Chapter 1

I felt my whole body relax as that human Bella disappeared from my scent range. Good thing to because I was just about to lose control. Even though I wasn't in torture from being so close to her, my throat was still on fire.

All the other vampires surrounded me; I quickly sprang up in defense not sure if I could trust all of them.

Carlisle, the leader I guess, reassured me, "Don't worry none of us will harm you, we just want to learn more about went on in Seattle." I loosened up and looked around at all of them.

Esme was holding Carlisle's hand and smiling at me kindly. The small girl with dark hair was looking me up and down with a slight look of disapproval on her face, what was her problem. Jasper was standing a little in front of her, guarding her from me, and looking at me as if I were a child, which I guess I was to them, Riley had said they were a few hundred years old. The big one with black hair who had fortunately killed Raoul was smiling casually at me. The beautiful blonde girl was sort of glaring at me but I got the feeling that was the look she gave to everyone. And Carlisle was give me a kind look that for some reason made me feel better.

I smiled back at them hesitantly, "Before I explain that to you I'd just like to say thank you so very much for saving me from those people, whoever they were. You saved my life and I am now forever indebted to all of you."

The big guy smiled wider, "Don't worry, with all the trouble we get in all the time I'm sure you'll find some way to repay us." I grinned at him.

Carlisle looked pleased that I was fitting in with them a little. "How about we all go back to the house to discuss the Seattle situation," he suggested.

"Is… is that girl going to be there?" I asked fearing the answer.

"Who Bella?" He asked and I nodded, "No I'd imagine Edward would've taken her to her home."

"You mean she doesn't stay with you guys?"

"No she lives with her dad."

"This is all so complicated; I guess I'm getting what Riley told me mixed up with the truth. For some reason he told us that she was your pet, he made it sound like you just kept her around so you could show off your control."

Everyone laughed Carlisle said nonchalantly, "No that's not the case at all, but we can talk about that once we get to the house, I think we would all feel more comfortable once we are away from all of this." His eyes drifted over the bon fire and the destruction around it.

We all nodded and we all took off, they made sure to keep me in the middle so they wouldn't lose me but I understood their reasoning so I didn't care.

We ran up to a magnificent white house, it was the most glorious building I can remember seeing. The inside was just as nice and it was astonishingly clean.

Everyone turned towards the left once we got through the door and they settled on the couches in the living room.

I sat on the big couch in between the small girl and Jasper.

"I guess the first thing we should do is introduction," Carlisle announced once everyone had settled. "I think you know this already but I'm Carlisle, I'm the oldest in this group, I sometimes act like the father of this clan." He put his arm around Esme. "This is my wife, Esme." He pointed to Jasper, "That's Jasper, he can read and change moods; he was in a newborn vampire army before he joined us, just like you. After he left the army he found Alice here, her history isn't very well known but she can predict the future."

Alice smiled at me and in a trilling voice said, "Hello, I'm so glad you've joined us, I hope you like to shop because those clothes cannot be allowed in this house for very long, it will make me sick." I looked down at my blouse and khaki Capri pants and shrugged, the outfit used to be ok until I went on those adventures through the water with Diego, I thought.

Carlisle continued, "That is Rosalie," he looked at the pretty blonde. "She may seem a little harsh at first but that's just how Rose is," he winked at her. He nodded towards the giant of a man, "That is Emmett, him and Rose are together. They are a little over affectionate so don't mind them." Emmett nodded his head and grabbed Rosalie's hand.

Carlisle got a slightly more serious tone in his voice, "Edward is my eldest son, he is a mind reader, and he is in love with Bella, the human whose smell you like so much."

"He's in love with her, does that mean he like kisses her and stuff?" I asked.

"Well, yes of course."

"And he's never like bitten her?"

Emmett snorted Carlisle smiled, "Well obviously not, she is after all still a human."

"Wow that must take some great control."

"Yes it's not without difficulty to him."

"I can only imagine," I whispered trying to imagine how hard it would be to kiss a human with sweet blood without killing them.

"Well we told you our story how about you?"

I nodded and told them everything that had happened since I'd been woken up as a vampire excluding the parts about Diego, I just couldn't talk about that yet.

Then they told me the real reason that my creator had wanted to battle them, I was horrified when they finished, "I can't believe it, pretty much everything I've been told since I've become a vampire has been a lie."

Carlisle nodded, "I understand this must be hard for you."

"It is but I'll get over it." I was just teeming with questions, "If you don't mind me asking, why your eyes are yellow? Riley told me it was because you were old but I don't think that's the truth."

Carlisle laughed lightly, "No that's certainly not the truth, the reason our eyes are yellow is because we have a different diet than most vampires, we don't eat humans instead we like to call ourselves vegetarians because we only drink from animals."

My eyes widened, "Does that taste the same as humans?"

"No, it's not as half as satisfying or so I've heard, I've personally never tried human. But it feels more morally right."

I thought about that, I couldn't imagine any animal even slightly comparing to a human, I've smelled animal before and it hadn't sent me on frenzy like humans do. I looked at all of their eyes, they weren't really yellow, and when they were closely inspected they were an enticing honey-gold color.

I thought about the moral thing he had mentioned, sometimes I did feel guilty after I drank a human, would it be better if I just didn't kill humans at all.

I cleared my throat, "I think I'd like to try your way of hunting."

Carlisle smiled brightly, "Excellent, when would you like to go?"

"Um… as soon as possible, my throat is killing me."