepy guy, living alone, never coming out into the sunlight to go fishing on the lake or boating. I'm sure they thought I was a psychotic killer. Well, at least they got the second part right.

Then, came Monday. It started out like any other Monday. Well, for me, anyways. I finished reading the latest book that I had borrowed from the town library, so I went to return it, seeing as how it was very cloudy that day. There was a large storm headed this way, with the possibility of tornadoes. There weren't many people out, but it didn't bother me. The less people roaming the streets, the less inclined I was to see someone and think it was Bella.

I could walk to the library, so I did. Walking calmed me down most of the time, and so I walked as much as possible. After I had dropped the book off, I decided to walk through the woods on the other side of the lake. The forest was dark, and it reminded me of home. I tried not to think of what happened the last time I was in the woods with a certain human, so instead, I thought of Alice. I had called her a few days ago, and she gave me updates on the rest of the family. She and Jasper were honeymooning in Sweden. Why, I have no idea. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett were all in England. Rose and Emmett were attending Oxford, while Carlisle worked at the local hospital.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I smelled something funny. I turned on my heel, and there was the source. Another vampire, a woman, was right behind me. She held the dead body of a male human.

"You must be Edward. I've heard of you." She said, bearing a grin, her teeth stained with blood. Her brown hair wrapped in curls around her pale face in a way that seemed almost familiar.

"Good or bad?" I asked, standing my ground. She was a newborn, obviously. She was probably stronger than I was, but only by a fraction.

"I wouldn't say that protecting a human and killing our kind is good," She snarled at me. "Victoria says you die." She lunged, and I sidestepped.

I took up my self-defensive pose. She turned and lunged again, and I kicked at her. She ducked out of the way, able to deliver a blow to my face with her fist. I kicked at her side, and she stepped away. She lifted her leg, ready to kick my chest. I should have seen this coming, but I was distracted by a crack in the woods behind her. I didn't know what it was until a deer went running off at the same moment her foot connected with my chest, knocking me to the ground. She immediately pounced on top of me, sinking her fangs into my chest. I felt pain sear though me. I reached up, grabbed her arm, and pulled. A metallic screech filled the air as her arm was torn off, and she jumped off of me and took off running.

I stood up, leaning on a tree for support. I was still trying to make sense of what happened. The pain in my chest got worse, and I didn't know why. I could feel a burning that shot through my body from my toes to my forehead. My body slumped against the tree, and I gasped in pain.

It was then that everything around me seemed to change. I tried to take off running in the direction of my lodge, but found I could run no faster than a human. I felt something strange in the center of my chest, like I had a tiny drummer inside of me. Then, the impossible occurred to me.

I placed my hand on my forehead, and it was warm. I then touched two fingers to my neck and held them there. I could feel the pulse of blood rushing through my veins. I was alive.

I pulled a cell phone from my pocket and called Carlisle.

"Hello, Edward."

"Something's happened."

"What's the matter, Edward?" I explained everything that happened in great detail to him, careful not to leave anything out. I didn't know how it had happened or what it meant, and if anyone did, it was Carlisle.

"Well, Edward, I can only guess at this. You said she had the body of a human that she had eaten?"

"Yes."

"Well, my guess is that when she bit you, the blood entered your veins, and somehow triggered the humanity in you, which flushed out the venom in your body. If you have a pulse, you're alive, Edward."

"Yes."

"So, what are you going to do now, Edward?"

"I'm going to see a lady."

A/N: OK, so this is my second Twilight fanfic...My first was Sunrise, which takes place after Eclipse and is about what happens when Bella and Edward do the dirty deed and get themselves into more than they barganed for. It has a lot of drama and a lot of action...and two car crashes. It's rated M for lemons and some language. Feel free to go and read that one too.

This is going to be more mellow than the other. I doubt that this will have a lemon, but if by any chance I put one in here and it fits into the story, I'll just change the rating. Tell me if you'd like a lemon or not. I con't promice one, because I'm not sure if I can find a way to fit it into the story, but if you want one, I'll try. so now, Edward's human, and he's going to see Bella. Don't yell at me saying that I gave it away, because what other lady would he be talking about?

So please give me feedback on this one. If you've been a fan of Sunrise, I'm glad that you're reading this one. I might not be able to get back to sunrise for a few days, because I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it from there yet. When I do, I'll start writing. Comment, and feel free to read my other Twilight fanfic, Sunrise.