Hello Everyone,

Here is chapter 2 ~ new and improved.

Hope you enjoy this. If this is your first time reading, give the POV a chance, you will love it.

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Caleb's Point of View

"… They had that, they had that" my brothers booming voice yelled as he jumped up from the sofa, waving a fist at the television screen. I shook my head, closing the book I had been reading. I had not been paying attention to the football game, all I knew was that this was an important match and Damien's favourite team were starting to fall behind with only a few minutes left on the timer.

As the clocked ticked to zero, the whistle blew. "No!" he growled, kicking his foot hard into the coffee table in anger. The heavy, oak slab flipped and flew across the room - smashing into the television, causing it to spark and crash to the floor. Me and Damien looked at the destruction, silent and open mouthed.

"What on earth is going on in here, I could hear you from…" the voice cut off, we both turned to look at Selene who had just come in through the front door. She looked livid, staring at the mess that her mate had made of the house. A snarl ripping up her throat, she charged over to the ruined furniture to examine it – teeth clenched and fire burning in her eyes, she turned to Damien.

"We can get another one" He said quietly and in a sulk, he always pulls this act when Selene gets mad with him, it usually works but today she was not falling for it.

"Do you not know the meaning of antique Damien?" He looked down at his feet, peeping up at her through his lashes. I could not help but laugh, what an idiot. Selene's eyes snapped to me, narrowing in anger.

"I blame you" She glared at me, folding her arms across her chest. What the hell? "You know what he gets like, you should have calmed him down" I shook my head, of course her perfect Damien could not be at fault, he was… I stopped mid-thought as a scent hit me, it was strong and powerful fogging up my senses, a vampire was close by.

I closed my eyes, focussing on the energy the vampire was giving out, a female newborn fresh from waking up. What was she doing alone and away from her creator? I wanted to know more, I pushed myself out there, searching for more – it was then that I felt her. The emotions were powerful and harsh, the burning of her thoughts harbouring through my skin and into my body, in pain I tore away from the connection with a gasp.

My eyes snapped open. Everyone was looking at me, their faces screwed up in confusion. My younger sister Valerie was perched on my knee, her hand placed against my face – a look of worry etched on her face.

"What's happening?" Val whispered, watching my face carefully. I sat up straight, shaking the feel of that girl's emotion from me, I could still smell her scent though.

"Can you smell that scent?" I asked my family.

"Newborn" Selene confirmed raising her nose in the air. "Is she a danger?" I was not sure about that, from her emotions and the energy she was giving off she definitely had the potential to be.

"I can feel her. Her energy is very strong, she is a potential risk" I told them. Valerie looked upset, she shook her head at me.

"She is all alone, we cannot just leave her Caleb" My younger sister had the compassion that I lacked, I was happy to leave her and rid the threat she posed on my family. Selene was just as dubious as me, but Damien was on Valerie's side.

I sighed loudly looking at my family, still unsure.

"Remember when we woke up from the change?" my little sister questioned me, standing up from my lap – her hands on her hips. I did remember and how I loathed that time in my life, if I did not have Valerie I would have begged for death.

"She may have something we need" I was just finding reasons now to keep her alive. I got to my feet and chucked my book down on the chair where I was sat. Valerie looked up at me, a smile on her face.
"I want you all to stand behind me, if she is any threat we kill her… understand?" They all nodded, but I knew they did not agree with my way, it was the way I was raised though and I stand by it.

We walked outside in a line formation, stood one behind the other – ready for any advances. I could not see the vampire, but I could hear her footsteps coming up the narrow alleyway. They were slow and cautious, had she caught our scent too? Something advanced to distinguish human to vampire.

We waited patiently as the girl drew closer, she finally came into view. I was somewhat shocked by her appearance, she was stunning. The girl was small and delicate with brown curls, which tumbled to her waist, her face was confused as she sniffed the air around her. Her darting eyes came to rest on us, she stopped immediately – crouching slightly in a defensive stance.

I put my hand up, signalling for my family to hold back as I took a few steps forward toward the beautiful girl. She watched me carefully as I advanced toward her. I held my hands up, palms facing her – I wanted her to know I was not going to harm her.

"Hello…" I greeted her, but she stayed quiet still observing me closely "I am Caleb Cromwell" She stared in what seemed to be confusion as she looked from me to my family.

"What is she thinking? Is she a threat?" I asked Damien silently in my head, I turned to look at him and he shrugged his shoulders, wide eyed. This was both worrying and exciting, what was she?

"Who are you?" I stared back at the girl, awaiting her answer.

"Bella Swan" She whispered very quietly, her eyes flickering between my family members – her eyes lingering on Valerie. Bella anxiously rubbed her palm over her left arm, awkwardly as she kept looking over at us, mainly at my sister.

"You drink animal blood" Her voice was sad, I could not understand that. I was more interested in how she knew about vampire diets, we were clearly underestimating the girl. I looked over at Valerie, who was just as shocked at I was.

"Um… Yes. How did you know that?" We were all intrigued by her answer.

"I knew a coven of vampires whilst I was human, it didn't end well. The Cullen's…" She stopped midsentence, her face twisted in pain as she spoke to us. Even looking at her was agonising, she was clearly hurt by these vampires, it didn't take a scientist to work that out.
"... I don't know where to go or what to do" Bella looked down at her feet and suddenly a wave of guilt came crashing over me, I could not leave her out here like I had originally intended.

"We cannot leave her Damien" I turned toward my brother, who shook his head in understanding. His eyes however were fixed on Selene, who looked far from happy. She hated new born vampires with a passion and over the years we had taken in many - all of which were blood crazed and uncontrollable. Most of them ended with the same fate.

"Like I even have a choice" Selene growled as she stepped up from behind me, walking closer to the girl.

"I hate new borns..." I sighed, she was not the best at friendly conversations "... but you need someone to guide you and a place to stay, so come with us and we will help you"

Bella smiled and nodded her head slightly in agreement. Selene put her arm around Bella and walked her back towards the house.

"But just so you know...if you work your way through the town like an all you can eat buffet, it wont end well for you" hm...well she almost had it.

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Bella's Point of View ~ 3 Weeks Later

These past few weeks had been the hardest.

I always knew that being a newborn vampire would not be easy, but this was something else. I could barely control myself at the best of times, my emotions running so high. Not only that, but I was settling into a coven of strangers. Getting to know them all was hard, but opening myself up to speak freely to them was even more difficult. I was so worried I was going to be hurt again.

I knew I had to try though, this may be the only chance I have to be part of a family again.

I opened up my bedroom door and walked out into the hallway. It was silent and still, but I could hear the whispers of chatter coming from the living room. I padded off down the hall, the cool skin of my feet sticking to the laminate which covered the floor.

The further I walked the louder and more clear their voices became, as I reached the door I heard my name escape Caleb's lips - freezing me in spot. They were talking about me.

"For the last time she has not told me anything, don't you get it? She doesn't want to talk about it" Selene sounded frustrated and somewhat angry, as her brother was becoming persistent.
I got on with Selene the most, despite her loathing me for the first week I came here. Over time we realised we were more a like than we thought, talking to Selene was easy.

"We need to know her past" Caleb was nice, but there was something about him that scared me.

"Does it matter…?" Damien started, he too sounded mad. I could not let them go on any longer.
I pushed open the door, everyone's heads snapped around to look at me as I came into the room. Everyone had gone quiet; they knew I had heard the conversation.

"I am ready to talk" I told them, as I wandered over and sat next to Selene. They all looked guilty, especially Caleb – who gave me a sad smile. I felt bad for him at that time, judging him for wanting to know more about me and my past.

Despite this they all were eager, it was something they had been waiting for since I had first arrived.

"It's really hard for me to talk about" I told them as I looked down at my feet, not wanting to look at any of them. I did not know where to start, it was such a full and complex story that I did not want to dig deeply into – it would only hurt me more.

"You don't have to do this Bella, I got impatient" Caleb had come to sit in front of me, resting his hand on my knee. I shook my head.

"I have to do this, I have to move on from them" I shouted in anger, my emotions getting the best of me. I took an unnecessary long breath to calm myself, before getting started.

"I moved into Forks last year to live with my dad Charlie, I hated it" I laughed at those memories with Charlie, who I had been grieving for the last few weeks –to which Selene knew.
"Whilst there I met Edward. He was a vampire and we were in love… or so I thought we were. He left me, his whole family left me when they promised to look after me" I broke down, the pressure in my chest finally becoming too much. I was not just upset though, I was mad… mad at how they gave me up without a care in the world, mad at how little my life meant to them.

Damien stood up and came to sit on my other side; he took my hands in his and pulled me to face him. I knew what he was going to ask me, but I could not do it no matter how hard I tried.

"Please let's just try it once more" he begged me. In the past weeks we had been practicing me letting down my shield for Damien to read my thoughts, I could not do it for long or sometimes at all. It was a real hit and miss.

I closed my eyes and held tightly onto his hands, I imagined myself in my shield – an oval bubble surrounding me, I pushed and pulled at it trying to pull it down. I felt it slowly dispersing, I kept concentration as I ran though the events of last year in my head. Damien gasped as I finished, pulling away. I opened my eyes to look at him, he looked upset with a pained expression on his face.

"They should have not left you unprotected like that, they knew the threat was there" Damien rambled, still holding tightly onto my hands. Selene reached over and put her hand on his shoulder, he stopped talking and sighed loudly.

"Tell us" Caleb asked, his curiosity evident in his face.

"I cant... Damien Please" I whispered, before getting to my feet. I could not go through all the pain again, reliving the last moments of my life over and over again. I got to my feet and walked from the room not looking at any of my family, I walked back to the room in silence - the only noise was the shouting coming from down the hall. They finally knew...

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Hope you liked this chapter. The next chapters are going to be considerably longer as these starer chapters are just to get the story started :)

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Thanks as always, Nicole xx