Author's Notes: Thanks to all who read the first chapter and reviewed/faved/alerted! I really like getting those because it motivates me to write more. I will try to keep this fan fiction continually updated, but my muse has been known for taking long vacations. That and sometimes my school work weighs me down, but only on weekdays. I kid you not when I say my whole night is filled with homework. I only get about thirty minutes on the computer on weeknights which of course is not enough to write….that, and I just have to be inspired. So, as long as my muse sticks with me, and as long as my school doesn't become all week long, we're good. Well, I don't have much to say this time, so I suppose I'll just get on with the story.

Disclaimer: I do own my OCs, however, I do not own Twilight nor any of its characters which I might use in the future parts of this fan fiction.


Chapter Two: Pain and Companionship Go Hand in Hand

I bit my lip to keep from screaming. This fire was so excruciating that no word in the English language could describe it. I had by now realized that hell, this was not. No, I was still alive; the cold breeze blowing on me from the left was a sure signal of that. I highly doubted that hell was freezing over quite so soon.

My eyes were hazed over from the tears I found myself weeping. Thus, it made me hard to make out anything. I reached out my good arm and let it be my guide to the warmth of the backseat. Once there I crawled to the floor and curled myself into a ball. I closed my eyes and allowed my tears to flow freely. I continued the biting of my lip. I would not scream, I could not scream, I knew not why, but I just knew that if I screamed it would be the end of me.

I tried to calm myself, but to now prevail. My mind could think of nothing but the fire. It was on my mind every second that ticked by. Perhaps it was just my imagination, but each second seemed to become longer and longer. The fire began to spread. It first consumed my left arm where the creature had bitten me, then wound down to my legs, and slowly began to infect my other arm, torso, every inch.

I was vaguely aware of the light outside shifting, though I couldn't break through the pain long enough to decipher how much time had passed. I was aware; however, that time itself was slowing. Not for the world, no, instead it was slowing just for me. With each beating of my heart and each second a new area became infected, time was coming to a halt for me. Somehow though, this didn't feel like death, it felt as though I was changing. Changing in a horrible, terrifyingly painful way, but changing none the less – warping into something not human.

I could feel my power begin to increase; even though I was incapacitated by the fire, it was somehow giving me strength at the same time. It was as though the fire was conflicting itself. At one point I managed to reach my hand up to my face to where I swore my head had been banged and bleeding, yet it was smooth as ever. Then of course I had to drop my hand before more investigation due to the searing fire acting up.

I could feel my senses begin to enhance themselves. I had been crying for so long that I didn't realize when the tears stopped, didn't realize when my skin temperature had become ever so slowly cold. At last when I thought I could take the pain no more, it became even worse. I could feel it working its sinister magic upon my heart. Each time it beat I screamed. I couldn't contain it any longer. The pain…well, if the first wave was indescribable by any word then you can only imagine how much worse this felt.

Suddenly my screams subsided. The pain was dying down, but that's not why my screams had stopped. No, they stopped because it had happened. Time had come to a halt for me. I was dead. Then it was gone. The pain left as quickly as it had come on…and then overstayed its welcome.

I stretched myself out, somewhat like a cat. I laughed. This death was fun for I had never felt more alive. I opened the car door, okay, that's wrong, more like I flung it…half way across the forest. It appeared that I wasn't fully aware of my strength yet. I took a deep breath. Get a grip. I told myself. I half expected to stumble out of the car, but instead I slid gracefully from it. That was a shock…never, and I mean never had I ever had a graceful moment in my life.

I walked over to the rear view mirror on the side of the car to survey myself. I nearly jumped when I saw the reflection. I was beautiful! It was hard to believe. I mean, I had been about slight smidge above average in my other life, but nor I was stunning. Then I reminded myself not to be too vain. Still, I couldn't help but look into my mirror image. My hair was still the same light shade of brown it had always been, and it still wound down to my chest in straight perfection. My skin was paler than before; all color was gone from it. Still this didn't wound my beauty, but enhanced it. My eyes were now a bright red instead of the sultry blue they had always been. This disappointed me for I had always loved my blue eyes. They had been my best feature. Oh well, was it really that big of a deal?

Now one question remained. What was I? I knew I was no longer human, but what could I be? I thought about it and then came to the conclusion of a vampire. They were after all the living dead, and was I not dead yet still alive? Therefore, I was a vampire. Plus, now that I had grown somewhat use to the fact of my enhanced abilities I had a deep thirst….for blood.

This made me freeze in my place, and I stopped my flow of breath…which, I found out, didn't effect me but only made me uncomfortable. I finally began to breathe after a couple of minutes. Now I really was a murder. In my human life I had been responsible for my mother's death and was in a way her murder, but now hundreds of people would die because of my stupid need for blood….unless, I somehow just starved myself. I wondered if that could be done or not. I'd have to try, I told myself. Perhaps I could redeem myself. By giving up my nature as a vampire I could make up for the horrible things I did in my human life.

I noticed that it was currently night time. My eyes were so well adjusted that I saw everything clearly and couldn't even tell. This made me laugh. I heard a twig snap and cursed myself for not having smelt it early. The one who turned me was still here. My eyes scanned all around me, and then I spotted it…a him. He was even more stunning then me.

His skin was as pale as mine, and his hair was a dirty blonde, medium length. His eyes were a dark gold. This puzzled me…should his eyes be red as well? He laughed when he saw my scowl, which proceeded to make me even more agitated.

"I'm sorry, it's just you look so funny," he said, his voice smooth as silk.

"Why aren't your eyes red?" Of course I spilt the beans.

"Simple, I haven't tasted blood for two days, and I only took a little of yours and therefore my eyes remained red for only a couple hours. All new vampires have bright red eyes because their pervious human blood is still cycling through them. Your eyes should be golden in a year…unless you decide you want to drink humans," he was happy to explain things.

"Why wouldn't I want to drink humans?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Because, it seems out of character for you. That's why I decided to give up humans. When I saw you I knew I wanted you to be my mate. I originally picked you off to be my dinner, but then something about you made me want you to be with me…however, I knew I could never catch you if I continued to kill off the humans."

"How would you know my character? When have we ever met? You make no sense." I scowled.

"Let's start over, shall we? My name is Gavin Bowman and you are?" he said in a gentlemanly tone.

"Kailey, Kailey Richmond, though I think you already know that," I retorted.

This caused him to chuckle and he smiled the most heavenly smile my eyes had ever beheld.

"Yes, I did. I have to admit that I've been watching you for quite some time. Now, if you don't mind could we please move this somewhere else. I managed to keep the search team away from this section of the forest during your turning period, but I fear that we can elude them no longer." His brow furrowed somewhat displeased. I couldn't guess why.

"I can't go back can I?" My voice came in a whisper.

"You'll be dead to them from here on out," Gavin's voice was stone cold.

"No good-byes?" I hoped.

"It's better if they find your car this way. They'll think a wild animal got to you or something. It'll be easier for them to move on. If you go back and tell them good-bye then leave, they'll be more hurt because they'll know you left by choice. They'll also put up a more persistent fight. You have to understand something. You can tell no one who you are…no…excuse me, what you are."

Gavin waited for a moment, obviously for my reply, but in the end all I could do was nod my head. This way was better I realized. For me and for them. I followed Gavin as he led me deeper into the woods and farther from civilization. Finally he came to a stop.

"Okay, what do you want to know?" He spun around gracefully to meet my gaze.

I plopped onto the ground. "When did you and I meet?"

"We met just an hour ago, however, I've been watching you for a month," Gavin replied in a monotone.

"Why were you watching me?"

"At first I came here to find a meal. I was on my way to someplace, just passing through. I immediately chose you because you seemed to always be alone, an easy target. However, when I went in to make the kill, I couldn't do it. I made the mistake of…well, I made a mistake and ended up becoming attached to you. You were so lonely, lonelier than any human I'd ever err, felt. For some reason I was drawn by your sadness, and the way you just accepted the fact you were to be alone."

"You were lonely too, weren't you? But why me out of everyone else? I don't think I'd make the best companion for you. Already you've had to give up you're bloodlust for me. That doesn't seem quite fair."

"Yes…I was lonely. That's why I wanted you. Every time I was simply near you, even from afar, I felt happy. I'd be willing to sacrifice anything to remain that way…even my nature."

"You can't possibly say you love me. I mean, you haven't ever talked to me…only looked at me."

"I don't love you…yet, however, you make me happy in a sense, and so I'm willing to give certain things up. Why is that so hard to understand?" He became frustrated.

"Because, all I do is cause pain. All my life I've never been able to make someone happy. You shouldn't starve yourself for me…because I can't give you the happiness you want."

He laughed at this. "I still eat, but I eat animals. I remember meeting someone long ago who did the same thing. I suppose you could say I'm ripping off their idea. And you can make me happy, and you did make others happy in your human life, you just didn't see it."

"If you knew all there was too my human life you wouldn't say that."

"Well, you'll have plenty of time to tell me all about it." He smiled.

"What now?"

"I thought that was quite obvious. You see, like those other vampires me and you will attempt to live in the human world. Not to be a part of them, just to allow us the comfort of settling down in one place for a couple of years. I do take it that you'd rather stay put for a while then roam all over. However, we're going to have to restrain ourselves…after all, I still have a hard time resisting the temptation to drink a human. It wasn't so hard when I was with you because I knew I'd be sad if I lost my happiness, but then again you were always alone so I never really had to deal with the tasty morsels looming around. At best we should wait around a year before introducing ourselves to society. I don't think people will buy the story that you're albino." Yet another laugh.

"Then what do we do for a year?" I was more agitated every second.

"We go and visit the family that's currently following the way we are. I'm not too good with forgery; I've never had to use it in my life. I'm also not sure of what story to come up with. After all…if we were to start off at a young age in a town we'd need a mother and father…I could just pass for a newly graduated student taking care of his younger sister or something, but then we couldn't be together freely when our feelings develop into something more."

"If they develop into something more. Right now I want to chuck you half way across the globe."

"At least you're honest with me…that's an upside."

"Okay, where do we go?" I said…my head was still spinning from all the confusion.

"To Forks," he smiled…I was really starting to hate that.

"Never heard of the place."

"It's got really nice woods. You'll like, I know, and on the way there I'll tell you all you want to know about me and your race." There were hose pearly whites again.

"Alright, I take it we're walking?"

"No."

"Running."

"No…I'm more sophisticated than that. I only run when necessary, and running half way across the country is unnecessary."

"Uh…then how do we get there?"

"A car. I may not know anything about forgery, or living in the 'real' world, but I do know the basics for when I have to blend in…and what can I say, I was rich in my human life."

"So a car."

"Yes a car."

"Wow…I didn't know vampires drove cars…question, can we fly?"

"On a plane yes."

"Well now that takes the fun out of everything." I pouted. Flying had appealed to me.

Gavin simply rolled his eyes and took hold of my wrist. We began to once again hike through the forest to the place I assume, he kept his car. Although I had endured the worst pain ever imaginable I had gained the one thing my heart had always ached for…a companion…a friend…and who knew, maybe something more….if he didn't annoy me to death first.


End Notes: I really hope this turned out okay. I wrote while half asleep…I had to turn to my good old caffeine for a wake up boost. I felt compelled to finish the chapter tonight…that, and I was extremely bored. Once again, I didn't proofread the work, so it's probably sloppy in a lot of places…most likely towards the end. Also, I do hope I portrayed the turning process well enough. I wasn't exactly sure of what words to use and I'm surprised I got a couple paragraphs out of it instead of like…a sentence. . Please ignore their stupid last names. I couldn't think of anything else at the current moment. Well, I think I'll go to bed now. I hope this chapter wasn't too much of a disaster and you were still able to enjoy it. Perhaps I'll write another chapter before the end of this Thanksgiving break, but it's all up to my muse.