Chapter 2

The Hunt

We jumped from tree to tree swinging backwards and forwards as we went along. "This way," Edward shouted from the front "we are almost at our hunting grounds!"

Bella wasn't just jumping from tree to tree, she was dancing. Spinning, cartwheeling in the air and doing flips. She was amazing! "Come on, I can see it from here."

"Your awfully quiet, is there something you want to let out?" Edward asked, almost worriedly.

"Um… no, I mean yes. I'm scared. What if I am a murderer? What if I can't keep my thirst under control? Are we going to have to kill the humans? What if that makes me go out of control? Did you ever get out of control? Oh my God! The killings in Seattle they murderers weren't wild animals, they were vampires weren't they? Will I be like that? Oh Edward, Bella, I'm scared!"

"It's ok, You won't be, You will, No, just animals, It won't, Keep god out of this, Yes, They were, No you won't, Don't be, were here to protect you." Edward replied in a calming voice.

"What do you mean we're not drinking human blood? Isn't that the whole vampire thing?" I asked, confused.

"Yes but no. Most vampires do drink human blood. But our coven, the Olympic coven, calls ourselves vegetarians. We only drink animal blood. It keeps us under cover from all the mayhem." He spoke again.

"I guess that makes more sense seen as the police are very sharp at keeping an eye out for trouble. Are we almost there? My throat's getting worse!"

"We're almost there. Just wait a little longer." He said in a rushed voice, and then he turned to face Bella "Can you smell that?"

"Renesmee." They said in unison.

"Who's Renesmee? I was puzzled, agian.

"Renesmee is our daughter. She must be back from Jacobs's house" That last sentence was said to Bella. Then he tured back to me he said "Jacob is a werewolf, he imprinted on our daughter. Imprinting on someone is when they can't do anything without them and they would do anything for them."

"Mum, Dad!" A female voice called out from behind the bushes. That must be Renesmee. A tall slim girl with colour in her cheeks ran out from the bushes. Was she still human? She had long wavy hair and was wearing skinny jeans and a white vest top.

"Bambi this is Renesmee, our daughter she is half mortal and half immortal." Bella said to me. That explains the fresh blood in her checks. Blood. "Edward… she going to pounce!" I stepped forwards an inch. Edward jumped on me.

"Get off! I need blood" I screamed reaching for Renesmee with the arm that isn't being held back by Edward. "How can you stand this?"

"She is one of us." Edward shouted back. "Find the will to stop! Hold your breath. It helps." I stopped struggling and held my breath. "We have got to get you under control and quickly. Before it's too late and you go round town killing everyone."

I stared at him open mouthed "What!"

"I'm joking! This way. We're only 10 metres from the boundary."

We finally got to the open area where almost 20 deers stood facing us. An easy catch. I ran toward the closest deer and sank my teeth into the soft flesh. Blood. The taste of blood was over whelming. I thought I would never be able to stop. It tasted metallic, sweet metallic. The burning in my throat had died down now. The blood had run out. So I moved onto the next deer and I felt the rush of blood swept over me. "It's… its delicious!"

"Good, let's get back to the house so you can tell everyone about your family and where you're from! Follow me." We ran back to the large house in less time it took us to get there. I guess it was because the blood strengthened us.

Outside the house Carlisle was waiting for us. "Come in to the living room so we can talk" I followed Carlisle to the most airy room. It had no brick walls, just windows. It had two sofas by a fire place, – which is odd seen as vampires are always cold – in-between the two sofas was a coffee table with a few coasters on and a lamp. In the corner was a tropical plant in a colourful pot. "Your Father and I didn't talk much so I don't know much about your past or your Mother. Would you like to tell us more?"

Everyone was staring at me "Umm… sure" I took a deep breath – which I have done a lot since I had been turned. "My Father worked as a manger in a hardware store. Business was great, people were buying and things were going smoothly. That is until my Mother died." Esme came and sat next to me. "My dad started drinking out of depression and every night he would go to the bar down the road from our house and would get into fights because he would never pay for his drinks.

"A couple of weeks later he started to pick himself up and recover his business after it closing down. But then the worse came, a new business opened up just across the road. A competition was all we needed. Because of the new store we were forced to lower our prices, they lowered their as well. This was repeated again, and again, and again. We were going bankrupted and there wasn't much we could do about.

"Then we were back to the drugs. One night, the night we went into hospital, my Father came home drunk with a gun" I pulled up the leg of my trouser, trying to find the hole. There was nothing there not even a scratch. "He pointed the gun at me. I didn't know what to do, so I got a chair and threw it at him. But in the process he pulled the trigger of the gun. It hit my ankle. My father realised what he had done. He stumbled on the way to the phone but still he managed to dial 999 before he passed out. I was left lying there gasping for air. And then I woke up in the hospital I remember pain running through my body. I was asleep again. That's the last thing I remember before… before I was here."