Life is not so good, so far. I have been attacked by those damn werewolves from La Push. Why me? I was only hunting. I live close to the Cullen family, but not part of them. I'm friends with them, but not family.

My name is Sierraline Rose Hyntall, Sierra for short. I was told that my name means "mountain". I am a 2 and a half year old vampire, but I was 17 when I was changed. I was changed recently, but surprisingly I'm like a century-old vampire, different from just 2 1/2 years old. I just moved to Forks, were a large coven resides. Another girl is tranferring from Phoenix to the local high school. Bella, I think her name is. Strange. I heard her name before, somewhere. I have to find out who her parents are. Well, no worries. Tomorrow was the first day of school to me, so I made sure to hunt as much as I can, animals of course.

Here I go. New school, whoopie. I drive in the school parking lot with my dark red Lamborghini hybrid, park, and get out, checking to see if the clouds show any signs of breaking through. I can see into the future [literally], can control fire, and I can "spin" sunrays, moonbeams, and starlight to my use. Oh yeah, my most lethal and dangerous ability is that I can completely control dark energy from outer space. It saved me countless times. So, of course I can tell if the clouds will disperse, but I'm ready for anything. All of a sudden, most of the boys on the parking lot come over to stare at my car. But then again, I see a group of high schoolers that look a lot like me across the parking lot. Could there be another group of my kind here? And what are they like? I ask a boy near my car, "Who are the group of high schoolers across the lot?" He goes all crazy to be spoken to by a hot model-looking chic. "Umm, well, that's the Cullen family. They l-live around F-forks," he stutters. Everyone else gets all sulky and stalk away. Damn, his fluttering heart is driving me crazy. Just then the bell rings. Remembering my class schedules, I go to my first class, AP Bio with Mr. Banner. He calls roll and everyone is here, including those Cullens. The one with the bunch of scars nudges the brown-haired one and looks in my direction. The humans don't notice, of course. I wanted to hiss a warning, but that wouldn't work well. Mr. Banner calls to me,"Miss Hyntall, can you tell me what Charles Darwin discovered about the birds when he visited the Galapagos Islands? We are reviewing what the class remembers." I think for about a second, then reply,"Darwin discovered the different types of finches that were living on the islands, which he thought were different species, until later research found that natural selection was the cause for the variations of the finches." He blinked [at my voice, I think], and then said, "Correct," with a tiny bit of being dazzled. I lean back in my chair and watch the Cullens with the corner of my eye. I'm pretty sure that that brown-haired one can read minds, because he has the aura of it. So I think to him, Careful, Cullen. I may look soft, but I'm dangerous to cross. I manage to see him stiffen up a little. The bell rang all of a sudden. Saved. I didn't realize that I was starving until I smelled pizza, fresh from the oven. I head over with a large slice of extra-cheese pizza to the new girl's table, partly because she's sitting with a bunch of new friends.

"Hello," I say, coming up to her. "I'm Sierraline Rose, but everyone calls me Sierra." The new girl- Bella- looks at me. "Do I know you from anywhere?" she asks. I narrowed my eyes playfully. "Were you the one who won the contest about who can fall down the most in Phoenix one and a half years ago?" She laughs, a good sound. "Yes! I know that you were the one who looked silly when you tried to swim," she retorts. Ahh, memories of my human life. I was terrified of drowning, so flailing my arms in the water seemed a good idea to me, until I caught sight of the crowd roaring with laughter. I had gotten out of the lake and pouted the rest of day.

Bella smiles. I thought, Wow, she has a nice smile. I'm super sure that Cullen can hear it. "It's good to see you again," she says, hugging me. Then Bella cocks her head to the side, saying to me, "But you look sort of different." I start to panic slightly, but I remember what I usually say to humans when they ask me that. "Oh, I had an operation a year ago, but the doctors accidentally changed something about me," I lie smoothly. "Okay," Bella replies. "You wanna get some pizza? I'm hungry already from my first few classes here. "Sure." I toss my hair slightly, a little smug that I'm able to make friends and communicate with humans when those Cullens never talk to anyone but themselves. Mind-reader Cullen snorts.

After school, Bella wanted to ask me a question, but she couldn't. One of her admirerers, Mike Newton, and Jessica Stanley just towed her away to introduce her to some other students at the school. I figured to keep a careful eye on those Cullens, because I could detect bits of fear, excitement, suspicion, 'no interest', intrigued feelings, and a bunch of... 'no fashion sense'? What the hell? That must've come from the short, spikey haired one. Puh-lease. I mean, give me a break! If she could see the huge closet in the back of my room, filled with piles of new clothes...

I get in my car and drive out of the parking lot. Two cars follow me. The Cullens didn't like to fit in one car, huh? As I made for the freeway, I went up to 140 miles. The big, burly vampire -the one in the Volvo- grinned and speeded up a lot. Soon I arrived home and both cars drove on. It seems that I live closer to Forks than they did. I parked in my garage, ran upstairs to my bed, and flopped down. Ughh, I feel horrible. What do I have to lose, if someone follows me to that meadow? After I moved, I found a lovely meadow surrounded by a dark forest, a good place to hunt. I decided that the "Finders, keepers!" rule was going to be put to use, so I left a strong scent trail on about half the meadow and part of the outlying forest. Thank God humans can't smell it, or they'll get suspicious.

I run through the forest [running is the second best to human blood, in my opinion] and enter my little meadow. Just then, it started to rain. I flopped myself down and sat on the soft carpet of green. I had to start putting up a shield because of Mind-reader Cullen, and so I practiced. It wasn't long before I sensed that I was being watched. I slowly stood up, drawing hisses from the other vampires, and asked,"What do you want?"

The mind-reader walked outside from the forest. I heard a female whisper, "Be careful, Edward! She might be dangerous!" Edward replied, "We have to find out, Alice." I snorted. 'We have to find out.'? Find out what? That I wasn't as crazed as a newborn? I followed him with my eyes, my body still, and my hair already crackling with dark energy. Edward put his hands up. "I am Edward Cullen, a 'mind-reader' that you call me. Behind me are Jasper, Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett Cullen. We live with Dr. Carlisle and Esme Cullen. We are not a typical coven as you have seen."

I watched carefully until all of them came out. The dark energy in my hair still crackled, until I order it to go to my palms, but just a little bit. I finally demanded, "Well? Are you done with your inventory yet?" Edward blinked. "If you mean that if we finally decided that you're not dangerous, then yes," he answered another question in my mind. I shrugged, then began lifelessly, "My name is Sierraline Rose Hyntall, but you heard what I said to Bella." The short, spiky haired one- Alice- bounced up to me, managing to startle me. "Hello, welcome to Forks! I'm Alice, and that's my mate, Jasper," she gushes. Now it was my turn to blink. "Um, nice to meet you?" I said. Alice beamed [I was already beginning to like her] and said, "I knew that you were going to start liking me, so I decided to give you a regular greeting before Jasper could stop me."

Edward grinned. "Now that we know each other, you should get to know Carlisle and Esme."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," was my reply. Rosalie snorted. Alice grabbed my hand and started running with me towards their house. I groaned, but everyone followed. Jasper kept on looking at me, until Edward murmured to me, "He can influence to moods he can taste and detect from other people or vampires." "What about Alice? She said that she knew I was going to like her," I asked. "Alice can see the future, but her skill is somewhat limited," he replied. "Oh."

Finally we stopped in front of a very large white house, about the same size as mine. Alice towed me through the front door, calling out, "Carlisle! Esme! We have a visitor!" The whole time I protested,"Alice, I have to-" "It can wait, can it?" she demanded. Then she said, "Yes, it can wait. It's just an essay due on Monday." I sighed. Finally Carlisle and Esme [I think] appeared at the top of the stairs and practically flew down. Jasper smiled. "Sierra, this is Dr. Carlisle and Esme." I extended my hand. "Nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you, Doctor." Carlisle smiles back and shakes my hand. Esme, too. "I'm glad to meet you, Sierra. Really, it's nothing about what I do at the hospital." Esme hugs me like I was a friend visiting for the day. "Edward and Alice have told me a bit about you since they first saw you at the school. Edward says that you're dangerous when attacked or threatened, but what makes you so dangerous? I just want to know," she tells me. Right after she says that, I had a sudden vision, a view that's always clear and easy to follow, but doesn't let me explain it in a clear way. I worry frantically about what Edward's going to say and think about. But then again, my shield works some, and he can only see flashes of it. Be careful, I begged him. Some type of curse came with this ability. It only allows me to tell it to others, but only bits of it. Edward nods understandingly, then freezes. "The Swan girl?" he whispers.

Later, we were sitting in the living room. I started to tell my story but Jasper turned the mood into a "thirsty" one; he wanted to see what Bella's blood tasted like when she was dead. Edward and I hissed in unison. "No! She is not gonna die! I won't let you kill her!" I half-yelled, half-hissed. Jasper looked hurt. "Why do you want to help her? We don't know for sure if she will keep the secret if and when she finds out," he said. I snorted. "For a mood-taster-changer, you're dumb, you tend to think the worst of situations, and you don't know a thing about Bella, don't you? [no offense at the last two] Bella is very good at keeping secrets. Once, when we were in 6th grade together, our science teacher left to have a relaxing vacation for 3 weeks, but she never came back. The next day I found out that she left so she could get a better job at this factory, and she never told. I told Bella, and she didn't tell anyone for 3 years. That was when the principal found out that she wasn't planning on coming back," I retorted triumphantly. I turned to look at Edward. "Plus, Edward here wouldn't like it at all if you finished off Bella. He's already fascinated by her and why he can't read her mind," I added. Edward looked furious at me. All I did in response was smirk.

"You like a human girl?" Clearly Esme was puzzled. "But... why?" Edward sighed. "Like Sierra said, I'm already confused by why I can't read Bella's mind."

"And?" I prompted. He looked at me in a confused and annoyed way.