Author's Note: This is a reworking of my story A New Life. I was not happy with wear that was going so I have rewritten it and hopefully everyone will love the new story. I am going to try and spend more time developing the characters that I have created. Please enjoy and I look forward to reading your reviews.

This takes place after Eclipse, but before Breaking Dawn. The couples are as follows. Carlisle and Esme, Edward and Bella, Alice and Jasper, Rose and Emmett, Sam and Emily, Jared and Kim and Quill and imprinted on Claire.

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone except Jennifer, Lisa and Dave. I wished that I owned Paul, but unfortunately it has not happened yet.

Jennifer's POV

I had been on the run for almost two hours. I was exhausted and to be honest I didn't know how much more I had in me. I realized that if I stopped running I would die. It would only be a matter of time before they would return to find me gone. My chest burned as I continued to push myself through the dense forest.

Flashback

I had been Camping in the woods with my family. We were about an hour outside of Seattle and things had been going great. My mom and I had been able to spend some time just talking while my brother Tommy had gone fishing with our dad. It was shortly after nightfall and we were expecting the two of them back at any time when we heard something in the woods behind our tent. When I turned I saw that instead of my father it was a man and woman I did not recognize. Before either my mom or I could react they were standing next to us with smiles on their faces.

End Flashback

I shook my head as the memories and tears came flooding out again. I knew that if I let myself remember it would be too late and that I would die. Suddenly I broke through the trees and found myself on a beach. In the distance I could see what appeared to be some type of fire and I could hear faint voices. I took off in that direction running for all I was worth. I knew if I could get to those voices I might have a chance at survival.

After what felt like hours I finally got within sight of what appeared to be a group of people having a cookout. When I was just a few yards away from the group of people I heard a growl coming from the woods to the left of them. I slowed down thinking the growl was coming from either Lisa or Dave, but instead I found myself face-to-face with a pack of wolves. These were not just normal wolves, but instead they were huge and acted as if they were protecting the people around the fire. A large black wolf was in front and on either side was flanked by two more equally huge wolves. One was dark brown and the other was dark silver. Behind them stood seven more wolves that were various shades of brown and gray. As they approached me I feel to the ground and tried to move away towards a tree. I hoped that if I made myself seem small that they would not hurt me. The black one, which was obviously the alpha, came closer and sniffed in my direction. A few moments later he turned to the others and as a group they headed back into the woods. Not sure what was going on, but not wanting to stick around in case they came back I got up and turned to run back the way I came.

"Wait" a voice called from behind me. I turned around and saw two men walking towards me. It appeared that several more were standing in between the group at the fire and I as well. When the two men reached me they were quick to ask who I was, and what I wanted.

"My name is Jennifer" I began, and then I began to plead with them to help me. I told them that I had been kidnapped and my parents had been murdered. I intentionally forgot to mention the fact that it was vampires that had taken me because I did not want them to think I was crazy. The younger of the two men looked skeptical like he did not want to believe me, but the older one, Sam I think he said his name was, seemed to believe me. They told me to follow them back to the fire and that they would give me something to eat. Looking behind me as I followed them I sighed with relief when I did not see any sign of either Lisa or Dave.

I sat down on a log that was very close to the fire. Sam handed me a plate with a bit of food on it. While I was eating he walked away to talk to one of the women who was sitting around the fire. When she looked my way I noticed she had three long scars running down the right side of her face. I thought about the scars that ran across my back. I was ashamed and hoped that I could keep anyone from ever seeing them. They were a constant reminder of my weakness.

"Jennifer, this is my fiancé Emily, and we wanted to let you know that you are more than welcome to stay at our home for as long as you need" Sam said as the two of them sat beside me. I whispered thanks and returned to eating my food. I did not want to seem rude but I was so hungry. It seemed like weeks since I had anything other than the scraps that I had been given. I looked around and saw that the others had come and sat back down around the fire.

"I'm sorry I was so rude before" the other young man that had been with Sam begun. He introduced himself as Jacob and went on to introduce me to the others around the campfire. There was Jared and his girlfriend Kim, Sue Clearwater and her two kids Seth and Leah, Embry Call, Quil Ateara, who was holding Claire, Emily's niece in his lap, twins Brady and Colin and lastly Paul. I looked at each of them and smiled. When I reached Paul's face something kept me from looking away for a moment. Something about the look in his eyes pulled me in. He went from looking angry to confused to happy in a split second. The first time I tried to look away I could not. As I looked at him I felt something I had not felt in a very long time. I felt safe!

Sam must have noticed the look in his eyes because he jumped up and pulled Paul away from the others and into the woods. I was going to ask what was going on when Leah walked over to me. She told me that I looked like I was about to fall out and offered to show me the way to Sam and Emily's home. I looked at Emily who nodded her consent and I quietly thank her. I followed her to a path that led through the center of the trees. After about ten minutes we arrived at a small red and blue house with a wraparound porch. It was really cute and I could tell that whoever lived here really loved their home.

Leah led me into the house and directly to the living room. "Why don't you lie down here on the sofa" she said while she walked down the hall. I sat down and pulled my shoes off. I leaned back and within minutes I was fast asleep. I was so exhausted from everything that I had been through that not only did I not notice when Leah covered me with two blankets, but I never heard Sam, Emily or Paul come back into the house. The one thing I did notice which I chalked up to being a dream was when Paul leaned over and gently kissed me on the forehead. I vaguely heard him vow, "I will find out what happened to you and I will punish the leeches that did this to you!" I simply smiled in my sleep at the peace I felt and rolled over towards the back of the couch.

Author's Note: Well that was the first chapter. The next two chapters will be as follows. Chapter 2 will include the POV of several people including Sam, Emily, Dave, Lisa, Jacob and Leah. Chapter 3 will be Paul's POV. I look forward to reading all of the reviews.