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What was that? I swiftly jumped off the rock, onto the ground, a soft bed of leaves. I could hear some footsteps far away, they seemed to be running in circles, the same path everytime. They were very slowly getting closer, and I automatically started backing away. My instinct told me to run, but I was very curious. A sudden memory returned to me, from when I was turned. I was also in the woods, as human, and I had heard footsteps. I was surprised at this memory. I could remember quite a lot from my human life, but there were still things I had forgotten. My transformation was something I didn't like to think about. While changing, there was a lonely feeling I hadn't noticed back then. At that moment you can only focus on the pain, but somewhere in the back of my mind I had realised I was utterly and completely alone.
A sudden flash of red brought me back to present. I had been slowly walking back to my cottage in the woods, but now I was frozen in my steps. I knew what, or rather who, that was, but wouldn't believe it. There was a voice in mind whispering her name as a scary warning bell, Victoria, Victoria.
Another flash of red. But something was off. Those footsteps, they weren't of only one person. I let out a gasp, she wasn't alone. I turned around and started running. If I had a heart, it would be beating like crazy by now. I froze as I saw Victoria appearing in front of me with a sickly sweet smile on her face.
"Sweet, innocent, Bella. I was quite surprised when I found out you weren't human anymore." My eyes were shifting around, trying to see the person she brought.
"Don't worry, he'll be here any second now." She had a strange glint in her eyes, it made me think she was on the borderline of being hysterical. There was a small part in me that felt for her, she had lost her love, James. I can understand her grudge. Maybe I would have done the same if Edward had been killed by James, instead of the other way round.
There must have been sympathy in my eyes, because she sneered at me. "Don't look at me like that!" I heard a manly chuckle behind me. As I turned my head around, I saw an attractive vampire stand behind me, his arms crossed. He had fiery red eyes and a devilish smile on his face. I was suddenly extremely aware of my golden eyes.
"There you are, Jerry." Jerry moved his gaze to Victoria and his look changed. He had feelings for her, but if she encouraged them or not, I didn't know. He walked past me, so he could stand beside her.
I knew she wanted to kill me, but I wasn't really scared. I quickly glanced around, wondering if there were more vampires. I couldn't detect any, but that didn't stop me from worrying. I wouldn't survive it if I would try to fight them.
The only other options were running or trying to convince them not kill me. Seeing as they probably didn't listen, I chose to run. As soon as Victoria's shifted her attention to Jerry, I started to run. I didn't know if I was fast, as I had no one to compare it too. I had a second or less before they started running too, but in that second, I got quite far. They didn't catch up, but stayed just behind me the entire time. Victoria still had a confident smile on her face, but I started getting confident too. I realised they weren't as fast as me and that if I would make it to the road, they would have to leave, otherwise they would get distracted by the humans.
A loud gasp escaped me as I was suddenly in the path of another vampire. I hadn't heard any other footsteps, but I wasn't paying attention. Now I was getting scared. I heard a female laugh from behind me, Victoria. I didn't know what to do, my thoughts were a blur. Two more vampires appeared out of nowhere and they all circled around me. I was surprised to see that everyone, except for Jerry, had black eyes. Even Victoria. Was there a reason they were hungry? Maybe it made them more aggressive. That thought worried me a lot. I had no chance of surviving, so I started to panic. My head was quickly moving around, I was trying to find a way to escape. Turns out I didn't needed to.
We all turned our heads when we heard some voices and some whistling. A group of hikers was taking a walk through the forests, not knowing their fate. All the vampires, except for Jerry and Victoria, ran away and a second later manly screams filled the silent woods. Victoria had a panicked look in her eyes, I saw her eyes turn pitch black and her control started to waver. She couldn't control herself and ran after the rest of the group.
Jerry was now looking at me, a hint of worry in his eyes. He knew that he might not be able to kill me himself. He came walking towards me anyhow and jumped up. I quickly ran away and saw him land on the leaves, which were now flying through the air. As he tried to attack again, I kicked him away, amazed at my strength. During my years as vampire, I never had to fight another vampire before. Scary as it was, it was also very exhilarating. It wouldn't be long before the other vampires would be done, so I quickly ran towards him, determined to escape. But as I got close I stopped and turned around, quickly running away. Something about the way he looked at me, fear in his young eyes. I couldn't kill him, it was too hard. I would never forgive myself if I would've killed someone when it wasn't absolutely necessary
My mind couldn't believe I was getting away, not after dealing with the fact I would never survive. A hysterical laugh escaped me. The nerves were getting to much, but I couldn't stop running and collect myself. There was a possibility they were coming after me.
I didn't stop running for a day, until I was far, far away from those woods.
A/N: If your wondering why I didn't use Riley, that's because this is about forty years in the future from the beginning of New Moon, so Riley should be an old man by then.