Chapter 1- Hit Me With Your Best Shot

"Jess? Jess?" I shouted passing past the tree's which were now hiding the plum sky above. I wrapped my arms around me and shivered as I travelled deeper. "Jess?". All I could think about was the stupid arguement we had had. The stupid arguement dominated by stupid Edward Cullen. Why she thorght I was interested in him, I do not know. But now she had stormed off into the woods alone and upset and this was all MY fault. If I hadn't have bourght him up in the conversation in the first place then she wouldn't be upset and I wouldn't be out here looking for her, on Prom Night, on my birthday and not to mention being bloody freezing!

As I climbed up the top of the hill, a small glimpse of Jessica's pink prom dress flowed in the distance. "Jess!" I shouted and as it flowed further into the woods, I ran after it yet I could never make up the distance between it and me. The only sounds that could be heard was that of my Converse sneakers hitting the soft earth below me and the heavy pounding of my heart against my chest. A sudden howl of a wolf made me stop dead in my tracks and as I turned around, I saw Jasper Hale.

"Jasper? You haven't seen Jes-" My words caught in my throat as I saw Jessica on the floor. "What the..." I mumbled as I saw the bite in her neck, her head surrounded by her own blood. I collapsed on my knees knowing there was nothing I could do but I still panicked, reaching into her bag and fetching out her mobile. I quickly dialed 911 and as I pressed the mobile to my ears, I stole a glance at Jasper's face. He was slumped up against a tree, his red piercing eyes boring into me. He slowly rose from his position and, eyes on me, he crawled over to me. Jessica's mobile dropped from my hands.

CRUNCH!

My eyes shot a glance behind me as I saw a tall figure gazing over me.

"Why help her? You humans... you don't know how to have FUN." said the figure. It was Demetri.

"What do you want?" growled Jasper who was now at my side, averting his gaze to Demetri who was standing, arms folded across his chest.

He looked at Jasper and with uncertainty said, "I want you, seeing as you've as you have revealed yourself. I must say Jasper you are very very careless."

Another fierce growl escaped from Jasper's throat. His long pale fingers tapped against his thigh very impatiently.

"Now, how would you like your death, slow or extremely slow?" smiled Demetri slowly raising his hand above his head, ready to slice down into Jasper.

"Don't. You. Dare." I said getting up and standing between them. I couldn't bear to see anymore blood shed.

"I could always kill you first." whispered Demetri coming right up in my face. He grabbed my hand which was covered in Jessica's blood and inhaled. I snatched it away. "You maybe a vampire, but you don't scare me!".

I felt Jasper's eyes avert to me and as I searched Demetri's face I could sense he was also in shock. I didn't blame him. I knew everything about everything and everyone in Forks and everything that had happened was MY fault. If I hadn't have swapped places with Bella Swan in the first place then Jessica wouldn't have died and Demetri wouldn't be trying to kill Jasper.

"Ohhhh, now this IS interesting!" he smiled circling Jasper and me both. "How long have you known?"

"Does it really matter?" Jasper was extremely annoyed. My hands very steadily shook against my thighs and as I looked into Demetri's eyes a sudden flash of images came up into my face.

A clock reading midnight on it. The place was white, completly white. The place was where I was to die.

I snapped out of the vision and swerved to see Jasper lunge at Demetri, his hands taking chunks out of his opponent's arm. But Demetri was a fighter and it didn't surprise me when he flipped Jasper over and started punching him. These punches almost took the life out of him but he quickly found the energy to flip him off. In a flash he had rose from the floor, and dusting himself off he plowed into Jasper sending him flying across the ground.

Two cold hands grabbed me forcing me look into their owners bloodred eyes, I was hypnotised.

"Ready to die?"

I broke free from the intimidating glance above and said "Hit me with your best shot!". I was shocked at how confident the words sounded. My hands slipped out of his grip and curled up into tight fists infront of me. Demetri's eyes filled with annoyance as I refused to make the first move. I wasn't anybody's fool.

So when he threw me across the ground like a frisbee, I ignored the pain and used all my strength to pick up a huge rock beside me and smashed it straight into Demetri's face, wiping that smug grin off of it. I stared down at the gashes all over my legs and arms, the blood pouring from them.

My breathing was fast as I reached Jasper. He was slumped up against a tree, powerless. He exchanged glances between Demetri and me, but mainly me. Mainly the fact that it didn't matter how much pressure I applied to the large gash on my leg, blood poured out.

"He was right, " mumbled Demetri walking past us,"You are a fighter!" and walked slowly away.

"Someone sent you?" asked Jasper who was now stood up wearing a very puzzled expression. "Who?"

"Edward Cullen."