Chapter 1

The wind hit my stone cold face, the rain pounded against my body. The burning was over. I looked around me, I was in a forest, the shadows casted by the moon let me know it was roughly 2:30 am. I choked. My throat was burningly dry. I tried to think past it, I jumped to my feet and felt my claves tighten, ready to spring into action. I could hear a heartbeat, fluttering; I thought they'd be slower. I knew what I had to do. My body tightened ready for the hunt.

"NO FAITH!" The roar shocked me and arms tackled me. How did it know my name? I managed to spin and kick my attacker off of me, but as I did another pair of arms grabbed me. And I felt my legs be kicked from beneath me; I could smell 5 vampires. I was pinned to the ground, a face focused itself, pale, dark hair, and I recognized him. I recognized Emmett.

"Emmett" I croaked. I looked around, Edward, Rosalie, Jasper and Carlisle. I panicked, and tried to push him off of me Jasper came to his aid however. I screamed and squirmed.

"Faith, stop." He whispered. "Rosalie, get the blood". That's when I smelt it, she threw it at Emmet, I grabbed it from him and drank, my throat calmed.

"Is there more?" Jasper asked Rosalie.

"Was it not enough?"

"Rosalie, she's a new born, that was deer's blood, is that honestly all you thought would suffice". He was right my throat began to ache again. I looked at Emmett for help.

"It's okay she's remembered us, her thoughts seem controlled, how's she feeling?" Edward kept his distance. I looked round Emmett to glance at him, he hadn't changed none of them had.

"Scared" replied Jasper, still holding an intense gaze. I felt a calm wash over me; I knew it was Jasper's gift.

"Let's take her home". Carlisle put a hand onto Emmett's shoulder.

"What about Renesme?" Edward stepped in.

"Edward, we've known Faith since she was a child, if you worry for Renseme's safety, take her and Bella to your cottage." Carlisle said with his usual calm and resolved voice.

"We can't leave her." Alice said, giving Edward a death stare.

"That wasn't what I was suggesting. "He retorted. The burn in my throat began to strengthen once again.

"Sure, sounded like it" Emmet muttered

"Quick, we need to take her soon. Edward, go and get Bella and Renesme." Jasper ordered "Alice, Rosalie, find a deer or two, we're going to need more blood." He looked at Emmett and nodded. Edward had already left.

"Come here Hun" Emmett said to me as he lifted me up and alongside Jasper ran deep into the woods.

We reached a house and the burn had once again become torturous. I squirmed in Emmett's arms he gripped me tightly; Jasper was using his best efforts to calm me. Emmet banged open the door, Esme whooshed past, and ran to me but Carlisle must have warned her that the blood in the forest hadn't quenched my unbearable thirst, as once he reached her she quickly stepped away from me. I was beating at Emmett's chest, my long black hair in disarray. "Emmett, place her on the coach, you're making her more uncontrollable by restraining her". I felt the softness of the coach but I was seeing was red. I could still hear the light fluttering of a heartbeat.

"She's fixated on Renesme's heartbeat." Edward said with a slight snarl.

"Can you blame her? Where're fucking Alice and Rosalie?" Emmett shouted angrily.

"Is Jake with Renesme?" Carlisle asked ignoring my screeching, I jumped up I wasn't going to let anything stop me from getting what I wanted. I fantasized about hearing that flutter soften until I'd drained it. I ran to the door about to yank it open.

"NO!" Edward grabbed me and swung me across the room, I managed to stop myself from slamming against the wall. I hissed, and a growl rumbled from within my chest. So this is what it felt like to be a vampire. I always used to look up to the Cullens they seemed so controlled and dripped finesse, but now I realized that was just years of restraint, restraint I didn't have, restraint I didn't want. I leaped again, this time Jasper got me. The door slammed open a breeze swept across the room, along with the smell of blood.

"We're here!" Alice sang. Rosalie followed with two mountain lions in her arms.

"This enough?" She sneered at Jasper. I leaped at her and grabbed the lion on her right. It was unconscious. I bit into its neck, and felt the warmth once again satisfy my throat. It was so much more fulfilling than the blood I had before. I drained it clean then found the next lying next to me, and was quick to start draining that one.

"She's like you Edward, prefers carnivores" Jasper chuckled.

"Always liked a girl with a good appetite" I heard Emmet joke back. I finished the second lion. I felt very full and felt the liquid lay heavy in my stomach.

"Feeling better?" Carlisle said as he stroked my hair.

"I'm…" I couldn't get the words out. "Why?" I just asked confused.

"You've been changed Faith. You were left outside our house in the forest screaming. Do you have any recollection of what happened before you were bitten?" He comforted me.

"I was in Italy." My memories were fuzzy, and muddy, my eyesight was so limited then to what it was now. "I just remember, stone walls, cloaks and then the pain." Carlisle sighed

"It was the Volturi." Alice squeaked.

"Who?" I wondered.

"I saw it. But it was too late; we already heard your screams." She said her voice laced with remorse.

"Alice, it's not your fault." Carlisle assured Alice as Jasper went to comfort her.

"I thought you were meant to see the future." I said snidely. Carlisle looked at me sternly; Alice seemed hurt by my comment. I didn't feel bad, how could I.

"Faith, Alice has been becoming increasingly prone to seeing the past and present."

"Well that's not much use is it?" I spat. "Who are the Volturi anyway?"

"The Volturi are a very strong Clan of vampires, who keep order and enforce laws, in the vampire world." Carlisle explained.

"So what did the vampire fuzz want with me?" I snapped, still lying next to two dead lions I stood up. Everyone in the room flinched I was fuming. Emmett walked towards me, cautiously. He took my hand, and put his other hand on my shoulder.

"We're going to find out, I promise."