I awoke to the sound voices, one particularly louder than the others. I opened my eyes and saw a very muscular, very good-looking guy in front of me. To my side, was an even more beautiful man, with what I assumed to be his wife. We were in a living room, a very fancy living room.

"Hey, Alice! Edward, Jasper, Rose! Get in here! We have a new sister!"

"Emmett, be quiet! You're scaring her! Esme, could you explain to them what is going on so they will leave me the hell alone!?

"Sure. Come on Emmett."

They left through a door, into another room. I just realized how alert my senses where. My vision was like looking through an HDTV. And my sense of smell was incredible. But more than anything, I had a strong desire for blood. Human blood. Holy shit! I was a vampire! My life had just been turned upside down. My future was a blank pit of darkness. I remember being in the woods, being bitten by a vampire. But why was I still alive? Why wasn't I dead?

The man that had stayed behind sat down next to me. I felt a wave of emotion hit me like a brick wall. That was weird. I had a lot to learn.

"I guess you want answers right?"

I nodded my head.

"I suppose I'll start from the top. My name is Carlisle. My wife is Esme. We have adoptive children, Edward and his girlfriend Bella, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, and you met Emmett. And we are all a big happy family of vampires. Vegetarian vampires. We don't drink human blood. We drink animal blood." He smiled brightly up at me. I was confused.

"So why am I here? What happened in the woods? Why aren't I dead? Where are we?" I asked him the questions all at once, not waiting for his answers.

"We are in Forks, Washington; my humble home!" I sat staring at him in shock. Washington? We were in Washington!?

He continued, "Esme and I were celebrating our anniversary, we were hunting in the woods, when we happen to come across you two. We didn't kill James, unfortunately, he's fast. We did manage to kill Laurent, one of their fellow vampires. They're hunters. They track humans and kill them. The world would be better off without them."

I tried to take in what he was saying. It wasn't easy trying to get used to all this new information. I had lost so much in the past days, or hours. I had lost all track of time.

"And another thing," Carlisle began, "Every vampire has a special gift, what yours is, I'm not sure. We will find out soon enough I'm sure. Time to introduce you to the family! I'd steer clear of Emmett at the moment, he's a bit excited."

We got up and headed into the room Emmett and Esme had gone into. When we came in, more family members had entered the room. They were all stunningly beautiful. I wondered what I looked like right now. If all vampires were this gorgeous. I couldn't help but imagine.

I recognized Esme and Emmett, the others must be the rest of their children. I heard a squeal come from one of them, she was fairly short, with neck length hair. She ran up to me and hugged me very tightly. She squealed again.

"Hi! I'm Alice! What's your name? Do you like to shop? Bella doesn't like to shop. She won't shop with me! Do you"-

Alice! Calm down. Alice, this is Livra. Livra, Alice," Carlisle introduced us.

"How do you know my name?" I asked.

"Edward told me. He can read minds; that is his special gift."

"Oh." I felt very invaded. It was awkward.

Carlisle introduced me to the rest of the family, and then showed me to my room. According to Emmett, my last name was now Cullen. I liked it. Definitely better than Harrow. But part of me did not want to give it up. I new I had to, incase anyone found me.

We arrived at my new room, and Carlisle left me to my thoughts. I opened the door, and was amazed. It was a huge room with fancy curtains, and a couch against the wall. There was an elegant oak desk on the left wall. A huge stereo system was on the other wall. There was no bed. I guess vampires don't need to sleep. There was a bathroom on the right, just as you walk in. I went into it and it was very clean. These people were obviously very wealthy. I went back into my room, and sat down on the couch. It was soft and comfortable. It must be designer. I looked into the closet, and there were already clothes in there. I suspected Alice.

I sat in silence, looking for something to do. Nothing. I heard yelling down stairs, and I went to see what was going on. When I got down there, Emmett was on his knees, his head resting on his arms, his arms on the coffee table. Jasper had a satisfied look to his face. The rest of the family had gathered in the living room. Emmett was very sad.

"Noooo! This was not supposed to happen! What has the world come too!?" he wailed.

"What the hell happened?" I asked.

"I was hand wrestling Emmett, and he lost." Jasper answered.

All of the Cullen's faces were filled with shock. Even I was a little taken aback. Emmett was very muscular.

"No way, Jazz!" Rosalie commented.

"Way." He simply stated.

"That's my man!" Alice and Jasper's relationship together had become very clear over the past few hours. Emmett and Rosalie were a little obvious, too.

"Jasper, rematch, now!" Emmett demanded.

"Fine, I'll just beat you again."

"wanna bet?"

"Sure. How much." Jasper replied.

"50 bucks."

"You're on."

I left them and went to join Esme, Carlisle, and Edward. They were the only sane ones. But I was beginning to know each of them for what they really are. Like them, even. Possibly love. I was already attached. Vampires have a way of doing that.