Twilight is not my property. That's Stephanie Meyer's property. Reviews are appreciated, but not demanded.

I was inspired to write this by Oy!Angelina's The (Not-So) Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. While I may not be as much of a wonderful writer as she is, I dearly hope that you will enjoy it.

Chapter 1

I had really thought that I could escape my horrible life by death. Maybe I sound suicidal, but it was true. I had thought that at least I could die and not live with this horrible life craving blood. I had wanted freedom from my father. I had run away because I thought that my life couldn't have gotten any worse. I had been wrong.

This was so much worse.

"Felix?" Jane said, sounding apathetic.

"Wait." The mind-reader said. "We could explain the rules to the young one. She doesn't seem to be unwilling to learn. She didn't know what she was doing." I didn't know whether to thank him or to scream at him to let me die.

"Of course we'd be willing to take responsibility for Bree," the blond haired one. He looked at the other members of his coven to gauge their approval of the idea.

His wife nodded vigorously, encouraging him, causing a well of emotion to overflow within me. The one who had taken down most of my coven, the empath, stared. With his eyes, he urged him to let me die. I didn't blame him. After all, I could greatly endanger his family. The blond, beautiful woman scowled, and the big, buff one grinned, crossing his arms, and shrugged, showing nonchalant acceptance. The pixie girl, who really wasn't that much taller than me, nodded as well, smiling slightly. He seemed to take that as approval, and he turned back to Jane.

"We'll take her in." He said firmly.

"Interesting," Jane said. "Very well. I doubt it would be worth it, but it is your decision. We can afford to leave a straggler newborn that will have killed herself within a year or so." Her head inclined a bit, and she smiled slightly.

I cringed, waiting for the pain.

"Come over here, Bree," He said coaxingly, trying to placate me from speeding over to his human and biting into her throat. At that moment though, I wasn't actually thinking of her blood. It felt wonderful to have a family, and there was nothing that would make me lose the thrill.

"It looks like you will have bitten off more than you can chew with two newborns," Jane said. "That is, of course, if you intend to change Bella. Caius doesn't like to be disappointed."

"The date is set. We won't disappoint the Volturi." The pixie girl said coldly.

"It seems our work here is done," Jane said, "I look forward to seeing you immortal, Bella. It would be quite...interesting." She turned away and ran away, along with the others.

"Thank you so much," I said, and if I could cry, I would. "I'll just go now. I understand if you want me not to bother you guys."

"Nonsense," My rescuer's wife said.

"You'll love being a Cullen," The pixie girl said. "I'm Alice. That's Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper and Edward. The human is Bella." She pointed at each of them in turn, speaking quite fast, without taking a breath. Though I suppose she doesn't need to breathe, does she?

"Bella should leave," Edward said hastily. "She's had a long day."

"I need to see Jacob." The human gripped at Edward's shirt. "Is he alright?"

In answer, Edward wordlessly slung her over his shoulder as if she were a backpack and sped off. Something told me that he had intended to get her away from me as much as getting her to this Jacob guy.

"Um, okay," I said. "But I was really wondering, how come your eyes are that color?"

"They're this color because we drink the blood of animals instead of humans," Carlisle said.

"You're joking," I said, gaping. Of course, from experience, I had realized I hadn't exactly known much about the world of vampires, but this? This seemed almost impossible.

"No, we're not. It's somewhat unpleasant, but it does rid us of the guilt. We don't prefer to kill humans if we don't have to."

"How can you control the thirst?" I said, my throat still raw from Bella's presence.

"Self-control is tough to learn, but it will come to you," He reassured me. "For the time being, we'll protect you, but you will eventually learn it yourself. Otherwise, we will release you. Do you understand?"

I nodded. "I won't let you down," I promised. I wouldn't disappoint my new family.

Hopefully, the next chapters will be longer. Tell me what you think of this!

-PhoenixCycle